🎬 This Thursday at 6 p.m. we are waiting for you at the screening of the documentary film: “Looking up, I saw myself below (2022)”
(Kah kqyrsha përpjetë, e shihsha veten përfuni)

duration: 62 min

/ the screening will be followed by an open discussion /

🎬 the film brings the stories of seven LGBTIQ people from Kosovo who come from different generations and different social contexts.

through their real voices, names and faces, the film talks about discovering one’s own queer identity and living in an environment marked by non-acceptance and exclusion. deals with their hopes and dreams, losses and defeats, as well as the issue of home and belonging.

the film is the first feature-length documentary in Kosovo in which the protagonists are not anonymized, but speak openly about their experiences. shows a culture of resilience built through mutual solidarity and closeness, as well as social changes from the period before the wars of the 1990s to the first Pride Parade in 2017. in the context of frequent claims that the LGBTQ identity is an “import from the West”, the film contributes to breaking down prejudices and opening up space for understanding and compassion for the experiences of LGBTQ people. 🏳️‍🌈

🍸 we are waiting for you at the Ithaka library bar

this activity is part of the project “Strengthening social conditions for the affirmation of the human rights of transgender persons through knowledge and culture”, which we are implementing with the support of the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights.