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PUERTO RICO QUEER FILMFEST

21-27 MAY

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

The 14th edition of  Puerto Rico Queer Filmfest features local and international features and shorts, fiction and documentary as well as special screenings. Cine Boriqueer features local docs and shorts while Cine Internacional offers a global selection of features, documentaries and shorts.  Check out  Memoria Boriqueer, their LGBTQ+ archive project. 

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ALT* FILM FESTIVAL

28-31 MAY

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO

The first LGBTQ+ documentary film festival in Latin America celebrates its 3rd edition with an international program that brings together powerful, diverse and urgent stories from 23 countries.

Previously focusing on queer stories from the region only, ALT* FF has made its program more geo-diverse in order to build an international platform for queer voices connecting stories that challenge the barriers of love, gender, migration and discrimination. 

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XPOSED FILM FESTIVAL 

21-31 MAY

BERLIN, GERMANY

Celebrating 20 years of independent radical queer cinema, XPOSED returns with its anniversary edition to spotlight curated queer, experimental film and video art. Exploring the concept of “expanded cinema”, this edition rethinks cinema as a space for interactivity and performativity. The program includes 15 features, 59 shorts, retrospectives, performances, exhibitions, video and VR installations, workshops and more. 

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QUEER SHORTS WATCH | MAY 2-3

FEATURED FILM: 

ADULT (2017)

dir. Jamieson Pierce | Australia

Based on a short story by Christos Tsiolkas (Merciless Gods, 2014), this poignant short set in the ‘90’s follows a grieving mother trying to reconnect with the memory of her gay son and to forgive herself for denouncing him. Never moralizing or judging, the filmmaker tells a nuanced story of parallel truths and lives trying to hold on to each other across the divide. 

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FEATURED FILMMAKER: 

JAMIESON PIERCE

Jamieson Pierce is an Australian screenwriter and director whose work explores the correlation of sexuality, desire and human connections. He has made five short films as writer and/or director, including Thomas Rides in an Ambulance (2021) and Strangers (2019). In 2023, he adapted a French novella Crazy for Vincent by Hervé Guibert into a screenplay which is in development with Aurora Films. He is also in development with Mad Ones Films on a historical miniseries about Australian bushranger Captain Moonlite and his outlaw lover James Nesbitt. 

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QUEER SHORTS WATCH @GlobalQueerCinema

FREE VIRTUAL SHORT FILM 

showcase amplifying the visibility of genre- and geography-diverse queer cinema.  We spotlight 5 films/ filmmakers each season.

CURRENT QUEER SHORTS WATCH 

28 MARCH - 3 MAY, 2026

@GlobalQueerCinema would like to THANK all the filmmakers and collaborating partners who participate in QUEER SHORTS WATCH.

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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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HONEY (2024) 

DIR. TANMAY CHOWDHARY & TANVI CHOWDHARY

A Ferris wheel ride of emotions as two old friends reconnect on a hot, festive night on the streets of Kolkata. Past and present collide as the night spreads its wings and unspoken feelings gradually surface. A subtle study about the volatility of time and memory and the quiet yet formative permanence of feelings and human connections. 

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WILL YOU LOOK AT ME (2022)  

DIR. SHULI HUANG

This deeply personal experimental documentary short by Chinese filmmaker Shuli Huang is a quest for love: love of oneself and the love of family. After studying abroad, the filmmaker returns to his hometown of Wenzhou where traditional family values make any conversation about his queerness a near mission impossible. Near impossible, because Shuli Huang’s subtle yet resolute attempt to have his mother really look at him (and love him) for what he is turns into a breathtaking visual and emotional exercise in love and compassion. 

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