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Slieker Film
Wilhelminaplein 92
8911 BS, Leeuwarden
Date & Time
Friday 15th December, 19:00
As part of Gender matters: stories from Istanbul, two films were screened in Slieker.
On Friday 15th December at 7 p.m. Slieker screened two films by two Turkish filmmakers as part of Gender Matters. The screenings were introduced by project leaders Kees van der Meiden (Noorderlicht) & Claudia Woolgar (Brave New World Producties) and directors Gizem Aksu and Can Candan, and curator Gülen Guler (Yalan Dünya Films) were also present for the discussion.
Programme:
Brief introduction by Claudia Woolgar & Kees van der Meiden (project leaders)
Film screening ‘9/8Fight41’
Screening of film ‘My child’
Q&A with directors: Can Candan & Gizem Aksu with curator Gülen Güler
Gizem Aksu > 9/8Fight41
This short documentary dance film is based on Gizem Aksu’s interest in the Sinti-Roma boxing legend of Germany, Johann Rukeli Trollmann (1907-1944).
Rukeli Trollmann was exposed to many forms of discrimination by the Nazi regime because of his “boxing by dancing as a gypsy” and was murdered in the Wittenberge concentration camp. Inspired by Rukeli Trollmann’s fight, the film traces the artist’s experience of immigration to Berlin and the struggle for justice in Istanbul.
- Best Short Film Award AKE DİKHEA? 6. International Festival of Romani Film, Berlin
- Special Prize from the Jury, 15. DOCUMENTARİST, Istanbul
- Zelis Deniz Cinema Award for Sema Semih in 11. Pink Life QueerFest, Ankara
- Nomination for Best Short Documentary Film in 55. Turkish Film Awards, SIYAD
- Nomination for Golden Key in 39. Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel
Can Candan > My child
What happens when your child comes out of the closet? ‘My child’ is a documentary about parents of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals in Turkey, who intimately talk about their experiences. Moving interviews tell the story of a very courageous and inspiring group of mothers and fathers in Turkey who are parents of LGBTQI+ people. Not only have they taken the difficult road to accepting their children for who they are, but they have also taken the next courageous step by sharing their experiences with other families and the wider public.
In the film, the parents intimately share their experiences with the viewer, moving and radically redefining what it means to be parents, family members and activists in a conservative, homophobic and transphobic society.
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