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 Susan, Edie und Greta at the screening of Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement (c) Ana Grillo The audience have made their decisions: URSULA lesbisch (lesbian) - Don't Mess with Texas from Carrie Schrader & Tricia Cooke, USA 2008 URSULA schwul (gay) - Mamma Veit Havo Sun Syngur - Mother knows Best from Bardi Gudmundsson, Iceland 2009 URSULA transgender - The Elevator from Ben Hakim, Israel 2007 GLOBOLA - An Englishman In New York from Richard Laxton, Great Britain 2008 DOKULA - Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement from Susan Muska & Gréta Olafsdóttir, USA 2009 Made in Germany - Das Grüne Schaf from Carsten Strauch, Germany 2009 At the closing night gala, the DOKULA winners Susan and Greta (in the company of Edie) were able to receive their prize personally from Christian Kühn, representing the prize sponsor, gay-web e.V., which donates 1,0000 Euros to be given to the winning film's director.  John Greyson and Greta Schiller at our 2007 festival (c) Ana Grillo This year's festival jury, comprised of Kate Huh, Texas Starr and Axel Schock, announced the Jury Prize on the closing night of the festival. The best film, and therefore winner of the new 5,000 Euro prize was announced to be Fig Trees from John Greyson. The festival team sends our hearty congratulations to John, and thanks the jury for an amazing job! We proudly present: The Festival Trailer 2009 Take a quick trip over to youtube, and check out our Trailer! In best tradition for an anniversary year comes our trailer, made up of well-known film clips, tv reports, and trailers from years gone by. Judith Futár-Klahn and Gerda Cencipere have taken the best from a rather large pile and put them together. Dankeschön! The more you see it, the more there is to see! And thanks also to Café Gnosa for our beautiful birthday cake! Catalogs are out, and tickets are on sale: get yours now! You might have seen them already, but if not, get out and grab one! A big fat anniversary-sized 52 pages, packed with film and event choices, not to mention a bit of extra info about the festival itself. If you're a push-up club member, check your mailbox, and if not you can find a copy at the following places:
We hope you are as excited as we are: can't wait to see you all again soon!
VIP Seating for the Opening FilmPerhaps you remember from last year: we're offering 15 exclusive VIP seats for the opening film of the festival at Metropolis for supporter price of 50 Euro. Of course they're the best seats in the house, and we'll meet you at the door with a glass of sekt and guide you to them! No waiting in line, no uncertainty about whether you've managed to score one of these rare tickets, and at the same time helping us in a very real way. The sale of these tickets pays for 2 directors to attend the festival. It's a super gift! For more info, email Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spambots geschützt! JavaScript muss aktiviert werden, damit sie angezeigt werden kann.
 Paris is Burning Anniversary Film HighlightsThis selection takes a cinematic and musical look back over the last twenty years in honour of the festival’s 20th birthday: Snapshots: Rüdiger Trautsch Opening Party in Café Keese, 1996 photo: Rüdiger Trautsch 8th October until 8th of November 2009 To accompany the festival this year, please make time to visit Cafe Gnosa, not far from our festival cinema, Metropolis Kino. This exhibition contains moving and atmospheric black and white photos from festivals past. These "Snapshots" (the photographer's word) capture unforgettable moments, not to mention many of our special festival guests over the years. Rüdiger has been attending our festival since 1996, camera always in his bag, waiting and watching for pictures which capture his (and our) longing for meetings and closeness. Somehow he always manages to take not just a photo, but also represent the special festival spirit, the festival feeling. In his words: "Here I meet the 'others', the queer fluidity, that flows though my soul and into the camera, which captures it." The photos will be auctioned at the end of the show for the benefit of the festival.
Bildschön. The Anniversary Book!In celebration of 20 years of Hamburg International Lesbian and Gay film festival comes the book of the festival! Filled with history and photos, this is a must-have for German-speaking fans of the festival and queer cinema in general. Bildschön. 20 Jahre Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg
L-Filmnacht and Gay-Filmnacht im CinemaxX WandsbekThrough the end of 2009 and into 2010, the festival will be presenting gay and lesbian cinema in co-operation with CinemaxX (in Wandsbek-Quarree) and L- and Gay-Filmnacht. We hope you enjoy the ever-changing and colorful selection! Upcoming dates are as follows, and please check the website beforehand for the language version. www.l-film-nacht.de www.gay-filmnacht.de
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