Narcissism

Narcissism” by the queer director Toni Karat is a very special film, not only because it scooped awards at almost every festival – best documentary at Pornfilm Festival Berlin, Hacker Porn Film Festival Rome or Pornfilm Festival Vienna – but also because films such as this, born of care and tenderness, permanently alter the discourse about sexuality and reveal its previously hidden faces. If we look closely, we’ll realise that in each of the film’s characters we can find a piece of who we are, and who we’d like to be. Just like them, we could look in the mirror – joyfully and courageously – and answer the following question: What would the world look like if we just loved ourselves?

“My understanding of narcissism has changed. I realised that people from marginalised social groups celebrating and loving themselves is a form of self-healing and subversive power.”

Nadine Lange “Queerspiegel”

Don’t miss this one! This film is this year’s mandatory viewing.