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SWISS FILM & TALKS Celebrates PRIDEDER KREIS (THE CIRCLE) by Stefan Haupt
Virtual screening, June 23 - 30
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Film still DER KREIS (THE CIRCLE)
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DER KREIS (THE CIRCLE)
by Stefan Haupt
Switzerland, 2014, 101 min., fiction/documentary
Recipient of Berlin International Film Festival's Teddy and Audience Awards.
Switzerland's official submission for the 87th Academy Awards.
Zurich, 1958. The bashful teacher Ernst Ostertag and the German cabaret artist Röbi Rapp get to know one another in the Swiss underground organisation called “Der Kreis.” As the two dissimilar men defend their love, they witness the heyday and decline of this Europe-wide pioneering organization for gay emancipation.
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Director Stefan Haupt (left) image © Gabriel Hill,
LGBTQ activist Ernst Ostertag (right) image © Raphael Haddad
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Director Stefan Haupt and LGBTQ rights activist Ernst Ostertag will join the post-film conversation virtually.
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DER KREIS (THE CIRCLE) followed by post-film conversation
June 23, 12:01 AM till June 30, 11:59 PM (PDT).
Register here to receive the viewing link.
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| PRIDE PARADESAN FRANCISCO
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EUROPE FOR PRIDE 2022
June 26
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The San Francisco Pride Parade is the largest gathering of the LGBTQ+ community in the U.S., and with this year’s theme Love Will Keep Us Together, we will come together and march for freedom, love, and equality.
As representatives of the European Consulates in the Bay Area, we will march down Market Street into the heart of downtown San Francisco on this day of celebration. Bring your friends, family, and co-workers and join us, as we dress up, have fun, and show our love and support for the LGBTQ+ community.
Make sure to sign up for this event so you are guaranteed Pride merchandise, when you show up. Please feel free to dress up and to carry flags from you respective country.
Sign up and recieve details about meeting spot and exact time when we get closer to the event.
Please register here by June 20.
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L’Eclair on the West CoastJune 9 - 25
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The Swiss band L’Eclair is touring the West Coast. With three LPs, an EP, two 7’’, and multiple concerts around Europe, the band acquired a solid reputation in the global groove scene.
West Coast Performance Dates:
For further information, please visit L'Eclair's website.
This program is supported by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
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SWISS KIDS CAMP andFILM SCREENING
June 18
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The United Swiss Societies of Northern California's Swiss Kids Camp is a fun filled day (literature, drawing, games, and film) for children ages 4 - 14 and the entire family to learn and experience Swiss culture virtually.
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MEIN NAME IST EUGEN (MY NAME IS EUGEN)
by Michael Steiner
Switzerland, 2005, 100 min.
On that same weekend, Mein Name is Eugen by Michael Steiner will be screened. Based on Klaus Schädelin's literary classic, Mein Name ist Eugen is a coming-of-age story set in the 1960s. It tells the story of 12-year-old Eugen and Wrigley's last summer of adventure.
For further information and to register, please visit.
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