Deuje babe Festival

Contact

Deuje babe

Bevkova 11, SI-5282 Cerkno

http://cmakcerkno.net/

deujebabe@gmail.com

Phone386 (0) 51 775 137

Organised byC.M.A.K. Cerkno

 International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns

Frequencyannual

Festival dates4.3.2016 - 13.3.2016

The Deuje babe Festival was set up by C.M.A.K. Cerkno in 2013 as a way to commemorate the International Women's Day. As such, it runs programme that aims to forefront the work and position of women in society, present their artistic and cultural endeavours and also promote gender equality and feminist standpoints. Of a similar nature is also the Ljubljana based International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns, which acts as a co-producer and takes place at roughly the same time.

The name of the festival is derived from a local archaeological site, where – so goes local folklore – wild women (deuje babe) used to live. Besides C.M.A.K., the festival takes place at the Idrija City Library and some other venues in the region.

Programme

The programme is comprised of painting and photography exhibitions (presenting artists like the photographer Nada Žgank), talks with prominent female individuals, story telling events, film screenings (with works like 'Bande de filles' by Céline Sciamma and 'Like Rats Leaving a Sinking Ship' by Vika Kirchenbauer) and concerts, with the music often touching upon the coordinates along the grounds of punk rock. Some of the invited bands were ?Alos (IT), R.Y.F. (IT), Sequenzsiaz (DE), Aivery (AT) and Le Toy (AT). The music programme used to be done in collaboration with the Austrian collective Grrrls Night Out.

See also

• C.M.A.K. Cerkno
• International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns
• City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts
• Idrija City Library and Reading Room

External links

• Deuje babe Festival 2016 web page (in Slovenian)
• Grrrls Night Out website