Which film personalities will come to Prague this year to personally present their films?

The Mezipatra Queer Film Festival once again welcomes film personalities from all over the world. Prague audiences will have the chance to meet them in person during discussions following selected screenings. A new addition to this year’s program is a series of discussions with local and international experts.

Films in the Feature Film Competiton

Director Steve Bache and screenwriter Stephan Kämpf: No Dogs Allowed

On Friday, November 8, director Steve Bache and screenwriter Stephan Kämpf will personally introduce the German drama No Dogs Allowed — their first collaboration and also their feature debut.
The film deals with the difficult topic of pedophilia with sensitivity, complexity, and empathy rather than sensationalism. This careful approach was reflected not only in the story but also in the production process, where the creators closely collaborated with psychologists and intimacy coordinators.
The story follows a 12-year-old boy navigating relationships with adults and the complicated situations that come with them.

  • Prague: Fri 7 Nov 2025 / 20:00 / Kino 35 (+ Q&A Steve Bache, director, and Stephan Kämpfm, screenwriter) Buy

Actor Lars Jacob Holm: Dreams (Drømmer)

On Tuesday, November 12, Norwegian actor and dancer Lars Jacob Holm will visit Prague to present Dreams (Drømmer), where he stars as a psychologist — a role that showcases his impressive acting range.
The film explores the complex desires and relationships of several characters and continues Holm’s collaboration with director Dag Johan Haugerud, known for I Belong and the trilogy Love, Dreams, Sex.

  • Prague: Tue 11 Nov 2025 / 20:30 / Kino Světozor, Main Hall (+ Q&A Lars Jacob Holm, actor) Buy

Editor Lautaro Colace: Toll (Pedágio)

The Brazilian-Portuguese crime drama Toll (Pedágio) will be personally introduced by Argentine editor Lautaro Colace on Sunday, November 10.
The film follows the intertwined lives of people in conflict with police and the law, offering a gripping look at social and moral dilemmas. Colace has previously collaborated with director Carolina Markowicz on her earlier films Charcoal and The Orphan.

  • Prague: Sun 9 Nov 2025 / 20:30 / Kino Lucerna, Main Hall (+ Q&A Lautaro Colace, editor) Buy

Documentary Section

Truth or Dare is both an adult film and an experimental documentary. Director Maja Classen follows a group of Berlin-based sex workers who meet to share experiences, embodiment, and intimacy. This mosaic of stories from the queer sex-positive community will be discussed after Friday’s screening by the film’s producer – acclaimed German actress and filmmaker Saralisa Volm.

  • Prague: Fri 7 Nov 2025 / 21:30 / Edison Filmhub (+ Q&A Saralisa Volm, producer); moderator Dorota Vašíčková (Girl Power) Buy

Competition and Non-Competition Short Films

Directors Patricio Plaza (Devil’s Beacon (Luz Diabla)), Thanasis Tsimpinis (Simon at the Nightshop), Lyndon Henley Hanrahan (Sunday Lunch), and Marcin Kluczykowski (A Capella (Gorzko)) will personally present their short films in competition.

Chinese filmmaker Hao Zhou returns to Prague with a short personal documentary Correct Me If I’m Wrong (Ru ni suo yuan), exploring his relatives’ attempts to “drive out” queer identity.

  • Prague: Fri 7 Nov 2025 / 18:15 / Kino Světozor, Small Hall (+ Q&A Marcin Kluczykowski, director) Buy
  • Prague: Fri 7 Nov 2025 / 20:45 / Kino Světozor, Small Hall (+ Q&A Patricio Plaza, director) Buy
  • Prague: Sun 9 Nov 2025 / 17:45 / Kino Lucerna, Small Hall (+ Q&A Hao Zhou, director) Buy
  • Prague: Mon 10 Nov 2025 / 18:15 / Kino Světozor, Small Hall (+ Q&A Lyndon Henley Hanrahan, director) Buy
  • Prague: Tue 11 Nov 2025 / 17:45 / Kino Lucerna, Small Hall (+ Q&A Thanasis Tsimpinis, director) Buy

The new non-competition section How Are We Doing? will present short films from Central Europe. The Polish-Ukrainian refugee camp story Condolences (Czarna Chusta) will be introduced by director Kamila Boichenko, and the Slovak film Far Between Us (Daleko mezi námi) by director Vojtěch Javůrek and cinematographer Michaela Klanicová.

  • Prague: Mon 10 Nov 2025 / 18:30 / Edison Filmhub (+ Q&A Kamila Boichenko, director; Vojtěch Javůrek and Michaela Klanicová, director and actress) Buy

This year will again include the non-competition short film block Ukraine is Queer (vol. 4), personally introduced by its curator Bohdan Zhuk – programmer of the Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist and director of the LGBTQ+ festival Sunny Bunny.

  • Prague: Sun 9 Nov 2025 / 20:00 / Kino 35 (+ Q&A Bohdan Zhuk, programmer; Veronika Havrykova, director) Buy

The playfully provocative Viet-film Summer School 2001 (Letní škola 2001), which challenges the value system of the first Vietnamese generation growing up in the Czech Republic, will be introduced by actors The Duong Bui and Thang Xuan Ngo.

  • Prague: Mon 10 Nov 2025 / 20:00 / Kino 35 (+ Q&A The Duong Bui and Thang Xuan Ngo, actors) Buy

Expert Discussions After Screenings

Following Sunday’s screening of the Austrian film If You’re Afraid, Put Your Heart in Your Mouth and Smile (Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst), Prague audiences can look forward to a discussion with researcher Stefan Schweigler from the University of Vienna. The debate will focus on the complex relationship between queer identity and social class, as well as the situation of the queer community in Austria.

  • Prague: Sun 9 Nov 2025 / 18:30 / Edison Filmhub (+ Q&A Stefan Schweigler, media theorist) Buy

Monday’s screening of Dogs Not Allowed (Psům vstup zakázán) will be followed by a discussion with Czech documentarian, journalist, and activist Lukáš Houdek, author of the book Silence, a collection of interviews with pedophiles, their relatives, and experts. The aim is to de-tabooize the topic and challenge some of the social stereotypes connected to it.

  • Prague: Mon 10 Nov 2025 / 18:00 / Kino Světozor, Main Hall (+ Q&A Lukáš Houdek, journalist) Buy

The documentary section will also feature two discussions organized in collaboration with the association Trans*parent. Its co-founder and chair Viktor Heumann will speak with the audience after Friday’s screening of Gen – a documentary about an Italian endocrinologist who pioneered hormone therapy and patient care. Saturday’s screening of Heightened Scrutiny (Pod drobnohledem) about the persecution of trans people in the U.S., will be followed by a debate with activist, American studies scholar, and translator Jamie Rose.

  • Prague: Fri 7 Nov 2025 / 17:30 / Kino 35 (+ Q&A Viktor Heumann, Trans*parent), in Czech only,  Buy

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