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Mysterious Skin

20th anniversary of the film “Mysterious Skin”

Opening movie of the 1st ever TLVFest, way back in 2006.
“Mysterious Skin” is a heart breaking cinematic art creation directed by Gregg Araki (“Totally F***ed Up”), and is celebrating 20 years to its debut screening at the Venice Film Festival.

“Mysterious Skin” is based on Scott Heim’s book and describes the meeting of two young men in a small town in Kansas. Neil is a hustler and Brian is obsessed with alien abductions. As the paths of the two collide and a shared truth from their past will resurface.
This is a stunning cinematic piece that through its colourful pop beauty describes a horrible and painful reality. This is one of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s best performances.

Marble Ass

The groundbreaking creation of director Želimir Žilnik will celebrate its 30th anniversary this coming February and this is a rare opportunity to discover it.

With the war in Bosnia and political upheavals in the background, Merlin and Sanela, two trans friends and sex workers, share a house in the suburbs of Belgrad. Johnny returns from the war with PTSD, questionable friends & a tendency for petty crime. Will those three manage to establish a stable household?

Unusual by its humanistic approach to queer characters, an achievement that wasn’t repeated in the Eastern-European cinema for many years to come, this movie was at first conceived as a documentary. In the main role of Merlin, loosely based on her own life, shines Merlinka (Vjeran) Miladinović. After her tragic death in 2003, Serbian LGBT Film Festival was named in her honour – Merlinka.

Viewing is 18+ due to sexual content and violence.

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Two more Serbian LGBT movies are screened at the festival.

Sing Sing

A year ago the American actor Colman Domingo became the 2nd out LGBTQ actor to be nominated for best actor at the Academy Awards for his portrayal of a gay man in the film “Rustin”, where he played the gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. This year he comes back with a new film “Sing Sing” and his chances for a second nomination look very good.
This film is also based on true events. Director Greg Kwedar’ film follows a theater rehabilitation program for prisoners in the infamous Sing Sing jail.
Every six months a group of inmates gets together to decide on the play they will perform next. The undisputed leader of the group is an educated man with a passion for literature named Divine G (Colman Domingo). Divine G’s leadership wavers when he recruits a new and outspoken member, Divine Eye (Clarence Maclin as himself), and the whole group dynamic changes.
“Sing Sing” is a powerful cinematic piece that brings us the magic of backstage theater behind bars. It is a film about pain, joy and escapism that theater brings to the group. Almost all the actors in the film are real former convicts who participated in the theatre rehabilitation program and the characters in the film are based on their experiences.

This film has rare and powerful sensitivity and a once in a lifetime performance by one of the most impressive actors of our time, Colman Domingo.

Young Hearts

In the middle of the school year, 13 year old Elias meets his new neighbor, 14 year old Alexander, a confident boy from Brussels. The two boys enjoy their time together, and as their relationship deepens – Elias develops new feelings. He realizes he is falling in love for the first time. The fear of how his family and the people around him will react makes him keep his feelings to himself and he sinks deeper and deeper into a web of lies that threatens to destroy the beautiful connection between him and his new friend.
Anthony Schatteman’s debut film was one of more pleasant surprises at the latest Berlinale. The Belgian director won praises for his sensitive and intelligent film and is marked as one of the promising voices in contemporary European cinema.

All Shall Be Well

Angie and Pat have been together for over four decades, but after Pat’s unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the mercy of Pat’s family as she struggles to retain her dignity and the home that both had shared, due to the unfairness of the Hong Kong laws that discriminate against the LGBTQ community.

“All Shall be Well” is the 4th film by queer director Ray Yeung, who previously won a commendation here at the 2020 TLVFest for his amazing film “Suk Suk”. Now he returns with a delicate and moving drama that has already won the Teddy Award at 2024 Berlinale and is being screened at film festivals all over the world.