The three-day festival presents a queer-feminist perspective on domestic and international artists and activists within the theme of \u201cPride and prejudices\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Thursday, 17 May was selected as the opening day when we celebrate International day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia (IDAHOT). Rijeka remains the only city in Croatia which actively supports IDAHOT by flying the rainbow flag on the City Hall building, so this act will officially open the festival.<\/p>\n
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In line with this year\u2019s theme \u2013 Pride and prejudices \u2013 all festival activities are oriented towards introducing attendees to LGBTIQ and feminist topics and developing critical thinking on relevant issues, with a special focus on achieving dialogue with the audience.<\/p>\n
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On Thursday, after flying the rainbow flag on the City Hall building (Korzo 16), the programme continues with a Queer walk through Rijeka at 3 PM, starting at the Smoqua booth on Korzo. At 5:30 PM the City Hall will host the public discussion \u201cOverview of LGBT and women\u2019s rights in Europe\u201d at which moderator Marina \u0160krabalo will talk to UN representative Cian\u00e1n Russel, Romanian LGBT activist Florin Buchenau and Polish female reproductive rights activist Karolina Wieckiewicz. The first day of the festival will end at 8 PM with a live art performance \u201cBody Dialetics\u201d by multimedia artists Kris Grey in Filodrammatica. Through the performance, the artist explores identity, transformations and embodiments, combines personal experiences with social justice, power and control, and uses his transgender experience as a lab for revealing binary gender as a social phenomenon.<\/p>\n
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On Friday, visitors will be able to learn about feminist self-defence at a workshop starting at 2 PM in Palach and led by M\u00f3nica Cano Abad\u00eda. At 4 PM, the photo exhibition (In)visible Love Stories by Martina \u0160alov opens in Ri-info, which is a reaction to the complete lack of visibility of photos of LGBT couples. At 5 PM at Kri\u017eani\u0107eva 6, the headquarters of the Gra\u0111anke svom gradu association, Zvonimir Dobrovi\u0107 from Queer Zagreb will talk with artists Mavi Veloso and Kris Grey, and at 6 PM at the same location Mavi Veloso will present her trans-disciplinary research encompassing video, performances, photography, fashion and queer and drag queen culture. Shortly after that, he GSG magazine for society and art, a document based on the first Smoqua festival, will be presented.<\/p>\n
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On Saturday, 19 May, the programme continues with a Living Library event at Filodrammatica at noon, and one hour later authors Doris Pand\u017ei\u0107, Dunja Mati\u0107 and Petra Bezjak will present their short stories on the topic of pride and prejudices through a prism of eroticism, identity and worker\u2019s rights which the audience will be able to complete.<\/p>\n
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At 3 PM at Klub Mladih (Erazma Bar\u010di\u0107a 9a), dramaturge Olga Dimitrijevi\u0107 and playwright Jasna \u017dmak will hold the \u201cPokvirivanje!\u201d workshop at which they will teach the audience how to break down and rewrite the plot of a mainstream film and play in order to raise awareness of their general heteronormativity and exclusivity. At 5 PM, Filodrammatica will host artist Ruth Borgfjord\u2019s performance \u201cCtitoria Clitoria\u201d which destabilises the notions of gender and gender roles, immediately followed by the discussion \u201cWho is allowed to believe in God?\u201d at which Marjana Harcet, Mihael Se\u010dena and Ruth Borgfjord will discuss the relationship of the Church towards women and the LGBT community. Finally, at 7 PM, the Art-kino will play the movie \u201cJa kad sam bila klinac bila sam klinka\u201d by Ivana Todorovi\u0107, who will also be there to talk about the movie.<\/p>\n
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The festival ends with a party at Klub Crkva at midnight with guest DJ Sonja Sajzor from Belgrade, a visual artists and activist for transgender rights, recognisable for her experimental combination of alternative, darker pop and hip-hop with a pinch of nostalgia for the elements of late 1990s and early 2000s music.<\/p>\n
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