Queer
East
Film
Festival
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OCT 2020 - JAN 2021
IN CINEMAS & ONLINE
Features
Zero Chou
Spider Lilies explores the ambiguous relationship between two women: Jade, an 18-year-old webcam model, and Takeko, a tattoo artist. When Jade visits Takeko's studio, she is entranced by the image of the spider lily on Takeko’s arm. She soon disco...
Toshio Matsumoto
Toshio Matsumoto’s shattering, kaleidoscopic masterpiece is one of the most subversive and intoxicating films of the late 1960s. Loosely adapted from Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and set in Tokyo’s dazzling underground gay scene, the film follows Ed...
Submissions for Queer East Film Festival 2021 are now open
Queer East, launched in 2020, is an LGBTQ+ film festival aiming to showcase rarely-seen queer cinema both from, and about, East and Southeast Asia, and to amplify the voices of underrepresented Asian communities in the UK. The festival invites every...
COVID-19 Update: Queer East Film Festival Screenings Rescheduled
Following government advice on 31 October, it is with a heavy heart that we once again announce the postponement of our planned screenings in London, Manchester, and Nottingham in November until further notice. Please be assured that we are looking ...
Queer East Film Festival returns with a hybrid format of online and cinema screenings across the UK
Discover 36 films (16 features, 4 documentaries and 16 shorts), including 7 UK Premieres from 13 countries brought to you by Queer East – the festival fostering and promoting a cultural understanding about the queer Asian community. The previou...
Dates and Locations
07 Apr – 21 Apr / Screen25
South Norwood’s much-loved community cinema, Screen25 is launching its Cinema on Demand platform to bring a curated season of independent films to your home. From 7 to 21 April, we are delighted to join our friends at Screen25 to co-present a two-week long online screening of Monsoon and Ultra Bleu, a double bill offering a sensitive study of self-identity, urban loneliness and unexpected encou...
Dates and Locations
21 Nov – 27 Nov / University of Sussex
Aiming to raise awareness and facilitate a better understanding of East and Southeast Asian queer communities amongst the young generation, Queer East has teamed up with the School of Media, Arts and Humanities at University of Sussex to present a special curated online programme exclusively for the students in the school. By screening films that students might not otherwise get a chance to see, ...
Dates and Locations
05 Oct – 18 Oct / SQIFF
Queer East takes its first virtual visit to Scotland, in partnership with Scottish Queer International Film Festival, presenting a wild programme of six short films that give a glimpse into just some of what East and Southeast Asian queer cinema have to offer. Showcasing new and rediscovered works - and some things in between - it features daring touches of the supernatural, the horrific, the sur...
Dates and Locations
05 Oct – 11 Oct / CQIFF, Stockholm
Five short films about queer desire in Taiwan offer a unique snapshot of the island’s cultural landscape. The directors of these exciting new films locate desire and conflict in a diverse set of locations, ranging from saunas and swimming pools, to schools and military bases. Featuring stories of secret liaisons, powerful bonds, hidden emotions, and stark truths, Made In Taiwan shines a spotlig...
