The 4th Filmfest homochrom in Cologne and Dortmund, Germany, is opening with the German premiere of THE NORMAL HEART.

Filmfest homochrom is the LGBT film festival of Rhine-Ruhr, Europe's biggest polycentric metropolitan area, with Germany's gay capital Cologne and the largest Ruhr city, Dortmund. Although it is the youngest of Germany's queer film festivals, it is establishing itself as a fresh premiere festival with international appeal. This year's selection include premieres lik ALEX & ALI, BFFs, OCCUPYING ED, BOY MEETS GIRL, THE FOXY MERKINS, QUEEN OF AMSTERDAM and also Teddy winners THE WAY HE LOOKS and DER KREIS. Several directors and actors will be attending the festival and audiences will decide on the awards "Chromie".

THE NORMAL HEART (German premiere)

(USA 2014, 132 min, directed by Ryan Murphy, with Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, Alfred Molina, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer etc.)

Date: October 15th

Location: Cologne, Germany

Homepage: www.homochrom.de/filmfest-2014