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. […]
Trans representation in mainstream cinema remains poor but happily there’s a rich output of short filmmaking with authentic takes on trans, non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit identities. We showcase dramas, experimental documentaries, and animation in this selection covering themes including coming out to parents, dealing with mental health problems, finding love, and the specifics of trans […]
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 […]
This event is now SOLD OUT. Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor is an award-winning filmmaker and director and producer of recent UK web series, Boxx, following two black diasporan, London-based trans artists as they create a documentary about their lives. Participants are invited to submit their ideas for - or work-in-progress - web series before the session. Several […]
Is it a boy? Is it a girl? What if it’s neither? This award-winning doc explores the world of intersex people - those born with any one of a large number of variations that make their gender ambiguous according to traditional binary ideals. Presenter Mani Bruce Mitchell, one of New Zealand’s first out intersex people, and director […]
Transgressive filmmaker Bruce LaBruce gave the zombie genre a distinctive update with Otto, set in a not-too-distant future in which the undead have evolved the ability to speak and reason, yet are still persecuted by the living. Sensitive Otto wanders the streets of Berlin before being recruited by eccentric filmmaker Medea Yarn for her zombie […]
Something is happening in the queer film sphere… With increased funding challenges the LGBTQ+ community has had to innovate to discover new ways to get queer voices out there. Enter the WEB SERIES! This session presents a selection of the best and most original talent emerging from this independent medium and showcases the range and […]
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 […]
Nobody believes teenage horror-film addict Charley Brewster when he becomes convinced his new neighbours are vampires. But with the evidence stacking up, Charley enlists the help of washed-up television vampire killer Peter Vincent to destroy the suburban bloodsuckers. Basically posing as a posh homosexual couple, these vamps have as much an appetite for fashion and […]
Local queer heroes LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS are teaming up with TRYST to bring you a mouthful of tasty beats for an extra special SQIFF 2016 dance party. Dig out your Cha Cha heels and prepare for a queerly divine night as the LUYD and TRYST resident DJs take to the decks to keep you […]
