{"id":38647,"date":"2023-09-26T08:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T06:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/?post_type=novinka&#038;p=38647"},"modified":"2025-09-24T14:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:24:09","slug":"beast-iff-2023","status":"publish","type":"novinka","link":"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/news\/beast-iff-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovak Queer Films at the Beast International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>With its sixth edition,\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/beastfilm.pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beast International Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0(September 27 \u2013 October 1, 2023) returns to the big screens of Porto with a selection primarily aimed at films that have Eastern Europe as its backdrop. This year, Slovakia is well represented by a selection of four short films by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ffi.sk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Slovak Queer Film Festival<\/a>, celebrating its 16th edition in 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ffi.sk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Slovak Queer Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0(FFi) is a festival for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTQIA+ minority), their parents, children and friends. FFi is a cultural and educational activity focused at raising general public awareness about the lives of LGBTQIA+ people. The festival endeavors to contribute to the elimination of homophobic and xenophobic attitudes in society and provide the LGBTQIA+ minority as well as its individual members with a cultural and social framework for self-knowledge. The FFi\u2019s programme presents a selection of contemporary world cinema, including Slovak films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the cooperation with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beastfilm.pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beast IFF<\/a>, four Slovak shorts will be screened to the audience in Porto. The director Radek \u0160ev\u010d\u00edk started working on the short documentary film\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/films\/poisoned-well\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Poisoned Well<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0two days after the terrorist attack on Zamock\u00e1 Street in Bratislava. Film-requiem discusses the deteriorating state of society after the attack, as well as the intimate feelings of LGBTI+ people, including the author himself. An intimate testimony<em>\u00a0<strong>Searching for a Mutual Composition<\/strong><\/em>, directed by Peter Podolsk\u00fd, reveals the fragility of mother-son relationship with the help of interviews and family pictures and Barbara Vojta\u0161\u00e1kov\u00e1\u2019s\u00a0<strong><em>Princess Diary<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0captures the uncertainty pervading family life, the everyday, human kindness and the changing seasons. The only fiction film of the selection is\u00a0<em><strong>Together<\/strong><\/em>, directed by David Benedek. It is the story of three young men living their everyday troubles, love and family affairs. Only after unpleasant events, they will realize they are starting to form family together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Filip Diviak&#8217;s short animated film\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfu.sk\/en\/films\/my-name-is-edgar-and-i-have-a-cow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My Name is Edgar and I Have a Cow<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>will compete in the\u00a0<em>Anima East<\/em>\u00a0section and Tereza Nvotov\u00e1&#8217;s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aic.sk\/slovak-films\/23457.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Nightsiren\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/strong>will be screened in the\u00a0Visegrad Film Hub New Vision\u00a0section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beastfilm.pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/beastfilm.pt\/ \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With its sixth edition,\u00a0Beast International Film Festival\u00a0(September 27 \u2013 October 1, 2023) returns to the big screens of Porto with a selection primarily aimed at films that have Eastern Europe as its backdrop. 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