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5 GLOBAL QUEER CINEMA GEMS AT XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
PONAY (OR YOU ARE NOT F***ING WELCOME) 2024 @XPOSED QUEER FF
5 GLOBAL QUEER CINEMA GEMS AT XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
MAY 29-JUNE 1, 2025
BERLIN, GERMANY
WE WILL BE WHO WE ARE (2025)
Sierra Leone dir. Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda
A poetic, visually captivating experimental short about two friends who decide to marry each other in an attempt to escape society's pressures to conform. OPENING SHORTS
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WE WILL BE WHO WE ARE (2025) @XPOSED QUEER FF
PONAY (OR YOU ARE NOT F***ING WELCOME) 2024 @XPOSED QUEER FF
5 GLOBAL QUEER CINEMA GEMS AT XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
WE WILL BE WHO WE ARE
(2025) Sierra Leone
dir. Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda
A poetic, visually captivating experimental short about two friends who decide to marry each other in an attempt to escape society's pressures to conform.
XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
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Image © Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda
PONAY (OR YOU ARE NOT F***ING WELCOME) 2024 @XPOSED QUEER FF
PONAY (OR YOU ARE NOT F***ING WELCOME) 2024 @XPOSED QUEER FF
PONAY (OR YOU ARE NOT F***ING WELCOME) 2024 @XPOSED QUEER FF
PONAY (OR YOU ARE NOT F***ING WELCOME) (2024) Thailand
dir. Hesome Chamamah
In order to get a gender identity exemption from military draft, Cherry has to travel from Bangkok to their family home in Thailand’s deep south to get a document and face their conservative family.
XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
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Image © Hesome Chamamah
TCHINDAS (2015) @XPOSED QUEER FF
TRIPOLI / A TALE OF THREE CITIES LEBANON (2024) @XPOSED QUEER FF
PONAY (OR YOU ARE NOT F***ING WELCOME) 2024 @XPOSED QUEER FF
HOW TO LIVE (2025) @XPOSED QUEER FF
TRIPOLI / A TALE OF THREE CITIES LEBANON (2024) @XPOSED QUEER FF
TRIPOLI / A TALE OF THREE CITIES LEBANON (2024) @XPOSED QUEER FF
WE WILL BE WHO WE ARE
(2025) Sierra Leone
dir. Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda
An inspiring documentary feature debut which explores Nairobi's vibrant ballroom scene and the thriving queer spaces of the Kenyan capital. OPENING FEATURE
XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
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Image © Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda
TRIPOLI / A TALE OF THREE CITIES LEBANON (2024) @XPOSED QUEER FF
TRIPOLI / A TALE OF THREE CITIES LEBANON (2024) @XPOSED QUEER FF
TRIPOLI / A TALE OF THREE CITIES LEBANON (2024) @XPOSED QUEER FF
TRIPOLI / A TALE OF THREE CITIES
(2024) Lebanon
dir. Raed Rafei
A queer filmmaker returns to Tripoli to reconnect with the hometown that once rejected him. Through conversations with locals, he revisists the memory of this forbidding yet welcoming city.
XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
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Image © Raed Rafei
QUEER FILM FESTIVALS / May-June
XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
MAY 29-JUNE 1, 2025
BERLIN, GERMANY
Founded in 2006, XPOSED FF is an international film festival which showcases current and classic queer cinema “in all its forms, glory, trash and beauty.” Next to the opening feature, XPOSED FF also has and onening shorts section featuring some of the strongest queer shorts of the year. XPOSED FF has a competitive award, the Lolly Awards, spotlighting outstanding queer experimental filmmaking.
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SICILIA QUEER
XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
SICILIA QUEER
MAY 25-31, 2025
PALERMO, ITALY
The Sicilia Queer Filmfest is the only international queer film festival in Sicily, Italy. Its lineup includes features, documentaries and it has an international short films competition (QueerShort). It also features a broad focused International New Visions Award, a competitive section for innovative debut features and documentaries beyond queer themes. Sicilia Queer Filmfest spotlights independent, experimental and innovative voices in cinema.
FULL LINEUP
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MACAO QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
XPOSED QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
MACAO QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
MACAO QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
MAY 30-JUNE 21, 2025
MACAO
Founded in 2023, The Macao International Queer Film Festival is a self funded, young and dynamic festival dedicated to promoting LGBTQIA+ awareness and inclusivity via film. The 3rd edition’s theme is “Tenderness/ Revolution” which explores these concepts in two curated sections. The lineup further features queer classics and performative queer cinema.
FULL LINEUP
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queer shorts watch
QUEER SHORTS WATCH 100% USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC HOMEMADE TOFU (2022)
QUEER SHORTS WATCH 100% USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC HOMEMADE TOFU (2022)
QUEER SHORTS WATCH 100% USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC HOMEMADE TOFU (2022)
100% USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC HOMEMADE TOFU (2022)
DIR. GBENGA KOMOLAFE
A spicy comedy about Nikki, a sassy trans girl who, in her quest to afford her breast augmentation surgery, takes a job at her estranged mother’s struggling tofu restaurant in LA’s Koreatown. But Nikki is no ordinary girl and when she sells tofu, things get spiced up. Austria Wang is nothing short of fabulous in the role of Nikki as she navigates her dreams and realities in her mom’s restaurant and beyond. An endearing story about mothers and daughters, spicy tofu and staying true to who you are.
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QUEER SHORTS WATCH is a FREE curated virtual short film showcase amplifying the visibility of genre- and geography-diverse queer cinema.
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QUEER SHORTS WATCH FEATURED FILMMAKER: GBENGA KOMOLAFE
QUEER SHORTS WATCH 100% USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC HOMEMADE TOFU (2022)
QUEER SHORTS WATCH 100% USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC HOMEMADE TOFU (2022)
FEATURED FILMMAKER:
GBENGA KOMOLAFE
Gbenga Komolafe is a Nigerian self-taught multimedia artist and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. They draw inspiration from the parallels between African art traditions and the innovative craftsmanship of mid-20th-century queer and black American communities. Their work has been exhibited at The Broad, Felix Art Fair, Tribeca Film Festival, and the 2024 Whitney Biennial. They have directed several experimental shorts and video projects, including Winter Insect, Summer Flower (2022) and 100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu (2022).
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QUEER SHORTS WATCH is a FREE curated virtual short film showcase amplifying the visibility of genre- and geography-diverse queer cinema.
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Image © @gbeng.a
QUEER SHORTS WATCH @GLOBALQUEERCINEMA
QUEER SHORTS WATCH 100% USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC HOMEMADE TOFU (2022)
QUEER SHORTS WATCH @GLOBALQUEERCINEMA
QUEER SHORTS WATCH is a FREE curated virtual short film showcase amplifying the visibility of genre- and geography-diverse queer cinema. WATCH brilliant queer films with us for FREE wherever you are!
NEXT QUEER SHORTS WATCH
APRIL-MAY 2025
We feature a new film/ filmmaker every WEEK.
QUEER SHORTS WATCH was launched on MONDAY 21 OCT, 2024 with Iris Prize winning short BLOOD LIKE WATER (2023), directed by Dima Hamdan.
!!! Some of the films are available for a limited time only, so look out for our social media posts to get notified about new releases.
@GlobalQueerCinema would like to THANK all the filmmakers and collaborating partners who participate in QUEER SHORTS WATCH.
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SUNDAY (2020)
APAYAUQ (2023)
APAYAUQ (2023)
SUNDAY (2020)
DIR. ARUN FULARA
The weekly highlight of a middle-aged man’s life is going to the barber shop on Sundays to get a shave and some tender care from the handsome barber he has a secret crush on. Surrounded by an unforgiving heteronormative world, his desire allows for no more than platonic queer longing and a moment of daring fantasy: imagining himself without a mustache because someone he likes told him that it would look amazing. This beautifully shot short with a soulful performance by Shrikant Yadav as Kamble, captures the sensuous intimacy of a barber shop encounter and closeted queer longing.
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APAYAUQ (2023)
APAYAUQ (2023)
APAYAUQ (2023)
APAYAUQ (2023)
DIR. ZEPPELIN ZEERIP
An inspiring documentary about Apayauq Reitan, Indigenous Inupiaq transgender woman (Aġnainġiq) and dog musher who became the first out transgender woman to complete the legendary Iditarod sled dog race across Alaska, USA. The filmmaker followed Apayauq for more than 1,000 miles on the Iditarod trail, documenting her journey from Anchorage to Nome, a trying challenge of unforgiving yet breathtaking terrain. In a hostile anti-trans climate, Apayauq Reitan’s resolve and resilience celebrates Indigenous roots and practices while being unapologetically yourself.
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METEOR (2023)
APAYAUQ (2023)
METEOR (2023)
METEOR (2023)
DIR. ATEFEH KHADEMOLREZA
A touching tribute to a friend, Meteor is a visually captivating short about loss and grief and the challenges of women and the queer community in Iran - those who have been (and still are) deprived to be themselves. Using rotoscoping, Meteor juxtaposes the stories of the women’s movement in Iran and the filmmaker’s relationship with a gay friend in this poetic exploration of oppression and hope. A must see.
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Check out more MUST SEE QUEER SHORTS