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By Christina Schultz Come celebrate love of all kinds at Berlin’s fabulous and world famous Gay Pride Parade and Festival: Christopher Street Day (CSD)! The PRIDE PARADE takes place tomorrow, on SATURDAY, 28 JULY 2018 at 12:00.  The motto of this year's Berlin Pride is “MY BODY, MY IDENTITY, MY LIFE!” (photo: CSD Berlin) Hundreds of thousands of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans*sexuals, trans*gender, intersexuals, other queers (LGBTTIQ*) and allies will be hitting the streets on 28 July 2018. What started out as a small, but impressive march with 400 participants decades ago has developed into a forceful political mass rally and a mighty beacon for freedom and human rights. According to the CSD website, there are 59 trucks and 49 walking groups in the parade this year who will pass out information, play great music, give away goodies and spread the love! Don't miss this chance to show your support for the LGBTTIQ* community and to have a great time! The parade route begins at Kurfürstendamm/Joachimsthaler Straße and ends up on Straße des 17. Juni between 15:00 and 17:00 in time for the rally at the main stage at the iconic Brandenburg Gate.  The official parade route (photo: CSD Berlin) For more information about CSD: csd-berlin.de/
To purchase CSD merch: shop.spreadshirt.de/berlin-pride/ To donate to CSD: csd-berlin.de/spenden/ Here are some of trucks 59 participating in the parade with their numbers - click on the names below to find out more information about these LGBTQ* organizations and companies promoting diversity and inclusion! (most of the sites are in Deutsch and in English) 1 Berliner CSD e.V. 3 Berliner Aids-Hilfe e.V. 4 Schwulenberatung Berlin 5 BMW Group DIVERSE 11 queer*human (LGBTTIQ*-AG im Humanistischen Verband Berlin-Brandenburg KdöR) 15 Deutsche Bank AG | dbPride 16 Lesben und Schwule in der BVG 17 OUT tv 23 PRIDE@SIEMENS Berlin 27 Ikea diversity 40 Jugend gegen Aids e.V. 41 USA Botschaft Berlin / GLIFAA 43 Pride@SAP 48 United in Pride, Diversity Group der eBay GmbH 53 PayPal Pride 56 Gemeinsam mehr e.V. / Radio QueerLive / die Busche So...who's joining us in Berlin tomorrow? If you're there, don't forget to look for yours truly on the Deutsche Bank truck!
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 One of the many film festivals focusing on women and the LGBTQ+ community (photo: Natalie MacMahon) By Marina Brafa
Over the past couple of weeks we have been compiling film festivals on each continent that focus on women and LQBTQ+ topics in film, that promote female and queer filmmakers and that empower and help build a network for future projects. For sure, these lists are by no means complete. There are new festivals appearing and, unfortunately, some are shutting down. The plethora of women/LGBTQ+ festivals represents best the diversity of the community and the creativity that is set free. While researching festivals what stroke me most was how unequal festivals are spread all over the world. If you think more about this issue it comes with no surprise that there are less festivals on the African continent and in the Middle East, that more and more are popping up in Asian countries and South America and that Europe and North America (Canada and USA, namely) are “well-off” - one might even say saturated. The film industry mirrors the worldwide economic development. However, it does not give clues about the quality. And there is a lot of creative power and skills waiting in African, Middle Eastern and other countries for (financial) opportunities. Therefore, film festivals are important in all countries but especially in financially disadvantaged and more restrictive and isolated nations to showcase the yet hidden talents. In June, we had the opportunity to speak to Berlin-based director and actress Natalie MacMahon who is a founder of the new Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. In Part Two of the interview she speaks about her work and experiences as festival founder. I would be happy to know your answers to the following questions: How important are women/LGBTQ+ film festivals? Do they have any impact? Do we have too many of them in Europe and North America? Make sure to check out our compilations again! Oceania South America Europe Africa Asia North America
NORTH AMERICA
Canada Fairy Tales Intl. Queer Film & Video Festival Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto) herland Feminist Film and Video Workshop (Calgary) HTMlles (Quebec) Image+Nation, Montreal's Queer Film Festival Inside Out Film Festival (Toronto) London Lesbian Film Festival (London, Ontario) St. John's International Women's Film Festival The Future of Film Showcase The Fairy Tales International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Alberta) Vancouver Women in Film Festival Vancouver Queer Film Festival Women in Film & Television (Vancouver) USA African American Women in Cinema (AAWIC) Film Festival (New York) Adam Baran Honolulu Gay And Lesbian Film Festival Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival AXW Film Festival Baltimore Women's Film Festival Bluestockings Film Series (Portland, Maine) Censored Women’s Film Festival Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival Eastern Illinois University Chi Feminist Film Festival Davis Feminist Film Festival (Davis, California) Etheria Film Festival (Boston) Everett Women's Film Festival (Washington) Girl Fest (Hawaii) International Black Women's Film Festival (San Francisco) LA Femme International Film Festival Lady Filmmaker's Festival (California) Les Femmes Underground Feminist Film Festival Lunafest (a US touring festival) Madcat Film Festival (San Francisco) New York City Feminist Film Festival Pan-African Women's Film Festival (Minneapolis) Portland Women's Film Festival (Portland, Oregon) Queer Women of Color Film Festival (San Francisco) Reel Sisters of the Diaspora (Long Island) Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival, (Colorado) San Diego Women’s Film Festival San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (San Francisco) San Francisco Women's Film Festival San Francisco International Lesbian/Gay Film Festival Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival The Athena Centre Film Festival (New York) University of Buffalo's Annual Women's Film Festival (New York) Women's Film Festival (Battleboro, Vermont) Women's Film Festival at McHenry College (Illinois) Women's International Film Festival Worldwide Women’s Film Festival Women of African Descent Film Festival Women in Horror Film Festival (Georgia)
ASIA
Afghanistan Afghanistan International Women Film Festival Armenia Kin International Film Festival (Yerevan) China Beijing Queer Film FestivalChina Women*s Film Festival Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Shanghai Pride Film Festival Shanghai Queer Film Festival India Chennai International Queer Film Festival IAWRT Asia Kashish - Mumbai International Queer Film Festival Mumbai Women’s International Film Festival Israel International Women's Film Festival (Rheovot) The Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival Japan Asian Queer Film Festival Rainbow Reek Tokyo Lebanon Beirut International Women's Film Festival (BWFF) Myanmar &PROUD Yangon LGBT Film Festival Palestine Shashat Palestine Women's Film Festival South Korea International Women's Film Festival Seoul Queer Culture Festival Sri Lanka Abhimani - Queer Film Festival Sri Lanka Taiwan Taiwan International Queer Film Festival Women Make Waves Film Festival (Taipei)
AFRICA
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Journées cinématographique de la femme africaine de l’image Cameroon Mis me Binga (Eyes of Women) International Women's Film Festival Egypt Cairo International Women's Film Festival Kenya Mama Afrika Film Festival Malawi Malawi International Short Film Festival Morocco Sale International Women's Film Festival Nigeria African Women Film Festival 2018 Rwanda Urusaro International Women Film Festival Senegal Films Femmes Afrique South Africa Skirts Film Festival Zimbabwe The International Images Film Festival for Women |
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