FILMABEND: QUEER CINEMA III IN KOOPERATION MIT DER FLUR

Admission: 8 pm, movie start: 8:30 pm

Subversive and frighteningly 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, running time: 60 minutes

IN THEIR BOOTS
Kathrin Steinbacher, 2019, 6 minutes
Hedi is going through strange things. While her granddaughter is visiting, she suddenly embarks on a hiking trip to the deepest parts of the Alps and reveals why she loves her hiking boots so much. A story about Hedi's attempt to preserve her identity and autonomy.

HOTLINE 1998
Andrea Suwito, 21 minutes
Animation by Gaia Alari, production 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, is ill. His father takes him to the doctor. They diagnose a harmless cold. But it shakes the core of the boy's identity.

SKIN TO SKIN / AZALETIK AZALERA
animated sorting film by Mel Arranz, Spain, 2021, 8 minutes
Between lines and shapes, hands touch, explore each other and want to break the boundaries of their skin.

PUSSY/ CIPKA / PUSSY
Animated 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 sessions, 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