Queer Wave Festival

The French Institute of Cyprus will participate to the Queer Wave Festival which will take place from September 3 to 12, 2021 with the screening of two French films.

In French with English subtitles. The screenings will take place in compliance with anti-covid health standards.   

The Wild Boys (Les Garçons sauvages) (2017 / France / 110’)

Saturday 4 September - 7:30pm

Director: Bertrand Mandico

Actors: Pauline Lorillard, Vimala Pons, Diane Rouxel

Synopsis: The tale of five adolescent boys enamored by the arts but drawn to crime and transgression. After committing a brutal crime aided by Trevor, a deity of chaos, they're punished to board a boat with a captain hell-bent on taming them.

Little Girl (Petite fille) (2020 / France / 85’). Documentary

Sunday 5 September - 5:00pm

Director: Sébastien Lifshitz

Synopsis: 7-year-old Sasha has always known she was a little girl, even though she was born a boy. As society fails to treat her like the other children her age – in her daily life at school, dance lessons or birthday parties – her supportive family leads a constant battle to make her difference understood and accepted.