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BLACK QUEER FESTIVAL

10-14-15 NOVEMBER 

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Organized during Black Awareness Month in Brazil, The Black Queer Festival celebrates the plurality of Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ+ stories and experiences across the globe. The festival returns with its second edition with a diverse program featuring more than 50 Brazilian and international shorts, spanning fiction, documentary, music videos, animation, and experimental films. Program highlights include Gael Kamilindi’s Teddy Award winning short Taxi Moto (2025) and a special program about Brazilian ballroom culture. A competitive festival, The Black Queer Festival awards the Golden Fan for the best work. 

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QUEERTACTICS

11-15 NOVEMBER

VIENNA, AUSTRIA

Queertactis Queer Feminist Film Festival Vienna celebrates queer femininities on screen since 2019. The 7th edition returns with a diverse selection of features, documentaries and short films, including a special program exploring the trans experience, and retrospective programs dedicated to two prominent figures of early experimental queer cinema: Barbara Hammer and Annette Kennerley. The festival closes with the Golden Medusa awarded to the best Austrian short. 

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CANCELED / BEIJING QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 

30 OCTOBER - 8 NOVEMBER

BEIJING, CHINA

We are saddened to learn that the 19th Beijing Queer Film Festival, also known as Love Queer Cinema Week, was canceled at the last minute due to pressure from authorities. Founded in 2001 at Peking University, the festival is the longest-running queer film festival in mainland China. Over the past 25 years, it has operated on and off as a guerrilla endeavor, with a bumpy but resilient history. In 2025, the festival was held at the Goethe-Institut Beijing, with Global Queer Cinema as a proud partner. We hope that @beijingqueer will be back soon. 

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A BIRD HIT MY WINDOW AND NOW I'M A LESBIAN (2024)

DIR AJ DUBLER & CARMELA MURPHY

A dead bird, a cracked window, a mysterious girl and an impromptu funeral is what it takes for a young woman to realize that she might have been looking for validation in the wrong place her whole life. An inspiring metaphor for finding oneself, this animated short is a soulful exploration of great expectations, the illusion of male validation, letting go and embracing who you are. After all, rebirth often begins with a funeral. 

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WARSHA (2022) 

DIR. DANIA BDEIR

A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut, Lebanon, experiences a spectacular moment of freedom. Visually stunning with a captivating performance by Khansa, this short is about the many freedoms we yearn for. “If you're feeling like you can't breathe and all you want is that little moment where you can just be, then that's what the film is about” - Dania Bdeir. 

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SPRING WILL COME (2025) 

DIR. MARION HOÀNG NGỌC HILL

A sensual metropolitan tale of connect and disconnect as three women’s fate collide in Saigon, Vietnam. The story follows a DJ and her girlfriend confronting the inevitable end of their relationship while a desperate stranger searching for her roots is trying to free her father’s spirit from their apartment. A compelling exploration of longing and belonging in a vibrant city that loves you, breaks you, then moves on fast.  

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