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Claiming the Screens: Queer Film Distribution
QFFU x Utrecht University
September 5 @ 18:00
Drifter
Moritz follows his boyfriend Jonas to Berlin only to be abandoned by him within a few weeks. He changes his looks and dives into the city’s vibrating techno world. He learns to express his repressed desires, but he also starts to lose himself in drugs and emotional alienation. With the help of his queer friends, Moritz develops his own ideas of sexuality and masculinity, leading him a little closer to himself.
In his feature debut, director Hannes Hirsch tells the story of a young man’s coming-of-age in the Berlin party scene as a sort of second coming-out. A journey through loneliness, excess and kink, Drifter deals with gay body image issues and questions of queer kinship while painting an authentic portrait of Berlin’s queer community.
Trailer
Film Facts
Original language title: Drifter
Directed by: Hannes Hirsch
Year: 2023
Country: Germany
Running time: 79 mins
Genre: Drama
Language: German, English
Subtitles: English
Content warning: Nudity and Explicit content
Awards:
Little Venice Film Festival Winner: Best Feature
German Film Critics Association Awards 2023 Winner: Best Actor
First Steps Awards, Germany 2023 Winner: Feature Film over 60 Minutes Length
Side program
Panel Talk
Following the screening, join Mia Little and Bo Blanksma for a conversation with Jakob Kijas, CEO of Salzgeber & Co. Medien, Germany’s oldest queer film distribution company. The discussion (followed by a Q&A) will cover the ins and outs of Salzgeber, the challenges and accomplishments of distributing queer film, and the relationship between film and queer culture.
Organized in collaboration with MI3: Media Industries, Infrastructures and Institutions (Utrecht University).