08-04-2013

The 4th LGBT Film Festival 2013

    The 4th LGBT Film Festival 2013 is one of the most important events on the cultural map of Poland. It takes place every year and is the biggest feast of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) cinema in the country.

    The program of the festival consists of the latest, acclaimed both by critics and 
    audiences titles from the international festival circuit, most of which is 
    presented in Poland for the first time. There are also few films from previous 
    years, which did not go into theatrical distribution in Poland, but became a part 
    of the canon of world's most important LGBT production.

    The program will feature, among others, such titles as "Cloudburst", comedy 
    unknown in Poland, with a fantastic performance of Olympia Dukakis - the 
    winner of an Oscar and a Golden Globe, as well as "Cruising", film released for 
    distribution in 1980s, starring Al Pacino in the lead role. The film was plagued 
    with controversy, and its director was forced to cut 40 minutes of sexually 
    explicit material. Those 40 minutes have never been screened publicly. 
    Attempts to reimagine what was in those lost scenes were undertaken by 
    filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews. That is how the film "Interior. 
    Leather. Bar" was created, which already caused quite a stir at this year's 
    Sundance and Berlin film festivals. We will also present "I do", one of the most 
    desired movie by the organizers of LGBT festivals around the world. In addition 
    to "Interior. Leather Bar." our Documentary Block will also include an Academy 
    Award nominee for Best Documentary "How to survive the plague".
    The program of this year's edition of the festival has been enhanced with the 
    Short Film Block, consisting of suggestions and submissions made by viewers.

    Through the official website for the festival viewers can vote for:
    - Best Film of the Festival (documentary, feature)
    - Best Short Film.
    LGBT Film Festival is not only about movies, but also a number of events: dj 
    set of Kamp! (Wroclaw), exhibition of the illustrator Marta Konarzewska 
    (Warsaw), "stand-up show" by Przemysław Pilarski (Warsaw) and many others.
    We also have some attractive surprises awaiting our audiences directly before 
    projections.


    The 4th edition of the festival will visit:
    Warsaw, Kinoteka (19-25 of April)
    Wroclaw, Kino Nowe Horyzonty (19-25 of April)
    Gdansk, Klub Żak (19-25 of April)
    Poznan, Charlie Monroe - Kino Malta and
    Nowe Kino Pałacowe -Centrum Kultury "Zamek" (19-25 of April)
    Łodz, ms CAFE - Muzeum Sztuki (21-28 of April)
    Katowice, Kino Kosmos - Centrum Sztuki Filmowej (22-28 of April)
    All details are available on the official website of the festival
    www.LGBTfestival.pl


    Welcome to the largest feast of LGBT cinema in Poland.
    Festival Director
    Wiktor Morka 
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    PREVIOUS EDITIONS:

    1. LGBT Film Festival - 2010
    In July 2010, Warsaw Kinoteka Film Theatre hosted the first LGBT Film Festival. Our 
    event was one of the main projects on the EuroPride 2010 map, that was then held in 
    Warsaw.
    It was the first major initiative in Poland that would present films, which in a clear 
    and legible way treat an issues of sexual diversity. 
    For 17 days of the Festival we have presented a wide variety of rarely shown global 
    LGBT cinema. We have screened the most important films dedicated to this subject 
    and productions from such a distant countries as the Philippines, Guinea, Argentina or 
    Uruguay. With a support of the Instituto Cervantes we have hosted Luis Miguel 
    Albaladejo, director of the film "Cachorro" and Bob Christie, Morris Chapdelaine and 
    Ken Coolen, the creators of "Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride".

    2. LGBT Film Festival - 2011
    The second edition of the festival was held under the auspices of the City of Warsaw 
    as part of the project “Warsaw - European Capital of Culture 2016”. During the 
    festival we have presented 11 LGBT-themed movies shown previously on the biggest 
    international film festivals. We’ve presented all the latest global productions. Some 
    titles such as "Undertow (Contracorriente)", "Three Veils", "The people I've slept with" 
    had their European premieres on our festival. In addition to the movies we’ve offered 
    our audience a number of events including exhibitions, meetings with filmmakers 
    such as Shamim Sarif and Hanan Kattan - creators of the movies "I can’t think 
    straight" and "The World Unseen". We’ve also hosted the lead actress from the film 
    "Three Veils" - Angel Zahra. At the end of the festival, Czeslaw Mozil gave a concert 
    especially for our audience. The “Best Film” award went to the production chosen by 
    an audience vote. 
    The Warsaw's edition of the Festival was accompanied by "LGBT Film Review" in other 
    Polish cities: Poznan, Lodz, Katowice and Gdansk.

    3. LGBT Film Festival - 2012
    The third edition of the Festival similarly to the previous years was present in 5 cities 
    (Warsaw, Poznań, Łódź, Gdańsk, Katowice).
    During the Festival week (13-19 April) we have presented films from the largest 
    international festivals of 2012, including "Beauty" (Skoonheid), "Three" (Drei) and 
    “Man at Bath”. We’ve also returned to few titles from the previous years - films, that 
    have became a part of the canon of the most important LGBT productions, including 
    "Prayers for Bobby", "Wild Nights" (Les Nuits Fauves). We’ve presented never shown 
    before short films directed by Bavo Defurne. Our repertoire also included two Polish 
    productions: "Coming out in Poland" and "Trans – Action".


    Alongside movies, the program of our Festival included theatrical plays that have 
    been performed in the Dramatyczny Theatre. Nowy Theatre from Cracow presented 
    the show "Lubiewo" based on the famous novel by Michael Witkowski. The other 
    project was based on the readings of Falk Richter's “Verletzte Jugen”, directed by 
    Tomasz Gawron, starring Matylda Damięcka, Mateusz Damięcki, Bartosz Gelner (“Sala 
    Samobójców - Suicide Room”) with live music performed by the band "Hatifnats".