{"id":1753,"date":"2022-05-05T09:47:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T08:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2025\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2022-05-05T09:50:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T08:50:41","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2025\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the 16th edition of XPOSED"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>It is a bit clich\u00e9, curators and cinephiles speaking about the art of storytelling, and especially so in the introduction to a film festival. And yet this year, that is precisely how we will begin. Reflections on cinema and film-making, on narration and documentation, on the visibilities and vulnerabilities that come along with \u2018representation\u2019 \u2013 these themes run like a red thread through the program, and in particular so in the festival\u2019s feature films. Different forms, practices and traditions of storytelling are explored, laying bare the ever-important questions to ask: Who tells a story, why, how, and to whom?<\/p>\n<p>Apart from 13 feature-length films, we\u2019re happy to present seven short film programs with more than 40 queer films from all over the world. Some stories are testiment to the day-to-day struggles of queer people, while nonetheless offering solace and hope. Binaries are powerfully contested, the body is celebrated as a site of transformation. Dominant patriarchal, colonial and gender-normative histories are rewritten, feminist lineages and intergenerational differences explored. The 16th XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin celebrates queerness as an approach, an experience, a perspective on the world. We\u2019re excited to share and discuss these films with you, and grateful to be back in cinema.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is a bit clich\u00e9, curators and cinephiles speaking about the art of storytelling, and especially so in the introduction to a film festival. And yet this year, that is precisely how we will begin. 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