(Sabina, Australia)
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Paragraph 175 • Frieda Belinfante • Just happy • ISHSS seminar |
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“We
all dance to the same music” (Sabina, Australia) |
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A hot summer week in 1997, Italy. Young Gays and Lesbians from all over the world meet at a conference on 'Homophobia and Fascism'. But how does their own life look like? They confront their history of the persecution of Gay men and Lesbian women by Nazi Germany and other fascist regimes. Discover the differences and similarities of their present lives. Imagine their future: Natasha from Belarus, Sven from Belgium, Maria from Argentina, Nick from Bulgaria, Francesco from Italy, Sabina from Australia, Ali and Pascal from France, Suzy and Colin from the United Kingdom, Dennis and Henrike from the Netherlands and Germany - they all belong to a new generation of Gay and Lesbian Youth exploring new freedoms and old shadows. Some as they say are just 'happy the way I am', others are isolated and living on the net as a replacement for a community. Moments of happiness, a Jewish marriage, talks about sex and faith, the remembrance of the victims of the past and clever media strategies for the future - this 45-minute documentary portrays Lesbian girls and Gay boys in their own words. Their voices, their faces. Living in very different countries, but thinking globally. "We all dance to the same music", says Sabina. But every rythm is a different one. Shot on digital camera and with all the improvisational space this new medium offers, 'Just happy the way I am' is an experimental way of telling a story. Reacting to what happens rather than working from a predetermined concept. It is the first Slovenian-Dutch co-production of its kind.
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