Let's Kiss, Toronto!
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Let's Kiss: Franco Grillini's gentle revolution. A documentary about the life of the pioneer of the Italian LGBTQ movement.
About this event
Franco Grillini is the founder of ArciGay and a pioneer of the Italian LGBTQ movement from Bologna, Emilia Romagna. Grillini’s path shows the growth and evolution of Italian LGBTQ movement connecting it to love, politics and life: Let’s Kiss, the documentary portraying his life, directed by Filippo Vendemmiati and produced by GenomaFilms, is an in-depth look to the fascinating life of a pioneer of equality rights and also a vivid perspective on the Italian LGBTQ movement.
Let’s Kiss won the Nastri d'Argento 2022 (Italian movie critics awards) and the Berlin Italian Film Festiv. "Let’s Kiss, Toronto!" is the first Canadian screening of the documentary: with Franco Grillini and director Filippo Vendemmiati in attendance, it offers Toronto an open and candid conversation on the history of Lgbtq rights movement in Italy.
Organization
Associazione Amarcord Emilianoromagnoli dell’Ontario; Villa Charities & The Columbus Centre; Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto.
Sponsorship
Consulta Regionale degli Emiliano Romagnoli all’Estero; Dept. of Italian Studies - UofT; Com.It.Es. Toronto; Heirloom Wines.
Program
(The event is free unless otherwise specified)
07:45 Meet & Greet
Buffet dinner & wine tasting (ticket)
08:30 “Let’s Kiss”: a movie (also) about Bologna.
Opening remarks: Fabrizio Petri, Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTIQ+ Persons (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy).
Live conversation with Filippo Vendemmiati, director, “Let’s Kiss” - Q&A
09:15 “Let’s Kiss” (Italy, 2021 - Italian with English subtitles)
10:45 A gentle revolutionary.
Live conversation with Franco Grillini - Q&A
Synopsis
The film focuses on the figure of Franco Grillini, leader of LGBT Italian movement, the son of peasants, a graduate in pedagogy, then politician in Italian Parliament, who has always been committed to the recognition of the civil rights of gays, lesbians and transsexuals. The story, with a light tone and unpublished documentary material, reconstructs over thirty years of a hard and "gentle revolution”. (Source: Imdb)
