Queersicht Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Bern 2015

Queersicht Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Bern – Bern, Switzerland

Queersicht is a gay and lesbian film festival held in Bern, Switzerland. Founded in 1997, it is the oldest film festival for LGBT and queer movies in Switzerland. The festival attracts around 3,500 spectators each year.

Queersicht Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Bern 2015

The name is a pun on the words queer (colloquial for ‘homosexual’) and quer, which means cross in German. The name could thus be loosely translated as “crossview”.

The festival is organized by a volunteer 15-member organizing committee and supported by the Association Queersicht.Target of Queersicht is to organize in Bern an event with highlights of “queer cinema” who do not find their way into “normal” cinema. The program includes short, feature and documentary films. At the Best Short Film of the Audience Award is awarded the rose-colored glasses.

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