Pink Apple

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Pink Apple is the most important gay and lesbian film festival in Switzerland and takes place every spring in Zurich and Frauenfeld .

history

Pink Apple was founded in 1997 by a handful of film enthusiasts in Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau. The Swiss “Apple Canton” - also known as “Most India” due to its many apple trees - was the inspiration behind the name. The aim was to «promote homosexual emancipation and acceptance» in the province - and that on a cultural basis. The festival was held for the first time in April 1998 - with ten films and a large crowd in the small Cinema Luna in Frauenfeld.

Pink Apple came to Zurich in the wake of the lesbian and gay EuroGames that took place there in 2000: At that time, the program comprised seven screenings with seven films in the Arthouse Movie and was a small success from the start. Since then, the festival has grown continuously and shifted its focus towards the big city, where the growing popularity underpinned the need. In 2003, Pink Apple opened for the first time in Zurich, where it has since grown to up to 85 performances in eight days.

In addition to the current film program, which shows the latest works on the subject of homosexuality and transgender , the history of gay and lesbian film is also honored with classics every year. In recent years, the festival has been devoting a supporting program to current political or topic-specific issues - always in connection with queer cinema.

In the meantime, the gay and lesbian festival Pink Apple has become the most important of its kind in Switzerland: with around 130 events and just as many films that cover all genres and styles, from short to long. International and national guests increase the attractiveness of the festival. The audience has increased from an initial 500 to around twenty times: in 2017 - when it was held for the 20th time - there were 10,000 visitors. As before, the festival will also take place in his birthplace Frauenfeld - after Zurich, with a reduced program, with the same popularity.

Pink Apple is club-based, an independent project and not for profit. The festival is financed through sponsorship money, the income from ticket sales and contributions from foundations and public institutions. The organizing committee consists of around 30 employees.

Competitions and Prizes

In 2001 an international short film competition was held for the first time and the Pink Apple Short Film Award - in the amount of 2,000 Swiss francs - was presented by a jury of experts. In the same year there was also an audience award in which the visitors judge the feature-length films of the current program using voting cards. The film with the best votes receives the Pink Apple Audience Award (since 2008 divided into best documentary and best feature film; since 2017, the two awards have been endowed with 1,000 Swiss francs each). Since 2015, the festival has been presenting an award for services to gay and lesbian filmmaking: the Pink Apple Festival Award.

Previous winners

Pink Apple Festival Award

Pink Apple Short Film Award / Short Film Competition

  • 2019: Mrs McCutcheon , John Sheedy, Australia 2017
  • 2019: Three Centimetres , Lara Zeidan, Great Britain, Lebanon 2018 (Special Mention)
  • 2018: Calamity , Séverine De Streyker & Maxime Feyers, Belgium 2017
  • 2018: Malik , Nathan Carli, France 2018 (Special Mention)
  • 2017: Salta , Marianne Amelinckx, Venezuela 2016
  • 2016: Carina , Sandra Concepión Reynoso Estrada, Mexico 2015
  • 2016: Hole , Martin Edralin, Canada 2014 (Special Mention)
  • 2015: Black is Blue , Cheryl Dunye, USA 2014
  • 2015: L'autre femme , Marie KA, Senegal 2013 (Special Mention)
  • 2014: Ce n'est pas un film de Cow-boys , Benjamin Parent, France 2012
  • 2014: Ett sista farväl , Casper Andreas, Sweden 2013 (Special Mention)
  • 2013: It's Consuming Me , Kai Stänicke, Germany 2012
  • 2012: Taboulé , Richard Garcia, Spain 2011
  • 2011: Hammerhead , Sam Donovan, Great Britain 2009
  • 2010: Almas perdidas , Julio de la Fuente, Spain 2009
  • 2009: The Island , Trevor Andersen, Canada 2008
  • 2008: No Bikini , Claudia Morgado Escanilla, Canada 2007
  • 2007: Airplanes , Jen Heck, USA 2006
  • 2006: John and Michael , Shira Avni, Canada 2004
  • 2005: A Different War , Nadav Gal, Israel 2003
  • 2004: Bar Talk , Cheryl Furjanic, USA 2002
  • 2003: Snöchschtmol , Lawrence Grimm, Switzerland 2002
  • 2002: They Still Smile , Irina Sizova, Ukraine 2002
  • 2001: Kimberly , Bettina Disler, Switzerland / Australia 2000

Pink Apple Audience Award: Best Feature Film

  • 2019: Tell It to the Bees , Annabel Jankel, Great Britain 2018
  • 2018: Puoi baciare lo sposo , Alessandro Genovesi, Italy 2018
  • 2017: In Between , Maysaloun Hamoud, Israel / France 2016
  • 2016: Chez nous , Tim Oliehoek, Netherlands 2013
  • 2015: While You Weren't Looking , Catherine Stewart, South Africa 2015
  • 2014: Azul y no tan Rosa , Miguel Ferrari, Venezuela 2012
  • 2013: Rosie , Marcel Gisler, Switzerland 2012
  • 2012: Mosquita y Mari , Aurora Guerrero, USA 2011
  • 2011: Contracorriente , Javier Fuentes-Léon, Peru 2009
  • 2010: The Big Gay Musical , Casper Andreas & Fred M. Caruso, USA 2009
  • 2009: I Can't Think Straight , Shamim Sarif, Great Britain 2007
  • 2008: XXY , Lucía Puenzo, Argentina / Great Britain / France 2007

Pink Apple Audience Award: Best Documentary

  • 2019: Gay Chorus Deep South , David Charles Rodrigues, USA 2019
  • 2018: Chavela , Catherine Gund & Daresha Kyi, USA 2017
  • 2017: Strike A Pose , Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan, Netherlands / Belgium 2016
  • 2016: She's Beautiful When She's Angry , Mary Dore, USA 2014
  • 2015: My Child , Can Candan, Turkey 2013
  • 2014: Kein Zickenfox , Kerstin Polte and Dagmar Jäger, Germany 2014
  • 2013: Call Me Kuchu , Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright, USA 2012
  • 2012: Vito , Jeffrey Schwarz, USA 2011
  • 2011: Due volte genitori , Claudio Cipelleti, Italy 2009
  • 2010: Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement , Greta Olafsdottir & Susan Muska, USA 2009
  • 2009: Zanzibar Soccer Queens , Florence Ayisi, Great Britain 2007
  • 2008: Football Under Cover , Ayat Najafi & David Assmann, Germany 2008

Pink Apple Audience Award: Best Film

  • 2007: Imagine Me and You , Ol Parker, Great Britain / Germany 2005
  • 2006: Paper Dolls , Tomer Heymann, Israel / Switzerland 2005
  • 2005: Beautiful Boxer , Ekachai Uekrongtham, Thailand 2003
  • 2004: DEBS , Angela Robinson, USA 2003
  • 2003: Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House , Deborah Dickson, USA 2001
  • 2002: La parade (Notre histoire) , Lionel Baier, Switzerland 2001
  • 2001: Trembling Before Gd , Sandi Sima Dubowski, USA / Israel 2000

Awards

In 2018, Pink Apple was awarded the Golden Medal of Honor of the Canton of Zurich, the canton's highest honor for cultural merit, and the LGBT + Award as part of the 1st Swiss Diversity Award.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rosa von Praunheim honored in Zurich for his life's work. Crew magazine, accessed on May 6, 2019 .