From Brazil to Fuerteventura: Queerness against the backdrop of societal conventions

Looking back at a hopeful past: this year’s documentaries at the Munich International Film Festival 

Shin’ya Tsukamoto’s unconventional low-budget films make him one of the luminaries of independent Japanese cinema. The 41st Munich International Film Festival is paying homage to the director and screening his latest film, SHADOW OF FIRE, as a German premiere.

This fifth cooperation between Museum Brandhorst and the Munich International Film Festival "Sparkling and Wild - ’80s New York in Film" celebrates the underground artists and filmmakers of 1980s New York. A curated program of films and works on video at Museum Brandhorst and the cinemas of the Munich International Film Festival showcase an unusual side of the Big Apple, introducing us to a wide variety of scenes and communities — from nightclubs to the art world — from various points of view. 

A text by Sophie Cavoulacos