DYKES, CAMERA, ACTION! (OV)

No More “I Love You’s”

This year, we grew into our 14th edition with 16 feature films and 8 short film programs. We’re proud to expand, not for the sake of expansion but to reflect the varieties of queer stories, communities and characters that are out there. The classic love story is entirely absent in this program, but love is not.

XPOSED has always been about more than the representation of LGBTQI on screen. We love a queer cinema that allows for wildness, for failure, for withdrawal. A queer cinema that refuses the logics of assimilation. Our characters are outcasts, living on the fringes of society. Our directors question the state of the world through the art of montage. Hetero/cis-normativity is observed in everyday life and queered in the archive. Norms take their toll on all of us. Family is central to this, and here, our films open up complexities. Children struggle, but so do their parents, caught in precarious and repressive circumstances. And then, when the subconscious collides with fantasy, new worlds emerge.

With a strong visual language, experimental filmmaking unfolds the loss, love and craziness of our times. Barbara Hammer (1939-2019), whose life and work we celebrate in our program, had mastered this skill beautifully. We love her, and all the other filmmakers that unveil their hearts and minds.

Zum Film:
A delightful dive into lesbian cinema, DYKES, CAMERA, ACTION! has travelled the world of queer film festivals – and rightfully so! Lesbians didn’t always get to see themselves on screen. But between Stonewall, the feminist movement, and the experimental cinema of the 1970s, they transformed the social imagination about queerness. This documentary covers the history of queer cinema from the early days as a marginalized sub-culture till today.

The film examines the ways that women directors have contributed to this genre and emphasizes the role that the media plays in representation of sexuality and gender, underscoring the power that film has to shape our perceptions of one another. Filmmakers Barbara Hammer, Su Friedrich, Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, Yoruba Richen, Desiree Akhavan, Vicky Du, film critic B. Ruby Rich, Jenni Olson, and others share moving and often hilarious stories from their lives and discuss how they’ve expressed queer identity through film.

DYKES, CAMERA, ACTION! highlights some of our most beloved filmmakers – including Barbara Hammer, whose life and work we celebrate throughout our entire XPOSED program this year. The film is an inspiring call to explore again and again the films by lesbians past and present – and to continue writing the herstory of lesbian and queer cinema. Join our panel on this topic on Saturday, May 11th!

Regie;
Caroline Berler 2018 USA

Supporting film
SHE IS JUICED: SLICE TWO – OPE LORI
Lois Norman 2017 GB 13′

Tickets:
9,00 € | erm. 8,00 €

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www.xposedfilmfestival.com