Oral histories: George Tsitiridis
George Tsitiridis, a comet with a dense course, lands at LALA!!! He will discuss with Fo Kakari about his childhood in Germany, the cinema studies, the creation of Screw and Fagazine magazines. From Thessaloniki Pride to writing the book “The Roma of Thessaloniki” he came about and spearheaded the LGBT community and activism. This discussion […]
Oral histories: Veronique Tromokratisch
Veronique Tromokratisch, ΛΑΛΑ’s protector/megapatron, outsider artist, drag freak and fashion icon, who will discuss her life, her (queer?) small-town experience, her transvestite identity with Angelos Tortikolis. The discussion will be held in Greek. This discussion is the second one in a series of personal life sharing sessions by LGBTQI+ people in LALA, in the context […]
IDÉES FIXES / DIES IRAE screening with live commentary by Antoinetta Angelidi
For the first time with parallel live commentary by the film director, we screen the radically feminist, revolutionary in form and content, avant-garde film IDÉES FIXES / DIES IRAE (Variations on the Same Subject, 1977) by Antoinetta Angelidi. A film on the representations of female body in contemporary art, about “gender as construction and not […]
Queer Film Classics vol.6
The Perverts Cine Club (P.C.C.) at ΛΑΛΑ presents the sixth from a series of screenings of queer arthouse/experimental film/video rarities. This Sunday we continue with the 90s and the topic of Race & Gender Intersections. We’re super excited that the screening will kick off with an online live zoom appearance by one of the evening’s […]
Radical Drag Histories Pt.1
In this new series of screenings, ΛΑΛΑ and the Perverts Cine Club are looking at the history of radical, punk, freakish, abstract, terrorist drag. We start our investigation with a screening of the documentary The Cockettes, about the avant-garde anarchist drag troupe from San Francisco with the same name, operating between the late 60s and […]
Oral histories: Kassandra El Najjar
Kassandra El Najjar, earthly goddess, trans artist and migrant from Syria, talks to Angel Torticolis about her immigration experience in Athens, the complexities of the relationship between gender and social class and her creative journey. This discussion is the second one in a series of personal life sharing sessions by LGBTQI+ people in LALA, in […]
Queer Film Classics vol.5
The Perverts Cine Club (P.C.C.) at ΛΑΛΑ presents the fifth from a series of screenings of queer arthouse/experimental film/video rarities. This Sunday we continue with the second session dedicated to the 80s on the themes of Protest, Porn, Media, the AIDS crisis. Jerry Tartaglia, Ecce Homo, 1989, 7’David Wojnarowicz – Fire in My Belly (extract), […]
Women pioneers in electronic music
Have you ever wondered where the women pioneers are? In science, film, music, or other fields that are predominantly male-dominated. Where are the women? Did they not exist? Were they not there? Were they busy in the kitchen? No dear. They were there. They just weren’t visible.History, journalism, records, always or mostly talk about male […]
Queer Film Classics vol.4
The Perverts Cine Club (P.C.C.) at ΛΑΛΑ presents the fourth from a series of screenings of rare queer arthouse/experimental films and video art. This Sunday we continue with the 80s, a time that saw an explosion of queer narratives, so we will devote two screenings to the decade. The first screening is based on the […]
Oral histories: Ivi Kaiserli
Ivi Kaiserli, a proud sex worker and activist with a presence in public discourse, will discuss with Angel Torticollis in a full-fledged confession about her life in a small town, the complexities of sex work and trans lives in Greece. This discussion is the first of a series of personal life sharing sessions by LGBTQI+ […]