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Stroking an Animal & Lezing Meerminners (sold out)
September 6, 2023 @ 18:30 – 20:00
Stroking an animal – Dutch premiere – Ángel Filgueira
Mariña (23) begins an intense love affair with Ada (25). When Tomás (27), a friend of both, enters the couple’s intimacy, the sexual and amorous bonds are altered and shaken. Six moments of the relationship articulate the film, thrown like flashes of light. The journey of this love triangle will lead Mariña to rethink her bonds with others and her self-care..
Ángel Filgueira is a Galician filmmaker. He studied Audiovisual Communication at University of Vigo and Master’s degree in Art Investigation at the UCLM. His films include the documentary Sevilla y Gomorra (2018) premiered at Cineuropa Film Festival (Santiago de Compostela) and his short films Burdeos – Porto, El Cuadrado and FIN, wich were presented at Cineuroupa and Curtircuito IFF. Stroking an Animal is his first feature film and with this project he has participated in different development and work-in-progress laboratories such as Gijón FICX PRO, Abycine Lanza, Novos Cinemas #LAB (Pontevedra) or IMPUT at S8 Film Festival (A Coruña).
Pre film: Refused Classification – Chris Elena (Australia, 12 minutes)
Matt, Pam, and Amy are in love. They want to make their polyamorous relationship official, but an omnipresent MPAA censor won’t allow it – not without serious editing. Confronted with the idea that their loving relationship is considered indecent for most audiences, the family must make a choice: should they abide by the MPAA’s wishes, and possibly see relationships like theirs finally represented on screen, or should they stay true to their authentic selves? Should they conform to the system, or reject it?
This program is organised together with de Meerminners.
The film Stroking An Animal will be followed by a thought-provoking lecture on how autonomously having multiple relationships has immense radical potential. Roos Reijbroek, working as a couples therapist for polyamorists and organizer of De Meerminners, paints a picture of what happens on small and large scale when we relate more nonmonogamously, and what choices we can make in that regard.”
More info under the tab side program.
Trailer
Synposis
Mariña (23) begins an intense love affair with Ada (25). When Tomás (27), a friend of both, enters the couple’s intimacy, the sexual and amorous bonds are altered and shaken. Six moments of the relationship articulate the film, thrown like flashes of light. The journey of this love triangle will lead Mariña to rethink her bonds with others and her self-care.
Film Facts
Original language title: Cando toco un animal
Directed by: Ángel Filgueira
Year: 2023
Country: Spain
Running time: 70 mins
Genre: Romance
Language: Galician
Subtitles: English
Content warning: Nudity, explicit sex
Side program
“The monogamous norm has slowly crept into the queer landscape. An important and logical move, since we want the same opportunities as straight people and a (legally recognized) monogamous relationship is one of them. After a long anarchist past, the monogamous norm is now also a starting point for queers. But if we can erase the heterosexual framework, can we do the same with monogamy? Polyamory and open relationships, we read about them in newspapers and see them appearing more and more in stories. In a monogamous world, something as personal as having multiple relationships is eminently political. It takes courage learning to feel and think for ourselves, and daring to ask ourselves the question: how do I want to love?