IASA-BAAC 2026 Conference

Name: Strategies of Concealment and Newly Gained Visibility: Lesbian Coding in Dutch Cinema
Start: 2026-10-22T12:00:00+0300
End: 2026-10-22T12:30:00+0300

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Strategies of Concealment and Newly Gained Visibility: Lesbian Coding in Dutch Cinema

Thursday October 22, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm EEST

Events hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania: Great Hall

Uncovering stories that were once forced into concealment requires deciphering the coded languages and terminologies communities used over time—an ever-shifting challenge. Yet bringing these narratives to light decades later, whether through databases or public screenings, demands careful negotiation: communities can feel misinterpreted, and narratives can be misread.

Drawing on film-related documents—distribution leaflets, festival catalogues, and newspaper clippings from diverse contexts and era—this presentation explores the evolving strategies of concealment and coded documentation used to describe queer-related films and some of the strategies employed to uncover closeted storylines. It introduces a layered cataloguing approach, where film are annotated with multiple interpretative frameworks to account the shifting meaning and evolving context of minority representation in both underground and mainstream cinema. Finally, through three curated screenings at the Eye Filmmuseum—a homage to a lesbian filmmaker, a program on queer coding, and a selection of queer-related silent films—the presentation examines how these films have been presented and received by audiences.

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Lou Burkart

Archival Curator, Eye Filmmuseum

Lou Burkart is working as archival curator at the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam, focusing on documentaries, female directors and queer film culture. They are also Secretary General of CCAAA, the Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archival Associations. Previously they worked as restoration... Read More →

Thursday October 22, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm EEST
Events hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania: Great Hall

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