Dear journalists

We are delighted to present the visual for the 9th edition of Pink Screens Film Festival which will take place from 21 to 30 October at Cinema Nova.

Bold and subversive, Pink Screens is the only film festival in Belgium that challenges, in a plural and non Manichean way, issues about gender and sexualities, with a twist of honesty, humour and curiosity.

Pink Screens Film Festival is organised by volunteer association Genres d’à Côté and considers queer theories and themes with a cinephile angle, exploring original and taboo-free cinematography from all over the world.

Once again, our programme will explore various themes, in parallel with an exclusive focus on two artists who can’t be easily labelled: Barbara Hammer and Daniel Schmid. With the collaboration of Bozar and Cinematek, we will put these essential, though very little known, artists into the spotlight. Moreover, following a retrospective at New York’s MOMA, and before London’s Tate Modern, Pink Screens and Bozar will be the only to show the amazing works of Barbara Hammer in Belgium!

We hope to find you as curious as we are excited to programme challenging films in our festival.

The Team of Pink Screens Film Festival

Daniel Schmid (1941-2006) is a Swiss director, author of 13 films and the staging of several operas. He received a honorary Leopard at Locarno Film Festival in 1999. He is one of the major directors of 1970’s German New Wave, with peers like Fassbinder, Shroeter or Wenders. Though not as famous, his work is essential.

Barbara Hammer, born in 1939 in Hollywood, she is a lesbian director and has written, directed and produced her own films; documentaries or self-biographies, her films are generally black and white. Her films are marginal, often experimental, and have won several awards: they explore female sexuality, build a lesbian heritage and celebrate queer life.

Contact: Nicolas Gilson & Fred Arends