Queer
East
Film
Festival
/01
OCT 2020 - JAN 2021
IN CINEMAS & ONLINE
Features
Chao-Ti Ho
The documentary follows the experiences of Chen and Pei, two indigenous Taiwanese teenage girls, who meet at a vocational training programme. They both come from eastern Taiwan and their family circumstances are difficult. Chen takes care of her sib...
Tung-Yen Chou
This documentary explores questions of digital and virtual intimacy in contemporary gay communities. ‘Looking for?’ is one of the most commonly asked questions on gay dating apps, but it’s not one that’s easy to answer, at least for the dire...
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...
Queer East puts resistance and inclusivity at the centre of virtual programme for Pride season
QE: Docs4Pride from Queer East Film Festival launches on 3 July with four free-to-stream documentaries shining a light on queer activism in East and Southeast Asia. Pride 2020 will be like no other. Typically, it’s a time when the LGBTQ+ commun...
2009 – 2019: Taiwan’s Ten-Year Journey Towards Marriage Equality
On 24th May 2017, Taiwan’s Constitutional Court determined in J.Y. Interpretation No. 748 that it was unconstitutional for the current Civil Code to prohibit same-sex marriage. This was a milestone for the marriage equality movement in Taiwan, and...
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...
