Our Best Lesbian Movies Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam 2017 – In celebration of its 20th edition in 22 years the LGBTQ Film Festival in Amsterdam is welcoming film and movie enthusiasts from all over the world to see, feel, experience over 120 short movies, documentaries, and motion pictures in Amsterdam. The topics differ from gay, lesbian, transsexual, intersexual, bisexual to all variations in between. But since it is the 20th anniversary of the biggest Film Festival in the Netherlands, the LGBTQ Film Festival will show some great Dutch movies, too. You will be amazed at what cultural LGBTQ Life Amsterdam has to offer besides the wonderful Gay Canal Pride Parade every year!
Top 10 List of the Best Lesbian Movies 2017
We all know how difficult it can be to watch 120 movies in ten days, starting March 9th to March 19th. Especially, when you are on your gay travels to the Dutch capital. Therefore, we had the chance to meet Werner Borkes, Festival & Programming Director of the Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam who provided us with the best tips and info to not get lost in the program of the festival. If you already checked our Best 7 Gay Men Movies of the Roze Filmdagen in 2017, enjoy our additional hit list of the top Lesbian and mixed short movies, documentaries, and motion pictures and see the Roze Filmdagen through a couple of men’s eyes. Have fun and show pride watching the 10 Best Lesbian Movies Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam 2017!
#1 Woman who kill | United States of America
American movie “Women who kill” about 93 minutes – In this twisted comedy we meet ex-lovers Morgan and Jean, who are obsessed with female serial killers and their behavior. But when Morgan meets the elusive and beautiful Simone, she throws her normal caution in the wind. Until bodies start appearing with alarming regularity in their Brooklyn neighborhood, dotted with organic coops and lesbian whole-grain bakeries. Darkly funny and with sharp dialogue, not to mention sharp objects, WOMEN WHO KILL manages to be both scary and highly entertaining…
Dates: March 11th 2017 | 13:00 Hours & March 16th 2017 | 21:45 Hours | March 19th 2017 | 21:45 Hours
Location: Ketelhuis 2
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#2 Almost Adults | Canada
Canadian movie “Almost Adults” about 90 minutes – This romantic comedy follows two best friends in their final year of college while they transition into adulthood. One embraces her sexuality and tries to catch up on everything she has missed during her teenage years, while the other ends a long-term relationship with her boyfriend and discovers her life isn’t going as planned. Both struggle to keep their friendship together as they begin growing apart!
Dates: March 11th | 15:30 Hours & March 12th | 15:30 Hours
Location: Ketelhuis 1
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#3 Below her Mouth | Brasil
Canadian movie “Below her Mouth” about 92 minutes – A bold, uninhibited drama that begins with a passionate weekend affair between two women. Dallas, a roofer, and Jasmine, a fashion editor, share a powerful and immediate connection that inevitably derails both of their lives…
Dates: March 12th | 19:30 Hours & March 19th | 19:30 Hours
Location Ketelhuis 1
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#4 Demimonde | Hungary
Hungarian movie “Lazy Eye” of 88 minutes – Based on a true story of a famous courtesan, this juicy historic thriller tells a tale of passion, intrigue, and revenge. Set against the backdrop of pre-war 1914 Budapest, we follow Elza. Seductive and manipulative, she can get all the wealthy men to do her bidding. Yet the true relationships and sexual tensions lie with her devoted housekeeper and with their young maid. Opulent, atmospheric and gripping.!
Dates: March 16th | 15:45 Hours & March 17th | 19:45 Hours & March 17th | 17:30 Hours
Location Ketelhuis 3
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#5 A Date for Mad Mary | Ireland
Irish movie “A Date for Mad Mary” about 82 minutes – Mary McArdle returns to Drogheda after a short spell in prison for something she’d rather forget. Back home, everything and everyone has changed. Her best friend, Charlene, is about to get married and Mary is maid of honor. When Charlene refuses Mary a ‘plus one’ because she probably couldn’t find a date, Mary becomes determined to prove her wrong. But her attempts at dating are a disaster until she meets Jess. A tough and tender story about friendship and first love.
Dates: March 11th | 17:30 & March 18th | 21:45 Hours
Location Ketelhuis 1
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#6 Apricot Groves | Armenia & Iran
Armenian – Iran movie “Esteros” about 83 minutes – Aram, an Iranian-Armenian youth who has immigrated to the US in childhood, now returns to Armenia for the first time to propose to an Armenian girlfriend Aram met and lived with in the US. Aram sees many cultural, religious, and national differences on the one day trip, but harder obstacles are ahead. A beautiful and uplifting experience…
Dates: March 13th 17:30 Hours & March 17th | 17:45 Hours
Location Ketelhuis 1
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#7 Torrey Pines | United States of America
American movie “Torrey Pines” about 60 minutes – Torrey Pines is a stop-motion animated feature film by Clyde Petersen. Based on a true story, it’s a queer punk coming-of-age tale, taking place in Southern California in the early 1990’s. Raised by a schizophrenic single mother, Petersen’s life story unfolds in a series of baffling and hallucinated events. With a mother fueled by hallucinations of political conspiracy and family dysfunction, twelve-year-old Petersen is taken on a cross-country adventure that will forever alter the family as they know it. With great music, this stunning film is funny, caring, and unique…
Dates: March 11th | 13:45 Hours & March 19th | 19:45 Hours
Location Ketelhuis 3
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#8 Die Beautiful | Philippines
Philippine movie “Die Beautiful” about 120 minutes – As the film opens, we see Trisha lying down on his funeral, receiving some much-needed makeup from best friend Barbs. The untimely death comes just after Trisha won the beauty pageant he/she was dreaming of since childhood. From there, we go back in time to the rich, multifaceted life of Trisha from poor boy to an adoptive mother in this unexpectedly big and majestic movie, which has won the lead the Best Actor award at the Tokyo Film Festival…
Dates: March 11th 21:45 Hours & March 17th | 21:45 Hours
Location Ketelhuis 2
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#9 Hunky Dory | United States of America
American movie “Hunky Dory” about 88 minutes – Exquisitely filmed and visually enthralling, we follow down and out “glam rock dilettante” Sidney as he performs late-night drag at a dive bar, and that’s just his least questionable way of making a quick buck. Suddenly having to take care of his loving 11-year old son, this is as a music critic described Bowie’s album: “a sweeping, cinematic mélange of high and low art, ambiguous sexuality, kitsch, and class”.
Dates: March 14th 17:30 Hours & March 18th | 15:45 Hours
Location Ketelhuis 2
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#10 Arianna | Italy
Italian movie “Arianna” about 84 minutes – Arianna is nineteen, but she’s still waiting to get her first period. As the summer begins, her parents decide to renew their acquaintance with their country house, where Arianna lived until she was three. While staying in the house, old memories start to come back to Arianna and like pieces of a puzzle, start to slowly fall into place. When her parents tell her it is time to return, Arianna wants to stay behind to study for her exams. Her father accepts, but for some reason, the idea makes her mother extremely uncomfortable. On her own, Arianna’s investigation of her past also includes the exploration of her body which pushes Arianna to confront the true nature of her sexuality…
Dates: March 17th 15:45 Hours & March 19th | 13:45 Hours
Location Ketelhuis 2
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All you need to know about the Roze Filmdagen:
- Overview with Tips, Info, and Articles about “20th Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam” >
- Our best 7 Gay Men Movies of the LGBTQ Film Festival in Amsterdam >
- Out now: Queer Amsterdam Drama Series free on YouTube >
- Our best photos of the Gay Euro Pride Canal Parade Amsterdam 2016 >
- All you need to know about traveling the Dutch capital Amsterdam >
Our Best Lesbian Movies Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam 2017
Of course, this is just a selection if you need a guidance and overview for your planning of the festival visit. Check the whole program of the Roze Filmdagen for all the 120 + movies and don’t forget your pride and love! We hope you enjoyed our selection of the Best mixed and best Lesbian Movies Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam
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Karl & Daan.