You can watch six different selections of shorts as well as “These Peculiar Days”, “The Celluloid Closet”, “Club Splendida”, or “Transitioning” on today’s schedule. Check out our summary for today’s events on QueerFest below.
TALK: STORIES TRANSFORMED
January 24 Ocak, 19:00, SALT Galata
Following the screening of Kuir Belgeseller bölümünün dikkat çeken filmlerinden Paternal Rites, Nayuk (Nazlı Mayuk) and Hilal Esmer will talk about the transformative potential of the survivors’ stories.
TERF ARGUMENTS(?) CACOPHONY
January 24, 20.00, Institut français
Trans Exclusive Radical Feminism (TERF) has become concerning for both the global trans movement and the LGBTI+ movement in Turkey. Following the screening of Transitioning, QueerFest will answer the transphobic discourses through the perspectives of diverse subjects. Activists Beren Azizi and Vanessa Lee Nic will participate in the discussions’ origins and bust all the arguments of this transphobic alliance.
TALK: QUEER PERFORMERS SPEAK!
January 24 18.00, Institut français
The talk will take place after the screening of Queer Shorts from Turkey.
Bulut B.Sezer and Nihal Albayrak will talk about their experiences as queer actors on a heteronormative stage and the struggle that ensued.