Pride Unprejudiced: Check out MUBI’s perfect set of films for ‘Pride Month’
Hyderabad: Revelling in the various colours and shades of the pride month, June welcomes the feelings of freedom, love, and unity. Over the years, society has struggled with the representation of the LGBTQ+ community in key social structures, art and films. However gradually, as the rainbow of awareness shines over the world, year-on-year, we see […]
Published Date - 4 June 2022, 02:43 PM
Hyderabad: Revelling in the various colours and shades of the pride month, June welcomes the feelings of freedom, love, and unity. Over the years, society has struggled with the representation of the LGBTQ+ community in key social structures, art and films. However gradually, as the rainbow of awareness shines over the world, year-on-year, we see better crafted films, with an aim to provide the queer community the respect it deserves.
Today, we have more queer filmmakers, writers, directors and artistes whose expression to their truth makes for a fabulous and groundbreaking watch. With the spirit of fire and a soul full of love, MUBI presents to you the ‘Pride Unprejudiced’ spotlight, celebrating the unapologetically eclectic queer joy!
Great Freedom
Directed by: Sebastian Meise
Unearthing heartrending chapters of queer history in post-war Germany, Sebastian Meise’s moving drama harnesses the healing power of intimacy that blooms in defiance of systematic oppression. Franz Rogowski mesmerises with a powerhouse performance in this absorbing tale of resilience and resistance. The story follows Hans, who is imprisoned again and again under Paragraph 175, a law criminalising homosexuality. Over the course of decades, he develops an unlikely yet tender bond with his cellmate Viktor, a convicted murderer.
Wet Sand
Directed by: Elene Naveriani
An empowering love story suffused with mystery, this beautifully crafted gem from Georgian filmmaker Elene Naveriani interrogates the role of community in enforcing chronic social orthodoxies. Profoundly humanist, ‘Wet Sand’ is a deeply affecting tale of resilience in the face of small-town bigotry.
The Actress
Directed by: Andrew Ondrejcak
In search of her unique voice, an aspiring actor infiltrates cinema history. As she traverses time, space, and gender, she shape-shifts through Hollywood’s most iconic roles, reimagining cinematic archetypes for today.
Moneyboys
Directed by: CB Yi
Fei works illegally as a hustler to support his family, but when he realises they are only willing to accept his money, not his lifestyle, their relationship falls apart. He seems able to find a new lease on life after meeting the headstrong Long, until his childhood love reappears.
And Then We Danced
Directed by: Levan Akin
Merab, a devoted dancer, has been training for years with his partner Mary for a spot in the National Georgian Ensemble. The arrival of another male dancer, Irakli, sparks both an intense rivalry and romantic desire that may cause Merab to risk his future in dance as well as his relationships.
Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields
Directed by: Isabelle Solas
In an Argentina torn between deep conservatism and an unprecedented feminist drive, the film delves into the political journey and the intimate lives of Claudia and Violeta, trans women who identify as transvestites.
The Booth
Directed by: Rohin Raveendran
Starring Parna Pethe and Amruta Subhash, the film is centered around a female frisking booth inside a crowded shopping mall that stands as a silent ally to a forbidden romance. A tender, clandestine encounter offers acute insight on the world of societal taboos and repressed desires in this pertinent short-film. Filmmaker Rohin Raveendran makes exceptional use of the spaces in a shopping mall to amplify the claustrophobia experienced by its lead characters.
Is It Too Much To Ask?
Directed by: Leena Manimekalai
The film follows the ordeal of two trans women, Smile and Glady, who are looking for a rental apartment in Chennai, and the obstacles and social stigma they encounter in not just looking for a home, but being single transgender women. The documentary spotlights the deep-seated misogyny of Indian society. At the same time, it’s a delight to see the determined protagonists use art and humour to battle the discrimination they experience every day.
In fact
Directed by: Debalina Majumder
How do people hold on to their unique identities in a society that strives to homogenise everyone? Debalina Majumder attempts to answer this question with her thought-provoking documentary, offering a compassionate glimpse into the lives and vulnerabilities of a non-normative couple. The film offers us glimpses of lives that are lived on their own terms and in such living mark their resistance against stifling social norms that threaten to homogenise diversity. A celebration of love and togetherness with a difference, it is a celebration of the struggles to live those differences.
Happy Together
Directed by: Wong Kar Wai
Wong Kar Wai pushed boundaries with this sumptuous, recently restored queer love story. The film unravels the tale of Lai and his lover Ho. The pair goes on a trip to Buenos Aires from Hong Kong. Their torrid relationship lives out among lusty tango bars and the salsa music of La Boca sidewalks. But tensions grow between the two lovers, as they find themselves far from home with their lives drifting in opposite directions.
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