Queer Lisboa 2011 – Film Festival of Transgressions, 16-24 September

By Victor B | September 12, 2011 at 4:43 pm | No comments | Events, Lisbon | Tags: events, film festival, gay, Lisbon

84 films from around the world have been selected to screen at the 15th edition of Queer Lisboa. This film festival in Portugal’s premiere showcase for the best of queer cinema produced in the past two years. The Cinema São Jorge and Teatro do Bairro will play hosts to this unique and respected event taking place in Lisbon, September 16-24.

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Transgressions is the theme of this year’s festival dedicated exclusively to screening gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and transsexual themed films, a genre known as Queer Cinema. With that, expect to see a very diverse, thought-provoking works alongside a schedule of events featuring theatrical play, art exhibitions and director discussions.

Significant films, not only for this genre, but critically acclaimed by the film community will screen. Opening the festival will be Howl, by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and starring James Franco. The film will go into wide release in Portugal on 22 September, distributed by Midas Filmes. The Closing Night film is Taxi Zum Klo, by Frank Ripploh, a work transgressing both cinema narrative and aesthetic values, regarding sex, sexuality, and gender.

Also screening is a documentary generating much discussion in the US, Becoming Chaz. This film documents the transgender female-to-male process of Chaz Bono (see photo at top).

Special guests at this year’s festival includes: Swiss director Sylvie Cachin, presenting her documentary gODDESSES (we believe we were born perfect); American director Todd Verow, presenting The Final Girl and Leave Blank; Swedish director Håkon Liu in attendance for Miss Kicki; Greek director Panagiotis Evangelidis will talk about his documentary The Life and Death of Celso Junior, and his experimental short film Diptych: The love that dare not speak its name; director Hong Khaou, screening his short film Spring, and Pedro Barão presenting short film Vibratum Vitae.

A full Queer Lisboa 15 Schedule of Screenings & events can be found HERE. Below is a list of feature-length fiction and documentary films screening at the festival.

FICTION
80 Egunean – (2010) By Jon Garaño & Jose Mari Goenaga, Spain
Auf der Suche – (2011) By Jan Krüger, Germany & France
Ausente – (2011) By Marco Berger, Argentina
Bijou – (1972) By Wakefield Poole, USA
Boys in the Sand – (1971) By Wakefield Poole, USA
Community Action Center – (2010) By A.K. Burns & A.L. Steiner, USA
Contracorriente – (2009) By Javier Fuentes-León, Peru & Colombia
FIT – (2010) By Rikki Beadle-Blair, UK
Leave Blank – (2010) By Todd Verow, USA
La Llamada - (2010) By Stefano Pasetto, Italy & Argentina
Mesa Sto Dasos – (2010) By Angelos Frantzis, Greece
Miss Kicki – (2009) By Håkon Liu, Sweden & Taiwan
Mi Último Round – (2010) By Julio Jorquera, Chile & Argentina
Piedras – (2009) By Matías Marmorato, Argentina
Romeos – (2011) By Sabine Bernardi, Germany
Rosa Morena – (2010) By Carlos Oliveira, Brazil & Denmark
Spork – (2009) By J.B. Ghuman Jr., USA
Stadt Land Fluss – (2011) By Benjamin Cantu, Germany
Taxi zum Klo – (1980) By Frank Ripploh, Germany
The Final Girl – (2010) By Todd Verow, USA & France
Tierra Madre – (2010) By Dylan Verrechia, Mexico
Uivo (Howl) – (2010) By Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, USA

DOCUMENTARY
!Women Art Revolution: A Secret History – (2010) By Lynn Hershman Leeson, USA
Advocate for Fagdom – (2011) By Angélique Bosio, France
Assume Nothing – (2009) By Kirsty MacDonald, New Zealand
Becoming Chaz – (2011) By Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, USA
Die Jungs vom Bahnhof Zoo – (2011) By Rosa von Praunheim, Germany
Die Katze Wäre Eher ein Vogel… – (2007) By Melanie Jilg, Germany
Difficult Love – (2010) By Zanele Muholi & Peter Goldsmid, South Africa
Fjellet – (2011) By Ole Giæver, Norway
Florent: Queen of the Meat Market – (2011) By David Sigal, USA
Frauenzimmer – (2010) By Saara Aila Waasner, Germany
gODDESSES (we believe we were born perfect) – (2010) By Sylvie Cachin, Switzerland & South Africa
I Am – (2011) By Sonali Gulati, India
Island – (2009) By Ryan Sullivan, USA
MIWA, A Japanese Icon – (2011) By Pascal-Alex Vincent, France & Japan
Mi Sexualidad Es una Creación Artistic – (2011) By Lucía Egaña Rojas, Spain
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure – (2011) By Matthew Bate, Australia
Poo kor karn rai – (2011) By Thunska Pansittivorakul, Thailand, Germany
The Life and Death of Celso Junior – (2011) By Panayotis Evangelidis, Greece
We Were Here – (2011) By David Weissman, USA
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within – (2010) By Yony Leyser, USA
Working on It – (2008) By Karin Michalski & Sabina Baumann, Germany, Switzerland

There is a competition element ot the festival. Awards will be given to Best Feature Film, Best Actor and Best Actress. As well, The RTP2 Award will be given to Best Documentary. The most popular short film will be given the Audience Award.

For more information, visit the Queer Lisboa 15 website.

Festival Information:
Phone: +351 916 106 904
Email: info@queerlisboa.pt

Venues:
Cinema São Jorge
Avenida da Liberdade, 175
1250-141 Lisbon
Phone: +351 213 103 400
Email: cinemasaojorge@egeac.pt

Teatro do Bairro
Rua Luz Soriano, 63
1200-246 Lisbon
Phone: +351 213 473 358
Email: teatrodobairro.geral@sapo.pt

Film Screening Tickets:
Per person – €3.50
Discount ticket: €3.00 (under 25 & over 65 years old, employees of the Lisbon City Hall, and members of Portuguese LGBT associations)