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QUEER SHORTS WATCH HERE, HOPEFULLY (2023) DIR. HAO ZHOU
QUEER SHORTS WATCH HERE, HOPEFULLY (2023) DIR. HAO ZHOU
QUEER SHORTS WATCH HERE, HOPEFULLY (2023) DIR. HAO ZHOU
HERE, HOPEFULLY (2023)
DIR. HAO ZHOU
An inspiring documentary about Zee, a nonbinary nursing school student from rural China, studying and aspiring to build a gender-affirming life in Iowa City (USA). After graduation, however, they must face the difficulties of being hired as a non-citizen. Navigating exams, job hunting, and emotional ups and downs, Zee’s resilience and resolve is nothing short of extraordinary.
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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: HAO ZHOU
QUEER SHORTS WATCH HERE, HOPEFULLY (2023) DIR. HAO ZHOU
QUEER SHORTS WATCH HERE, HOPEFULLY (2023) DIR. HAO ZHOU
FEATURED FILMMAKER:
HAO ZHOU
Hao Zhou is a filmmaker from southwest China whose films explore queer stories in Asia and the Asian diaspora. In 2014, Zhou directed their first feature, The Night, about queer sex workers in China, premiering at the Berlinale. Zhou's 2023 short doc Here, Hopefully won Best Short at Doc10, and is among Vimeo’s 2024 Best of Staff Picks. In 2024, Zhou's short documentary Wouldn't Make It Any Other Way premiered at SXSW. Currently Zhou is in production and postproduction on multiple projects, both narrative and nonfiction. (source)
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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 © Hao Zhou
QUEER SHORTS WATCH @GLOBALQUEERCINEMA
QUEER SHORTS WATCH HERE, HOPEFULLY (2023) DIR. HAO ZHOU
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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. WATCH brilliant queer films with us for FREE wherever you are!
NEXT QUEER SHORTS WATCH
APRIL 11 - MAY 9, 2025
We feature a new film/ filmmaker every FRIDAY.
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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5 GLOBAL QUEER CINEMA GEMS AT SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL
5 GLOBAL QUEER CINEMA GEMS AT SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL
5 GLOBAL QUEER CINEMA GEMS AT SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL
SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL
APRIL 18-25, 2025
KYIV, UKRAINE
LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS (2025) Australia dir. Emma Hough Hobbs & Leela Varghese
A candy-coloured, animated queer space adventure about an introverted princess on a galactic quest to save her bounty hunter girlfriend. NEW COLORS
QUEENS OF JOY (2024) Ukraine
dir . Olga Gibelinda
An inspiring story of drag, war and glamour about three Ukrainian drag queens who courageously fight for the freedom of their country and their community.
OPENING FEATURE
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Image © @lesbianspaceprincessfilm
sapphic global queer cinema
5 GLOBAL QUEER CINEMA GEMS AT SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL
TRANS & GENDER-DIVERSE Kumu Hina (2014)
SAPPHIC GLOBAL QUEER CINEMA
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RAFIKI (2018) Kenya, dir. Wanuri Kahiu
ALL SHALL BE WELL (2024) Hong Kong,
dir. Ray Yeung
ÌFÉ (2020) Nigeria, dir. Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim
WET SAND (2021) Georgia,
dir. Elene Naveriani
Curated genre- and geography-diverse queer cinema. A platform where queer film lovers, filmmakers, and the industry connect in their appreciation for global queer storytelling.
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TRANS & GENDER-DIVERSE Kumu Hina (2014)
5 GLOBAL QUEER CINEMA GEMS AT SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL
TRANS & GENDER-DIVERSE Kumu Hina (2014)
KUMU HINA (2014)
dir. Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson
The inspiring story of Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, a transgender (Māhū) Native Hawaiian (Kānaka Maoli) teacher and cultural icon who brings to life Hawaii’s long-held embrace of māhū - those who embody both male and female spirit, and were/are traditionally respected as caretakers, healers, and keepers of ancient traditions.
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Image © @kumuhina
FILM FESTIVALS / april-May
QUEER EAST
SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL
SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL
QUEER EAST
APRIL 23- MAY 18, 2025
LONDON, UK
Queer East is a cross-disciplinary festival that showcases boundary-pushing LGBTQ+ cinema, live arts, and moving image work from East and Southeast Asia and its diaspora communities. The sixth edition runs from 23 April to 18 May 2025 in venues across London. The four-week-long event showcases over 100 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries and moving image work that explores the ever-evolving queer landscape across East and Southeast Asia.
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SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL
SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL
SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL
SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL
APRIL 18-25, 2025
KYIV, UKRAINE
Founded in 2022, Sunny Bunny Film festival showcases international queer cinema, highlighting topical issues in global and national contexts, representing the community. The festival's goal is to be a platform for the Ukrainian and international LGBTQIA+ community, foster political and social visibility, and catalyze change on the path to equality in Ukrainian society.
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LGBT+ Film Festival Poland
SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL
LGBT+ Film Festival Poland
LGBT+ FILM FESTIVAL POLAND
APRIL 4-11, 2025
WARSAW, POLAND
The 16th LGBT+ Film Festival Poland is based in Warsaw between April 4-11 followed by a series of outreach events in 8 selected arthouse cinemas across Poland and online. The lineup includes international queer cinema favorites, Polish and European premieres, and a selection of Polish features, docs and shorts + workshops, discussions, Q&As and a spectacular Artistic Stage.
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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.
WATCH HERE
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Check out more QUEERING MEN
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.
WATCH HERE
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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.
WATCH HERE
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