MIX Copenhagen
{{Short description|LGBTQ+ film festival held in Copenhagen, Denmark}}
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MIX Copenhagen LesbianGayBiTransQueer+ Film Festival is one of the oldest LGBTQ+ film festivals in the world, as well as being the oldest and one of the largest film festivals in Denmark.
History
The festival has first taken place in 1986{{Cite web |title=MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQIA+ Film Festival |url=https://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/planning/mix-copenhagen-lgbtqia-film-festival-gdk561182 |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Visit Copenhagen |language=en}} under the name CGLFF—Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, making it one of the world's oldest film festivals to deal with LGBT issues.{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmfestivallife.com/Mix-Copenhagen-I-LesbianGayBiTrans-Film-Festival|title=Mix Copenhagen I LesbianGayBiTrans Film Festival|website=FilmFestivalLife.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://festagent.com/en/festivals/mixcopenhagen|title=MIX Copenhagen|website=Festagent|language=en|access-date=2018-12-08}} The festival adopted the MIX Copenhagen name in 2010. In 2016 it started referring to itself as an LGBTQ festival in order to be more inclusive and "give more space to stories about intersex, queer, and non-binary identities".{{Cite web|url=http://copenhagenfashionfilm.dk/mix-copenhagen-2016/|title=MIX COPENHAGEN 2016|date=2016-09-26|website=Copenhagen Fashion Film|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-08}}
It has other small LGBTQ+ film festivals associated to it as MIX Århus, MIX Odense and MIX Aalborg.{{Cite journal|last=Malamud|first=Randy|date=2016-03-01|title=MIX Copenhagen at Thirty: Projecting a Triumphant Queer Moment|journal=Film Quarterly|language=en|volume=69|issue=3|pages=84–90|doi=10.1525/fq.2016.69.3.84|issn=1533-8630}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fV16DQAAQBAJ|title=Queer Cinema in the World|last1=Schoonover|first1=Karl|last2=Galt|first2=Rosalind|publisher=Duke University Press|year=2016|isbn=9780822373674|location=Durham, NC|pages=91|language=en}}
Selection and attendance
The festival takes place every year during the last week of October. It screens a selection of approximately 60 features, 25 documentaries and 30 short films.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ellgeebe.com/en/community/events/mix-copenhagen-lgbt-film-festival-327033|title=MIX Copenhagen LGBT Film Festival - LGBTQ - Copenhagen|website=ellgeeBE|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-08}} The festival is attended by more than 12.000 people each year.
Awards
The most important award handed out at the MIX Copenhagen is the Lili Award, which is named after Lili Elbe, the first person to undergo sex reassignment surgery in the world. It is given to the best feature, best documentary and best short film chosen by an international jury, and also to the audience's voted choice as favourite film. It consists of a statuette designed by artists Yassin Askar and Sarah Borup.{{Cite book|url=https://issuu.com/mixcopenhagenlgbtqfilmfestival/docs/mix_program_240x170_issuu_low|title=MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQ Film Festival 2017|last1=Vagelas|first1=Gintaras|last2=Coloma|first2=Andrea|last3=Sørensen|first3=Sara Skøtt|publisher=Clausen Grafisk|year=2017|location=Copenhagen|pages=29}}
See also
External links
- {{Official website|URL=http://www.mixcopenhagen.dk/|name=MIX Copenhagen official website}}
- [http://www.facebook.com/mixcph/ MIX Copenhagen Facebook]
- [https://www.instagram.com/mixcph/ MIX Copenhagen Instagram]
References
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Category:1985 establishments in Denmark
Category:Festivals in Copenhagen
Category:Film festivals in Denmark
Category:LGBTQ events in Denmark
Category:LGBTQ film festivals in Europe
Category:Recurring events established in 1985
Category:LGBTQ culture in Copenhagen
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