Nordic-Baltic Queer Film Festival

Vilnius queer festival “Curves” is a cultural and social initiative that began in 2014.

Following on from previous ones and collaborating with other crooked initiatives, it provides space for film screenings, events, and communication.

The festival aims to show and reflect on the passing and intersecting curves of LGBTQ + people’s experiences.

The festival has since developed in various directions. One of these directions is towards a cross national partnership with Nordic queer film festivals which includes MIX COPENHAGEN and FAROE ISLANDS INT’L MINORITY FILM FESTIVAL.

The organizers are planning to hold a forum between the Queer Film Festivals in Kaunas from the 2. to the 8. of September and from the 9. to the 12. of September in Vilnius.

In the later part of 2021 – in December, a follow-up event is planned.

The meetings, consisting of the initial forum and the following ‘follow-up’ event, are specifically established as networking events.

The aim is for the participants to engage in thorough exchange and transfer of experience, knowledge, and know-how of arranging queer film festivals.

Furthermore, the meetings will work as a starting point for establishing and strengthening future cooperation between Nordic and Baltic queer film festivals.

As the rights of LGBTQ+ people should be equal and the same for everyone worldwide an international cooperation is an important stepping-stone. The forum and the follow-up event are the first steps towards a transnational cooperation between otherwise national queer film festivals.

DCI is sponsoring the Danish participant from MIX COPENHAGEN Mihaela Yordanova.