Dublin Film Qlub @ GAZE Film Festival

dublin | arts and media | event notice Sunday July 14, 2013 22:20 by Dublin Film Qlub filmqlub at gmail dot com

Special screening of the Film Qlub at GAZE Film Festival

The Dublin Film Qlub presents…
in collaboration with the Goethe Institut Irland…

Different from the Others
(Dir. Richard Oswald, 1919)
Saturday, 3 August
GAZE Film Festival
Lighthouse Cinema
Market Square, Smithfield, Dublin 7
2:30pm
Screen 2
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NOTE: As is customary with the Film Qlub, the screening will be followed by an open discussion.
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Many film lovers and people interested in LGBTQ history have asked us to screen again the film 'Different from the Others', which was one of the highlights of our ground-breaking season on Silent Gay Film.

Well… here it is! When the GAZE Film Festival invited us to present a special screening at the Festival, we knew what the choice should be. The first gay activist film, co-written by pioneer hero Magnus Hirschfeld (who appears in the film as himself), a remarkable piece of cinema which very nearly did not survive the Nazi rampage which destroyed so much of German queer art and culture. They tried to destroy this film too, but, miraculously, a damaged copy survived, and the missing scenes were reconstructed through stills.

Different from the Others is a piece of history, yes, but also an effective thriller, and a fascinating early example of political cinema.

For more information, see:

GAZE website
http://www.gaze.ie/festival-2013/films/different-from-other

Film Qlub website
http://www.filmqlub.com/programme-season-one/programme/...on1-5