Mezipatra is a

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

queer

film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

festival A festival is an event celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, Melā, mela, or Muslim holidays, eid. A ...

screening films with

gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...

lesbian A lesbian is a homosexual woman or girl. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with female homosexu ...

bisexual Bisexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior toward both males and females. It may also be defined as the attraction to more than one gender, to people of both the same and different gender, or the attraction t ...

and

transgender A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were sex assignment, assigned at birth. The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes perso ...

themes. The name Mezipatra translates as "

mezzanine A mezzanine (; or in Italian, a ''mezzanino'') is an intermediate floor in a building which is partly open to the double-height ceilinged floor below, or which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, a loft with non-sloped ...

" and refers to the festival's mission: creating space for meeting of people regardless of their gender or sexual identities. Each edition explores a chosen theme and hosts a variety of international guests. The accompanying events range from lectures and debates to art openings, theatre performances as well as exciting parties. It takes place annually in November in Prague and Brno with related events in Ostrava, Olomouc and other cities in Czech Republic. Throughout the year Mezipatra offers additional screenings within the Mezipatra Approved edition. Mezipatra also participates in Prague Pride festival by organizing screenings and debates with LGBT themes.

History

The festival was founded in Brno in 2000 as an accompanying program of the Gay Men CZ competition. The following year was already organized as a separate event – a film show called Duha nad Brnem (Rainbow over Brno). In 2002 the festival started using the name Mezipatra with the subtitle ''czech gay and lesbian film festival''. In the same year, the festival expanded to Prague and in subsequent years to other cities of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Since 2009, the festival has used the new subtitle q''ueer film festival''. Mezipatra was founded by a civic association called

STUD Stud may refer to: Animals * Stud (animal), an animal retained for breeding ** Stud farm, a property where livestock are bred Arts and entertainment * Stud (band), a British progressive rock group * The Stud (bar), a gay bar in San Francisco * ...

Brno. Since 2013 it is organized by a registered association Mezipatra, STUD is a co-organizer under the license agreement.

Winners

As of the 4th edition, Mezipatra introduced jury awards. The winners have been: Main Jury Award for Best Feature Film * 2021: ''

Jumbo Jumbo (December 25, 1860 – September 15, 1885), also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and then tr ...

,''

Zoé Wittock Zoe or variants may refer to: People * Zoe (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** Zoë (British singer) (Zoë Pollock, born 1969) ** Zoë (Austrian singer) (Zoë Straub, born 1996) Arts and entertainment F ...

, France/Belgium/Luxembourg *2020: '' No Hard Feelings'', Faraz Shariat, Germany *2019: ''

Adam Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human-being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems (including Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism and Islam). According to Christianity, Adam ...

'',

Rhys Ernst Rhys Ernst is an American film producer and director. A trans man, his work explores transgender identity. He is best known for his work on transgender-related television shows, serving as an associate producer on '' Transparent'' and the direc ...

, USA *2018: ''

We The Animals ''We the Animals'' (2011) is the debut novel by American author Justin Torres. It is a bildungsroman about three wild brothers of white and Puerto Rican parentage who live a rough and tumble childhood in rural upstate New York during the 1980s ...

'', Jeremiah Zagar, USA *2017: '' Beach Rats'', Eliza Hittman, USA * 2016: ''The Ornithologist'' (O Ornitólogo),

João Pedro Rodrigues João Pedro Rodrigues (born 24 August 1966) is a Portuguese film director. He is considered to be part of The School of Reis. Career Having studied at the School of Theatre and Cinema of Portugal, Rodrigues started his career as an assistant di ...

, Portugal/France/Brazil * 2015: '' Sworn Virgin (2015 film)'' (Vergine giurat)'','' Laura Bispuri, Italy/Switzerland/Germany/Albania * 2014: '' Something Must Break'' (Nånting måste gå sönder), Ester Martin Bergsmark, Sweden * 2013: '' Rosie'' (Rosie), Marcel Gisler, Germany * 2012: '' Keep the Lights On'',

Ira Sachs Ira Sachs (born November 21, 1965) is an American Filmmaking, filmmaker. Sachs started his career directing short films such as ''Vaudeville'' (1991) and ''Lady'' (1993) before making his feature film debut with ''The Delta (film), The Delta'' (19 ...

, United States * 2011: ''

Trigger Trigger may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities * Trigger (''Only Fools and Horses''), in the TV sitcom * Trigger Argee, in science fiction short stories by James H. Schmitz * Devil Trigger, a transformation ability of ...

'', Bruce McDonald, Canada * 2010: '' 80 Days'' (80 Egunean),

Jon Garaño Jon Garaño Arzalus (born 18 November 1974) is a Spanish Basque filmmaker and screenwriter. He won the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 2017 film ''Giant'' and has been nominated for the Goya Award for Best Director three times, ...

& José Mari Goenaga, Spain * 2009: '' Morrer como um homem'',

, France/

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

* 2008: '' My Friend from Faro'' (Mein Freund aus Faro), Nana Neul, Germany * 2007: ''

Les Témoins ''The Witnesses'' () is a 2007 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Michel Blanc, Sami Bouajila, Emmanuelle Béart and Johan Libéreau. The film, set in Paris in 1984, explores the lives of a closely knit group of friends ...

'',

André Téchiné André Téchiné (; born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post-French New Wave, New Wave French film directors. Téchiné belongs to a s ...

, France * 2006: '' Whole New Thing'', Amnon Buchbinder, Canada * 2005: ''

Cachorro ''Bear Cub'' () is a 2004 Spanish comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Miguel Albaladejo. The plot follows a bearish gay man who ends up looking after his nephew while his sister goes away to India and in turn makes him develop a fa ...

'',

Miguel Albaladejo Miguel Albaladejo (Pilar de la Horadada, Alicante, 20 August 1966) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. Filmography as film director * '' The First Night of My Life'' (1998), made for 2000, Seen By...Norbert Creutz,Dix cinéastes de quat ...

, Spain * 2004: '' Do I Love You?'', Lisa Gornick, UK * 2003: '' Oi! Warning'',

Benjamin Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...

& Dominik Reding, Germany Student Jury Award for Best Short Film * 2021: '' Son of Sodom'', Thea Montoya, Colombia *2020: '' Hugo at 6:30pm'', Helloco Simon, France *2019: '' Crash and Burn, Honey,'' Dawid Ullgren, Sweden *2018: ''

Pre-Drink ''Pre-Drink'' is a Canadian dramatic short film by Marc-Antoine Lemire, which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars Alex Trahan as Carl and P ...

'', Marc-Antoine Lemire, Canada *2017: Tranzicija, Milica Tomović, Serbia * 2016: Takk for turen, Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken, Norway * 2015: 9:55–11:00, Ingrid Ekman, Bergsgatan 4B, Cristine Berglund & Sophie Vukovic, Sweden * 2014: Vacance, Hyun-Ju Lee, South Korea * 2013: Ta av mig, Victor Lindgren, Sweden * 2012: ,

Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ...

/Germany * 2011: Two Beds, Kanoko Wynkoop, United States * 2010: Tom, Nimrod Shapira, Israel * 2009: Haboged, Tomer Velkoff, Israel * 2008: Bræðrabylta, Grímur Hákonarson,

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

* 2007: Who's the Top?, Jennie Livingston, USA * 2006: Offerte speciali, Gianni Gatti, Italy * 2005: Kär i natten, Håkon Liu, Sweden * 2004: Thick Lips Thin Lips, Paul Lee, Canada Audience Award for Best Feature Film * 2021: ''

Law of Love ''Law of Love'' (German: ''Das Gesetz der Liebe'') is a 1949 German historical drama film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Hilde Krahl, Paul Hubschmid and Ferdinand Marian. Production began in 1944 during the Nazi era and was completed by ...

'', Barbora Chalupová, Czech Republic *2020: ''

Lola Lola may refer to: Places * Lolá, a or subdistrict of Panama * Lola Township, Cherokee County, Kansas, United States * Lola Prefecture, Guinea * Lola, Guinea, a town in Lola Prefecture * Lola Island, in the Solomon Islands People * Lol ...

'', Laurent Micheli, Belgium *2019: ''

And Then We Danced ''And Then We Danced'' ( ka, და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ, ) is a 2019 drama film directed by Levan Akin. It was premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival where it received a fifteen-minute st ...

'', Levan Akin, Georgia, Sweden, France *2018: ''The Miseducation of Cameron Post'', Desiree Akhavan, USA *2017: ''

God's Own Country "God's Own Country" is a phrase meaning an area, region or place supposedly favoured by God. While its origins can be traced to various locations, the phrase has gained widespread recognition as a moniker for the Indian state of Kerala. Austr ...

'', Francis Lee, UK * 2016: '' The Queen of Ireland'', Conor Horgan, Ireland * 2015: ''

Antonia's Line ''Antonia's Line'' (Original title: ''Antonia'') is a 1995 Dutch feminist film written and directed by Marleen Gorris. The film, described as a "feminist fairy tale", tells the story of the independent Antonia ( Willeke van Ammelrooy) who, afte ...

'' (Antonia)'','' Marleen Gorris, Netherlands/Belgium/UK * 2014: '' Children 404'' (Дети-404), Askold Kurov & Pavel Loparev, Russia * 2013: '' Any Day Now'', Travis Fine, USA * 2012: ''

Cloudburst Cloudburst in New Orleans A cloudburst is an enormous amount of precipitation in a short period of time, sometimes accompanied by hail and thunder, which is capable of creating flood conditions. Cloudbursts can quickly dump large amounts of wat ...

'',

Thom Fitzgerald Thomas "Thom" Fitzgerald (born July 8, 1968) is an American-Canadian film and theatre director, screenwriter, playwright and producer. Life Fitzgerald was born and raised in New Rochelle, New York. His parents divorced when he was five years ol ...

, CanadaMezipatra přivítala 10 200 diváků, nejvíc nadchlo Místy oblačno
, attended 2013-01-05. * 2011: ''

Weekend The weekdays and weekend are the complementary parts of the week, devoted to labour and rest, respectively. The legal weekdays (British English), or workweek (American English), is the part of the seven-day week devoted to working. In most o ...

'', Andrew Haigh, UK * 2010: ', , Germany * 2009: ''

Patrik 1,5 ''Patrik, Age 1.5'' () is a 2008 Swedish comedy–drama film in which a gay Swedish couple adopt what they at first believe to be a baby, Patrik, only to have him turn out to be a homophobic teenager. Plot The film chronicles the experience of a ...

'',

Ella Lemhagen Ella Elisabet Lemhagen (born 29 August 1965) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. In 2013 she received the honorary award, Gullspira, for her outstanding work in youth culture, in the Guldbagge Award, awarded by the Swedish Film Institu ...

, Sweden * 2008: ''

Breakfast with Scot ''Breakfast with Scot'' is a 2007 Canadian comedy film. It is adapted from the 1999 novel by Tufts University professor Michael Downing. The screenplay was adapted by Sean Reycraft from the book by Michael Downing, and the film was directed by ...

'',

Laurie Lynd Laurie Lynd (born May 19, 1959, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, best known as the director of the feature film ''Breakfast with Scot''. In his early career, Lynd made the short films ''Together a ...

, Canada * 2007: '' The Bubble'' (Ha-Buah),

Eytan Fox Eytan Fox (; born on August 21, 1964) is an Israeli film director. Biography Eytan Fox was born in New York City. His family Aliyah, immigrated to Israel when he was two. His father, Seymour Fox, was a Conservative Judaism, Conservative rabbi an ...

, Israel * 2006: '' Whole New Thing'', Amnon Buchbinder, Canada * 2005: '' Supper Man'', Albert Vlk,

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

* 2004: '' Mambo Italiano'',

Émile Gaudreault Émile Gaudreault, ( born March 6, 1964) is a Quebec director, author, screenwriter and producer. Since 1994, he has been directing, writing and producing feature films as well as episodes for television series. Several of his films have won awar ...

, USA/Canada * 2003: ''

Together ''ToGetHer'' (, aka Superstar Express) is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit, Rainie Yang and George Hu. It was produced by Comic International Productions ( 可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Linzi ...

'' ( Tillsammans),

Lukas Moodysson Karl Fredrik Lukas Moodysson (; born 17 January 1969) is a Swedish filmmaker, novelist, and short story writer. First coming to prominence as an ambitious poet in the 1980s, he had his big domestic and international breakthrough directing the 1 ...

, Sweden/Denmark/Italy * 2002: '' Le fate ignoranti'',

Ferzan Özpetek Ferzan Özpetek (, ; born 3 February 1959) is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy since 1978. Biography Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History ...

, Italy/France * 2001: ''

All About My Mother ''All About My Mother'' () is a 1999 comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz, Rosa Maria Sardà, and Fernando Fernán Gómez. Th ...

'' (Todo sombre mi madre),

Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and author. His films are distinguished by Melodrama (film genre), melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular c ...

, Spain/France

References

* Vera Sokolova
''Representation of Gays and Lesbians in the Mainstream Visual Media''
(PDF) * Cerise Howard
''Turning X in an XXY World: The 10th Mezipatra Queer Film Festival''
Senses of Cinema, December 2009. * Jan Richter
One on One: Ales Rumpel, head of the Mezipatra Queer Film Festival
Radio Praha, October 2009.
Mezipatra- Czech GLBT Film Festival
filmfestivalworld.com

External links

Official festival website

Festival organizer

Festival trailers
{{Authority control LGBTQ events in the Czech Republic LGBTQ film festivals in Europe Film festivals in Prague Film festivals established in 2000 2000 establishments in the Czech Republic

History

Winners

See also

References

External links