Get to know the venues of the new edition of ‘El lugar sin límites’, LGBT film festival

the limitless place is an international LGBT film festival that offers spaces for analysis, reflection and integration, free of discrimination and violence, in which it is possible to coexist and learn about the different sexual and gender orientations.

This month the meeting will fulfill its nineteenth editionfrom Thursday 17 to Sunday 27 November in Quito, Ambato, Cuenca, Manta, Machala, Portoviejo and Santa Elena.

During 11 days, 51 film projections of 14 nationalities will be presented, with stories that are still considered taboo, between feature films, short films, documentaries and fiction. Titles are highlighted The beach of the enchaquirados by Ivan Mora (Ecuador), Paper Planes by Rob Mendoza (Ecuador), Benedetta by Paul Verhoeven (France) Y chigualo by Christian Rojas (Ecuador).

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The Festival, qualified as one of the most relevant in South Americais a cultural artistic proposal organized by the Quitogay civil association whose objective is to promote cultural artistic spaces in which interdisciplinary dialogues are generated, which contribute to breaking down taboos and preconceptions around LGBTI people.

Quitogay’s work is focused on generate spaces for sociocultural integrationin which are presented LGBTI-themed artistic activitieswhich combine knowledge, entertainment and reflection on sexual orientation and gender diversity typical of any society.

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According to a statement from the festival, LGBTI people are still victims of discrimination, exclusion and violence, taking into account the figures from the Case study on living conditions, social inclusion and compliance with human rights of the LGBT population in Ecuadorcarried out by the INEC in 2012. The highest percentage of events take place in public spaces (55.8%), while in terms of exclusion these occur to a greater extent in private spaces (71.5%).

The nineteenth edition of the limitless place has the support of the House of Ecuadorian Culture and the National Cinematheque. It has also been recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage and by the Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Creation (ICCA)as an “emblematic and necessary festival for the cultural development of Ecuador.”

Venues of the International LGBT Film Festival the limitless place

quit: From November 17 to 27, at the House of Ecuadorian Culture – CCE, Augusto San Miguel and Alfredo Pareja rooms, av. Homeland and December 6. On November 29 and 30, at Cine Flacso, San Salvador 290, La Pradera.

Ambato: From November 21 to 25, at the House of Ecuadorian Culture, Hall of Honor, Bolívar between Montalvo and Castillo.

Basin: On November 18 and 19, at the Directorate of Culture, Recreation and Knowledge of the Municipal GAD of Cuenca; and old Central School, streets: Benigno Malo and Gran Colombia.

Machala: On November 18, at the House of Ecuadorian Culture, former Cabotage Dock (Puerto Bolívar); on November 21, at ExPredesur, Av. Vela N 1323 between June 25 and Sucre; and on November 23, at the Technical University of Machala – Campus Machala, av. August 10 and Loja.

Blanket: On November 22, 23 and 26, in the MAC Room, av. Malecon and Av. Of Culture.

Portoviejo: On November 17, at Cine Río, South Terrace, Parque Las Vegas; on November 18, at the House of Ecuadorian Culture, Sucre and García Moreno; on November 20 and 26, at Casa Diversa, Cdla. Olivos Two and 7 ms Transversal; and on November 22 at the San Alejo Community House together with Aldeas SOS.

Salinas: On November 22, at the House of Ecuadorian Culture in Salinas; on November 23, in the Auditorium of the Buenaventura Moreno Shopping Center; and on November 24, at the House of Ecuadorian Culture in Santa Elena.