Alien Nation, autopsie d’un monstre artistique

Film program, FR 2024, 52 min., franz. OV + engl. UT

By: Delphine Sanchez

With: Poupée Mécanique, Abelle de France, Julie Terrasson, Reed 013, Cadav’Éric, Juan Le Parc, Kiki Picasso, Lukas Zpira, Florian Sonet

Paris, not chic and polished but dirty, kinky, and uncompromising: Alien Nation depicts a subculture in which fetish, BDSM, techno, and performance became a way of life in the French capital around the turn of the millennium. With impressive DIY costumes, latex, stilettos, and radical body styling, the collective celebrated visibility, desire, and transgression. Drawing on archival footage and contemporary testimonies, the film dives into a cultural underground where political statement, female desire, transgression, and freedom were lived out. Campy, sexy, and smart, Delphine Sanchez opens a view of a Paris beyond traditional romance.

Kai Hermann

Supporting film: Fite Qlub: The Embrace of Community

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NL 2024, 11 min.

By: Melancholive

Short documentary on an organization based around BIPOC queer people and kink in Amsterdam.

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