INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

PLEASURE AS A BATTLEFIELD

PAY WHAT YOU CAN
7€ - 9€

⌚︎  53min

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Through poignant narratives, we delve into the complex dynamics between the human body, the quest for control, and self-reclamation. Pleasure becomes a battleground, the body as well, where each individual struggles to rewrite their story and reaffirm their identity. In this ongoing struggle, pleasure emerges as a powerful weapon, offering protagonists a path to self-reclamation and reconstruction. Faced with societal pressures and norms that often shape body perception, diverse bodies exist and endure. This session explores the human capacity to find freedom and resilience through the pursuit of pleasure and the affirmation of individuality as a process of resistance.

I HAVE,I DON'T HAVE

Ming-Chueh Yeh / TW / 2023 / 2min / DCP / OV CN, EN ST FR

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🇧🇪  Belgian Premiere

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Proposes a new imagination for the human body and reflects the phenomenon of modern society. Nowadays, people have multiple roles and enjoy the right to choose the gender they prefer.

THE BOYS WHO SIT DOWN TO PEE

Bonaventure Tain / MY, SG / 2023 / 22min / DCP / OV EN, CN ST FR

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🇧🇪  Belgian Premiere

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Boys who step into toilet cubicles instead of standing at the urinals have a secret to hide.
It is more than physical or psychological, it’s a congenital condition.

‘The Boys Who Sit Down to Pee’ embarks on a deeply personal exploration of ‘hypospadias’ patients

LEVIDIS

Iris Glitzer, Officer Flower / DE, EL / 2023 / 11min / DCP / OV EL ST FR

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🇧🇪  Belgian Premiere

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A jewel of architecture, Villa Levidis hosted dozens of iconic film shootings from the 60s to the 80s in Athens. Following the fantasies of a daydreamer, queer lust meets the golden era of Greek mainstream cinema in a dialogue around gender roles and social norms.

SCARS

Luna E. Heine, Sreya Chatterjee, Lilian Liquid / DE / 2023 / 6min / DCP / NO DIAL 

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🇧🇪  Belgian Premiere

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Lilian‘s body tells the story of trauma and transformation. Wearing her superhero cape she wanders the rims of the city. Fragments of an intense encounter put a spotlight on her contradictory existence.

PUSSY LOVE

Linda Krauss / DE / 2023 / 4min / DCP / OV EN ST FR

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Cool Cat invites you! To join the world of Pussy Love. Enjoy a show of lust and laziness! Let’s have fun with tits and dicks. The claws are sharp, the soda is sparkling and the fur is getting wet. Romance is kitsch. But even the most jaded cat can still be lost for love.