Specials
Near the Arthouse Movie, at the Cabaret Voltaire (Dada House), we invite you to join us for panel discussions, thematic discussions, a lecture and an exhibition.…
When coming out, homosexuals, especially adolescents, still face many obstacles. A recently published Swiss study proves this showing alarming numbers: the risk of…
In Northern Albania up until today so-called sworn virgins, “burneshas“ in the vernacular language, still live. A medieval corpus iuris that was orally passed down…
Comics and film have a lot in common. Not only is a storyboard a kind of script in form of images, but many comics have also inspired film realisations and can be…
Being different from others can be an issue in every schoolyard. In the future, we would like to work together with the project GLL (“Gleichgeschlechtliche Liebe…
The human rights situation in Russia has been in the centre of the world press not only since Pussy Riot. We now would like to gain more information from direct sources about the every day life of lesbians and gays in Russia. We therefore have invited Gulya Sultanova and Manny de Guerre, two of the organisers of “bok o bok” (“side by side”), the LGBT film festival in St. Petersburg. The festival itself and also Gulya Sultanova as organiser have both been charged as “foreign spies”, but have been acquitted in the meantime.
“Bok o bok” and Pussy Riot are the focus of our specials about homophobia in Russia – but we will also be taking a closer look at the Femen movement with roots in the Ukraine, and the winter Olympic Games in Sochi will once again be a film theme in this year’s festival.
“Bok o bok” and Pussy Riot are the focus of our specials about homophobia in Russia – but we will also be taking a closer look at the Femen movement with roots in the Ukraine, and the winter Olympic Games in Sochi will once again be a film theme in this year’s festival.
Events in the context of this special:
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Swiss Premiere Feature film
V sporte tolko devushkiWe will be showing “Some Like it Cold” in the context of our Russian Special as an example of how films in Russia intentionally exacerbate the negative public attitude towards gays and lesbians.
“Some Like it Cold” is set as an intricate action comedy during the Olympics in Sochi. Three young men pretend to be women in order to join the Russian women’s snowboard team. The film is modelled on “Some Like it Hot”, the Billy-Wilder-classic with Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. In contrast to the US-original from 1959, which treats the gender roles with kindness and a lot of irony, the Russian version is full of clichés.
Alice Walker, author of “The Color Purple”, is viewed as one of the most notable exponents of African American literature. “Activism is the rent I pay to live on…
When a film is surprising or at times unsettling even 30 years after it was made, then evidently it is worth watching again. Pink Apple will show Simon Bischoff’s…
Female prostitution is more visible and often featured as a topic in the media. The world of male hustlers – men that sell sex to other men – can only be found by…
This year we will once again be showing films dealing with the exceedingly tenuous situation of lesbians and gays in Africa. In the notorious hotspot Uganda, “God…
The Pink Apple Award will be granted by a jury of film professionals. It is a cash prize of 2000 Swiss Francs. The films in the contest will be presented on…
There will be lots of interesting material for lovers of South American films. Pink Apple will be showing films from the Equator down to Patagonia, with stopovers in…
Diederick Ebbinge’s deadpan, absurd and unbelievably entertaining dramatic comedy “Matterhorn” about loneliness, love and freedom captivates us with its gifted…
With “Peter” a well-known authority for social criticism goes into exile: the depression comedy. And whilst the bold comedy with two “men” in tuxedos kissing leads…
