The QUEER-Streifen will show a program with the winning films of 2024 and other favorites of the screening team at the Kurzfilmwoche (Short Film Week). The winner of the jury prize Daniel Gat will present his film SEE YOU ’ROUND THE BLOCK in person and answer your questions. So have fun with the short film highlights!
March 24
8:00 PM
W1 – Theatersaal
More information: https://www.kurzfilmwoche.de/programm/queer-streifen
For the 14th QUEER-Streifen Regensburg the time frame is now set:
We are glad to be able to welcome you in the cinema in autumn.
From now on to June 30, films can be submitted for the festival via FilmFreeway.
These are the winners of the 13th edition of the QUEER-STREIFEN festival Regensburg:
The non-monetary Audience Award for the best feature film goes to:
WHAT A FEELING
Austria 2024 | 110 min |Directed by: Kat Rohrer
Craftswoman Fa (Proschat Madani) takes care of more than just the kitchen installations for her customers. She is an part of the furniture in a lesbian bar. Marie Theres (Caroline Peters) leads a completely different life. Her wedding day, which doesn’t go as expected, throws the well-to-do doctor completely off track. When Marie Theres is then almost run over by the self-confident Fa, she has had enough. Marie Theres is also full when she is brought home by Fa after a long night. She remembers nothing – did they or didn’t they? And how does this fit into a life that plays on all the clichés of a wealthy hetero family? Her life plan becomes increasingly unstable and conversations with friends and her daughter confront Marie Theres with completely new questions.
Audience Awards at € 250 per short film programme:
STONE
United Kingdom 2023 | 13:00 min | Directed by: Jake Graf und Hannah Graf
Tess searches for answers after her deceased father turns out to be a trans woman. The revelation forces her to confront the reality of her childhood, which her mother concealed.
Queen Size
France 2023 | 19:52 min | Directed by: Avril Besson
Marina actually just wants to sell her mattress to Charlie before she moves back in with her parents. But the encounter between the two women throws her relocation plans into disarray.
Chavo
Sweden 2022 |15:00 min | Directed by: Alecio Araci
A young Roma man who has been rejected by his family finds shelter for one night with an elderly food stall owner. He wants to make amends – and makes an unforeseen discovery in the process.
QUEER-STREIFEN-Kurzfilmpreis der Jury (750 €):
The jury, consisting of Andreas Hammer, Elisabeth Kratzer und Emily Meinke, awards the main prize 2024 to
See You ’Round the Block
Israel 2023 | 15:00 min | Directed by: Daniel Gat
Statement of the jury:
This year’s queer short film programme was dominated by international productions, 19 films from 13 countries, 2 of them from Germany, with an equally wide range of themes and aesthetics. There was a lot of drama to be seen, occasionally also a little cheerfulness and humour, strong cinematic approaches, black and white, one-shots and historical films.
Eventually, we had to decide between two films that were particularly appealing to us. In the end, we chose a film that shows an early morning encounter between two people who must have loved each other very much at one time and yet somehow parted ways. The film shows in an impressive way how complex relationships are, how much we love each other and yet how we hurt each other emotionally again and again. With two leading actors who never leave us cold for a second. In this 15-minute one-shot, the director lets us look deep into the souls of the protagonists as an invisible companion. In strong dialogues, he shows us a relationship and conflict dynamic that alternates between reunion, affection and razor-sharp malice.
We would therefore like to award this year’s QUEER Film Jury Prize for this wonderful and stirring Walk of Shame to director Daniel Gat and his team from Israel with their film „See You ‘Round the Block“.
Congratulations!
The 13th QUEER-Streifen Regensburg will take place from
in the Kinos im Andreasstadel.
The programme is now set!
We are looking forward to seeing you!
On Wednesday, June 26th at 7:00 PM the QUEER-Streifen will show on the occasion of the Pride Month once again the movie GROSSE FREIHEIT (Great Freedom) by Sebastian Meise which won the Audience Award Best Feature Film in 2021.
Große Freiheit recalls the memory of the oppression of homosexuals in Germany through § 175 StGB. For 120 years, this paragraph criminalized sex between men. Franz Rogowski plays the homosexual Hans, who is regularly criminalized because of his sexual orientation. His cellmate Viktor (played by Berlinale winner Georg Friedrich) is his only constant companion. The inhumane treatment in prison and the daily harassment to which he is subjected are almost physically palpable for the audience.
Große Freiheit reveals itself as a decades-spanning epic of a longing for love – which was rightly awarded this year’s Special Jury Prize in Cannes. A film that impresses both through its narrative and the magnificent acting.
The admission is free.
QUEER-Streifen Regensburg and the Kinos im Andreasstadel are pleased to present the preview of the film ALL OF US STRANGERS (OmU) on February 5, 2024 at 19:30.
Adam finds solace with his neighbor Harry and embarks on a disturbing journey into the past when he reunites with his deceased parents. Is he losing touch with reality?
For the 13th QUEER-Streifen Regensburg the time frame is now set:
We are glad to be able to welcome you in the cinema in autumn.
From now on to June 30, films can be submitted for the festival via FilmFreeway.
These are the winners of the 12th edition of the QUEER-STREIFEN festival Regensburg:
The non-monetary Audience Award for the best feature film goes to:
LEVANTE (Power Alley)
by Lillah Halla, Brazil, Uruguay, France, 2023
Sofia is about to join a professional volleyball team when she finds out about her unwanted pregnancy. Her career dream seems to be shattered, because in her home country of Brazil, abortion is a punishable offense. This presents the 17-year-old with almost impossible hurdles. But the uncompromising solidarity of her team – all part of the LGBTQ+ community – and Sofia’s father give her courage again and again to stand up to the fundamentalist legislation.
Powerful, queer and encouraging, Lillah Halla’s first feature-length film is a social critique, a father-daughter story as well as a sensitive love story and was screened at Cannes 2023. Hate and violence ultimately lead themselves ad absurdum in Power Alley and cannot stop the victory of the struggling women. So “Levante!”, cheer up!
Audience Awards at € 250 per short film programme:
ANGELIQUE
Elisabeth Kratzer, Germany, 2021
With her transition, Angelique entered unknown territory in the Bavarian province in the 1960s – but with chutzpah, joie de vivre and determination, she was well equipped for this journey to herself.
LA VIE AU CANADA (Life in Canada)
Frédéric Rosset, Kanada, 2022
Together with her partner Justine and their daughter, Sarah wants to move to Canada. At Sarah’s parents’ 60th birthday party, Justine can’t be there because she has to organize the move – at least that’s what Sarah tells her family.
NACKTE MÄNNER IM WALD (Naked Men in the Woods)
Paul Ploberger, Österreich, 2022
The woods as the home of marginalized desire is just one of the venues in this story of truth and its avoidance strategies, told with a proper tongue-in-cheek.
QUEER-STREIFEN Jury Award (750 €):
The jury, consisting of Katja Briesemeister, Katharina Kellner, and Stefan Langthaler, awards the main prize 2023 to:
ANGELIQUE
Elisabeth Kratzer, Germany, 2021
Statement of the jury:
We saw many strong contributions in the short film programme – films that enriched us, touched us and made us laugh. Despite the high quality of the short film submissions, we did not have to discuss our favourite for long. The choice fell quickly and very clearly on a film that overwhelmed us in a positive sense.
The director of this film relies entirely on her strong protagonist, whom she stages cleverly and with a sensitive eye. Accompanied by calm, unagitated images, her story can unfold its full power. In a wonderful way, the film builds a bridge between the past and the present: it tells of the past and encourages people of today.
The film tells an extraordinary life story – that of a woman who made an unheard-of decision in a small Bavarian town in the 1960s: To be completely herself. With great self-confidence and an incredible amount of courage, she defied many difficulties, hostility and danger. We watch and listen to her spellbound and let ourselves be deeply touched – the merit of an impressive personality, but also of documentary storytelling at the highest level.
The QUEER-Streifen Jury Award 2023 goes to the film “Angelique” by director Elisabeth Kratzer.
Congratulations!
The 12th QUEER-Streifen Regensburg will take place from
in the Kinos im Andreasstadel.
The programme is now set!
Attention:
The film Stranizza D’Amuri on Saturday, October 21 at 20:30 will be shown with English subtitles.
On Wednesday, October 25 at 18:00, we will show Levante instead of Two as we had to flip the screenings.
We are looking forward to seeing you!
For the 12th QUEER-Streifen Regensburg the time frame is now set:
We are glad to be able to welcome you in the cinema in autumn.
From now on to June 30, films can be submitted for the festival via FilmFreeway.
