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b BEIJING QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 31- NOVEMBER 9
BEIJING, CHINA
NEW BEIJING, NEW MARRIAGE (2009) China
dir. Popo Fan
This gem from the Chinese queer retrospective program titled 404: Found! is an exciting visual record of a Valentine’s Day wedding photo shoot of two queer couples in the streets of Beijing and what passers by had to say about it. Program: 404: Found! 11/2/1:30PM
GIRL-BOY (2025) Nigeria｜dir. Ajay Abalaka
Four women navigate life as masculine-presenting women in Nigeria where the heteronormative gender binary is the law. Program: Communities for Queer 11/9/5:45PM
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BEAUTY IN TRANS
11/6/5:45PM Institut Français de Pékin
SCARLET REVERIE (2025) China｜dir. Frank
The portrait of middle-aged drag performer Scarlet Reverie.
BABYLONIA (2024) Cuba, Brazil｜dir. Duda Gambogi｜The long-awaited stage debut of Elizabeth de Victória at the largest drag show in the province of Artemisa, Cuba.
UNDERGROUND MORPHOLOGY (2025) Argentina｜dir. Sidka S. Vera｜Deep dive into the underground scene of Buenos Aires through the eyes of transmasc artist Sidka.
KOKUHAKU (2024) Spain｜dir. Adrià Guxens
An intimate look at a young Spanish-Japanese kabuki actor who plays female characters in plays.
HIDE AND SEEK (2024) UK, China｜dir. Junjie (Dinggo) Xu｜3D animated short about the fantasy and reality of queer-friendly spaces.
Image © KOKUHAKU dir. Adrià Guxens
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QUEER SHORTS WATCH @GlobalQueerCinema
NOVEMBER 8 - DECEMBER 6, 2025
QUEER SHORTS WATCH is a FREE VIRTUAL short film showcase amplifying the visibility of genre- and geography-diverse queer cinema. The next QUEER SHORTS WATCH runs on Saturdays, November 8 -December 6 with five spotlighted films/ filmmakers.
NOVEMBER 8, 2025
WE WILL BE WHO WE ARE (2025)
dir. Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda | Sierra Leone
STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES!
Some of the films are going to be available for a limited time only. Follow us on social media to get notified about new releases every Saturday.
@GlobalQueerCinema would like to THANK all the filmmakers and collaborating partners who participate in QUEER SHORTS WATCH.
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QUEER FILM FESTIVALS / NOVEMBER
BEIJING QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
BEIJING QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
BEIJING QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
BEIJING QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 31- NOVEMBER 9
BEIJING, CHINA
Established in 2001, the Beijing Queer Film Festival AKA Love Queer Cinema Week is the longest running queer film festival in China. The festival offers a much needed platform for diverse LGBTQ+ voices from China and beyond. @beijingqueer is hosted by Goethe-Institut China and Institut Français de Pékin. This year’s lineup is a rich selection of features, shorts, documentaries, complemented with panel discussions, and parties.
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QUEER PORTO
BEIJING QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
BEIJING QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
QUEER PORTO
NOVEMBER 4-8
PORTO, PORTUGAL
Queer Porto International Queer Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing films about gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, intersex and other non-binary sexualities and identities. The 11th edition of the festival brings 40 films to celebrate the transformative power of the queer gaze. The programs include an Official Competition, a short film selection, Queer Resistance, Panorama, Queer Focus, Queer Ecologies as well as special screenings.
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CHÉRIES-CHÉRIS
BEIJING QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
CHÉRIES-CHÉRIS
CHÉRIES-CHÉRIS
NOVEMBER 15-25
PARIS, FRANCE
Chéries-Chéris (The Paris LGBTQ+ Film Festival) was founded in 1994. The 31st annual festival returns with a rich selection of 76 features and 80 queer shorts from over 50 countries and offers a genre- and geography-diverse look into recent global queer cinema. The Prix “Libertés Chéries” awards spotlight a selection of queer films from LGBTQ+ -unfriendly and underrepresented regions.
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Content / creators we love
MARK PEREGRINO or @mick.pilgrim
MARK PEREGRINO or @mick.pilgrim
MARK PEREGRINO or @mick.pilgrim
MARK PEREGRINO or @mick.pilgrim
Creative producer by day, movie hypeman after dark
Based in Singapore, @mick.pilgrim’s platform is one of the most eloquent and fun movie micro universes on any social media. Beyond ambitious, month-long marathon movie recs and reviews like the brilliantly curated 30 DAYS OF ASIAN HORROR FILMS, @mick.pilgrim curates ASIAN QUEER CINEMA with a unique touch.
Don't miss @mick.pilgrim's amazing film merch finds either!
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Accented Cinema
MARK PEREGRINO or @mick.pilgrim
MARK PEREGRINO or @mick.pilgrim
ACCENTED CINEMA
Asian and world cinema
Run by Chinese-Canadian filmmaker and photographer Yang Zhang, Accented Cinema is a rich and diverse platform for insightful film essays focusing on Asian and world cinema, including some real queer gems. Check out the channel's excellent essay on Leslie Cheung & Hong Kong LGBTQ+ Cinema or 3 LGBTQ+ Films from Conservative Countries.
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Image© @AccentedCinema
THE QUEER MOVIE PODCAST
MARK PEREGRINO or @mick.pilgrim
THE QUEER MOVIE PODCAST
THE QUEER MOVIE PODCAST
The best (and worst) of LGBTQ+ cinema - one genre at a time
Hosted by Rowan Ellis and Jazza John, The Queer Movie Podcast explores the queer film canon one genre at a time from rom-coms to slashers, contemporary arthouse cinema to comedy classics. New episodes every other Thursday.
Nimona - Queer Animation
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Image© @QueerMoviePod
Watch FREE GQC
CHRISTOPHER AT SEA (2022)
EGÚNGÚN / MASQUERADE (2021)
EGÚNGÚN / MASQUERADE (2021)
CHRISTOPHER AT SEA (2022)
DIR. TOM CJ BROWN
A surreal journey of queer desire and fantasy, this animated short follows a young man as he navigates his emotions and fears literally and figuratively at sea. Christopher embarks on a transatlantic voyage as a passenger on a cargo ship where his encounter with a ship crew lures him into a dreamlike world of erotic fantasy and obsession. A visually singular work, this short animation submerges into Christopher’s inner turmoil as he slowly descends into the surreal realm of his desires and fears.
WATCH HERE
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EGÚNGÚN / MASQUERADE (2021)
EGÚNGÚN / MASQUERADE (2021)
EGÚNGÚN / MASQUERADE (2021)
EGÚNGÚN / 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. Egúngún means masquerade: it is roots and tradition. It is also layering and masquerading - the hiding that societal norms and pressures impose on people’s 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 egúngún.
WATCH HERE
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IF I DIE IN AMERICA (2023)
EGÚNGÚN / MASQUERADE (2021)
IF I DIE IN AMERICA (2023)
IF I DIE IN AMERICA (2023)
DIR. WARD KAMEL
After the sudden death of his immigrant husband, a young American man is grappling with loss, grief, and time as his late husband’s family wants to fly the body back to Kuwait for the funeral which - according to tradition - has to happen within 24 hours of death. A poignant short about tradition, the right to grieve, and the agency of a body in the backdrop of complex emotional, cultural, and political circumstances.
WATCH HERE
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