INTERFILM 40 International Short Film Festival Berlin
5 - 10 November 2024

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DOC 02 My Body, My Battle

In "My Body, My Battle", queer, female, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, transgender and agender bodies fight to regain control – refusing to serve any longer as passive battlefields for societal struggles, seizing an active part in said struggles instead, overcoming them, while remaking society in the process. The protagonists here break out of assigned roles and resist coercion – they're angry, tender, autonomous and vulnerable all at once. The body becomes an expression of personal and collective resistance, a home or even a fortress, and a source of healing.

Alle Filme werden in ihrer Originalsprache mit englischen Untertiteln gezeigt.

06.11.24, 13:00h, Kino & Bar in der Königstadt (accreditation only!)

08.11.24, 18:00h, SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA

09.11.24, 18:00h, ACUDkino

10.11.24, 17:30h, Cinestar Kino in der KulturBrauerei

My Body, My Battle
6 films
You can't get what you want but you can get me

You can't get what you want but you can get me

Samira Elagoz / Z Walsh // Finland, Netherlands // 2024 // 13:00 min

Documentary, Experimental

Two transmen fall in love: a long-distance relationship is born. In this film composed of photos, the two document their first year together – a series of thoughts, feelings and intimate moments for and with one another. [Content Note: Blood]

Přes střepy

Přes střepy

Rising Above

Natálie Durchánková // Czech Republic // 2023 // 04:15 min

Animation, Documentary

After barely emerging from a brutal sexual assault with her life, a survivor breaks free of the victim role and sets out on an arduous path to recovery. [Content Note: Sexual assault]

getty abortions

getty abortions

Franzis Kabisch // Austria, Germany // 2023 // 21:45 min

Documentary, Experimental

How is abortion portrayed in media? This desktop essay clicks through an array of stock photos, teen-oriented magazines and documents related to an actual abortion in an attempt to set the image straight. [Content Note: Abortion, Pregnancy Loss]

High Roads

High Roads

Giuliana Racco // Spain, Canada // 2023 // 18:45 min

Documentary, Experimental

The story of four women in Palestine whose bodies and thoughts become tools of everyday resistance to Israeli occupation.

A menos que bailemos

A menos que bailemos

Unless We Dance

Fernanda Pineda / Hanz Rippe Gabriel // Colombia // 2023 // 14:39 min

Documentary

Quibdó, one of Columbia's most dangerous cities: Afro-dance instructor Jonathan Bonays initiates the dance group Black Boys Chocó to save young, queer individuals from the vicious circle of violence entrapping them. [Content Note: Death or dying, Transphobia and trans misogyny, Homophobia and heterosexism]

MY ORANGE GARDEN

MY ORANGE GARDEN

Anna-Sophia Richard // Germany // 2023 // 21:18 min

Documentary

Faravaz Farvardin, once persecuted for her music in Iran, now fights for the rights of Iranian women with her voice in Germany. A moving portrait of courage and the struggle for survival.