| :: SCREENING TIMETABLE - Monday 21 - Theatre 1 | ||
15h30
Quentin and Antoine, 18 year old twins, decide to hitchhike to their mother’s funeral in Spain, without their fathers’ knowledge. Their trip will be marked by quarrels, reconciliations and many revealing experiences. It will also reveal the differences between their interests and the confusion of their emotions. A luminous trek that will bring them to maturity and that will change their relationship forever. |
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17h30 Quitterie, a 38 year old European woman, is still passionate about Imamura, her 18 year old male partner, recently deceased. Quitterie frequently picks up boys on the street and brings them to her home. She dresses them up with her former lovers’ clothes and yields them in extravagant erotic rituals. (Best Documentary Competition)
Pete arrives in London with the hope of increasing his
business as an escort, always up for it and always horny,
a fantasy for those willing to pay. Not only is the Money
better in the big city, there are more opportunities to be
had and Pete has goals and ambitions. He wants a flat in
central London, a decent laptop and some good promotional
photos to help with trade. If he works hard and becomes
the best escort that he can be, perhaps a nomination at
the “World Escort Awards” in Los Angeles could be more
than just a vague dream. His plans get complicated when
he meets LondonboyKai, a fellow escort on the scene,
and starts a relationship. While Pete can easily separate
his job from his love life, Kai has a harder time sharing his
boyfriend with clients. Both are searching for very different
things in life. Greek Pete was filmed over a year using guys
working within and around the sex industry and the story is
a fictional representation of their world. The process blurs
the boundary between fiction and documentary, giving an
authentic and intimate insight into the boys’ lives, their
friends, relationships and clients. Honest, non-judgemental
and sometimes explicit, the film aims to create a portrait of a |
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| 19h30 (Feature Film Competition)
Ander, a Basque countryman well into his forties, lives alone with his mother and sister at the turn of the twentieth century. He lives a monotonous life between his work in a bycicle factory and his peasent duties shared with his sister and their elder mother. His life starts to change when, due to an accident, he needs to hire a Peruvian helper, José. The newcomer’s presence alters unintentionally the relationships between Ander and his relatives and acquaintances. When he acknowledges that he is developing deep feelings towards José, he has to decide whether he will transform his life in order to include him or not. |
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22h00 (Feature Film Competition)
The boyish Mel is the only woman in the Wandel household,
even if nobody can tell by looking at her. With short hair and
her femininity hidden under oversized clothes, Mel fits nicely
into the chaotic men’s world of her father Willi and brother
Knut. She can bear the depressing days as an assembly-line
worker for an airline catering outfit at the nearby airport
in Münster, because very soon she plans to travel the world
with Knut. But the dream of the big trip takes a back seat
when Knut breaks with the news that his girlfriend Vicky is
pregnant. When her well-meaning brother puts pressure on
her to start looking for a meaningful relationship, she claims
she already has a boyfriend. The new Portuguese co-worker,
Nuno, who gets paid by Mel to play her boyfriend at Knut’s |
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0h00 / SHORTS FILM GAY VINTAGE PROGRAMME (Queer Art) A look through images of gay male intimacy in independent, Hollywood, and porn films shows a disparity in the depiction of male intimacy. Do Me Evil, by Toby Ross (USA, 1975, 61’) Do Me Evil tells the story of an incestuous
relationship between two brothers, one of
them mentally handicapped, the other one
jealous of his mother’s preference over her
younger son. After their mother’s death, |
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