Churchroad

Film program, NL 2016, 54 min., niederl. OV + engl. UT

By: Robin Vogel

A subculture within Amsterdam nightlife, Club Church offers freedom, unprecedented gay sex and apparent absence of judgment. In this very personal and honest documentary the young filmmaker Robin Vogel finds himself pushing against his own personal boundaries and explores what Club Church means to him, while his late great-uncle, who was also gay, seems to watch over him.

Supporting film: Twirl diary 21

US 2016, 32 min., eng. OV

By: Roger Kingsepp

A 40-something filmmaker reads the sex, or “twirl”, diary of his 20-something self. Through oral history we revisit iconic gay cruising places in the city of New York