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DOCUMENTS

When we talk to each other, we talk to ourselves. An exploration of queer lives and living; sometimes painful, sometimes joyful, always complicated and ALWAYS real. 

HORS-JEU
HANNAH CAUHÉPÉ | FRANCE | 2021 | 10 MIN | FRENCH S.-T.EN.

In Erdogan’s Turkey, being queer isn’t a crime (yet), but it can still make your life a living hell. Which is why some members of the community have decided to claim their right to exist, loud and proud, with a soccer ball.

ELLE
LILIANE MUTTI | FRANCE | 2021 | 8 MIN | FRENCH S.-T.EN.

A year after the murder of Marielle Franco, the militant feminist black LGBTQ+ activist and politician in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, her parents travel to Paris to inaugurate the garden in their daughter’s name.

ELEVEN WEEKS
ANNA KUPERBERG | USA | 2021 | 15 MIN | ENGLISH

Carla Jean Johnson accepts her fast and aggressive cancer diagnosis with clarity and grace while photographer Anna Kuperberg, her long time wife, documents their final days and weeks together.
With mesmerizing footage and intimate recordings of the couple’s final conversations, Eleven Weeks is a story more about love than death.

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GUILIEN SKORNY | FRANCE & CANADA | 2021 | 11 MIN | FRENCH S.-T.EN.

A filmmaker’s personal journey into discovering his grandfather’s story and its relationship to his present life and coming out.

A BRONX STORY
BELL SOTO | USA | 2020 | 20 MIN | ENGLISH

Two queer Dominican men living in Bronx, New York, navigate modern-day relationship’s trials and tribulations while trying to keep their love afloat.

PUTO PARAÍSO
ALEJANDRO SERRATOS | MEXICO | 2021 | 37 MIN | SPANISH S.-T.EN.

Guadalajara is a diverse city. Through six stories of the LGBT2SQ+ community, this compelling short documentary assembles a contemplation of diversity that celebrates inclusion.

VOIR Q+R

Q+R / PUTO PARAÍSO

Meet the filmmaker Alejandro Serratos, director of the short documentary PUTO PARAÍSO. A quick trip to his home and discovering the shooting spots of the films. An interesting and insightful talk about his work, the why, the how and more.