Gay cinema madrid
LGBTQIA+ Film festivals Mentor in Europe
LGBTQIA+ Film festivals Mentor in Europe
In co-operation with many of our partners, the European Film Academy have started a list of LGBTQIA+ relevant festivals across Europe.
LGBTQIA+ festivals list
12 &#; 16 November
QUEERTACTICS Queer Feminist Motion picture Festival
Vienna
Mezipatra
6 &#; 13 November
Prague
14 &#; 21 November
Brno
Vinokino
19 &#; 21 September
Turku
17 &#; 19 October
Helsinki
31 July &#; 5 August
Gaze
Dublin
19 &#; 21 June
TLVFest
Tel Aviv
5 &#; 8 September
Kreivės
Vilnius
10 &#; 18 April
LGBT Film Festival
Warsaw, Cracow, Poznan, Wroclaw, Lodz, Konin, Gdansk, Bydgoszcz, Szczecin & Online, Poland
Post Pxrn Film Festival Warsaw
Warsaw
Pink Apple
25 April &#; 7 May
Zürich
8 &#; 10 May
Frauenfeld
6 &#; 12 November
Queersicht
Bern
9 &#; 12 October
Luststreifen
Basel
THE BEST GAY CLUBS AND BARS IN MADRID
Madrid is known as one of the most gay-friendly capitals in the world, with Chueca as the epicenter of the scene and with Gay Pride Madrid. It would be unforgivable not to visit one (or several!) bars on this list. Whether you are shy or extroverted, one of these gay clubs in Madrid is made for you. Preserve reading if you need to meet people, possess a drink, dance, or find your next lover!
MEDIAS PURI
Plaza de Tirso de Molina, 1
It opened as a &#;clandestine club&#; a couple of years ago, but today it’s not a secret venue at all. It is on everyone&#;s lips and leads Madrid’s night scene. The concept is as follows: you enter in what it seems to be the entrance to a haberdashery store and you end up in a big club with 3 environments: the Central Area with dance-electronic music and rock & roll; the Black Room with spirit, funk, and R&B music; and the Apotheke, with disco music of the ‘80s and a carefully crafted menu of signature cocktails.
But the thing that draws the attention to this club is not its varied music but its live sh
Madrid Gay Travel Guide
Upcoming Events in Madrid
&#; 4 – 10 December
: Madrid's annual international meeting for bears, big men and their admirers, around the two public holidays on 6 and 8 December.
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About Madrid and its gay life
With a population of million, the Spanish capital Madrid is the third largest city in the European Union. The rise of the city began in the 16th century under the Spanish line of the House of Habsburg, when Philip II moved the royal court to Madrid. In the 18th century Charles III contributed much to the economic upturn of the municipality by modernizing the public infrastructure.
During the Spanish Civil War Madrid was heavily destroyed by air raids. After the complete of Franco's dictatorship the so-called Movida Madrileña – a hedonistic cultural movement that celebrated everything shrill and modern – began to emerge in Madrid. Pedro Almodóvar became its internationally best-known representative. Even today Madrid is a center of attraction for party people from all over Europe, it is more
LESGAICINEMAD
The most important Spanish-speaking LGTB film festival in the world
LesGaiCineMad is the most important LGTB (lesbian, queer, transexual and bisexual) clip festival in the Spanish-speaking world; it will screen 19 films at the Cineteca.
Institution
LesGaiCineMad is the most important LGTB (lesbian, same-sex attracted, transexual and bisexual) motion picture festival in the Spanish-speaking world, in terms of the scope and quantity of the movies it screens and the spectators it attracts. LesGaiCineMad has one of the greatest attendance rates for film festivals in Madrid and has a Digital Catalogue of more than independent movies, making it the largest archive of films on the subject of sexual orientation and diversity in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries. The films will be screened in their original language with Spanish subtitles.
FULL PROGRAMME
> Friday, 4 November.
We Were Here (David Weissman / 90" / / USA)
The first documentary to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Franci