Covered

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2008, the opening of the first QUEER SARAJEVO FESTIVAL was closed down by a violent mob, that accused the organizers of blasphemy. Eight people were hospitalized, and the festival was cancelled. COVERED profiles the courage of the four women who organized the festival, and explores the complex politics that inform contemporary Bosnian society, still struggling with the demons of the war.

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  • Runtime

    14 min
  • Country

    Canada
  • Year of Presentation

    2010
  • Year of Production

    2010
  • Director

    John Greyson
  • Cast

  • Production Company

    Greyzone
  • Berlinale Section

    Panorama
  • Berlinale Category

    Documentary Film

Biography John Greyson

The Canadian film and video artist was born in Nelson, British Columbia in 1960. He studied film at the Canadian Film Center and has made over 60 award-winning feature films, installations, transmedia works and shorts. In 1989, he won a Teddy Award for Urinal; in 1991, he received another for The Making of Monsters. His work combines documentary and fictional elements and explores issues including queer activism, homophobic violence, AIDS activism, anti-apartheid and anti-war struggles, conflicts in the Middle East, police entrapment and prison abolition. He has taught film production at York University in Toronto since 2014.
 

Filmography John Greyson

1993 Zero Patience | 2007 Orange Clouds | 2010 Rex Vs. Singh | 2017 Memurial | 2018 Gazonto | 2018 Towel | 2020 Prurient | 2020 Auterson Clock