Gender DocuFilm Fest 2015

Gender DocuFilm Fest – Six years ago the Gender Docufilm Fest (GDFF) was born, thanks to the determination of Imma Battaglia. A small film festival in the heart of the Gay Village, pivotal event of the Roman summer. Despite the small size of an outdoor cinema, the GDFF has established itself as a place in which to discuss and, above all, to see documentaries free and independent from any kind of constraint, both aesthetic and linguistic or political. Rome, Italy.

Gender DocuFilm Fest 2015

Happiness is a collective fact, or it’s not Happiness.

The civil conquests of recent months are a cause for great optimism. From Rome to Dublin blowing a wind of hope. The human being, beyond stereotypes and racism, returns to claim his right to happiness. The right to build his happiness. And happiness, as always, is a social and collective fact. A fact that invests the lives of all of us.

In the fight for our right to happiness, which coincides with the right to life itself, we find ourselves united with our comrades in the street. Comrades of hopes, comrades of future.

The Gender DocuFilm Fest, which this year celebrates its sixth edition, could not remain indifferent to this wave of transformations.

After the success of last season, with the triumph of Elisa Amoruso’s Fuoristrada, the three days of documentary films of the Gay Village offers some of the most interesting films made in the last year.

A new journey around the world, and in desire, and in seduction. A journey that is also a challenge to move forward the boundaries of the possible.

And, above all, look for new adventures with our eyes. Looking for cinema that, blocked by the logic of distribution and trade, can not be discovered and loved by the public. A public that in recent years has proven to attend with great interest at the GDFF.

In the summer activities of the Roman summer, the GDFF, while remaining faithful to its original mission (an exhibition produced by himself and completely free for the public, presenting new films often in national premiere), he managed to carve out a important role in the panorama of the city’s cultural activities.

From Kazakhstan to Rome, the GDFF goes in search of the new reality.
This year’s selection includes titles from Brazil and from Cuba, Italy and Switzerland. A journey full of unexpected and exciting. A journey that allows you to observe the dynamics of gender articulate in a close dialogue with society and politics.

At the heart of the selected films, the right to affection.

The chance to live with a loved without ifs or buts.

The schedule of the Sixth edition of Gender Docufilm Fest, from Thursday August 27th to Saturday August 29th at the Gay Village in Rome (EUR, Via delle Tre Fontane). Three days of cinema, documentaries, animation films, fictional stories; to understand, and to understand each other.

Thursday, August 27th

HELLO STRANGER
by Thomas Ammann
Switzerland, 2012, 46’
Thomas lives with Felipe. Both deal with cinema. They love each other. Thomas, however, wants to be free, and do not agree to be bound only to one person. Felipe, however, wants nothing more than to share his life with Thomas. They decide to get married. The Happiness, however, is short-lived.

AMARA
by Claudia Mollese
Italy, 2015, 65’
The journey on the trail of one of the most emblematic character of the city of Lecce, capital of baroque, leading us into an invisible Lecce where transgression and devotion are inextricably intertwined.

Friday, August 28th

WHEN I GET HOME
by Matias Adelmar
Cuba, 2014, 15’
In Havana, Tomas and Luis have created their own little world. In love for a lifetime, they live together in the shade of a regime that has always condemned homosexuality. In their modest home, crossed by silences and melancholy memories, the Beatles, loved by both, share space with dogs and chickens.

NON SO PERCHÉ TI ODIO
by Filippo Soldi
Italy, 2014, 60’
A survey on one of the most disturbing phenomena of our time: homophobia. A film that explores the motivations and behaviors, victims and offenders in an effort to understand, heal.

Saturday, August 29th

VIRGINIDADE
by Chico Lacerda
Brazil, 2015, 15’
A short film that recalls the discovery of an unconventional sexuality. A restless sexuality that moves to the discovery of forbidden pleasures. A colorful film, in diary form, cheerfully cheeky and fun.

LEI DISSE SÌ
by Maria Pecchioli
Italy/Sweden, 2014, 67’
“Lei disse sì” is a love story made of music, rejection and abandonment, of welcoming and sharing, hopes, friends and family, joyful witnesses of a dream come true.

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