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DIGO – Goiás Sexual Diversity and Gender International Film Festival

Goiás Sexual Diversity and Gender International Film Festival, is the first film festival in the heart of Brazil to bring under discussion issues such as Diversity, Gender and Sexuality, by showcasing contemporary audiovisual work and urging historical reviews. Our main goal is to raise awareness on this topic, in order to promote inclusion, social change and respect for everyone. As an international event, the DIGO team also believes in the importance of cross cultural communication. It’s an annual cultural event with a focus on films related to human sexuality in its various forms of expression and happens since 2016.

In 2019 The festival will run from June 6th to 12th, at Cinemas Lumiere, in Goiânia Goiás, Brazil. In this edition celebrates  the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and a half-century of LGBTI+ liberation..

The festival aims to encourage and promote public awareness regarding the full respect for human rights and the inclusion.

According to the director of DIGO, Cristiano Sousa, “There is a community interested in being represented in a movie festival, to discuss sexual and gender diversity during the cultural activities as an act of resistance in Brazilian midwest”

“The project encompasses audiovisual, education and technologies to expand the universe of expression and aesthetic perception of Brazilian diversity, proposing to discuss not only sexuality, but incorporate a sense of humanity, promoting the issues related to sexual diversity, focusing always in full compliance and respect”.

During the seven days of DIGO, there are exhibitions with short and feature films from worldwide, well as awards in the films by the official jury and public.

www.digofestival.com.br

DIGO Festival Internacional da Diversidade Sexual e de Gênero é um festival de cinema realizado em Goiás que aborda a diversidade sexual. Criado em 2016 é o primeiro festival competitivo  sobre o tema no Centro Oeste.