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10 GREAT FRENCH GAY FILMS
* best gay european films *
Wh BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Ftival upon , we ntue our celebratn of queer cema wh a look at some of the bt lbian, gay and trans films om Sndavia and the Nordic untri.
INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD
We look back at the bt French gay cema. * best gay european films *
Four were among the first natns to legalise gay marriage (Fland took a ltle longer, fally jog the club 2017), and Iceland beme the first untry to have an openly gay head of ernment (Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, 2009).
The gay film ftival circu is ripe wh excellent foreign films that prove queer stori don't have to skimp on qualy. * best gay european films *
Swedish melodrama The Wgs (1916), more than half of which has been sadly lost, is one of the first films to feature a gay storyle. Bergman’s pictn of female homosexualy was seldom flatterg – see the predatory lbian Three Strange Lov (1949) or the possible readg of lbianism lkg to mental illns Persona (1966). The lite melancholy of the film, and s bleak pictn of a sad, possibly gay girl, make for a disquietg if rewardg viewg experience.
Daddy and the Mcle Amy (1991)The erotic gay drawgs of Too Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Fland, are one of the Sndavian pensula’s most famo queer exports, and this documentary, the only film to feature the man himself, is a handy entry to his work and reer. While the terviews wh New York leather daddi and S&M enthiasts show his fluence on gay inty, ’s the revealg ments of the artist himself that are the ma reason for watchg. Gay and lbian characters were among the mune dwellers the warm-hearted Together (2000), while the terr monologue of a trans woman was the foc of Contaer (2006), one of his most difficult films.
Although the film do not shy away om the ugls of homophobic and transphobic society, the relatnship self is betifully leated, and featur a very touchg sex scene. A Moment the Reeds (2017)Leevi (Janne Puten), a young, gay Fnish man, meets Tareq (Boodi Kabbani), a Syrian immigrant worker employed to rtore the former’s fay lake hoe. In dog so, the selectn of movi shown is meant to reflect the diversy of the LGBTQ+ muny, wh lbian, gay and queer performers.
From Fassbr to Pasoli and Sciamma, here are some of the bt gay movi om the global arthoe. * best gay european films *
The once flamboyant barber Pat Psenbarger, formerly the undisputed star of gay life a small Oh, USA town, is languishg a retirement home. Followg the example of Rupert Knard, father of the first Black and gay superhero, LGBTQ+ thors are creatg novative, vastatg and profound works to break all taboos.
Bt Gay Movi selected for Roze Filmdagen 2022:.