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We witness just and joyful queer ways of life that forge surprising connections\u2014such as the relationship between the climate crisis and experimentation with ecosexuality, or between the arduous work of navigating family dynamics and the right to joyfully shape one\u2019s own gender.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbDancing with Tears in my Eyes\u00ab asks how we can create a livable reality without letting ourselves be intimidated by the current backlash, with measures such as the rollback of trans rights or brutal deportations.<\/p>\n<p>With films and contributions by <strong>Emine Demir, Beverley Palesa Ditsie, Sam Feder, Kani Lapuerta, Yu-jin Lee, Les L\u00f3n\u2019su, Anja Sunhyun Michaelsen, Jota Mun, Ho\u00e0ng Qu\u1ef3nh Nguy\u1ec5n, Biene Pilavci, Mithu Sanyal, Laura Schinzel, Annie Sprinkle, Beth Stephens, <\/strong>and<strong> Majana Ellie Urban.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>desired! \u2013 film lust &amp; queer<\/strong> is curated by <strong>Karin Michalski <\/strong>and<strong> Jules Bieber.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The complete programme will be available online here from the end of March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting April 22 in Cologne, the IFFF Dortmund+K\u00f6ln presents a vast and multifaceted program featuring more than 80 films by [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00bbDancing With Tears in my Eyes\u00ab. 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