Chéries-Chéris 2023, the LGBTQIA+ film festival returns to MK2 cinemas

November's cinema event is the 29th edition of the Paris LGBTQIA+ film festival. Since 2009, the Chéries-Chéris festival has been an avant-garde cultural event that breaks down boundaries and celebrates differences.

This year, visit the MK2 Beaubourg, MK2 Quai de Seine and MK2 Bibliothèque cinemas from 18 to 28 November 2023 to discover a jam-packed program! No fewer than 70 feature-length films and 60 shorts will be on offer to the public, and the competition to win one of the seven prizes awarded by the jury will be fierce!

The Feature Fiction category includes the Grand Prix, the Jury Prize and the Interpretation Prize. Feature-length documentaries are eligible for the Grand Prix and Jury Prize, while short films are in competition for the Grand Prix, Jury Prize and Special Mentions.

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The program for this 29th edition has already been announced:

FICTION COMPETITION

• 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain)
• ALL THE COLORS OF THE WORLD ARE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE by Babatunde Apalowo (Nigeria)
• BLUE SUMMER by Zihan Geng (China)
• DOS ESTACIONES by Juan Pablo González (Mexico)
• LEVANTE by Lillah Halla (Brazil, Uruguay, France)
• NUIT NOIRE EN ANATOLIE by Özcan Alper (Turkey, Germany, France)
• ON THE GO by Julia de Castro & Marìa Gisèle Royo (Spain)
• PATAGONIA by Simone Bozzelli (Italy)
• PEAFOWL by Byun Sung-bin (South Korea)
• SANS CŒUR by Nara Normande and Tião (Brazil, France)
• SERGENT-MAJOR EISMAYER by David Wagner (Austria)
• SILVER HAZE by Sacha Polak (Netherlands, United Kingdom)
• THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN by Zacharias Mavroeidis (Greece)

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

• ANHELL69 by Theo Montoya (Colombia)
• BEFORE WE MOVE by Aleksandr M. Vinogradov (Belgium)
• ÉDOUARD LOUIS, OU LA TRANSFORMATION by François Caillat (France)
• LE COUP DE CISEAUX by David Marcial Valverdi (Argentina)
• FRAMING AGNES by Chase Joynt (Canada)
• HUMMINGBIRDS by Silvia Del Carmen Castaños & Estefanía "Beba" Contreras (USA)
• KOKOMO CITY by D. Smith (USA)
• ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY by Paul B. Preciado (France)
• QUEENDOM by Agniia Galdanova (United States, France)
• SIRENS by Rita Baghdadi (Lebanon, USA)
• TRANSFARIANA by Joris Lachaise (France, Colombia)
• WHO I AM NOT by Tünde Skovran (Romania, Canada)

EVENT SCREENINGS

• CONANN by Bertrand Mandico (France)
• L'ARCHE DE NOÉ by Bryan Marciano (France)
• LES TORTUES by David Lambert (Belgium, USA)
• THEATER CAMP by Molly Gordon & Nick Lieberman (USA)
• ROTTING IN THE SUN by Sebastián Silva (USA)
• SPLIT by Iris Brey (France)
• THE PERSIAN VERSION by Maryam Keshavarz (United States)
• UN JOUR FILLE by Jean-Claude Monod (France)

To discover the schedule of screenings, visit the Chéries-Chéris website at the end of the month.

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