Strike a pose! Mezipatra is starting, and the famous opening party is here (this time at your very own home). Come shake your hips in the shared rhythms provided by DJs Zey, Step by Step and Kewu. The three musketeers of the Prague music scene will play in a friendly spirit, so you can look forward to b2b. And maybe even to b2b2b.

Nov. 5 / 9:00 p.m.
The event will be streamed via Moje kino LIVE platform (as part of the Opening ceremony) and YouTube.
admission: free

Do you want to find out why the term “transsexuality” is being increasingly avoided, what misgendering is and which pronouns are used by non-binary people? This workshop will illustrate on specific examples of what terminology is appropriate in the Czech language and how to write not only about issues regarding gender identity. The panel consists of: Markéta Bečková from the Transparent Association, Lenka Králová, host of the program V Tranzu, and Ivana Recmanová, linguist, translator and media consultant.

Registration for this workshop is required. Please, register via this form. You will then receive the link to the video call.

Online
Nov. 6 / 5:00 p.m.
admission: free

Online platforms as a seemingly free space for voices that would otherwise be unheard. But to what extent does the online world fulfil this utopian vision? How to make sense of the fragmented environment, find the target group and share an authentic experience? Those answering will be a Russian youtuber, a journalist from PinkNews and one of the co-creators of a documentary produced by Televize Seznam.cz.

Nov. 7 / 8:00 p.m.
The event will be streamed via Facebook and YouTube.
admission: free

The Canadian director John Greyson has made major contributions to the New Queer Cinema canon and is still considered an innovator with a provocative artistic vision and firm political beliefs. He poses important questions about where engaged art ends and activism begins, remaining insistent and sincere throughout his career. How have the positions and challenges of an activist queer artist changed? His film Zero Patience (1993) is featured in our retro section.

Nov. 7 / 2:00 p.m.
The event will be streamed via Facebook and YouTube.
admission: free

Although the overall situation of the LGBTQ+ community in the Eastern Bloc is improving, many countries still don’t have the luxury of queer cultural events. Screening films becomes a political gesture with a society-wide impact, facing initially hostile conditions on top of that. How to bring a film festival to life and keep it alive will be discussed by organizers from Poland, Slovenia and Russia.

Nov. 7 / 4:00 p.m.
The event will be streamed via Facebook and YouTube.
admission: free

The discussion within our live broadcast will revolve around the documentary Code of the Freaks, which radically reinterprets the portrayal of people with disabilities on the film screen and reveals eloquent patterns across history and genres. Its themes will be discussed by three co-authors, producers and protagonists of the film - Susan Nussbaum, Alyson Patsavas and Carrie Sandahl. Host: Kateřina Kolářová from the Department of Gender Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University. The event will be in English with simultaneous translation to Czech.

Nov. 7 / 7:00 p.m.
The event will be streamed via Facebook and YouTube.
admission: free

Short films tend to be the starting point even for the greatest careers. They do, however, lack the prestige of feature films, so they remain unjustly underrated and difficult to finance. How to deal with the already given adverse situation? How to express oneself in a limited space with even more limited means? Filmmakers in this year’s short films competition will explain their approaches.

Nov. 8. / 1:00 p.m.
The event will be streamed via Facebook and YouTube.
admission: free

Not only possible pitfalls, but also sharing best practices is what a workshop for teachers and everyone who works with children and adolescents will be about. Marcela Macháčková (Mezipatra in schools), Karel Pavlica (NPI, Prague Pride) and guests from the educational environment Irena Smetáčková (Department of Psychology, PedF UK) and Martin Tománek (teacher, Futuropolis) will advise on how to deal with coming out in the classroom, how to approach LGBTQ + topics at school without prejudices or how to introduce the class to activities for better mutual understanding. The workshop will be in Czech only.

Registration for this workshop is required. Please, register via this form. You will then receive the link to the video call.

Online
Nov. 8 / 2:00 p.m.
admission: free

While queer stories have conquered the silver screens, the situation in television is different. Searching for a compromise between inclusion in the mainstream and addressing the LGBTQ+ audience, combining an attractive narrative with an educational dimension, programming original production or well-established titles -- these and other challenges are discussed by the creators of the hit show SKAM and a representative of the European “gay Netflix”.

Nov. 8 / 3:00 p.m.
The event will be streamed via Facebook and YouTube.
admission: free

The talented director of the younger generation, Leonie Krippendorff, focuses on the experiences of teenage characters who are looking for their own identity and place in society. At the beginning of this year, according to the weekly Variety, she became one of the most remarkable filmmakers in Europe, and now we are screening her latest film Cocoon under the Queer Kino distribution brand. The discussion with the director Krippendorff on the topic of finding and portraying the desires and fears of one generation in a film will be hosted by Ryan Keating-Lambert aka Movie Barf.

Nov. 8 / 4:30 p.m.
The event will be streamed via Facebook and YouTube.
admission: free

Live recording of the “Vyhonit ďábla” podcast, this time about the OnlyFans phenomenon. Terézia Ferjančeková and Zuzana Kašparová will talk about sex work, shame, digitalization of sex and the social inclusion/exclusion of people who make their living through sex. They will discuss how the OnlyFans platform works and about its related controversies. And they won’t be alone – they’ll invite Melancholia Blackbile, a Czech drag queen who makes money on OnlyFans, and Kameko Epitaph, rigger and latex clothing designer. In Czech only.

Nov. 8 / 7:15 p.m.
The event will be streamed via Facebook and YouTube.
admission: free

How can the majority society’s intolerance influence someone who is queer? What exactly is minority stress and how does it affect our mental and physical well-being? We’ll talk about all this with social geographer Michal Pitoňák, psychologist Josef Smrž and sex therapist Petra Vrzáčková in a panel discussion focusing on the health of the LGBTQ+ community. In Czech only.

Nov. 9 / 6:00 p.m.
The event will be streamed via Facebook and YouTube.
admission: free

A condom is not the only reliable protection against HIV infection. Pre-exposure prophylaxis or “PrEP” is another option, one which started a revolution in the sex lives of mostly gay and bisexual men. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of this medication that is now available in the Czech Republic as well? Come to expand your horizons to the interactive lecture by Robert Hejzák from Czech AIDS Help Society. Hosted by Barbora Šichanová. In Czech only.

Nov. 10 / 7:15 p.m.
The event will be streamed via Facebook and YouTube.
admission: free

Previews from the unique Czech documentary series Trans* will be complemented in our live broadcast by interviews with its creators and protagonists. Directors Filip Štoček and Štěpán Svoboda will talk about how the series was created in Stream production and much more. Three selected works will be presented directly by their actors: Fipah, Viktor Heumann and Andrea Porschová. Hosted by Kass Vladyka. In Czech only.

Nov. 11 / 7:15 p.m.
The event will be streamed via Facebook and YouTube.
free admission

You may know DJs NCOL, Still Sparkling and Hnát from the Ankali club, or Herna party in Brno. But at our closing party, you’ll meet them in a completely different light. They will build their sets out of their own pop pleasures, which are, in our opinion, not guilty at all. Will there be Madonna? You’ll find out after the virtual closing ceremony.

Nov. 21 / 9:00 p.m.
The event will be streamed via Moje kino LIVE platform and YouTube.
admission: free

Coming out requires courage. All the more if you’re a well-known personality. How can it influence your private and professional life? And how will society react? You’ll learn all that in a discussion with director Kateřina Tučková, YouTuber Lukefry and director Peter Bebjak, who will share their own experiences. The evening will be hosted by journalist Filip Titlbach. Czech only.

Jiří Manhen Library in Brno, Brno
Nov. 15 / 6:00 p.m.
admission: free

How did the Pose series change the depiction of trans characters? How do animated shows such as She-ra influence the perception of queer protagonists in children? What are the questions and practices in depicting minorities in film and TV production in Western and Eastern Europe? You will learn all that and much more in a panel discussion with film theorists Šárka Gmiterková, Eva Chlumská, Martin Velič and Jana Glocarová. Hosted by Matúš Slamka. Czech only.

Kino No Art, Brno
Nov. 19 / 6:00 p.m.
admission: free