MEMORY-LIKE: An Oral History of QueerFest

• Movies
• 2025-01-22
• TR
• Released
• 0h 45m
• Documentary - History

• 0.0
• 0

Production

Pembe Hayat KuirFest, L Blok

Tagline

Not only a film festival, but also a space for resistance

Storyline

The documentary focuses on the story of QueerFest, the first and only LGBTI+ film festival in Turkey, which has been organized in Ankara since 2011. Through interviews with the founders of QueerFest, volunteers and staff who have contributed to the festival, the 14-year journey of the festival and the culture and arts landscape shaped by Turkey's political climate are told. QueerFest's self-organizational connection with the Pink Life Association, its connection with the “lubunya” (queer community) of Ankara and the cultural capital it inherited from there, is transformed into a powerful political voice by developing the practice of mobilizing through art. Since 2017, the festival has continued its resistance against the bans and heavy censorship obstacles every year and opens a space for many queer people living in Turkey who are interested in the field of culture and art and want to produce in this sphere.