Globalqueercinema
Genre- and geography-diverse recent queer cinema
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SEPTEMBER 3-12 MEXICO CITY
BALLROOM BY TREMENDA (2024) Mexico
dir. Omar MejΓa Robles
An intimate look into the life of Sebas who discovers the liberating space of ballroom dancing. SHORTS
INTERVAL (2025) Mexico
dir. Roberto Fiesco
An uneasy night ride across Mexico City as Carlos desperately searches for his disappeared boyfriend in the company of a cab driver. SHORTS
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PRIDEFULL FEST SEPT 5-14
NEW YORK, NY & VIRTUAL (USA)
A BIRD CALLED MEMORY (2024) Brazil, UK
dir. Leonardo Martinelli
A trans womanβs poetic quest for a missing bird called Memory turns into a transcendent urban journey of discovery.
Shorts: Radical Acceptance
Virtual Only / Streaming in the US 9/8-14
TWO SIDES (2025) Myanmar
dir. Mi Ni Ni Aung
Documentary about a transgender man navigating his past and present in the bustling city of Yangon.
Shorts: Radical Acceptance
Virtual Only / Streaming in the US 9/8-14
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AUGUST 27-31 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
MANOK (2025) South Koreaο½dir. Lee Yu-jin
A brash comedy about a middle-aged lesbian bar owner who, after learning that the Pride afterparty sheβs hosted for decades is moving to a rival bar, moves to her hometown and stirs things up. Intergenerational queer friendship and allyship at its best.
DANDELION (2025) USA
dir. Fiona Obertinca
In 1970s Los Angeles, rebellious queer teen Margaret thrown out of yet another foster placement and finds herself in the company of a mysterious social worker. Queer foster parenting for real. Mixed Shorts
QUEER FILM FESTIVALS / SEPTEMBER
CINEMA QUEER MΓXICO
CINEMA QUEER MΓXICO
CINEMA QUEER MΓXICO
CINEMA QUEER MΓXICO
SEPTEMBER 3-12 MEXICO CITY
SEPT 5 - OCT 31 other cities & VIRTUAL (MEXICO)
The 8th edition of Cinema Queer MΓ©xico kicks off in CDMX and travels across the country to cinemas and universities in MichoacΓ‘n, Chihuahua, YucatΓ‘n, QuerΓ©taro, Jalisco, Puebla, Baja California (also streaming online in Mexico) . The diverse lineup includes over 30 international and Mexican features, shorts, docs and more. A special program of Mexican LGBTQ+ stories will be streaming in Mexico for free.
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PRIDEFULL FEST
CINEMA QUEER MΓXICO
CINEMA QUEER MΓXICO
PRIDEFULL FEST
SEPTEMBER 5-14
NEW YORK NY & VIRTUAL (USA)
PrideFull is a New York-based QTBIPOC film festival. The 5th edition runs in-person and virtually in the United States with a lineup centering LGBTQIA2S+ people of color and their stories. This editionβs theme is Joy Is Resistance celebrating queer joy and resistance in diverse communities across the globe. The 2025 PrideFull Fest lineup includes 1 feature-length and 11 short films from Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, the Netherlands, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
HONG KONG LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
HONG KONG LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 11-21, 2025
VANCOUVER, CANADA
The 37th annual VQFFβs lineup features 100 films (26 features and 74 shorts) from 25 countries centering 2SLGBTQIA+ creators and stories complete with exciting industry events, Q&As, performances and parties.
With its first Indigiqueer Artistic Director, Mary Galloway (Cowichan) at the helm, VQFF highlights Two Spirit and Indigiqueer stories and artists. The 2025 festival artwork is designed by Quw'utsun artist Charlene Johnny, blending traditional Coast Salish art with contemporary queer and Indigenous symbolism.
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HONG KONG LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
HONG KONG LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
HONG KONG LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
HONG KONG LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 12-27
HONG KONG
The longest running LGBTQ+ film festival in Asia is back for its 36th edition. The lineup features a rich and diverse selection of Asian, Hong Kong and international features and shorts followed by post-screening Q&As and panel discussions. Each year, HKLGFF gives the Prism Award to an outstanding individual whose work has advanced LGBTO+ equality in Hong Kong. Other awards include the Short Film Jury Award and the Short Screenplay Competition.
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AikΔne (2023)
EGΓNGΓN / MASQUERADE (2021)
BURRNESHA (2023)
AIKΔNE (2023)
DIRS. DEAN HAMER, JOE WILSON
ANIMATED BY DANIEL SOUSA
A beautifully animated queer Pacific Islander story from the creators of Kapaemahu about a wounded warrior who falls into the ocean, is rescued by an octopus who transforms into a young man and the two become aikΔne - intimate friends and companions of the same sex. AikΔne skillfully weaves queer Pacific Islander stories into the fabric of world cinema.
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BURRNESHA (2023)
EGΓNGΓN / MASQUERADE (2021)
BURRNESHA (2023)
BURRNESHA (2023)
DIR. LUKAS TIELKE
In the tightly knit, patriarchal rural villages of northern Albania, some women become burrnesha who take a vow of celibacy to live as men. According to this ancient tribal practice, being a burrnesha allows women to become the head of a family, inherit property, and be part of activities traditionally reserved for men. It also means freedom - freedom from the societal pressures of marriage, sexism and gender based violence.
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EGΓNGΓN / MASQUERADE (2021)
EGΓNGΓN / MASQUERADE (2021)
EGΓNGΓN / MASQUERADE (2021)
EGΓNGΓN / MASQUERADE (2021)
DIR. OLIVE NWOSU
A poignant short about a young woman who returns from London to her ancestral village in Nigeria for the funeral of her mother. She finds old dreams and loves, but also traumas and lies in the place where she grew up. EgΓΊngΓΊn means masquerade: it is roots and tradition. It is also layering and masquerading - the hiding that societal norms and pressures impose on peopleβs feelings and lives. Beautifully photographed with subtly intense performances, this soulful short is the physical and emotional journey of two women reconnecting in space and time, past and present and egΓΊngΓΊn.
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