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IC 06 Forced to Fit


Norms, numbers, labels: people force them on us, we force them on ourselves. In the program "Forced to Fit", characters are shoehorned in similar fashion – but here they dare to fight back! Eco-activism that is politically substantial and aesthetically refined, dancing in resistance to oppression, or giving an uncle a smack for imitating his wife having sex at the dinner table – while grandma sits next to him. And that's only a fraction of the action here, if we haven't already managed to convince you…

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7 films
Yellow

Yellow

Elham Ehsas // Afghanistan // 2023 // 12:49 min

Human Rights, Identity, Migration, Politics

In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, Laili enters a Kabul boutique to buy her first chadari. It quickly becomes evident that her "decision" to don the veil is the result of coercion.

Shee

Shee

Lia Campbell // Kenia // 2023 // 09:59 min

Gay / Lesbians / Trans, Human Rights, Identity, Migration

A queer couple is faced with a choice, when Shee's girlfriend gets pregnant. Do they really want to have a family together? A discussion ensues.

27 (Vingt-sept)

27 (Vingt-sept)

Flóra Anna Buda // Ungarn, Frankreich // 2023 // 10:38 min

Gay / Lesbians / Trans

Living with her mom again, 27-year-old Alice is preoccupied by the fact that she can't express her sexuality fully, and brings the issue up with her friends too. An unusual event awakens a sexual fantasy within her.

Flores del otro patio

Flores del otro patio

Flowers from the Other Patio

Jorge Cadena // Kolumbien, Schweiz // 2022 // 15:20 min

Gay / Lesbians / Trans, Human Rights, Thriller

A portrait of queer activists in Northern Colombia: in extravagant performative actions, they call out the disastrous exploitation practiced by the country's largest coalmine. The outfits rate a solid 10/10. [CW: queerphobia, physical violence]

Koniunkcja

Koniunkcja

Misaligned

Marta Magnuska // Lettland, Polen // 2022 // 07:00 min

A couple, drawn in charcoal, hangs in the living room, as a gecko looks on. She does yoga, he plays with his phone. Things get even tinier in the tiny room, then really big and vaguely cosmic, before one of them leaves.

Stuwing

Stuwing

Gush

Juliette Van Ardenne // Niederlande // 2023 // 10:39 min

Environmental, Thriller

A mother who lost touch with herself after the birth of a child struggles to regain some semblance of mental health. A thriller about a young woman whose pregnancy pushes her to the edge of psychosis.

Basri & Salma dalam Komedi yang Terus Berputar

Basri & Salma dalam Komedi yang Terus Berputar

Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy

Khozy Rizal // Indonesien // 2023 // 15:00 min

Comedy

With grandma nearby, an uncle mimes at the dinner table: coming inside his wife. An odong-odong at the fair, and the fireworks of coitus. Basri and Salma don't meet their family's expectations, but they still have loads of fun. [CW: physical violence]