QUEER ACADEMY Summit Guide 2020

Summit Guide 2020 Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 @ TEDDY Bar Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 @ Cubix 1

INTRODUCTION Einleitung

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Michael Stütz © Ali Ghandtschi

Head of ​Panorama

First of all a warm welcome and a heartfelt thank you for coming from all corners of the world to our annual summit of the QUEER ACADEMY. The QUEER ACADEMY is about festival programming, discourse, networking and opposition – moving into the future by building on a wealth of knowledge and experience.

By using our many different voices and perspectives to complement each other, to challenge each other and to support each other, our network keeps constantly proliferating and will not be brought to a halt. Movements born from our annual exchanges often resulted in creative and social impulses within our industry, bringing fruitful exchanges with filmmakers and audiences alike. The collaborative effort of a transnational and multi-generational community was and will be a key for us to keep growing, as different communities and societies, our common ground being our love for cinema.

We are very much looking forward to lively debates and talks with all of you!

Michael Stütz

A DIRECTORS EXCHANGE 2020 Tuesday, February 25 Location: TEDDY BAR, Sony Center, Bellevuestr. 1 10785 Berlin - Free admission

11.30 am – 12.30 pm Queering the Framework In conversation with Patric Chiha and Matthew Rankin Patric Chiha, director of Si c’était de l’amour, and Matthew Rankin, director of The Twentieth Century, use various styles and artistry in their films to queer the framework where stories told through dance and theatrical staging become celebrations of transformation.

Moderation: Ana David

Patric Chiha Born in Vienna, Austria in 1975, he studied fashion design in Paris and then film editing at the INSAS film school in Brussels. His short and documentary films have screened at several festivals. His feature film debut Domaine, starring Béatrice Dalle, premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. His documentary Brothers of the Night screened in the 2016 Panorama.

Matthew Rankin Born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1980. He studied at the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University in Montreal, as well as Université Laval in Quebec. In 2011, Rankin participated at Berlinale Talents. Following numerous short films, The Twentieth Century is his first feature film.

A DIRECTORS EXCHANGE 2020 Tuesday, February 25 Location: TEDDY BAR, Sony Center, Bellevuestr. 1 10785 Berlin - Free admission

1 – 2 pm New Queer German Cinema In conversation with Faraz Shariat and Leonie Krippendorff Two films with a fresh take on coming of age and coming to terms with ideas of home and belonging in a post-migrant society. Faraz Shariat, director of Futur Drei and Leonie Krippendorff, director of Kokon, talk about their motivations, inspirations and desires for creating their own stories.

Moderation: Nastaran Tajeri-Foumani Faraz Shariat Born in Cologne, Germany in 1994, he worked first as a director and actor at Schauspiel Köln and on video installations for the Staatstheater Hannover before studying dramatic arts at the University of Hildesheim. His work focuses on post-migrant experiences and stories about immigrant families.

His debut feature film, Futur Drei, evolved from his autobiographical documentaries exploring his family history and from his work as a translator for refugees. The film was developed in collaboration with Paulina Lorenz and Raquel Molt in the Jünglinge film collective, where the three have been working together ever since they met at university.

Leonie Krippendorff Born in Berlin, Germany in 1985, she studied directing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf from 2009 to 2016. Her graduation film, Looping, was nominated for numerous national and international prizes and won several. The screenplay for her debut feature film, Kokon, was selected for the 2018 Berlinale Talents Script Station. In 2019, she was a jury member for the Max Ophüls Prize film festival. She is currently working on the screenplays for two new feature film projects. Variety chose her as one of “10 Europeans to Watch 2020.”

SUMMIT 2020 Wednesday, February 26 Location: CUBIX 1, Rathausstr. 1 10778 Berlin - Free admission

1 – 1.30 pm Keynote: Darick Qin, Director of Operations, ShanghaiPRIDE Established in 2009, ShanghaiPRIDE has faced extraordinary challenges in its fight to show queer films. Battling censorship and legal issues, every year it is more than a film festival, becoming a central cultural community event sharing screen stories about the love, hardships, growth and triumphs of LGBTQI* in China.

Darick Qin

1.30 – 3.30 pm Panel: From Shorts to Series – Interdisciplinary Storytelling in Queer Narratives The queer narratives on display are strong examples of the different approaches taken by filmmakers to share their stories. Series delve into the complex layers of a character; fiction features experiment with different forms of storytelling to communicate our desires; documentaries present the courage of people taking authorship of their stories; shorts compress a complex story conveying more with images than words. With the diverse guests from this year’s festival the potentials of cinematic approaches will be analysed and discussed.

Participants: Athina Rachel Tsangari, Director of Trigonometry, Berlinale Series

Lia Hietala & Hannah Reinikainen, Directors of Always Amber, Berlinale Panorama

Ray Yeung, Director of Suk Suk, Berlinale Panorama

Omer Sterenberg, Director of HaMa’azin (Listening In), Berlinale Shorts

Gil Baroni, Director of Alice Júnior, Berlinale Generation Moderation: Kristian Petersen

Panel: From Shorts to Series Interdisciplinary Storytelling in Queer Narratives

Lia Hietala Born in Stockholm in 1993. For her first short film, If I Say No, she received a scholarship from the Norwegian Nordnorsk film centre. Min Homosyster screened in the 2017 Generation section and won the Teddy Award for Best Short Film. She is a student of fine art at the University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm.

Hannah Reinikainen Born in Stockholm in 1992, she studied journalism at the city’s university as well as documentary filmmaking at Biskops Arnö Nordens Folkhögskola. As part of her work at the Story production company, she was assistant director and editor on Shapeshifters by Sophie Vuković. She has also directed two short films.

Panel: From Shorts to Series Interdisciplinary Storytelling in Queer Narratives

Ray Yeung Born in Hong Kong, the director presented his first featurelength fiction film, Cut Sleeve Boys, at the 2005 International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film went on to win awards at numerous festivals and was theatrically released in countries including the USA, Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines. His second feature film, Front Cover, likewise screened at international film festivals, won awards and enjoyed a theatrical release in several countries. He has also made eight short films and has directed two theatre plays that were staged in London and Hong Kong; he also directs commercials.

Omer Sterenberg Born in Haifa, Israel in 1992. After completing high school, he served in the Israeli Defense Forces as a combat fighter and later as an officer. He is currently in his fourth year of study at the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School. His short film HaMa’azin premiered at the Jerusalem Film Festival in 2019.

Panel: From Shorts to Series Interdisciplinary Storytelling in Queer Narratives

Athina Rachel Tsangari Born in Athens, Greece in 1966. The director and producer received for her second film Attenberg the Coppa Volpi Award for the leading actress Ariane Labed. Her buddy comedy Chevalier received great recognition at the film festivals of Locarno, Toronto and New York, was awarded “Best Film” at the BFI-London Film Festival, nominated for the Independent Spirit Award and invited to the Academy Awards as the Greek contribution.

Gil Baroni Born in Guarapuava, Brazil in 1979, he is a screenwriter, director and producer whose work focuses on human rights issues, especially the LGBTQI* universe. As co-owner of Beija Flor Filmes, he has produced several short films that have screened at a total of 172 international festivals and won 35 awards and eight special mentions. He has also taught production and directing at the College of Arts of Paraná.

Summit Guide 2020 The Queer Academy builds on the wealth of knowledge from over 30 years of Berlinale encounters. Movements born from such exchanges have led to creative and social developments in our industry and have promoted exchanges with filmmakers, Film festival organizers and audiences. The Queer Academy Summit organises discussions about cinematic works and subjects that concern and connects industry professionals and audiences alike.

The Queer Academy Summit 2020 and the Directors Exchange are curated by Panorama and organised with the Queer Academy and the TEDDY AWARD

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