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Queer European Cinema Film Series

The BMW Center for German and European Studies and the German department at Georgetown University are cosponsoring a series of lectures and film screenings designed to introduce the Georgetown community to queer films from several European countries, including Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Hungary, Spain, and England.

Recent years have shown how central sexual conduct has been to political life. ¡§Moral values¡¨ surrounding the definition of family and marriage are said to have been an important factor in the outcome of the last U.S. election. The recent political assassinations in the Netherlands demonstrate that sexual tolerance in Europe¡Xas indicated by new laws about gay and lesbian marriage¡Xand ethnic hatred seem to interact in violent and unpredictable ways. Through a series of eight films and accompanying lectures, we will explore and appreciate how filmmakers over the last century have told stories about queer love, grief, and pride, and have grappled with larger questions about the relationship between democracy and human differences.

Professor Katrin Sieg, who teaches Cultural Theory in the BMW Center, is bringing this series to the GU campus, and has arranged for introductions and discussions to accompany each screening. The Queer European Cinema series is cosponsored by the Department of German. Click here to download the poster and schedule.

2004-2005 Program

All screenings will be on Thursdays in ICC 115 from 6 PM - 9 PM and admission is free.

• February 2005
• Thursday, February 3: Madchen in Uniform
  Introduction by Prof. Barbara Mennel, University of Florida
• Thursday, February 10: My Beautiful Launderette
  Introduction by Prof. Kavita Daiya, The George Washington University
• Thursday, February 17: Show Me Love
  Introduction by Prof. Tiina Rosenberg, University of Stockholm
• Thursday, February 24: Another Way
  Introduction by Prof. Kevin Moss, Middlebury College
  
• March 2005
• Thursday, March 17: Zus en Zo
  Introduction by Prof. Jenneke Oosterhoff, University of Minnesota
• Thursday, March 31: The Law of Desire
  Introduction by Prof. Luis Garcia-Torvisco, Georgetown University
• April 2005
• Thursday, April 7: Everything Will be Fine
  Introduction by Prof. Fatima El-Tayeb, University of California, San Diego