TORINO, Italy – The organizers of the 28th Torino GLBT Film Festival have revealed the official poster promoting the festival.
German cartoonist Ralf König created the image for the festival, taking inspiration from the original 1986 poster by Marco Silombri. One of the most successful German cartoonists, König’s comics are translated and published in many countries. His unique style will be the trademark of the 28th edition of the Torino GLBT Film Festival, Da Sodoma a Hollywood, which will take place April 19-25 in Torino, Italy.
Paolo Giannini, responsible for the Festival’s international communications and social media wrote in an email, “ The Festival has always dedicated great attention to the most sensitive themes involving the GLBT community in Italy and worldwide. This year it will feature a special thematic forum on the legal recognition of same-sex couples and on queer families and adoptions.”
The Festival began as a small film show in 1986, and is now organized under the auspices of Turin’s National Museum of Cinema and its fame has been steadily growing, attracting more than 40,000 spectators every year.
The Festival presents more than 100 titles spread across its different sections, from competition selections to retrospectives, tributes, special events and thematic forums revolving around the GLBT world. Past festivals have hosted artists like Gus Van Sant, John Waters, Kenneth Anger, Gregg Araki, Matthew Bourne, Epstein & Friedman, James Ivory, Claudia Cardinale, Eytan Fox, Derek Jarman and Christophe Honoré.
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