37. Hamburg International Queer Film Festival - Miss Carbón (Queen of Coal) | Opening Film

The 37th Hamburg International Queer Film Festival (HIQFF) opens with the German premiere of MISS CARBÓN - screened simultaneously in three cinemas: 3001 Kino, Passage, and Metropolis, at staggered times so everyone can find a seat. Director Agustina Macri and actress Simone Mercado will be present at each of the three venues.

After the screenings, audiences from all three cinemas gather for a joint celebration at Metropolis on all levels - where the festival has its roots. Dress code: the festival theme Remember & Resist!

MISS CARBÓN | QUEEN OF COAL
Agustina Macri, Argentina/Spain 2025, 94 min., Spanish original with German and English subtitles

The film is based on the true story of Carla "Carlita" Rodríguez, the first female coal miner in Argentina's Santa Cruz province. An old superstition holds that women pose a cave-in risk in mines - mining was therefore reserved for men. Carlita (played by Lux Pascal) nevertheless asserts herself in this male-dominated workplace while undergoing her personal transition, during which she finds new friends and a chosen family. The film shows how she dismantles the system from within.