As mentioned before, Hungarian cinemas stopped featuring films in their original language, which is an unhappy circumstance both for movie fans and language learners. Film festivals, however, are pleasant exceptions, and the first weeks of November abound in options. The first I will introduce is the LGBTQI Film Festival, between October 26 and November 3, in Budapest and other major cities of Hungary. The festival features numerous award-winning films from around the world, most of which are shown for the first time in Hungary (and one can expect, for the only time in the near future). The topics cover a wide spectrum, from gay to intersex themes, from fictional films to documentaries, from positive idealisms to realistic accounts. You can read the detailed program of the festival on their webpage.
The festival, whether you are involved in LGBT issues or not, is definitely worth a visit. Challenge yourself and your students about gender and sexual orientation. Is it really a given? Is there really just one (or two) ways(s)?
Your neighbor could be one of them. Your teacher could be one of them. You could be one of them.
We are all minorities in some way.
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