Queersicht is a LGBTIAQ+ film festival held in

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. Founded in 1997, it is the oldest film festival for LGBTIAQ+ movies in Switzerland. Originally founded in the autonomous youth and culture center Reitschule in Bern, it is today an independent association. The festival is organized by a volunteer committee and funded by the city and canton of Bern and differen private sponsors. The festival attracts about 3,000 spectators each year. Due to

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the 25th anniversary had to be postponed to 2022. The name is a

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on the words

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and quer, which means across in German. The name could thus be loosely translated as "crossview".

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