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All Films and Events 2024

National Anthem

21yo Dylan is a day laborer and a farm hand who works hard to support his family and be a father figure to his younger brother. Dylan is trying to keep on an appearance of stability but there’s something missing in his life. When he gets a temporary job on a communal queer ranch he feels that for the first time he belongs. He finds friends and falls in love. Sky (trans actress Eve Lindley) is a rodeo performer and the partner of the macho ranch owner Pepe. The two are happy to share their bodies with Dylan, but maybe it won’t be enough.
Charlie Plummer shines as the lead with a very natural, quiet and confident performance. Cinematographer Katelin Arizmendi re-imagines the coming-of-age movie against the stunning backdrop of New Mexico. Director Luke Gilford’s debut film is a hallelujah song to the ultimate queer American dream showcasing the real-life International Gay Rodeo Association.

Gondola

In the mountains of west Georgia, a rural community relies on a pair of cable cars that connect two sides of a steep valley. Iva returns to her home village following the death of a relative and takes up a job operating one of the cable car gondolas. She forms a long distance friendship with Nina, the operator of the other gondola. In time, those aerial meetings turn to naughty flirting between the two young women and then deepen into love.
This strange romance is wordless, but has a very unique and original cinematic vision from writer/director Veit Helmer. It is a delightful piece, very visually pleasing, full of fun and charming cinematic ideas. 82 minutes with no dialogue but with a lot of love for the art of cinema as well as its two wonderful heroines. In “Gondola” love truly floats between heaven and earth, and it is simply a film of pure fun.

Additional screening: Haifa Cinematheque, 8.11, 18:00

In association with the Embassy of Germany

“Mascarpone: The Rainbow Cake” & show by Tom Schneid

8.11 – Before the screening: Musical performance by Tom Schneid

Italian director Alessandro Guida returns with “Mascarpone: The Rainbow Cake”– a sequel that doesn’t fall short from its predecessor.
Antonio and Luca reunite for the first time after three years since the death of their good friend Denis. Luca had to close his bakery, and now works as youth counsellor, with his partner Tancredi, at an LGBTQ youth shelter. Antonio focused on his job and meaningless flings, and is now a celebrity chef. The meeting reignites their special relationship and Antonio realizes, for the first time, what a mistake he’s made leaving Luca behind.
“Mascarpone: The Rainbow Cake” manages to surprise and be a mature film about how to free oneself from the shackles that tie us to the past, so that we can look forwards to the future. The cast is wonderful, the plot is moving and of course there are a few delicious baked treats.

It is not vital to watch the first film in order to enjoy the sequel.

 

Foto credit: 9ron9
Foto credit: 9ron9

Tom Schneid IG

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פאנל “המצב של הקולנוענים הלהט”בים בישראל”

פאנל על המצב של הקולנוענים הלהט”בים הישראלים – גם בארץ וגם בעולם.
בהשתתפות: טל גרניט, ניצן גלעדי, מיכאל (מיש) רוזנוב ודניאל אגמון
בהנחיית יאיר הוכנר, מנהל ומייסד הפסטיבל

איך מתמודדים עם ממשלה וכנסת להט”בופובים, החרם התרבותי הבינלאומי והעולם האנטישמי, והאם הקולנוענים בישראל פוחדים להתמודד עם ההשלכות של המלחמה בעזה.

כניסה חינם בהרשמה מראש בטופס (כאן)

אולם 6 – חלל הלאונג’ בקומת הכניסה

“מדברות קולנוע” – מיכל ויניק ולי גילת בשיחה עם גילי פורת

אנחנו שמחים לארח בפסטיבל שתיים מבמאיות הקולנוע המובילות בישראל:
מיכל ויניק – סרטי הקולנוע זוכי הפרסים “ברש”, “ולריה מתחתנת” וגם הסדרה “מי נתן לך רישיון” (יחד עם דניאלה דורון וטליה לביא).)
לי גילת – במאית הסרט זוכה פרסי האופיר “בנות כמונו”, תסריטאית ובמאית של הסרט “הקפות”. תסריטאית בסדרות “טהרן”, “מנייאכ” ועוד.

כניסה חינם בהרשמה מראש בטופס (כאן)

Amos Guttman – Painting studies – An exhibition

Amos Guttman (1954-1993) was a filmmaker and a screenwriter, one of the more important auteurs of the Israeli cinema’s young New Wave. His films, such as “Drifting”, “Himmo, King of Jerusalem” and “Amazing Grace” presented the viewers with a new artistic vision, both visual and conceptual. Guttman mostly dealt with topics such as homosexual life, loneliness, alienation and the AIDS pandemic – which he himself succumbed to at the age of 38.

We are proud to present a selection of sketches and works from Guttman’s estate which were donated to the Tel Aviv Cinematheque by his family. The works present a surprising and almost unknown aspect of Guttman the artist – graphic abilities that correspond with his aesthetic approach as it is shown in his cinematic persons of influence. We can also see the private side of Amos Guttman through the birthday card illustration he made for his beloved niece, Maureen.

The works shown are from the Amos Guttman’s collection, the archive of Tel Aviv Cinematheque Library of Cinema.

This exhibition is part of Amos Guttman Retrospective

Fragments of a Life Loved

For over thirty years, both in Rome and in Paris, Chloé Barreau filmed her relationships. When she’d enter a relationship she made sure to shape her memory with videos, stills and writing. But how do her exes remember her and their experience from the relationship with her? How close is their version to Chloé’s version?
“Fragments of a Life Loved” builds up a mosaic of a woman’s life, the film’s creator, based on interviews with those who loved her. Intimate memories and private materials are woven together to expose the universal sides of relationships and the way we experience love stories through the years’ perspective.

Haze

New film by the director Matthew Fifer. Like in his debut “Cicada”, Fifer gives us a complex, dark and sexy profile of a man in search for answers to his troubled past.
This time round Fifer doesn’t act, but leaves the stage to Cole Doman (“Mutt”) who plays Joe, an investigating journalist, who returns to his hometown after rehab.
Joe is struggling to find a steady job, and focuses on the big story that will put his career back on track: The mysterious death of eight gay men in the psychiatric hospital that now stands abandoned in his hometown.
At the same time Joe begins a new and thrilling affair with Luke (Brian J Smith, “Sense8”). But who is the new stranger that arrived in town at the same time as Joe? Does the death of Joe’s sister when they were kids have anything to do with the deaths of the men in the psychiatric hospital?

Viewing is 18+ due to explicit sexual content and violence.

M

Menachem Lang left the orthodox Jewish world years ago. As a child, he was a dedicated Yeshiva boy, applauded for his melodic voice and promising cantorial skills. But behind the scenes, a dark secret lurked: for years, he had been sexually abused by rabbis and other adults in the community. Now, 35-year-old Menachem returns to the scene of the crime, where random encounters reveal similar stories from the past and present, and, together with his own personal account, shed light upon a repressed and particularly disturbing phenomenon.
Esteemed French director Yolande Zauberman’s documentary, filmed entirely at night, won many awards and was screened at dozens of festivals to outstanding critical acclaim.

Scene from “M” 

Two more movies by Yolande Zauberman are screened at the festival.

Trick

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the film “Trick” with a 35mm screening!

Miss New York in the ‘90? Enjoy rom-coms about a slick flirt who meets an innocent guy? Then “Trick”, one of the oldest commercial gay rom-coms ever, is just for you.
Gabriel works in an office by day but dreams of being a Broadway composer by night. A chance meeting with Mark, a go-go dancer in a gay bar, will change the night’s plans for them both. As they head back to Gabriel’s place to hook-up, Katherine, Gabriel’s roommate and an aspiring actress, foils their plans. The couple embarks on a nightly odyssey to find a place to be alone and along the way meet plenty of colorful New York characters and learn a thing or two about themselves.
The role of Katherine is played by Tori Spelling, then at the height of her success. Another unforgettable performance is by legendary New York drag queen Miss Coco Peru.

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