PROGRAM
3 JUN 2024, 18h30 | AUDITÓRIO ILÍDIO PINHO / * Exceptionally session on Monday
Querelle
by Reiner Werner Fassbinder
Germany, France, 1982, 108’
Querelle, the last film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, is an adaptation of the novel by Jean Genet that tells the story of the sailor Querelle, who disembarks in Brest. In this dreamlike and vibrant port, you become involved in a web of passions, crimes and betrayals, causing a whirlwind of emotions and conflicts among the local inhabitants.
11 JUN 2024, 18h30 | AUDITÓRIO ILÍDIO PINHO
Short Films Program (total duration 87 min)
Geography of the Body
by Willard Maas
United States, 1943, 7'
Exploring bodies and human intimacy through extreme close-ups, new surreal landscapes of these same bodies captured in minute detail emerge. Meanwhile, the poet George Barker recites a comic text in voiceover.
Scar Tissue
by Su Friedrich
United States, 1979, 7'
A visual reflection on the social behavior of the body, which studies the dynamics between men and women on the streets of New York. Ephemeral image fragments that reveal both Friedrich's view of these same bodies, as well as their expression in the urban prism.
Fireworks
by Kenneth Anger
United States, 1947, 14’
In a young man's dream, the night advances and takes us on a journey, confronting us with his anguish and repressed desires. A sadomasochistic fantasy of violent conflict between the protagonist and a group of burly sailors.
Dyketactics
by Barbara Hammer
United States, 1974, 4’
An exploration of lesbian identity, desire and aesthetics through images of naked women having fun in the countryside.
Christmas on Earth
by Barbara Rubin
United States, 1963, 29’
Performance film about genital worship. A study in the celebratory and erotic nature of free love.
Un Chant d' Amour
by Jean Genet
France, 1950, 26’
The unlikely communication between two isolated prisoners. Separated by thick walls, they establish an erotic and emotional relationship through a small hole in the wall of their cells. With the silent complicity of a guardian, they use simple objects to express their love and desire for each other.
25 JUN 2024, 18h30 | AUDITÓRIO ILÍDIO PINHO
Je, Tu, Il, Elle
by Chantal Akerman
Belgium, France, 1974, 86'
A young woman (played by Akerman herself at age 24), to overcome her previous relationship, rearranges furniture, writes and rewrites letters, dresses and undresses, and subsists on spoonfuls of sugar.
03 JUN 2024 - 25 JUN 2024, 18:30 | AUDITÓRIO ILÍDIO PINHO
Film Program A Lei do Desejo
A reflection on the manifestations of desire that transcend conventional and heteronormative paradigms. The core of the cycle lies in the deep exploration of gay imagery and as vehicles for expressing desire in its most authentic and subversive forms to traditional narratives. Program curated by Luísa Alegre, alumnus of Escola das Artes, Degree in Cinema.
PROGRAM
3 JUN 2024, 18h30 | AUDITÓRIO ILÍDIO PINHO / * Exceptionally session on Monday
Querelle
by Reiner Werner Fassbinder
Germany, France, 1982, 108’
Querelle, the last film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, is an adaptation of the novel by Jean Genet that tells the story of the sailor Querelle, who disembarks in Brest. In this dreamlike and vibrant port, you become involved in a web of passions, crimes and betrayals, causing a whirlwind of emotions and conflicts among the local inhabitants.
11 JUN 2024, 18h30 | AUDITÓRIO ILÍDIO PINHO
Short Films Program (total duration 87 min)
Geography of the Body
by Willard Maas
United States, 1943, 7'
Exploring bodies and human intimacy through extreme close-ups, new surreal landscapes of these same bodies captured in minute detail emerge. Meanwhile, the poet George Barker recites a comic text in voiceover.
Scar Tissue
by Su Friedrich
United States, 1979, 7'
A visual reflection on the social behavior of the body, which studies the dynamics between men and women on the streets of New York. Ephemeral image fragments that reveal both Friedrich's view of these same bodies, as well as their expression in the urban prism.
Fireworks
by Kenneth Anger
United States, 1947, 14’
In a young man's dream, the night advances and takes us on a journey, confronting us with his anguish and repressed desires. A sadomasochistic fantasy of violent conflict between the protagonist and a group of burly sailors.
Dyketactics
by Barbara Hammer
United States, 1974, 4’
An exploration of lesbian identity, desire and aesthetics through images of naked women having fun in the countryside.
Christmas on Earth
by Barbara Rubin
United States, 1963, 29’
Performance film about genital worship. A study in the celebratory and erotic nature of free love.
Un Chant d' Amour
by Jean Genet
France, 1950, 26’
The unlikely communication between two isolated prisoners. Separated by thick walls, they establish an erotic and emotional relationship through a small hole in the wall of their cells. With the silent complicity of a guardian, they use simple objects to express their love and desire for each other.
25 JUN 2024, 18h30 | AUDITÓRIO ILÍDIO PINHO
Je, Tu, Il, Elle
by Chantal Akerman
Belgium, France, 1974, 86'
A young woman (played by Akerman herself at age 24), to overcome her previous relationship, rearranges furniture, writes and rewrites letters, dresses and undresses, and subsists on spoonfuls of sugar.
