#tlvfest

[fiercynn]

queer short film: "marco"

queer short cuts is a biweekly newsletter where i share queer & trans short film recommendations. i'm featuring some of my favorite films on tumblr because why not

this film was screened at the 2021 queer cinema for palestine film festival, where filmmakers pledged to boycott the israeli-government sponsored lgbt festival TLVfest. the next queer cinema for palestine, which is a global festival with screenings in many cities and some online, is from november 29-december 10, 2023, and you can sign up for updates here.

united kingdom | 22 minutes | 2019 | narrative short film audio in arabic and english; english subtitles embedded for dialogue in arabic but no closed captions for dialogue in english

marco, written and directed by saleem haddad, opens with omar (zed josef), a lebanese-british banker living in london, refusing a phone call from his mother back home in beirut. he instead focuses on getting ready for a guest: a sex worker (marwan kaabour) who introduces himself as marco, recently arrived in the united kingdom from barcelona. over the course of the evening, omar and “marco” find they have more in common than they initially realized – but that is also not enough for them to make their meeting easy and without conflict. - deepa's full review, including content notes at the end

watch on youtube, and you can find more about creator saleem haddad at his website and his patreon

[ilikethisacompletelynormalamount]

As Andrew Haigh's upcoming film All of Us Strangers, begins screening at an ever expanding list of film festivals, beyond the three featured on the official poster, Telluride Film Festival, New York Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival.

I am attempting to maintain an up to date list, in chronological order, (last updated Dec 14th, 2023)

All the details about the festivals, links to where/when to get tickets are under the cut.

Athens International Film Festival Sept 27- Oct 9

Beyond Fest (Los Angeles, its West Coast Premiere) Sept 26-Oct 10

Hamptons International Film Festival Oct 5-12

Festival do Rio (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival) Oct 5-15

HIFF: Heartland International Film Festival (Indianapolis, IN) Oct 5-15

FFG (Film Fest Gent, Belgium) Oct 10-21

Chicago International Film Festival Oct 11-22

Seattle Queer Film Festival (opening night gala) Oct 12-22

Newfest (New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Closing Night film) Oct 12-24

FILMEKIMI iKSV Oct 13-22 (Istanbul) Oct 20-22 (Izmir)

BIFF: Bergen International Film Festival Oct 18-26

Adelaide Film Festival (Australia) Oct 18-29

Alice nella Città (independent section of the Rome Film Festival) Oct 18-29

Middleburg Film Festival (VA) Oct 19-22

Cambridge Film Festival Oct 19-26

FFCGN: Film Festival Cologne (Germany) Oct 19-26

Twin Cities Film Festival (Minneapolis/St Paul MN ) Oct 19-28

Film Bath Festival Oct 19-29 (booking now)

Outshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Ft Lauderdale, FL) Oct 19-29

Viennale (Vienna Film Festival) Oct 19-31

FICM (Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia) Oct 20-29

Montclair Film Festival (NJ) Oct 20-29

SCAD Savannah Film Festival (GA) Oct 21-28

SEMINCI (Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid, ES) Oct 21-28

AFI Fest: American Film Institute (Los Angeles, CA) Oct 25-29

VAFF:Virginia Film Festival (Charlottesville) Oct 25-29

TIFF-jp (Tokyo International Film Festival) Oct 23 - Nov 1

AFF (Austin Film Festival and screenwriters conference) Oct 26-Nov 2

BIFF: Brisbane International Film Festival Oct 26 - Nov 5

LIFF (Leiden International Film Festival, NL ) Oct 26 - Nov 5

Miami Film Festival GEMS Nov 2 - 5

Belfast Film Festival (opening night gala) Nov 2-11

Inverness Film Festival Nov 3-9

Denver Film Festival Nov 3-12

Leeds International Film Festival Nov 3-19

PÖFF (Pimedate Ööde filmifestival): Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia) Nov 3-19

ZFF: Zagreb Film Festival (Croatia) Nov 6-12

Cornwall Film Festival (opening night) Nov 6-19

LIFFe: Ljubljana International Film Festival (Slovenia) Nov 8-19

Stockholm International Film Festival Nov 8-19

MQFF: Melbourne Queer Film Festival Nov 9-19

SLIFF: St Louis International Film Festival (closing night) Nov 9-19

Cork International Film Festival (Ireland) Nov 9-26

TGHFF: Taipei Golden Horse International Film Festival Nov 9-26

CINECITY: Brighton Film Festival (closing night) Nov 10-19

EnergaCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival (Toruń, Poland) Nov 11-18

IFFMH: International Film Festival Mannheim Heidelberg Nov 16-26

QCINEMA International Film Festival (Quezon City, Philippines) Nov 17-26

Chéries-Chéris: Festival du Film LGBTQI & +++ de Paris Nov 18-28

SGIFF: Singapore International Film Festival Nov 30- Dec 10

Around the World in 14 Films: Berlin Independent Film Festival (closing night) Dec 1-9

SIFF: Sonoma Awards Buzz Screening Dec 12

Festival Univerciné, Britannique (Nantes) Dec 12-14

AOUS Fundraiser screening to support HIFF : Love & Anarchy (Finland) Dec 14

Les Arcs Film Festival Dec 16-23

TLVFEST: Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival Dec 21-31

Athens International Film Festival 🇬🇷

Beyondfest (co-presented by Outfest) Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸

HIFF33 Hamptons 🇺🇸 International Film Festival

Festival do Rio: Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 🇧🇷

HIFF33 Heartland International Film Festival Indianapolis 🇺🇸

Film Fest Gent 🇧🇪

Chicago International Film Festival 🇺🇸

All of Us Strangers was added to the recently released lineup for The Chicago International Film Festival (the longest running competitive international film festival in North America), as an entry in their Outlook Competition.

🎟️Tickets

Seattle Queer Film Festival 🇺🇸

Seattle Queer Film Festival will open on Thursday October 12th at The SIFF Egyptian with the West Coast Premiere of Andrew Haigh’s critically acclaimed new drama, ALL OF US STRANGERS starring Andrew Scott (Fleabag) Claire Foy (The Queen), and Paul Mescal (Aftersun).

Newfest: New York 🇺🇸

FILMEKIMI 🇹🇷

BIFF: Bergen International Film Festival Oct 🇳🇴

The lineup for BIFF 2023 is complete and ticket sales are open! Screening schedule and ticket sales from October 5th!

AFF: Adelaide Film Festival 🇦🇺

Alice nella Città 🇮🇹

The "surprise movie 3" closing Alice nella Città is Andrew Haigh's Estranei (All of Us Strangers), the film's Italian premiere, October 29th.

Middleburg Film Festival, Virginia 🇺🇸

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Cambridge Film Festival 19th - 26th October 🇬🇧

FFCGN: Film Festival Cologne 🇩🇪

Twin Cities Film Festival, Minneapolis/ St Paul Minnesota 🇺🇸

Film Bath Festival 🇬🇧

Outshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival 🇺🇸

Viennale: Vienna Film Festival 🇦🇹

This year's Viennale will take place from October 19 to October 31. The complete program of this year's festival edition will be published online on October 10, 8 pm. here on this website. Tickets are available from October 14, 10 am.

FICM: Morelia Film Fest 🇲🇽

Montclair Film Festival, New Jersey 🇺🇸

SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Georgia 🇺🇸

The largest university-run film festival in the world, presenting competition film screenings, gala premieres, special screenings, workshops, and panels with lauded industry guests, award-winning professionals, and emerging student filmmakers.

SEMINCI 68: Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid 🇪🇸

AFI Fest: American Film Institute (Los Angeles, CA)🇺🇸

VAFF:Virginia Film Festival (Charlottesville) 🇺🇸

TIFF-JP: Tokyo 🇯🇵 International Film Festival

AFF: Austin Film Festival🇺🇸

October 26 – November 2 We are proud to announce ALL OF US STRANGERS as one of the premiere films at #AFF30! Join us at the Festival to witness a journey that transcends time, love, and even death! Purchase your badge here

BIFF: Brisbane International Film Festival🇦🇺

LIFF:Leiden International Film Festival, Netherlands 🇳🇱

Miami Film Festival GEMS 🇺🇸 "the jewels of the fall season"

Inverness Film Festival Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Nov 3-9

Denver Film Festival: Denver Colorado 🇺🇸

Andrew Haigh’s new film, All of Us Strangers will screen on Friday, Nov. 10th at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Includes a post-film conversation and award presentation to director Andrew Haigh. Pre-reception included in ticket price. Reception begins at 6pm. Screening begins at 7pm..

Leeds International Film Festival 🇬🇧

PÖFF: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 🇪🇪

Local title:Kõik me võõrad

Title in Russian: Незнакомцы

ZFF: Zagreb Film Festival (Croatia) 🇭🇷

Cornwall Film Festival 🇬🇧

LIFFe: Ljubljana International Film Festival Slovenian 🇸🇮

Stockholm International Film Festival 🇸🇪

MQFF: Melbourne Queer Film Festival🇦🇺

SLIFF: St Louis International Film Festival 🇺🇸

Highlighting the lives of the LGBTQ+ community, SLIFF’s QFest Spotlight Film, “All of Us Strangers,” from Searchlight Pictures, the critically acclaimed romantic drama written and directed by Andrew Haigh, starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy, will close the festival on 11/19

Cork International Film Festival 🇮🇪

Scheduled: Sun 19 November Showtime: 20:30

Venue: The Everyman

MacCurtain Street, Cork

Taipei Golden Horse International Film Festival 🇹🇼

CINECITY: Brighton Film Festival 🇬🇧

CLOSING NIGHT: Nov 19 Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers, Duke of York's Picturehouse. The full programme will be announced on Friday 20th October - when tickets will also go on sale.

EnergaCAMERIMAGE 31st Edition of The International Film Festival Of the Art of Cinematography, Toruń 🇵🇱

a great international feast of cinema

Excellent movies, outstanding filmmakers, meetings, seminars, workshops

Presentations of modern technologies and film equipment

Remarkable documentary films and terrific music videos

Exceptional atmosphere and unforgettable experience

Unique tribute to the 10th muse

🎟️Passes

IFFMH: International Film Festival Mannheim Heidelberg 🇩🇪

QCINEMA International Film Festival 🇵🇭

Chéries-Chéris: Festival du Film LGBTQI & +++ de Paris🇫🇷

Ouverture : @CheriesCheris 2023 Sans jamais nous connaître (All Of Us Strangers) de Andrew Haigh Mardi 21 Novembre au MK2 Bibliothèque Translated from French by Opening Film: @CheriesCheris 2023 Without ever knowing us (All Of Us Strangers) by Andrew Haigh Tuesday November 21 at MK2 Library

SGIFF: Singapore International Film Festival 🇸🇬

Around the World in 14 Films, Berlin 🇩🇪

🎟️Tickets available Nov 14

The Berlin premiere of “All of Us Strangers” by British director Andrew Haigh (“45 Years”) marks the celebratory conclusion of the 18th edition of AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 FILMS on Saturday, December 9th, 2023. Only at the end of August 2023 Andrew Haigh's “All of Us Strangers” celebrated its world premiere at the American Telluride Film Festival. The 18th World Cinema Festival presents the “surreal romance” (Vogue) in its “Closing Night”. The on-screen appearances of Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, two of Ireland's hottest actors, are likely to provide star power. Lead actor Andrew Scott shone in his role as Moriarty in the BBC cult series “Sherlock” and other appearances in “James Bond 007: Specter” and “Fleabag”. Paul Mescal, star of the British series "Normal People", attracted worldwide attention with his moving performance in the independent hit "Aftersun". Director Andrew Haigh will also have fond memories for Berliners: his masterpiece “45 Years” won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale in 2015, which the leading actors Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay received.

SIFF: Awards Buzz Screening 🇺🇸

🎟️Tickets

Festival Univerciné Britannique, Nantes 🇫🇷

🎟️Tickets

Save HIFF Love & Anarchy 🇫🇮

The future of HIFF – Love & Anarchy, one of Finland’s most significant film festivals, is under threat. HIFF is now calling on its audience to help. There are three types of tickets available for the support screenings, and you can support with either 25 €, 40 € or 100 €. The tickets will go on sale on 29.11.2023 at 11.00.

One of the most popular guests in the history of HIFF has been the Irish actor Andrew Scott, who visited Helsinki in 2014. It is only appropriate that we are the first in Finland to screen a film that will be one of the highlights of his career.

All of Us Strangers, directed and written by Andrew Haigh, is one of the highlights of the autumn. The film, which received top reviews at Telluride and the New York Film Festival, is a drama about loneliness, grief and a longing for love that gets under your skin.

🎟️Support screening tickets

Les Arcs Film Festival 🏔️🇫🇷

TLVFEST LGBTQ+ International Film Festival 🇮🇱 tickets 🎟️

[emzeciorrr]

Eyes and Horns from Fabian&Fred on Vimeo.

Film by Chaerin Im

Inspired by Picasso’s ‘Vollard Suite’, the transformation of the over masculine Minotaur leads to the destruction of boundaries of sexes.

Festivals (selection) Ann Arbor Film Festival VIS Vienna Shorts Animafest Zagreb Frameline San Francisco LQBTQ+ Film Festival Annecy Animation Festival DokuFest Odense Film Festival Linoleum Animation Festival Cyprus Short Film Festival, Limassol Drama International Short Film Festival Festival Mix Milano – LGBTQ+ Guanajuato Film Festival Ottawa Animation Festival Animation Volda VAF Viborg Animation Festival StopTrik Oslo/Fusion Film Festival BIAF Bucheon Animation Festival Uppsala Short Film Festival SPARK Animation Festival Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival PÖFF Shorts – Black Nights Cartoons Underground Chéries Chéris LGBT Festival Paris Tous Courts, Aix en Provence International queer Film Festival Merlinka Anima Brussels Tricky Women MONSTRA Animation Festival Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche Roanne Animation Festival Kaboom Animation Festival Florida Film Festival GLAS Animation Festival Atlanta Film Festival Busan Short Film Festival deadCenter Film Festival Fest Anca Anibar Insomnia Animation Festival Animist Tallinn Nancy Film Festival Supernova Animation Festival Animasyros Animation Festival Fringe Queer Film & Arts Fest GAZE LGBTQ+ Film Festival Nashville Film Festival Festival of Animation Berlin Primanima Tacoma Film Festival TLVFest - Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival Queer Film Festival Playa del Carmen Pinx Queer Film Festival Seattle Asian American Film Festival

©2021 Fabian&Fred, Chaerin Im

[eretzyisrael]

If you really care about the LGBTQIA+ community, you should be focusing your efforts on working with Arab reformers to make life more tolerable for minorities, gays, and women across the rest of the Middle East. You shouldn’t worry too much about the one nation in the region espousing liberal values; the one nation where you can be openly gay in the military; the one nation where gays like Nitzan Horowitz of Meretz lead political parties; the one nation where the No. 1 and most beloved TV host, Assi Azar, is gay; the one nation whose minister of justice himself, Amir Ohana of Likud, is a proud gay father of two; the one nation where the Supreme Court recently enforced paid health benefits to gay couples using surrogacy. This is not pink washing, this is reality. Israel granted its gay citizens full rights long before most of the world’s liberal democracies, the United States included, ever did. To call on allies of the LGBTQIA+ community to single it out is a farce.

So, to my friends in Hollywood, I’ve this to say: If you want to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian LGBTQIA+ community, you should start by demanding that Palestinians—and the rest of the Arab world, for that matter—respect basic LGBTQIA+ rights first. I dare any of the esteemed filmmakers who signed the latest petition to grab their same-sex partner and try making out in public in any other country in the Middle East and see how that goes down.

I suspect that they won’t do that, and I would strongly advise against it. So, instead, I invite them to come to Pride Week in Tel Aviv in June, along with hundred of thousands of tourists from around the world and happily make out on a beach in Tel Aviv. No one will blink an eye, and you will get a lovely tan while you’re at it.

[13thgenfilm]

13th Gen is excited to announce that it has TWO FILMS screening at  TLVFest 2021, Tel Aviv's International LGBT Film Festival.

BALONEY screens Saturday, November 13th and again on Wednesday, November 17th. Tickets & details: 👉 https://bit.ly/3nMRxBe

BEING BEBE screens Sunday, November 14th and again on Friday, November 19th. Tickets & details: 👉 https://bit.ly/3bE0BTq

[canadianabroadvery]

“ ... Canadian Marc-Antoine Lemire pulled his short movie Pre-Drink, which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film.

“We have recently become aware of Israel’s pinkwashing strategy, and wish to express our refusal to contribute to it, in addition to our support for the LGBTQ+ community,” Lemire wrote. “Following a protest movement of several filmmakers and artists in disagreement with Israel’s policies towards Palestine, we have decided to take a stand in favor of this movement. Especially with the recent events, we refuse the instrumentalization of our movie.” ...  TLVFest is a cornerstone of Israel’s pinkwashing campaign. Pinkwashing is the public relations strategy that deploys Israel’s supposed enlightenment toward LGBTQ issues to deflect criticism from its human rights abusesand appeal particularly to Western liberal audiences.

It often involves gross exaggerations of Israel’s progressive policies, accompanied by outright lies about Palestinians.

Pro-Israel governments that have pointedly failed to condemn or act to stop Israel’s deliberate killings of unarmed Palestinians in Gaza, including children, medics and journalists, have become particularly enthusiastic pinkwashers. ...”

[feminism-lesbianart]

行定勲監督、テルアビブ国際LGBT映画祭2018をボイコットしてください

【転送転載歓迎】

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2072451453023085&id=1890621221206110

https://twitter.com/lgbtq_luna/status/999202695721304067

https://twitter.com/lgbtq_luna/status/999207545163022338

テルアビブ国際LGBT映画祭をボイコットしてください

行定 勲 様

わたしたちは、パレスチナ／イスラエルにおける公正な平和を求め、イスラエルの広報外交政策における「ピンクウォッシング」に反対する日本の市民の立場から、行定勲監督に、来週5/31から開催されるテルアビブ国際LGBT映画祭（TLVFest）をボイコットし、『リバーズ・エッジ』の出品を中止していただくよう求めます。

わたしたちは、上記映画祭のスケジュールが発表された5/20に、パレスチナの市民から行定監督の参加を知らされ、監督に映画祭での上映中止、および文化ボイコットとしてのイスラエルでの配給辞退を検討していただくよう訴えかけることにしました。下記に、パレスチナの市民が、映画制作者のみなさんに映画祭ボイコットを呼びかけている手紙とその日本語訳をお送りしますので、ぜひご一読ください。

国際的な映画界での最近の出来事を付け加えますと、女優・映画監督のナタリー・ポートマンが、イスラエル軍によるパレスチナ・ガザでの非武装市民虐殺を受けて、イスラエルのノーベル賞といわれるジェネシス賞を辞退したことや、カンヌ国際映画祭でガザ攻撃への抗議行動が行われたこと、映画監督のジャン・リュック・ゴダールが、TLVFestのスポンサーにもなっている「Saison France-Israel」に参加拒否を表明していることはご存じかと思います。

女優ナタリー・ポートマンさん、イスラエルの賞を辞退 http://www.afpbb.com/articles/-/3171986?pid=20049551¶

ガザ攻撃 ベニチオ･デル･トロらカンヌで抗議行動 http://www.webdice.jp/topics/detail/5629/¶

French revolt against Macron’s support for Israel

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/french-revolt-against-macrons-support-israel

https://blogs.mediapart.fr/les-invites-de-mediapart/blog/040518/contre-la-saison-france-israel

また、東京国際レズビアン＆ゲイ映画祭（東京レインボーリール）は、2013年までイスラエル作品を何度も上映していましたが、2014年にわたしたちのメンバーの一人がピンクウォッシングについて注意喚起する手紙を送って以降、イスラエル作品の上映はありません

東京国際レズビアン＆ゲイ映画祭からの回答

http://selfishprotein.net/cherryj/2014/TokyoIsraelPalestine.html#TILGFF_answers

行定監督は『リバーズ・エッジ』のTLVFestへの参加をもちろんご存じのことと思いますが、配給会社キノフィルムズがこれを進めていて監督ご自身の為し得るボイコットの範囲が契約上限られているような場合もあるかもしれません。ぜひ、最大限の意思表示と交渉を行ってくださるよう、応援しています。

ご不明な点などありましたら、どうぞお気軽にお問い合わせください。

映画祭が始まる5/31までに、行定監督のお考えを表明していただきますよう、お返事をお待ちしています。

どうぞよろしくお願いします。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　2018年5月23日

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 フツーのLGBTをクィアする

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 プラカとか作るフェミとLGBTの会

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 フェミニズムとレズビアン・アートの会

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 BDS japan 準備会

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［Pinkwatching Israelによる呼びかけの日本語訳］（関連リンク付きPDF） http://selfishprotein.net/works/PinkwatchingLetter_TLVFest2018_translation.pdf 

(Pinkwatching Israelによる呼びかけの日本語訳)

テルアビブ国際LGBT映画祭をボイコットしてください

パレスチナのクィアたちとその賛同者たちは、BDS 運動の一環として、2018年5月31日から6月9日に開催されるテルアビブ国際LGBT映画祭 (TLVFest) のボイコットを呼びかけます。わたしたちは、国際的な映画製作者のみなさんに、この映画祭から作品を引き揚げ、パレスチナの人々の人権が尊重されるときまでイスラエルに対する文化ボイコットを呼びかける、パレスチナ市民社会からの要請を尊重することを求めます。パレスチナの人びとは、イスラエルがその国際法違反についての責任を果たすよう、世界中の良心をもつ人々に、アーティストたちがイスラエル国内で自分たちの作品の上演や発表をしないようもとめることを含めて、協力を要請しています。このパレスチナからの文化ボイコットの呼びかけを留意する世界中の文化人たちは、映画製作者を含め、増加しています。そのなかには、ジョン・グレイソン (John Greyson) 、ミーラー・ナーイル (Mira Nair) 、ケン・ローチ (Ken Loach) 、ザ・イエスメン (The Yes Men) そしてマイク・リー (Mike Leigh) がいます。こうした動きは、イスラエルがパレスチナ人たちの権利を抑圧し否定しつづけるあいだは、業務平常通りなどというものはありえない、というメッセージをイスラエルに送っています。

昨年は、パレスチナのクィアたちからの呼びかけに連帯を示して、TLVFestから5人の監督が出展作品を引き揚げました。この際南アフリカのジョン・トレンゴーヴ (John Trengove) は次のように述べました。

「アパルトヘイト体制下のたたかいの痛みが、わたしたちの集団的な意識においてはいまだ生々しく残るなかで、多くの南アフリカの人々にとって、この問題は非常にセンシティヴなものです…わたしがいま知っていることを踏まえれば、わたしが出席を取りやめることは不可避であると感じています…この映画祭と (わたしがそれに参加すること) が、イスラエル政府による人権の侵犯から関心を逸らさせうるものであるという事実を、見過ごすわけにはいかないのです。」

このテルアビブ国際LGBT映画祭は、イスラエル国内の、国際法の諸違反に深く共犯する複数の存在に支援をうけています。イスラエル文化省は、この映画祭を支援する組織の一つで、2005年からイスラエルの海外での肯定的なイメージを推進するプロジェクトである、ブランド・イスラエル (Brand Israel) を率いています。このプロジェクトはパレスチナ人たちに対する、占領と暴力の日常的なリアリティから注意を逸らせるためのものです。この映画祭は、イスラエルによる占領や入植者植民地主義、そしてアパルトヘイトから注意を逸らせそうした状況を正常化するための、いわゆるピンクウォッシングとして知られる、ゲイ・ライツのシニカルな利用を推進しています。したがって、この文化ボイコットというのは、アーティスティックな創造への検閲ではありません。むしろ、映画製作者を含めた国際的なアーティストたちに、パレスチナ人たちの人権をイスラエルが尊重するまで、TLVFestといった、イスラエル政府の支援を受けたイスラエルの文化イベントに参加しないことを求めるものです。

わたしたちは、映画制作者のみなさんに、TLVFestやテルアビブ・プライド2018 (TLVPride 2018) といった、イスラエル政府とその提携組織に、そのアーティストとしての自由と声を接収されないように求めています。ピンクウォッシングは、あなたに、テルアビブ市LGBT広報担当者であるYaniv Weizmanの言葉を借りれば、「イスラエルの大使の一人 (“an ambassador for Israel") 」となることを求めているのです。

あなたの作品は、イスラエルがガザのパレスチナ人たちに対しておこなったあらたな虐殺から何日もたたないテルアビブで、[TLVFestのプログラムとして] 上映されます。殺されたなかには子どもたちもいます。1万2,000人を超える人びとが負傷させられました。その多くが脚を切断する必要があるほど深刻な怪我を負っています。イスラエルはプライドとTLVFestを、パレスチナの家族たちが愛するものを失った悲しみにくれているただなかで、祝うのです。各国政府がイスラエルの責任を追及しようとしないなかで、アパルトヘイト体制の南アフリカに対してのものがそうであったように、国際的な市民社会からのプレッシャーは、効果的な要求の方法であり、パレスチナの人々に、自由と正義と平等への、希望を与えるものです。このパレスチナの人々のなかには、パレスチナのクィアたちも含まれています。

LGBTsへの不公正にあらがいLGBTの解放のために、LGBTコミュニティーズに可視性をあたえるという重大な役割を担う映画製作者として、イスラエルが提示するミスリーティングなリアリティに、みなさんが見ないままでいることをやめるよう、わたしたちは望んでいます。そしてみなさんが、TLVFestへの参加辞退をつうじて、不公正と占領にあらがう立場を断固として示されることを希望します。

Pinkwatching Israel

Pinkwatching は、パレスチナのクィアたちとそのアライからなる集団で、パレスチナ主導の、自由と正義と平等をもとめる運動である、ボイコット・資本引き揚げ・制裁 (BDS) 運動のなかにいます。わたしたちは、パレスチナの人々への継続する抑圧から注意を逸らせ、さらには正当化するために、ゲイ・ライツを利用するイスラエルとその共犯関係にある諸組織の試みに反対しています。

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[hummussexual]

Excerpt:

Palestinian queers and their allies in the BDS movement call for a boycott of the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival (TLVFest) taking place between June 1-10 2017. We call on international filmmakers to withdraw their movies from the festival and respect the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel until Palestinians have their human rights respected. Like with apartheid South Africa, Palestinians are calling for people of conscience around the world to hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law, including a call for artists not to perform or show their work in Israel. The Palestinian cultural boycott call has been heeded by a growing number of cultural figures from around the world including filmmakers John Greyson, Mira Nair, Ken Loach,The Yes Men and Mike Leigh. It sends Israel the message that there is no business as usual for as long as Israel continues to oppress and deny rights to Palestinians.

The Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival is sponsored by entities in Israel that are deeply complicit in violations of international law. The Israeli Minister of Culture, one of the sponsors of the festival, is a leading body in the Brand Israel project launched in 2005 to promote a positive image of Israel abroad to distract attention from the daily reality of occupation and violence against Palestinians. The Film Festival promotes the cynical use of gay rights – known as Pinkwashing –  to distract from and normalize Israeli occupation, settler colonialism and apartheid. The cultural boycott is therefore not about censoring artistic creations, but rather about asking international artists, such as filmmakers, not to participate in Israeli cultural events sponsored by the Israeli state, such as TLVFest, until Israel respects the human rights of Palestinians.

[lioranaiman]

TLV drag star search © liora naiman

[jinkxevents]

Jinkx is a part of TLVFest - Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival

Go here for more info

[noaflecker]

What a show!!! #okurrr #wow ♡ @sharonneedlespgh ♡ #live #show! ☆#amazing ☆ #drag #dragqueen #tlv #dragrace #sharonneedle #telaviv #tlvfest @tlvfest #pride #love you #thankyou #sharon (at Bascula - בסקולה)

[fiercynn]

queer short film: "uporni duh | rebellious essence"

queer short cuts is a biweekly newsletter where i share queer & trans short film recommendations. i'm featuring some of my favorite films on tumblr because why not

this film was screened at the 2021 queer cinema for palestine film festival, where filmmakers pledged to boycott the israeli-government sponsored lgbt festival TLVfest. the next queer cinema for palestine, which is a global festival with screenings in many cities and some online, is from november 29-december 10, 2023, and you can sign up for updates here.

slovenia | 5 minutes | 2017 | narrative short film no dialogue but text is in english; no closed captions available

i’ve actually been wanting to recommend uporni duh | rebellious essence for a while, but i hadn’t found a theme to include it with until now. this animated short, which was written, directed, and animated by ana čigon, follows a beautifully multi-colored cat who goes to the office of ministry for cat affairs to apply for a passport. all goes well until the pink and blue cat clerks ask for the applicant’s sex. - deepa's full review, including content notes at the end

watch on youtube, and check out creator ana čigon’s website

[sodomyordeath]

Well at least they managed to mention Sherry Vine, Peaches Christ and Gloria Viagra ...

[anyab]

[Image Description: a poster. On the left is an abstract drawing of a face. On the right are the poster information. They read, "queer cinema for palestine: first ever global queer film festival in solidarity with palestinian rights." The title reads, "queer cinema for palestine" with the q replaced with a film roll. "Nov 11-20 2021, film festival" then a strip with city names in it, they are, "beirut, belfast, berlin, bilbao, brasilia, london [ontario], Montreal, paris, prishtina, seoul, sofia, tunis, turin." Below is the website it is, "QueerCinemaForPalestine.org" End Description]

Link to the site

From the site:

Queer Cinema for Palestine (QCP) will open its virtual and physical doors this November for a collectively-curated 10-day film festival celebrating global queer realities and standing in solidarity with Palestinians.

QCP will run from 11-20 November and host more than a dozen events across five continents, both online and in person. QCP is a first-time global queer solidarity initiative that offers a vibrant space using art and culture to oppose the ongoing violence of Israeli apartheid.

QCP will feature films and documentaries including Palestinian and South West African and North African regional films and artists, masterclasses with filmmakers, panel discussions, drag performances, queer indigenous solidarity, and more.

QCP coincides with TLVFest, the Israeli government-sponsored LGBT film festival. Palestinian queers have called for a boycott of TLVFest over its role in pinkwashing Israel’s regime of military occupation and apartheid oppressing all Palestinians.

QCP will feature some of the more than 50 filmmakers who have pulled their films from TLVFest in response to the call from Palestinian queers and the nearly 200 who have pledged not to screen at TLVFest. A special program of Brazilian short films will honor the eight Brazilian filmmakers who withdrew from TLVFest in 2020.

QCP recognizes that fighting apartheid via principled acts of refusal and withdrawal is just part of the equation. QCP offers a space for artists to do what they do best: creating art for audiences and using art for social change.

QCP will also feature a program of Jewish queer cinema in solidarity with Palestinians and a panel discussion on challenging repression of solidarity with Palestinians.

An “Apartheid then and now” program will feature South African, Palestinian and international films and speakers on using cinema and new media to oppose apartheid and boycott as an activist tactic.

Ghadir al Shafie, co-founder of Aswat – Palestinian Feminist Center for Gender and Sexual Freedoms, commented:

“As Palestinian queers we invite you to join us for Queer Cinema for Palestine, a feminist, anti-racist, anti-colonial festival that shouts YES to queer cinema and NO to Israeli Apartheid.”

QCP will host events in cities around the world, including Seoul, Bilbao, Tunis, Beirut, Belfast, Prishtina, Paris, Montreal, Turin, Sofia, and London, Ontario.

The online program will be hosted on the Toronto Queer Film Festival’s state-of-the-art platform designed with accessibility in mind. Films will be available on demand for the duration of the festival.

QCP encourages local queer, Palestine solidarity and anti-racist groups around the world to organize watch parties during the festival.

QCP came together in May 2021, as the world protested and unprecedented numbers of artists, sports celebrities and academics called for accountability following Israel’s bombardment of Palestinians in Gaza, forced expulsions in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan in occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem, and violent repression and arrests of Palestinians demonstrating for their rights.

QCP is organized by a global coalition that includes Aswat – Palestinian Feminist Center for Gender and Sexual Freedoms; Kooz Queer Film Festival in Palestine; Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI); Palestine Festival of Literature; Toronto Queer Film Festival; Seoul Human Rights Film Festival; Rainbow Action Against Sexual-Minority Discrimination, the largest queer coalition in Korea; Mawjoudin in Tunisia; Outburst Queer Arts Festival in Belfast; Dylberizm in Prishtina; Festival Ciné-Palestine in Paris; Sursock Museum in Beirut; Toronto Palestine Film Festival; Cinema Politica in Montreal; Sare Lesbianista in Bilbao; Maurice GLBTQ in Turin; Violetki in Sofia; Embassy Cultural House in London, Ontario; and Independent Jewish Voices Canada.

[eretzyisrael]

A group of more than 130 names from the film world, including at least 100 LGBTQIA+ filmmakers and film artists, have signed a pledge to boycott TLVFest, Tel Aviv's government-sponsored LGBT film festival, in what they say is solidarity with Palestinian members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

The pledge was organized by Palestinian queer organizations and PACBI, the academic and cultural arm of the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement, a pro-Palestinian activist group that seeks to cut, among other things, global cultural ties with Israel in protest of the country's treatment of Palestinians in Israel and the occupied territories.

We’re sure these filmmakers would be very welcome and treated royally by the Palestinians. After all, Palestinians are very open-minded when it comes to LGBTQIA+ rights.

[shiraghertner]

Last night at the 1st night of @tlvfest with my girl @max.yas.min & the star of the movie "Two" @morpolanuer. @saraya.samira & @sivnoam rocking on stage hosting on stage before watching the movie. What a great night 🎬📽 (at מרכז תרבות אניס - المركز الثقافي انيس) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWL60tNNxf2/?utm_medium=tumblr