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I BLEED (2019)
WILL YOU LOOK AT ME (2022)
WILL YOU LOOK AT ME (2022)
I BLEED (2019)
DIR. BRUNO H. CASTRO, TIAGO MINAMISAWA & GUTO BR
The roller-coaster journey of a young man who learns he is HIV positive. Following a whirlwind of fear and abandon, this soulful animated short dives (literally) into Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights to take a trip from heaven to hell and back again to find hope and self-love despite it all. A visually singular animated queer gem from Brazil about living with HIV and embracing life.
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WILL YOU LOOK AT ME (2022)
WILL YOU LOOK AT ME (2022)
WILL YOU LOOK AT ME (2022)
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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SUNDAY (2020)
WILL YOU LOOK AT ME (2022)
SUNDAY (2020)
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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1 GIRL INFINITE (2024) USA｜dir. Lilly Hu
A color-drenched portrait of queer desire following a relationship transformed by opportunity, jealousy and the ever-consuming obsession to hold on to the illusion of someone.
BEL AMI (2024) France｜dir. Geng Jun
Black comedy about queer realities in frozen northeast China: a trapped husband who comes out for a young barber; a lesbian couple who recruits a gay hairdresser as a sperm donor and a restaurant owner who dreams of uniting all the town's gays.
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FLOWER GIRL (2025)
the Philippines dir. Fatrick Tabada
This candy-colored, eye-popping queer extravaganza from the Philippines is one woman's hilarious journey to learning how to be whole without her, well, hole or "poochy", as she calls it, magicked away by a trans fairy for being bathroom-unkind. "Bridesmaids" meets "But I'm a Cheerleader" on acid.
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CLOSING NIGHT FILM / Sunday July 27 8:30pm SVA Theatre NY NY
Intro and Q&A with director Fatrick Tabada and actress Sue Ramirez
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NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
JULY 11-27
NEW YORK, NY, USA
The 24th edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) features the festival’s most globally expansive lineup ever. The theme is “Cinema as Disruption” - spotlighting films that challenge and provoke from unsettling horror and feminist thrillers to cosmic punk epics and political allegories. A special queer selection titled "Queer Unbound" features seven LGBTQ+ focused films from the region.
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RAINBOW REEL TOKYO
NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
RAINBOW REEL TOKYO
JUNE 21-Jul 13
TOKYO, JAPAN
The 32nd Rainbow Reel Tokyo – Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is running in two locations: Shibuya at Eurolive (June 21-22) and Tokyo Women’s Plaza Hall (July 12-13). Featuring a carefully curated selection of LGBTQ+ films from Japan and beyond, the festival aims to foster community through cinema. Since its inception in 1992, Rainbow Reel Tokyo has been organized by volunteers, offering a space for diverse voices within the LGBTQ+ spectrum.
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RIO LGBTQIA+ FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
RIO LGBTQIA+ FILM FESTIVAL
RIO LGBTQIA+ FILM FESTIVAL
JULY 3-9
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Founded in 2011, the Rio LGBTQIA+ Festival Internacional de Cinema is a major annual film festival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, dedicated to showcasing LGBTQIA+ films. The 2025 lineup features 138 films, including 11 international features, 7 Brazilian features, 60 Brazilian shorts and 60 international shorts. In 2025, the festival honors filmmaker Luiz Carlos Lacerda, celebrated for his artistic contribution to Brazilian cinema and his sensitive takes on LGBTQIA+ narratives.
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