queer loox starts in the new season with two feel good movies on October 6. Our main movie refers to same-sex partnerships, LGBT families and adoption. Our supporting film in contrast is an ode to the female self.
Any day now, US, 2012, Dir.: Travis Fine, 97′ (English original, French subtitles)
In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he’s never had. But once this living arrangement is disco¬vered by authori-ties, the men must fight a biased legal system to adopt the child.
Inspired by a true story, the film touches on legal and social issues that are as relevant as they were 40 years ago. Even if same-sex marriage and adoption is possible in Luxembourg since 1st January 2015 (hurray!), we easily remember the huge manifestations of “La manif pour tous” in France and the discussions about the „Akzeptanz sexueller Vielfalt“ in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Supporting film : Little Vulvah and her clitoral awareness, CA 2014, Director, animator & storyteller Sara Koppel, 4’30 A little girl wakes up as from a dream, aroused by the birds of pleasure that dresses her up in her “curious” dress. She sets out to explore nature, and feels the seasons’ shivering changes. She gets absorbed in strange rooms of delight while developing into a young woman. With Little Vulvah Sara wanted to create a film about exploring sexuality from a female point of view, inspired by talks with Giovanna Balestra, a.k.a. Vulvah Van Klitt of the sex-positive Berlin scene. Sara combined an experimental artistic approach with a more concrete but highly symbolic storyline, a reference and tribute to the old Silly Symphonies : The film is a children’s tale for grown-ups.
Supporting film : Little Vulvah and her clitoral awareness, CA 2014, Director, animator & storyteller Sara Koppel, 4’30 A little girl wakes up as from a dream, aroused by the birds of pleasure that dresses her up in her “curious” dress. She sets out to explore nature, and feels the seasons’ shivering changes. She gets absorbed in strange rooms of delight while developing into a young woman. With Little Vulvah Sara wanted to create a film about exploring sexuality from a female point of view, inspired by talks with Giovanna Balestra, a.k.a. Vulvah Van Klitt of the sex-positive Berlin scene. Sara combined an experimental artistic approach with a more concrete but highly symbolic storyline, a reference and tribute to the old Silly Symphonies : The film is a children’s tale for grown-ups.