Klaus, a 17-year-old, has begun to lead a life that increasingly worries his parents. Although he is an outstanding student, Klaus spends most of his free time with Manfred, a low academic achiever raised by a relatively poor single mother. The two boys share an interest in the arts. Klaus has to protect Manfred from...
"Call Me by Your Name" is a 2017 coming-of-age drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by James Ivory. It is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by André Aciman, and is the final installment in Guadagnino's thematic "Desire" trilogy, after I Am Love (2009) and A Bigger Splash (2015). Set...
Sven lives with his mother Edeltraut who suffers from dementia. They share their lives, their flat and even the bed. During the day Sven works at a bank while Daniel looks after his mother. One day, Edeltraut locks Sven on the balcony and goes for a walk into town on her own. Both men desperately...
The second edition of the international conference „Queer Narratives in European Cultures” gathers scholars from various fields of humanities who deal with LGBTI history and queer theory. The conference will be focused on the region of the Baltic States and their neighboring countries – the region of East and Central Europe where LGBTI and queer...
They come from all over Eastern Europe: Russia, Romania, Ukraine. They are Eastern boys. The oldest appear no more than 25; as for the youngest, there is no way of telling their age. They hang around the Gare du Nord train station in Paris. They might be prostitutes, but there is no way of knowing...
As we come out to celebrate freedom and diversity at Baltic Pride 2018 in Riga, we are well equipped with legal facts, analysis of legislation, statistics and scientific research and political strategies. But what about the heart? Do we sometimes forget to talk about what touches us, as human beings, most? In Love Talks we...
There was little chance, in the year 1971, that Carole, a Paris Spanish teacher and feminist militant, would ever meet Delphine, the daughter of a couple of Limousin farmers. But they did meet and not only did they come across each other but they fell passionately in love as well. Unfortunately, Delphine's father fell victim...
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a musical science-fiction horror-comedy. The production is a parody tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1970s. The story centres on a young engaged couple whose car breaks down in the rain near a castle where they seek a telephone...
Baltic Pride Closing Party will embody freedom and diversity. One of the best concert halls of Riga Palladium will host the main Baltic Pride entertainment night with great music. Party will heat up by DJ BELINDA, she is the hurricane of the dance floor. Once doors open dance floor will be ready! Special guest will...
With the support of the Embassy of Switzerland in Latvia, we invite you to the movie "Divine Order’’ (Switzerland) Nora is a young housewife and mother who lives in 1971 with her husband and two sons in a quiet Swiss village. Here little is known about the social upheavals of the 1968 movement. The village...
An East German film, directed by Heiner Carow and written by Wolfram Witt, "Coming out" is one of the last films made by DEFA, the East German state film studio, and the only one it made that dealt with issues around homosexuality. Film's lead character - Philip, a closeted teacher is dating a female collegue...
Improvisational theater "DIVAS" has performed their debut show two years ago during the Baltic Pride. Good things need to continue, that's why this year, Elīna Geida and Anete Bendika will perform improvisational show in two acts, to show the spectators actual themes - Starting from daily situations to the abstract flow of thoughts. What will happen on the stage is still...
