Side by Side (film festival)
side side lesbian gay international film festival «bok bok» russian международный лгбткинофестиваль «бок о бок» international film festival seek explore issue homosexuality bisexuality transgender lgbt art cinema since taken place every autumn saint petersburg russia addition various special event held almost every month since film showing discussion also conducted part russia side side film festival aim establish open cultural space russian society lgbt community enter broad discussion generate positive dialogue thus contributing struggle discrimination based sex gender identity sexual orientation addition festival offer space homosexual transgender person feel comfortable affirm question extend identity slogan film forum different love equal right film festival founded manny de guerre side side festival staff manny de guerre gulya sultanova tanya shmankevich festival program consists three main section corresponding award feature documentary short film film selected previous season film forum application process noncompetition program includes variety event unique retrospective screening exhibition photo competition book presentation concert workshop etc screening usually followed discussion lecture reflect issue raised film discus projected contemporary russian society every event host special guest wellknown international russian expert field art sociology psychology human right form jury selects award winner three category festival visitor also vote favorite audience award film festival actively seek attract volunteer event year film festival supported berlin international film festival’s teddy award kiev international film festival molodist goetheinstitut danish cultural institute swedish film institute heinrich böll foundation time journal among others begun late russian gay lesbian right movement came little mids st century neither human right movement lgbt community group people united common value conscious shared cultural historical fate formed started gay pride movement strengthened disagreement different lgbt group society large moreover pursue goal establishing cultural space time lgbt culture developing fast west also area art cinema first lgbt film festival frameline held san francisco ten year later special lgbt film award created berlin international film festival time lgbt film forum become integral part cultural life western society great number festival visited thousand people run every year prestigious gay award side side film festival emerged one hand wake worldwide tradition response urgent need russian lgbt community organizer strived create open cultural space selfdevelopment reflection lgbt community time exposing problem lgbt community known general public building positive dialogue minority majority deconstructing myth stereotype helping change public opinion develop understanding acceptance tolerance according organizer one way overcome hate discrimination violence towards lgbt people idea running film festival saint petersburg first came meeting manny de guerre irina sergeyeva summer wide resonance heated discussion arose society plan organizing festival announced publicly end december director alexandr sokurov rock musician svetlana surganova sociologist igor kon poet marina chen actor anatoliy ravikovich human right defender sergey grigoryants politician valeriya novodvorskaya british novelist sarah water british human right defender peter tatchell israeli producer eytan fox israeli producer gal uchovsky american producer john cameron mitchell lgbtactivist nikolay alexeyev gave support film festival berlin international film festival newfest new york lesbian gay bisexual transgender film festival kyiv international film festival molodist officially supported «side side» film festival representative international association cinematographer slavic orthodox people actor nikolai burlyayev mikhail porechenkov producer mark rudinshtein artist oleg basilashvili director yevgeniy tatarskiy head press service russian orthodox church mikhail moiseyev head city committee culture nikolay burov film festival february dom kino cinema planned venue screening terminated preliminary agreement festival organizer due building repair however turned later movie hall never closed period september already beginning ticket sale pik cinema pressure authority terminated contract without explanation time police conducting spotchecks bunker central station gay club visitor insulted humiliated blackmailed october new venue found club sochi palace closed eve festival two week fire inspection however right refusing host event allowed carry working event civil youth movement oborona lgbtorganization coming sent open letter governor saint petersburg valentina matviyenko demanding comment situation famous st petersburg artist gljuklja caplja also expressed support hearing closure festival changed programme dom kino screened film transgender boy komnata viki zheni furthermore referring german reformer martin luther student group performed action called reformation committee culture saint petersburg result film festival took place ‘underground’ secret venue october course two day art documentary film screened including panorama berlin international film festival short movie award winner screening followed discussion festival guest director john cameron mitchell rodney swell maxim zirin representative berlin international film festival teddy award klaus ascheneller new fest director basil tsiokos russian transgender julietta among others participated addition photo competition love pink blue measurement lida mikhailovayas photo project lesbian people around know alexander nizovskiys drag queen show competition program consisted eight feature eight documentary twentythree short film including oscar cannes film festival berlin international film festival award winner among one russian documentary tape one kazakhstan short film klaus mabel aschenneller – producer annual premium «teddy award» within framework berlin international film festival svetlana surganova – famous russian rock musician founder «nochniye snaiperi» «surganova orchestra» basil tsiokos – artistic director new york lesbian gay bisexual transgender film festival member international jury berlin international film festival best feature film – xxy director lucía puenzo argentina best documentary film – anyone everyone director susan polis schutz usa best shortfootage film – bikini director claudia morgado escanilla canada audience award – anothers body director maxim zirin russia furthermore film program shown various venue city well presented several film festival kiev international film festival molodist open eye film festival xenophobia racism festival festival international film festival st petersburg german week saint petersburg organizer manny de guerre invited th berlin international film festival member teddy award jury september gyulnara sultanova together representative russian lgbt network igor kochetkov meeting igor mikhailov human right ombudsman saint petersburg granted support addition educational brochure coming tell understand parenthood transgender religion released summer side side invited participate festival festival pressure administration cinema rodina refused conduct screening however cinema dom kino accepted show film condition lgbt film festival would mentioned second film festival ran october unlike year provoke strong reaction society screening took place public venue organizer sought support western consulate cultural center ensure film festival would disrupted according organizer festival visited two thousand people besides film screening several roundtable discussion organized various issue human right discrimination history lgbtcommunity coming samesex marriage child samesex parent problem elderly lgbt people transgender myth reality masculinity contemporary society religion sexuality among others sociologist igor kon psychotherapist dmitriy isaev lgbt activist igor kochetkov artist ivan chechot german activist mahide lein hiv activist nikolai panchenko poetperformer olga krauze human right defender alexander vinnikov vladimir shnitke maxim ivanozov nina tagankina among others however event pas without incident presentation book malchik — otets muzhchiny igor kon correspondent ntv group nationalist led roman zentsov showed hall discussion take place festival organizer accused ntv correspondent attempt create scandal outside competition program retrospective german cinema weimar republic shown different others first gay movie history cinema mädchen uniform – first movie touch theme female homosexuality cult film michael film forum closed concert ulyana angelevskaya due disruption previous year festival program partly repeated total four feature six documentary twelve short film shown igor kon – famous russian sociologist philosopher tamara larina – artistic director international short film animation festival open cinema nina tagankina – human right defender executive director moscow helsinki group sergey baidak – project leader inoekino due partial repetition previous year program award system reorganized best social film – freeheld directed cynthia wade usa best educational film – gay directed nicolas kolovos sweden best film human value – georgie girl directed annie goldson peter well new zealand audience award – mädchen uniform directed leontine sagan germany international gay lesbian film festival side side received award berlin international film festival contribution development lgbt movement russia week director gulya sultanova became member jury berlinales teddy award spring side side film festival also took part international film festival racism xenophobia open eye film georgie girl screening major success april stephen fry’s film hiv shown part week homophobia actor also made appeal russian public month side side international gay lesbian film festival travelled outside city kemerovo novosibirsk novosibirsk festival ran april support department culture novosibirsk oblast goetheinstitut attracted great deal spectator medium attention event gathered around visitor kemerovo film screening take place th april two official city cinema begin city administration supported festival changed position fundamentally one day festival opening result cinema refused rent hall festival took nevertheless place private venue according th clause universal declaration human right everyone right run visit cultural event realized right novosibirsk — bright successful event cultural public life capital siberia met discrimination kemerovo however shall continue work realize right founder film festival manny de guerre july festival planned arkhangelsk support local lgbt organization rakurs however religious nationalist groups’ pressure local authority took place undisclosed venue screening film cut homophobia took place september part nd international queer culture festival followed discussion topic injustice lawlessness discrimination russia artist concerned issue festival planned run th october supported spanish director pedro almodóvar american screenwriter director gu van sant british director ken loach british actor director writer stephen fry russian actor artist sergei bugaev afrika film critic mikhail trofimenkov later joined british actor ian mckellen commissioner human right council europe thomas hammarberg british writer director mike leigh singer marc almond american director bruce labruce film festival passed without incident public venue first time animation included program exhibition lgbt film festival poster europe asia america africa also held order visually show history development festival noncompetition program name love behind iron curtain presented vintage film shot country former eastern bloc hungarian film another way károly makk westler film west germany wieland speck coming heiner carow first last gay film produced german democratic republic released hour berlin wall fell festival visited special guest swedish animator lasse persson german actor matthias freihof israeli director tomer heymann danish director iben haar andersen minna gross turkish transgender activist heroine movie nuri bula transsexual esmeray russian director dmitriy gribanov film critic oleg kovalov roundtable discussion held child samesex family transgender right russia turkey homophobia society movement lgbt right russia world among others year film festival found visual embodiment award called bobik analogue berlin bear teddy venetian queer lion prototype bobik festival founder manny de guerres dog name come abbreviation festival bok bok side side russian competition program consisted four feature including one russian four documentary fourteen short film first time also animation section presented twelve film gljuklja natalya pershinayakimanskaya – artist director scriptwriter saint petersburg serge golovach – artist photographer public figure moscow dmitriy dubrokskiy – human right defender civic activist teacher saint petersburg state university smolny college liberal art science antoine cattin – filmdocumentalist editor horschamp film journal known russia cowork pavel kostomapov best feature film – friend faro directed nana neul germany best documentary – shot love directed tomer heymann israel germany best short film – hammerhead directed samuel donovan united kingdom best animation – hand hand directed lasse persson sweden audience award – hello name lesbian directed iben haahr andersen minna gross denmark december side side showed film freeheld part film festival may displeased authority saint petersburg administration end march film forum planned participate open eye film festival film prayer bobby however city cinema hall dom kino rodina refused conduct screening ideological ground pressure prosecutor broke rental contract mikhail chemyakin foundation part german week photo exhibition screening took place year series screening successfully completed novosibirsk kemerovo february issue coming april part week homophobia may film festival showed program open venue unlike year time event passed without incident tour tomsk planned june opening day venue refused conduct screening pressure local administration result film forum moved venue best feature harvest benjamin cantu germany best documentary regretters marcus lindeen sweden best short film mind emma crimmings аustralia special jury prize generation barbara hammer gina carducci usa audience prize patrik ella lemhagen sweden best feature beauty oliver hermanus south africa france germany best documentary call kuchu malika zouhaliworrall katherine fairfax wright usa uganda best short film la douche shower maria josé san martín chile audience prize codebreaker clare beaven uk best feature film – blue warmest colour directed abdellatif kechiche france best documentary – valentine road directed marta cunningham usa best short film – undress victor lindgren sweden audience award – matterhorn diederik ebbinge netherlands best feature film – julia directed jackie j deier germany best documentary – something must break sweden best short film – directed olga privolnova russia audience award – matt shepard friend mine usa best feature film – chambermaid lynn directed ingo haeb germany best documentary – sound fog directed klaus stanjek austria germany czech republic best short film – im black im queer whore hugo meijer ca van der pa colombia netherlands audience award – mask live jennifer siebel newsom usa best feature film – arianna directed carlo lavagna italy best documentary – who gonna love directed barak tomer heymann israelbritain best short film – partner directed joey ally usa audience award – angry indian goddess directed pan nalin india germany list lgbt film festival international gay lesbian film festival «side side»