The festival dates for 2010 are 19th to the 24th of October.

Put it in your calendar, book your vacation, and tell your friends!

Come celebrate CSD 2010 with the festival in Metropolis:

Drool
USA 2009, 86 Minutes, Director: Nancy Kissam
in English with German subtitles

Friday, 13. August 2010, 7pm
Metropolis, Steindamm 54, 20099 Hamburg
€ 6,- / € 4,- (Metropolis members)
Reservations: 040-34 23 53

An absolute audience favourite at last year's festival: Oops, here today, dead tomorrow. Well, it's his own fault for freaking out just because he found Anora going at it with her new 'best friend' Imogene! The abusive husband's body is loaded into the trunk, the ungrateful kids - not quite getting what's happened - are seated in the back, and off they go crisscrossing the South. Director Nancy Kissam's love for John Waters-quirkiness is clear in this White-Trash meets Black-Power cocktail. With a dash of "Thelma and Louise" and a pinch of "Little Miss Sunshine", this dark comedy should not be missed!


Do Começo Ao Fim – From Beginning to End
Brazil 2009, 94 Minutes, Director: Aluizio Abranches
in Portuguese with German subtitles

Friday, 13. August 2010, 9:15pm
Metropolis, Steindamm 54, 20099 Hamburg
€ 6,- / € 4,- (Metropolis members)
Reservations: 040-34 23 53

A taste of films to come: this year the festival will focus on new films from Brazil. So why not start with one of the most-discussed gay films of the year? Half-brothers Tomás and Francisco grow up inseparable from one another, something that never changes as they become adults. They come closer until eventually brotherly love becomes much more. Until the day Tómas must leave to follow his career ...

Director Aluizio Arbranches addresses a taboo thema in an incredibly uncomplicated fashion, and certainly gives us plenty to talk about in the foyer afterwards.

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L-Filmnacht and Gay-Filmnacht im CinemaxX Wandsbek

Through 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 at www.l-film-nacht.de or www.gay-filmnacht.de

Bildschön. The Anniversary Book!

In celebration of 20 years of Hamburg International Queer 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.

More info on how to order here. (in German)