Queer Nights in Palestine

Sunday Oct 6 at 13.00, Konträr
This short film programme showcases a collection of queer stories set against the backdrop of Palestine and the broader Middle East. Showcasing a dynamic intersection of queer- and Palestinian liberation, this film programme brings together stories that explore the shared fight against oppression. Each film delves into the complexities of identity, love, longing, and resistance.

EITR

Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller / Canada / 2022 / 14 min / English
A closeted Arab wholesale perfume seller, attempting to mask his identity with excessive amounts of Polo Sport adjacent cologne, is knocked off center when a charming customer sees through his act.

Gender Café

Jocelyne Saab / 2013 / 27 min / Arabic, French, Turkish
Six 4-minute short films each filmed in the countries of the Mediterranean, and dealing with expressions of gender, the body, sexuality and identity. Six interviews with artists or people talking about these thorny issues makes for a geographical impression, a suffering body, subject to violence, repression and inhibition.

Homecoming Queenz

Elias Wakeem / Palestine / 2019 / 11 min / Arabic
This is a live performance shot by smartphones and was taken at Ben Gurion International Airport while on the way back from abroad. Through the act the artist is collaborating with Oz Marinov and they try to pass through the border with unique clothing.

Le règne de Sultana

Hadi Moussally / USA / 2023 / 10 min / English, Arabic
Sultana of New York is a Palestinian drag queen, performer, and artist. Reflecting on her journey from Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon to New York. Sultana reflects on the challenges of performing as a drag queen in conservative societies, Egyptian film icons, asserting her existence and self-expression as a performer and artist, and the importance of loving herself.

Mondial 2010

Roy Dibs / Palestine / 2013 / 19 min/ Arabic
Lebanese artist Roy Dib presents an impossible love story between two men. His is a road movie that explores the institutional borders of the modern day Middle East