Merlinka Festival

International queer film festival Merlinka
Location

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgrade, Serbia

Podgorica, Montenegro
Founded 2009
Language International
Website www.merlinka.com/

The International Queer Film Festival Merlinka or Merlinka Festival is an LGBT-themed film festival which is annually organized in Belgrade Youth Center at the second week of December, and it lasts for five days. The festival was founded in 2009 by Gay Lesbian Info Centre and Belgrade Youth Center. It screens feature, documentary and short films from all over the world that deal with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, intersex and queer issues.[1]

The festival was named after Vjeran Miladinović Merlinka, a transgender sex worker and actor who was killed in 2003. He is best known for his role in Teddy award winning film Marble Ass directed by Želimir Žilnik. The festival was founded to promote LGBT art and culture. In 2014, beside films, the festival produced a theater play about Vjeran's life, Merlinka's confession, directed by Stevan Bodroža.

Since 2013 the festival has been organized in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in Podgorica, Montenegro since 2014. Merlinka festival is the only film festival being organized in several countries.

Awards

The Festival awards the Dorothy's slipper award for the best short film. Until 2012 the festival awarded prizes for the best feature and documentary films.

Year Film Genre Country
2009 Otto; or Up with Dead People Featured Germany
2010 Tools 4 Fools Short United States
2010 The Big Gay Musical Featured United States
2010 Familiensache Documentary Switzerland
2011 Frischluft-Therapie Short Germany
2011 Weekend Featured United Kingdom
2011 East Bloc Love Documentary Belarus
2012 I've Only Just Begun Short Russia
2012 Gayby Featured United States
2012 I Am a Woman Now Documentary Netherlands
2013 Camionero Short Cuba
2014 Through The Mirror

I call it love

 Short

Short

 Philippines

Lebanon

2015 09:55-11:05, Ingrid Ekman, Bergsgatan 4B Short Sweden
2016 Open Wound Featured Serbia
2016 Strike A Pose Documentary Netherlands
2016 Dove Short Greece
2016 Transition Short Serbia

See also

References

  1. ↑ Merlinka – International Festival of LGBT Films, Belgradian, December 2014.
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