Queer Cinema III: Experimental and Animation
in cooperation with DER FLUR
Friday, 11 October 2024, 8 PM
Admission: 8.00 pm, movie start: 8.30 pm
Subversive and most relevant: This evening is dedicated to animated film and the diversity of its artistic expression. Afterwards, we invite you to a subsequent film discussion with the filmmakers Jon Frickey and Pina Mirall Wenzel.
PROGRAM, Duration: 60 minutes
IN HER BOOTS
Kathrin Steinbacher, 2019, 6 minutes
Hedi is experiencing strange things. While her granddaughter is visiting, she suddenly embarks on a hiking journey, to the deepest parts of the Alps, revealing the reason for her devoted attachment to her hiking shoes. A story about Heidi's attempt to retain her identity and autonomy.
HOTLINE 1998
Andrea Suwito, 21 minutes
animated short documentary directed by Andrea Suwito, animation Gaia Alari, production by Mandy Marahimin for Talamedia and Kurawal Foundation
NEKO NO HI / ねこ の ひ / CAT DAYS
an animated short film by Jon Frickey / 2018, Germany, Japan, 11.09 minutes, language: Japanese with English subtitles
Jiro, a little boy, feels sick. His father takes him to the doctor’s. She diagnoses a harmless condition. But it shakes the core of the boy’s identity.
SKIN TO SKIN / AZALETIK AZALERA
animated sort film by Mel Arranz, Spain 2021, 8 minutes
Between lines and shapes, hands touch; they explore an experience each other, wanting to break down the boundaries between their skin.
PUSSYA / CIPKA / PUSSY
animated sort film by Renata Gąsiorowska, Krakow 2016, 8 minutes
A young girl spends the evening alone at home. She decides to have some sweet solo pleasure session, but not everything goes according to plan.
DER FLUR is a Dortmund-based studio and cinema collective that has been organizing short film evenings with a focus on diversity since 2023. For the Liquid Currency Bar programme, the collective is leaving its venue, the "Flur" in the Kreuzviertel district, and presenting a three-part queer film programme at the Kunstverein that gives marginalized people a voice and a space.
Organizers: Pina Mirall Wenzel (illustrator and costume designer), Gina Wenzel (director and author)
As part of the Kreativ.Quartiere Ruhr program, funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science & ecce - european center for creative economy
