BALDIGA - UNLOCKED HEART and ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
presented by
Calgary Queer Arts Society
BALDIGA – UNLOCKED HEART / ENTSICHERTES HERZ (2024)
Canadian Premiere
An unflinching portrait of Jürgen Baldiga, the groundbreaking German photographer and AIDS activist.
“Prostitutes, transvestites, alcoholics and the mentally ill. That’s where I feel at home. That’s the world that needs to be captured.” In 1979, 19-year old Jürgen Baldiga moves to Berlin and decides to become an artist. Faced with certain death from HIV infection, he discovers photography as his medium.
Between despair, longing, rebellion and an irrepressible will to survive, Baldiga becomes a chronicler of the queer West Berlin subculture of the ’80s and early ’90s and proves his unique talent as a sensitive and provocative photographic artist.
Director: Markus Stein
Writer: Ringo Rösener
Producer: Olaf Jacobs
Editor: Brigitte Schmidle
Cinematographer: Florian Lampersberger
Music: Manuela Schininá
Other Credits
Assistant Director: Jonas Erler; Graphics: Sebastian Peuker
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ON THE OTHER SIDE OF (2023)
Mia Felić / 6m 45s / Estonia
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF explores the transgender and non-binary body in transition through the 19th century photographic process, mordançage. The mordançage, using its tremendous chemical pressure, alters the silver gelatine prints, causing them to undergo slow, gradual transformation. The tissue of the body and of the print breaks and a new life, new forms are born.
Cinematographer: Mia Felić
Editors: Lucija Mrzljak, Mia Felić
Sound: Lucija Mrzljak
IMPORTANT
All ticket purchases are final sale.
All films will have captions.
ASL interpretation for the opening event is currently being confirmed.
DATE & TIME
June 29, 2024
Screening: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
TICKET PRICES
Ticket prices below include all fees and GST
This Screening (Standard)
$15.00 / ticket
This Screening (Under-18 / Over-60)
$9.99 / ticket
Festival Pass (Standard)
$129.00 / pass
Festival Pass (Low-Barrier)
$99.00 / pass
LIMITED QUANTITY
A number of barrier-free tickets for individual screenings will be made available. To inquire, please email administration@calgaryqueerartssociety.com.
LOCATION
The GRAND - 608 1st St SW
Flanagan Theatre (Main Floor)