POLITICAL PORN SHORTS
17.4.26
18:00
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FRIDAY
SCHIKANEDER
19:30
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Desire is never just personal - it’s political. Bodies resist, disrupt and renegotiate power, testing the limits of norms and the spaces they occupy. From queer sex workers gathering in a retreat to individuals searching for sexual freedom in deeply conservative environments, these films reveal how togetherness can become an act of resistance. Public spaces are reclaimed, rigid ideas of masculinity begin to crack and beauty standards are confronted by self-worth. At a time when contemporary fascism tries to erase dissident bodies, these stories insist on visibility, pleasure, and autonomy. Maybe the real question is surprisingly simple: Why isn’t being close one of the easiest things on earth?
FILMS
KATE IN CITY by Hakan Hapelles Erdogan, Turkey 2025, English, 5min
we do not wear any fucking uniformby Silvia Marcantoni Taddei, Italy & Serbia 2025, no dialogue, 9min
Wealth of Whoredom by Stichting Red Insight, Netherlands 2025, English, 3min
Miammy's Clinic by Miammy, Greece 2025, English, 2min
Am I Calling You At A Bad Time by Martta Tuomaala, Finland 2025, Finnish, 15min
No Man Like Me by Jaq Quicksilver, United States 2022, English, 4min
I hair, therefore I am by Virginia Dimoiu, Austria 2025, German, 6min
Different Girls by Jadebeth Belbe, Mexico 2026, Spanish, 14min
The war trilogy I: The strength by Fernanda Herrada, Spain 2025, Spanish, 7min
Spitting on Pigeons by Arnaud Gane & Matthias Jaklitsch, Austria 2026, English, 20min
All films are screened in their original language with English subtitles where applicable.
SCHIKANEDER
Margaretenstraße 22/24, 1040 Wien, Austria