Chasing the Divine

Caribbean and Latinx diaspora filmmakers are united by the voice they give to those often left out of queer cinema.

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Tabanca

Stuck in rainy Canada, Marlinn dreams of Trinidadian Carnival season. But perhaps a local bar can provide an alternative...

 

  • Director

    Lauren Marsden

  • Producer

    Nneka Croal, Nathalie Therriault

  • Canada 2022 12min

Unless we dance

In a Colombian city, Black Boys Chocó dance to fight back against the violence, racism and transphobia in their community.

 

  • Directors

    Fernanda Pineda Palencia, Hanz Rippe Gabriele

  • Producer

    Fernanda Pineda Palencia

  • Colombia 2023 15min

Gyal

Ryan Persadie explores the complex and layered history of heteropatriachal violence against Indo-Caribbean women and demands change.

 

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Ryan Persadie

  • Producers

    Ryan Persadie, Premika Leo

  • Canada 2022 5min

Mooncake

A young genderqueer person revisits their formative relationships and ruminates on their identity in this mixed-media experimental short.

 

  • Director

    Rraine Hanson

  • Producer

    Pangan Eggermann

  • Screenwriters

    Zi Lu, Pangan Eggermann, Rraine Hanson

  • USA 2022 11min

This film is free to watch on BFI Player from 15 to 26 March.

Eating Papaw On The Seashore

Two teenage boys, Asim and Hasani, explore their burgeoning relationship in a society that doesn’t understand them.

 

  • Directors

    Rae Wiltshire, Nickose Layne

  • Producers

    Romola Lucas, Rae Wiltshire, Melissa Roberts

  • Screenwriter

    Rae Wiltshire

  • Guyana 2022 17min

House of LaBeija

Members of the legendary House of LaBeija share what their family and community means to them.

 

  • Director-Producer

    Fredgy Noël

  • Screenwriters

    Vivian LaBeija, Samil LaBeija, Jeffrey LaBeija, Diovanna LaBeija, Bougie LaBeija, Jasmine Rice LaBeija, Krystal LaBeija

  • USA 2022 10min

HERE [Epilogue]

Created as part of Regner Ramos’ Cüirtopia project, HERE [Epilogue] searches for radical queer space in the Caribbean.

 

  • Directors

    Anna Ulrikke Andersen, Regner Ramos

  • Screenwriter

    Regner Ramos

  • Puerto Rico 2022 16min

Total running time 86min

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