Official section: Short Films

A very special program featuring the most beautifully-made and thought-provoking shorts; optimistic, introspective, funny… In short, everything that we want FIRE!! to be!

Spain, queer territory brings together some of the most evocative, sensitive, and vibrant national short films of the program. Amidst abyssal forces, summer village roads with squares brimming with shared secrets, village festivals permeated by the extraordinary, football fields laden with grief and lineage, and bedrooms where desire conjures visions and spells, this program draws a queer map of the territory and of new national filmmakers: intimate, strange, political, and profoundly alive.

With this title, which naturally alludes to the famous tales of One Thousand and One Nights, we offer you the best of contemporary queer cinema from Arab countries—or Muslim countries, in the case of the Turkish film Hi Mom, It’s Me, Lou Lou. These are all stories that speak of the power of identity and the yearning for freedom, brought to you by filmmakers who use their incredible creativity to change societal perceptions of LGBTQ+ communities in their countries.

Hadi Moussally no és un artista qualsevol: fotògraf, performer i director de cinema libanès, conjuga un polifacetisme artístic amb un discurs molt clar sobre què és ser gai i àrab, tant al seu país d’origen com als seus països d’adopció: Espanya i França. A través del seu alter ego drag Salma Zahore, ens porta cap a un món colorit i camp hilarant —oferint al col·lectiu LGBTIQ+ de la regió SWANA un d’aquests valuosos espais de llibertat i expressió—, sense perdre de vista l’entorn social i jurídic advers amb què han de conviure. Hadi ha estat aquest any l’ànima del nostre festival, dedicat al cinema queer àrab i persa: ha dissenyat no només el cartell d’aquesta edició, sinó que hem preparat amb ell aquesta sessió amb algunes de les seves obres i també Tea with Adonis, de Selim Mourad, amb qui comparteix una visió i un ímpetu per ressaltar la creativitat del col·lectiu queer àrab i assentar-ne la visibilitat.

Some of the festival’s feature films and documentaries have won awards! With the previous screening of one of these surprising short films.

Casal Lambda has organized its “Implica’t” Short Film Competition for the tenth year, aimed at students from all secondary, high school, vocational and post-compulsory education centres (non-university) as well as youth centres and organizations in Catalonia. The aim is to encourage the production of short films on topics related to homophobic violence or any type of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The 3 best shorts will be screened at this session, where the winning short will be announced, who will receive a prize of 900 euros!