On 8th November we will be showing the Brazilian feature film Rule 34 by Júlia Murat as part of our ifs-Begegnung Gender&Diversity series.

During the day, 23-year-old Black law student Simone rigorously discusses the role of women in Brazilian society in the lecture hall. She works at a center for victims of domestic violence and researches the causes of racism and femicide. At night, she performs in front of her webcam in a sex chat room and is incited to even more extreme practices. Her private life contrasts with her intellectual ambitions: a free-spirited mix of self-defense classes and safe space sexual experimentation with her university friends/lovers, along with video calls with a confidante and BDSM practitioner who steers her down this precarious path. As she seeks more radical forms of sexual gratification, the lines between body empowerment and self-harm, social responsibility and personal pleasure blur.

The film will be shown in the original language with English and German subtitles.

Guest: Alex Mello
Alex Mello is an Afro-Latino filmmaker, actor, and writer. His artistic research focuses on intersectional perspectives on race, belonging and gender in the context of migratory societies. In the audiovisual field, the artist has focused on independent productions, producing low-budget films and focusing on the protagonism of marginalized bodies. Alex Mello became a member of the Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals – APAN in Brazil in 2022 and is part of the Black Filmmaking Community in Germany. In 2021, he won a grant for the Black Reels project, aimed at black filmmakers in Germany. As a result, the group made the film Falling into the Light.

Moderation: Maxa Zoller (Artistic direction IFFF Dortmund+Köln)

The discussion will be held in German, but there is the possibility of translation from and into English.

Admission free.

An event of ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln in cooperation with IFFF Dortmund+Köln in the framework of Filmforum NRW e.V.