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…
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 Loves Uganda” focuses on the US-American evangelical fundamentalists and their campaign against gays and lesbians. But Uganda is not the only issue: “2 Men and a Wedding” looks at the problematic situation of homosexuals in Malawi. Based on her book of Alice Walker (see Specials) about the genital mutilation of young girls in Africa we show the film "Warrior Marks".
Events in the context of this special:
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Documentary
"Warrior Marks" is a poetic and political film about female genital mutilation, presented by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of "The Color Purple". Female genital mutilation affects one hundred million of the world’s women and this remarkable film unlocks some of the cultural and political complexities surrounding this issue. Interviews with women from Senegal, Gambia, Burkino Faso, the United States and England who are concerned with and affected by genital mutilation are intercut with Walker’s own personal reflections on the subject.
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…
