Applications are now open for 10th Pink Life QueerFest

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Organized by Pink Life (Pembe Hayat) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex (LGBTI+) Solidarity Association based in Turkey's capital city of Ankara, the 10th Pink Life QueerFest will be held in Ankara and İstanbul between September 23 and October 3, 2021.

Applications have opened for the tenth edition of the Pink Life Queer Fest, the first queer festival in Turkey, as of last Monday (October 12).

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Film enthusiasts will once again have the opportunity to watch LGBTI+-themed films from different countries from all around the world.

The 1st edition of the festival was held in 2011 in Ankara. Starting from its 4th edition, the festival takes place both in Ankara and Istanbul and from the 5th edition, it travels to Denizli, Mersin, Çanakkale, and İzmir.

The festival of the Pink Life Association aims to create new and fresh areas of (self-) expression of LGBTQI individuals and artists and to raise awareness on LGBTI+ struggle through the use of art; and it creates an opportunity for detailed discussions about Queer Theory.

Although a film festival, Pink Life QueerFest is not only confined to the silver screen and tries to gather the most prominent examples of artworks from literature to music, video art, theatre, etc from all over the world.

Applications can be made to the 10th Pink Life QueerFest on FilmFreeway website until June 15, 2021.

Rules and terms

1. LGBTI+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex) themed feature films, documentaries, and short films and queer productions can be submitted.

2. Films (features, documentaries, shorts) premiered earlier than Jan 2019 will not be accepted.

3. Screening copies for feature films must have high-resolution downloadable versions.

4. Non-English films must be submitted with English subtitles. Films in English should provide a proper dialogue list.

5. Promotional materials of the selected films must be delivered to [email protected] by June 15, 2021. The Festival cannot be held liable for the incomplete and/or incorrect information.

6. The Festival holds discretion over the materials published in the catalog.

7. After the official selection of a film, the festival is entitled to use excerpts from the film of a maximum of 3 minutes, nationally and internationally, for promotional purposes.

8. The festival website is entitled to use any still for the promotion of both the film and the festival program.

9. Screening program is entirely at the discretion of the festival management.

10. Selected films cannot be withdrawn after July 01, 2021. (EMK/SD)