----------------- Opening Night :

Satreelex (The Iron Ladies)
Fiction
Yongyooth Thongkonthun,Thaïlande,2000, 35mm,104 min, Vostf.

A major success in Thailand, presumably because of its peculiarity as much as its quality, "The Iron Ladies" is the story of a Thai volleyball team which, composed of gays, transvestites, and transsexuals (with a straight captain), went on to win the national volleyball championships in 1996. This is the story of their joys and insecurities, their pleasure in playing and the prejudice they faced, and above all their sheer guts.

----------------- Closing Night :

La Parade (our history)
Documentaire
Lionel Baier, Suisse, 2001, vidéo, 78 min.

If the Gay pride is becoming year by year an event that can’t be ignored in Paris, Berlin and New York, it’s the same in Sion, Switzerland. When Marianne Bruchez and her friends decide to organise in July 2001 the first Gay Pride March in their hometown and take on the media, they knew what was waiting ahead for them. A petition against the march is presented in a local paper, signed by the homophobic community. The gay communities defend their march and finally the parade becomes a real challenge !!! "In the parade, I was trying to understand my worst enemy: homophobia". During seven months the director Lionel Baier filmed the preparations for this march and shows us an irrepressible mouthful of emotions. The film shows day after day an adventure outside of the community.

From Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th of May 2003
Cinéma Les Variétés – 37, rue Vincent Scotto La Canebière – Marseille 1er

Organisation and coordination : MPPM (Moving Project / Projets en Mouvement), in collaboration with le Cinéma Les Variétés
Contacts : Michèle Philibert, Florence Fradelizi, Yann Moraux
Tel & Fax : + 33 (0) 4 91 64 75 87 et + 33 (0) 4 95 04 96 39
festival-reflets@wanadoo.fr
http://www.reflets.org