xposed film festival
THE XPOSED INTERNATIONAL QUEER FILM FESTIVAL


PROGRAM - for the 7th XPOSED International Queer Film Festival Berlin 2012




Click on the session times below for details on which films are screening!

June 21


9pm
in the EISZEIT KINO

Coming Together and Staying Together
German Queer Short Films!


fresh air therapy 2

FRISCHLUFT-THERAPIE 2 (FRESH AIR THERAPY 2)
Christoph Scheermann, Germany, 15' 2011

Kerstin & Petra – two women in the prime of their lives – return to couple’s therapy. But Their relationship is not the only problem. For a roleplay the therapist wants them to spend a night at a hotel. Soon they find out they are not alone in the hotel room.


prora

PRORA
Stephane Riethauser, Germany, 19', 2012

In this deserted former Nazi holiday camp and communist military complex, teenagers Jan and Matthieu embark on an adventure that confronts their identities and puts their friendship at risk.

wer ich glucklich bin

WER ICH GLUCKLICH BIN
Maria Pavlidou, Germany, 25', 2011

15-year-old Alicia is attracted to what she thinks is a boy but who is, if only biologically, a girl. She must get to grips with her emotional confusion and find out what‘s more important to her - the boy, or her group of friends who want to bully him.



cold star

COLD STAR
Kai Staenicke, Germany, 7', 2011

A boy experiences new desires while watching a man at an indoor swimming pool. Forced up the diving platform by a rowdy gang, he receives help from an unexpected source.


zucht und ordnung
ZUCHT UND ORDNUNG (LAW & ORDER)
Jan Soldat, Germany, 9', 2012

This is real German Education. Manfred and Juergen, both in the age of 70, kno that there’s always something to learn. A short film about the nature and normality of bodies and sexuality in ages.



ursus berlinensis

URSUS BERLINENSIS - DIE BÄREN VON BERLIN" (THE BEARS OF BERLIN)
Gerald Backhaus, Germany, 10', 2011

Ursus berlinensis - The Bears of Berlin" seems to be a documentary about animals but it isn't. The film shows from the point of view of an animal explorer how people live in three very different parts of Germany's capital Berlin: Marzahn, Wedding and Prenzlauer Berg.