LesGaiCineMad 2018

LesGaiCineMad signs veteran transsexual activist Samantha Flores as image for its 23rd edition

GAYLES.TV.- The 23 edition of LesGaiCineMad, the themed festival LGBT + de Madrid most important of the Spanish-speaking countries. It will take place between days 25 for October and 11 for November in more than 20 locations in the Region of Madrid. For the edition of 2018 the contest bets for the veteran transsexual activist Samantha Flores as an image The objective of LesGaiCineMad continues to be visible to the collective LGTBIQ + from a firm commitment to culture and social news.

A dozen feature films are presented in the Official Section: «The Diablo is Magnificent » by Nicolás Videla (Chile), «Just Charlie » by Rebekah Fortune (United States), «The Heirs » by Marcelo Martinessi (Paraguay), «The Daughters of Fire » by Albertina Carri (Argentina), «My Days of Mercy » by Tali Shalom Ezer (United States, United Kingdom), «Novembro Novembro » by Lázaro Louzao (Spain), «Rafiki« from Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya). «Altarpiece" by Álvaro Delgado Aparicio (Peru), «The Miseducation of Cameron Post » by Desiree Akhavan (United States and United Kingdom), «Raw ink » by Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon (Brazil), «Knife + Heart » by Yann Gonzalez (France) and «Wild Nights with Emily » by Madeleine Olnek (United States).

42 short films, 20 documentaries and 8 feature films will also be screened at the Panorama Section. This year the jury will be made up of renowned personalities from the world of culture such as Ángeles Maeso, Paula Alamillo, Miguel Ferrari, Abril Zamora, Roberto Pérez Toledo, Nerea Castro, Bernabé Ruiz, Gustavo Pecoraro y Ana Sierra.

Highlights the block New Visibilities for a diverse world. + Women + Cultural Industries whose mission is to value the work that women do and the new proposals that reflect a reality that is less and less deaf to the ears of society.

Inside the block Positive Cinema & DocuVIHvO, la Triangle Foundation will screen five titles in addition to offering parallel activities such as the workshop «Hundred and AIDS: a positive relationship?» in charge of Gustavo Pecotano or the monologue «Sexually Transmitted Humor (HTS).

Honorary Award

The Honorary Award of LesGaiCineMad for "Els 5QK's«. Alfonso de Sierra, Luis Escribano, Ramon Massa, Ces Martí y Enric Bentz were amateur filmmakers who decided to join in 1979 under the name Els 5QK's to create a transgressive filmography. The result of this union were 19 films between long, short and medium-length films. A decidedly courageous career that broke with the social, religious and political conventions of the time, putting the «fagot"(At that time the term gay or homosexual was not common) as the main hero: proud of himself, shameless and beyond good or evil. The absolute pleasure as identity. A time in which homosexuality went from the underground to the public with the media exposure and which was marked by the SIDA boat. LesGaiCineMad will reward to these men who «they led the way with great courage»To pay tribute«to the great contribution that his works represent for the LGBT Cinema of Spain and the world«.

On November 1, within the framework of the Madrid International Film Festival 'LesGaiCinemad', the Documentary «Fags: Els 5 QK's Cinema", from Ricardo Gonzalez, about these gay filmmakers who filmed 29 movies in the Barcelona of the Transition.