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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Saint Etienne film festival opens on Thursday with school screenings

The Saint Etienne gay and lesbian film festival will open this Thursday with two showings for school groups.

The screenings are organized with the Ministry of Health and Sport and the National Health Education Institute for secondary school students. They'll be followed by a discussion with Brahim Naït-Balk, trainer of Paris Foot Gay football club and author of a noted memoir on being gay in housing projects, and Patrick Revelli of the legendary Saint Etienne professional football team.

The films shown are two short subjects produced by Canal Plus and the Ministry of Health and Sport: Basket et Maths, about the attraction between two young basketball players, and Pauline, the story of a young lesbian woman living in a village and the difficulties of being accepted by her family and neighbors, and Michel Royer's documents Sports et Homosexualité,c'est quoi le problème ? about sport, homosexuality and homophobia. The documentary features former football international Lilian Thuram, triathletes Jessica Harrison and Carole Péon, football commentator Olivier Rouyer, Olympic medal winner Matthew Mitcham, and many others.

That evening the official opening will take place at the Saint Etienne tourist office, followed by the first screenings of the official program.

Info on the day's program HERE.

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