For five years, the In&Out Encounters – the Nice Gay and Lesbian Film Festival – have been coming to Nice at the start of spring for 10 days of LGBT Cinema (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Trans). Organized by [Les Ouvreurs Association](https://rencontrescinema.blogspot.fr/), this event will take place this year from April 16 to 24 in Nice, and for the second year in Cannes, on April 26 and 27.
The program will be made public on March 24.
This anniversary edition focuses on a current theme: “Views on Families,” a unique concept that is understood in the plural. Far from provocation, this choice is an invitation to explore, through images, the small revolution triggered by the French law on marriage and adoption for all.
The FAMILY we try to build despite obstacles and prohibitions, the FAMILY we try to protect when its uniqueness makes it vulnerable, the FAMILY that fails us when it rejects our difference, the replacement FAMILY we recreate when the original one falls short…
Many films, both fiction and documentaries, selected for the 2013 program, provide spectators with new insights into this social issue, which still seems to be one of the most subversive, as sociologist Didier Eribon has believed for over 10 years: “The desire for normalization does not bother me. I don’t see why gays and lesbians are systematically asked to assume their role of subversion as if it were their duty. ‘Be subversive while we remain conformists,’ the rest of society seems to say to them.”
The claim for marriage, often presented as reactionary, is actually more subversive than the discourse of subversion. It has a much stronger destabilizing effect on the familial, sexual, and gender order than incantatory subversion.” A viewpoint confirmed by the extent and intensity of the refusals.
With In&Out 2013, the curious minds, who we know are many, considering the attendance figures of the past editions (3,348 spectators in 2011, 3,889 spectators in 2012), will be able to discover premieres, previously unreleased films from major international festivals, as well as numerous guests and fantastic evenings organized by the festival’s partner venues (C’Factory, Smarties, Glam, and Malabar Station in Nice).
