Pop(e) Film Festival

Pop(e) film festival, u organizaciji Queer Zagreba odvijao se u razdoblju od 3. do 5. lipnja 2011. godine u prostorijama kina Grič, za vrijeme boravka pape u Zagrebu, ali sa alternativnim sadržajima onima oko službenog dočeka pape.
Program se sastojao od filmskih projekcija, izložbe, fotografskih radionica i tribine.
Izložba pod nazivom Zajedno u Qristu inicirana je zbog nepostojanja vizualnog spomena bilo kakvog LGBTIQ identiteta unutar ikonografije katolicizma, osim nekih likova koji blago upućuju na queer identiete, poput Svetog Sebastijana. Predstavljena je queer verzija crkvene ikonografije koje ne samo da dopušta već se i bazira upravo na tim prognanim, ako ne i poganim, identitetima – bilo da se radi o tipičnim biblijskim scenama ili onima iz svakodnevnog crkvenog života. U sklopu festivala održane su dvije radionice odnosno tematska fotografiranja. Prva se bavila razvijanjem vizualnih queer identiteta pod nazivom ‘Sinners or Saints – Come out and Saint up’, dok je druga ‘The Queer Bible’ bila tematike poqueeravanja biblijskih događaja.
Uz izložbe i radionice, predstavljen je i filmski program od pet naslova gdje su se mogli vidjeti filmovi koji se bave queer tematikom koja je na neki izravan ili neizravan način povezana s katoličkom crkvom.
Održana je i tribina čija tema je bila ‘Republika Hrvatska između klerikalizma i sekularizma – gdje ima, a gdje nema suživota’. Teme rasprave bila su ljudska prava, istospolne zajednice, abortus, eutanaziju, politikama borbe protiv HIV epidemije, položaja žena u crkvi i društvu, granicama definicije obitelji i drugo.
Cilj festivala bio je podizanje svijesti pojedinaca i javnosti na sve gore spomenute teme, koje su aktualne u svim zemljama u kojima je prisutna katolička crkva.
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Pop(e) film festival, organized by Queer Zagreb was held between 3. – 5. June 2011, in cinema Grič, Zagreb, at the same time when the pope visited Zagreb, but with alternative content to the one of the formal welcome.
Program consisted of movie projections, an exhibiton, workshop/photo sessions and a public discussion.
Exhbition Together in Qrist was iniciated because of the lack of visual documents for any LGBTIQ identity within the iconography of Catholicism, with the exception of some characters which mildly indicate queer identities, such as St. Sebastian. Queer version of church iconography has been presented, which is not only letting, but it is based on these prosecuted, if not even pagan, identities – whether we talk about typical biblical scenes or the ones from everyday church life. Within the festival. Two workshops/photosessions have been held. First one was about developing visual queer identities called ‘Sinners or Saints – Come Out and Saint Up’ and the second one ‘The Queer Bible’ was about adding queer elements to biblical events.
Alongside with exhibition and workshop, movie program of five titles was presented too, with queer movies that are directly or indirectly connected to catholic church.
There was alo a public discussion ‘Croatia between clericalism and secularism – where is and where isn’t coexistence possible?’ Topics of discussion involved human rights, same sex partnerships, abortion, euthanasia, politics that are fighting against HIV, position of women in society and church, family definitions etc.
Main goal of the festival was raising awareness of individuals and public on all previously mentioned topics, which are current in all countries with the presence of catholic church.
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From Queer.hr:
ZAJEDNO U QRISTU! / Together in Christ
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