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Mezipatra
Mezipatra is a Czech Republic, Czech queer film festival screening films with gay, lesbian, bisexuality, bisexual and transgender themes. The name Mezipatra translates as "Mezzanine (architecture), mezzanine" 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stud Brno
STUD Brno is a Czech Republic, Czech activist association of lesbians, gays, and their friends. Basic facts STUD was established in 1996 as an independent non-government as well as non-profit organization (civic association), the mission of which is to benefit the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender minority, and to aim for legal and factual equality of their rights with other members and groups of the society. The name of the organization is abbreviated from ″students″. The full name was originally ''STUD-lgb'' and it meant ″lesbian, gay & bisexual students".Richard Ammon''Gay Czech Republic'' globalgayz.com, April 2009. STUD gathers people of homosexual and bisexual orientation, and their heterosexual allies. STUD counted some thirty members at the beginning of 2010. STUD is an all-volunteer group, except for one paid half-time staff member. It was an active member of ''The Association of Gay and Lesbian Citizens‘ Organizations in the Czech Republic'' (SOHO) until it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ornithologist (film)
''The Ornithologist'' ( pt, O Ornitólogo) is a 2016 Drama (film and television), drama film directed by João Pedro Rodrigues. It was released in 2016. The film stars Paul Hamy as Fernando, an ornithologist studying black storks in Portugal, who is drawn into a series of incidents paralleling the life of Anthony of Padua, Saint Anthony of Padua. ''Variety (magazine), Variety'', August 12, 2016. Director João Pedro Rodrigues has described his film as a “purposefully transgressive and blasphemous reappropriation of the saint’s life.” Plot Fernando is out in nature camping on riverbank birdwatching in Portugal. He gets into his yellow kayak watching all kinds of beautif ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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'' film family. Career Having studied at the School of Theatre and Cinema of Portugal, Rodrigues started his career as an assistant director and editor in several features, directed, for example, by Alberto Seixas Santos and Teresa Villaverde, among others. In 1997 Rodrigues directed his first film. ''O Fantasma (Phantom)'' (2000). Apart from the minor controversy it generated in Portugal, the film was shown in Spain, Italy, France, Brazil and the United States with modest results. ''Two Drifters'' (2005), his second feature film, has garnered relative international acclaim and was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. His features have been produced and released by the production company Rosa Filmes. Personal life He is openly gay. Filmography * 1988 - ''O Pastor'' * 1997 - ''Happy Birthday! (Parabéns!)'' * 1997 - ''Esta é a Minha Casa'' * 1998 - ''A Trip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Mari Goenaga
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
