Queerfilmfestival 2022: A week for queer cinema

Queerfilmfestival 2022: A week for queer cinema - also in Düsseldorf

Lifestyle Calendar, 5 September 2022

Queerfilmfestival 2022: A week for queer cinema -

also at the Bambi Kino in Düsseldorf

8 September, until Wednesday, 14 September

Wetsand Plakat Queerfilmfestival @Queerfilmfestval

Düsseldorf, 5 September 2022: The Queerfilmfestival celebrates the best queer films of the year for a whole week this September. From Thursday 8 September to Wednesday 14 September, 19 non-heteronormative feature films and documentaries will be screened in 13 cities - Berlin, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Fürstenwalde, Halle (Saale), Cologne, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart and Vienna. The programme includes highlights from Cannes, Toronto, Locarno and the Berlinale. With a few exceptions, the films are German premieres. In Düsseldorf, the Queer Film Festival takes place at the Bambi Kino.

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Düsseldorf, 5. September 2022: Das Queerfilmfestival feiert diesen September eine ganze Woche lang die besten queeren Filme des Jahres. Von Donnerstag, 8. September, bis Mittwoch, 14. September, werden 19 nicht-heteronormative Spiel- und Dokumentarfilme in 13 Städten zu sehen sein – in Berlin, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Fürstenwalde, Halle (Saale), Köln, Leipzig, Magdeburg, München, Nürnberg, Stuttgart und Wien. Im Programm finden sich Highlights aus Cannes, Toronto, Locarno und von der Berlinale. Bis auf wenige Ausnahmen laufen die Filme als deutsche Erstaufführungen. In Düsseldorf findet das Queerfilmfestival im Bambi Kino statt.

You can find the entire programme here:

https://filmkunstkinos.de/kinos/bambi/

Bambi Cinema

8 September - 14 September 2022

Klosterstr. 78

40211 Düsseldorf

filmkunstkinos.de

Bambi programm - @Queerfilmfestival

Film scene Wetsand @Queerfilmfestival

WET SAND

a film by Elene Naveriani

Like sand on the sea

A village on the Black Sea in Georgia, with friendly people who think they know each other. One day, old Eliko is found hanged in his house. Especially Amnon, who runs a small bar on the beach, seems shocked. Eliko's granddaughter Moe travels from Tbilisi to organise the funeral. In the village she encounters a web of lies and secrets. Only when Amnon breaks his silence does a new beginning seem possible ...

"Wet Sand" by Elene Naveriani gives a voice to the outsiders of rural Georgia and is a cinematic manifesto against homophobia. The melancholic and hopeful drama about cross-generational solidarity and queer self-empowerment celebrated its premiere in Locarno, where lead actor Gia Agumava was awarded Best Actor.

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WET SAND

ein Film von Elene Naveriani

Wie Sand am Meer

Ein Dorf am Schwarzen Meer in Georgien, mit freundlichen Menschen, die glauben, sich zu kennen. Eines Tages wird der alte Eliko in seinem Haus erhängt aufgefunden. Vor allem Amnon, der am Strand eine kleine Bar betreibt, wirkt erschüttert. Elikos Enkelin Moe reist aus Tiflis an, um die Beerdigung zu organisieren. Im Dorf stößt sie auf ein Netz von Lügen und Geheimnissen. Erst als Amnon sein Schweigen bricht, scheint ein Neuanfang möglich …

„Wet Sand“ von Elene Naveriani gibt den Außenseiter:innen des ländlichen Georgiens eine Stimme und ist ein filmisches Manifest gegen Homophobie. Seine Premiere feierte das zugleich melancholische und hoffnungsvolle Drama über Generations-übergreifende Solidarität und queere Selbstermächtigung in Locarno, wo Hauptdarsteller Gia Agumava als Bester Schauspieler ausgezeichnet wurde.

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