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NOVEMBER 24-29, 2025 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
THE GENTLE FLUTTER OF THE BUTTERFLIES (2025) Brazil
dir. Leandro Fasoli
After the loss of his great love, a man finds himself immersed in the silence of a house that once overflowed with life. An old butterfly collection and rare blue butterfly weave a story of love and memory.
KALUNGA The Return of Those Who Haven't Said Goodbye Yet
(2025) Brazil｜dir. Kauan O. dos Santos
A fashion film that celebrates Afro-Latin Brazilian culture focusing on the experiences of Black and Latino models recreating famous works of art such as Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper and Michelangelo's Pietà.
MIRROR OF MEMORY (2025) Brazil｜dir. Filipe Travanca and Roberto Simão
The story of Guinho told via home movies recorded by his grandmother, Cida. A coming-of-age film within a film, this documentary explores the concept of memory, subjectivity and perspective in a singular visual and narrative frame.
Image © THE GENTLE FLUTTER OF THE BUTTERFLIES dir. Leandro Fasoli
FEST FAVES @DOC NYC
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QUEER DOC GEMS @DOC NYC
12-30 NOVEMBER｜NEW YORK, NY, USA
AURORA (2025) Brazil, Portugal, France
dir. João Vieira Torres
Compelled by dreams, the filmmaker sets out in search of the children that his midwife grandmother Aurora helped deliver. This hauntingly beautiful film is a testament to their stories: stories of a tragic legacy of misogyny, violence, and generational trauma. And hope. International Competition
In-Person 11/14 6:15 PM｜11/17 1:00 PM｜Village East by Angelika / Online 11/15-30 (in USA)
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT (2025) USA dir. Ryan White
A luminous portrait of poet Andrea Gibson, this poignant documentary follows their journey after receiving a devastating cancer diagnosis. What unfolds is a deeply affecting and unexpectedly joyful meditation on mortality, partnership, and the healing power of art. Short List: Features
In-Person 11/13 9:00 PM Village East by Angelika
Image © AURORA (2025)
dir. João Vieira Torres
FEST FAVES @MIX NYC
FEST FAVES @BLACK QUEER FESTIVAL
FEST FAVES @MIX NYC
FEST FAVES @MIX NYC
QUEER ECOLOGIES
11/20 6:00 PM Quad Cinema NYC
REZBOTANIK (2025) Brazil, Portugal, Spain | dir. Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro
Post-clubbing comedown in the serene milieu of the Lisbon Botanical Garden.
A RIVER HOLDS A PERFECT MEMORY (2025) UK, Jamaica | dir. Hope Strickland
An immersive meditation on labor, exploitation, and leisure where water becomes a reservoir of histories.
HEART SHAPED (2024) USA | dir. Grace Mitchell & Sofia Theodore-Pierce
Guests explore their desires in the campy fantasy suites of a themed Wisconsin hotel.
THE THIRD WORLD AFTER THE SUN (2024) Colombia | dir. Analú Laferal & Tiagx Vélez
The Colombian jungle as a multivarious site of extraction, divinity, and transformation.
PAN & SYRINX (2024) Canada
dir. A. Laurel Lawrence
Dancers enact the entangled dynamics of power, love, and betrayal in this imaginative adaptation of the classic Greek myth.
Image © REZBOTANIK dir. Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro
QUEER FILM FESTIVALS / NOVEMBER
BLACK QUEER FESTIVAL
MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
BLACK QUEER FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 24-29, 2025
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
An exciting new queer film fest, the Black Queer Festival celebrates the plurality of Black LGBTQIAPN+ stories and experiences. Led by Alek Lean, founder of Coletivo Experimental Filmes, the inaugural edition showcases a selection of queer classics from Brazil, shorts, documentaries, animation, and experimental works at the Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal Cinelândia, and several other locations in Rio de Janeiro. A competitive festival, the Black Queer Festival awards the Golden Fan for the best work. Screenings are FREE.
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MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 13-23, 2025
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Showcasing the best in queer film from Australia & the world, The Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) is the largest and oldest queer film festival in Australia. The 35th edition’s theme is “Searching for Queer Utopias”. The festival opens with Tina Romero’s horror comedy Queens of the Dead (USA, 2025) with a centerpiece from Iran, Sahand Kabiri’s The Crowd (Iran, 2025). The festival further features an excellent selection of Australian and international shorts, features, docs and so much more.
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MIX FEST
MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
MIX FEST
MIX NYC QUEER EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 20-22, 2025
NEW YORK, NY USA
The festival that challenges conventional filmmaking practices was founded in 1987 by writer Sarah Schulman and filmmaker Jim Hubbard and is the longest-established queer film festival in New York City. The lineup features the latest in bold, boundary-pushing queer, experimental cinema and moving image work from around the world. Thematic programs followed by Q&As culminate in an electrifying closing night party. MIX FEST 2025 is hosted by the Quad Cinema.
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QUEER SHORTS WATCH FEATURED FILMMAKER: SHRUTI PAREKH
QUEER SHORTS WATCH FEATURED FILM: ZARI
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NOVEMBER 8 - DECEMBER 6, 2025
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QUEER SHORTS WATCH is a FREE VIRTUAL short film showcase amplifying the visibility of genre- and geography-diverse queer cinema. Watch brilliant queer cinema with us wherever you are!
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QUEER SHORTS WATCH FEATURED FILM: ZARI
QUEER SHORTS WATCH FEATURED FILMMAKER: SHRUTI PAREKH
QUEER SHORTS WATCH FEATURED FILM: ZARI
QUEER SHORTS WATCH
FEATURED FILM:
ZARI (2024)
dir. Shruti Parekh | USA / India
Zari (pronounced ZUH-ree), is a nuanced coming-of-age story set in and around a Delhi sari store during preparations for a wedding. American teen Neelu is having a hard time choosing a sari to wear for her sister's wedding, but an unexpected encounter with a quiet sari store clerk opens up possibilities she hadn't considered before. Filmed on location in Delhi, India, Zari is a sensitive and visually stunning film which explores the delicate faces (and spaces) of queerness in Indian society. Grand Jury Award for best New York Short Film at NewFest.
This film was available to watch FREE
on 22-23 NOVEMBER, 2025
by courtesy of the filmmaker
QUEER SHORTS WATCH is a FREE curated virtual short film showcase amplifying the visibility of genre- and geography-diverse queer cinema.
QUEER SHORTS WATCH FEATURED FILMMAKER: SHRUTI PAREKH
QUEER SHORTS WATCH FEATURED FILMMAKER: SHRUTI PAREKH
QUEER SHORTS WATCH FEATURED FILMMAKER: SHRUTI PAREKH
QUEER SHORTS WATCH
FEATURED FILMMAKER:
SHRUTI PAREKH
Shruti Parekh is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker who tells stories of self-discovery and subversion. She was recently named in MovieMaker Magazine as one of Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2025. Her narrative short ZARI got funding from CAPE and Janet Yang Productions and has won seven awards at festivals internationally. Shruti’s prior short, ESPERANZA screened at over 20 festivals worldwide and is streaming on PBS. Shruti’s most recent work, HOMEBODY, was a recipient of NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music, & Theatre. Shruti has a BA from Brown University and an MFA in Directing from UCLA.
Image © Shruti Parekh
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In a chaotic ocean of mediocre content available online, check out our curated selection of brilliant global queer cinema available FREE (& legally) on platforms like VIMEO, NOWNESS, YOUTUBE, SHORTOFTHEWEEK, BANG BANG, etc. We find those rare gems and share them here and via curated, thematic lists on Letterboxd.
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QUEER METROPOLIS
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QUEER METROPOLIS
curated by @globalqueercinema
Beirut, Lahore, Montréal, Istanbul, Chengdu, Buenos Aires, Lagos, New York, Nairobi, Mumbai, Moscow, Paris, Santiago, Mexico City, Tokyo, Hong Kong. Which METROPOLIS tells your favorite queer story? Check out our genre- and geography-diverse curated lists on LETTERBOXD.
FREE GLOBAL QUEER CINEMA
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FREE GLOBAL QUEER CINEMA
FREE GLOBAL QUEER CINEMA
curated by @globalqueercinema
In an ocean of mediocre content, check out our curated selection of brilliant global queer cinema available FREE (& legally) on platforms like VIMEO, NOWNESS, YOUTUBE, SHORTOFTHEWEEK, BANG BANG, etc.
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.
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Accented Cinema
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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
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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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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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