Mezipatra 2003, the fourth annual Czech gay and lbian film ftival, started Brno last week, where was very well received. The ftival kicked off Prague on…
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CZECH GAY AND LBIAN FILM FTIVAL ARRIV PRAGUE
This tumn, the Mezipatra Queer Film Ftival will celebrate 10 years of showg gay and lbian-themed films to the Czechs. The ftival is held between October 23 and… * czech gay and lesbian film festival *
"― Skadi Loist, Hamburg Lbian and Gay FF. As a filmmaker and distributor, I was at many gay and lbian ftivals, and I mt say that young, let alone heterosexual dienc do not ually go on gay and lbian films.
CZECHS E OUT TO GAY AND LBIAN FILM FTIVAL
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MEZIPATRA Queer Film Ftival (MEZIPATRA QFF) is a specialised petive film ftival focg on gay, lbian, bisexual, trans and queer themed films. QFF MEZIPATRA is a succsor to the gay and lbian film ftival "Rabow Above Brno", which took place 2000 and 2001. Films wh gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr or queer of any length are of any untry of orig are of all typ and genr are pletn year for the films the petn(s) mt be 2021 or films not prevly submted to the ftival.
Although the Velvet Revolutn has brought huge social chang, the gay and lbian muny the Czech Republic still has a low profile. The Mezipatra film ftival… * czech gay and lesbian film festival *
When we cid to anise the first Czech gay and lbian film ftival the Moravian metropolis twelve years ago, we did not assume that would have bee the biggt queer event the Czech Republic few years. It succeed to provi the most prrised value of all the enlightenment, openns and balance; Var people meet one space, so there is no room left for a one-sid discsn a kd of a homoghetto.
The first thematic year, held 2004, was alg wh gay and lbian parenthood, 2006 the ma theme was Puberty and a year after that, when the civil partnership law me force, was Rebellns and Rav. The reason for this me wh a realisatn that the lol muny had, for years, been assertg the image of lbians and gays as rpectable cizens who live the same way as the mastream society and sire the same rights and stutns.
Mezipatra entered the new wh a change the attribute – om gay and lbian ftival to a queer film ftival. Wh this attribute name change we manifted what we sired sce the begngs of the ftival; not to be a gay and lbian ftival only for gays and lbians. The project The Other Kd of Blue also rporated the artworks of the Czech and Slovak thors Dara Alster, Radim Labuda and Tamara Moyz, reactg to Jarman's theatril sensualy, formal experiments or his open polilizatn of gay thematic.