Doppelgängers³
A film by Nelly Ben Hayoun – Stépanian
UK – USA, 2024, 73’
NATIONAL PREMIERE
v.o. Italian subtitles
After the film, Q&A with the director Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian
In recent years, the myth of space travel has reemerged in the collective imagination, exposing new capitalist and colonial ambitions: settlements on Mars, ultra-luxury space tourism, and highly polluting corporations led by figures like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. But is there an alternative? Can space be approached through decolonial, feminist, and queer perspectives?
Through interviews with an astronomer, a neurogeneticist, an economist, a transgender activist, and a quantum physicist, Algerian director Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian challenges audiences to question power structures and reject planetary exploitation, urging us to abandon the constraints of borders, genders, and religions in order to embrace the diversity that could reshape the vast landscape of our imagination.
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Tickets
Full price: €7.50
Reduced price for Under 30s, Over 65s, Culture Card holders, Amici di Cineteca: €5
Reduced price for Unibo, Ababo, Under 20s: €3
3-show pass: €12
5-show pass: €20
Tickets can be purchased:
1) Online: on TicketSms.it
2) In person: from October 30th to November 8th at the Festival Center (DAS – Dispositivo Arti Sperimentali, via del Porto 11/2).
Passes can be purchased:
1) In person: from October 30th to November 8th at the Festival Center (DAS – Dispositivo Arti Sperimentali, via del Porto 11/2)
2) By pre-ordering them by email at biglietteria@genderbender.it and then picking them up in person at the Festival Center.
The TICKET OFFICE at the Festival Center is every day from October 30th to November 8th from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.; on October 30th from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; on November 2nd from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
*It is NOT possible to purchase tickets in person at the event venues.
For further information: biglietteria@genderbender.it
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Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian (she/they) is a visionary filmmaker and designer whose work explores gender, collective trauma, and decolonial futures. For over a decade she has blended science, politics, and art in projects ranging from collaborations with NASA to partnerships with world-renowned musicians and presentations at major international film festivals, including Cannes and SXSW.
She is the founder of the University of the Underground, a free university, and a leading figure in research on space exploration.
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