Special Events 2022

Inspired by Parliament-Funkadelic, Prince and Liberace, SADO OPERA hail from St. Petersburg, offering a mix of disco, Chicago house and electro-funk fused into a high-energy, live show experience. Based in Berlin since 2012, the queer collective has become one of the city’s most provocative and eccentric musical imports. The legendary US talk show host Conan O’Brien selected SADO OPERA as a musical symbol of Berlin and joined them onstage for his TV special about the German capital. Although the band has made its name as resident of Wilde Renate – one of Berlin’s most notorious nightclubs – SADO OPERA also play shows across Europe, passionately spreading their message of unrestrained, gender-fluid love, queer visibility and inclusivity. For them, serious political action and serious fun can and should co-exist. No surprise, then, that there’s been a whole lot of attention from various corners of the press, with interviews ranging from BBC Music to Gay Times and Pink News, exploring the band’s critical views on Russian chauvinism, repressed sexuality and beyond.

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In association with Scriptwriters Guild of Israel

7 finalists will compete for the 140,000 NIS grant for production of a short Israeli movie that will premiere at TLVfest 2023.

Duration 60 minutes. Hebrew without translation.
Free entry after registration through the ticket link.

Film Festival Strategy and Execution – Master Class with Jeffrey Winter of The Film Collaborative.

Film Festivals have always been an important part of the distribution strategy of independent film, but the dramatic decline of traditional theatrical release opportunities in recent years have made Festivals more important than ever. For MOST independent films, the global Festival circuit is now the single best opportunity to have your film seen in public and on the big screen. Jeffrey Winter, co ED of the Film Collaborative, presents a working seminar to help filmmakers re-envision the global film festival circuit as its own form of “hybrid theatrical release” — using the vast worldwide circuit as a way to promote sales, marketing, press, word-of-mouth, buzz, and, of course….generate revenue.

Jeffrey Winter has been co-executive director at The Film Collaborative since 2010, an LA-based 501c3 non-profit independent film distribution company with specialties in human rights, social justice, environmental issues, and LGBT cinema. During this period, Jeffrey has executed festival strategy and distribution for many hundreds of films, including such Sundance highlight titles as FRAMING AGNES, I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE, SIRENS, FREE CHOL SOO LEE, SON OF MONARCHS, WELCOME TO CHECHNYA, DISCLOSURE, TRY HARDER, ALWAYS IN SEASON, THE INVISIBLE WAR, MAYA ANGELOU AND STILL I RISE, APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR, TO BE TAKEI, HOOLIGAN SPARROW, CAMERAPERSON, RACING EXTINCTION, WERE HERE, PITSTOP, UNDERTOW, CODEPENDENT LESBIAN SPACE ALIEN SEEKS SAME, MOSQUITA Y MARI and many others.

Free entry after registration through the ticket link.

Cosimo Santoro, the owner of The Open Reel (Italy) – Sales Agency and Production Company.
Among the films they represent and that are showcased at TLVfest this year:   Israeli feature Like Me , Colombian Petit Mal (from Tribeca festival 2022) and 8 Years.

Duration: 60 minutes. English without translation.
Free entry after registration through the ticket link.