2017 KQFF
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- DirectorTatyana ChistovaStarsRoman FedotovViktor SemenenkovAlekséi RýkovFour stories of young men's encounters with army recruitment commissions. Ardent pacifist Roman is sent through a series of humiliating court trials. Losha and Viktor endure long and condescending deliberations that undermine their personalities. Finally, LGBT movement veteran, Johnny is bluntly rebuked and handcuffed. All are put to test by a bureaucratic machine that doesn't sympathize with those who dispute the purposiveness of military service. The conscript enters a room packed with officials. The officials have to listen to his convictions that go in conflict with the idea of military service. It's for the officials to decide whether the conscript leaves the room as a soldier or as a civilian. A sneak peak into what it really means to stand up for one's beliefs in a re-militarized society that punishes conscientious objection under criminal law. We are observing the process of decision making, the conscript and the officials, the time passing by and all the details that make life what it is.
- DirectorDavid FranceStarsKurt WolfeSue YackaCatherine Shugrue Dos SantosVictoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of black gay rights activist and Stonewall veteran, Marsha P. Johnson. Using archival interviews with Johnson, and new interviews with Johnson's family, friends and fellow activists.
- DirectorFulvio Balmer RebullidaStarsFulvio Balmer RebullidaYannick GeiserMarie MatuszLarry, goes back home with a girl he met in a bar. But when they reveal their intimacy to each other, he discovers that what she has between her legs is not exactly what he was expecting. This disturbing discovery will lead Larry to a quick trip into the depths of his sexual identity and his perception of gender.
- DirectorPhilipp Baben der ErdeVincent FournierVincent FournierFour humble ladyboys working in the rubber tree forests at night, in the rice fields during the day, looking for a way to survive, exist and have the others accept them with their difference.
- DirectorEli Jean Tahchi-Arab LGBT individuals send Helem Montreal the Migrant Mixtape, a series of recorded letters. They are asking for support to seek asylum in Canada in order to escape persecution and homophobic violence in their country of origin. One of them, Adib Mardini, having managed to become a refugee in Canada, tells us about the process that changed his life.
- DirectorBin ChenIn West Germany, gay refugee Javid from Azerbaijan starts a campaign to call for more attention to LGBTI rights after he made a suicide attempt in refugee camp. Meanwhile in the South, Boris from Russia moves into Germany's first shelter for LGBTI refugees, but he suffers from depression due to the complicated asylum procedure. And in the North transgender Melissa from Syria encourages other refugees in her own artistic way. Since 2011, the European Union declares that both sexual orientation and gender identity are important criteria for the legal recognition of refugee status. Germany started to accept LGBTI refugees since 2013. But due to the refugee boom in the summer of 2015 the asylum process goes slowly for the LGBTI refugees who regard themselves as "second-class refugees". Some of them are preparing themselves for a better life in Germany. Some are looking forward to becoming their true self, while some are fighting against injustice to their "rainbow colors".
- DirectorFrancisca Villela
- DirectorDan Dansen
- DirectorAdrian Garcia GomezA cleansing ceremony for Jewish brides reinterpreted by two married men
- DirectorErica ChoStarsBrandon AaronAngel FrancoRey Fukuda SalinasWhen two broke 20-somethings from San Bernardino visit a Los Angeles fortuneteller, conjoined crystal balls and queer, pop song visions open up new spaces for desiring and becoming - across Asian, Black, and Latinx imaginaries.
- DirectorFrédéric Labonde
- DirectorDaniel KulleWe are surrounded by commercial images. Overwhelmed by commodified information. Everywhere we look, everything we touch is already marked with economical value. And as we construct our identity out of images and impressions we encounter every day, our selves become more and more commercialized. We are sucked into the economic domain. We become our own advertisement. Things become even more complicated, if our identity is a gay one, an identity constantly needing to rearrange its relation to straight mainstream culture and constantly searching for a center to form a reassuring subculture. But what if this subculture, this gay self, is being commercialized as well? An experimental film on gay iconographies in a commodified age.
- DirectorGiuseppe BucciStarsImma Villa
- DirectorAron KantorStarsColin CunliffeMario DiazGrace TowersA leather, kink, and S&M inspired homage to Bob Fosse.
- DirectorSávio LeiteStarsHelena IgnezIn this animated fairy-tale Filly, a lesbian fairy with nimble fingers, seduces women by day dressed as a boy. But at night something strange happens and soon half the population of Whatsit Village are eagerly queuing up.
- DirectorKristen BjornStarsDenholm SpurrAshley RyderZac RenfreeAccording to producer David McGillivray, "John Gielgud was obsessed with trousers, loved corduroy and leather. And so he wrote a film set in a menswear shop." Screenplay was originally penned for the late filmmaker Peter de Rome.
- DirectorCharles LumTodd VerowStarsBill D.Marc K.Bob WoofA group of older gay men get together every month and have sex parties.
- DirectorApril MullenStarsErika LinderNatalie KrillSebastian PigottAn unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
- DirectorRuxandra GhitescuStarsEmilia BebuAndrei MateiuOana PopescuLaura has to face her disillusion with love and life as well as her prejudices when her best friend Ana is coming back from Germany with Ines, her attractive and open minded female lover.
- DirectorWillem TimmersJordy is on the brink of her physical transition. Especially now, wandering in the realm between man and woman, she feels that the dichotomy is more poignant than ever. Must she conform herself to fit in? And what is the price for doing so? A modern, raw fairytale as a poetic protest against today's parochialism.
- DirectorBruno RibeiroStarsAndré MunizDiego FranciscoFernanda DiasJoao is a Black Brazilian teenager who loves playing soccer with his best friend. But things suddenly change when he reveals his true feelings towards his friend.
- DirectorAlbert M. ChanStarsAlbert M. ChanJason Lane FentonMary NiederkornAn interracial gay couple adopting a newborn baby meets the pregnant Asian birthmother and receives a surprise that threatens their relationship.
- DirectorSholtayStarsFern BeattieFanni EsteryhazyMariann Hargitai'Shaping Scars' takes the viewers on a journey with two girls who once loved each other, but while one is able to embrace herself openly (and therefore their relationship), the other is struggling to step into the light and shake off her demons. They love, they hate, they are passionate, intimate, they get physical when one hurts the other, they make love, they raise then break one another. Through dance, music and spoken word we witness a true love story which was equally inspired by the creators' straight, gay and lesbian relationships making the film a true testament of love being universal. The poem within the piece opens with a reference to King Edward VIII who abdicated in 1936 because of a woman he adored, Wallis Simpson. The launch of this film in December 2016 marks the 80th anniversary of Edward abandoning the throne because his love for her was that powerful. But not all of us could make that sacrifice.
- DirectorRobin Royce QuereeStarsPeter McAllumRobin Royce QuereeKaren GarnseyAlexis and Bettina, two aging drag queens, take us on a journey with more twists and turns than a set of hot rollers.
- DirectorRoman NemecStarsAntonín ProcházkaAlena MihulováJakub KrejcaA short gay themed Czech film by Roman Nemec.
- DirectorHajni KisStarsBrigitta EgyedHanna MilovitsMari NagyA high-school cleaning lady falls in love with one of the female students in the school.
- DirectorLia HietalaStarsErika ColemanTina Pour DavoyTina Pourdavoy10-year old Cleo joins her lesbian sister Gabbi and her girlfriend to her summerhouse. In the center of attention is the biggest question: Who is Cleo in love with, is it a girl or is it a boy?
- DirectorDimitris TouliasStarsDavid AstonAnthony CollierAlyson MarksAfter a lifetime together, time has stopped for an elderly couples they prepare to say goodbye.
- DirectorNathalie Álvarez MesénStarsJosef WaldfogelAugust SegerholmSimon ReithnerSeven-year old Filip admires his older brother Sebastian most of all. They fool around, watch movies and play football together. One evening Filip happens to see something unexpected between Sebastian and his best friend and Filip doesn't know how to handle it.
- DirectorDawid UllgrenStarsInez AnderssonBengt C.W. CarlssonEmelia HanssonMr. Sugar Daddy depicts the story of a man looking for a fresh start. Hans falls for young Andrej and is thrown into a game that does not allow any winner.