16 Oct 2023, 12.00 AM
QUEER FILM MARATHON TIRANA (QFMT), under artistic direction of Arber Kodra, will be held on 16 to 27 October. We are very pleased to participate this year with two Swedish films, Prejudice & Pride and Living Loving, in the presence of Swedish film experts, Oscar Eriksson from Cinema Queer and Mette Aakerholm, the director for the film Living Loving.
Films will be shown at Kinema Millennium, Tirana.
Prejudice & Pride
Original title: Fördom & stolthet - en queer filmhistoria • Target age group: 15 years or older •
A rainbow-coloured roller coaster ride through a stunning collection of films. From Mauritz Stiller’s filming of the world’s first gay romance in 1916 to Sweden’s exciting new wave of Scandinavian transgender films along with all the highs and lows of the centurylong struggle for queer liberation.
Director: Eva Beling. Screenplay: Eva Beling.
With: Documentary. Production: Eva Beling for Beling Films AB 2022. Colour, 100 min.
Living Loving
Original title: Leva. Älska. Documentary, Production: 2018, 1h 28m.
In 2013, the world's first senior residence for HBTQ people opened in Stockholm. Agneta, Ingbritt and Thomas move in. They have all had dreams and desires in a time of oppression and constraint. When they begin their lives in the senior residence, new perspectives are gained in their worldview and within themselves.
Director: Mette Aakerholm Gardell
