Zagovornik načela enakosti invites you to a screening of Proofs of Love (Des preuves d’amour, France, 2025, 97 min), directed by Alice Douard.

The film explores questions of love, family and the social recognition of relationships, followed by a discussion after the screening.

The event is situated within a broader reflection on medically assisted reproduction (MAR) for same-sex couples in Slovenia. Before the screening, Zagovornik načela enakosti will also organise a roundtable discussion on access to MAR and the rights of LGBTIQ+ people in the process of building a family.

The film follows Céline, who is expecting her first child, although she is not the one carrying the baby. In three months, her wife Nadia will give birth to their daughter. In her feature debut, writer and director Alice Douard explores the experiences of queer people in the aftermath of the legalisation of same-sex marriage in France through an intimate and personal story.

Set in 2014, the film follows newly married Parisian couple Céline and Nadia Steyer as they navigate the complicated process of in vitro fertilisation, which at the time was still not legally accessible to lesbian couples in France, alongside the bureaucratic procedures of second-parent adoption. Through a deeply personal narrative, the film opens questions of parenthood, social recognition, legislation and the everyday experiences of LGBTIQ+ people.

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