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The 6 Annual
19-28 August 2016
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE & FILM SCREENING LIST
#DGLFF2016
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DGLFF 2016 SCREENINGS & WORKSHOPS SCHEDULE
19 - 28 August 2016 | www.dglff.org.za
TIME
FRIDAY 19
10:00
TICKETS:
11:00
R40 / ticket
12:00
Opening Night R80
(incl. free soft drink)

13:00
14:00
15:00
Closing Night R80
(from 7pm incl. awards)
GOLD CARD R650
(more than 50% saving &
see everything)
SILVER CARD R300
(see 10 films)
16:00
17:00
18:15
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
ALL CARDS
TRANSFERABLE
17:30 for 18:00
OPENING NIGHT
COCKTAIL PARTY
(Invited Guests)
19:30 for 19:45
OFFICIAL OPENING
CEREMONY (30")
20:00
OPENING NIGHT FILMS:
Dawn (13")
SF - PAP
+
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH GERALD? (98")
FF - PAP
Opening Night Party:
@ Club Altitude
From 22:30
SATURDAY 20
11:30
Film Workshop (60") David Walker chats +
Reinventing The Reel
(20') SD - PAP
SUNDAY 21
11:30
Breaking Free
(81')
FD - "PAP"
Two Soft Things, Two
Hard Things (71")
FD - PAP
Dressed as a Girl (100')
FD - "PAP"
LESBIAN SHORTS #1:
It's Okay To Eat Fish
Cause They Don't Have
Any Feelings (12") +
Man (13") +
Axiomatic (17") +
Differences Between Men
& Women (17") +
Moms on Fire (13")
SF - PAP
LADIES NITE:
Meet the Beavers (60')
FD - "PAP"
+
(Guest Filmmaker in
Attendance Q&A)
(30")
GAY SHORTS #1:
Achilles Heel (17") +
Barely in Love (16") +
Follow Me (14") +
Get The Life (12") +
Buddy (12") +
Longing (21")
SF - PAP
WAITING IN THE
WINGS: THE MUSICAL
(107")
FF - PAP
MONDAY 22
Times are as scheduled, unless indicated by a
specific time next to the scheduled item. Whilst
every effort has been made to keep as planned,
this schedule is subject to change without notice
ALL FILMS ARE BEING SCREENED ARE
RECOMMENDED FOR A MATURE
AUDIENCE /
NO u18 WHERE INDICATED (SLNV)
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17:30
Rotten (17")
SD - PAP
+
Colours of the Street
(25") SD - PAP
LADIES NITE:
S&M SALLY (79")
FF - PAP
LADIES NITE:
(No u18 - SNLV)
BRUISING FOR BESOS
(89") FF - PAP
KZNSA COMPLEX
CLOSED
NO SCREENINGS
TODAY
-
(No u18 - SN)
MUXE (118")
FF - PAP
TUESDAY 23

DANISH SHORTS:
(No u18 - SN)
Nomansland (36")
SF - ES +
*Perpetual (25")
SF - ES
(*Guest Filmmaker &
Actor in Attendance
Q&A) - (30")
Yes, we too can get a
night off sometimes!
FRENCH NITE:
No Matter Who (18")
SF - PAP
+
(No u18 - N)
SUMMERTIME
(LA BELLE SAISON)
(105") FF - PAP
FRENCH SHORTS #2:
(No u18 - SN)
WORLD PREMIERE of
Guillaume Masturbates
(3") SF - WP
+
Mascaras (13") +
7th Heaven (39") +
The Return (20")
SF - PAP
WEDNESDAY 24
10:00
DGLFF 2017+
workshop:
A closed workshop on
advancing the DGLFF,
outreach planning &
volunteer drive - help the
Festival grow & succeed!
Danish Filmmaker
Workshop
with
Alice Minor
(MIX Copenhagen rep);
Peter Lavrsen (director)
& Nicolas Wollesen,
(lead actor, *Perpetual)
17:30
SCANDINAVIAN NITE:
Xenia - Confessions of a
Hauler (56')
D - "PAP"
SWEDISH SHORTS:
All We Share (25") +
The Moment
That Passed (12") +
Mother Knows Best (13")
+ Reel (13") +
We Could Be Parents
(14")
SF - PAP
21:15
DANISH SHORTS:
(No u18 - SN)
Nomansland (36")
SF - ES +
*Perpetual (25")
SF - ES
(*Guest Filmmaker &
Actor in Attendance
Q&A) - (30")
THURSDAY 25
FRIDAY 26
SATURDAY 27
SUNDAY 28
10:00
HUMAN RIGHTS & ART
workshop:
10:00
HUMAN RIGHTS & FILM
workshop:
An open public workshop
on advancing dialogue on
LGBT issues through
artistic expression
An open public workshop
on advancing dialogue on
LGBT issues through
LGBT film
(All DGLFF guests &
jury in attendance)
10:30
KZNGALTA
Networking Brunch
To book, contact:
[email protected]
11:30
Before You Know It
(111")
FD - PAP
CHRISTINE AT THE
CROSSROADS (55")
FF - "PAP"
13:30
Inside The Chinese
Closet (72")
FD - PAP
USA/Canada Filmmaker
Workshop
with
Beth Nelson (Meet the
Beavers director) &
Jacquie Jones (US
doccie filmmaker & 48 HR
Project DBN Co-ord.)
17:30
Meet the Beavers (60')
FD - ES
(Guest Filmmaker in
Attendance Q&A)
WORLD PREMIERE
Of Canadian Doccie:
BALLS (51")
D - WP (No u18 - N)
+
I'm a Pornstar:
Gay4Pay (52')
D - PAP (No u18 - N)
India/Pakistan
Filmmaker Workshop
with
Nadia Horsted-Narejo
(AKS Festival rep &
photographer/filmmaker)
& Yuvraaj Parashar
(director Dunno Y2) &
Kapil Sharma (scr. DY2)
17:15
BOLLYWOOD NITE:
AKS Festival ScreeningPakistani SF & SD
Combo (88") - PAP
(Guest Filmmaker in
Attendance Q&A)
BOLLYWOOD NITE:
DUNNO Y2: Life is a
Moment (98")
FF - "PAP"
(Guest Filmmaker &
Actors in attendance;
Q&A) (30")
LESBIAN SHORTS #2:
How To Be Alone (22") +
This is how I want to
remember H.E.R. (27") +
Melody of Darkness (25")
+ Betty (9") +
Care (9")
SF - PAP
S.AFRICAN FLIK:
I AM THE ROSE
(50') FF +
(Guest Filmmaker in
Attendance + Q&A)
19:00 for 19:15
CLOSING CEREMONY +
OFFICIAL JURY &
AUDIENCE AWARDS
20:00
CLOSING NIGHT FILM:
Queer Moxie (94')
Feat. Doccie - "PAP"
With Love (36')
SD - "PAP"
+
Accepted (17")
SD - PAP
+
Alzheimer's: A Love
Story (17") SD - PAP
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH GERALD? (98")
FF - ES
ES - Encore Screening
RS - Retrospective
Screening
Closing Night Party:
@ Club Altitude
From 22:30
S.AFRICAN FLIK:
THE ROSE MINISTRY
(99') FF
+
(Guest Filmmaker in
Attendance Q&A)
GAY SHORTS #2:
Famous Diamonds (7") +
Bed Buddies (15") +
Open Relationship (13") +
The Orchid (3") +
Girls & Boys (31")
SF - PAP
WAITING IN THE
WINGS: THE MUSICAL
(107")
FF - ES
21:00
FESTIVAL CLOSED:
See you in
AUGUST 2017
for the 7th annual
DGLFF!!
23:00
KEY:
FF - Feature Film
SF - Short Film
FD - Feature Documentary
D - 1hr Doccie
SD - Short Documentary
PAP - Pink African
Premiere of FF
Q&A - Discuss film with
filmmaker after film
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00' - duration in mins
BRUISING FOR BESOS
DIRECTORS:
89 Minutes
MARISA BECERRA & ADELINA ANTHONY
2016
United States
An intimate character study of YOLI - a charismatic and complicated
Xicana lesbian making family in a Queer and Trans People Of Color
(QTPOC) suburban scene in Los Angeles. She’s an artist at heart, and
along with her best friend, RANI, makes do with a mundane job. One
night she pursues, DAÑA, an alluring Puerto Rican woman. This
romance upends the seeming calmness of her life as Yoli soon finds
herself recreating a tumultuous past of domestic violence. She must
choose between familiar patterns of hurt or begin to face the
history that haunts her.
Sun 21/08 @ 19:00 (Spanish, Spanglish; w/sub)
Romantic Drama | No u18 (SNLV)
CHRISTINE AT THE CROSSROADS
DIRECTORS:
ERNIE & HEATHER SMITH
55 Minutes
2014
United States
Welcome to the 6th annual Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival! This summary table of
the films included this year is meant as a quick-reference guide for Festival patrons.
More detailed information is available from our website (www.dglff.org.za).
A young woman begins to realize that true love and the relationship
she wants isn’t exactly what society would like her to think. Christine
is forced to confront her repressed sexuality when she falls in love
with a co-worker.
Please note that films are of a mature nature, with some identified for adults/no u18.
FEATURE FILMS
Sat 27/08 @ 13:00
OPENING NIGHT FEATURE FILM (Friday 19 Aug; 19:45 Opening; 20:00
Screening):
The DGLFF is proud to announce our Opening Night film on will be Matt
Riddlehoover's latest gay romantic comedy "WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH
GERALD". Billed as “Gay cinema’s answer to Woody Allen!” (Homopop.com)
and “One of today’s best gay filmmakers!” (The Advocate), Matt's previous
film "Paternity Leave" was a huge hit at last year's DGLFF.
Romantic Drama
DUNNO Y2: LIFE IS A MOMENT
DIRECTOR:
YUVRAAJ PARASHAR
98 Minutes
2015
India / Norway
Dunno Y2 is a sequel of Bollywood's first Gay themed film Dunno Y
Na Jaane Kyun, that had the first man on man kiss and lovemaking
scene in Bollywood history. This love story between two men, one
from Pakistan and one from India, who meet in a gay sauna in Oslo,
Norway, shows that when culture and tradition puts limits on their
life choices, they undergo a voyage through identity, choice,
communication and movement - and their love remains.
Tickets for the Opening Night cost R80 each and include a complimentary
TRANQUINI soft drink, our proud SPONSOR for this screening.
Please email [email protected] or call 0781895430 to reserve your seat.
Fri 26/08 @ 19:00 (Urdu, Hindi, Norwegian, English, w/sub) +
Romantic Comedy
Q&A session after the film
Filmmakers in attendance at DGLFF; social after screening "meet & greet" event at Club Altitude 22:30
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH GERALD?
DIRECTOR:
MATT RIDDLEHOOVER
98 Minutes
2016
United States
Gerald (Jacob York), a semi-alcoholic, thirty-something trust fund
baby, wakes up every morning in some sort of pain. He's tried
every medical fix he can think of, including acupuncture and
reflexology. When he's referred to an eccentric jeweler (Kathy
Cash) - much to the chagrin of his very practical partner, Charles
(Jonathan Everett) - Gerald soon discovers he's in for a whole lot
more than retail therapy. With a touch of magic, the jeweler's
gemstones help Gerald ease the pain, navigating through a
complete reexamination of his life... in completely unexpected
ways.
Fri 18/08 @ 20:00 (R80 - Opening Night incl. comp Tranquini)
Romantic Comedy
Fri 26/08 @ 21:00 (R40 - Normal ticket price)
 Screens with short film DAWN (13 Min) on Opening Night
I AM THE ROSE
DIRECTORS:
50 Minutes
MLUNGISI MSOMI & SEKARA MAFISA
2015
South Africa
A day is filled with drama for drag queen Cebi, as she is mistakenly
accepted as a boy's bride by his mother, who isn't aware Cebi is, in
fact, a boy!
Sun 28/08 @ 17:00 (SeSotho, IsiZulu, English; w/sub) + Q&A
session after the film
Filmmakers & actors in attendance at DGLFF
3
Comedy
MUXE
DIRECTOR:
118 Minutes
WAITING IN THE WINGS: THE MUSICAL
DIRECTOR:
JENN PAGE
107 Minutes
2016
United States
Two entertainers, destined for the big time, are mismatched in a
casting office from two very different online contests. Tony, a
stripper from New York, is cast in an Off-Broadway musical and
needs to trade in his tear-away trunks for tap shoes and tights.
Anthony, a naive musical theatre enthusiast from Montana, needs
to decide if he can strip all the way down just to stay in town. Hilarity
ensues as they realize that "to make it" they're gonna have to learn
some new tricks. Shirley Jones, Sally Struthers, and Lee Meriwether
round out this heartwarming homage to Broadway with some
delightful cameos, including 80s heartthrob, Christopher Atkins.
Sat 20/08 @ 19:00 + encore screening Sun 28/08 @ 19:00
Musical Romantic Comedy
MICHAEL SATZINGER
2016
Austria
When Muxe, a Two Spirit Indio, is invited to Europe to attend an
ethnological exhibition he falls head over heels in love with Gonzo, a
member of a provincial rock band. The two men become entangled
in a turbulent adventure involving Cloud People and an ancient clay
vase that is reputed to contain a secret message. But before they
can overcome the barriers that their different cultures present and
confess their love to each other they have a mystery to solve, that
once revealed has the power to change life on Earth forever.
Sat 20/08 @ 21:00 (German, English; w/sub)
Romantic Comedy - SciFi | No u18 (SN)
S&M SALLY
DIRECTOR:
80 Minutes
MICHELLE EHLEN
2015
United States
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
A charming comedy about taboo topics, lesbian couple Jamie and Jill
explore the underground world of S&M while their friends David
and Lola compete to see who's cool enough to go through with a
threesome.
Sun 21/08 @ 17:00
We've brought you a selection of amazing, inspiring, uplifting and enlightening documentary
features and short doccies from across the world. From Chinese closets to American gay-for-pay
cameras, Pakistani transgender experiences to Brazilian life on the streets, #DGLFF2016 packages
17 superb productions into a jam-packed, irresistible 10 day Festival experience for documentary
enthusiasts.
Romantic Comedy
SUMMERTIME (LA BELLE SAISON)
DIRECTOR:
CATHERINE CORSINI
105 Minutes
2015
France
There's little chance, in 1971, that Carole, a Spanish teacher and
feminist militant in Paris, would ever meet Delphine, the daughter of
a couple of Limousin farmers. But meet they do and fell
passionately in love. Unfortunately, Delphine's father falls victim to a
stroke, and the young woman has no other choice but to go back
home to help her mother run the family farm. Carole, who is so
smitten by Delphine, can't stand the estrangement and decides to
join her lover at the farm. Can feminism and lesbianism easily be
transferred to the countryside and its standards of the time?
Tues 23/08 @ 19:00 (French; w/sub)
Romantic Drama | No u18 (SN)
Screens with short film No matter Who (18 Min) on FRENCH NITE; screening courtesy Alliance Française
Durban & Institut Française Cinéma
THE ROSE MINISTRY
DIRECTORS:
99 Minutes
ACCEPTED
DIRECTORS:
18 Minutes
A portrait of Alexis, a gender-queer youth who explores his identity
as he seeks brotherhood and intimacy in his new school. Alexis’
quest for acceptance is at the core of the film, as he rushes a
fraternity and returns to his past and his childhood looking for
answers about who he is, and who he will become.
Thu 25/08 @ 21:00
Short Documentary
Screens with short doccies Alzheimers: A Love Story (17 Min) & With Love (34 Mins)
ALZHEIMER'S: A LOVE STORY
DIRECTORS:
GABE SCHIMMEL, MONICA PETRUZZELLI
17 Minutes
2015
United States
MLUNGISI MSOMI & SEKARA MAFISA
2016
South Africa
A South African-made drama aimed at assisting Christians, gay or
straight, about how God loved the whole world. It affirms love
against homophobia and hate crimes, especially if Christians were
to follow the command in Ephesians 4:30-32
Sun 28/08 @ 15:00 (seSotho, sePedi, seTswana, isiXhosa
IsiZulu, English; w/sub) + Q&A session after the film
Filmmakers in attendance at DGLFF
ARIANA VICTOR, OLIVIA LAULETTA, GREG MACARTHUR
2015
United States
Alzheimer’s: A Love Story follows Greg and Michael as they struggle
with a disease eradicating the memory of their relationship 40+
years in the making.
Thu 25/08 @ 21:00
Short Documentary
Screens with short doccies Accepted (18 MIns) & With Love (34 Mins)
Religious Drama
4
We are proud to announce that the DGLFF has been chosen by Canadian producer, Charlie David,
to host the WORLD PREMIERE of his latest documentary BALLS! Charlie is a long-time supporter
of the DGLFF, having visited last year. We hope to try have both Nickolaos Stagias and Charle
David with us for this occasion although we're unable to confirm at the time of publication - keep
an eye on our Facebook and Website for info!
DRESSED AS A GIRL
DIRECTOR:
98 Minutes
UK director Colin Rothbart in his feature film debut rips off the wigs
and wipes away the mascara to find the real people behind the
figureheads of East London’s much-hyped alternative drag scene.
Following in the tradition of Paris Is Burning and The Cockettes, the
film paints a compelling London portrait that pulls audiences
beyond the performances into a mesmerising and previously
inaccessible underworld. UK director Colin Rothbart in his feature
film debut rips off the wigs and wipes away the mascara to find the
real people behind the figureheads of East London’s much-hyped
alternative drag scene.
BALLS
DIRECTOR:
51 Minutes
NICKOLAOS STAGIAS
2016
Canada
A documentary about the body part most associated with manhood
and what happens when that's taken away. Our society imbues a
man's testicles with the constructs of masculinity, sexuality, virility
and overall male-hood. So what happens when a man is faced with
losing one or both? There are four main incidents that can lead a
man to be faced with the removal of a ball - testicular cancer,
torsion, an infection, or gender reassignment. Replace or not
replace, options of replacements, dating and disclosure, parenthood
possibilities, and likely most importantly the psychology
surrounding moving forward without feeling emasculated make
Balls well rounded, talk-worthy, and shareable.
Thu 25/08 @ 19:00 - WORLD PREMIERE
Documentary
Screens with documentary I'm A Porn Star: Gay4Pay (52 Mins)
BEFORE YOUR KNOW IT
DIRECTOR:
PJ RAVAL
111 Minutes
2014
Sun 28/08 @ 11:30
COLIN ROTHBART
2015
United Kingdom
Sun 21/08 @ 13:00
Feature Documentary
I'M A PORNSTAR: GAY4PAY
DIRECTOR:
CHARLIE DAVID
53
2016
Canada
Welcome to the curious, surprising and always outspoken world of
straight men who go Gay4Pay. Curiously there is a
disproportionate percentage of men working in gay porn who
identify as straight. Why would a straight man do gay porn? What
motivates him to try this or make a career of it? Why is there such
keen interest and debate into the sexuality and personal lives of
these men? And what does it say about us, the viewer that so much
of gay porn is dominated by images of straight men? Are there
shades of internalized homophobia emerging? Why might we be
turned off if the man on screen looks, sounds, or behaves in a way
that is identifiably queer? To try answer some of these questions
we interviewed men from some of the most popular and prolific
studios which fetishize straight men.
Thu 25/08 @ 19:00*
Feature Documentary
Screens *immediately after the World Premiere screening of documentary Balls (51 Mins)
Canada
The subjects of the film BEFORE YOU KNOW IT are no ordinary
senior citizens. They are go-go booted bar-hoppers, love struck
activists, troublemaking baton twirlers, late night Internet cruisers,
seasoned renegades and bold adventurers. BEFORE is a film about
generational trailblazers who have surmounted prejudice and efied
expectation to form communities of strength, renewal and
camaraderie – whether these communities be affable senior living
facilities, lively activist enclaves or wacky queer bars brimming with
glittered trinkets and colorful drag queens.
Feature Documentary
INSIDE THE CHINESE CLOSET
DIRECTOR:
SOPHIA LUVARÀ
72 Minutes
2015
Netherlands
BREAKING FREE
DIRECTOR:
89 Minutes
In a desperate attempt to meet their parents’ expectations, Andy
goes on a hunt for a lesbian woman to marry and Cherry in search
of a baby to adopt. Being homosexual makes it hard to conform to
their families’ and society’s expectations, but both Andy and Cherry
are determined to do things ‘the right way’. This film follows Andy
and Cherry in their search. Through these encounters the film lays
bare the challenges that confront gay people in China today.
SRIDHAR RANGAYAN
2014
India
Filmmaker and gay activist Sridhar Rangayan embarks on a personal
journey to expose the human rights violations faced by the LGBTQ
community in India due to a draconian law Section 377 and homophobic social mores of a patriarchal society. The gritty documentary
BREAKING FREE, shot over 7 years, features searing testimonies of
gay & transgender persons who have been victimized or exploited,
as well as wide-ranging interviews with advocates and activists
across India. See-sawing between despair and joy, anguish and
hope, the film is an emotional rollercoaster journey of the Indian
LGBTQ movement - from invisibility to empowerment.
Sun 21/08 @ 11:30 (Hindi, English, w/sub)
Feature Documentary
Sun 28/08 @ 13:30 (Chinese, English, w/sub)
5
Feature Documentary
MEET THE BEAVERS: CAMP BEAVERTON
DIRECTORS:
ANA GRILLO & BETH NELSON
61 Minutes
2015
United States
THE COLOURS OF THE STREET
DIRECTOR:
FELIPPE FRANCISCO
25 Minutes
2016
Brazil
Each year, a city of 50,000 arises in Nevada’s isolated Black Rock
Desert as Burning Man gets underway: eight days of a revolutionary
social experiment in art, community, and self-expression. Ana Grillo
and Beth Nelsen travel to the playa on a quest to delve deep into a
subset of this radical population, the Beavers of Camp Beaverton—
lesbian, bisexual, trans, gender-queer and beyond, who come
together to commune and play.
Sun 21/08 @ 15:00 + encore screening Thu 25/08 @ 17:30 +
Q&A session after the screening
Filmmaker in attendance at DGLFF
This film shows the LGBT homeless people in the city of São Paulo
as they are; how they live, think, relate to each other and society. It
is also addresses the views of opinion leaders on the issue, as public
officials, NGOs, academics and politicians, thus highlighting how this
population is doubly marginalized by society.
Tue 23/08 @ 17:30 (Portuguese; w/sub)
Screens with short doccie Rotten (17 Min)
Documentary
TWO SOFT THINGS, TWO HARD THINGS
DIRECTOR:
MARK KENNETH WOODS & MICHAEL YERXA
71 Minutes
2016
Canada
QUEER MOXIE
DIRECTOR:
94 Minutes
HEATHER PROVONCHA & LEO HOLLEN JR
2016
United States
Featuring comedians, drag kings and queens, spoken word artists
and burlesque dancers, Queer Moxie is a behind the scenes look
into queer performance art from the fringe to the mainstream. By
showing out and dreaming big, queer artists have entertained and
inspired audiences, once not able to see themselves onstage.
Featuring interviews, archival and performance footage, Queer
Moxie presents a glimpse of those that have queered the stage and
ignited social change.
Sat 27/08 @ 20:00 (R80 - Closing Night incl. comp soft drink)
Feature Documentary
Preceding the Closing Night Film screening are the Jury & Audience Awards ceremony, included in ticket
As a small group in Nunavut, Canada prepare for a seminal LGBTQ
Pride celebration in the Arctic, the film explores how colonization
and religion have shamed and erased traditional Inuit beliefs about
sexuality and family structure and how, 60 years later, a new
generation of Inuit are actively 'unshaming' their past.
Tue 23/08 @ 17:30
CHRISTOPHER LUDGATE
2016
United States
A first-hand inside look into NYC's historic secular grass-roots
organization, God's Love We Deliver, which began delivering
nutritious meals to a neglected community at the height of the AIDS
crisis and then snowballed into a non-profit organization that
improves the lives of thousands suffering from a variety of illnesses
with food as medicine and the kindness of human spirit. Includes
interviews and appearances from staff and volunteers sharing their
take on how kindness can save lives. Special appearances by
Michael Bloomberg, Joan Rivers, Dan Savage, and more. Music by
Alternate Routes.
Tue 23/08 @ 17:30
Short Documentary
Screens with short doccies Alzheimers: A Love Story (17 Min) & Accepted (17 Mins)
A documentary short about contemporary independent filmmakers'
attempts to change the portrayal of LGBT characters in film. The film
begins with a historical perspective of the big-studio Hollywood
treatment of LGBT characters, and then shows how that portrayal
has changed, and why is important that it continues to change.
Sat 20/08 @ 11:30
Short Documentary
This screening will form part of a film talk by #DGLFF2016 Jury Member, film writer David R Walker
XENIA - CONFESSIONS OF A HAULER
DIRECTOR:
IBEN HAAR ANDERSON
56 Minutes
2016
Denmark
This is the story about Xenia, who spent half a lifetime as a man
before deciding to spend the rest of it as a woman. At the end of a
dirt track, deep in the Danish countryside, resides Xenia with his
German Sheppard in a disused farm. Xenia is 70 years old, a former
freight hauler and who dresses as a woman. He has finally found a
balance between a quiet existence in the countryside and a
satisfying work life. Over the last 20 years his occupation has been
as a lady of pleasure, receiving customers both in his home and
around different sites in Copenhagen. The film gives a loving
account of his unique road towards happiness.
Sat 24/08 @ 17:30 (Danish; w/sub)
Documentary
MEHMET SELCUK BILGE
2015
Turkey
In Turkey, you have to “prove” your sexual orientation in order to
avoid military service. If you are as feminine as they want, you can
get a mental disorder report which means you are ROTTEN.
Tue 23/08 @ 17:30 (Turkish; w/sub)
Screens with short doccie The Colours of the Street (24 Min)
Feature Documentary
WITH LOVE
DIRECTOR:
34 Minutes
REINVENTING THE REEL
DIRECTOR:
MICHAEL GORLICK
20 Minutes
2016
United States
ROTTEN
DIRECTOR:
17 Minutes
Short Documentary
Short Documentary
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SHORT FILMS
As I remember
Dir: Saqib Noman |Canada |2015 |Punjabi, English with Eng Subtitles |29 min
As I Remember chronicles the life events of the main protagonist, Saqib, from childhood, as a young adult and
finally, in the present. The journey starts in the memory lane of his cute friendship with Maaz as they run
through the streets of the Walled City of Lahore, and takes us through the grim events of bullying and abuse
from his peers and family on the account of being “different”. National College of Arts graduate, Saqib Noman,
illustrates his life with the perfections of his drawings, and some heedful live-act visuals to break free from the
vicious cycle of marginalization, and abuse through the medium of art.
#DGLFF2016 packages 38 stunning productions into phenomenal, unmissible 10 day Festival
experience for short film and queer cinema enthusiasts.
AKS SCREENING PACK - Friday 26 August @ 17:00 (BOLLYWOOD NITE)
This is a short program of films "Made in Pakistan" - all these films were shot in Pakistan by
independant filmmakers on the topics of LGBTIQ and identities.
Accordingly AKS will be represented by Danish-Pakistani filmmaker & photographer Nadia HorstedNarejo, who will also co-present an Indian-Pakistani filmmakers workshop on Friday 26/08 at 15:00
alongside guest filmmakers Yuvraaj Parashar (director Dunno Y2: Life is a Moment) & Kapil Sharma
(writer, Dunno Y2). Nadia is supported at the DGLFF by generous support from the Royal Danish
Embassy in Pretoria and the Danish Cultural Ministry
AKS Film - Art - Dialogue Festival, launched in April 2014, is a
global human rights initiative designed to facilitate an already
existing socio-cultural dialogue. The organization aims to promote
the visibility of minorities and marginalized groups and
communities. AKS festival screens films, accompanied by
discussions and debates, organizes educational workshops and
performing arts events that promote awareness and dialogue
about issues impacting minorities groups.
DANISH SHORTS - Sun 21/08 @ 21:00 + Wed 24/08 @ 21:15 (SCANDINAVIAN NITE)
Sexy, dangerous, explorative, thoughtful, our Danish duo of gay short films are eye openers.
Definitely for adults only.
NOMANSLAND
DIRECTOR:
35 Minutes
KARSTEN GEISNÆS
2013
Denmark
NOMANSLAND (a strong, award winning Danish film we finally bring
to Durban audiences) is a story about Christian, who must
reconsider his life, after his ex-boyfriend commits suicide, and
Chritian is later diagnosed with hiv. Hit with hard facts, he portrays a
sexual collapse and escape from reality, before he decides to stand
up for himself - and his ex-boyfriend.
Sun 21/08 @ 21:00 + Wed 24/08 @ 21:15
(Danish; w/sub)
KATCHI
Dir: Amina Malik | Pakistan | 2016 | Urdu, with Eng Subtitles | 15 min
Amina Malik’s Katchi opens up with the young Saad, who falls outside the gender binary. Growing up in a
middle class family, and striving for his true self, Saad encounters several gruesome events of bullying and
being molested by other boys in school, and faces the issues of acceptance and intolerance from the family.
Mariam (Saad’s mother) discreetly acknowledges her son’s desires of being different and tries to comfort her
son with love. Later on in his life, the ‘older’ Saad refuses to suppress his true identity, and openly partakes in a
theatre show, which reflects the lives of transgender women. Mariam does come to see the show but has she
truly accepted Saad? Or does the fear of losing family pride come in the way…?
Filmmaker in attendance at DGLFF
Drama
PERPETUAL
DIRECTOR:
25 Minutes
PETER AHLÉN LAVRSEN
2016
Denmark
An unconventional love story where young Sebastian explores his
sexuality, seeking sex/love online. He meets older Jacob, who takes
him to a sex club to hook up. In new and frightening surroundings
Sebastian surrenders, and in their subsequent meetings love
sprouts, at least for Sebastian. Outside the darkness of intense
togetherness, reality penetrates. Jacob is full of lust and not love. So
when Sebastian's hopes are disappointed and Jacob pulls away,
Sebastian returns to the dark room to restore that lost 'love' in the
embrace of a stranger.
Sun 21/08 @ 21:00 + Wed 24/08 @ 21:15
Drama
(Danish; w/sub) + Q&A session after the screenings
Director Peter Lavrsen and his lead actor Nicolas Wollesen are guests of the Festival and will be conducting
a filmmakers workshop on Wednesday 24/08 @ 15:00
POSHIDA Film was withdrawn from screening due to technical reason at filmmaker's request
Dir: Faizan Fiaz I UK | 2016 | English and Urdu with subtitles | 30 min
This first-of-it’s-kind independent documentary follows hidden LGBT individuals and communities in Pakistan.
Travelling across the country, Poshida delves into the history and modern culture of LGBT Pakistan providing a
deep insight into this hidden world and it examines sexuality and gender identities in south Asia and discusses
colonialism, religion, class and the influence of US foreign policy.
NIGHT LIFE
Dir: Harune Massey | Pakistan | 2013 | Punjabi, with Eng Subtitles | 10 min
Nightlife provides a highly nuanced glimpse into the life of male sex workers of Lahore, who often ply their
trade as teenage masseuse clinking their oil bottles on the discreet but known-to-the-customer street corners
waiting to be picked up by passing motorists.
Both Peter and Nicolas Wollesen are supported at the DGLFF by generous support from the Royal Danish
Embassy in Pretoria and the Danish Cultural Ministry
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LESBIAN SHORTS #1 - Sat 20/08 @ 15:00
MOMS ON FIRE
DIRECTOR:
13 Minutes
Quirky, fun, frivolous and a little left of centre
MAYA BORG
2016
IT'S OKAY TO EAT FISH CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FEELINGS
DIRECTOR:
VICTOR LINDGREN
12 Minutes
2015
Sweden
A quirky stop-motion animated film about defying and stretching
the generally accepted standards of good motherhood.
Matilda is home alone with her older brother Peter when his
girlfriend Elin comes over. Elin is everything Matilda ever wanted to
be. She loves the way she dresses, how she moves, her whole
presence. Maybe even more than Peter...
Sat 20/08 @ 15:00 (Swedish; w/sub)
MAN
DIRECTOR:
13 Minutes
Sat 20/08 @ 15:00 (Swedish; w/sub)
Comedy Drama
Comedy
LESBIAN SHORTS #2 - Sat 27/08 @ 15:00
Dark, broody, deeply emotional and ultimately moving. Definitely for mature audience.
MAJA BORG
2016
Sweden
HOW TO BE ALONE
DIRECTOR:
22 Minutes
EREZ EISENSTEIN
2015
Isreal
A self-critical screen adaptation of the biological and cultural human
body undergoing change; an experimental documentary about the
fear of losing control of one's body as a form of expression and
gender identity during pregnancy.
Sat 20/08 @ 15:00
AXIOMATIC
DIRECTOR:
17 Minutes
Sweden
"Listen to me: there is life without love. You don't need anyone.
Don't search, don't hope, don't dream; and only then, perhaps, you
too will learn how to be alone."
Experimental
Sat 27/08 @ 15:00 (Hebrew; w/sub)
KELLY S KUPERIS
2016
Canada
THIS IS HOW I WANT TO REMEMBER H.E.R.
DIRECTOR:
KALI BAKER-JOHNSON
27 Minutes
2015
United States
Using a nano technology based ‘Axiomatic’ implant, a woman gets
revenge against the man who murdered her wife.
Sat 20/08 @ 15:00
Drama
The story of Corbin, a quiet African-American boy who begins to
struggle with his racial identity after his family moves his cousin,
Patience, a teenaged lesbian who's been living on the streets, into
their home in a mostly white suburb.
Sci-Fi Drama
Sat 27/08 @ 15:00
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN & WOMEN
DIRECTOR:
CARL BLAKE
17 Minutes
2014
United States
MELODY OF DARKNESS
DIRECTOR:
THIAGO KISTENMACKER
25 Minutes
2016
Brazil
Jaque is an independent singer and songwriter supported
unconditionally by her girlfriend. She is noticed by an abusive
producer and works beside him for a year. Suddenly dropped by the
record company, her life becomes a ruin while her personal
relationship crashes. The artist reveals a will to give herself
completely in order to make her wishes come true, sacrificing
whatever is in her way.
Marissa, who visits a tarot card reader for spiritual advice, almost
gets the wisdom she is desperately seeking; exactly what she gets is
the real twist. As Marissa continues on her hilarious journey, she
comes upon situations that help her to discover who she really is.
Sat 20/08 @ 15:00
Drama
Comedy
Sat 27/08 @ 15:00 (Portuguese; w/sub)
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Drama
BETTY
DIRECTOR:
9 Minutes
MOTHER KNOWS BEST
DIRECTOR:
MIKAEL BUNDSEN
13 Minutes
2016
Sweden
KRISTIINA KELLO
2016
United Kingdom
A mother gives her teenage son some friendly advice in the car on
their way home from meeting his boyfriend for the first time. Their
casual conversation ultimately leads to revelations that will
fundamentally change their relationship.
An elderly woman lives alone with her plants and memories. One
day, a newspaper advertisement catches her eye which invites her
to explore her past.
Sat 27/08 @ 15:00
CARE
DIRECTOR:
9 Minutes
Drama
Wed 24/08 @ 19:00 (Swedish; w/sub)
WE COULD BE PARENTS
DIRECTOR:
BJÖRN ELGERD
14 Minutes
2016
Sweden
APRIL A. WILSON
2016
United States
Rose, in an assisted living facility, unexpectedly falls for another
resident, Bea; but with her memory failing, she reflects on this love
before she forgets entirely.
Sat 27/08 @ 15:00
Drama
Erik's boyfriend Marely left him. Now, the last chance for Erik to get
him back is to make this movie to explain, that the only reason he
sold sex was so they could afford to become parents one day.
Drama
Wed 24/08 @ 19:00 (Swedish; w/sub)
REEL
DIRECTOR:
25 Minutes
SWEDISH SHORTS - Wed 24/08 @ 19:00 (SCANDINAVIAN NITE)
Drama
JENS CHOONG
2014
Sweden
Dark, broody, deeply emotional and ultimately moving
ALL WE SHARE
DIRECTOR:
25 Minutes
Robert and Victor is 15 years old and best friends. Tomorrow Victor
will move from his hometown. They drag around, and does antics.
Slowly, we understand that it's more than friendship between them.
Evocative, and with fine acting, this film explores the emotional and
sexual boundaries.
JERRY CARLSSON
2014
Sweden
Two arborists, Samir and Sara, are hired to cut down a healthy tree
in a family's backyard. Why the family wants the tree removed
seems at first quite incomprehensible, yet the wife is determined,
while the husband behaves rather strangely. It's obvious there's
something they don’t want to talk about. While taking the tree down,
Samir observes the backyard and the people he meets.
Wed 24/08 @ 19:00 (Swedish; w/sub)
Wed 24/08 @ 19:00 (Swedish; w/sub)
FRENCH LANGUAGE SHORTS - Tues 23/08 @ various times (FRENCH NITE)
Funny or dramatic, they all share the beautiful French language - includes a WORLD PREMIERE!
Drama
THE MOMENT THAT PASSED
DIRECTOR:
MIKAEL BUNDSEN
12 Minutes
2015
Sweden
NO MATTER WHO
DIRECTOR:
18 Minutes
In a small town in Sweden, twenty-something Niklas meets up with
some friends for a fun time in the local bowling alley after work.
When he’s there he sees someone whom he hasn’t met for a long
time. A film about courage and coming to terms with the past, about
chances one once had and never took, chances that, deep inside,
one wishes one could have again.
Wed 24/08 @ 19:00 (Swedish; w/sub)
Drama
ANNE-CLAIRE JAULIN
2015
France
Summertime. A troop of young girls are headed to scout camp. For
Marie and Lise, it's time for their first sparks of emotion and
learning more about desire, but also how to confront a group and
its morals.
Drama
Tues 23/08 @ 19:00 (French; w/sub)
Drama
Screens with feature film Summertime / La Belle Saison (105 Min)
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GAY SHORTS #1 - Sat 20/08 @ 17:00
GUILLAUME MASTURBATES
DIRECTOR:
PATRICK AUBERT
3 Minutes
2016
Canada
Emotions run deep and tough choices need to be made
ACHILLES HEEL
DIRECTOR:
17 Minutes
NICOLAS POURLIAROS
2015
Greece
Guillaume masturbates too often.
Tues 23/08 @ 21:00 - WORLD PREMIERE (French; w/sub)
THE RETURN
DIRECTOR:
20 Minutes
Maria is a doctor that works illegally with her nurse lover Sotine
providing for assisted suicides of those in terminal illness. Her life
will completely turn around when she meets the parents of Achilles,
a healthy young gay men
Comedy (No u18 - SN)
YOHANN KOUAM
2013
France
Sat 20/08 @ 17:00 (Greek; w/sub)
BARELY IN LOVE
DIRECTOR:
16 Minutes
It's been a year since his big brother left, and Willy, 15, can't wait for
him to return. Willy thought he knew everything about Theo, but
when he arrives back in the block, Willy discovers a secret about him
NADAV MISHALI
2014
Israel
When a new troupe leader joins the "Bnai Akiva" boy scouts
movement, Yotam’s world trembles. He is forced to cope with his
sexual orientation and the difficulties he faces with family and
religion, and is torn between his love of religion that forbids
homosexuality and his mother who tries to “cure” him.
Tues 23/08 @ 21:00 (French; w/sub)
Drama
Screening courtesy Alliance Française Durban & Institut Française Cinéma
7TH HEAVEN
DIRECTOR:
GUILLAUME FOIREST
39 Minutes
2013
France
Sat 20/08 @ 17:00 (Hebrew; w/sub)
FOLLOW ME
DIRECTOR:
14 Minutes
The film follows the everyday life of a young suburban (Sofiane) who
does not manage to accept his sexuality described to be deviant by
his circle, his family, his fellows and the ghetto where he lives.
Sofiane is gay and homophobic, one day riffraff, one night fag, he is
lost. He embodies the distress of idle and withdrawn youth through
its inconsistency.
Follow me tells the story about a boy who is growing up. He deals
with the consequences of falling in love, while that love is not
returned.
Sat 20/08 @ 17:00 (Dutch; w/sub)
DAVID SAN JUAN
2016
Belgium
GET THE LIFE
DIRECTOR:
12 Minutes
Lucas, an unlucky romantic is approached by a serial seducer
named Victor who promises him the moon. Disappointed and
having been cheated on once again, Lucas decides to take revenge...
Tues 23/08 @ 21:00 (French; w/sub)
Drama
ANTHONY SCHATTEMAN
2015
Belgium
Tues 23/08 @ 21:00 (French; w/sub)
Drama (No u18 - SN)
Screening courtesy Alliance Française Durban & Institut Française Cinéma
MASCARAS
DIRECTOR:
13 Minutes
Drama
Drama
OZZY VILLAZÒN
2016
United States
A transgender teenager faces an unwanted pregnancy and risks
losing everything he loves in order to live courageously as a gay
trans man.
Romantic Comedy
Sat 20/08 @ 17:00
10
Drama
BUDDY
DIRECTOR:
12 Minutes
OPEN RELATIONSHIP
DIRECTOR:
13 Minutes
NIELS BOURGONJE
2015
Netherlands
Oscar and Sergio have been in a relationship for 5 years. They live
toghether and they have very different personalities: Oscar is more
passionate and emotional and Sergio has a much more mental role.
A random afternoon of a random day one of them decides to ask
the other if he would be interested in starting an open relationship.
When a young man is asked by his ex lover to support him during
an HIV test, he sees an opportunity to find out if there’s still a
chance for reconciliation.
Sat 20/08 @ 17:00
LONGING
DIRECTOR:
21 Minutes
Sun 28/08 @ 17:00
Drama
THE ORCHID
DIRECTOR:
3 Minutes
NADAV MISHALI
2016
Israel
Every month Michal immerses in a Mikveh as part of the religious
ritual before she and her husband can resume marital relations.
When the long-awaited night arrives, nothing happens between the
two. Her husband's absence, as well as the deterioration in the
intimacy between them, makes her suspect her husband's true
identity.
Sat 20/08 @ 17:00 (Hebrew; w/sub)
Sun 28/08 @ 17:00
Drama
GIRLS & BOYS
DIRECTOR:
31 Minutes
Fabulously expressive, funny and explorative, taking one on new journeys
DANIEL MCINTYRE
2016
Canada
A kaleidoscopic diary trapped inside a volcano, Famous Diamonds
studies lies, love and desire through the eyes of an exploding icon.
Sun 28/08 @ 17:00
BED BUDDIES
DIRECTOR:
15 Minutes
Sun 28/08 @ 17:00
Experimental
REID WATERER
2016
United States
Longtime gay friends wake up together after a night of drinking, and
try to make sense of the suddenly blurry line between platonic and
romantic.
Sun 28/08 @ 17:00
Comedy
FERRAN NAVARRO-BELTRÁN
2016
Spain
A man has something important to tell his son, but can only get
through to his voicemail..
GAY SHORTS #2 - Sun 28/08 @ 17:00
FAMOUS DIAMONDS
DIRECTOR:
7 Minutes
CARLOS OCHO
2014
Spain
Comedy
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Comedy
NINJA THYBERG
2015
Sweden
Girls & Boys is a colour-bursting high school-comedy, in a world
where gender-roles are reversed. Nour and Gry are two super horny
geeks, who's highest wish is to lose their virginity. When Nour hears
that Valentin, school's hottest boy, is going to Lo's party to find a
rebound, she sees the opportunity of a lifetime. But how will the
geeks get invited to the party? Girls & Boys is about the first
encounter with the other sex, but it's also a film about betrayal,
friendship and the desire to fit in.
Comedy