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Chez Nous is a place where everything is possible. It is a refuge for people who the owner of a neighboring restaurant calls “weirdos”. The meager business is supported by a by a small but loyal clientele, who enjoy the pleasant atmosphere, the friendliness of the long-time owner Adje and the nightly drag shows. For the performer Bertie, the barmaid Babette, the lawyer Peter-Jan, and the regulars Gijs and Rachid, it’s more than just a pub – it’s their home. Unfortunately, the future of the pub is far from certain, as it is threatened with closure due to financial looms. A coming-out story, a family reunion and a David vs. Goliath battle on several fronts, health problems, marital disharmony and transience – all this awaits us. And if that’s not enough, there’s a young romance, a turf war and a clash of culture and class in more ways than one, a heist that alludes to “Mission: Impossible,” the Amsterdam CSD and a message of acceptance and understanding.

The film runs Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 8 p.m. at the Kinos im Andreasstadel – more info on the current rules for visiting the cinema and tickets here.

Queer Film Night may have sweetened the time in recent months when you couldn’t curl up in your theater seats. Today it enters its final round with the film “Beyto“.

Beyto is an awesome swimmer and cool dude. But when the young Swiss with Turkish roots falls in love with his attractive coach Mike, his ideal world is shaken up. To preserve tradition and honor, Beyto’s parents see only one way out: their son must marry a woman as soon as possible!

For more info and tickets or to stream, go to https://www.queerfilmnacht.de/.

Until Aug 1st, 2021, short film makers residing in Germany can apply to Queerscope for funding their project. A jury will select projects that are funded in the areas of script development, production and post-production.
More information at http://queerscope.de/kurzfilmfonds/ .

The Kinos im Andreasstadel usually show at least one queer film every month at the Queerfilmnacht (queer film night). Since the cinemas have to remain closed at the moment, the Queerfilmnacht moves from the movie theater to your screen at home online – with two films per month!

In January, MOFFIE by Oliver Hermanus, which had been shown in the QUEER-Streifen festival program in autumn 2020, will be available at the Queerfilmnacht. The film tells the story of the soldier Nicholas, who serves in the South African army in times of apartheid. The mood is harsh, and his homosexuality must remain secret because any form of weakness is not tolerated and brutally sanctioned. Despite these circumstances, he falls in love with a fellow soldier. If you missed the film at the festival, you can now catch up at home.
Not shown at the 2020 festival, but nevertheless worth seeing is SISTER MY SISTER by Nancy Meckler. In 1933, the sisters Christine and Lea work as servants for a very strict Madame. The mood is turning around as the sisters become more and more distracted from their work, culminating in a morbid climax …

More information at the Kinos im Andreasstadel and at Queerfilmnacht.de.

There is a special Christmas present from the film festivals this year: During the Christmas holidays, Queerscope will be showing the following films without charge:

24.12.20 12:00: Animation film program

25.12.20 12:00: LINGUA FRANCA

26.12.20 12:00: OUR DANCE OF REVOLUTION

The movies will be available for free for 24 hours after they start at 12:00.
Tickets for all movies and the streams are available at
https://stream.queerscope.de/.

The cinemas are closed, but you want to watch queer movies? From December 17th to 27th December 2020 you can stream a selection of films that the festivals cannot currently show in cinemas, and support the festivals in the crisis: https://queerstream.queerscope.de/

These are the winners of the 9th edition of the QUEER-STREIFEN festival:

Most popular feature film

The non-monetary Audience Award for the best feature film goes to:

UFERFRAUEN – LESBISCHES L(I)EBEN IN DER DDR
by Barbara Wallbraun, Germany 2019

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((UFERFRAUEN was recently awarded the 5th QueerScope Debut Film Award!)

Audience Awards at € 200 per short film programme:

GOD’S DAUGHTER DANCES
by Sungin Byun, South Korea 2020

With exactly the same audience rating:

TOUCHING AN ELEPHANT
by Lara Milena Brose, Germany 2019
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REVOLVO
by Francy Fabritz, Germany 2019

RUSHES – IN DEN BINSEN
by Clara Zoe My-Linh von Arnim, Austria 2019

QUEER-STREIFEN Jury Award (500 €):

The jury, consisting of Chrissy Grundl, Frances Hill and Ralph Kinkel, awards the main prize 2020 to:

REVOLVO
by Francy Fabritz, Germany 2019

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Honorable Mention

The jury gives an honorable mention to:

TOUCHING AN ELEPHANT
Lara Milena Brose, Germany 2019

Ritah fled to Germany to escape anti-lesbian violence and persecution in Uganda. But the authorities make her life difficult.

MALL
Jerry Hoffmann, Germany 2019

The introverted Didi is visitng a megastore with his male-dominated family. When the family wants to leave the store, the alarm goes off!

As Christopher Street Day cannot take place as planned this year, there will be several online promotions.
One of them will be from us: We will be showing some short films on our website from 29 June to 5 July 2020! Stay tuned for the link!

Check out the other actions on the CSD Regensburg website.

We screened the film SIDNEY & FRIENDS in 2018 at our festival. Now, the film producer writes:

The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration has chosen SIDNEY & FRIENDS to be the featured film in their Lockdown Film Club. This means that anyone, anywhere in the world, can watch the film for free (until May 27): https://www.iom.int/gmff/film-club