Preface

      Preface

      Bimovie in Spring – we’re back with a fresh start, celebrating International Women’s Day with you through a vibrant festival packed with feminist, funny, amorous, and anarchic films. Amantes whisks us away into charming and turbulent lesbian relationships, followed by Tausendschönchen: provocative, playful, and exhilarating (the shockingly timely 1966 feminist classic from Czechoslovakia!). Dreamers spins a tender love story against the grim backdrop of a UK deportation center. My Stolen Planet shows life under the watchful eye of patriarchy and reveals how dancing channels a deep-seated desire for agency. With Playing with Fire, Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens deliver a singular cinematic Gesamtkunstwerk that breaks all the rules. Uplifting and encouraging: Wenn du Angst hast, nimm dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst. Einfach Machen! She Punks von 1977 bis heute captures the feminist spirit of punk music with infectious tunes and statements that still hit hard. And finally, Queens of the Dead, easily one of the funniest queer zombie films around, plus our beloved Queer and Feminist Shorts wrap things up with pure entertainment and feel-good energy.

      Bimovie-Team:
      Olivia Hausen, Stefanie H., Harriet Hoefer, Karin Hofmann, Katrin Kochbar, Annette Müller, Natalie Papapetrou, Bettina Steininger.

      Many thanks to:

      Christiane Böhm, Anneliese Umali, Monique Farrar, Monika Haas, Anne Daschkey, Anne Krafft, Sabine Voß, Henning Hoffmann-Heyden, Joachim Post of Hamburg International Queer Film Festival, the QFFM team, the Werkstattkino team, Thomas Behm of Queerstreifen Münster, artechock filmmagazin und all filmmakers