Press Release
Council of Europe Office in Georgia
26, Kakabadzeebi Brothers street, 0108 Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel.: +995 32 291 38 70 / 71 / 72 / 73
Fax: +995 32 291 38 74
E-mail: informtbilisi@coe.int
www.coe.ge
The
Embassies of the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States, and the Council of
Europe Office in Georgia, are pleased to announce a series of LGBT film
screenings
from 18 to 21 June 2012,
at 7pm,
Amarkordi theatre, Amirani Cinema Literatuli Café’
36 Kostava St. Limited seating - first come, first served
The screening on 20 June will be followed by a panel discussion.
18 June
Show Me Love
Sweden, 1998 - Directed by Lukas Moodysson
In Swedish, with English and Georgian Subtitles
Åmål is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she has never done *it*. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her but is too shy to do anything about it.
19 June
Stonewall Uprising
United States, 2010 - Directed by Kate Davis, David Heilbroner
In English
Stonewall Uprising is a documentary that tells the dramatic story of the Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village, New York. When police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar on June 28, 1969, the street erupted into violent protests that lasted for the next six days. The Stonewall riots, as they came to be known, marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement in the United States and around the world.
20 June
Ma Vie En Rose / My Life in Pink
Belgium, 1997 – Directed by Alain Berliner
In French, with English subtitles
Ludovic is a young boy who can't wait to grow up to be a woman. When his family discovers the little girl blossoming in him they are forced to contend with their own discomfort and the lack of understanding from their new neighbours.
This session will be followed by a panel discussion on the film series and on LGBT issues
21 June
Riparo / Shelter me
Italy, 2007 – Marco S. Puccioni, 98 mins.
In
Italian, with English and Georgian subtitles
When the heiress of a shoe manufacturing business returns to Italy after a trip to Tunisia and discovers an Arab teenager in her luggage, the makeshift family formed between the heiress, her partner, and the runaway crumbles under the weight of the outside world.
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of Europe's activities to combat discrimination on the grounds of sexual
orientation or gender identity, visit our webpages at:
http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/lgbt/default_EN.asp
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Council of Europe Office in Georgia