Minds
Reflections on art, politics and community.
Barbara Forever
This portrait of trailblazing experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer is a striking account of how personal art can become political strength.
Beyond the Fire: The Life of Japan’s First Pride Parade Pioneer
This marvellous film dives deep into Japan’s queer history, highlighting the incredible life of the man who pioneered the country’s first Pride march.
Castration Movie Chapter iii. Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
In this bold new chapter of Louise Weard’s trans epic, a heterosexual couple are upended by an abrupt transition.
Death and Life Madalena
Guto Parente’s dryly witty film sees a heavily pregnant woman take the reigns of a kitsch B-movie juggernaut, with startling results.
Julian
Executive produced by Lukas Dhont, Cato Kusters’ feature debut is a stirring depiction of a Belgian couple’s fight for marriage equality.
The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel
In this impressive feature debut, a former British football star reflects on his past and the family he abandoned to hide his true identity.
Out Laws
Lexi Powner and James Lewis’ strident film chronicles the battle of one gay Namibian man to stand up for the rights of same-sex couples.
TO DANCE IS TO RESIST
Two Ukrainian dancers seek life and artistic freedom following Russia’s invasion of their country.
Uchronia: Parallel histories of queer revolt
This bold, daring cinematic essay explores revolutionary politics, queer history and art.
What Will I Become?
A vital memorial spotlighting the all-too-silent vulnerabilities of trans masculine youth.
Whisperings of the Moon
Lai Yuqing’s debut feature is a vivid portrait of an actor returning to Cambodia following a bereavement and reconnecting with her ex-lover.
Short film programmes
All These Liberations
Stories of hope and determination against the odds, by and about queer people, from the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey.
Heavenly Havens
Carving out spaces to thrive and survive, this programme is a paean to the nightlife that seduces and sustains us, and the creation of places we can truly call home. Contains strobe effects/flashing lights.
Immodest Acts
The sacred meets the profane in this collection of shorts that explore the intersections and, more often, the collisions of faith, identity, religion and queer desire.
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