Synopsis

Luis Escribano, leader of queer film collective Els 5 QK 's, goes to Barcelona in order to donate their work to Filmoteca de Catalunya , wishing these movies never be forgotten. While facing the bureaucracy to get his way, he is reunited with his old friends and colleagues whom relive the best moments of his films and what these meant during the times of La Transición (dictatorship to democracy), those years when the words "gay" or “queers” was not yet common (in Spain) and they did fight to defend their lifestyle as "maricones” (faggots).

Els 5 QK’s

It was one of the most underground and unknown militant film collective of our recent past.

The group had its headquarters in Barcelona. It was composed of five members and their period of activity took place from 1975 to 1986 (although his most prolific period was between 1977 and 1980 when they rolled around 18 films).

Among his productions we find shorts, medium and feature films... all performed cooperatively (all members of the group collaborated in the production, script, costumes...) and investing the money that group members getting in jobs outside the cinema.

The main thematic concerns of the group are closely related to the LGBT community. 'Els 5 Qk's' used different speeches: critique of patriarchal system, exposure of different sexual taboos of western society, attacking front “machismo” way and claiming a place for the figure of the transvestite.
(Fuente: Chueca.com)

OurProject

"Faggots" (The film Els 5 QK's) is a documentary, selected for its official presentation (as project) at International Documentary Film Festival & Market "MiradasDocs 2015" held in Tenerife on November 2015, achieving boot laughs, applauses and enthusiasm of all present.

A 20 minutes "work-in-progress" was presented in exclusive on International LGBT Film Festival of Barcelona “FIRE!!” on June 2016.

Our goal is to pay tribute to the work of Luis Escribano and Els 5 QK's and recover a lost piecein the history of spanish cinema through situations fraught with much comedy, but also criticism and a review tp the current values the LGBT community.

Ricardo Gonzalez, the director, has a long career writing, producing and / or directing documentaries in Latin America ("Hector Lavoe: the singer of singers", "La Lupe: the Queen of the Latin Soul", "Carmen: free women’s anthem "...) or beyond, leading to direct and produce in Germany (" disconnected ") or Japan (" Art "). "Fags" is his first job in Spain.

Technical features: Documentary. 70 minutes. Color. Spanish / Catalan. HD.

What we want to do

With the production of the documentary almost fully completed, now our crowdfunding campaign focuses on the pursuit of participation in post-production :
• Reenactment: recreation of some moments of our characters’ lives
• Animation : Intro by animator Alberto Urdaneta.
• Editing: by the talented director and editor Dayana Gauthier.
• Original Music: composed by Master Abi Romero.
• Music Video: starring Barcelona Gay Men's Chorus with cinematogrphy of Sandra Formatger .
• FX: for the final sequence of the film, by Armando Vicuña.

Calendar

October - November - December:

• Animation

• Reenactment

• Editing

• Music

• Music video

In January 2017 we hope to start our tour of festivals

Some of Our Rewards