COMING OUT OF THE CELLULOID CLOSET
MIX CPH’s Official Podcast
The hosts
Andrea Coloma
Andrea Coloma (she/her) is the festival director and programmer for MIX COPENHAGEN, one of the oldest LGBTQ+ film festivals in the world, as well as the leading LGBTQ+ film festival in the Nordics. Alongside MIX COPENHAGEN, Andrea has been involved in different projects from the development of Nørrebro Pride in Copenhagen which centers QTBIPOCs, to starring on the Danish TV web series, ‘Pain in the Ass’ (Ondt i Røven) by Rikke Kolding which has been referred to as a “queer game change in Danish TV”.
Kate Krosschell
Kate Krosschell (she/her) is the vice festival director of MIX COPENHAGEN. She grew up in Boston and moved to Copenhagen in 2011 to do a degree in film studies. She’s a nerd who loves film festivals and queer film, and she cut her teeth working in marketing and communications for a podcasting non-profit. In her free time she tries to make it to a yoga class and explore Denmark, but let’s be honest - she’s probably scouring Netflix for the latest queer content. She joined MIX in 2021.
Ep01:
Beyond Queer Tragedy
!Trigger Warning: strong language; talk of transphobia, homophobia, suicide, and hate crimes
Welcome to Season 2 of Coming Out of the Celluloid Closet! Hosts Andrea Coloma and Kate Krosschell can’t contain their love for queer film. In 8 new episodes, listen along as we go deep into common themes in LGBTQ+ cinema and talk to experts who are queering the silver screen. To start us off, in this episode you'll get to know our Andrea and Kate and hear about how we’re framing this season around the theme of looking beyond queer tragedy.
Ep02:
Let’s Talk Trans* Representation
!Trigger Warning: Strong language, transphobia
Today we’re talking about the representation of transgender people in film and how trans people have fought for the right to tell their own stories. To help us do that, we have May Lifschitz the studio to talk about her experience as a trans actor in the film industry and her career.
With
May Lifschitz
Ep03:
Flipping the “Dead Lesbian” Script
!Trigger Warning: mental illness, suicide, substance abuse.
Why does it seem like the female characters in every “lesbian film” from the 90s and 2000s are suffering from mental illness and die? On this episode we discuss stereotypical portrayals of queer women, mental health, and the infamous Dead Lesbian Syndrome -- and what alternative stories we should be focusing on instead. We talk with Caroline Osander, leader of PsykInfo and organizer of the film festival “Don’t Fear The Weird,” which aims to break and challenge society’s taboos about mental illness. Please note that the interview is in Danish, but you can find episode transcripts in both Danish and English
With
Caroline Osander
Ep04:
10’s, 10’s, 10’s: Part 1
Today we're diving into the ballroom scene: how it has been portrayed in pop culture in the past, and how it is portrayed today through different media. We take a look at the ultimate classic “Paris Is Burning” but also have a look at more current documentaries portraying the ballroom community as well as other formats such as “Pose” or “Legendary”. We interview two pioneers of the Danish ballroom scene, Maji Claire and Beck Heiberg.
With
Maji Claire
Beck Heiberg
Ep05:
10’s, 10’s, 10’s: Part 2
TW: Transphobia
We left you last week with Beck Heiberg and Maji Claire from the Ballroom community here in Copenhagen. For this week’s episode we have the rest of the interview, where we continue our conversation about representations of Ballroom in Paris Is Burning, Pose, and even RuPaul’s Drag Race. If you haven't heard the previous week's episode, go back and listen Part 1, because otherwise this episode won't make a lot of sense to you!
With
Maji Claire
Beck Heiberg
Ep06:
This Is How We Do It - Queer Porn
TW: Transphobia
What possibilities does queer porn create, and who is it for? Come with us as we talk to Max Disgrace, award-winning film director, film festival programmer aka smut peddler and proud trans-masculine pervert. He’s the director of Crystal Clear, Tribute, and Ruptured - which we are screening in this year’s This Is How We Do It program in MIX. We meander our way through understanding how pleasure, representation, archetypes and industry questions all manifest in the film medium that is decidedly for queers, by queers, and featuring queers.
Ep07:
Who Gets to be Intimate on Screen?
TW: Suicide
What is intimacy in film, especially in queer film? On today’s episode of Coming Out of the Celluloid Closet, we dive into interpersonal relationships in LGBTQ+ film -- not only when it comes to sex and sexuality, but when inviting viewers into moments of emotional connection. With the help of our guests Benjamin Radjaipour and Gabi Buzadzic, we examine who gets to be intimate on screen.
Ep08:
Finding Queerness in Animation
Did you know that Ursula from The Little Mermaid was based on the legendary drag queen Divine? Nevertheless, queer representation in animated films, for children or adults, is few and far between. This and other tidbits await on this episode as we leave no queer stone unturned and ask, why isn’t there more positive LGBTQ+ content in animation? We also talk with animation filmmaker Thinh Nguyen, a graduate of the Viborg Animation Workshop, about her work.
