PARIS INTERNATIONAL
LESBIAN & FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL

Quand les lesbiennes se font du cinéma

October 30 to November 3, 2008

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Encounters and Debates 2008

For this 20th Festival, debates will be held at the Trianon Theatre

In connection with the films in the competition, these debates and discussions will provide occasions throughout the festival to comment on issues and events related to the films. The debates will feature film directors and/or other guest speakers.
All members are invited to come and share their ideas at these encounters.

Saturday 1 November

10 p.m. -  Evolution of the representation of lesbian sexuality in cinema
by and for lesbians

Everything you've always wanted to know about lesbian porn but have been afraid to ask! A debate about the evolution of the representation of lesbian sexuality in the cinema made by and for lesbians with the woman who play a part in the French porn scene today. Following the screening and including a Drag king fem show and a steamy reading.

Sunday 2 November

12:30 p.m. -  Talking about homosexuality in school - is it really elementary?

Debra Chasnoff's award winning 1996 documentary It's Elementary: Talking about Gay Issues in School and the follow-up 10 years later, It's STILL Elementary: The Movie and The Movement will be the base for this discussion and will allow to take a look at the situation in the French education system today. The debate will follow the screening of It's Elementary: Talking about Gay Issues in School.

Monday 3 November

6:30 p.m. -  The Festival - 20th edition

Join us for a discussion about Cineffable the years past and the years to come with former and current members of the festival organizing team. The discussion will follow 2 documentaries (Qu'est-ce que tu fais là ? and 20 ans après les lesbiennes se font toujours du cinéma, et heureusement !) featuring interviews with festival-goers and team members past and present talking about their experience and what the festival means to them.

Partners 2008

360°
Danish Arts Council
L'impatiente
La Dixieme Muse
Lesbia Mag
City of Paris
Mouvement
Radio Nova
Tetu
Bookshop Violette and Co