Welcome back to the second day of the 74th Berlinale and its queer program. Today there are a several premiers of stunning queer films as well as the TEDDY Jury Reception. Find more information about the event by clicking here. Six films are premiering today and we have two great interviews for you.
INTERVIEWS:
Teaches for Peaches
“Have you heard the Teaches of Peaches? Don´t miss this tour the force portrait of an uncompromising and unapologetic queer icon. Free yourself and fuck the pain away!”
Seamlessly weaving together exclusive archival gems with dynamic tour footage, this documentary captures the transformative journey of Canadian Merrill Nisker into the internationally acclaimed cultural powerhouse that is Peaches.
Premiere: 21.02 / 21:30 Zoo Palast 1
🎥 22.02 / 18:30 Cubix 9
🎥 23.02 / 12:15 Verti Music Hall
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I Don´t Want To Be Just A Memory
“In this deeply moving film about loss and collective grief, Berlin’s queer community raises awareness about the ever growing issue of substance-related deaths in the scene. An emotive and urgent piece of filmmaking.“
Berlin queer community members mourn the substance abuse-related loss of their friends by sharing memories and rituals. Resembling glow-in-the-dark fungi, they radiate light together as a network of support and care.
Premiere: 16.02/ 16:00 Kino Arsenal 1
🎥 17.02/ 21:00 Kino Betonhalle@Silent Green
🎥 22.02/ 19:30 Kino Arsenal 2
🎥 22.02/ 19:30 Cubix 7
🎥25.02/ 19:00 Kino International
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PREMIERES:
Directed by: Ray Yeung
Hong Kong, China, 2024, 93′
When her partner Pat unexpectedly dies, Angie is left to worry about the flat in which the couple lived together for over 30 years. Supported by her chosen family, Angie begins a later-life journey into emancipation.
SCREENING TIMES:
16.02. / 19:30 Kino International
Directed by: Tilman Singer
2024, Germany, USA, 102′
Gretchen travels to the German Alps with her father and stepmother. In the resort town where they are staying, she comes across some
dark secrets. She hears strange noises and is plagued by frightening visions of a woman chasing her. Gretchen is drawn into a
conspiracy involving bizarre experiments by the resort’s owner that echoes back generations…
SCREENING TIMES:
16.02. / 21:00 Verti Music Hall
detours while speaking of monsters
Directed by: Deniz Şimşek
Germany, Turkey, 2024, 18′
Here, where even monsters are political, the topography has its own memory. It has the mythological blues. Meanwhile, old gods are upset with us, and I am upset with my father.
SCREENING TIMES:
16.02. / 16:00 Kino Arsenal 1
Directed by: Zuza Banasińska
Netherlands, Poland, 2024, 23′
Created from archival materials from communist Poland, the film tells the story of a multispecies matriarchal family through the eyes of a child grappling with the reproduction of ideological and representational systems.
SCREENING TIMES:
16.02. / 16:00 Kino Arsenal 1
I Don’t Want To Be Just A Memory
Directed by: Sarnt Utamachote
Germany, 2024, 20′
Fellow members of the Berlin queer community mourn together the loss of their dead friends due to substance abuse and the mental health crisis as well as the loss of urban safe spaces in general. By sharing personal materials, stories, and honest criticism about the club scene, working on this film becomes a means of healing for this group of friends. Resembling glow-in-the-dark fungi, they radiate light together as a network of support and care, they transform dead bodies and memories into a collective structure that sustains future living..
SCREENING TIMES:
16.02. / 16:00 Kino Arsenal 1
Directed by: Soleen Yusuf
Germany, 2024, 119′
Eleven-year-old Mona and the rest of her seven-member Kurdish family have fled Syria and ended up in Berlin. Or, more precisely, the
neighbourhood of Wedding where Mona is sent to a notorious primary school attended by 90 percent “foreigners”. Chaos reigns in the
school. Most of the teachers are having a nervous breakdown and frustration levels amongst the pupils are growing by the day. Mona
feels it, too. She can barely speak German, but she can speak football. In her hometown, she often played street football with her mates.
She misses her home, her friends and especially her aunt Helin. She was Mona’s hero who always supported her passion for football.
Everything is different in Germany. Then a dedicated teacher called Mr Che recognises Mona’s special talent and selects her for the
girls’ team. But this well-intentioned gesture fails to make things any easier. Mona is quickly identified as an outsider and playing in a
team with the other girls turns out to be more difficult than expected. Each of them is fighting their own battles but one thing soon
becomes clear: they will only win if they all play together.
SCREENING TIMES:
16.02. / 15:30 HKW 1 – Miriam Makeba Auditorium
RERUNS:
Crossing
16.02. / 12:00 Verti Music Hall