Pink programming across Europe: exploring identity politics at European LGBT film festivals

Film programming politics vis-à-vis festival site politics: The case of the Mezipatra queer film festival

“…As a result, this programming of anti-commercial art-house cinema overlaps, to a large extent, with queer programming strategies, according to Loist. In the case of European QFFs, the programming decisions of organization teams often explicitly lead to the preference of these programming strategies, although because of the film market they try to maintain a careful balance with traditional assimilationist programming strategies (Dhaenens, 2018). “It seems that the most successful festivals are those that embrace both traditionalist and queer programming strategies” (Dhaemens, 2018: 82).…”

“…In the case of European QFFs, the programming decisions of organization teams often explicitly lead to the preference of these programming strategies, although because of the film market they try to maintain a careful balance with traditional assimilationist programming strategies (Dhaenens, 2018). “It seems that the most successful festivals are those that embrace both traditionalist and queer programming strategies” (Dhaemens, 2018: 82). The continual rising attendance of the Mezipatra Queer Film Festival provides evidence to this.…”