MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2020

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35th ANNIVERSARY THEME

Mixomino

I anledning af vores 35-års jubilæum er vores visuelle tema hexominoes. De er geometriske figurer, der består af 6 firkanter, som kan arrangeres på 35 måder. Nok kan man stable alle 35 sammen til en firkant, men der er altid en lille stump tilovers, der sært stikker ud. Gennem hele det printede program bliver hexominoes mixet med scanninger af 35mm film for at skabe en levende scene. In celebration of MIX’s 35th anniversary, this year’s theme is based on hexominoes—shapes made from six equal-sized squares connected edge to edge. Only 35 combinations exist and no arrangement can be packed into a rectangle, there’s always a queer protrusion. Throughout the printed program hexominoes are mixed with scans of 35mm film to set a vibrant scene.


Indholdsfortegnelse Table of contents 2

Om MIX / About MIX

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Velkommen / Welcome

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FILM & EVENTS

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En bemærkning fra programlæggerne / Note from the programmers

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Fotopolitik / Photo policy

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MIX Lounge

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Billetpriser / Ticket prices

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Årets udvalg af film / This year’s films and events

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For mange film at vælge imellem? / Too many films to choose from?

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INDUSTRY

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Industry weekend

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Introduktion til cinematografi workshop Introduction to cinematography workshop

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Queering online content

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Audience Award

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Lili Award

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Om juryen / About the jury

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Queering the pitch

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Hvordan man får sin queer fod indenfor How to get your queer foot in the door

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Mød dit crew! Speed dating / Meet your crew! Speed dating

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MIX timeline Praktisk info / Practical info

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Program- og Eventoversigt / Program & event overview

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Samarbejdspartnere / Collaborators

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Film register

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Rulletekster / Credits 1


Om MIX About MIX • DK MIX CPH blev grundlagt i 1986, og er nu

Danmarks ældste årligt tilbagevendende og endnu aktive filmfestival samt en af verdens ældste LGBTQ+-filmfestivaler. Vi er en frivillig forening drevet af passionerede LGBTQ+-filmelskere, der bruger vores fritid på at gøre MIX CPH til en spektakulær begivenhed—ikke blot for LGBTQ+-miljøet, men også for hele København og langt ud over byens grænser. Vi er derfor dybt afhængige af og taknemmelige for den støtte, vi får fra miljøet og vores samarbejdspartnere og for alle, der hjælper os med at nå vores mål. Vi bestræber os på at vise film, der udforsker og udfordrer grænserne for mainstreamens skildringer af køn og seksualitet. • EN MIX CPH was founded in 1986 and is

now the oldest annual film festival in Denmark, as well as one of the world’s oldest LGBTQ+ film festivals. We are a volunteer organization run by passionate LGBTQ+ film lovers who use their spare time to make MIX CPH a spectacular event— not just for the LGBTQ+ community, but for all of Copenhagen and beyond. We are therefore dependent on, and deeply grateful for, the support we get from the community, our business partners, and everyone who helps us reach our goal: to show films that question and challenge the boundaries inherent in mainstream portrayals of gender and sexuality and reflect the diverse world we live in.

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Velkommen / Welcome VELKOMMEN

til MIX COPENHAGENs 35-års

WELCOME

to MIX COPENHAGEN’s 35th

jubilæumsfestival. Vi har knoklet hårdt for

anniversary festival. We have been working

at kunne bringe jer noget helt specielt i år.

overtime this year to bring you something

På trods af alt hvad 2020 har bragt os, har

special. Despite all that 2020 has thrown

vi store forventninger til vores jubilæum og

our way, we have high expectations for our

tilføjet spændende nye tiltag til festivalen som

anniversary and have made exciting additions

helhed.

to the festival as a whole.

Som Nordens førende LGBTQ+ film festival

As the leading LGBTQ+ Film Festival of the

sætter vi igen i år fokus på nordiske queer

Nordics we are showcasing the best of queer

talenter i vores kortfilm program

nordic talent in our short film program

Nordic Lights (s.18), der i år også får selskab

Nordic Lights (p.18), which will be joined this

af tre dokumentarer under temaet Nordic

year, by three documentaries under Nordic

Cinema (s.20).

Cinema (p.20).

Vi er stolte af at kunne præsentere, for

We are proud to present, for the first time,

første gang nogensinde, MIX Industry Weekend.

the MIX Industry Weekend. Featuring a series

Som byder på en række begivenheder, fra

of events, from networking opportunities to

networking til rådgivning fra branchefolk,

advice from industry professionals, leading

der leder op til vores pitching-konkurrence,

up to our pitching competition, Queering

Queering the Pitch. Vi ønsker ganske enkelt at

the Pitch. We are excited to give LGBTQ+ film

give LGBTQ+-filmskabere muligheden for at

makers a springboard from which they can

virkeliggøre det projekt, de altid har drømt om

make their ambitions a reality.

at kreere.

The whole may be greater than the sum of

MIX COPENHAGEN ville ikke være blevet til,

its parts, however MIX COPENHAGEN would

hvis det ikke var for alt det hårde arbejde fra

not have come to be without the hard work

frivillige. I den forbindelse vil vi gerne takke

of volunteers. We want to thank each and

enhver som har doneret deres tid og indsats

every individual who has donated their time

gennem de sidste 35 år. Uden vores frivillige

and effort over the last 35 years. Thank you

og publikum havde vi ikke klaret den gennem

for working so hard, and thank you to our

alle disse år. Tak for alt jeres hårde arbejde og

audience for coming out every year! Let us all

tak til vores publikum for at møde talstærkt

celebrate together.

op hvert år! Lad os alle fejre det sammen.

This year we not only look back at our 35

I år ser vi altså både tilbage på vores 35 år

years as a film festival, but have planted the

som filmfestival og sår nye frø, så fremtidens

seeds for new LGBTQ+ filmmakers to bloom

LGBTQ+-filmtalenter kan blomstre og trives.

and thrive.

Vi ses i mørket

See you in the dark

MIX COPENHAGEN 2020

MIX COPENHAGEN 2020

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ART SUBMISSION

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Grafisk illustration i kombination med tegninger i regnbue farver Graphic work combined with drawings in rainbow colours

ART SUBMISSION

by Christian Astner

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Sammen i et Mix


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Film Film Fi Film + Events Events Events

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En bemærkning fra programlæggerne • DK I 35 år har vi og de forrige frivillige arbejdet hårdt for at give

København det bedste LGBTQ+-filmverdenen har at byde på. For at fejre vores position som den ældste og største LGBTQ+ film festival i Norden, har vi i år opbygget en solid grundpille af lokalt talent i vores tema Nordic Cinema med titlerne Prelle—In My Own Voice (DK) (s.21), Silence and Swords (DK) (s.22), Always Amber (SE) (s.21) og i vores tilbagevendende publikumsfavorit Nordic Lights (s.18). Vores dedikerede fokus på debuterende queer-talent reflekteres i vores program, hvor vores åbnings- og lukke-film, No Hard Feelings og I Carry You With Me begge er debutfilm. Faktisk er hele otte af vores i alt 45 spillefilm debutfilm dette år. Vi tror på queer modstandsbevægelser og vigtigheden af at skabe alliancer mellem queer- og minoritetsfestivaler, så til vores 35. Jubilæum har vi bedt seks queer filmfestivaler fra hele verden om at dele en kortfilm med os, som relaterer til temaet Riot. Vi støtter andre festivaler, der inspirerer os; de, som med et væld af odds imod sig arbejder hårdt for at skabe queer rum, og som på trods af modstand holder ud. Se deres udvalg og læs mere om de forskellige festivaler i kortfilmsprogrammet Riot (s.52). Sidste år fremhævede vi en mangel på lesbisk repræsentation i nyere film og lavede et retrospektivt program med vores yndlings lesbiske film fra 90’erne. Vi arbejder videre på problemet med manglende repræsentation i 2020 med fokus på Black Queer Cinema med både klassiske og nutidige titler. Se Tongues Untied (s.55), Pariah (s.56), Destiny (s.55) og Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story (s.57). Sidst, men ikke mindst, vil vi nødigt have at i går glip af alt det saftige. Som altid har vi et suverænt udvalg af porno som fejrer vores kalejdoskopiske seksualitet. Se Ask Any Buddy (s.27), Bloodsisters (s.48), Dry Wind (s.33), og This Is How We Do It (s.34). Men lad ikke kun os guide dig til hvad du skal lede efter, udforsk selv og find dine egne skatte i dette års program. Der er mange. Vi ses i mørket

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Note from the programmers • EN For 35 years, we and the volunteers before us, have been

working hard to bring the best of queer cinema to Copenhagen. To celebrate our position as the oldest and largest LGBTQ+ film festival in the Nordics, this year we are centering a strong core of local talent, in our theme Nordic Cinema, with titles such as Prelle—In My Own Voice (DK) (p.21), Silence and Swords (DK) (p.22), Always Amber (SE) (p.21), and in our recurring audiencefavorite shorts program Nordic Lights (p.18).

Lili-pris nomineret læs mere om prisen på s. 77

Our dedication to focusing on debuting queer talent, is

Lili Award nominee

reflected in our program. Our opening film as well as our

read about the award on p. 77

closing film, No Hard Feelings and I Carry You With Me respectively, are both first features. In fact, eight of our in total 45 full length films this year are first features. We believe in queer resistance and the importance of alliance among queer and minority festivals, so for our 35th anniversary we invited six queer film festivals from around the world to share a short film which embodies the theme Riot. We support the work of other festivals that inspire us; who work hard to create queer spaces against a multitude of odds and who persevere in trying times. See their selection and read more about the festivals in the short film program Riot (p.52). Last year we highlighted a void in lesbian representation in current films and created a retrospective program of our favorite lesbian films from the 90s. Continuing the practice of uncovering weak spots in representation in 2020, this year we

Publikumspris nomineret læs mere om prisen på s. 76

Audience Award nominee read about the award on p. 76

focus on Black Queer Cinema and bring you both classics and contemporary titles. See Tongues Untied (p.55), Pariah (p.56), Destiny (p.55) and Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly GlennCopeland Story (p.57). Finally, we don’t want you to miss out on all the juice. As usual we have a great selection of porn to celebrate the sexual deviants that we are. See Ask Any Buddy (p.27), Bloodsisters (p.48), Dry Wind (p.33) and This Is How We Do It (p.34). But don’t let us tell you what to look for, explore and find your gems in this year’s MIX program. There are many. See you in the dark

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Fotopolitik Photo policy • DK Billeder og videoer af vores events har altid bidraget til den samlede

MIX-oplevelse ved at indfange særlige øjeblikke, som vi deler med publikum på platforme som vores hjemmeside og sociale medier. For at gøre vores events mere tilgængelige og skabe tryggere rum, har vi udviklet en fotopolitik, som beskriver specifikationerne for fotografering ved alle MIX CPH events. •

Alle fotofrie events vil være tydeligt markeret inden eventet starter.

Forpremierer er altid fotofri.

Hvis et event ikke er markeret som fotofrit,

vil der blive fotograferet til arrangementet.

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Events med en særlig fotopolitik vil være tydeligt markeret i beskrivelsen, f.eks. når der ikke tages fotos af publikum. Fotografer vil blive introduceret inden et event begynder, og folk er meget velkomne til at fortælle en fotograf, hvis man ikke ønsker fotos af sig selv delt.

Har I spørgsmål eller kommentarer kan I skrive til os på pr@mixcopenhagen.dk • EN Pictures and videos of our events have always enhanced the MIX

experience by capturing special moments that we share with our audience on platforms such as our website and social media. However, to make our events more accessible and create safer spaces, we’ve developed a photo policy, which lays out the specifics of photographing at all MIX CPH events. •

All photo free events will be clearly labelled prior to the start of an event.

Preview events are always photo free.

If the event is not labelled as photo free, the event will be photographed.

Events with a special photo policy will be clearly labelled in

the event description e.g. audience will not be photographed.

Photographers will be introduced prior to the start of an event and we

welcome people to ask the photographer not to post photos of them.

If you have questions or comments, please contact us at pr@mixcopenhagen.dk

Photo by Mihaela Yordanova

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MIX Lounge • DK MIX Lounge i Cinematekets Asta bar er et unikt mødested

under festivalen. Loungen er åben hver eftermiddag, hvor der vil være frivillige, der byder velkommen og serverer gratis drikkevarer. Her kan I hænge ud, samtale om filmene, møde de frivillige, jurymedlemmerne og festivalens gæster. I år vil der være aktiviteter hver dag, herunder talks, workshops, speed dating, drag quiz og meget mere! Desuden er der brætspil til både store og små, som I er velkomne til at underholde jer med, når der ikke er events. Til de helt små er der malebøger og farver. MIX Lounge har niveaufri adgang. • EN MIX Lounge at Asta bar in the Cinematheque is the place to be

during the festival. It will be open every afternoon and volunteers will welcome you while serving free beverages. You can spend time talking about films, meeting the volunteers behind MIX, the Jury members, and guests of the festival. This year there will be activities every day such as talks, workshops, speed dating, drag quiz and more! Furthermore, there’s an array of boardgames for both children and adults you can play in between events. For the youngest there are coloring books and drawing materials. MIX Lounge has level access.

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Billetpriser Ticket prices Alm. billet

85 DKK

Regular ticket Studiebillet *

75 DKK

Student ticket Seniorbillet (65+) *

75 DKK

Senior discount Rabatkort (til 5 film) *

375 DKK

Discount ticket (for 5 films) Medlem af Cinemateket **

50 DKK

Cinematheque Member Åbne- og lukkefilmsbillet

100 DKK

Opening and closing films

*

Rabatter opnås kun ved visning af gyldig legitimation Discount only available with valid ID

**

Gælder kun i Cinemateket ved visning af gyldig legitimation Only valid in the Cinematheque with valid ID

ART SUBMISSION

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Tales of Sxsterhood LØRDAG 17 OKT kl. 15:00–18:00 @Steel House Cinema FREE • No level access Photos allowed

Fordyb dig i sxsterhood på en aften med film, debat og poesi. Vi viser: Delve into sxsterhood with an evening of film, talks, and poetry. We’ll screen:

Women of Water Patricia Bbaale Bandak / Denmark, 2017 28 min  • DK Gennem kunstneren Aaiún Nin

oplever vi en ung kvindes sind. De fragmenterede minder og billeder skaber et dybfølt visuelt og poetisk landskab. Aaiún repræsenterer på mange måder den sorte kvinde. • EN Through the artist Aaiún Nin, we

experience the mind of a young woman. The fragmented memories and images create a profound visual and poetic landscape. In many ways, Aaiún represents the Black woman.

Breakwater Cris Lyra / Brazil, 2019 27 min  • DK En gruppe unge, lesbiske kvinder

tager på tur til en afsides strand, hvor de skaber et trygt miljø gennem musik og venskab. De tager hånd om sig selv, de tager ejerskab over deres kroppe, deres minder, og de føler sig frie. • EN A group of young lesbians go on a

trip to a remote beach where they build a safe environment through music and friendship. They take care of themselves, they own their bodies, their memories and they feel free.

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Photo by Shantal Göres

Åbningsfest Opening party FREDAG 23 OCT kl. 18:30–00:00 @MIX Lounge FREE • Photos allowed • DK Vi er glade for at indlede den 35. udgave af

MIX Copenhagen med Teddy Award-vinderen No Hard Feelings og en fest. Vi starter med en velkomstdrink og snacks i MIX Loungen kl. 18.30. Efter filmen vil en up-and-coming DJ spille indtil midnat. • EN We are thrilled to kick off the 35th edition of

MIX Copenhagen with the Teddy Award-winning film No Hard Feelings and a party. We will start with a welcome drink and snacks in the MIX Lounge at 18.30. After the film, a DJ will MIX it up until midnight.

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• DK En fortælling om immigration, pop og queer

klubkultur: MIX COPENHAGENs åbningsfilm er en fin, observant og imponerende debutspillefilm.

No Hard Feelings

(Futur Drei)

Faraz Shariat / Germany, 2020 Feature  / 92 min  / German (English subtitles)  /  Trigger warnings: explicit sexual content, homophobia, racism, xenophobia, hate crime, sexism

Parvis, en ung homoseksuel mand med iranske rødder, får idømt samfundstjeneste hos et flygtningecenter, hvor han møder søskendeparret Amon og Banafshe. I takt med at tiltrækningen mellem Parvis and Amon vokser, bliver trioens dynamik sat på prøve. Dette er en sommer præget af flygtig ungdom og spirende kærlighed, såvel som en skrap erkendelse af, at i Tyskland er de to ikke ligeværdige. • EN A tale of immigration, pop and queer club

culture, MIX COPENHAGEN’s 2020 opening film is a charming, observant, impressive first feature. Parvis, a young gay man of Iranian descent, is sentenced to community service at a refugee

FREDAG 23 OKT kl. 19:00 @Cinemateket

detention centre, where he meets the siblings Amon and Banafshe. As the romantic attraction between Parvis and Amon grows, the trio’s

TIRSDAG 27 OKT kl. 19:30 @Empire Bio Q&A with the filmmakers and cast

dynamic is put to a test. This is a summer of fleeting youth and first love, as well as the stark realisation that, in Germany, they are not equal.

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LØRDAG 24 OKT kl. 15:30–17:30 @Warehouse9 FREE • Level access No photos allowed

DIY Kink Accessories Workshop

• DK År efter år har vores DIY harness-workshop

været et af vores mest populære events, så om det er din første gang, eller du blot ønsker dig en opdateret harness, glæder vi os til at byde dig velkommen til vores workshop. Kom og lær at lave din egen harness ud af genbrugsmaterialer lige før vores lukkefest. Deltagelse er gratis og materialer stilles til rådighed. Eventet er på engelsk. • EN Year after year our DIY harness workshop has

been one of our most popular events, so whether you’re new to this or just want an updated harness, we’re looking forward to welcoming you to our workshop. Join us and learn how to make your own harness out of recycled materials, just in time for our closing party. Participation is free and materials will be made available. The event is in English.

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Bondage Workshop LØRDAG 24 OKT kl. 12:00–15:00 @Warehouse9 FREE • Level access No photos allowed

• DK Bondage er en øvelse i samtykkebaseret binding eller fastholdelse af

sig selv eller en partner, som skaber erotisk, æstetisk eller sansemæssig stimulering. I denne workshop fokuserer vi på omsorgen i reb-bondage ved at invitere certificeret sexologisk bodyworker Ayo Gry fra Touched Bodywork til at afholde en 3-timers workshop om, hvordan vi kan bruge reb som et værktøj til at give og modtage omsorg samt styrke forbindelsen til vores kroppe. Alle er velkomne, med eller uden tidligere erfaring. Kom med en partner eller kom alene. Medbring gerne reb, hvis du har det. Eventet er på engelsk. • EN Bondage is the practice of consensually

tying, binding, or restraining oneself or a partner for the sake of erotic, aesthetic, or sensory stimulation. In this workshop, we will focus on the aspect of connections in rope bondage by bringing in certified sexological bodyworker Ayo Gry from Touched Bodywork to facilitate a 3-hour workshop on how we can use rope as a tool for giving and receiving care and connecting to our bodies. Everyone is welcome, with or without previous experiences. You can attend with a partner or alone. Bring rope if you have it. The event is in English.

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Nordic Lights

Reception + Q&A with the directors

LØRDAG 24 OKT kl. 16:30 @Cinemateket • DK Vores 2020-program spænder over

seks kontinenter og adskillige lande, men filmene i dette tilbagevendende kortfilmsprogram Nordic Lights er plukket i vores egen baghave,

XY Anna Karín Lárusdóttir / Iceland, 2019 15 min / Icelandic (English subtitles) • DK Lísa kæmper med sin krop, indtil hun finder

sympati hos sin tidligere bedste veninde. • EN Lísa is struggling with her body when

she finally finds a compassionate ear in her estranged best friend.

bogstaveligt talt. De syv kortfilm i dette program er produceret i Norden, og vi har udvalgt dem, fordi vi mener, de er vigtige, og fordi de skinner med et helt særligt nordisk lys. Mød os i mørket igen og lad nordlyset guide dig på denne rejse. • EN The films in the MIX COPENHAGEN

program span six continents and numerous countries, but the shorts featured in our recurring Nordic Lights program hit closest to home. These are seven short films produced in the North, which we think are important and bring a special Nordic shine. Join us in the dark once again and let the northern lights guide you on this journey.

Don’t, kiss .mov Fabio Liberti, Carl Olsson / Sweden, 2019 8 min / No dialogue • DK En duet om kærlighed mellem to mennesker

i sin reneste og mest genkendelige form. • EN A duet about the love between two people in its most simple and recognizable form.

The Confirmation (Konfirmanden) Marie Louise Damgaard / Denmark, 2019 18 min / Danish (English subtitles) • DK Det er Mathias’ konfirmation. Mathias er

transkønnet, og hans mor gør alt for at beskytte ham, men hvem handler denne dag egentligt om? • EN It’s Mathias’ confirmation. Mathias is transgender and his mother does everything to protect him, but who is this day really about?

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Brother (Bror) Alexandra Alegren / Sweden, 2019 15 min / Swedish (English subtitles) • DK Nico og Khalid taler om at være mere end

blot venner, men er Nico modig nok til at handle på sine følelser? • EN Nico and Khalid discuss taking their friendship to the next level, but does Nico have the courage to act on his feelings?

Of Aska (Ur Aska) Myra Sofia Hild / Denmark, 2019 7 min / Swedish (English subtitles) • DK To kvinder lever lykkeligt sammen i en

skov, men da den ene begynder at forandre sig, må den anden træffe en beslutning? • EN Two women live happily together in a

forest, but when one begins to change the other has a decision to make.

The Half Wall (Veggen) Ida H. Eldøen / Norway, 2019 6 min / Norwegian (English subtitles) • DK En sand historie om det vanskelige

ved at kommunikere, og hvordan det af og til kan føre til fjollede misforståelser. • EN A true story about the difficulties of

communication and how it sometimes leads to silly misunderstandings.

Babydyke (Babylebbe) Tone Ottilie / Denmark, 2019 20 min / Danish (English subtitles) • DK Mens hun forsøger at navigere queer-

miljøets sociale koder, går 16-årige Frede med sin storesøster til en technofest for at vinde sin ekskæreste tilbage. • EN While navigating the codes of the

queer community, 16-year-old Frede follows her older sister to a party to try and win back her ex-girlfriend.

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N O R D IC C CI E N

MA A

MIX COPENHAGEN fejrer nordisk queer film med disse tre fremragende dokumentarer fra Sverige og Danmark. Filmene skildrer aktuelle LGBTQ+oplevelser i Norden, hvor folk, ved at være sig selv og afvise samfundets traditionelle normer, finder unikke måder at leve deres liv på. Inspirerende og opløftende fortællinger fortalt af stemmer fra lokale queer miljøer.

• DK

MIX COPENHAGEN celebrates Nordic, queer cinema with three outstanding documentaries from Sweden and Denmark. These films portray current LGBTQ+ experiences in the Nordics, where people find unique ways to live by manifesting their true selves and rejecting society’s traditional norms. Inspiring and uplifting stories as told by voices from local communities.

• EN

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Always Amber

(Alltid Amber)

Hannah Reinikainen & Lia Kim Hietala / Sweden, 2020 Documentary / 76 min' Swedish (English subtitles) SØNDAG 25 OKT kl. 16:15 @Cinemateket • DK Amber er en ung, ikke-binær person,

der bor i Stockholm og beskæftiger sig

Prelle—In My Own Voice

(Prelle—lytter til mig selv) Anita Beikpour /  Denmark, 2019 Documentary / 67 min Danish (English subtitles)

Reception at 18:30 + Q&A with the director and Prelle + mini-concert

ONSDAG 28 OKT kl. 19:00 @Cinemateket

med teenagelivets sædvanlige bøvl og forandringer. De tumler ind og ud af

• DK Prelle er fanget mellem sine drømme,

kærlighedsforhold og mister deres bedste

samfundets forventninger og virkelighedens

ven, Sebastian. Dokumentaren følger

begrænsninger. Hun er afhængig af sin musik

Amber gennem en årrække og splejser

for at undslippe det hele og udtrykke sig selv.

hjemmevideoer med telefonoptagelser,

Vi møder Prelle på et tidspunkt i hendes liv, hvor

der giver det punkede portræt en

hendes fortid har indhentet hende, og hun er

Snapchat-æstetik og tilfører det en følelse

nødt til at skabe nye måder at finde vej i livet på.

af intimitet og autenticitet, mens vi ser

Ved at blande klassisk dokumentar, musikvideo

Amber og andre teenagere deltage i det

og magisk realisme bringer Anita Beikpours

svenske LGBTQ+-miljø.

instruktørdebut os et ærligt portræt af denne

• EN Amber is a non-binary youth who

lives in Stockholm, while grappling with the tumult of teenage life. They tumble

unge, karismatiske regelbryder. • EN We encounter Prelle at a time in her life

where her past has caught up to her and she has

in and out of relationships and lose their

to find a new way of living. Trapped between

best friend Sebastian. The documentary

her dreams, societal expectations, and the

follows Amber over several years and

limitations of reality, she relies on her music

mixes professional footage with home

to escape and express herself. By mixing

video, giving the punk portrait a Snapchat-

classic documentary, music video, and magical

aesthetic, infused with a sense of intimacy

realism, Anita Beikpour’s directorial debut is

and authenticity as we see Amber and

an honest portrayal of this young, charismatic

other teenagers participate in the Swedish

nonconformist.

LGBTQ+ community.

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Silence and Swords

(Vi slås med sværd)

Malthe Wermuth Saxer / Denmark, 2020 Documentary / 103 min / Danish (English subtitles) LØRDAG 24 OKT kl. 19:00 @Cinemateket • DK Rigtige drenge hopper nøgne i vandet, slås med

sværd og lærer at onanere sammen. Sådan forestiller de to unge mænd i Vi slås med sværd sig i hvert fald, at drenges barndom er. De er begge transkønnede og vil nu som voksne udforske den mandlige identitet, omgivet af Nordeuropas vilde landskaber. Med sig har de et telt og en noget klichéfyldt liste over, hvad de skal opleve. Den lærerige oplevelse sætter deres venskab på prøve—og tvinger dem ud i en moderne, eksistentiel kamp. • EN Real boys skinny-dip, fight with swords and learn to

masturbate together. At least that’s how the two young transgender men in Silence and Swords imagine boyhood. With a tent and a slightly cliché list of all the things they need to experience, they explore male identity in the vast wilderness of Northern Europe. This educational journey puts their friendship to the test, and forces them into a modern existential battle.

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Q&A after the film


• DK Jeanne er en genert, ung kvinde, der bor

med sin livlige mor og arbejder i en lokal forlystelsespark. Hendes mor ønsker, at hun

Jumbo Zoé Wittock / France, Luxembourg, Belgium, 2020 Feature / 93 min / French (English subtitles)

skal møde en mand, men Jeanne foretrækker at nørkle med miniaturekarruseller på sit værelse. På hendes sene nattevagter begynder hun at bruge tid på den nye, fristende forlystelse, Jumbo. Jeanne oplever pludselig at blive forført af de røde lys, det glatte krom og den oliesmurte hydraulik. Hun erkender, at det er denne relation, hun ønsker at forfølge.

LØRDAG 24 OKT kl. 19:30 @Empire Bio

• EN Jeanne, a shy, young woman, lives with

her exuberant mother and works at an amusement park. Her mother wants her to

FREDAG 30 OKT kl. 19:00 @Cinemateket Presented together with Normstormerne

meet a man, but Jeanne prefers tinkering with miniature carousels in her bedroom. During her late-night shifts, she’s drawn to the enticing new ride, Jumbo. Jeanne finds herself seduced by Jumbo’s red lights, smooth chrome, and oily hydraulics, and concludes this is the relationship she wants to pursue.

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T e The Kids Kids A e Are Alright Alright Sanger og sangskriver, Troye Sivan, beskriver i sangen My Youth Is Yours at ‘Ungdom er en fantasi om at finde nogen, der får én til at føle sig som kun et halvt menneske. Det handler om glæde, uvidenhed og om at fare vild. Det handler om at droppe alt og løbe væk, at begå fejl, at elske for meget—og hvordan det er okay, selv når det ikke er’. Fortællingerne i dette tema afspejler dette udsagn.

• DK

Singer-songwriter Troye Sivan describes his song My Youth Is Yours with the sentiment ‘Youth is the fantasy of finding someone that makes you feel like half a person. It’s all about the joy, and naivety, and being lost. It’s about dropping everything and running away, making mistakes, loving too hard and how that’s okay even when it’s not.’ The stories in this film series reflect that statement.

• EN

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Cocoon

Alice Júnior Gil Baroni / Brazil, 2019 Feature / 87 min / Portuguese (English subtitles) / Trigger warnings: transphobia, homophobia SØNDAG 1 NOV kl. 14:00 @Cinemateket

(Kokon)

Leonie Krippendorff / Germany, 2020 Feature / 95 min / German (English subtitles) Trigger warning: eating disorder LØRDAG 24 OKT kl. 14:00 @Cinemateket SØNDAG 1 NOV kl. 16:15 @Cinemateket

• DK Alice er ung, bekymringslo og

transkønnet. Hun er i gang med at optage

• DK Berlin-Kreutzberg er Noras mikrokosmos.

sin seneste YouTube-video om et længe

Nora følger altid bare med: til fester, i skolen

ventet første kys, da hendes far afbryder

og ved poolen. Hun flyder rundt mellem de

hende for at meddele, at de flytter fra det

monotone boligblokke med sin søster og

pulserende byliv til en lille, konservativ by.

søsterens venner og observerer folk omkring

Den udadvendte teenager lader dog ikke

sig. Hendes verden er fyldt med piger, der vil

byens fjendtlighed påvirke hende. Med sin

være tynde og smukke, og drenge, der siger

blændende personlighed og store selvtillid

ignorante ting for bare at provokere. Da hun

får hun sine nye skolekammerater og

møder Romy bliver Nora rystet ud af sin

lærere til at genoverveje deres konservative

position som observatør. Vi oplever gennem

holdninger. Alt imens hun stadigvæk

Noras øjne en smuk coming-of-age fortælling

prøver at opnå drømmen om det første kys.

om en forandringsfuld sommer.

• EN Alice is young, carefree and transgender.

• EN Berlin-Kreuzberg is Nora’s microcosm.

While recording her latest YouTube video

Nora is always just tagging along, at parties, at

about a long-awaited first kiss, her father

school and at the pool. She drifts around the

interrupts to announce that they’re

monotonous housing blocks with her sister and

leaving their vibrant city and moving to

her sister’s friends, observing those around her.

a small, conservative town. The outgoing

Her world is full of girls who want to be

teen doesn’t let the initial hostility get

slim and pretty and boys who say dumb

her down. With her dazzling personality

things just to provoke others. When she

and solid confidence, she makes her new

meets Romy, Nora is shaken out of her

schoolmates and teachers rethink their

observer’s stance. Seen through Nora’s

conservative ways, while still trying to

eyes, this film is a beautiful coming-of-

achieve her greatest desire, that first kiss.

age story about a summer of change.

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Lola

(Lola Vers La Mer) Laurent Micheli / Belgium, France, 2019 Feature / 90 min / French, Flemmish (English subtitles) / Trigger warning: transphobia SØNDAG 25 OKT kl. 19:00 @Cinemateket TORSDAG 29 OKT kl. 19:30 @Empire Bio

My Name Is Baghdad

(Meu Nome é Bagdá) Caru Alves de Souza / Brazil, 2020 Feature / 99 min / Portuguese (English subtitles) Trigger warnings: sexual assault, sexism, police harrassment SØNDAG 25 OKT kl. 19:30 @Empire Bio • DK Baghdad er 17 år gammel og bor i et

• DK Netop da en 18-årig transkvinde, Lola,

får besked om at hun omsider er blevet

hus fyldt med viljestærke, frigjorte kvinder,

godkendt til en længe ventet operation, dør

og tilbringer al sin tid i skateparken. Da hun

hendes mor—der også var hendes eneste

møder en gruppe kvindelige skateboardere,

økonomiske støtte. For at opfylde morens

tager hendes liv en pludselig drejning. Filmen

sidste ønske drager Lola og hendes far—der

er bygget op omkring karakterernes liv og viser,

ikke har set hinanden i to år, og som Lola

hvor fantastiske disse kvinder er. Instruktøren

har det svært med—ud på en rejse til den

styrer ikke uden om mørkere emner som vold,

belgiske kyst. Efter nogle dage sammen

sexisme og diskrimination—alt i mens hun

indser de at resultatet af rejsen muligvis ikke

samtidig fejrer solidaritet, familie og oprør.

var det, de havde forventet. • EN Just when Lola, an 18-year-old trans woman, learns that she has finally been approved for a long-awaited surgery, her mother, who is her only financial support, passes away. Abiding by her mother’s last wishes, Lola and her father, who do not get along and have not seen each other for two years, undertake a journey all the way to the Belgian coast. After spending several days together they realize that the outcome of the journey may not be what they were expecting.

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arbejderklassekvarter i byen São Paulo i et

• EN 17-year-old Baghdad lives in a working-

class neighborhood in São Paulo in a house with strong-willed, emancipated women, and spends her days at the skate park. When she meets a group of female skateboarders, her life suddenly changes. The film is structured around the characters’ daily lives, revealing how extraordinary these women are. The director doesn’t shy away from darker issues like violence, sexism and discrimination, while also celebrating solidarity, family and resistance.


Beyond the Horizon

(Le Milieu de l’Horizon) Delphine Lehericey / Switzerland, Belgium, 2019 Feature / 88 min / French (English subtitles) Trigger warnings: violence, misogyny, homophobia LØRDAG 24 OKT kl. 19:15 @Cinemateket

Reception before the film

Ask Any Buddy Evan Purchell / USA, 2019 Documentary / 78 min / English (no subtitles) Trigger warning: explicit sexual content LØRDAG 24 OKT kl. 18:45 @Cinemateket Raffle before the film sponsored by Sinful.dk + Q&A with the producer

• DK I lang tid var de lokale pornobiografer

ONSDAG 28 OKT kl. 19:30 @Empire Bio

de eneste steder, hvor homoseksuelle mænd kunne se deres liv og lyster afbildet på lærredet. Pornofilmsindustrien i 60’erne,

• DK Et klassisk coming-of-age drama, der

70’erne og 80’erne var altså med til at udbrede

udspiller sig under hedebølgen i 1976. Beyond

inklusionen af homoseksuelle filmfortællinger.

the Horizon beskriver de omvæltninger, en lille

Historier om alt fra at springe ud til romantik,

schweizisk familie gennemlever, set fra den

fra gyser til komedier. Ask Any Buddy samler

unge dreng Gus’ perspektiv. Han ser sin mors

fragmenter fra over 125 pornofilm for at skabe

blive forelsket i en anden kvinde og faderens

et kalejdoskopisk øjebliksbillede af tiden.

kyllingefarm falde fra hinanden, og imens kæmper kvinderne for deres frigørelse. • EN A classic coming-of-age drama set during the

• EN For a long time, the only places gay men

could see their lives and desires depicted on screen was at their local ‘all-male’ adult

scorching heatwave of 1976, Beyond the Horizon

cinema. From coming out stories to romances,

chronicles the disruptions of a small family in

from bizarro horror to camp comedies, the

the Swiss countryside from the perspective of

hundreds of films by the gay adult film

the young boy Gus. He witnesses his mom fall

industry throughout the 60s, 70s, and 80s

in love with a woman. Through his eyes we

were a driving force behind the spread of gay

experience the harshness of rural life as his

culture. Ask Any Buddy compiles fragments

father’s poultry farm collapses around them and

from over 125 adult films to create

women fight for emancipation.

a kaleidoscopic snapshot of the era.

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Hvilket billede skaber film og TV af LGBTI-unge i Norden? What image does film and TV create of LGBTI young people in the Nordic countries? • DK Hvilket billede skaber film, tv og medier af LGBTI ung

i Danmark og i Norden? Er det billede retvisende, er det

LØRDAG 24 OKT kl. 14:45–16:15 @MIX Lounge FREE • Photos allowed

nødvendigt og er den en støtte eller en hæmsko? Det bliver startskuddet på en debat med repræsentanter fra LGBTI-miljøet—både unge og forældre samt medie- og filmverden. De vil sammen drøfte vilkårene for LGBTI-unge anno 2020. Under debatten skal vi også høre panelets bud på, hvad Nordisk Ministerråd skal tage med ind i et nyt samarbejde til gavn for LGBTI personer i Norden. Arrangementet er et ud af syv arrangementer, der ud over i Danmark, finder sted i Finland, Norge, Sverige, Island, Grønland, Færøerne og Åland. Pointer og anbefalinger fra debatterne samles i et Think piece, der vil blive inddraget i det nordiske samarbejde for at forbedre vilkårene inden for ligestilling i Danmark og i Norden. Arrangementet vil blive streamet over nettet og vil blive på dansk. • EN What image does film, TV and media create of LGBTI young people

in Denmark and in the Nordic countries? Is that image true, is it necessary and is it a support or a hindrance? It will be the start of a debate with representatives from the LGBTI community—both young people and parents as well as the media and film world. Together, they will discuss the conditions for LGBTI young people in 2020. During the debate, we will also hear the panel's proposal on what the Nordic Council of Ministers should include in a new collaboration for the benefit of LGBTI people in the Nordic region. The event is one of seven events that, in addition to Denmark, take place in Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Åland. Points and recommendations from the debates are gathered in a Think piece that will be included in the Nordic co-operation to improve the conditions within gender equality in Denmark and in the Nordic countries. The event will be streamed online and will be in Danish.

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One In A Thousand

Young Hunter

(Las Mil y Una)

(El Cazador)

Clarisa Navas / Argentina, Germany, 2020 Feature / 120 min / Spanish (English subtitles) Trigger warnings: homophobia, explicit sexual content

Marco Berger / Argentina, 2020 Feature / 101 min / Spanish (English subtitles) Trigger warning: abuse of minors

LØRDAG 24 OKT kl. 16:15 @Cinemateket LØRDAG 31 OKT kl. 19:00 @Cinemateket • DK Klædt i sportstøj dribler den 17-årige Iris

LØRDAG 24 OKT kl. 21:30 @Cinemateket MANDAG 26 OKT kl. 21:30 @Cinemateket ONSDAG 28 OKT kl. 21:30 @Cinemateket

sin basketball gennem det fattige boligområde i Argentina, hvor hun bor. Hun tilbringer de varme

• DK Ezequiel, en 15-årig teenager, bliver

dage med sine to bedste venner i trange rum,

efterladt alene, da hans forældre rejser til

scroller på mobiltelefonen eller på de tomme

Europa i en måned. En dag møder han Mono i

gader i byen. Da den cool og selvsikre Renata

skateparken, men mødet tilbyder meget mere

dukker op, er Iris fascineret, og en flirt udvikler

end den tilknytning, intimitet og sex, som

sig hurtigt mellem dem. Men i boligområdet

Ezequiel egentlig leder efter. Han havner i en

bliver rygterne om Renatas fortid sværere og

nervepirrende situation, der muligvis får ham

sværere for Iris at ignorere. • EN Clad in sportswear, 17-year-old Iris dribbles

her basketball through the wide courtyards

til at føle sig mere alene, end han allerede var. Young Hunter er den syvende spillefilm af MIX favorit Marco Berger.

of her social housing estate somewhere in

• EN 15-year-old Ezequiel is home alone while

Argentina. She spends the warm days and

his parents travel to Europe for a month. One

nights with her two best friends in cramped

day he meets Mono at the skatepark, but the

rooms, fiddling with her mobile phone, or on

encounter provides more than the connection,

the empty streets of the town. When cool and

intimacy, and sex he sought. He finds himself

self-confident Renata enters the scene Iris is

in a chilling situation that might just make

fascinated, and before long they start flirting. But

him feel more alone than he already was.

on the estate, the rumours about Renata’s past

Young Hunter is the seventh feature film by

are getting harder and harder for Iris to ignore.

director and MIX alumni Marco Berger.

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En dag for regnbuefamilierne A day for the rainbow families • DK Cinematekets Børnebiffen og

MIX COPENHAGEN har slået pjalterne sammen for at skabe en dag i familiens tegn. Arrangementet vil

SØNDAG 25 OKT kl. 10:30–11:30 @MIX Lounge FREE • No photos of the audience

lægge ud med en visning af skolefilm kortfilmsprogrammet efterfulgt af et formidabelt besøg fra drag queen DiDi Cancerella samt drag king Dallas King. De to har gennem det seneste års tid afholdt en række arrangementer, hvor de læser højt for børn, hvilket de også vil gøre her. Både filmvisning og højtlæsning vil foregå inde i biografsalen med en lille pause imellem. Der vil desuden være rig mulighed for, at medbragte madpakker kan nydes i MIX Lounge. Vi glæder os til at byde jer velkommen til en sjov og tankevækkende dag for de små. • EN The Cinematheque’s Børnebiffen and MIX COPENHAGEN

have joined forces to create a day for families. The event will start with a screening of the school film program followed by a visit by fabulous drag queen DiDi Cancerella and drag king Dallas King. Over the past year, the two have held a series of events where they’ve read aloud for children, which they will also be doing for our event. Both the screening and reading will take place inside the cinema with a small break in between. There will also be ample opportunity to enjoy your homemade lunch in the MIX Lounge. We are looking forward to welcoming you to a fun and thoughtful day for the little ones.

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School Film SØNDAG 25 OKT kl. 11:30 @Cinemateket • DK Skolefilmsvisningerne er tilbage!

Tag dine børn med til en formiddag med højtlæsning, film og tegninger. Du vil blive suget helt ind i animationens verden og møde alt fra dansende grævlinger til ung, uimodståelig kærlighed. Filmene belyser i børnehøjde alt fra de første introduktioner til kærlighed til hvad det vil sige at finde sig selv. Gennemgående for dem alle er, at der ikke

Drawn to You Eleanor Davitt / Canada, 2020 5 min / No dialogue • DK Da Emilys uskyldige tegning af

to piger, der holder i hånden, rives i stykker af hendes mor, bliver figurerne levende i et forsøg på at blive genforenet. • EN When Emily’s innocent drawing of two girls holding hands is torn up by her mother, the characters come to life, determined to be reunited.

findes én rigtig måde at gå igennem livet på. Programmet henvender sig til børn i alderen 5–10 år.

Alike

• EN The school film screenings are back! Bring

Daniel Martínez Lara, Rafa Cano Méndez / Spain, 2016  8 min / No dialogue

your children for day with reading, drag, films and paint. You're going to be drawn into the world of animation where you’ll encounter

• DK En far vil gerne vise sin søn den rette

everything from youthful insatiability to

sti, men begynder at stille spørgmålstegn

dancing badgers. These films shine a light

ved sin egen tilgang til livet. • EN Seeking

on topics that range from discovering love to

to guide his son down the right path, a

finding oneself, with a common theme that

father starts to question his own way of

there is no correct path in life. The program is

approaching life.

aimed at children aged 5–10.

Farfisa Song Sam’s Story Gender Creative Kids Canada / 2017 4 min / No dialogue • DK Et barns identitetsrejse gennem

Iain Gardener / Scotland, 2015 3 min / No dialogue • DK Et hjertevarmt portræt af

et kreativt par og deres op- og

sociale kønsnormer • EN The journey of

nedture med at virkeliggøre deres

a child figuring out their own identity

kunstneriske vision.

while dealing with social gender norms.

• EN A lighthearted portrait of a

creative couple striving to realise their artistic vision, and the struggle and excitement they encounter.

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Before We Grow Old

The Blue Flower of Novalis

(A Rosa Azul (Heute oder morgen) de Novalis) Thomas Moritz Helm / Germany, 2019 Feature / 93 min / German (English subtitles) SØNDAG 25 OKT kl. 14:00 @Cinemateket • DK Berlinerne Maria og Niels møder den

britiske studerende Chloë, og de tre unge voksne hopper hovedkulds ud i en sorgløs og kaotisk kærlighedsaffære. Begær og nydelse er i højsædet, og de tre lader sig opsluge af alt, hvad de lyster. Alt går godt, indtil Chloë ved et uheld bliver gravid. Usikkerhed og vrede, jalousi og tvivl springer frem—at elske uden for normen er hårdt arbejde. Verden er ikke klar til Maria, Niels og Chloë, og det samme gælder dem selv. • EN Berliners Maria and Niels meet British

student Chloë and the three twentysomethings plunge head first into a carefree and chaotic love affair. Excitedly enjoying life to the fullest, the trio indulge in everything and anything they please. Everything works great until Chloë unintentionally becomes pregnant. Insecurity and anger, jealousy and doubt emerge—to love differently is hard work. The world is not prepared for Maria, Niels and Chloë, and neither are they.

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Rodrigo Carneiro, Gustavo Vinagre / Brazil, 2019 Documentary / 70 min / Portuguese (English subtitles) / Trigger warnings: explicit sexual content, talk of abuse SØNDAG 25 OKT kl. 18:45 @Cinemateket • DK ‘Knep dig selv i røven’ (Vai tomar nu

cu). Hvad betyder denne banale portugisiske fornærmelse for dem, der dyrker analsex? Hvem har magten til at beslutte hvilke kropsdele, der anses for seksuelle? Kan vi se igennem røvens øje (i bogstavelig forstand)? Disse og lignende spørgsmål gennemsyrer denne film, hvor tilskueren inviteres til at dykke ned i hovedpersonens minder, fortvivlelse og begær. Røvhullet indleder filmen og fungerer som adgangen til hovedpersonens sind. • EN ‘Go fuck yourself in the ass’ (Vai tomar nu cu).

What does this common Portuguese insult mean to those who have anal sex? Who has the power to decide which body parts are considered sexual? Can we see through ‘the eye of the anus’ (the asshole as the third eye)? These are questions that permeate this film, which invites viewers to plunge into the protagonist’s memories, despair, and desires. The asshole initiates the film and functions as a gateway into the character’s mind.


Dry Wind

(Vento Seco) Daniel Nolasco / Brazil, 2020 Feature / 110 min / Portuguese (English subtitles) / Trigger warning: explicit sexual content

Presented together with SLM Copenhagen + raffle before the film sponsored by Sinful.dk SØNDAG 25 OKT kl. 21:30 @Cinemateket LØRDAG 31 OKT kl. 16:15 @Cinemateket

Two of Us (Deux) Filippo Meneghetti / France, Luxembourg, Belgium, 2019 Feature / 99 min / French and German (English subtitles) / Trigger warning: homophobia SØNDAG 25 OKT kl. 19:15 @Cinemateket

Reception before the film

• DK Nina og Madeleine, to pensionerede

kvinder, har i årtier i al hemmelighed været dybt forelskede. De kommer og går mellem deres to lejligheder og deler små, kærlige stunder i hverdagen sammen. For alle og enhver,

• DK I juli tørrer vinden og den lave luftfugtighed

heriblandt Madeleines familie, er de bare naboer,

huden på en lille bys beboere. Sandro deler

der bor på øverste etage i deres bygning. En dag

sin tid mellem klubben, arbejde, fodbold med

vendes deres forhold på hovedet af en uventet

vennerne og fester i byen. Han har et forhold til

begivenhed, hvilket fører til at Madeleines datter

sin kollega Ricardo, men da Maicon—en mand

langsomt afdækker sandheden om dem.

taget direkte ud af en Tom of Finland tegning— ankommer til den lille by og begynder at flirte med Ricardo, ulmer følelser af jalousi under overfladen. • EN The July breeze and low humidity dries the

• EN Two retired women Nina and Madeleine

have been secretly in love for decades. To everyone else, including Madeleine’s family, they are simply neighbors who live on the top floor of their building. They come and go between their

skin of residents in a small city. Sandro divides

two apartments, sharing the tender delights of

his days between the city club, work, football

everyday life together. One day, their relationship

with friends, and parties in the city. He has a

is turned upside down by an unexpected event

relationship with Ricardo, his co-worker. When

that leads Madeleine’s daughter to gradually

Maicon, a man straight out of a Tom of Finland

reveal the truth about them.

illustration, shows up in their small town and flirts with Ricardo, his burgeoning feelings of jealousy set a change in motion.

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This Is How We Do It SØNDAG 25 OKT kl. 16:30 @Cinemateket

Raffle before the film sponsored by Sinful.dk

Trigger warning: explicit sexual content

Camera and I Shine Louise Houston / Pink & White Productions / USA, 2020/ 14 min / English • DK Jasko Fide elsker med kameraet • EN Jasko Fide makes love to the camera

• DK Igen i år har vi den udsøgte fornøjelse af,

at vise dette pornografiske kortfilmsprogram under titlen This Is How We Do It—kurateret til alle de lumre LGBTQ+-personer derude. Få vækket lysten i en overflod af sex-positive, mangfoldige LGBTQ+-kortfilm, som garanteret vil oplyse, underholde og ophidse dig. • EN This year we once again have the exquisite

pleasure of screening a pornographic short film program under the title This Is How We Do It—curated just for all the dirty LGBTQ+ viewers out there. Indulge yourself in an abundance of sex-positive, diverse, LGBTQ+

Doll Parts Four Chambers  USA, 2019 / 12 min / English • DK Bimbo-æstetik flyder ind i en

psykedelisk femdom-syrefeber-drøm • EN Bimbo aesthetics descend into a

psychedelic femdom acid fever dream

short films guaranteed to inform, entertain and arouse you.

Ritual Waves Lina Bembe / Germany, 2019 5 min / No dialogue • DK En film der udforsker

Orgy #001 Aorta Films / USA / 11 min • DK Fem LGBTQ+-personer forenes i en kakofoni af

• EN A film centered in

støn og nydelse, mens de bider, sutter og fister sig vej

ritualistic practices of healing

til en triumferende orgasme • EN Five LGBTQ+ people

through sexual agency

unite, composing a cacophony of pleasure as they bite, suck, and fist their way to a triumphant climax

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rituelle healing-metoder gennem seksuel agens


CrashPad Series: Episode 248 Deep Clean David Wilson / UK, 2019 / No dialogue • DK Slip dine husholdningsappareters

Pink & White Productions / USA, 2017 26 min / English • DK Caleb Daniels og Venus Selenite i en

guddommelig udfoldelse af nydelse uden

sensuelle krafter løs • EN Unleash the sensual

penetration • EN Caleb Daniels and Venus

power of your household appliances

Selenite in a divine display of pleasure without penetration

Real Archetype Four Chambers / USA, 2019 / 12 min / English • DK En glitched, retro VHS-læderdrøm • EN A glitched, retro VHS leather dream

Josephine Baltzersen / Denmark, 2019 1 min / No dialogue • DK Et forsøg på at bryde med normative

måder at opleve sex på • EN An effort to break with normative

ways of experiencing sex

Ouroboros Dwam Ipomée / France, 2019/ 8 min  • DK En cyklus med vekslende magtdynamikker.

Tre personer, en seksuel push and pull, hård og blid, kæmper, leger, skifter • EN A cycle of fluid power dynamics. Three

people, a sexual push and pull, rough and tender, fighting, playing, switching.

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«Lightroom» Project preview from Bedside Productions and Morph MANDAG 26 OKT kl. 19:45–21:05 @Empire Bio 60 kr.

• DK Du inviteres til en unik forpremiere

på det seneste projekt fra vores lokale, yndlings porno-produktionsselskab, Bedside Productions. Lightroom er skabt

i samarbejde med Morph, projektet fokuserer på en gruppe unge mænd og deres arbejde med at udforske deres egne forhold til maskulinitet, intimitet, forhold, porno og seksualitet. Vi viser begge projektets kortfilm: Ei Blot Til Lyst // All Work No Play og dokumentaren Dear Friends. Efter filmene har du mulighed for at høre direkte fra holdet bag om skabelsesprocessen. Eventet er på både dansk og engelsk. • EN Join us for a unique preview of the latest films from our favourite,

local porn production company, Bedside Productions. Lightroom, their latest project, created in collaboration with Morph, focuses on a group of young men and their exploration of their own relationship with masculinity, intimacy, relationships, porn, and sexuality. We will screen both the short film Ei blot til lyst // All Work No Play and the accompanying documentary Dear Friends. After the films, you will have the opportunity to hear about the team’s filmmaking experience. The event is in both English and Danish.

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Queen of Lapa

The Strong Ones (Rainha de Lapa) (Los Fuertes)

Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo / Chile, 2019 Feature / 98 min / Spanish (English subtitles) Trigger warning: homophobia MANDAG 26 OKT kl. 19:30 @Empire Bio FREDAG 30 OKT kl. 19:30 @Empire Bio

Carolina Monnerat, Theodore Collatos  Brazil, 2019 / Documentary / 73 min / Portuguese (English subtitles) / Trigger warnings: talk of violence, attempted murder, rape MANDAG 26 OKT kl. 19:30 @Cinemateket

• DK Luana Muniz er kabaretkunstner, aktivist,

stolt sex-arbejder og én af Brasiliens mest berømte transkønnede personligheder. Hun har skabt en ny virkelighed i sit hostel ved at tilbyde

• DK Omar Zúñiga Hidalgos debutspillefilm

et sikkert arbejdsmiljø for generationer af unge

The Strong Ones skildrer en blomstrende

transkvinder i Lapa-nabolaget i Rio de Janeiro.

romance mellem Lucas og Antonio. Lucas rejser

Queen of Lapa udforsker kvindernes dagligdag,

til en afsides by i det sydlige Chile for at besøge

deres søgen efter kærlighed, rivalisering mellem

sin søster. Foran det tågede hav møder han

bofæller og det brasilianske politiske klima, alt

Antonio, en bådmand i en lokal fiskerbåd. I takt

sammen under matriark Muniz’ årvågne og

med at en intens romance spirer frem mellem

vejledende blik.

dem, bliver deres styrke, deres uafhængighed og deres voksenliv ubevægelig foran tidevandet.

• EN Luana Munizis a cabaret performer, activist,

proud sex professional, and one of Brazil’s most

• EN Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo’s debut feature

famous transgender personalitie. She shapes

The Strong Ones depicts a blossoming romance

a new reality in her hostel by providing a safe

between Lucas and Antonio. Lucas travels to a

working environment for generations of young

remote town in southern Chile to visit his sister.

trans women in the Lapa neighbourhood of Rio

In front of the foggy ocean he meets Antonio,

de Janeiro. Queen of Lapa explores the women’s

a boatswain in a local fishing boat. When an

day-to-day lives, love quests, housemate

intense romance blooms between them their

rivalries, and the Brazilian political climate,

strength, independence, and adulthood becomes

all under matriarch Muniz’s watchful and

immovable ahead of the tide.

guiding eye.

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Immigranter på Grindr Immigrants on Grindr

MANDAG 26 OKT kl. 16:00–18:00 @MIX Lounge FREE • Photos allowed

• DK Den anerkendte professor, Andrew Shield, vil præsentere

sin seneste bog, Immigrants on Grindr: Race, Sexuality and Belonging Online. Dette værk undersøger hvilken rolle hookup-apps spiller for homoseksuelle, bi-, trans-, og queerimmigranter og -flygtninge, og hvordan onlinekulturen på disse platforme fremmer tilhørsforhold eller eksklusion. Med udgangspunkt i relevante emner for LGBTQ+-miljøet, eks. homonationalisme og datingkultur, bliver dette foredrag helt sikkert interessant. Arrangementet er på engelsk. • EN The acclaimed professor, Andrew Shield, will present

his latest book, Immigrants on Grindr: Race, Sexuality and Belonging Online. This book examines the role of hook-up apps in the lives of gay, bi, trans, and queer immigrants and refugees, and how the online culture of these platforms promote either belonging or exclusion. Tapping into relevant debates in the LGBTQ+ community, such as homonationalism and dating culture, this event is sure to be an interesting one! The event is in English.

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Venskabsdating Friendship dating MANDAG 26 OKT kl. 18:30–20:30 @MIX Lounge FREE • No photos of the audience • DK Savner du filmentusiaster i din vennekreds? Gennem en

strøm af queer-film og -serier giver denne aftens speeddating for venner dig mulighed for at udvikle dit netværk og skabe venskaber i LGBTQ-miljøet. Støder du til os i MIX Loungen, hjælper vi dig i med at finde din fremtidige MIX-ven. Alle aldrer er velkomne. • EN Is your friendship group missing cinephiles? At our

friendship speed dating event you will have the opportunity to broaden your network and gain friendships in the LGBTQ+ community through a string of queer film and series. Come and join us in the MIX Lounge and we will help you find your future MIX friend! All ages are welcome.

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A Night at Switch n’ Play Cody Stickels / USA, 2019 Documentary / 72 min / English MANDAG 26 OKT kl. 21:15 @Cinemateket • DK A Night at Switch n’ Play

Performance by local drag performer Zaddy Salem before the film

Justine

The screening of Justine on Monday, 26th October is supported by the British Embassy Copenhagen and the British Council.

Jamie Patterson / UK, 2019 Feature / 80 min / English Trigger warning: substance abuse MANDAG 26 OKT kl. 19:00 @Cinemateket

inviterer dig med på første

SØNDAG 1 NOV kl. 19:00 @Cinemateket

række til et spektakulært show på en queerbar i Brooklyn. Switch n’ Play er et queerperformance- kollektiv, der opsætter fantastiske og undergravende drag- og burlesque-shows.

• DK Justine er en kærlighedshistorie, der foregår

Holdet bryder med traditionelle kønsroller og

i den grå, engelske by Brighton. Sommetider er

presser grænserne for, hvad drag og burlesque

kærlighed kun én del af ligningen, og her ledes

kan være. Og måske endnu vigtigere, så er de en

vi gennem en forstyrrende og gådefuld historie

tæt knyttet familie bestående af outsidere, der

om en ung kvindes vej mod selvdestruktion.

byder publikum velkommen til en verden, hvor

Justine møder Rachel, og deres spæde kærlighed

alle kan være sig selv.

begynder at helbrede Justines følelsesmæssige sår.

• EN There’s something very queer happening

at a bar in Brooklyn and A Night at Switch n’ Play gives you front row seats. Switch n’ Play

Men hendes traumer er dybtliggende, og tingene kommer snart helt ud af kontrol. • EN Justine is a love story set against the

is a queer performance collective that stages

backdrop of gloomy Brighton, UK. Sometimes

fabulous subversive drag and burlesque

love is only one half of the equation, and

shows. The ensemble breaks down traditional

we’re led into the disturbing and puzzling

gender roles and pushes the limits of what

tale of a young woman’s descent into self-

drag and burlesque can be. But more than

destruction. Justine meets Rachel and their

that, they are a tight-knit family of outsiders

young love begins to heal Justine’s wounds.

who welcome audiences into a world where

But her trauma goes deep and things soon

everyone can be themselves.

spiral out of control more viscerally than ever before.

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Beanpole

(Dylda)

Kantemir Balagov / Russia, 2019 Feature / 137 min / Russian (English subtitles) Trigger warnings: sexual violence, explicit violence, rape TIRSDAG 27 OKT kl. 19:30 @Empire Bio FREDAG 30 OKT kl. 19:15 @Cinemateket

• DK I kølvandet på 2. Verdenskrig arbejder Iya på

et hospital i Leningrad, hvor hun gør, hvad hun kan for at lindre de indlagte soldaters smerte, alt imens hun selv lider af paralyseanfald efter sin tid ved fronten. Foruden soldaterne tager Iya sig af en treårig dreng, men snart rammer tragedien. Iyas situation bliver kun mere kompliceret af soldaterkammeraten Mashas tilbagevenden. Beanpole er en brutal og hypnotiserende oplevelse, noget lig at blive kørt over af et tog i slow-motion. • EN Iya works at a hospital in Leningrad in

the aftermath of WWII, doing what she can to alleviate soldiers’ pain while caring for a threeyear-old. Suffering from bouts of paralysis due to her time on the frontline, Iya is beset by tragedy and her situation is further complicated by the return of fellow soldier Masha. Exquisitely staged with powerhouse performances from the leads, Beanpole is a brutal and mesmerizing experience, akin to being run over by a train in slow-motion.

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LGBTQ+ hos lægen LGBTQ+ at the doctor TIRSDAG 27 OKT kl. 17:00–18:30 @MIX Lounge FREE • No photos of the audience

• DK En række nationale og internationale forskningsprojekter

tyder på, at LGBTQ+-personer er særligt udfordret på sundheds- og trivselsområdet. Flere faktorer spiller ind, hvoraf særligt én kan være at LGBTQ+ personer gør mindre brug af læger og sundhedssystemet end den øvrige befolkning, hvilket på sigt skaber sundhedsmæssig ulighed. I forbindelse med lanceringen af hjemmesiden lgbtsundhed.dk afholder MIX COPENHAGEN i samarbejde med LGBT+ Danmark en dag med fokus på mødet med sundhedssystemet. Et panel af eksperter i sundhed og LGBTQ+ vil tale om, hvordan vi gør det tryggere for LGBTQ+-personer at gå til lægen, og under en pop-up konsultation kan du stille spørgsmål og blive klogere på dine rettigheder og muligheder som LGBTQ+-person, når du søger læge. Eventet er på dansk. • EN A number of national and international research projects indicate

that LGBTQ+ individuals experience distinct health and wellness challenges. This is due to several factors, one of them may be that LGBTQ+ individuals use the healthcare system less than the rest of the population. In the long run, this creates health inequality. In collaboration with LGBT+ Denmark, MIX COPENHAGEN will facilitate a day focusing on LGBTQ+ encounters with the healthcare system in connection with the launch of the website lgbtsundhed.dk. There will be a panel where experts in the fields of LGBTQ+ health talk about how we can make it safer for LGBTQ+ people to go to the doctor, as well as a pop-up consultation where you can ask questions and learn more about your rights and options as LGBTQ+ person when you go to the doctor. The event is in Danish.

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Metamorphosis Jose Enrique Tinglao / Philippines, 2019 Feature / 98 min / Tagalog and English (English subtitles) / Trigger warning: intersexphobia TIRSDAG 27 OKT kl. 19:15 @Cinemateket

• DK Teenageren Adam får sin første

menstruation og opdager, at han er

Rūrangi Max Currie / New Zealand, 2020 Feature / 96 min / English and Māori (English subtitles) / Trigger warning: transphobia TIRSDAG 27 OKT kl. 19:00 @Cinemateket

interkønnet. Mens hans konservative far bliver optaget af de forskellige operationer, Adam kan gennemgå, udforsker og

vender tilbage til Rūrangi—det landlige

undersøger Adam sin nye identitet i

mejerisamfund, han flygtede fra for 10 år

selskab med en ældre klassekammerat, der

siden. Nu håber han på at kunne genoprette

bliver hans eneste allierede i skolegården.

forbindelsen til sin far, som ikke har hørt fra

Metamorphosis er en blid og empatisk

ham siden før, han transitionerede. Da Caz

afbildning af livet som interkønnet, der

begynder at forene sig med sine gamle venner,

gradvist udvider horisonter gennem diskret

dæmoner og, vigtigst af alt, med sin far, finder

formalisme.

han et nyt livsbekræftende formål; at gå i

• EN Teenager Adam gets his first period

and discovers that he is intersex. While his conservative father is more concerned with

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• DK Den udbrændte transaktivist Caz Davis

spidsen for miljøkampen, der deler byen. • EN Burned-out trans activist Caz Davis

returns to Rūrangi, the rural dairy community

the various surgical procedures his child

he fled 10 years ago, hoping to reconnect

might undergo, Adam himself embarks

with his father who hasn’t heard from him

on a journey of self-discovery, aided in

since before he transitioned. As Caz starts

his pursuit by an older classmate, his only

reconciling with his past friends, demons, and

ally in the schoolyard. Metamorphosis is

most importantly with his father, he finds a

a gentle and empathetic depiction of an

new life-affirming purpose; spearheading the

intersex experience, gradually expanding

environmental fight which is dividing

horizons through subtle formalism.

the town.


• DK Draget af en verden af hook-up-apps

Sequin in a Blue Room Samuel Van Grinsven / Australia, 2019 Feature / 80 min / Portuguese (English subtitles) / Trigger warning: sexual violence, explicit violence, abuse of minor TIRSDAG 27 OKT kl. 21:30 @Cinemateket FREDAG 30 OKT kl. 21:30 @Cinemateket

udforsker en 16-årig dreng sin identitet under brugernavnet Sequin. Appsne giver adgang til seksuelle udskejelser on-demand, og med dette følger både op- og nedture, hvilket efterlader Sequin sårbar overfor aggressive tilnærmelser fra ældre mænd. Det giver ham nok at eksperimentere, indtil han oplever et intimt øjeblik med en anonym mand til sexfesten The Blue Room. Uden hverken navn eller personlige oplysninger drager Sequin på en mission for at finde ham igen. • EN Lured by the world of hookup apps, a

16-year old boy toys with his identity under the alias Sequin. The apps provide sexual discovery on-demand, surfacing the highs and lows of teenage exploration while leaving him vulnerable to predatory and violent behavior from older men. Experimenting is enough for Sequin until he has an intimate moment with an anonymous man at The Blue Room. With no name or details to go on, Sequin sets out on a mission to track down the man.

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En samtale om København for 35 år siden Let’s talk about it: Copenhagen 35 years ago ONSDAG 28 OKT kl. 17:00–18:15 @MIX Lounge FREE • Photos allowed

• DK Dette år er del af vores fokus

at fejre og fortælle LGBTQ+-historie, og vi er begejstrede over at kunne præsentere et samarbejde med Tobias Wung-Sung fra LGBT+ Biblioteket. Sammen vil vi facilitere en paneldiskussion med nogle af Danmarks bedste historikere på området, om hvordan livet var i København for 35 år siden m.m.. Eventet er på dansk. • EN This year we’re focusing on

celebrating and capturing LGBTQ+ history and we’re excited to be working with Tobias Wung-Sung from LGBT+ Biblioteket. Together, we will facilitate a panel discussion with several of Denmark’s top historians in their field about what life was like in Copenhagen 35 years ago and beyond. The event will be in Danish.

Photo by Lars Sørensen, featured on the cover of MIX CPH’s 1988 festival program

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• DK Dating Amber er et gribende, ærligt og sjovt

indblik i teenagelivets op- og nedture. Det er midten af 90’erne i Irland, og Eddie og Amber er

Dating Amber David Freyne / Ireland, 2020 Feature / 92 min / English

ikke sprunget ud endnu. De beslutter derfor at iscenesætte et forhold for at stoppe rygterne. Deres ‘parforhold’ begynder at falde fra hinanden, og det tvinger Eddie dybere ned i benægtelse, mens Amber indser, at hun er nødt til at gribe ind. Dating Amber er et kærlighedsbrev til alle de børn, der voksede op i en lille by, og som havde brug for at flygte for at være dem selv. • EN Dating Amber is a poignant, honest, and funny

ONSDAG 28 OKT kl. 19:30 @Empire Bio

look into the highs and lows of teenage life. Set in Ireland during the mid-90s, Eddie and Amber are in the closet and decide to stage a relationship to ease

TORSDAG 29 OKT kl. 16:30 @Cinemateket

local speculation. Their arrangement begins to fall apart however, forcing Eddie deeper into denial as Amber realises that she needs to intervene. Dating Amber is a love letter to those who grew up in a small town and needed to escape to become their true selves.

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Raffle before the film sponsored by Sinful.dk

Bloodsisters Michelle Handelman / USA, 1995 Documentary / 77 min / English Trigger warning: explicit sexual content ONSDAG 28 OKT kl. 21:15 @Cinemateket • DK 25 år efter udgivelsen

er denne banebrydende

Screened with ‘Tribute’ Max Disgrace & Lina Bembe, 2018 / 7 min

dokumentar stadig

Suk Suk

叔.叔

Ray Yeung / Hong Kong, 2020 Feature / 92 min / Cantonese (English subtitles) Trigger warnings: homophobia, ageism ONSDAG 28 OKT kl. 16:30 @Cinemateket

vigtig. Fra pushy bottoms til macho-femmes fortæller otte

Suk Suk er et stille portræt af et homoseksuelt

i San Francisco. Med en DIY-tilgang, der

forhold mellem to ældre mænd. Pak, en gift

er beslægtet med datidens aktivisme, er

taxachauffør som nægter at gå på pension, møder

Bloodsisters en dybdegående A–Å-dokumentar,

den enlige far, Hoi. Selvom de begge skjuler, at

der smadrer normer om køn og lesbisk

de er homoseksuelle, er de stolte af de familier,

seksualitet, samtidig med at den udvider

de har skabt gennem hårdt arbejde og trods

diskussionen om personlige seksuelle udtryk

årenes modgang. Da de forelsker sig i hinanden,

og deres politiske konsekvenser. • EN 25 years after its release, this

groundbreaking documentary is as vital

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• DK Baseret på en samling af virkelige fortællinger,

selvbeskrevne leather dykes om S/M-kulturen

begynder de at forestille sig en fælles fremtid, mens de kæmper mod konventionel moral. • EN Based on a collection of real-life stories, Suk

as ever. From pushy bottoms to macho

Suk is a quiet portrayal of a gay relationship

femmes, eight self-described leather dykes

between two men in their twilight years. Pak, a

tell their stories about participating in the

married taxi driver who refuses to retire, meets

S/M subculture of San Francisco. With a DIY-

Hoi, a retired single father. Although both are

approach akin to the activism of the time,

secretly gay, they are proud of the families they’ve

Bloodsisters is an in-depth A–Z documentary

created through commitment and hardship over

that shatters assumptions about gender

the years. As the two fall in love, they contemplate

and lesbian sexuality, while broadening

a possible future together while struggling against

the discussion of personal expressions of

conventional morals.

eroticism and their political implications.


End of the Century

(Fin de Siglo)

Lucio Castro / Argentina, 2019 Feature / 84 min / Spanish (English subtitles) ONSDAG 28 OKT kl. 21:45 @Cinemateket SØNDAG 1 NOV kl. 21:30 @Cinemateket

Screened with ‘The Spark’ Xavier Miralles, 2019 / 13 min

• DK Sol, sand og hav. To mænd møder

hinanden i det livlige Barcelona og mærker en øjeblikkelig kemi mellem dem. Efter den første sammenkomst befinder de sig 20 år tidligere, hvor de mødes under helt andre omstændigheder. Filminstruktøren leger med historien, da han konfronterer de samme karakterer i nutiden og fortiden. Fortællingen ændrer sig og kombinerer den seksuelle lyst med intime samtaler under åben himmel i en evig sommer. • EN Sun, sand, and sea. When two men meet

in lively Barcelona, the chemistry between them is instant and they hook up. After their encounter, we get to experience their hook-up 20 years earlier. The director toys with story’s structure as he confronts the same characters in the present and the past. The narrative changes, but the attraction remains the same, combining sexual thirst with heartfelt conversations out in the open.

So Pretty Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli /  USA, France, 2019 Feature / 84 min / English ONSDAG 28 OKT kl. 18:45 @Cinemateket • DK Fire unge LGBTQ+-personer i NYC

kæmper for at beskytte deres proto-utopiske fællesskab, mens deres liv udfoldes og flettes sammen med den tyske roman So Schön af R. M. Schernikau. Vennerne snakker om politik, kunst og kærlighed, går i byen, danser, drikker kaffe, dyrker sex og demonstrerer, men da Paul bliver skadet af politiet, trues deres tilværelse. So Pretty bevæger sig frit mellem fiktion og dokumentar for at udforske venstreorienteret politik, femme-identiteter og polyamorøsitet. • EN Four young LGBTQ+ people in NYC struggle

to protect their proto-utopian community as their lives merge with the German novel So Schön by R. M. Schernikau. The friends, talk about politics, art and love, go dancing, drink coffee, have sex, and protest. When Paul is injured by the police, their community is momentarily shattered. So Pretty moves freely between fiction and semi-documentary in order to investigate leftist politics, femme identity and polyamory.

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A NIGHT WITH

MONS TERS MONSTERS A Night with Monsters er tilbage med et hårrejsende filmudvalg, der kan tilfredsstille alle blodtørstige LGBTQ+-personer. Programmet i år består af Knives and Skin, en mystisk teen noir, der minder om Twin Peaks, og Lyle’ en moderne, lesbisk genfortælling af Rosemary’s Baby. Mellem visningerne (20:30–21:15) inviterer vi dig til at slippe din indre kunstner løs i vores værksted i MIX Lounge. Betragt dette som din Halloween-opvarmning.

• DK

A Night with Monsters is back with a spinechilling film selection to satisfy all bloodthirsty LGBTQ+-people. The films this year include Knives and Skin, a mystical teen noir similar to Twin Peaks, and Lyle a modern lesbian re-imaginig of Rosemary’s Baby. In between screenings (20:30–21:15), we invite you to release your inner artist in our arts & crafts workshop in the MIX Lounge. Consider this your Halloween warmup.

• EN

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Knives and Skin Jennifer Reeder / USA, 2019 Feature / 111 min / English TORSDAG 29 OKT kl. 21:30 @Cinemateket

Lyle Stewart Thorndike / USA, 2014 Feature / 62 min / English TORSDAG 29 OKT kl. 18:45 @Cinemateket • DK Stewart Thorndikes queer version

a Rosemary’s Baby med Gaby Hoffman I hovedrollen som Leah, en ung, gravid

• DK Denne mystiske teen noir følger

kvinde, der er flyttet til Brooklyn med

efterforskningen af ​​en ung piges

sin kone og deres barn, Lyle. Det varer

forsvinden i en lille by. I sand Twin Peaks

ikke længe før tragedien rammer:

stil afdækker plottet nye hemmeligheder,

sorg bliver langsomt til mistanke, da

og usædvanlige forsvarsmekanismer

Leah mærker ildevarslende kræfter

afsløres blandt beboerne. Bølgen af ​​frygt

ulme og manifestere sig som ustyrlig

og mistanke både ødelægger og styrker

paranoia. Med Thorndikes kyndige og

forhold. I skyggen af traumet tvinges

komplekse vejledning leverer Hoffmann

de studerende ud i et accelereret tab af

en kontrolleret præstation af hele den

uskyld, mens deres forældre er nødt til

følelsesmæssige farvepalette.

at konfrontere voksenlivets fiaskoer.

• EN Stewart Thorndike’s queer take on

• EN This mystical teen noir follows

Rosemary’s Baby stars Gaby Hoffmann as

the investigation of a young girl’s

Leah, a young pregnant woman who has

disappearance in a small town. In the

just moved into a Brooklyn apartment

style of Twin Peaks, the plot reveals

with her wife June and their toddler, Lyle.

new secrets and some unusual coping

It’s not long before tragedy strikes; grief

mechanisms adopted by the locals.

slowly turns to suspicion as Leah feels

This tragic backdrop forces students

sinister forces at work, setting up the

to experience an accelerated loss of

scene for uncontrollable paranoia. Under

innocence while their parents confront

Thorndike’s clever and complex direction,

the struggles of adulthood.

Hoffmann delivers a performance that demands both control and delivery of high-emotion scenes.

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Riot

TORSDAG 29 OKT kl. 19:00 @Cinemateket

• DK MIX kunne ikke have haft den samme fremdrift de sidste 35 år uden vores

nærmiljø og netværk. For at anerkende dette har vi sammensat et kortfilmsprogram i samarbejde med udvalgte LGBTQ+ filmfestivaler, hvilket har til formål at sætte fokus på queer filmfestivalers betydning samt at støtte deres arbejde. Vi valgte temaet Riot til denne samling kortfilm og gav festivalerne frie tøjler til at fortolke det. • EN MIX could not have flourished for 35 years without our community

and networks. In recognition of this, we’ve created a short film program in collaboration with select LGBTQ+ film festivals. Our goal is to highlight the importance of queer festivals and support their work. We chose the theme Riot for this selection of shorts and let the festival’s organisers interpret it in their own way.

Goodbye Sveta Nastia Kanareva / Ukraine, 2020 20 min / Ukrainian (English subtitles) Trigger warnings: transphobia, talk of hate crimes, talk of suicide • DK En transkønnet mand fra Sibirien kæmper

for at opnå flygtningestatus i Ukraine. Indsendt af Kyiv International Film Festival • EN A transgender man from Siberia fights for

refugee status in Ukraine. Submitted by Kyiv International Film Festival

Revolvo Francy Fabritz / Germany, 2019 8 min / German (English subtitles) • DK To kvinder kidnapper en højreorienteret

politiker ved at stjæle hans bil. Indsendt af Berlin Lesbian and Non-Binary Filmfest • EN Two women kidnap a right-wing politician

by stealing his car. Submitted by Berlin Lesbian and Non-Binary Filmfest

Eyes 许乃心 Xu Naixin / China, 2018 5 min / Chinese (English subtitles) • DK Alt du ser er et par øjne, der

fortæller dig en livshistorie. Indsendt af ShanghhaiPRIDE • EN Life stories told through a pair of eyes. Submitted by ShanghaiPRIDE

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To starboard, I vomit

(À tribord, je vomis / ‫)شوكبلا نيمي‬

Tarek Sardi / Tunisia, 2019 6 min / Arabic (English subtitles) Trigger warning: homophobia

• DK Tre personer afslører deres dybeste

hemmeligheder, et sted mellem bedrag og

Standing Tall Anakin Tora Botwid / Sweden, 2018 6 min / English • DK En fejring af tapperheden der ligger i, at

uudtalte sandheder. Indsendt af Mawjoudin

udtrykke sig selv i et samfund der ønsker

Queer Film Festival • EN Lodged between

at kontrollere ens krop. Indsendt af Malmö

betrayal and unspoken truths, three people reveal their deepest secrets. Submitted by Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival

Queer Film Festival • EN A celebration of expression within a

society that seeks to control your body. Submitted by Malmö Queer Film Festival

The Last Lesbian 刘竞宇 Liu Jingyu / China, 2019 28 min / English

Bonde

komedie med elementer af sci-fi og tidsrejse.

Asaph Luccas / Brazil, 2020 17 min / Portuguese (English subtitles) Trigger warnings: police harrasment, racism, homophobia

Indsendt af ShanghaiPRIDE

• DK Tre unge venner søger tilflugt i LGBTQ+

• DK En spektakulær, romantisk road trip-

• EN A spectacular road trip rom-com with

nattelivet i São Paulo. Indsendt af MIX Brazil

sci-fi and time-travel elements. Submitted

• EN Three friends seek refuge in the LGBTQ+

by ShanghaiPRIDE

nightlife of downtown São Paulo. Submitted by MIX Brazil

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Black Black Queer Queer Queer Cinema Cinema Cinema Fra Looking for Langston til Moonlight, Black Queer Cinema har altid velsignet os med klassikere. Da dette års filmudvalg var begrænset, valgte vi at kigge i arkiverne og bringe dig nogle must-see-film derfra. Fra coming-of-age fortællinger i Pariah og Destiny til den eksperimentelle film Tongues Untied og til sidst en moderne hyldest til ældre transpersoner i Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story.

• DK

From Looking for Langston to Moonlight, Black Queer Cinema has always blessed us with classics. As this year’s selection was limited, we decided to look back and bring you some must-see films. From coming-of-age stories in Pariah and Destiny to the experimental cinema in Tongues Untied, and finally a modern homage of trans elders in Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story.

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Tongues Untied Marlon Riggs / USA, 1989 Documentary / 55 min English (English subtitles) TORSDAG 29 OKT kl. 21:15 @Cinemateket

Screened with ‘Father Figure’ Bibi Fadlalla, 2019 / 25 min & ‘Slap My Butt’ Pierre Saba-Aris, 2019 / 4 min Introduction by David Morrow

• DK ‘Black men loving Black men is the

Destiny

(Dakan)

Mohamed Camara / Guinea, 1997 Feature / 87 min / French & Mandinka (English subtitles) Trigger warning: conversion therapy FREDAG 30 OKT kl. 21:15 @Cinemateket

revolutionary act’. Tongues Untied skildrer sorte, homoseksuelle mænd i USA og

• DK I Mohamed Camaras Destiny er

præsenterer os for deres kulturer og

romantikken mellem Manga og Sori

perspektiver, imens de mødes af racisme,

i centrum. Problematikken opstår, da

homofobi og marginalisering. Filmen var et

deres forældre får færten af deres forhold

kunstnerisk nybrud i 1989 ved sin blanding

og sætter alt ind for at sikre, at de to

af poesi, musik og performance, og Riggs’

unge drenge stopper med at se hinanden.

selvbiografiske afsløringer. Filmen er blevet

Dette udløser en serie af hændelser, der

hyldet af anmeldere for sin vision og

påvirker forholdet mellem Manga og

dristige, æstetiske eksperimenter, og regnes

Sori. Men på trods af utallige forsøg på at

fortsat som anerkendt frontløber hvad

vride dem fra hinanden, synes Manga og

elegant selviscenesættelse angår.

Sori bundet af en fælles skæbne.

• EN ‘Black men loving Black men is the

revolutionary act’. Tongues Untied depicts

• EN Mohamed Camara’s Destiny centers

on the romance between Manga and

black, gay men in the US and presents their

Sori. Trouble ensues when their parents

cultures and perspectives to the world as

discover their relationship and do

they confront racism, homophobia, and

everything in their power to ensure the

marginalization. It broke new artistic

two young boys stop seeing each other.

ground in 1989 by mixing poetry, music,

In doing so they trigger a ripple effect

performance, and Riggs’ autobiographical

that brings more people in between

revelations. The film has been lauded by

Manga and Sori, but try as they might it

critics for its vision and bold, aesthetic

seems they are each other’s fate.

advances, and it remains a celebrated vehicle for eloquent self-expression and liberation.

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Pariah Dee Rees / USA, 2011 Feature / 86 min / English LØRDAG 31 OKT kl. 21:30 @Cinemateket • DK Dee Rees’ Pariah fra 2011 er den lesbiske klassiker der

omhandler Alike, en 17-årig student med et flair for poesi. Mens hun roligt men fast omfavner hendes identitet som lesbisk, leder Alike ivrigt efter at få en kæreste. Alt imens at hun kæmper for at kunne betro sig til sin familie midt i hendes forældres ægteskabskrise. Da Alikes mor presser hende til at møde Bina, kommer det bag på Alike, hvor meget hun nyder Binas selskab. • EN Dee Rees’ 2011 film Pariah is a lesbian classic that follows

Alike, a diligent 17-year-old student with a flair for poetry. As she gradually embraces her lesbian identity she eagerly seeks her first lover, but struggles to confide in her family, especially given that her parents’ marriage is already strained. When Alike’s mother pushes her to meet Bina, Alike finds herself unexpectedly enjoying her company.

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Keyboard Fantasies:

The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story Posy Dixon / UK, 2019 Documentary / 63 min / English (English subtitles) FREDAG 30 OKT kl. 18:45 @Cinemateket

Q&A with director

• DK I 1986 skrev og udgav Glenn-Copeland albummet Keyboard

Fantasies, hvis numre er kendt som en særpræget folk-electronica hybrid—en lyd, der var forud for sin tid. Tre årtier senere, efter en genudgivelse af pladen og efterfølgende indspilninger af fremtrædende musikere, fandt Keyboard Fantasies endelig sit publikum. Vi følger i denne dokumentar af samme navn Copeland forevige sit liv og sin musik på lærredet for første gang på en måde, der lader trans—og LGBTQ+—seniorer sætte sig i forbindelse med ungdommen over hele kloden. • EN In 1986 Glenn-Copeland wrote and self-released the album

Keyboard Fantasies, which featured a curious folk-electronica hybrid—a sound realised before its time. Three decades later, a reissue of the record and subsequent recordings by prominent musicians, the album finally found its audience. This documentary under the same title follows Copeland as he commits his life and music to the silver screen for the first time, connecting trans and LGBTQ+ elders with youth across the globe.

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Rialto Peter Mackie Burns / Ireland, UK, 2019 Feature / 90 min / English (English subtitles) TORSDAG 29 OKT kl. 21:45 @Cinemateket LØRDAG 31 OKT kl. 19:30 @Empire Bio

Welcome to the USA Assel Aushakimova / Kazakhstan, 2019 Feature / 95 min / Kazakh and Russian (English subtitles) FREDAG 30 OKT kl. 16:30 @Cinemateket • DK Aliya har netop vundet i Green Card-

• DK Colm har tilsyneladende et behageligt

immigrere til USA. I dette vidunderligt

og en sød, loyal kone. Efter farens død bliver

observerende portræt af det postsovjetiske

Colms følelsesliv vendt på hovedet, og den

Kasakhstan navigerer Aliya nyttesløsheden

nedadgående spiral fortsætter, da han bliver

ved at bo på et sted med få muligheder for at

fyret. Fastlåst i kraftig druk og ude af stand til

opbygge det liv, hun ønsker sig—alt sammen

at betro sig til sin hustru, føler Colm sig draget

mens hun forsøger at finde en måde hvorpå,

af Jay—en 19-årig, der beskæftiger sig med

hun kan fortælle dem, at hun rejser.

sexarbejde. Deres seksuelle og komplicerede venskab bliver Colms eneste trøst—men denne hensynsløshed sætter hans familieliv i fare. • EN Colm has a seemingly good life: A

• EN In this wonderfully observant slice-

of-life portrait of post-Soviet Kazakhstan, Aliya has just won the Green Card Lottery that enables her to immigrate to the United

managerial job in Dublin’s docks, two children,

States. The futility of living somewhere

and a kind, loyal wife. After the death of his

with little opportunity to build the life she

father, Colm’s emotional life cracks open, and

desires, compounded with her complex

his downward spiral continues when he is laid

responsibilities—navigating her affair with a

of from his job. Drinking heavily and unable to

woman in another relationship, her sister’s

confide in his wife, Colm finds himself drawn

unhappiness in a strict marriage, keeping her

to Jay, a 19-year-old who dabbles in sex work.

aging mother company—makes it difficult

Their sexual encounters and tentative friendship

to find a way to tell them all she’s leaving it

become Colm’s only solace, but this recklessness

behind.

puts his family life at risk.

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lotteriet, der gør det muligt for hende at

liv: en lederstilling i Dublins havn, to børn


Drag Night På med jeres bedste dansesko og kom noget glitter på kinderne! Jeps, det er sandt—MIX’ berømte Drag Night er tilbage! Kom og vær med til en queer filmquiz med værterne House of Fruits. Bliv bagefter hængende på dansegulvet og hør et juicy drag DJ-set i MIX Loungen. Eventet er på engelsk.

• DK

FREDAG 30 OKT kl. 20:30–23:30 @MIX Lounge FREE • Photos allowed

Put on your best dancing shoes and highlight those cheeks! That’s right— MIX’s famous Drag Night is back! Come join a queer film quiz hosted by House of Fruits. Move to the dancefloor afterwards for a juicy drag DJ-set in the MIX Lounge. The event is in English.

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Firsts LØRDAG 31 OKT kl. 14:00 @Cinemateket

• DK Første kærlighed, første

romance, første seksuelle oplevelse. Vi holder aldrig op med at lære. Fra det øjeblik, vi fødes, oplever vi nye ting hver dag. Firsts er et særligt program, der samler de nye og unikke øjeblikke. Ofte så skrøbelige, men dog langvarige. Hver af de seks film i programmet giver dig mulighed for at være vidne til en LGBTQ+ oplevelse—bitter eller sød—

Treacle Rosie Westhoff / UK, USA, 2019 18 min / English • DK Jessie og Belle rejser væk i weekenden og

ender i fuldskab med at være sammen. Hvad der for heteroseksuelle Jessie blot føles akavet, oplever biseksuelle Belle som et forræderi. • EN Jessie and Belle go away for the weekend

and drunkenly hook up. What seems like an awkward slip up to firmly heterosexual Jessie feels like an incredible betrayal to bisexual Belle.

som er den første af sin slags. • EN From the moment we’re born,

we experience new things every day. We never stop learning, but some unique moments stand out as so fragile, yet quite long lasting— first love, first romance, first sexual encounter. Firsts is a remarkable collection of stories manifesting LGBTQ+ encounters as both bitter and sweet, and always as the first of their kind.

Dirty Matthew Puccini / USA, 2020 11 min / English • DK Marco pjækker fra skole for at tilbringe

eftermiddagen sammen med sin kæreste. Det går ikke som planlagt. • EN Marco skips class to spend the afternoon

with his boyfriend, but things do not go according to plan.

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Welcome to the Ball Baby Jessie Levandov / USA, 2019 8 min / English • DK En LGBTQ+ coming-of-age

kærlighedshistorie der introducerer os til Ali,

Adam Vincent Wright / USA, 2019 5 min / English (English subtitles) • DK Et barn lærer tegnsprog for at få en ny ven. • EN A child learns sign language to make a

new friend.

en dominikansk teenager fra Bronx, på en lørdag eftermiddag. • EN A queer coming-ofage love story that introduces us to the world of Ali, a Dominican teenager from the Bronx, on a Saturday afternoon.

S.A.M. Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, Neil Ely / UK, 2020 16 min / English • DK To teenagedrenge, der begge hedder

6:23 AM Geoffrey Breton / UK, 2019 4 min / English (English subtitles) • DK Når det føles rigtigt, og en samtale varer

hele nattten, føles det som om, man har kendt hinanden for evigt. • EN When the feeling's right and the conversation lasts all

Sam, mødes ved gyngerne hver uge for at undslippe deres dysfunktionelle hjemmeliv og falder stille og roligt for hinanden. • EN Two teenage boys, both named Sam,

meet at the swings each week to escape their dysfunctional home lives and slowly fall in love.

night, it can feel as though you've known each other forever.

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• DK I dette kalejdoskopiske blik på

Queer Japan Graham Kolbeins / USA, Japan, 2019 Documentary / 100 min / Japanese (English subtitles)

LGBTQ+-kulturen i nutidens Japan trodser banebrydende kunstnere, aktivister og mennesker på tværs af køns- og seksualitetsspektret alle sociale normer og vover at stikke ud. Fra kulørte parader til legende, perverse undergrundsfester skildrer Queer Japan personer, der lever skamløst ukonventionelle liv i sollyset, i skyggerne og alt derimellem. • EN Trailblazing artists, activists, and

everyday people from across the spectrum LØRDAG 31 OKT kl. 18:45 @Cinemateket

of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to shine in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ+ culture in contemporary Japan. From glossy pride parades to playfully perverse underground parties, Queer Japan depicts people living brazenly unconventional lives in the sunlight, the shadows, and everywhere in between.

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• DK Denne episke kærlighedshistorie, der

spænder over årtier, opstår på ground af

I Carry You With Me

(Te Llevo Conmigo) Heidi Ewing / Mexico, USA, 2020 Feature / 111 min / Spanish (English subtitles) Trigger warning: homophobia

et tilfældigt møde mellem to mænd i en mexicansk provins. Konflikten opstår, da deres romance bliver opdaget, og Iván får at vide, at han ikke længere må se sin søn. I fortvivlelse beslutter han sig for at tage den farlige tur over grænsen til USA. Vil de to elskende nogensinde blive genforenet? Filmen er den første spillefilm instrueret af den Oscar-nominerede dokumentarist, Heidi Ewing, og fortæller den virkelige historie om hendes venner, Iván og Gerardo. • EN This epic love story that spans decades is

sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Tension surfaces

LØRDAG 31 OKT kl. 19:15 @Cinemateket SØNDAG 1 NOV kl. 19:30 @Empire Bio

when their romance is discovered, and Iván is told he can no longer see his son. In desperation, he decides to make the dangerous journey across the US border. Will the two lovers ever be reunited? This is the first fiction feature film by Oscar-nominated documentary director Heidi Ewing, and it tells the real-life story of her friends Iván and Gerardo.

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Bizarro Tales LØRDAG 31 OKT kl. 16:30 @Cinemateket

• DK Med dette udvalg af

kortfilm bliver du inviteret ind i et univers fyldt med bizar, Queer filmkunst. Med absurde fortællinger og smukke, men ofte groteske, afbildninger, vil disse rebelske kunstværker helt sikkert fange dig. At de er sære er ikke disse films eneste fortrin, men det er bestemt en

Apocalypse After (Ultra pulpe) Bertrand Mandico / France, 2018 38 min / French (English subtitles) Trigger warnings: sexual content, rape • DK Fem fortællinger om kvinder, der ikke

vil ældes; fem sci-fi eventyr om vulgaritet, nekrofili og poesi. • EN Five stories about women who do not

want to age; five sci-fi adventures about vulgarity, necrophilia, and poetry.

fællesnævner. • EN Enter a universe of bizarre

queer cinema with this selection of short films. With absurd narratives and stunning, but oftentimes grotesque, imagery, these subversive works of art are sure to captivate you. Weirdness is not the only appeal of these films, but is certainly a common denominator.

Docking Trevor Anderson / Canada, 2019 4 min / English • DK Trevor reflekterer over sin frygt for at date. • EN Trevor reflects on his fear of dating.

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The Glamorous Boys of Tang Su Hui-Yu / Taiwan, 2019 15 min / No dialogue / Trigger warning: blood • DK Genfortælling af de mistede optagelser af

et blodigt, panseksuelt orgie fra den glemte, taiwanske havde-været-queer-klassiker fra 1985: Tang Chao qi li nan. • EN Su Hui-yu re-envisions the lost footage

of a blood-soaked pansexual orgy from a

MeTube: August Sings Carmen ‘Habanera’ Daniel Moshel / Austria, 2013 4 min / French • DK En YouTube-anakronisme fungerer

som ouverture til ​​en medrivende operaremix-forestilling. • EN A YouTube anachronism as the overture

of a clever opera-remix spectacle.

forgotten 1985 Taiwanese would-be-queerclassic Tang Chao qi li nan.

Bled Out (Ausgeblutet) The Imaginary Woman (La Mujer Imaginaria)

Laura Benavides / Colombia, 2019 12 min / Spanish (English subtitles)

Pauline Curnier Jardin / Colombia, 2019 12 min / German (English subtitles) Trigger warning: sexual content • DK I denne løse genfortælling af Un

chant d’amour erstattes unge mænd af

• DK En samling ord, spørgsmål og sange -

postmenopausale kvinder, der fejrer

dette animerede digt fortæller om følelser

deres erotiske kraft. • EN In this loose

forbundet med break-ups, selvreflektion og

remake of Un chant d’amour, young men

kærlighed. • EN An animated poem about

are replaced by post-menopausal women

feelings of breakups, self-reflection, and love.

celebrating their erotic power.

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Goodbye Mother

(Thưa Mẹ Con Đi) Trinh Dinh Le Minh / Vietnam, 2019 Feature / 106 min / Vietnamese (English subtitles) Trigger warnings: homophobia, hate crime SØNDAG 1 NOV kl. 16:30 @Cinemateket

Jack & Yaya Jennifer Bagley, Mary Hewey / USA, 2019 Documentary / 84 min / English Trigger warnings: transphobia, misgendering, deadnaming SØNDAG 1 NOV kl. 18:45 @Cinemateket • DK Jack og Yaya mødtes, da de var to og tre år

• DK Goodbye Mother er et hjertevarmt eksempel

gamle gennem hegnet mellem deres baghaver.

på sydøstasiatisk filmkunst. Filmen fortæller

De tilbragte barndommen sammen, byggede

historien om Van, der vender hjem til Vietnam

borge og brændte skraldespande af i deres lille

med sin kæreste, Ian, på årsdagen for sin faders

hjemby i New Jersey. Jack og Yaya forbliver

dødsfald. Han er hjemvendt for at hjælpe med

bedste venner, mens de begge springer ud som

at flytte graven, springe ud overfor sin mor og

transkønnede. Vi følger Jack kun få år inde i

introducere Ian til familien. Det rette øjeblik

sin transition, hvor han er i tvivl om, hvorvidt

er bare svært at finde. Goodbye Mother er en

han skal få lavet en kønsbekræftende operation.

smuk fortælling om familie, traditioner og

Samtidig tackler Yaya et bureaukratisk mareridt

udfordringen i at være tro mod den man er.

for at få foretaget navneændring i New Jersey.

• EN Goodbye Mother is a stunning tale about

• EN Jack and Yaya met as toddlers through

family, tradition, and the challenge of staying

their shared backyard fence. They spent their

true to yourself, as well as a beautiful example

childhood together, building forts and burning

of Southeastern Asian cinema. It tells the story

trash cans in their small hometown in New

of Van who returns home to Vietnam with

Jersey. They remain best friends and support

his boyfriend, Ian, on the anniversary of his

each other as they both come out as transgender.

father’s death. He has come home to help move

We follow Jack only a few years into his

the father’s tomb, come out to his mother, and

transition, struggling to decide whether to move

introduce Ian to his family, but the right moment

forward with a gender-affirming surgery, while

just never seems to arrive.

Yaya tackles the bureaucratic nightmare of legally changing her name in New Jersey.

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• DK I 2016 blev et rekordhøjt antal kvindelige,

queer karakterer dræbt på tv. Hvad der var hjerteskærende for mange fans, var også starten på en succesfuld kampagne for bedre og mere forskelligartet LGTBQ+repræsentation. Filmen besøger ClexaCon,

Queering the Script Gabrielle Zilkha / Canada, USA, 2019 Documentary / 93 min / English

hvor fans nørder fandoms sammen med ligesindede. Queer tv-personligheder og adskillige seje fans slutter sig til samtalen om queer kvinders repræsentation på tv og om den ubestridelige indflydelse, LGBTQ+fangrupper har på de serier, vi ser. • EN In 2016, a record-high number of queer

women were killed off on fictional shows, breaking the hearts of queer fans and

SØNDAG 1 NOV kl. 21:45 @Cinemateket

launching a successful fight for better LGTBQ+ representation. At ClexaCon, fans geek out while connecting with like-minded folk. Our favourite queer TV personalites join numerous kick-ass fans to discuss queer women’s representation in contemporary television and the undeniable influence of LGBTQ+ fandoms on the shows we watch.

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Too many films to choose from?` start here

RED OR BLUE PILL?*

Red

Blue

Both

WHAT RESONATES MOST WITH YOU: “EYE OF THE ANUS”, “AYIYIIYIYIYI” OR “WE CRY, WE LOVE, WE FIGHT”? høhø...anus...hæhæ

WHO ARE YOU GOING TO SEE THE FILM WITH?

All films p. 15–67

Oh, life! It hits you right in the feels!

Ayiyiiyiyiyi, that’s what Xena shouts right?

The Blue Flower of Novalis p. 32

My family! A Date!

Myself! My BFF!

Queen of Lapa p. 37

A pillow! Queering the script p. 67

Family day event p. 30–31

A Night with Monsters p. 50–51

WHAT NUMBER OF DATES IS IT? I’ve lost count, we’ve been together so long!

DO Y’ALL PREFER A SMALL TOWN DRAMA OR A LESBIAN CLASSIC?

It’s actually the first, wish me luck! Should I bring flowers? No, that’s too much right? Shit, I’m nervous! End of the Century p. 49

Two of Us p. 33

*Is the Matrix reference lost on you or do you not remember which pill symbolizes what? Fear not, this footnote is here to help! Red pill = Real world. Blue pill = Dream world.

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This is How We Do It p. 34–35

Yeah, you fucking with some wet ass pussy... sorry, it’s seriously stuck in my head these days. Anyways, I pick new!

DO YOU WANT TO EXPAND REALITY?

😏😏😏

DO YOU PREFER PEOPLE NAKED OR FULLY CLOTHED?

😏

OH, YOU! NEW PORN OR PORN HISTORY?

Oh, fuck no!

FOR REAL?

Always! OKAY OKAY! SO, LITERARY EXPANSION OR FULL BLOWN?

Did you see Lady Gaga’s VMA outfits? A-MAY-ZING! Woops, I always get carried away thinking about clothes! CUTENESS OVERLOAD OR CHANGING THE WORLD?

Hmmm, maybe just a little bit?

Yes, god dammit!

The weirder the better, honestly!

Dating Amber p. 47

I Carry You With Me p. 63

YEAH, SO? THEY WERE ALL FROM THE 90s. THIS ONE’S FROM 2011, AND YOU N EED TO SEE IT!

Ask Any Buddy p. 27

Literary expansion sounds intriguing!

You are so CUTE, yes you are! Sorry... you were saying? Just got a wee bit distracted by a dog there!

Bizarro tales p. 64–65

Sweeeet hoooome [Insert home town here]! Didn’t you also do something with lesbian classics last year?

I find it interesting to see how they did it back in the days! It’s like research.

So Pretty p. 49

Pariah p. 56

Jesus, calm down, it was just a question. I’ll take my BFF to see this one then!

Riot p. 52–53

Firsts p. 60–61

WHAT DO WE WANT?! QUEER LIBERATION! WHEN DO WE WANT IT?! NOW!

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Untitled by Martin Ekman

Kærlighed mellem transmænd. Fyrene på min tegning er imaginære, men de udtrykker mine følelser for min fantastiske kæreste. Sammen med ham føler jeg mig

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Industry Weekend • DK I år lancerer MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQ+

• EN This year MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQ+ Film

Film Festival en ny serie af arrangementer

Festival is launching a new series of events

under paraplyen MIX Industry Weekend. Vores

under the umbrella of MIX Industry Weekend.

mål er at være en ressource for lokalt talent og

Our goal is to be a resource for local talent

at styrke uafhængig filmproduktion. Som den

and boost queer independent cinema. As the

største og ældste LGBTQ+-filmfestival i Norden

biggest and oldest queer film festival in the

stræber MIX COPENHAGEN også efter at blive

Nordics, MIX COPENHAGEN is also aspiring

et samlingspunkt for branchefolk, hvor

to become a gathering point for industry

lokale filmskabere kan møde internationale

professionals, where local filmmakers can

fagfolk, der repræsenterer forskellige LGBTQ+-

meet international professionals representing

filmorganisationer, -festivaler, -distributører

different queer film organisations, festivals,

og -producenter.

distributors and producers.

MIX COPENHAGEN har i de sidste 35 år været

MIX COPENHAGEN has brought together

en begivenhed, som har skabt sammenhold i

the queer community of Copenhagen for

queer-samfundet i København. En præstation,

the last 35 years, an achievement we’re

vi ikke skammer os over at sige, vi er stolte

immensely proud of. Our perpetual goal has

af. Vores hovedfokus har været både at vise

been not only to bestow Copenhagen with

København det allerbedste LGBTQ+-film har

the best queer cinema has to offer, but also

at byde på, og samtidig at skabe rum, at

to create spaces that cater to the needs of

møes i, der opfylder lokalsamfundets behov.

the local community. By hosting relevant

Dette vil forblive vores vigtigste mål. Vi tror

industry events we believe we can strengthen

på, at vi kan gøre festivalen stærkere, og

MIX COPENHAGEN’s status on the queer film

dermed mere brugbar for lokalsamfundet

circuit, making the festival more beneficial to

og LGBTQ+-filmindustrien, ved at skabe

the local community and broader queer film

relevante branchebegivenheder, der vil gøre

industry.

MIX COPENHAGEN til en fremtrædende aktør i

If you’re a filmmaker from the community

queer-filmkredsløbet.

and are based in Denmark, we want to hear

Hvis du er filmskaber med base i Danmark,

from you. Whether you’re well-established or

vil vi gerne høre fra dig. Hvad enten du er

just starting your career, we welcome you to

etableret eller lige har påbegyndt din karriere,

join a network of local queer filmmakers to

vil vi gerne have, at du er en del af et netværk

share resources and exchange opportunities.

af lokale queer-filmskabere, der kan dele

As a result you will have the opportunity to

ressourcer og muligheder med hinanden.

participate in the debates, talks, and panels

Det indebærer også muligheden for at deltage

presented by MIX COPENHAGEN. Contact us at

i MIX COPENHAGENs relevante debatter, og

industry@mixcopenhagen.dk.

foredrag. Kontakt os via industry@mixcopenhagen.dk.

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Introduktion til cinematografi workshop Introduction to cinematography workshop

Queering online content LØRDAG 24 OCT kl. 14:30 @Hotel27 ACCREDITATION REQUIRED

• DK Med dette panel vil vi formidle en

diskussion om online indhold og hjælpe queer filmskabere med at navigere den nye æra inden for audiovisuel produktion,

LØRDAG 24 OCT kl. 12:30 @Hotel27 FREE

vi står overfor, som følge af webserier og web-first indholds øgede betydning. Panelet er en samtale mellem brancheeksperter, såsom instruktører, producere og

• DK Introduktion til cinematografi-

workshoppen er skræddersyet til at

manuskriptforfattere, der alle har haft succes med at skabe enestående online serier.

introducere filmskabere med aspirationer

Deltagerne deler ud af deres egne synspunkter

til, hvordan lyssætning, kamera- og

og oplevelser om emner, som hvordan man

linseteknologi kan hjælpe dem med at

tjener penge på webserier, det særlige ved

udleve deres kunstneriske idéer. Målet med

webindhold kontra screeningindhold og

workshoppen er at vække en interesse i alle,

hvordan man skifter mellem disse medier.

der elsker filmkunst, og som har lyst til at eksperimentere med at stå bag kameraet. Workshoppen vil blive afholdt af uafhængig filmskaber og fotograf Simona Susnea. • EN The Introduction to Cinematography

• EN With this panel, we wish to facilitate a

discussion that will help queer filmmakers navigate the new era of audiovisual production sparked by the ever-increasing significance of web series and web-first

workshop introduces aspiring filmmakers to

content. This event is a conversation with

lighting, camera, and lens technologies, and

several industry experts, such directors,

how they can be used to help achieve their

producers, and screenwriters, who have

artistic intentions. The goal of the workshop

succeeded in creating exceptional online

is to spark the interest of everyone who loves

series. These guests will share their views

cinema and wants to explore being behind

and experiences on topics like monetising

the camera. The workshop will be led by

web series, the particularities of web vs

independent filmmaker and cinematographer

silver screen content, and how to transition

Simona Susnea.

between these media.

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Audience Award Som festivalgæst har du mulighed for at vælge vinderen af Publikumsprisen. Du kan stemme på de nominerede film til Publikumsprisen efter hver specifik visning. Yderlige stemmeinstrukser bliver givet før visningen. Vinderen af Publikumsprisen bliver offentliggjort på vores lukkeaften før visningen af I Carry You With Me.

• DK

As a festival guest, you get to decide the winner of MIX COPENHAGEN’s Audience Award. To participate simply vote after the screening of a nominated film. You’ll receive voting instructions in the cinema. The Audience Award winner will be announced at the Closing Night before the film I Carry You With Me.

Lola / Feature, p. 26

• EN

Two of Us / Feature, p. 33

Dating Amber / Feature, p. 47

The Strong Ones / Feature, p. 37

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Lili Award Vores pris for Bedste Film, Bedste Dokumentarfilm og Bedste Kortfilm er navngivet efter den transkønnede danske kunstner, Lili Elbe, som i 1930 var den første i verden, der fik foretaget en kønsbekræftende operation. Filmene i konkurrencen nomineres af MIX COPENHAGENs programlæggere, hvorefter en vinder i fællesskab bliver valgt af den internationale jury. Lili-prisen bliver udelt til formidable film, der udfordrer eksisterende køns- og seksualitetsnormer.

• DK

Our awards for Best Feature, Best Documentary and Best Short Film are named after Danish transgender artist Lili Elbe, who became the first person to undergo genderaffirming surgery in 1930. These films are nominated by MIX COPENHAGEN’s programmers and selected by our international jury panel. The Lili Award is granted to remarkable films in their category that challenge existing norms of sexuality and gender.

• EN

No Hard Feelings Feature, p. 15

Silence and Swords Documentary, p. 22

Jumbo The Blue Flower of Novalis

Feature, p. 23

Documentary, p. 32

Queen of Lapa Documentary p. 37

I Carry You With Me Feature, p. 63

Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story Documentary, p. 57

Beanpole / Feature, p. 41

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Ester Martin Bergsmark • DK Ester er instruktør og manuskriptforfatteren

bag Something Must Break (2014), som er på listen over MIX COPENHAGENs yndlingsfilm. I sine produktioner udforsker Ester begrebet voice under— en fortælleteknik, der afviger fra idéen om et isoleret, uafhængigt, menneskeligt emne. Andre prisvindende film inkluderer Maggie in Wonderland (2008) og She Male Snails (2012). • EN Ester is the director and screenwriter behind Something Must Break (2014), one of MIX COPENHAGEN’s all-time favourites. In their productions, Ester explores the concept of voice under, a narration technique that departs from the idea of an insulated, independent human subject. Their award-winning films include Maggie in Wonderland (2008) and She Male Snails (2012).

Tyler Luke Cunningham • DK Tyler Luke Cunningham er bedst kendt for

Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), Boy Meets Girl (2015) og senest den enormt populære serie I May Destroy You (2020). Cunningham medvirkede i BBC-showet Boy Meets Girl, som var den første sitcom med en transkønnet skuespiller i en transkønnet role. • EN Tyler Luke Cunningham is known for his roles in Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), Boy Meets Girl (2015) and most recently for the hugely popular series by Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You (2020). Cunningham starred in the popular BBC show Boy Meets Girl, which was the first sitcom to feature a transgender actor in a transgender role.

Søren Green Nielsen • DK Søren Green er en dansk, autodidakt filminstruktør, der har

instrueret adskillige kortfilm (bl.a. En eftermiddag og Oktoberdreng) samt webserien Thomas14. Hans kortfilm har været vist på festivaler på alle kontinenter og vundet flere priser. Søren har også instrueret dokumentaren De skjulte børn for DR.

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Andrea Kuhn • DK Andrea Kuhn er festivalleder for Nuremberg

International Human Rights Film Festival. I 2019 var hun en del af jurien til Berlinales TEDDY Awards. Hun har arbejdet for en lang række organisationer, bl.a. som festivalleder for den lydløse filmfestival StummFilmMusikTage Erlangen og som forperson for Human Rights Film Network. • EN Andrea Kuhn is the director of the

Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival. In 2019 she was on the Jury of Berlinale’s TEDDY Awards. She has served on a long list of organisations, including being the director of silent film festival StummFilmMusikTage

Erlangen, and the chair of the Human Rights Film Network.

Saadat Munir

• DK Saadat Munir er en dansk-pakistansk filmskaber,

programlægger og kritiker. Han er grundlægger og kreativ direktør for Aks International Minorities

Festival, der finder sted i både de største byer i Pakistan og i også København. Han har instrueret og produceret Chuppan Chupai (2013)—en dokumentar

om minoriteter i Pakistan. Saadat er også involveret i menneskerettighedsaktivisme. • EN Saadat Munir is a Danish-Pakistani filmmaker, film curator and

critic. He’s the founder and creative director of Aks International Minorities Festival that takes place in both the biggest cities of Pakistan and in Copenhagen. He has

directed and produced Chuppan Chupai (2013) a documentary about minorities in Pakistan. Saadat is also involved in human rights activism.

• EN Søren Green is the self-taught

director of several short films including En eftermiddag and October Boy, which screened at MIX COPENHAGEN in 2018,

as well as the web series Thomas14. His short films have screened at festivals in

all continents and won several awards. Søren also directed the documentary

De skjulte børn for DR.

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Queer ng Queeri Queering thePit ch the the Pitch P

SØNDAG 25 OCT kl. 15:00–16:30 @Empire Bio 85 kr.

• DK MIX COPENHAGEN har altid bestræbt sig på at kunne

skabe plads til vores publikum, så I kan opleve den bedste internationale, queer filmkunst. I år har vi sat et nyt mål om ikke bare at bringe queer film til København, men også at skabe flere muligheder for lokale filmskabere. Vi er derfor stolte af at annoncere, at vi i anledning af MIX COPENHAGENs 35-års jubilæum lancerer en kortfilms-pitchingkonkurrence i samarbejde med Odense Filmværksted. Vores mål er at opfordre alle unge filmskabere til at skabe den queer filmkunst, der vil være toneangivende for den næste generations lokale talenter. Vi har derfor inviteret alle med en relevant idé eller manuskript til at indsende deres bud. Konkurrencen er åben for fiktion, dokumentarer eller webserier i kortfilmsformat, der behandler relevante LGBTQ+-emner og -temaer. Vinderprojektet bliver tildelt en pris i form af et beløb på 20.000 kroner til produktionsomkostninger samt udstyrsleje til en værdi af 50.000 kroner fra Odense Filmværkstedet. Derudover bliver vinderen også garanteret en plads i vores Nordic Lights program, der vil blive vist ved MIX COPENHAGEN 2021. Nordic Lights er et kortfilmsprogram, der ikke blot er en favorit blandt vores publikum, men som også bliver vist på flere udenlandske festivaler hvert år. Der er derfor garanteret international eksponering til det vindende projekt. Konkurrencen forløber i to faser: Første fase er at indsende en skriftlig ansøgning. Alle ansøgninger vil blive taget i betragtning, og i anden fase får de udvalgte mulighed for at pitche deres projekt foran et publikum og en jury bestående af anerkendte branchefolk. Vinderen bliver valgt efter pitchingfasen den 25. oktober. Al information om MIX COPENHAGENs Pitching konkurrence 2020 kan findes mixcopenhagen.dk/industry

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• EN MIX COPENHAGEN has always strived to create spaces for our audience in which you

can experience the best of international, queer cinema. This year we challenged ourselves to create more opportunities for local filmmakers, while continuing to bring queer film to Copenhagen. In celebration of MIX’s 35th anniversary, we are proud to announce the launch of our short film pitching competition in collaboration with Odense Filmværksted. The aim is to encourage filmmakers to create queer cinema that will help guide the next generation of local talent, and we invite everyone with a relevant idea or script to submit them for consideration. The competition is open to short fiction, documentary, or web series pilots that have relevant LGBTQ+ themes and subject matter. The winning project is awarded a monetary prize of 20.000 DKK to cover production costs, 50.000 DKK worth of film equipment rental from Odense Filmværkstedet, and a guaranteed spot in the Nordic Lights short film program that will be screened in MIX COPENHAGEN 2021. Nordic Lights is an audience-favourite film program at MIX CPH that is also screened at several other festivals throughout the year, thus ensuring international exposure. The competition consists of two stages, starting with a written application. All applications will be considered and a shortlist will be selected. At this second stage, applicants will have an opportunity to pitch their project live to a jury of renowned professionals and an audience. The winner will be selected after the live pitching session on October 25th. You can find all information about MIX COPENHAGEN’s pitching

hoteltwentyseven.dk

competition 2020 at mixcopenhagen.dk/industry

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Hvordan man får sin queer fod indenfor How to get your queer foot in the door SØNDAG 25 OCT kl. 11:00 @Hotel27 ACCREDITATION REQUIRED

Mød dit crew! Speed dating Meet your crew! Speed dating SØNDAG 25 OCT kl. 12:45 @Hotel27 ACCREDITATION REQUIRED • DK Hello, is it me you are looking for?

• DK Det er notorisk svært at slå igennem

i filmindustrien. Uden at kende de rigtige mennesker er det svært at få foden indenfor. Det

for filmbranchen med det formål, at

er endnu sværere for queer-filmskabere, der skal

I sammen kan lancere eller realisere

overkomme yderligere udfordringer i en branche,

spændende nye produktioner. Dette er

der stadig stort set er domineret af hetero-

din mulighed for at møde andre filmfolk

cis-mænd. Med dette panel ønsker vi at give

til at samarbejde på dit projekt, eller

nye filmskabere værktøjer til at håndtere disse

du kan finde et projekt, der leder efter

situationer. Paneldeltagerne deler ud af deres egne

lige præcis dine færdigheder. Er du

oplevelser, erfaringer og råd om, hvordan man

manuskriptforfatter, instruktør, fotograf,

f.eks. overvinder de indledende forhindringer og

eller arbejder du med lyd eller lys? Det

skaber kontakter, samt hvilke udfordringer man

betyder ikke noget—alle færdigheder

som LGBTQ+-person kan komme ud for i sit forsøg

og arbejdsområder er velkomne.

på at bryde igennem i industrien.

Arrangementets form minder om speed

• EN It is notoriously difficult to achieve succes

in the film industry. Without knowing the right people, it can be a tricky business to navigate. These difficulties are even more pronounced for

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I MIX vil vi gerne facilitere mulige samarbejder mellem fagfolk inden

dating, hvor alle på skift får kort tid at tale med hinanden og skabe nye forbindelser. • EN Hello, is it me you’re looking for? We

want to facilitate collaborations between

LGBTQ+ filmmakers, who face additional obstacles

film industry professionals with the goal

in a field largely dominated by straight, cis men.

of launching or realizing exciting new

With this panel, we want to empower novice

productions. This is your opportunity to

filmmakers with a set of tools to handle situations

meet fellow film professionals to work

they may face. Our panelists will share their

on your project or you can find a project

own experiences and advice on topics such as

that is looking for your skills. Are you

overcoming initial barriers, making contacts, and

scriptwriter, director, cinematographer,

navigating obstacles faced specifically by queer

or do you work with sound or light? It

people who wish to have their break through in

doesn’t matter, all skills are welcome.

the film industry.

The format of the event will be similar to speed dating where everyone will have a short time to talk to everyone else and make connections.


Pink Narcissus by Sangria Valentino • DK Pink Narcissus stammer fra en serie værker skabt af Sangria Valentino, @sangriavalentino,

fotograf og visuel kunstner bosat i København. Med referencer til originale og banebrydende queer cinema klassikere som Pink Narcissus, Scorpio Rising og Flaming Creatures, samt Susan Sontags og Glyn Davis’ værker om camp, udforsker og undersøger serien en queer og camp æstetik og udtryksform gennem køn, seksualitet, fetichisme, begær, kitsch, performance,

investigate a queer camp expression and aesthetic through gender, sexuality, fetishism, desire, kitschiness, performance, artificiality and exaggeration.

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and pioneering queer cinema classics such as Pink Narcissus, Scorpio Rising and Flaming Creatures as well as Susan Sontag’s and Glyn Davis’ pieces on camp, the series explore and

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kunstighed og overdrivelse. • EN Pink Narcissus is a series of photography made by Copenhagen based photographic and visual artist Sangria Valentino, @sangriavalentino. Referencing original


G N I L L CA ALL ! S R E E QU Would you like to help execute THE queer film festival of the Nordics? Then you should apply to become a MIXtivist! MIXtivists are an integral part of MIX CPH. They help out during the festival with tasks such as: program distribution, venue decoration, and assisting at the MIX Lounge at The Cinematheque. During this process, you will be part of an inclusive and diverse team of LGBTQ+ people, and help run one of the world’s oldest LGBTQ+ film festivals, and participate in fun social events. As if that wasn’t enough, you will also receive free tickets to screenings and cool merch. Follow us @mixcph to see when you can apply to become a MIXtivist for MIX CPH 2021! Questions? Contact us at frivillig@mixcopenhagen.dk 84

“I really enjoyed being a MIXtivist. It extended my queer family and I would recommend it to everyone.” Former MIXtivist Morten Kvist


To kvinder i et delt rum, en kosmisk fantasi Two women in a shared space, a cosmic fantasy

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by Laura B Ramírez

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Film register #

D

• 6:23

AM / p. 61

A • A

Night at Switch n’ Play / p. 40

• Alice

Júnior / p. 25

• Alike / p. 31 • Always

Amber / p. 21

• Apocalypse

After / p. 64

• Archetype / p. 35 • Ask

Any Buddy / p. 27

B • Baby / p. 61 • Babydyke / p. 19 • Beanpole / p. 41 • Before

We Grow Old / p. 32

• Beyond • Bled

the Horizon / p. 27

Out / p. 65

• Bloodsisters / p. 48 • Bror / p. 19

C • Camera

and I / p. 34

• Cocoon / p. 25 • CrashPad

Series: Episode 248 / p. 35

• Dating

Amber / p. 47

• Dear

Friends / p. 36

• Deep

Clean / p. 35

• Destiny / p. 55 • Dirty / p. 60 • Docking / p. 64 • Doll

Parts / p. 34

• Don’t,

kiss .mov / p. 18

• Drawn • Dry

to You / p. 31

Wind / p. 33

E • Ei

Blot Til Lyst / p. 36

• End

of the Century / p. 49

• Eyes / p. 52

F • Farfisa

Song / p. 31

G • Goodbye

Mother / p. 66

• Goodbye

Sveta / p. 52

I • I

Carry You With Me / p. 63

• In

a Heartbeat / p. 31

J • Jack

& Yaya / p. 66

• Jumbo / p. 23 • Justine / p. 40

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K

R

• Keyboard

Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story / p. 57

• Real / p. 35

• Knives

• Rialto / p. 58

and Skin / p. 51

• Konfirmanden / p. 19

• Lola / p. 26

Waves / p. 34

S • S.A.M. / p. 61

M • Metamorphosis / p. 44 • MeTube:

August Sings Carmen ‘Habanera’ / p. 65 Name is Baghdad / p. 26

N • No

• Ritual

• Rūrangi / p. 44

L

• My

• Revolvo / p. 52

• Sam’s

• Sequin

in a Blue Room / p. 45

• Silence

and Swords / p. 22

• So

Pretty / p. 49

• Standing • Suk

Hard Feelings / p. 15

O

Story / p. 31

Tall / p. 53

Suk / p. 48

T • The

Blue Flower of Novalis / p. 32

• The

Glamorous Boys of Tang / p. 65

• The

Half Wall / p. 19

#001 / p. 34

• The

Imaginary Woman / p. 65

• Ouroboros / p. 35

• The

Last Lesbian / p. 53

• The

Strong Ones / p. 37

• Of

Aska / p. 19

• One

In A Thousand / p. 29

• Orgy

P • Pariah / p. 56 • Prelle—In

My Own Voice / p. 21

• To

starboard, I vomit / p. 53

• Two

of Us / p. 33

W

Q • Queen

of Lapa / p. 37

• Queer

Japan / p. 62

• Queering

the Script / p. 67

• Welcome

to the Ball / p. 61

• Welcome

to the USA / p. 58

X • XY / p. 18

Y • Young

Hunter / p. 29

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LesbianGayBiTransQueer++ Film Festival

@ @HOME HOME Watch a selection of queer film online MIXCOPENHAGEN.DK/ONLINE ART SUBMISSION

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Praktisk info Practical info BILLETTER

Billetter koster 85 DKK, medmindre

TICKETS

Tickets cost 85 DKK unless otherwise

specified in the programme. They can be ordered or purchased at the cinemas, on the specific cinema homepage, or through kino.dk. Please note that additional fees may apply for

andet er anført i programmet. De bestilles

online reservations. Seniors (65+) and students

eller købes på normal vis i biograferne, på

can purchase discounted tickets for 75 DKK by

biografernes hjemmesider eller på kino.dk.

showing a valid ID or Student ID. Members of

Vær opmærksom på biografernes gebyr ved

The Cinematheque can attend screenings of our

onlinebestillinger. Vi har senior- (65+) og

films for 50 DKK. Tickets with reduced prices can

studierabat—ved forevisning af et gyldigt

only be purchased in the cinema, not online.

studiekort/ID er billetprisen 75 DKK.

A discount ticket for five films costs 375 DKK.

Medlemmer af Cinemateket kan se film i

The card can be purchased and used in both

Cinemateket for 50 DKK. Billetter med rabat

The Cinematheque and Empire Bio. The discount

kan kun betales i biografen. Rabatkort til fem

ticket cannot be used for screenings with special

film koster 375 DKK. Rabatkortet kan købes og

fees and unused entries are non-refundable, but

benyttes i både Cinemateket og Empire Bio.

you may share the ticket with other attendees.

Rabatkort kan ikke bruges til visninger med

Ticket sales start 3/10, and tickets must be

forhøjet billetpris, og ubrugte klip refunderes

collected before Friday 16/10 at 10pm or the

ikke. Rabatkortet kan deles af flere.

unclaimed tickets will be released, after which

Billetsalget starter 3/10, og billetterne skal

any reserved tickets must be collected no

afhentes inden fredag d. 16/10 kl. 22:00, ellers

later than 45 minutes before each individual

frigives de på ny. Herefter skal billetter afhentes

screening. There are often uncollected tickets

senest 45 minutter før forestillingen. Der er ofte

on the day.

uafhentede billetter på dagen. ÆNDRINGER OG AFLYSNINGER

Der tages forbehold

CHANGES AND CANCELLATIONS

We are subject to

printing errors, changes, and cancellations in the

for trykfejl, ændringer og aflysninger i

program. On rare occasions we have to cancel a

programmet. En sjælden gang sker det, at vi

screening due to technical problems or because

må aflyse film pga. tekniske problemer, og det

the film does not arrive from the distributor in

kan forekomme, at filmkopien ikke er kommet

time. We work to minimise inconvenience and

frem i tide. Ændringer vil blive annonceret på

offer alternative solutions. Any changes will be

mixcopenhagen.dk.

announced on mixcopenhagen.dk.

ADGANG

Cinemateket og Empire Bio har

niveaufri adgang. Som oftest er der kun en eller

ACCESSIBILITY

The Cinematheque and Empire Bio

both have wheelchair access. However, seating

to kørestolspladser i hver sal, hvorfor det er

is often limited and must be booked by phone in

nødvendigt at booke billet telefonisk i god tid.

advance.

UNDERTEKSTER

Vi bestræber os på at skaffe

SUBTITLES

We do our best to provide subtitled

filmprint med undertekster, men da filmene ofte

films, but as they are often brand new this is not

er helt nye, er dette ikke altid muligt.

always possible.

FESTIVALCENTRUM

MIX har festivalcentrum i

FESTIVAL CENTRE

Find MIX at The Cinematheque

Cinemateket i Gothersgade fra 23/10 til 1/11. I

on Gothersgade from 23/10 to 1/11. The MIX

Cinematekets underetage finder du MIX Lounge.

Lounge is downstairs in The Cinematheque.

Læs mere om MIX Lounge s. 11.

Read about the MIX Lounge on p. 11.

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Program- og 25 Eventoversigt Program + event overview SØNDAG

FREDAG

23 LØRDAG

24

92 min / Cinemateket

19:15 19:30

12:30– Cinematography workshop 13:45 Event @ Hotel27

21:30

Cocoon

95 min / Cinemateket

14:30– Queering online content 15:30 Event @ Hotel27

MANDAG

26

15:30– DIY Kink Accessories 17:30 workshop Event @ Warehouse9

16:15 16:30 18:45

SØNDAG

25

One in a Thousand

120 min / Cinemateket

Nordic Lights (SFP)

Ask Any Buddy

Vi slås med sværd

19:15

Le Milieu de l’Horizon

21:30

Young Hunter

10:30– A day for the 11:30 rainbow families

TIRSDAG

27

Event @ Hotel27

12:45– Meet your crew! Speed dating 14:15 Event @ Hotel27

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School Film (SFP)

14:00

Before We Grow Old

92 min / Cinemateket 93 min / Cinemateket

95 min / Cinemateket

My Name is Baghdad

120 min / Cinemateket

Dry Wind

110 min / Cinemateket

The Strong Ones

21:30

How to get your queer foot in the door

11:30

Two of Us

19:30

72 min / Cinemateket 98 min / Empire Bio

Queen of Lapa

73 min / Cinemateket

«Lightroom» Project preview from Bedside Productions and Morph

A Night at Switch n’ Play

72 min / Cinemateket

Young Hunter

102 min / Cinemateket

17:00– LGBTQ+ at the doctor 19:00 Event @ MIX Lounge 19:00

Event @ MIX Lounge

11:00

Lola

90 min / Cinemateket

Justine

21:15

93 min / Cinemateket

101 min / Cinemateket

Blue Flower of Novalis

70 min / Cinemateket

Preview (60kr) @ Empire Bio

93 min / Cinemateket

Jumbo

Always Amber

74 min / Cinemateket

19:00

103 min / Cinemateket

19:30

85 min / Cinemateket

18:30– Friendship dating 20:30 Event @ MIX Lounge

19:45

78 min / Cinemateket

This Is How We Do It

16:00– Immigrants on Grindr 18:00 Event @ MIX Lounge

19:30

90 min / Cinemateket

19:00

16:15

19:00

No Hard Feelings

12:00– Bondage workshop 14:00 Event @ Warehouse9

14:00

16:30

18:45

18:30– Opening party 00:00 Event @ MIX Lounge 19:00

15:00– Pitching competition 16:30 Event @ Empire Bio

19:15 19:30 19:30 21:30

Rūrangi

96 min / Cinemateket

Metamorphosis

99 min / Cinemateket

No Hard Feelings

92 min / Empire Bio

Beanpole

137 min / Empire Bio

Sequin in a Blue Room 80 min / Cinemateket


ONSDAG

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16:30

19:30

Suk Suk

92 min / Cinemateket

17:00– Let’s talk about it: 18:15 Copenhagen 35 years ago So Pretty

19:00

Prelle—In My Own Voice

19:30 19:30 21:15

TORSDAG

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21:15

21:30 21:45

16:30 18:45

19:15

31

14:00 16:15 16:30

Bloodsisters

77 min / Cinemateket + Tribute

18:45

102 min / Cinemateket

19:00

84 / Cinemateket + The Spark / 13 min

19:15

Dating Amber

19:30

92 min / Cinemateket

Lyle

21:30

62 min / Cinemateket

Destiny

87 min / Cinemateket

Sequin in a Blue Room 80 min / Cinemateket

Firsts (SFP)

71 min / Cinemateket

Dry Wind

110 min / Cinemateket

Bizarro Tales (SFP)

88 min / Cinemateket

Queer Japan

100 min / Cinemateket

One in a Thousand

120 min / Cinemateket

I Carry You With Me

111 min / Cinemateket

Rialto

90 min / Empire Bio

Pariah

90 min / Cinemateket

Riot (SFP)

68 min / Cinemateket

Lola

90 min / Empire Bio

Tongues Untied

SØNDAG

1

NOV

14:00 16:15

Alice Júnior

87 min / Cinemateket

Kokon

95 min / Cinemateket

55 min / Cinemateket + 2 shorts

16:30

Knives and Skin

18:45

Jack & Yaya

19:00

Justine

111 min / Cinemateket

Rialto

55 min / Cinemateket + reception

19:30

Welcome to the USA 95 min / Cinemateket

21:30

Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly GlennCopeland Story

21:45

63 min / Cinemateket

19:00

LØRDAG

88 min / Cinemateket

End of the Century

19:30

30

Beyond the Horizon

21:45

19:00

FREDAG

Dating Amber

Young Hunter

18:45

21:15

92 min / Cinemateket

21:30

16:30

21:15

84 min / Cinemateket

92 min / Empire Bio

98 min / Empire Bio

20:30– Drag Night 23:30 Event @ MIX Lounge

Event @ MIX Lounge

18:45

The Strong Ones

Goodbye Mother

106 min / Cinemateket 84 min / Cinemateket 99 min / Cinemateket

I Carry You With Me

111 min / Cinemateket

End of the Century

84 min / Cinemateket + The Spark / 13 min

Queering the Script 93 min / Cinemateket

Jumbo

93 min / Cinemateket + introduction

Beanpole

87 min / Cinemateket

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Samarbejdspartnere Collaborators

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1994–1996 • DK CGLFF går i tre år sammen med andre

E N I L E M I T 1979 • DK BFF (Bøssernes Befrielsesfront)

festivaler under titlen Copenhagen Film Festival. • EN CGLFF joins multiple other festivals under the banner Copenhagen Film Festival for three years.

1997 • DK CGLFF bliver en selvstændig forening,

Foreningen Copenhagen Gay and Lesbian

afholder film fest for første gang. Det er

Film, som stadig eksisterer i dag. • EN CGLFF

en kæmpe succes som sår ideen til hvad

becomes an independent organization that

der i dag er blevet til MIX COPENHAGEN

has remained intact until today.

LesbianGayBiTransQueer+ Film Festival. • EN BBF (Gay Liberation Front) hosts a gay

1998

film party for the first time. It is a huge

• DK Publikumsprisen bliver introduceret.

success that lays the groundwork for what

• EN The Audience Award is introduced.

has today become the MIX COPENHAGEN LesbianGayBiTransQueer+ Film Festival.

1986 • DK Michael Nord kontakter Børge Nielsen,

2002 • DK Vi begynder at uddele Jury Priser til Bedste

Spillefilm og Bedste Kortfilm, såvel som en speciel pris. • EN We begin awarding Jury

leder af Delta Bio, om at afholde en film

Awards for Feature Film, Best Short as well as

festival der omhandler bøssefilm. Seks film

a Special Prize.

bliver vist og festivalen er en stor nok succes til at vende tilbage året efter. • EN Michael

2003

Nord contacts Børge Nielsen, head of Delta

• DK Jury prisen inkluderer to kategorier

Bio, to arrange a film festival centering gay

Bedste Spillefilm og Bedste Kortfilm eller

films. Six films are shown and the festival is

Dokumentarfilm. Skolefilm bliver tilføjet til

successful enough to come back the next year.

1988 • DK Lesbiske LBL medlemmer tilslutter sig

festivalen, en række visninger til skoleelever. • EN The Jury Awards include two categories

Best Feature and Best Short or Documentary film. Adds Skolefilm to the festival, a series of

festivalen og Copenhagen Gay Film Festival

showings for groups of students.

bliver omdøbt Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

2010

• EN Lesbian LBL members join the festival and

the Copenhagen Gay Film Festival is renamed Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

• DK CGLFF puts out a call for new name

suggestions. This year’s award was created by Henriette Hellstern Kjoeller. • EN CGLFF beder om forslag til et nyt navn

til festivalen. Dette års priser er skabt af Henriette Hellstern Kjoeller.

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2011 • DK CGLFF omdøbes MIX COPENHAGEN Lesbian

2018 • DK MIX inviterer forsker Sabrina Vitting-

Gay Bi Trans Film Festival. Vores Jury Pris

Seerup til at analysere tidligere programmer,

bliver til Lili prisen. Den første version af

for at analysere hvor godt eller dårligt de

Lili Prisen bliver designet af Saskia Bisp.

repræsenterer LGBTQ+ miljøet. Vi begynder

• EN CGLFF is renamed MIX COPENHAGEN

LesbianGayBiTrans Film Festival. Our jury

også at få vores programmer gennemlæst af en ekspert hvert år for at evaluere de

award becomes the Lili Award. The first

narrativer, sprog eller billeder vi bruger

version of The Lili Award is designed by

der potentielt kunne ekskludere eller

Saskia Bisp.

2015 • DK This Is How We Do It, vores aften med

misrepræsentere nogen. MIX annoncerer Boykottet af trans karakterer spillet af cis skuespillere. • EN MIX invites researcher Sabrina Vitting-Seerup to analyze our

queer porn og debat bliver tilføjet til festivalen.

previous programs to assess how well or

Lili Prisen bliver designet af Yassin Askar

poorly we have represented the LGBTQ+

og Sarah Borup i anledningen af vores 30

community throughout our past. We also

jubilæum. • EN This is How We Do It our night

begin having our programs read-through

of queer porn and debate is added to the

by outside experts for their input on

festival. The Lili Award is redesigned by

language, narrative rhetoric or imagery that

Yassin Askar and Sarah Borup for our

may exclude or misrepresent anyone. MIX

30th anniversary.

announces the Boycott of cis actors playing

2016 • DK MIX tilføjer Queer til festivalens titel. • EN MIX Adds Queer to the Festival title.

2017 • DK Grundet faldende økonomisk støtte vælger

trans characters.

2019 • DK MIX opdaterer vores logo og tilføjer + til

vores navn, så vi nu er MIX COPENHAGEN LesbianGayBiTransQueer+ Film Festival. • EN MIX updates our logo, and adds + to

MIX at skære i antallet af film, og vælger at

our name, making us MIX COPENHAGEN

fokusere på kvalitet i stedet for kvantitet. MIX

LesbianGayBiTransQueer+ Film Festival.

Skolefilm afholder en konkurrence, hvor studerende kan indsende deres egen kortfilm, som bliver vist til en gala i slutningen af året. • EN Due to dwindling funding MIX chooses to

cut the number of films screened. Focusing

2020 • DK 35. jubilæum yay! Præsenterer MIX

Industry Weekend. • EN 35th Anniversary yay! Presents MIX Industry Weekend.

on quality rather than quantity. MIX Skolefilm holds a competition for students to enter their own short film, to be screened at a gala at the end of the year.

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Rulletekster / Credits Redaktion / Editorial

Design

Bridé Baker, Emmet Farrell,

@orangemmet

Luna Grädel, Levi Reffelt Grosen, Sidsel Pedersen Minuva

Print Lasertryk

Event David Beyaie, Morten Kvist,

MIXtivisterne / MIXtivists

Juliet Parker, Sol Patrick Ravn,

Tusind tak for jeres hjælp—

Jemma Tracey

I er uundværlige! / Thank you so much for your help—you are

Industry Hugo Arruda, Paolo Rota, Sara Thorhauge, Mihaela Yordanova

indispensable!

Konsulenter / Consultants Mathias Klitgård, Kenneth Krabat

Program Andrea Coloma, Camilla Markvardsen,

PROUD! Filmfestival Århus

Josephine Olsen, Paolo Rota,

Anne Sophie Parsons og en flok

Sara Thorhauge, Gintaras Vagelas,

fantastiske frivillige

Mihaela Yordanova

PR

MIX Odense Annie Pladsbjerg

Bridé Baker, Luna Grädel, Jemma Tracey

Styregruppen / Steering Committee David Beyaie, Andrea Coloma, Sidsel Pedersen Minuva, Sol Patrick Ravn

Frivillig / Volunteer Hugo Arruda, Levi Reffelt Grosen, Morten Kvist, Juliet Parker

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