After the success of last year’s selection of films for the Teddy Award, the queer-themed prize of the Berlinale, this year’s RIFF offers a new selection on LGBT topics, starting with the Italian premiere of “You’ll Never Be Alone”, winner of last year’s Teddy.
Crossing Rachmaninoff by Rebecca Tansley, New Zealand, 2015, 99’
Margarita With A Straw by Shonali Bose, Nilesh Maniyar, India, 2014, 100’
Jonathan by Piotr J. Lewandowski, Germany, 2016, 99’
You’ll Never Be Alone (Nunca vas a estar solo) by Alex Anwandter, Chile, 2016, 81’
Darkness (Il buio) by Giuliano Oppes, Italy, 2016, 20’
Giro di giostra by Massimiliano Davoli, Italy, 2016, 16’
Nessuno mi aveva mai aperto la porta by Valeria Tomasulo, Italy, 2016, 29’
Victoria Rosana Maite by Pamela Hurtado, Iñaki Velásquez, Chile, 2016, 31’
This section also has a broader significance, especially in this period of history, because it helps to shed light on dynamics that in some parts of the world are still punishable by the death penalty and that in our country are the subject of deep political and social debate
