SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
QUEER UTOPIAS: SHORT FILMS PROGRAM
Overview:
The films in this program combine the visual codes of science fiction, fantasy, imagination, poetic cinema, queer icons with representations of gender/queer and racial minorities to paint a critical portrait of our societies.
Accompanied by a special discussion with Valentin Noujaïm, moderated by Revue Saha
(in French only).
OUT OF THE BLUE
2019
France
by Tarek Lakhrissi
13 minutes
Synopsis :
Tarek Lakhrissi’s futuristic narrative Out of the Blue takes place at a radical moment in time, when a politically conservative era is suddenly coming to an end. Lakhrissi avoids traditional apocalyptic narratives to meditate instead on the nature of transition itself. In the final scene, the film’s central character delivers a thoughtful speech exploring ideas of freedom and liberty, self-determination and queer futurity.
VENUS RETROGRADE
by Valentin Noujaïm
6 minutes
2021
France
Synopsis :
Midnight sharp. Two radio journalissts host a dull cultural program. Lights are switched off. A gang of women invades the studio to broadcast a message: “One, two… One, two… This is a coup!”. Venus Retrograde explores an erotic, queer coup d’etat through a campy aesthetic and futuristic themes.
CŒUR BRILLANT
(BRIGHT HEART)
2019
France
by Tarek Lakhrissi
13 minutes
Synopsis :
A young man, Jahid, runs away in the night from a dangerous biker and takes refuge in a strangely quiet museum. There he meets unusual characters and faces extraordinary events. Throughout this initiatory journey, Jahid confronts the improbable and goes through the exploration of beauty, political awareness as well as the surrounding danger…
2021
France
LES FILLES DESTINÉES
(DAUGHTERS OF DESTINY)
by Valentin Noujaïm
28 minutes
Synopsis :
On the closing night of their favorite bar, Eden, Crystal and Ibtissame, experience strange events. Crystal mysteriously disappears, kidnapped by a purple star. Eden sets out to find the one she loves, only to discover that Crystal is trapped in a parallel and fantastic world..