For the 16th year, XPOSED shows film by, with and about the queer community
Julia and Tobias discover that their daughter Marielle has suddenly developed telepathic abilities and can see and hear everything they do. This leads to situations ranging from the awkward to the absurd as uncomfortable truths are revealed.
A seventeen-year-old girl experiences a sexual awakening when she falls head over heels in love with her female teacher. She writes this down in her diary, and writes so well, vividly and recognizably that both mother and grandmother think the book should be published. Without taking into account that the girl has only written it to keep the crush alive for herself.
Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.
Breu febril / Dark ferverish
(Wallace Douglas, Brazil, 11:16min)
Gustavo, a young man passionate about the sea and photography who shares experiences through his memories the strange meaning of being black. Symptom "Embodying the dreams and ideologies of Yerevan's post-Soviet generation, Sona and Amassia meet in high school and form an experimental electronica band called Symptom Error. They soon become known for their underground shows, which are often disrupted by sexist and homophobic police intervention. The stakes get higher on the eve of the Velvet Revolution, when thousands take to the streets demanding social and political change. Sona and Amassia are the first amongst their friends to join the crowds. As the people of Armenia feel the waves of the revolution for years to come, we follow Symptom in their rise to fame. They continue to make music through the pandemic and war, and their dreams finally begin to take shape as they prepare for their first international tour."
Symptom
(Kamee Abrahamian, Armenia/Canada, 23min)
Embodying the dreams and ideologies of Yerevan's post-Soviet generation, Sona and Amassia meet in high school and form an experimental electronica band called Symptom Error. They soon become known for their underground shows, which are often disrupted by sexist and homophobic police intervention. The stakes get higher on the eve of the Velvet Revolution, when thousands take to the streets demanding social and political change. Sona and Amassia are the first amongst their friends to join the crowds.
As the people of Armenia feel the waves of the revolution for years to come, we follow Symptom in their rise to fame. They continue to make music through the pandemic and war, and their dreams finally begin to take shape as they prepare for their first international tour.
Dirty Care
(Isa Schieche, Austria, 16min)
“Dirty Care” is an essay film shot from first-person perspective. From martial arts training to everyday life, we follow the protagonist's point of view and a voiceover through various landscapes and tasks. In a public toilet, above the rooftops of Vienna at sunrise, in a trailer park and in a snowy landscape, we are instructed and trained to defend ourselves against a physical attack. “Dirty Care” describes the efforts that non-normative women have to make in order not to be exposed to patriarchal violence or to be capable of standing up to it. The film portrays scenes of empowerment, intimacy, resilience and companionship." Vakhtanguri "One night of 2022, Mindia and Joy meet in a park in Tbilisi and quickly connect. Though LGBTQ+ people still face discrimination in Georgia, as the government tightens laws around “family values”, Pride events and queer expression are increasingly suppressed. Seeking a different future, they launch a small vintage clothing business to save funds and leave for Belgium as asylum seekers. In the refugee shelter they face privacy issues and grapple with the instability of their legal status. The two find support within the local queer community, but when their asylum application is unexpectedly denied, they must once again try to stay together.
Vakhtanguri
(Valeriu Adimei, Belgium/Romania, 16:56 min)
"One night of 2022, Mindia and Joy meet in a park in Tbilisi and quickly connect. Though LGBTQ+ people still face discrimination in Georgia, as the government tightens laws around “family values”, Pride events and queer expression are increasingly suppressed.
Seeking a different future, they launch a small vintage clothing business to save funds and leave for Belgium as asylum seekers. In the refugee shelter they face privacy issues and grapple with the instability of their legal status. The two find support within the local queer community, but when their asylum application is unexpectedly denied, they must once again try to stay together."
Possa Poder / Bittersweet Power
(Victor Di Marco & Márcio Picoli, Brazil, 19 min)
In one night, three queer people remember the pains and delights of being who they are.
Set in the small, mountainous village of Vermiglio during the waning days of WWII, a series of dramatic, consequential events unfold after the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier, who hides out in town after deserting the army. While there, the soldier develops a romance with a provincial family’s eldest daughter.
