Slovak Queer Film Festival is for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people, their families and friends. Through presenting high quality world and local cinematography, it aims to entertain film lovers, both hetero and nonheterosexuals, to stand against homophobia and xenophobia, to initiate public discussion and problem solving of still overlooked LGBT minority. You will see collection of 7 extraordinary recent as well as older pieces, whose heros do not deal (on the screen) with mortgages, weapons or clothing (actualy they deal with this topic), but through themselves they are dealing with the limits of major society.

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Admission:
Festival pass: 8.00 / 5.00 € (adults / students)
One film: 3.00 / 2.00 €

14. 3., Friday

5.00pm Bambi - Sébastien Lifshitz / FR / 2013 / 60 min / Slovak subtitles
The extraordinary life of the French music-hall star BAMBI has been perpetual reinvention - from her childhood in Algeria through her Parisian cabaret period to her 25 years as a public school French teacher. An inspirational life of determination illustrated by archive footage gathered from a super-8 diary Bambi kept for some thirty years, personal photographs and current footage. Bambi was born in 1935 as a boy named Jean-Pierre…

6.30pm Behind the Candelabra - Steven Soderberg / 2013 / USA / 118 min / Slovak subtitles / starring Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe, Dan Aykroyd
In seventies, Valentino Liberace was a famous pianist and comic. Only 16-years old Scott Thorston, enchanted by Valentino’s extravagant life, enters his life. An affair gradually changes into serious relation. A true story of strong relation between two men in an epoch, when it was unimagineable to admit to homosexual orientation in public, awarded by three Emma.

8.30pm The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert - Stephan Elliott / Austrália, VB / 1994 / 98 min / Slovak subtitles / starring Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving, Bill Hunter
Bernadette is a middle-aged transsexual mourning the recent death of her lover. She embarks on a cabaret tour with two transvestite friends, Mitzi and Felicia and together they set out for a professional engagement in Alice Springs in a gaudily painted bus they christen Priscilla. Along the way they encounter various macho characters–one of whom, Bob, begins to form a romantic attachment to Bernadette.

15. 3., Saturday

15.00 Facins Mirrors - Negar Azarbayjani / Iran, D / 2011 / 102 min / English subtitles / starring Shayesteh Irani, Ghazal Shakeri, Homayoon Ershadi, Nima Shahrokh Shahi, Maryam Boobani

Set in contempoary Iran, film is a story of an unlikely and daring friendship that develops despite social norms and religious beliefs. Although Rana is a traditional wife and mother, she is forced to drive a cab to pay off the debt that keeps her husband in prison. By chance she picks up the wealthy and rebellious Edi, who is desperately awaiting a passport to leave the country. At first Rana attempts to help, but when she realizes that Edi is transgender, a dangerous series of conflicts arises. Directed by Negar Azarbayjani, Facing Mirrors is the first narrative film from Iran to feature a transgender main character.

17.00 4 minutes - Chris Kraus / D / 2006 / 112 min / Slovak subtitles / starring Monica Bleibtreu, Hannah Herzsprung, Sven Pippig, Richy Müller, Jasmin Tabatabai
Jenny is young but her life is over. She has killed. And she would do it again. She is hiding behind impenetrable disguise, as well as her amazing gift of music. When 80-years old piano teacher Traude Krüger discovers her scary secret, brutality and dreams, she decides to help her. She wants to ressurect her interest in music… and life.

19.00 I am Divine - Jeffrey Schwartz / USA / 2013 / 85 min / Slovak subtitles/ starring Ricki Lake, John Waters, Divine, Tab Hunter, Mink Stole, Bruce Vilanch
I am Divine is the story of Divine, aka Harris Glenn Milstead, from his humble beginnings as an overweight, teased Baltimore youth to internationally recognized drag superstar through his collaboration with filmmaker John Waters. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine was the ultimate outsider turned underground royalty. With a completely committed in-your-face style, he blurred the line between performer and personality, and revolutionized pop culture. I AM DIVINE is a definitive biographical portrait that charts the legendary icon’s rise to infamy and emotional complexities.

20.30 Loose Cannons - Ferzan Ozpetek / IT / 2010 / 110 min / Slovak subtitles / starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro Preziosi, Ennio Fantastichini
Successful and award-winning Italian director Ferzan Ozpetek creates playful and intelligent comedy which gained Jury Award at Tribeca International Film Festival in New York in Best Feature film category and other significant film awards for Best Actor in Leading Role and Best Actress in Supporting Role. Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.