Container Love
Film
A variety of short films and series by international queer filmmakers as well as Container Love’s own productions, making the voices of the LGBTQ+ community heard, educating while celebrating queer film worldwide.
Photo Andreas Knaub
Team’s Choice
Ben Galster: The Call Of The Hidden Dimension
Films should make you think about the lives and feelings of others, helping you to learn something new about yourself too – in Container Love’s latest short film, The Hidden Dimension, awarded with Silver Screen at Cannes Young Director Award, director Ben Galster dove deep to capture the beautiful and complex mind of queer visual artist Leo Maki and the challenges behind his craft. We sat down with Ben to talk about his principles in filmmaking, queer visibility, and the unique visual storytelling of The Hidden Dimension.
Maria Kniaginin-Ciszewska: Serving ‘Slavicness’
Colors, dresses, wallpapers, wigs, long lashes, patterns, a hint of punk and a lot of kitsch. Maria Kniaginin-Ciszewska describes her photography as a reflection of her for Slavic culture, and her work speaks for itself. Check her full editorial in conversation with Container Love.
The Hidden Dimension: Official Trailer
Awarded with Silver Screen at Cannes Young Director Award, The Hidden Dimension is a portrait of queer photographer and visual artist Leo Maki. An intimate journey into the mind of the artist based in Warsaw, Poland. The film explores the creative process behind his work where sexuality, desire, and reality blends into art.
Ira Lupu: Documenting Homeland Under Attack
Ukrainian photographer Ira Lupu opens up about the implications of the war in her life and career, including her last documentary photo series Time of the Phoenix portraying her nation under attack. She shares with Container Love the decision behind going back to Ukraine under attack, and the ways that society has come together to protect their country, including having queer military units.
Jan Baszak: Sculpting Spaces
After a great reception of his last work “The Discomfort of Evening" Jan Baszak sits down with Container Love to talk about his approach to arts as a sculptor and a designer. The inspiration behind his creations and the ways of crafting space. The queer artist also shares his vision upon the current state of LGBTQIA+ rights in Poland and the political scenario.
Krystian Lipiec: Coming Home To You
Warsaw artist Krystian Lipiec’s story is one of personal growth, one that has been documented through his gorgeous imagery that he likes to refer to simply as beauty photography. In conversation with Container Love, he told us about the forests surrounding his mother’s house, his coming out, and how overcoming hesitation has changed his life forever.
Love Has No Label
Introducing our in-house Container Love film project, Love Has No Label, showing that no matter what, labels don't define us.
Love Finds A Way: The Premiere of Love Has No Label
The premiere of Container Love’s Love Has No Label editorial an evening to remember - find out more about it here.
Shayne: Living On A Spectrum
Love Has No Label tells the stories of four individuals and how they manage to remain true to themselves. This episode is about Shayne.
Isaak: Norms To Change
Love Has No Label tells the stories of four individuals and how they manage to remain true to themselves. This episode is about Isaak.
Chiderah: Not The Only Thing About Me
Love Has No Label tells the stories of four individuals and how they manage to remain true to themselves. This episode is about Chiderah.
Kate: The Time To Be Vulnerable
Love Has No Label tells the stories of four individuals and how they manage to remain true to themselves. This episode is about Kate.
Yha Yha: Giving All Yha Love
We sat down with Yha Yha, otherwise known as Alyha Love, to discuss being an American DJ and big time socialite with Berlin as her new home.
Stallman Gallery: Nothing Linear
From the Stallman Gallery in Berlin, gallerist Lina Stallman and artist Daniel Spivakov show how art can trigger changes in society.
Lani Lees: Shining Like Gold
Coming from the creative field, Lani is the founder and designer of the sustainable and responsible jewellery brand, LANI LEES.
Zsá Zsá: Crossing Borders With Hyper-Femininity
Over the past few years, musician and actress Zsá Zsá has become a rising star among the wilder kids of Berlin. Find the exclusive here!
Charissa Chioccarelli: Nailing It
An all around talent, Charissa Chioccarelli of Isla Berlin was simply wonderful to work with when shooting her #ContainerTalks episode.
Tijan Marei: German Film’s Wild Child
The Privilege actress Tijan Marei belongs to a new generation shaking up German film with an equally fresh attitude.
Container Love
Featured Films
An ever-expanding selection of contemporary films exploring queer identity, curated by Container Love.
Photo Narzissmus by Schall & Schnabel
La Push: Together
Presenting an honest, raw, and face-to-face message featuring Carla Prata, “Together” is a short film by La Push that channels a hopeful, empathetic, and more loving message to a generation confronted by the dynamic world and changes of this new decade.
Miluum: Aitai
Filmmaking duo Miluum presents AITAI, a poetic short fashion film portraying gender fluid expressions in Tokyo. Showcasing the beauty and the ambiguity, this film unveils bits of the quiet battle that Riko and Minor, both non-binary models in the film, face as members of the LGBTQIA+ community in Japan.
Horses: Relief
"Relief" is the first episode of a larger project aimed at exploring the meaning of existence through the experiences and needs of different people. In this initial release, the directors under the name of Horses introduce Olezha, an artist who questions the intrinsic definition about their identity and rejects fitting into categories.
The Hidden Dimension: Official Trailer
Awarded with Silver Screen at Cannes Young Director Award, The Hidden Dimension is a portrait of queer photographer and visual artist Leo Maki. An intimate journey into the mind of the artist based in Warsaw, Poland. The film explores the creative process behind his work where sexuality, desire, and reality blends into art.
Jordan Blady: Comfort Zone
Comfort Zone is the latest short film by Paris-based director Jordan Blady, exploring the vibrant drag community in Tbilisi, Georgia, through the eyes of activist and performer Matt Shally.
Hannes Hirsch: Drifter
With a documentary-like sensibility, Hannes Hirsch’s feature-length debut sensitively depicts a new start in Berlin’s gay scene.
Valentino R. Sandoli: Transición
Valentino R. Sandoli directs Transición. Exploring the search for oneself, a sensitive masculinity where the body is a canvas of shapes. Shot in Madrid, Spain.
Faraz Shariat: Futur Drei
Faraz Shariat tells the story of the queer adolescence of an immigrant son in Germany providing a talking-back to conventional German cinema.
Leonie Krippendorff: Kokon
Kokon by Leonie Krippendorff is a film about wild girls who emancipate from the body images of social networks discovering who they want to be.
Alexan Sarikamichian: Cosmos
Cosmos by Alexan Sarikamichian is the story of three friends spending a weekend in the woods where true feelings start to arise.
Hari Sama: This Is Not Berlin
This Is Not Berlin by Hari Sama was celebrated at its world premiere in Sundance and has since received numerous awards.
Armando Frezze Durand: Videonegro
Armando Frezze Durand is a photographer from Buenos Aires and director of the short film Videonegro on inclusion and exclusion.
Schall & Schnabel: Narzissmus
Narzissmus is the superstructure of video installation I Need A Break From Shining, a collaboration between Schall & Schnabel and Lucas Gutierrez.
Armando Frezze Durand: Príncipe Del Barrio
Príncipe Del Barrio is a short film made by Armando Frezze Durand, a Buenos Aires based artist.
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