the film A phosphorescent light that hovers or floats at night on the swampy groundThe Lisbon Queer Film Festival opens today, João Pedro Rodriguez’s musical fantasy with a prince, firefighters, and the scourge of fires in Portugal.
A phosphorescent light that hovers or floats at night on the swampy ground It arrives at Queer Lisboa, at its premiere at the São Jorge Cinema, after the acclaimed international premiere at the Cannes Film Festival (France) and while also being part of the Toronto Festival, which takes place in Canada.
The film, which hits cinemas on September 29, is a comedy about a Portuguese prince who wants to become a firefighter to help his country fight fires that have ravaged part of the territory, but it’s also a social satire in Portugal.
Mauro Costa and Andre Cabral play in A phosphorescent light that hovers or floats at night on the swampy groundHe leads a team that includes Joel Branco, Uchino Cruz, Margarida Villa Nova, Miguel Loreiro, Teresa Madruga, Paulo Braganca, Claudia Jardim and Joanna Barrios.
The twenty-sixth edition of Queer Lisboa, to 24, presents a program of films that help the viewer to reflect on the construction of the concept of queer past and present, and on the importance of memory in this reflection, indicates direction in a formal program.
Pakistani production is one of the choices this year Joy Landby Sime Sadiq, awarded twice this year at Cannes, for a poetic tale between a transgender boy and girl that shakes the foundations of the patriarchal family, and Three sad tigersBy Brazilian Gustavo Vinagger, about three teenagers in a miserable city.
The festival in Brazil also continues to highlight the choice of caseBy Pedro Henrique França, who is following up on the LGBTQI+ nomination for the 2020 elections. The director will be in Lisbon to present the film.
This year’s Hard Nights focuses on “two iconic characters in graphic arts production”: Fred Halstead, “the legendary gay actor, director, and religious figure of the 1970s,” and Max Capacity, founder of the AORTA film studio. .
Queer Lisboa ends with the documentary Esther Newton made me gayWritten by director Jan Carlomosto, about social anthropologist and lesbian activist Esther Newton.
After Queer Lisboa, Queer Porto will take place from November 29 to December 4.
