Combining provocative burlesque performance with frank backstage discussion, Femme Brutal explores the ways in which seven artists use the stage to engage with and challenge cultural representations of femininity. Madame Cameltoe and Frau Professor La Rose, amongst others, place a spotlight on the naked body and sexual desire. A celebration of femme identities with a unique […]
This event is now sold out. The return of our feminist shorts featuring women’s voices and perspectives on a range of LGBTQ+ themes. From ‘faux drag’ to lesbian utopias, the role of trans women of colour in gay rights history to the relationship of a queer mum with her own estranged father, experimental musings on […]
As leader of the world’s only LGBT political party, Bemz Benedito dreams of being the first transgender woman in the Philippine Congress. But in a predominantly Catholic nation, rallying for LGBT representation is not an easy feat. Bemz and her team of queer political warriors must rethink traditional campaign strategies to amass support. Taking their […]
A masterclass with the directors of Spanish documentary, Yes, we fuck!, an unflinching and nuanced exploration of disability and sexual desire. Raúl de la Morena is a filmmaker who produces documentaries with Foro de vida independiente y divertad (Forum for Independent Living and Diversity). Antonio Centeno is a disability rights activist who embarked on Yes, […]
What does it mean to be a man? Insights into a cultural project designed to get gay men talking about sex and drug use, a destructive relationship between a married ‘heterosexual’ man and a gay guy, an experimental plunge into the homoeroticism of male rowers, two trans guys building campfires and hanging out in the […]
Henry Gamble, the mild-mannered son of a small-town pastor, is turning seventeen. Friends, family, and select members of his father’s congregation have gathered at his home for some wholesome pool party fun. However, Henry finds himself caught between the evangelical teachings of his conservative upbringing and developing feelings he has for his male friends. A […]
Tchinda is one of the most beloved women on Cape Verde, especially after coming out as trans in a local newspaper in 1998. Since then, her name has become the term used by locals to refer to queer Cape Verdeans. In the month leading up to Carnival, the slow-paced atmosphere of the island transforms into a frenzied […]
Where are all the butches? What portrayals of lesbianism are acceptable and who is erased? Tender, funny, and thought-provoking, Gender Troubles: The Butches explores these questions through a series of interviews and testimonials with butch-identifying women, looking at the strange dichotomy of being both hypervisible in everyday life and invisible when it comes to media representation. […]
Contemporary shorts to accompany the horror classics in our programme utilising gruesome imagery and horror movie tropes to explore LGBTQ+ issues. A terrified man deals with a dead body (that of his erstwhile lover) in his flat, blood oozes and old Taiwanese film clips flicker in surreal cinematic experiments, trippy drug-induced hallucinations lead a gay […]
When Marit Östberg finally had enough time to edit the footage she shot in 2011, it was already four years old. And, by then, her idea of a mockumentary on how to (and how not to) make queer porn had quietly changed into something different: a nostalgic look at nostalgia and a way to rewrite […]
