If I was a fruit
At Konträr 1, 3, 5 of October
The films explore the (in)comprehensible. Speculating on the ”buts” and ”ifs” of imagined realities. Heralds reveal uncomfortable truths about the ruling king’s attire and the former king’s demise—absurd responses to questions framed by whataboutism. These speculative lines of thought guide us toward a shimmering mirage, woven together in a short film program featuring carefully selected submissions from this year’s open call.
Azul Pandora
Alan González / Cuba / 2024 / 12 min / Spanish
Pandora, a 40-year-old transgender woman living in a residential neighbourhood in Havana, rejects Roy, the teenager who tries to win her over. While caring for a neighbour’s child, she gets an unpleasant surprise that makes her consider whether or not to give Roy a chance.
A body like mine
Maja Classen / Germany / 2023 / 35 min / English, German
While Puck dares to do wild things, such as queer post porn and wrestling, her creator artist is often insecure and vulnerable. Puck is often misunderstood, judged, fetishized. As a proud Black performer artist, Puck stages herself in images and phantasies that bodies like hers have been banished from. Through the collaboration between director Maja Classen and Puck, presents refreshing and unconventional perspectives on current discussions about race and gender.
Cherry, Passion Fruit
Renato José Duque / Portugal / 2023 / 5 min
Nature contains both the flowing waterfall and the consuming fire. Inside a mysterious rainforest, lust takes shape between love and pain. Would you face your haunting desire?
Du bist So Wunderbar (Paradise Europe)
Leandro Goddinho, Paulo Menezes / Germany /2023 / German, English, Portuguese
On the day thousands of people went to the streets protesting against unaffordable rents in Berlin and the abolishment of the rental cap law, a gay Brazilian immigrant who was just kicked out of his apartment struggles to find a new room while his personal life falls apart as well as the city around him.
Inhale
Lagha Ghavam / 2024 / 7 min
Pill Nation
Bruno Tadeu / Brazil / 2024 / 17 min / Portuguese
Dante is an old gay activist who refuses to retire. Facing the inevitable end of his being, he decides to fulfill his old plans of opening the first LGBTQIA+ retirement house in Brazil.
Utopía
Rubén Fabbri / México / 2024 / 7 min
Utopía is an exploration of the reformulation of the erotic body and the deconstruction of gay sex; It focuses on moments of homosexual sexuality, directly and canonically dismantling the aesthetics imposed by gay porn.
Queer exile
Ahmed Awadalla / Germany / 2024 / 10 min / English
After fleeing Egypt in the wake of the 2011 revolution, an activist seeks refuge in Berlin, yearning for a fresh start and the promise of safety and freedom. As he reflects on his past and contemplates his future, he confronts profound questions about belonging, sacrifice, and the true meaning of freedom.
Where the wild frangipanis grow
Nirartha Bas Diwangkara / Indonesia / 15min / 2023 / Indonesian
Aditya, a young personal assistant in a renowned Hindu ashram for a charismatic spiritual leader, is torn when he develops romantic feelings toward a new innocent recruit named Chandra and realizes that his Guru has also developed a strong attraction toward the new disciple.
