Ljubljana Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

2024 films... 

The Many Lives of Édouard Louis (Édouard Louis, ou la Transformation)

France, 2023, 72', eng sub, slo sub

 

Clashing differences

Germany, 2013, 73’, eng sub

 

Avant-drag - Radical Performers re-imagine Athens

Greece, 2024, 93’, eng sub

 

In Between

Slovakia/Slovenia, 2021, 3’

 

The Missing (Iti mapukpukaw)

Philippines, 2023, animated, 90', eng sub, slo sub

 

Queer Exile

Germany, 2024, 10', eng sub

 

If I Die, It'll be of Joy (Si je meurs, ce sera de joie)

France, 2024, 80', eng sub, slo sub

 

The Shameless

Switzerland/France/Bulgaria/Taiwan/India, 2024, 115', eng sub, slo sub

 

Topli film

Serbia, 2024, 92', eng sub

 

White Glass Globe (Gouye Sefid Shishei)

Iran, 2024, 20', eng sub

 

Gondola

Georgia/Germany, 2023, 81', no dialogue

 

Fish Memories (Zhen xin de yi tian)

Taiwan, 2023, 116', ap, svp

 

O'PENing XX + XY

South Korea, 2022, 129', eng sub, slo sub

 

Asog

Canada/Philippines/USA, 2023, 104', eng sub, slo sub 

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Series of Italian short films

It’s Just in My Head (È solo nella mia testa), Marius Gabriel Stancu, Italy, 2020, 17’, eng sub, slo sub

Andreas and Alessandro have been friends since childhood. Andreas is quiet, distrustful, and sexually inexperienced, while Alessandro is outgoing, has many friends and a girlfriend. As summer draws to a close, Andreas decides to let Alessandro know about his hidden feelings.

Pure (La vita sarebbe più semplice senza), Federico Mottica, Italy, 2022, 17’, eng sub, slo sub

Andrea and Fabrizio have been together for a long time, and their relationship is constantly marked by love, hate, desire, and jealousy. An unexpected guest will shake their dynamics, calling into question the certainty of the feelings that bond them.

Letizia, Francesco Manzato, Italy, 2022, 18’, eng sub, slo sub

Letizia, a 16-year-old boxer, is about to move to Rome with her mother, who, after losing her job, now relies on her parents for financial support. Knowing that she will have to part ways with her only friend, Letizia is forced to reflect on the importance this friendship has come to hold in her life.

The Anniversary (L’anniversario), Marius Gabriel Stancu, Italy, 2022, 17’, eng sub, slo sub

Waiting to celebrate the anniversary of her relationship with Roberto, Rosa spends the afternoon in the pool with her younger brother Angelo, and brings up a news story about a boy found dead in the countryside. Roberto arrives earlier than expected, and the glances between the three become enigmatic and tense.

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Notes on Nudes

USA, 2024, 7', eng sub

 

Unlocked Heart (Entsichertes Herz)

Germany, 2024, 91’, eng sub, slo sub

 

The Summer with Carmen (To kalokairi tis Karmen)

Greece, 2023, 106’, en sub, slo sub

 

All Shall Be Well (Cong jin yihou)

Hong Kong/China, 2024, 93', eng sub, slo sub

 

Life Is Not a Competition, But I'm Winning

Germany, 2023, 79’, eng sub, slo sub

 

What a Feeling

Austria, 2024, 110’, eng sub, slo sub

 

Code of Fear

Norway/Germany, 2024, 83', eng sub, slo sub

 

Lesvia

Greece, 2024, 77’, eng sub, slo sub

 

Demons at Dawn (Los demonios del amanecer)

Mexico, 2024, 136', eng sub, slo sub

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Short Film Series I.

Fire at the Lake (Le feu au lac), Pierre Menahem, France, 2022, 15', eng sub
 
Felix comes down from the pastures where he’s guarding his cows and finds his old mother lying unconscious on her bed. Shaken, he runs off. He drives a few miles in the valley to the house of a young man who just contacted him on a dating app.
 
Honeymoon, Alkis Papastatopulos, Greece/France/Cyprus, 2023, 24', eng suub
 
After a traumatising event involving the cops, Fay is leaving Greece for good. Sandra accompanies her to the bus station, taking this time as a chance to say goodbye. As they are travelling by bus across the country, a transphobic attack by two co-passengers leaves them stranded on a highway in the middle of nowhere.
 
Kiss Me (Embrasse-moi), Hristo Todorov, France, 2024, 12', eng sub
 
A young guy, named Alex, and Philippe, a charming man in his fifties, have a date. It is supposed to be just a quick sex affair, but things will turn out unexpectedly....
 
On Sundays (Os finais de Domingos), Olavo Junior, Brazil, 2023, 8' eng sub
 
Domingos, an elderly man with fragile health, follows his solitary routine on a Sunday afternoon until he receives a visit from a love from the past.
 
 
Pietra, Cynthia Levitan, Spain, 2024, 15', eng sub
 
In daydreaming about unlikely relationships, the flower – as delicate as it is revolutionary – represents an act of love amidst the suffocation and embrace of a classic Portuguese neighborhood.
 
Split Ends, Hannah Koselj Marušič, Slovenia, 2024, 15', eng sub
 
Špela (26), who has undergone chemotherapy due to lymphatic cancer, and her friend Hannah (26) are casually socializing in Špela's college dormitory room. Through their conversation, we become aware of our own fragility and insecurities, even when it comes to the most mundane matters, such as visual appearance.

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Sebastian

UK/Finland/Belgium, 2024, 110', slo sub

 

Crossing

Georgia/Turkey/Sweden/Denmark/France, 2024, 105'

 

Pumpkin on the Hot Roof of the World

Slovenia/Czech Republic, 2019, 75', slo sub

 

The Blurring of Tree (Le flou des arbres)

Canada, 2024, 11', without dialogue

 

I’m Not Everything I Want to Be (Jeste nejsem, kým chci být)

Czech Republic/Slovakia/Austria, 2014, 90', eng sub, slo sub

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Short Film Series II. 

Shortest Day, Longest Night, JP Habac, Philippines, 2024, 20', eng sub
 
On the longest night of 2018, a middle-aged gay artist and a closeted young professional lean on each other for the courage to confront their deepest fears.
 
Music Theory, Leon Ristov, USA, 2022, 5', eng sub
 
Every Music Theory class, Mark and Boris playfully taunt each other in the back row. One day, during a listening session of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake," the teenagers' customary teasing unveils a deeper truth about their feelings for one another.
 
Everybody’s Gotta Love Sometimes, Sein Lyan Tun, France/Myanmar/Indonesia, 2023, 15', eng sub
 
Recovering from an abusive past, a Burmese guy named Phyo is looking for love in Paris. He discovers the excitement of a freedom to dance by the Seine river.
 
Captains (Capitanes), Kevin Castellano, Edu Hirschfeld, Spain, 2024, 15', eng sub
 
During a hard-fought, tense cup semi-final, the two captains of a football team have an argument that ends up revealing a secret buried in the dressing rooms of the first division: the silence of homosexual footballers.
 
 
Beicon, Jose Montero, Spain, 2024, 12', eng sub
 
When Ander goes to take his dog Beicon for a walk, he runs into Carlos, his ex-partner, who has been waiting for him on the landing of the flat where they lived together before their traumatic breakup. Under the pretext of collecting his remaining belongings, Carlos takes the opportunity to address a pending issue: Beicon’s custody.
 
 
Her Name Was Gisberta (Seu Nome Era Gisberta), Sérgio Galvão Roxo, Portugal/Brazil, 2023, 30', eng sub
 
Her Name Was Gisberta is a portrayal of the life and death of Gisberta Salce, a Brazilian trans woman murdered by 14 young men in the city of Porto (Portugal) in 2006. This project was created as a tool for education, social intervention, and activism against transphobia. 

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