A night with LGBT Film Festival

We start at 7pm with extraordinary documentary Esther Newton Made Me Gay. We'll continue with another documentary, Queer Japan, a kaleidoscope of the Japanese LGBTIQ+ scene, and finish late into the night with a queer classic, Shortbus.

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Esther Newton Made Me Gay
USA, 2022, 90’, slo. sub. 
Directed and written by: Jean Carlomusto
Cast: Esther Newton, Holly Hughes, Amber Holibaugh, Shaka McGlotten, Tom »Panzi« Hansen, Jack Halberstam, Martin Manalansan, Gayle Rubin
Production: A Cresting Moon Production

A feature documentary about a pathbreaking cultural anthropologist, dog agility enthusiast, and iconic butch lesbian. Throughout her career, Esther was a pioneer – questioning and challenging status quo assumptions on gender, sexuality, and anthropological methods. Her work inspired generations of scholars to pursue research in what would eventually become the field of LGBTQ & Gender Studies.

Queer Japan
USA/Japan, 2019, 100’, eng. sub., slo. sub.
Written by: Graham Kolbeins, Anne Ishii,
Directed by: Graham Kolbeins
Cast: Vivienne Sato, Gengoroh Tagame, Atsushi Matsuda, Nogi Sumiko, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Akira the Hustler, Tomato Hatakeno, Saeborg
Production: HIROMEDIA8

Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to shine in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ+ culture in contemporary Japan. From glossy pride parades to playfully perverse underground parties, Queer Japan pictures people living brazenly unconventional lives in the sunlight, the shadows, and everywhere in between.

Shortbus
USA, 2006, 102’, slo. sub.
Directed and written by: John Cameron Mitchell
Cast: Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, PJ DeBoy, Raphael Barker, Peter Stickles, Jay Brannan
Production: Howard Gertler, John Cameron Mitchell, Tim Perell

Shortbus follows various New York City characters as they navigate the comic/tragic intersections between sex and love in and around a modern-day polysexual underground salon called Shortbus. Sofia is a sex therapist who has never had an orgasm. She’s been faking for years with her husband Rob. She meets Severin, a female dominatrix who tries to help her. Sofia’s clients include James and Jamie, who are starting to open up their relationship sexually. James suggests a three-way relationship with Ceth ; Jamie is reluctant. James seems to have a hidden agenda. His plans are witnessed by a stalker named Caleb. All the characters converge on Shortbus, a mad nexus of art, music, politics and sex.
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This event is produced in collaboration with the LGBT Film Festival.
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The event is part of the cultural programme marking the 40th anniversary of the LGBT+ community movement in Slovenia and takes place alongside the exhibition The Presence of Community at Škuc Gallery.

More information about the exhibition and the programme can be found at the links below.
Community Presence exhibition: https://www.galerijaskuc.si
Programme of the 40th anniversary of the LGBT+ community movement: https://40lgbt.si/