Freiburg gay film week
The Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg (SFF) is the oldest continuously existing all-gay film festival in the German-speaking area . It has taken place annually and without interruption since 1985. Alongside the CSD Freiburg, the SFF is one of the highlights in gay life in the university city .
The SFF shows films from all over the world that deal with gay topics. Films in foreign languages are usually shown in their original version with German subtitles, less often with English subtitles. Individual films are shown in German dubbed versions.
The SFF is carried out entirely by volunteers. In addition to a website, the volunteers design a program and a poster every year. The SFF is financed by the institutional support of the cultural office of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, as well as by sponsors, admission fees and donations.
history
The SFF was brought into being in 1985 by the then predecessor of Rosa Hilfe Freiburg eV. The aim of the Rosa Telefon campaign group was to help gay films reach an audience that barely had a chance in classic cinemas in the mid-1980s. In 1984 a corresponding event was initiated in Würzburg that no longer exists today. The world's first gay film festival was held in San Francisco in 1977.
In 1996 a "LesBiSchwule" film series was put together for the Academic Film Club at the University of Freiburg eV . In 1997 the Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg became a registered association. In the same year, the organizers added La Mediterranée first time a focus ( Focus ). Other, sometimes large, gay film festivals also took up this idea later. In addition, this film week aroused the interest of national media ( 3sat , Südwestrundfunk ), which reported on it from Freiburg.
An exhibition was shown in individual years parallel to the film week in the art space of the independent artist group freiburg in the old Wiehrebahnhof.
Until the year 2000 the festival location was the municipal cinema in the old Wiehrebahnhof with almost 100 seats. For reasons of space, in 2001 the SFF moved to the Kandelhof cinema with 200 seats.
Since the 24th SFF 2008, the films shown have been rated by visitors using voting slips. The winning films will receive an (undoped) audience award.
In 2009 the SFF celebrated its 25th anniversary with an extended supporting program and a series of supporting films.
For the 30th birthday, the team organized an anniversary gala with guests from politics and the creative industries, moderated by music cabaret artist Holger Edmaier .
The Film Week team currently consists of a dozen gay men who volunteer to take care of the organization and all aspects of the small festival.
An overview of the individual film weeks
No. | year | date | Duration | Programs | particularities |
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36 | 2020 | planned May 13th to 20th | canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
35 | 2019 | May 1st to 8th | 8th | ||
34 | 2018 | May 2nd to 9th | 8th | ||
33 | 2017 | April 26th to May 3rd | 8th | ||
32 | 2016 | April 27th to May 4th | 8th | 24 | Film breakfast for makers and guests, party in cooperation with the rainbow lecture of the StuRa of the University of Freiburg |
2015 | December 16 | 1 | Christmas Special: Tangerine ( Tangerine LA ) by Sean Baker | ||
31 | 2015 | April 29th to May 6th | 8th | 23 | Second short film program "3 for 1" with three films each about 25 minutes |
2014 | December 17th | 1 | Christmas special: The Imitation Game by Morten Tyldum | ||
30th | 2014 | April 30th to May 7th | 8th | 24 | Anniversary gala on April 30, 2014 with music cabaret artist Holger Edmaier |
2013 | December 18th | 1 | Christmas special: Rosie by Marcel Gisler | ||
29 | 2013 | May 1st to 8th | 8th | ||
2012 | December 17th | 1 | Christmas special: All the time in the world from Job Gosschalk | ||
2012 | August 22nd | 1 | Summer Night Cinema: Beginners by Mike Mills (Director) | ||
28 | 2012 | May 2nd to 9th | 8th | 22nd | 9th Gay Book Night with Sebastian Reiss, guests: Detlef Stoffel , Stefan Westerwelle , Jan Rothstein, Udo Lutz, Sascia Haj, Till Caspar Juon, Kai Schwartz, Tim Staffel , first performance of men to make out in a European cinema |
2011 | 19. December | 1 | Christmas Special: Weekend, Andrew Haigh | ||
27 | 2011 | April 27th to May 4th | 8th | 20th | 8th Gay Book Night with Sebastian Reiss, guests: Directors Dennis Todorović and Tamer Ruggli |
2010 | 20th of December | 1 | Christmas Special: A surprise to celebrate - Make The Yuletide Gay | ||
26th | 2010 | April 29th to May 5th | 7th | 20th | Surprise film, no film week party, short film program |
25th | 2009 | May 6-13 | 8th | 20th | Anniversary film week, author reading with Michael Flotho , film week party with Ades Zabel , guest: director Ingo Rasper , short film program, supporting films, champagne bar on 4 days |
24 | 2008 | April 24-30 | 7th | 16 | first film week party since 2002, short film program, “audience's favorite film” on May 1st, guest: Ades Zabel , SFF with the smallest program |
23 | 2007 | May 3rd to 9th | 7th | 21st | Fucking Different 2 instead of short film program, Focus USA |
22nd | 2006 | May 4th to 10th | 7th | 19th | Short films before individual main films |
21st | 2005 | May 5th to 11th | 7th | 21st | last desired film, Fucking Different instead of short film program, Focus Switzerland |
20th | 2004 | May 6th to 12th | 7th | 23 | Dream film |
19th | 2003 | May 1st to 7th | 7th | 26th | Dream film |
18th | 2002 | May 2nd to 9th | 8th | 19th | Desired film, last film week party, Focus Spain , Latin America |
17th | 2001 | May 10-16 | 7th | 17th | Desired film, first SFF in the Kandelhofkino, film screening at the Filmwoche party in Gasthof Waldsee , Focus Iberia , François Ozon |
16 | 2000 | April 13-16 | 4th | last SFF in the municipal cinema, shortest SFF | |
15th | 1999 | April 16-25 | 9 | 22nd | Carte Blanche, film screening at the Filmwoche party in Gasthof Waldsee , exhibition homage to Gonzales Torres , short film programs, guests: directors Wayne Yung and Marcel Gisler , Focus Asia |
14th | 1998 | June 1-7 | 8th | 24 | Opening films in the Waldsee , exhibition Matinée - Tutto l'amore possibile , 2 short film programs, carte blanche, focus on cruelty |
13 | 1997 | April 15-20 | 6th | 20th | Opening films in Waldsee , 2 short film programs , 2 surprise films, simultaneous translations of some films, late night hardcover avant-garde duo , concert of the queer flutes on Sunday afternoon, reading with Lutz Büge Uschi, Lotte and the cleaning crew , introduction to Vingarne , piano accompaniment to the silent film program, guests: Vincent Dieutre, Stéphane Deraucroix, Focus Mediterranée |
12 | 1996 | March 12th to 17th | 6th | 20th | Queer flutes concert on Sunday afternoon |
11 | 1995 | March 10-19 | 10 | ||
10 | 1994 | March 14th to 20th | 7th | ||
9 | 1993 | March 15-21 | 7th | 21st | |
8th | 1992 | March 16-22 | 7th | 21st | |
7th | 1991 | ||||
6th | 1990 | ||||
5 | 1989 | May 22-28 | 7th | 21st | |
4th | 1988 | April 25th to May 1st | 7th | 19th | |
3 | 1987 | March 30th to April 5th | 6th | 19th | |
2 | 1986 | ||||
1 | 1985 | April 23-28 | 6th |
Audience Favorite Movies (since 2008)
2019
- 1st place (1.42) Different from the others - DE 1919 - Director: Richard Oswald
- 2nd place (1.46) 1985 - US 2018 - Director: Yen Tan
- 3rd place (1.57) Tucked - GB 2018 - Director: Jamie Patterson
2017
- 1st place (1.38) Out of Iraq - US 2016 - directed by Chris McKim and Eva Orner
- 2nd place (1.46) Moonlight - US 2016 - Director: Barry Jenkins
- 3rd place (1.47) My wonderful West Berlin - DE 2016 - Director: Jochen Hick
2016
- 1st place (grade unknown) The Abominable Crime - US 2013 - Director: Micah Fink
- 2nd place (note unknown) Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures - GB 2016 - Director: Randy Barbato , Fenton Bailey
- 3rd place (note unknown) Honeymoon (Líbánky) - CZ 2013 - director: Jan Hřebejk
2015
- 1st place (grade 1.24) Pride - GB 2014 - Director: Matthew Warchus
- 2nd place (grade 1.29) Stories of Our Lives - KE 2014 - Director: Jim Chuchu
- 3rd place (grade 1.32) Lilting - GB 2014 - Director: Hong Khaou
2014
- 1st place (grade 1.13) Der Kreis - CH 2014 - Director: Stefan Haupt
- 2nd place (grade 1.31) Today I'm going home alone - BR 2014 - Director: Daniel Ribeiro
- 3rd place (1.37) Born This Way - US 2012 - Director: Shaun Kadlec , Deb Tullmann
2013
- 1st place (grade 1.23) Das Kuckucksei - US 1988 - Director: Paul Bogart
- 2nd place (grade 1.34) Out in the Dark - IL 2012 - Director: Michael Mayer
- 3rd place (grade 1.61) The sex of angels - ES 2012 - Director: Xavier Villaverde
2012
- 1st place (grade 1.22) Call Me Kuchu - US 2012 - Director: Malika Zouhali-Worrall , Katherine Fairfax Wright
- 2nd place (grade 1.47) Noordzee, Texas - BE 2011 - Director: Bavo Defurne
- 3rd place (grade 1.53) Zenne Dancer - TR 2012 - Director: Caner Alper, Mehmet Binay
2011
- 1st place (grade 1.43) Something different? - Diverso da chi? - IT 2009 - Director: Umberto Riccioni Carteni
- 2nd place (grade 1.57) Contracorriente - Undertow - PR 2010 - Director: Javier Fuentes-León
- 3rd place (grade 1.60) Kinder Gottes - Children of God - BS 2009 - Director: Kareem Mortimer
2010
- 1st place (grade 1.43) to Englishman in New York - UK 2008 - director: Richard Laxton
- 2nd place (grade 1.63) You shouldn't love (עיניים פקוחות) - IL, FR, DE 2009 - Director: Chaim Tabakman
- 3rd place (grade 1.67) Patrik 1.5 - SE 2008 - Director: Ella Lemhagen
2009
- 1st place (grade 1.3) Strella - A Woman's Way - GR 2009 - Director: Panos H. Koutras
- 2nd place (grade 1.4) Pure matter of taste - DE 2007 - Director: Ingo Rasper
- 3rd place (grade 1.4) Milk - US 2008 - Director: Gus van Sant
2008
- 1st place (grade 1.4) The Bubble - A love in Tel Aviv (הבועה) - IL 2006 - Director: Eytan Fox
- 2nd place (grade 1.5) Suddenly, Last Winter (Improvvisamente l'inverno scorso) - IT 2007 - Director: Gustav Hofer , Luca Ragazzi
- 3rd place (grade 1.6) XXY - AR 2007 - Director: Lucía Puenzo
Opening films
2012
- Tomboy - FR 2011 - Director: Celine Sciamma
2011
- Sascha (Saša / Sasha) - DE 2010 - Director: Dennis Todorović
- Supporting film: The Saddest Boy in the World - CA 2006 - Director: Jamie Travis
2010
- I love you Phillip Morris - US 2009 - Director: Glenn Ficarra , John Requa
- From Beginning to End (Do Começo ao Fim) - BR 2009 - Director: Aluizio Abranches
2009
- Fuera de Carta - Chef's Special - ES 2008 - Director: Nacho García Velilla
2008
- The Bubble - A Love in Tel Aviv - הבועה - IL 2006 - Director: Eytan Fox
- Savage Grace (Savage Grace) - US, ES 2007 - Director: Tom Kalin
2007
- Fucking Different - New York - US, DE 2007 - Director: Stephen Gallagher, Todd Verow, Barbara Hammer, Andre Salas, Abigail Child u. a.
- Boyculture - US 2006 - Director: Q. Allan Brocka
- Big Bang Love, Juvenile A - JP 2006 - Director: Takashi Miike
2006
- Tropical Malady - FR, TH, IT, DE 2004 - Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- CRAZY - Verrücktes Leben - FR, TH, IT, DE 2004 - Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
2005
- La Parade - CH 2001 - Director: Lionel Baier
- Garçon stupide - CH 2004 - Director: Lionel Baier
- Cowboys and Angels - UK, IE 2003 - Director: David Gleeson
2004
- Walking on Water - AU 2002 - Director: Tony Ayres
- Yossi & Jagger - IL 2002 - Director: Eytan Fox
- Wir - DE 2003 - Director: Martin Gypkens
2003
- The Times of Harvey Milk - US 1984 - Director: Rob Epstein
- Varuh Meje - SI, DE 2001 - Director: Maja Weiss
- Kilómetro Cero - ES 2001 - Director: Juan Louis Iborra
- The Rules of Attraction - US 2002 - Director: Roger Avary
2002
- Paragraph 175 - UK, DE, US 2000 - Directed by Rob Epstein , Jeffrey Friedman
- Plata Quemada - AR 2000 - Director: Marcelo Piñeyro
2001
- Back to go! - DE 2000 - Director: Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss
- Krampack - ES 2000 - Director: Cesc Gay
1999
- Yellow Fever - GB / HK 1998– Director: Raymond Yeung
- Waves - NO 1998 - Director: Frank Mosvold
1998
- Porcaria - CA 1994 - Director: Filipe Paulo
- Spindift - UK 1996 - Director: Simone Horrocks
- Boot Camp - US 1996 - Director: John S. Matthews
1997
- Black Sheep Boy - US 1995 - Director: Michael Wallin
- On Earth As It Is In Heaven - UK 1996 - Director: Ross Crookshank
1996
- Eye to Eye - CH 1990 - Director: Isabel Hegner
- Totally Fucked Up - US 1993 - Director: Gregg Araki
- Vive l'Amour - Long live love - TW 1994 - Director: Tsai Ming-liang
- I love you - DE 1994 - Director: Wilhelm Hein
- Cabaret - US 1972 - Director: Bob Fosse
1993
- Enchanted - DE 1992 - Dorothee von Diepenbroick, Jörg Fockele, Jens Jolombeck, Dirk Hauska, Silke Jehma, Claudia Kaltenbach, Ulrich Prehn, Johanna Reutter, Kathrin Schmehrsal
1992
- Wiener Brut - AT 1985 - Director: Hans Fädler
1989
- Silent Pioneers - US 1985 - Director: Lucy Winer
- Where There Was Silence - UK 1988 - Director: Stephen Bourne
- The Dream Machine - UK 1983 - Director: John Maybury
- The Gay Deceivers - US 1969 - Director: Bruce Kessler
- David, Montgomery and I - DE 1981 - Director: Wieland Speck
- Farewell Glances (Parting Glances) - US 1986 - Director: Bill Sherwood
1988
- Before Stonewall - US 1984 - Director: Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg
- Mala Noche - US 1986 - Director: Gus van Sant
- Rivals under the Greek Sun - DE 1974 - Director: Walter Bockmayer
1987
- Surprise film
See also
literature
- Posters, programs and flyers for the Schwulen Filmwoche Freiburg 1, 3–5, 8–30, Freiburg 1985, 1987–1989, 1992–2014
Web links
- Official homepage of the Schwulen Filmwoche Freiburg with a website and program archive
- Badische Zeitung: Who takes whom in the middle here? 25 years of the Freiburg Gay Film Week
- Speech for the twentieth anniversary of Rosa Aid Freiburg
- Freiburg Lesbian Film Festival
- the big queer film festival list
- The Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg in the system of the Archives Social Movements