“Fighting for LGBTQI rights”

I Am Not Sick, I Am Gay + Shorts  

(image / pdf posters – to share via social media)

To Russia with Love Short film (Croatia, English subtitles)

dir: Tomislav Fiket / 2 mins

A GFEST 2014 film – 10^th anniversary special

On the occasion of the Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi, Le Zbor, the first lesbian and feminist choir from Zagreb, Croatia, produced a video for the song Katjusha, expressing their solidarity with LGBTQI citizens of Russia and worldwide.

Unchechen Short film (UK)

dir: Stephen M Hornby / 6 mins

Starring: Dean Gregory and Martin Green

A dramatic short film about the hunt for and murder of gay men in Chechnya.  This extended cut has been created by Inkbrew Productions and Digital Stage especially for GFEST – Gaywise FESTival 2017

I’m Not Sick! I’m gay Feature doc film (Kazakhstan/Germany, English Subtitles)

dir: Alexej Getmann & Diana Harders / 70 mins

UK/ London Premiere

Winner of the audience award for best feature-length film at its world premier at Filmfest homochrom, Cologne: A moving story of Dennis, one of the few out gay activists in Kazakhstan, who faces a brave fight for equality and eventually manages to organise the first pride event in the former Soviet state.

79 mins run + filmmakers Q&A

If you like this, please also check GFEST 2017 films on 21 Nov / 22 Nov / 23 Nov / 24 Nov / and GFEST 2017 performances on 25 Nov.