BFFW x Xposed - Short films: Girls <3 Girls

The The Xposed International Queer Film Festival has invited us to put together a program for The 12th Xposed International Queer Film Festival Berlin and we are very excited to present this short film program that we put together especially for XPOSED of new and old films from the last few festivals and one Berlin premiere. The program is dedicated to women who love women and consists of 5 films touching on relationships, coming out moments, sexuality and family relations.

Join us at Moviemento on May 12th @ 4 PM for the short film program:

GIRLS <3 GIRLS

Despite women slowly gaining more screen time on TV and in cinemas, the representation of queer women and lesbians in films is often lacking or reduced to one-sided stereotypes. But the real life experiences are nothing but one-sided. This selection of short films curated by the Berlin Feminist Film Week is a celebration of girls* who love girls* and explores the plethora of elements of loving women: the coming out, the search for identity, the first kiss, the romance, the hardship, the stigma and the sex.

FILMS:

Plethoria / Annique Delphine / 2016 / DE / 3 min

PLETHORA is about female sexuality and it’s subordination in a world ruled by patriarchy.

Raniya / Sidsel Møller Johnsen / 2017 / DK / 27 min

Raniya, a Danish young adult with Middle Eastern roots, explores her sexuality through secretly flirting with the peer, Julie. In the midst of this, Raniya's heartbroken, nosey and needy sister, enters her personal space and poses a threat to the blossoming and fragile relationship.

Where are we now / Lucie Rachel / 2016 / UK / 7 min

Where We Are Now is a personal documentary about the changing relationship between a daughter and her trans parent, who recently made the decision to transition.

One Last Night / Kerem Blumberg / 2016 / IL / 22 min

It’s the last night of Noa and Orr together in Tel Aviv, before Orr leaves to Berlin. Outside the punk gig, the police arrive. Orr jumps to the help of a friend and both she and Noa get arrested. In the police station Noa will have to make a final decision about their relationship.

Two Girls Aagainst the Rain / Sopheak Sao / 2012 / KH / 11 min

A captivatingly courageous and touching film about a lesbian couple in Cambodia. The two women have known and loved each other since the time of the Khmer Rouge. The deep bond existing between them and their strength have helped them overcome all different kinds of resistance, including that of their families.