The new Silvestre section – IndieLisboa’s place for films that defy the traditional rules of filmmaking – will be focusing on a very particular author: Jan Soldat. Born in 1984, the German documentary filmmaker is perhaps one of the few to challenge these same rules when portraying our private lives. In this case, those of German citizens and couples of all ages through documentaries that unveil one of our biggest taboos: sex and pleasure in BDSM relationships, as well as their connections to power relations and German political history — either through artificial prisons created by themselves or people who find their personal vocation in games of slavery, pain and ecstasy. Jan Soldat will be in Lisbon to present three special screenings of his work (eleven short films and one feature film) on April 26 (21h30) and April 27 (21h30) at Cinema São Jorge, and April 28 at Cinema Ideal.
