QUEER LISBOA 12 – 12TH LISBON GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
19th to the 27th de September 2008, Cinema São Jorge
TOTAL PROGRAMMED FILMS • 130
24 Fiction Feature Films
29 Documentaries: features, short-films e docu-fictions
77 Fiction Short Films
Competition Section for Best Feature Film • 10
Competition Section for Best Documentary • 11
Competition Section for Best Short Film
Fiction • 50
Documentary • 6
Opening Night Film (Feature) • 1
Feature Film Panorama • 5
Documentary Panorama | Queer TV • 4
Short Film Panorama • 5
Queer Art
Pascal Robitaille • 7
Fiction and Documentary Features • 4
Short Films • 8 (4 of which integrated in other sections)
A Portuguese Gay Cinema of the 70s • 2
Special Screening (Guerra Colonial) • 1
Religion and Homosexuality Program • 5 (integrated in other sections)
Positive Film Cycle • 5 (integrated in other sections)
Queer Market Special Screenings • 2
Program on The Obscene • 19
Queer Pop
Video Clips • 33
The Festival presented 26 first films by new filmmakers, a figure that represents 20% of our total program.
The Festival also presented 22 feature length debuts, be them in fiction or documentary.
AUDIENCE ATTENDANCE – OFFICIAL FIGURES
Film Screenings • 7.589 spectators
Parallel Events (Queer Pop and Debates) • 229 spectators
Sales Total: 5.694
Invitations and Accreditations Total: 2.124
Total attendance of Queer Lisboa 12: 7.818
Queer Lisboa 12 had a 26% increase in its audience attendance compared to the official 2007 Festival figures (in which it had 6.183 spectators), an 85% increase compared to its 2006 edition (4.228 spectators), and a 100% increase compared to its 2005 edition (3.924 spectators).
In 3 years Queer Lisboa doubled its number of spectators.
FILMS REPRESENTED BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
USA • 22
France • 17
Canada • 15
Germany • 11
Brazil • 9
Spain • 8
Israel • 8
Portugal • 8
Italy • 7
Australia • 5
United Kingdom • 5
Sweden • 4
Norway • 3
Belgium • 2
Finland • 2
Holland • 2
Japan • 2
Mexico • 2
Poland • 2
Switzerland • 2
Argentina • 1
Austria • 1
Ireland • 1
Luxembourg • 1
Kenya • 1
Czech Republic • 1
Romania • 1
Serbia • 1
Turkey • 1
Ukraine • 1
Portugal, alongside Spain and Israel, was the 6th most represented country in the Queer Lisboa 12 program, following the U.S.A. (1st), France (2nd), Canada (3rd), Germany (4th), and Brazil (5th).
PARALLEL EVENTS | DEBATES
Let's Talk About (Explicit) Sex, Baby! – The Boundaries of Pornography
Saturday, 20th September, Sala Buondi, 16h00
Intervenients:
Manuela Kay (Journalist, Essayist and Programmer for the Porn Film Festival, Berlin)
Pier Maria Bocchi (Film Critic and Programmer, Milan)
João Lopes (Film Critic, Lisbon)
Susanne Sachsse (Actress, Berlin)
Debate chaired by:
Luís Assis (Associação Cultural Janela Indiscreta)
Homens Provisoriamente Sós – Homosexuality and the Colonial War
Thursday, 25th September, Sala Buondi, 18h00
Intervenients:
Guilherme de Melo (Journalist and Author, Lisbon)
Domingos Oliveira (Actor and Sculptor, Lisbon)
Debate chaired by:
António Fernando Cascais (Associação Cultural Janela Indiscreta)
What’s God-Ness got to do With It? – Religion and Homosexuality
Saturday, 27th September, Sala Buondi, 16h00
Intervenients:
Vincenzo Patanè (Journalist, Author and Professor, Venice)
Oded Lotan (Filmmaker, Tel Aviv)
Luca Ragazzi (Journalist, Film Critic and Photographer, Rome)
Debate chaired by:
António Fernando Cascais (Associação Cultural Janela Indiscreta)
JÚRI
Jury of the Competition Section for Best Feature Film
José Pedro Ribeiro (President of ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Lisbon)
São José Correia (Actress, Lisbon)
Pier Maria Bocchi (Film Critic and Programmer, Milan)
Lisa Gornick (Filmmaker, London)
Jury of the Competition Section for Best Documentary
Eládio Clímaco (Presenter for RTP, Lisbon)
Barbara Reumüller (Distributor, Director and Programmer of the Identities Festival, Vienna)
Maria José Garcia (Lawyer, Cultural Manager, Lisbon)
COMPETITION AWARDS
BEST FEATURE FILM (1.000,00€) – Sponsored by Maria Lisboa Club
Antônia (Brazil, 2006, 90’), by Tata Amaral
“We chose Antônia as our Best Feature Film. It is an important film which shows a vibrant optimism about women in the favelas of Brazil. Often in Brazilian Cinema the favelas are presented with the dance beat of guns and death but instead in Antônia we have the dance beat of four women rising up together against hardship through their creativity. This film has daring camera, beautiful performances and a driving edit and is a vital addition to the Cinema of Brazil.”
The Jury: José Pedro Ribeiro, São José Correia, Pier Maria Bocchi, Lisa Gornick
BEST ACTRESS (Mention Award)
Nuria Espert | for her performance in Barcelona (Un Mapa) | Barcelona (A Map) (Spain, 2007, 85’), by Ventura Pons
BEST ACTOR (Mention Award)
Josep María Pou | for his performance in Barcelona (Un Mapa) | Barcelona (A Map) (Spain, 2007, 85’), by Ventura Pons
“For their strong, deep, convincing performances as two old people who know that they should go through vital changes during their last days together, we decided to give the prizes for the Best Actor and the Best Actress to Josep Maria Pou and Nuria Espert for their touching and challenging portrait of a couple in Barcelona (A Map).”
The Jury: José Pedro Ribeiro, São José Correia, Pier Maria Bocchi, Lisa Gornick
BEST DOCUMENTARY (1.000,00€)
Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story (Australia, 2006, 54’), by Julian Shaw
“We the jury decided unanimously to award Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, by Julian Shaw, the Prize for Best Documentary. Darling! is a heart-warming, positive, well-balanced, skilfully made documentary with an important historical and political perspective and message. The way Julian Shaw deals with his subject and protagonist is tender, authentic, and educational without being moralistic.”
The Jury: Eládio Clímaco, Barbara Reumüller, Maria José García
BEST SHORT FILM | AUDIENCE AWARD (500,00€) – Sponsored by Bico de Pena Publishers
69 – Praça da Luz (Brazil, 2007, 21’) by Carolina Markowicz, Joana Galvão 1st Prize: 69 – Praça da Luz (Brazil, 2007, 21’) by Carolina Markowicz, Joana Galvão | 8 Points
2º Lugar: Jag Är Bög | I Am Gay (Sweden, 2008, 15’), by Nicolas Kolovos| 7,9 Points (Mention)
3º Lugar: Frequent Traveller (Portugal, 2007, 8’), by Patrícia Bateira| 7,8 Points (Mention)
FESTIVAL GUESTS
Guest Programmers:
João Lopes (Film Critic, Lisbon)
Manuela Kay (Journalist, Essayist and Programmer for the Porn Film Festival, Berlin)
Júri:
Barbara Reumüller (Distributor, Director and Programmer of the Identities Festival, Vienna)
Eládio Clímaco (Presenter for RTP, Lisbon)
José Pedro Ribeiro (President of ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Lisbon)
Lisa Gornick (Filmmaker, London)
Maria José Garcia (Lawyer, Cultural Manager, Lisbon)
Pier Maria Bocchi (Film Critic and Programmer, Milan)
São José Correia (Actress, Lisbon)
Official Guests:
Alberto Puraenvida (Art Direction, “¡¡¡Todas!!!”, Spain)
André Schäfer (Filmmaker, “Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner“, Germany)
Andrés Rubio (Filmmaker, “Campillo sí, quiero”, Spain)
António Hens (Filmmaker, “Clandestinos”, Spain)
Charles Lum (Filmmaker, “F/F”, U.S.A.)
Claudette Plumey (Protagonist of the documentary “Claudette”, Switzerland)
Cláudia Rita Oliveira (Filmmaker, “Candidíase”, Portugal)
Cosimo Santoro (Programming Director of the Turin International LGBT Film Festival)
Damien Manivel (Filmmaker, “Viril”, France)
David Bonneville (Filmmaker, “Heiko”, Portugal)
Dennis Shinners (Filmmaker, “Area X”, U.S.A.)
Domingos Oliveira (Actor and Sculptor, Lisbon)
Filipe Fernandes (Assistant Director, “A Morte de Tchaikovsky”, Portugal)
Florence Fradelizi (Director of the Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival)
Francisco Maroto (Mayor of Campillo de Ranas, protagonist of the documentary “Campillo sí, quiero”, Spain)
Guilherme de Melo (Journalist and Author, Lisbon)
Gustav Hofer (Filmmaker, “Improvvisamente l`inverno scorso”, Italy)
Heiko Kalmbach (Filmmaker, “If one thing matters: a film about Wolfgang Tillmans”, Germany)
João Lascas (Filmmaker, “A Soma dos Dias”, Portugal)
José Martret (Filmmaker, “¡¡¡Todas!!!”, Spain)
Kamy Lara (Filmmaker, “A Soma dos Dias”, Portugal)
Laura Schroeder (Filmmaker, “Senteurs”, Luxembourg)
Luca Ragazzi (Filmmaker, “Improvvisamente l`inverno scorso”, Italy)
Luis Filipe Costa (Actor, “Frequent Traveller”, Portugal)
Maribel Luís (Actress, “¡¡¡Todas!!!”, Spain)
Miguel Múzquiz (Filmmaker, “Puente”, Mexico)
Nuno Félix (Filmmaker, “A Morte de Tchaikovsky”, Portugal)
Oded Lotan (Filmmaker, “Behikvot Ahatiha Ahasera | The Quest for the Missing Piece”, Israel)
Óscar Alves (Producer, “Os Demónios da Liberdade” and “Fatucha Superstar”, Portugal)
Patrícia Bateira (Filmmaker, “Frequent Traveller”, Portugal)
Philippe Tasca (Distributor, “Gay… et Après ? ”, France)
Rita Calçada (Actress, “Candidíase”, Portugal)
Ruben Caldeira (Filmmaker, “A Soma dos Dias”, Portugal)
Sara Graça (Actress, “Candidíase”, Portugal)
Susanne Sachsse (Actress, “Otto; or, Up with Dead People”, Germany)
Sylvie Cachin (Filmmaker, “Claudette”, Switzerland)
Teresa Almeida (Actress, “Os Demónios da Liberdade”, Portugal)
Other Guests:
Antonio Cerezo
Avner Brenheimer
Berta Neves
Christian Tison
Enrique Rodríguez Seivane
Jane Stephanie Dekrone
Luca Malavasi
Luis Ricardo Garcia Lara
Mark Siegel
Rick Orlando
Ventsislav Kostov
Foreign Press:
Boyd Van Hoeij (Luxembourg)
Ángel Bigorra (Spain)
Vincenzo Patanè (Italy)
Total sum of 60 Official Guests
SPONSORS
Production:
Associação Cultural Janela Indiscreta
Queer Lisboa
Strategic Partners:
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa
EGEAC, E.M.
Co-Production:
Cinema São Jorge
Festival Supported by:
Ministério da Cultura | Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual
Institutional Sponsors:
Turismo de Lisboa
Videoteca Municipal de Lisboa
Coordenação Nacional para a Infecção pelo VIH/Sida
Embaixada de Espanha
Embaixada de Israel
Goethe-Institut
Instituto Cervantes
Instituto Franco-Português | Alliance Française
Program Partners:
Berlin Porn Film Fest
ZON-Lusomundo
Competition Award Sponsors:
Maria Lisboa
Bico de Pena | Editora Pergaminho
Official Hotel:
Hotel Florida
Website:
Miaki
Official Television:
SIC Radical
Official Radio:
RADAR
Media Partners:
Time Out
Com’Out
DIF
Parq
Gay Barcelona
Cinema 2000
Portugal Gay
Take
Official Diner:
The Great American Disaster
Official Restaurants:
Trivial
Charcutaria Francesa
Logistic Support:
Restart
Remax LGBT
Support to Festival Events:
Maria Lisboa
MAX
Chueca
Purex
PUBLISHING HOUSES AND DISTRIBUTORS REPRESENTED AT THE QUEER MARKET DVD:
Distribuidora Atalanta
Distribuidora Costa do Castelo
Distribuidora Épicentre Films (Paris)
Distribuidora LNK
Distribuidora Lusomundo
Livros:
Edições Asa
Editora 90º
Editora Antígona
Editora D. Quixote
Editora Derive Approdi (Veneza)
Editora Gradiva
Editora Nova Vega
Editora Oficina do Livro
Editora Pergaminho | Bico de Pena
Editora Verso da Kapa
Editora Zayas (e venda de outros artigos)
Edizioni Lindau (Milão)
COMPANIES PRESENT WITH STAND-UPS AT FOYER OF THE CINEMA SÃO JORGE
Com’ Out
Remax LGBT
Absolute Divine
The company GL Events | Socieventos was in charge of the decor of the Cinema São Jorge, through a sponsorship to the Festival.
ACCREDITED PRESS
Alexei Maia
Alfonso Rodríguez (Agência EFE)
Alison Aiep (freelance)
André Santos (Hard Música)
António Fernandes Lourenço (Jornal dos Reformados)
António Luís (Jornal Correio de Setúbal)
António Teixeira (Hard Música)
Antonio Torres (Agência EFE)
Bruno Fernandes (Jornal Universitário A Cabra e freelance)
Bruno Horta (Time Out)
Bruno Rosa (Janela Urbana)
Carla Magro Dias (Cineclube de Évora)
Cláudia X
Dirk Baumgartl (Männer, Germany)
Eduardo Marino (Com' Out)
Eduardo Mota (Caras)
Fábio Lopes (Take)
Gonçalo Sá (Sapo)
Hédio Júnior (O Tempo, Brazil)
João Fernandes (Lifestyle, Comunicação e Imagem)
João Moço (Diário de Notícias)
João Santos (Cuatro Cabezas – TVI)
Jorge Pinto (Cinema 2000)
José Pedro Vasconcelos
Levi Fernandes (France Press)
Luís Calado (Diário de Notícias)
Luís Pires (Semanário Económico)
Luís Rodrigues
Luís Vigário (Cuatro Cabezas – TVI)
Manuele Masini (Alleo)
Maria Miguel Pereira (Le Cool)
Mário Gabriel Sousa
Mário Sousa (Com' Out)
Marisa Alexandra Batista (Observatório Imprensa)Miguel Hiza (Cuatro Cabezas – TVI)
Nuno Carvalho (Diário de Notícias)
Pedro Ramos (SIC Mulher)
Pedro Santos Lã (Portal Int. Fest. de Cinema)
Rui Lagartinho (RTP)
Rui Oliveira Marques (Meios e Publicidade)
Sandra Santos (fotógrafa freelance)
Sofia Ângelo
Sónia Ramalho (Com' Out)
Tânia Nascimento (About Media)
Zita Braga (Hard Música)
Total sum of 48 accredited journalists
Total sum of 166 accreditations for team members and cinema professionals |