The 27th Mezipatra Queer Film Festival opens its Prague programme on 5 November with Gugu’s World. Its selections explore coming of age across generations, alongside a ten-film main competition, Taiwanese cinema and a retrospective. Screenings continue through 12 November before the festival moves to Brno, with further showings of award-winning films closing the Prague programme. The selection includes 28 features and 50 shorts.
The 27th Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, a Czech festival devoted to LGBTQ+ cinema, will hold its Prague programme from 5 to 12 November. Its selections include 28 feature films and 50 shorts from around the world. The opening film is Brazilian director Allan Deberton’s Gugu’s World at Kino Lucerna. It follows an 11-year-old boy who grows up with his grandmother. The programme’s theme is coming of age at any age.[1], [2]
Ten features compete for the main jury prize. American filmmaker Jordan Firstman’s feature debut Club Kid follows a former figure in New York nightlife who discovers he has a son. Belgian director Lukas Dhont’s Coward follows soldiers staging theatre near the front during the First World War. Its 9 November screening at Kino Světozor will be followed by a discussion with screenwriter Angelo Tijssens. A separate Taiwanese selection includes Silent Sparks and The Trio Hall.[1]
Todd Haynes’s 1998 glam-rock film Velvet Goldmine will be shown at the Prague closing ceremony on 11 November. Gregg Araki’s 1997 Nowhere screens at Edison Filmhub on 9 November. Seven thematic programmes organize the short films, with a student jury choosing the best short and viewers voting for an Audience Award. Prize-winning films receive further screenings at Kino Světozor on 12 November. The festival then moves to Brno, another Czech city, for screenings from 13 to 20 November.[1]
