Παρασκευή, 6 Μαΐου, 6 μμ
Τίτλος: Γκέι ημέρες / Gay Days (“Hazman Havarod”)
Σκηνοθέτης: Yair Quedar
Χώρα: Ισραήλ
Έτος: 2009
Διάρκεια: 71′
Πλοκή: In 1985 there were three openly gay people in Israel. Excluded from public office and oppressed by violence and discrimination, the gay and lesbian population existed underground. Over the next decade, a spectacular revolution unfolded. By 1998 there were up to 3000 openly gay and lesbian people celebrating the Summer of Pride in Israel.
Filmmaker Yair Qedar captures this sudden, dramatic rise of the Israeli gay and lesbian community in this riveting and thorough documentary. As the editor of the Pink Times, Qedar had unprecedented access to the people and stories of the time. He meticulously weaves together interviews, archival footage, music and photographs to capture the excitement and energy of this extraordinary stretch of history.
The film features the colorful voices of major Israeli cultural figures who paint a picture of a time in Tel Aviv when people from all walks of life, including academics, artists and even military officers came together to start a movement and change lives. This wasn’t a violent revolution but a societal uprising driven by people who were ready to come out of hiding and claim their identity.
Qedar’s film is a poetic collage of images and ideas that captures an inspirational fight for equal rights that resonates today. — BRENDAN PETERSON
www: www.facebook.com/pages/Gay-Days/138731702817747Films: Gay Days
Τρίτη, 10 Μαΐου, 6 μμ
Τίτλος: Ο Κρόνος επιστρέφει / Saturn Returns
Σκηνοθέτης: Imri Kahn & Lior Shamriz
Χώρα: Ισραήλ – Γερμανία
Έτος: 2009
Διάρκεια: 93′
Πλοκή: Lucy, a privileged North American in contemporary Berlin, living a life of post Punk hedonism, roams the streets with her best friend, Derek. Together they use the city like a playground, a stage, and a never ending party. Into their lives enters Galia, a young Israeli woman carrying the promise of a better, cleaner way of living.
A tribute to Punk underground films turns into a melodrama in “Saturn Returns”, mirroring Lucy and Galia’s modulating states of mind. Their look into each other’s life and culture, becomes an investigation of empty facades.
The film was constructed by both improvised and pre-scripted scenes, as required by the nature of each scene.
www: www.saturnreturnsfilm.com
Παρασκευή, 6 Μαΐου, 10 μμ & Monday, 9 Μαΐου, 10 μμ
Τίτλος: Το νήμα / The Yarn (“Le Fil”)
Σκηνοθέτης: Mehdi Ben Attia
Χώρα: Γαλλία
Έτος: 2009
Διάρκεια: 90′
Πλοκή:
www:
Παρασκευή, 6 Μαΐου, 8 μμ & Τετάρτη, 11 Μαΐου, 6 μμ
Τίτλος: Χάρτινες κούκλες / Paper Dolls (“Bubot Niyar”)
Σκηνοθέτης: Tomer Heymann
Χώρα: Ισραήλ
Έτος: 2006
Διάρκεια: 80′
Πλοκή:
www:
Πέμπτη, 5 Μαΐου, 6 μμ
Τίτλος: Παρακάμπτομαι / It kinda scares me
Σκηνοθέτης: Tomer Heymann
Χώρα: Ισραήλ
Έτος: 2001
Διάρκεια: 60′
Πλοκή: It Kinda Scares Me is a gritty, funny documentary about a drama coach and the AgdelinquentAh boys he teaches. In their world, bravado is everything and Friday nights are for getting into fights. Tomer Heymann, both filmmaker and drama coach, encourages the boys to create something from their pain and marginalization, while they struggle in rehearsals not to sacrifice their much-prized Israeli machismo. When Tomer announces to the group that he is gay, they are shocked, but his commitment to their play wins the day as they prepare for a performance that will give voice to the lives of disaffected Israeli youth.
www:
Σάββατο, 7 Μαΐου, 10 μμ & Κυριακή, 8 Μαΐου, 6 μμ
Τίτλος: Φωτογράφησα την αγάπη μου / I shot my love
Σκηνοθέτης: Tomer Heymann
Χώρα: Ισραήλ
Έτος: 2010
Διάρκεια: 56′
Πλοκή: Seventy years after his grandfather escapes from Nazi Germany to Palestine, Israeli documentary director Tomer Heymann returns to the country of his ancestors to present his film “Paper Dolls” at the Berlin International Film Festival, and there meets a man who will change his life.
This 48-hour love affair, originating in Berghain Panorama Bar, develops into a significant relationship between Tomer and Andreas Merk, a German dancer. When Andreas decides to move to Tel-Aviv, he not only has to cope with a new partner, but to manage the complex realities of life in Israel and his personal connection to it as a German citizen.
Tomer’s mother, descendent of German immigrants was born and lived all her life in a small Israeli village, where she raised five sons. One by one, she watches her children leave the country she and her family helped to build, and now cannot help but try to influence the life of Tomer, the one son who remains.
I SHOT MY LOVE tells a personal but universal love story and follows the triangular relationship between Tomer, his German boyfriend, and his intensely Israeli mother.
www: www.ishotmylove.com
Σάββατο, 7 Μαΐου, 10 μμ & Κυριακή, 8 Μαΐου, 6 μμ
Τίτλος: Σάσα / Sascha
Σκηνοθέτης: Dennis Todorovic
Χώρα: Γερμανία
Έτος: 2010
Διάρκεια: 101′
Πλοκή: Sasha, confronted with the everyday prejudice of his homophobic immigrant family, struggles with his urge to come out. When his beloved piano teacher Gebhard Weber plans to leave the city, the young man is heartbroken. The only person in whom he can confide his feelings is his best friend Jiao. After a failed audition, Sasha swears never to play piano again, but a consoling telephone call from Gebhard changes his mind – and causes a turn of events. The next morning all secrets are exposed…
www: www.denverfilm.org/filmcenter/detail.aspx?id=23307
Σάββατο, 7 Μαΐου, 8 μμ & Τετάρτη, 11 Μαΐου, 10 μμ
Τίτλος: Τα παιδιά είναι εντάξει / The Kids Are Alright
Σκηνοθέτης: Lisa Cholodenko
Χώρα: ΗΠΑ
Έτος: 2010
Διάρκεια: 106′
Πλοκή: Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their birth father into their family life.
www: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kids_Are_All_Right_(film)
Κυριακή, 8 Μαΐου, 11.30 πμ & Τετάρτη, 11 Μαΐου, 8 μμ
