International Queer Film Festival “Merlinka" 2016 - Belgrade
The Festival aims at presenting films dealing with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, intersexual and queer issues. The official program will showcase short, documentary and feature films from all over the world. This year jury will present the best short film with Dorothy’s shoe award.
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- DirectorAnna MuylaertStarsNaomi NeroDaniel BotelhoDani NefussiAfter discovering the truth about being stolen by the woman he thought was his mother as a child, Pierre (AKA Felipe) must deal with the consequences of his mother's actions and must try to cope with his biological family.
- DirectorDavid KornfieldStarsAudacia RaySeven New York City based sex workers prepare to share their stories for one performance, live and on stage at Joe's Pub.
- DirectorHrvoje MabicStarsAna DragicevicAt the age of 16 Ana was locked up in a psychiatric hospital by her parents who arranged the treatment for curing her homosexuality with the hospital director. After five years she is free and longs for a girl who won't find her crazy because of her PTSD condition. She finds one in her new love Martina. They get engaged and plan their wedding. However, Martina's huge patience and devotion wanes with time as she finds Ana more obsessed with her traumatic past than with the life they're sharing together. 'Sick' is a film about love, betrayal, revenge, and forgiveness.
- DirectorOlivier DucastelJacques MartineauStarsMario FanfaniGeoffrey CouëtFrançois NambotTwo men meet in a sex club, become entangled in a passionate embrace, and spend the night getting to know each other. As they wander through the empty streets of Paris, they must confront the feelings that are growing between them.
- DirectorPaulo Cesar ToledoAbigail SpindelStarsCharles AngelsBruno BrunetRick CaledA group of Beyoncé's fans camped-out for two months to be the first in line for her 2013 concert in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This film is an intimate portrait of the these fans and their day-to-day lives in camp and off.
- DirectorPatric ChihaStarsStefanYonkoAsenSoft boys by day, kings by night. The film follows a group of young Bulgarian Roma who come to Vienna looking for freedom and a quick buck. They sell their bodies as if that's all they had. What comforts them, so far from home, is the feeling of being together. But the nights are long and unpredictable.
- DirectorMandie FletcherStarsJennifer SaundersJoanna LumleyJane HorrocksAfter attracting both media and police attention for accidentally knocking Kate Moss into the River Thames, Edina and Patsy hide out in the south of France.
- DirectorAntonio UfarteStarsRocío AlzuetaJuan VerdúEncarna HernandoAfter years away from home, Duna returns to his home village to get reunited with his ill father. Upon arrival, she will feel rejection and misunderstanding about her trans-sexuality. Will she reconcile with her past and father?
- DirectorHassène BélaïdStarsBouchta SaïdounMalik BenchihaSetif, in present-day, Ali, a young man from the lower class leads a dull, narrow and isolated life. One evening, he is forced to give his sister-in-law a ride home, yet Habiba's ways are in total contradiction with his own values.
- DirectorDiego Carvalho SáStarsDiego Carvalho SáGustavo SaulleIn this hybrid of documentary and fiction a director is documenting how people relate to nudity and their own body, meanwhile behind the scenes the director gets involved with one of the subjects.
- DirectorClara BastosStarsCleyton NascimentoMarcia PanteraLui SeixasDiva is a brazilian short film that discusses gender.
- DirectorValentina PediciniStarsPaola ReMatteo De VitaSamuel LanzillottiGio' is a 13 year-old girl living in the south of Italy, head of a boys' gang. She's secretely in love with young Paola, and she's ready to compete with male opponents to win her heart. In the last day of summer, innocence ends.
- DirectorPeter AhlénStarsNicolas WollesenMads HjulmandSofie Topp-DuusMørke Rum (Perpetual) is an unconventional love story that centers around a private booth at a seedy sex club. The young Sebastian explores his sexuality and seeking sex/love online. He meets the older Jacob, who takes him to a sex club. In the new and frightening surroundings Sebastian surrenders and in their subsequent meetings love sprouts, at least for Sebastian. Outside the darkness of intense togetherness, the reality penetrates. Jacob is full of lust and not love. So when Sebastian's hopes are disappointed and Jacob pulls away, Sebastian returns to the dark room to restore the lost with a stranger
- DirectorSarah BallStarsPolly LeePenny BalfourKevin IsolaA jilted window dresser uses her Valentine's day windows to send a strong message to her ex.
- DirectorNiels BourgonjeStarsDaniel CornelissenTobias NieropMark RamA young man agrees to support his ex lover during an HIV test. What starts out as an awkward reunion, soon becomes something more tender. Is there still hope for reconciliation?
- DirectorDimitris TouliasStarsDavid AstonAnthony CollierAlyson MarksAfter a lifetime together, time has stopped for an elderly couples they prepare to say goodbye.
- DirectorNathalie Álvarez MesénStarsJosef WaldfogelAugust SegerholmSimon ReithnerSeven-year old Filip admires his older brother Sebastian most of all. They fool around, watch movies and play football together. One evening Filip happens to see something unexpected between Sebastian and his best friend and Filip doesn't know how to handle it.
- DirectorKev CahillStarsDonncha CrowleyBrian FortuneLorna LarkinA pious Doctor is forced to deal with a family matter whilst hiding under the bed of a stranger.
- DirectorJan-Dirk BouwA football hooligan feels unconditional love for his club. However, being gay, he has to hide his identity in order to survive in this world that is so precious to him.
- DirectorDavid ValentStarsLuke FewsterRian HowlettJessica PatersonAn increasingly desolate teenage schoolboy creates a coded language using paint colour sample cards to express his secret desires and feelings for the object of his affection.
- DirectorPuppettStarsShelli BooneWhitney MixterBeth GrantSydney and Cameron are a happily engaged couple looking forward to their big day. There's one obstacle - Sydney is still married to Lisa, and as their home state won't recognize their marriage, a divorce is impossible.
- DirectorMartin DelaneyStarsEmerald O'HanrahanAmrita AchariaRez KemptonQueen's Mile is a heartwarming LGBT story of a young woman's courage in coping with depression, in her own unique way.
- DirectorEdgar KappKuba SzutkowskiStarsWart KampsJack WouterseLost in an industrial district, a delivery boy asks directions to a solitary welder. Things take a nasty turn when his van refuses to start. Condemned to each other they have to find a way to let the time pass.
- DirectorNatalia BougadellisStarsMarilena CavaziYannis KokiasmenosManos Protopapas'The owls' explores the brutal reality of a low-income Greek family in the time of the financial crisis. With two unemployed, passive parents, the oldest son of the family is now responsible of bringing food to the table.
- DirectorMatthew F. SmithStarsAngela LabawCheyanne WildSex. Love. Travel. Music. A story in the age of Snapchats and Tinder swipes. In the summer of 2015, two friends travel from Los Angeles to Berlin to launch their new musical project, Handsome Girl. In Berlin, anything can happen and usually does, but will their friendship survive?