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2024 Festival Programme
Queer East returns for its 5th year, showcasing a variety of LGBTQ+ cinema, live arts and moving image works.
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Dates
17 April Wednesday
18 April Thursday
19 April Friday
20 April Saturday
21 April Sunday
22 April Monday
23 April Tuesday
24 April Wednesday
25 April Thursday
26 April Friday
27 April Saturday
28 April Sunday
Venue
Lupino Screening Room
Barbican Centre
Bertha DocHouse
Broadway Nottingham
Cambridge Film Festival
BFI Southbank
Catford Mews
CCA Glasgow
CQIFF
Curzon Goldsmiths
Curzon Hoxton
Curzon Soho
esea contemporary
Filmhouse Edinburgh
Focus Hong Kong
Genesis Cinema
HOME Manchester
Hackney Wick Sauna Baths
ICA
Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival
Lewes Depot
Midlands Arts Centre
Museum of the Home
Picturehouse at FACT Liverpool
Prince Charles Cinema
Queen’s Film Theatre Belfast
Reading Biscuit Factory
Rich Mix
Rio Cinema
Riverside Studios
Showroom Sheffield
SQIFF
Stanley Arts
Summerhall Edinburgh
TFFE
The Garden Cinema
The Horse Hospital
The Lexi Cinema
The Place
Ugly Duck
Vimeo
Warwick Arts Centre
Cube Cinema
Exeter Phoenix
Arts Picturehouse
Cameo Picturehouse
FACT Liverpool
Gulbenkian Arts Centre
Hyde Park Picture House
Pictureville Cinema
Duke's at Komedia
Queen's Film Theatre
Tyneside Cinema
Festival 2020
Festival 2021
Festival 2022
Festival 2023
Festival 2024
Festival 2025
A Song Sung Blue (UK Premiere)
China, 2023
Wed 17 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Barbican Centre
Wed 18 September, 6:30 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Tue 29 October, 8:45 PM
Event Past
Duke's at Komedia
Feature
,
UK Premiere
,
Bye Bye Love (50th Anniversary)
Japan, 1974
Sun 28 April, 5:10 PM
Event Past
BFI Southbank
Fri 20 September, 8:30 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Mon 30 September, 8:00 PM
Event Past
Cube Cinema
Thu 10 October, 6:00 PM
Event Past
CCA Glasgow
Sun 20 October, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Cameo Picturehouse
Sun 27 October, 2:30 PM
Event Past
Hyde Park Picture House
Wed 30 October, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Duke's at Komedia
Wed 6 November, 6:15 PM
Event Past
Arts Picturehouse
Sun 10 November, 6:15 PM
Event Past
Pictureville Cinema
Wed 13 November, 7:00 PM
Event Past
FACT Liverpool
Sat 16 November, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Showroom Sheffield
Tue 19 November, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Queen's Film Theatre
Wed 20 November, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Broadway Nottingham
Mon 2 December, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Lupino Screening Room
Feature
,
Disco-TECA
China
Fri 26 April, 7:30 PM
Event Past
The Place
Sat 27 April, 7:30 PM
Event Past
The Place
Dance
,
The Last Year of Darkness
China, 2023
Thu 18 April, 8:25 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Sat 28 September, 5:30 PM
Event Past
Exeter Phoenix
Thu 17 October, 8:30 PM
Event Past
Cameo Picturehouse
Fri 1 November, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Duke's at Komedia
Tue 19 November, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Hyde Park Picture House
Tue 26 November, 8:00 PM
Event Past
Tyneside Cinema
Fri 28 February, 8:15 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Documentary
,
Feature
,
A Princess’ One-Sided Love
South Korea, 1967
Fri 19 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
ICA
Feature
,
If It’s With You (UK Premiere)
Japan, 2023
Sat 20 April, 2:00 PM
Event Past
Rich Mix
Episodic Series
,
The River
Taiwan, 1997
Sat 20 April, 6:00 PM
Event Past
ICA
Wed 11 September, 5:30 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Wed 25 September, 8:15 PM
Event Past
Exeter Phoenix
Sun 29 September, 3:00 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Sun 29 September, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Cube Cinema
Fri 18 October, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Cameo Picturehouse
Sat 9 November, 8:00 PM
Event Past
Pictureville Cinema
Sun 10 November, 5:30 PM
Event Past
Arts Picturehouse
Sun 17 November, 2:00 PM
Event Past
Hyde Park Picture House
Tue 19 November, 8:15 PM
Event Past
Tyneside Cinema
Thu 21 November, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Showroom Sheffield
Wed 27 November, 8:00 PM
Event Past
Gulbenkian Arts Centre
Feature
,
Love Bound (World Premiere)
UK, 2024
Sun 21 April, 12:30 PM
Event Past
Rich Mix
Sat 19 October, 4:00 PM
Event Past
Cameo Picturehouse
Sat 9 November, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Showroom Sheffield
Tue 12 November, 7:00 PM
Event Past
FACT Liverpool
Mon 18 November, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Broadway Nottingham
Mon 25 November, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Lupino Screening Room
Documentary
,
Feature
,
Q&A
,
Saving Face (35mm)
US, 2004
Sun 21 April, 3:20 PM
Event Past
BFI Southbank
Feature
,
Sara (UK Premiere)
Indonesia, 2023
Tue 23 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
ICA
Sat 4 May, 6:45 PM
Event Past
ICA
Feature
,
Q&A
,
UK Premiere
,
The Missing (UK Premiere)
Philippines, 2023
Mon 22 April, 6:20 PM
Event Past
Barbican Centre
Feature
,
Q&A
,
UK Premiere
,
I Am What I Am (UK Premiere)
Japan, 2022
Tue 23 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Sun 6 October, 2:00 PM
Event Past
Exeter Phoenix
Mon 28 October, 4:25 PM
Event Past
Arts Picturehouse
Wed 30 October, 1:20 PM
Event Past
Arts Picturehouse
Feature
,
UK Premiere
,
Abang Adik (UK Premiere)
Malaysia, 2023
Wed 24 April, 8:30 PM
Event Past
BFI Southbank
Feature
,
UK Premiere
,
Summer Vacation 1999 (35mm)
Japan, 1988
Fri 26 April, 8:40 PM
Event Past
BFI Southbank
Feature
,
Asog
Multiple origins, 2023
Sat 27 April, 3:30 PM
Event Past
Rio Cinema
Fri 8 November, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Arts Picturehouse
Fri 8 November, 7:30 PM
Event Past
Pictureville Cinema
Thu 14 November, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Showroom Sheffield
Documentary
,
Feature
,
Dance Baby Dance
Multiple origins, 2023 - 2024
Thu 18 April, 6:45 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Pay What You Can
,
Short Form
,
Silence Will Not Protect You
Multiple origins, 2023, 2024
Sat 20 April, 2:00 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Thu 28 November, 6:00 PM
Event Past
esea contemporary
Documentary
,
Pay What You Can
,
Short Form
,
Growing Pains
Multiple origins, 2021 - 2023
Sat 20 April, 4:00 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Pay What You Can
,
Short Form
,
Bakla Bakla Paano Ka Ginawa
Philippines, 1981 - 2024
Sun 21 April, 2:00 PM
Event Past
Rich Mix
Pay What You Can
,
Short Form
,
A Thousand Words Unspoken
Multiple origins, 2020 - 2023
Mon 22 April, 9:00 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Pay What You Can
,
Short Form
,
Stranger Than Fiction
Multiple origins, 2023
Tue 23 April, 8:45 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Pay What You Can
,
Short Form
,
Glitch! Rewind. Then We…
Multiple origins, 1996 - 2011
Wed 24 April, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Barbican Centre
Short Form
,
I Will Haunt You Forever: Queer Ghosts Across Time
Multiple origins, 1994 - 2022
Thu 25 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Museum of the Home
Pay What You Can
,
Short Form
,
Harvesting the Fruits of Monstrosity
Multiple origins
Thu 25 April, 8:30 PM
Event Past
Prince Charles Cinema
Short Form
,
Welcome to Neverland
Multiple origins, 2022 - 2023
Sun 28 April, 2:00 PM
Event Past
Rio Cinema
Mon 21 October, 6:15 PM
Event Past
Cameo Picturehouse
Pay What You Can
,
Short Form
,
shedding:::selves – Queer East 2024 Exhibition
2024
Fri 19 April, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
20 Apr — 28 Apr
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Pay What You Can
,
Visual Arts
,
Re-encountering Sunsets, Waves, Birds and Bees
China, 2021
Sat 20 April, 11:30 AM
Event Past
Museum of the Home
Expanded
,
Pay What You Can
,
High Hands Small Hands
Multiple origins, 2018 - 2024
Sat 27 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
Pay What You Can
,
Steamy Intimacies: A Queer East Sauna Experience
US, 2016, 2020
Mon 22 April, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Hackney Wick Sauna Baths
Expanded
,
Home
Multiple origins, 2021, 2023
Sat 27 April, 1:00 PM
Event Past
Museum of the Home
Expanded
,
Pay What You Can
,
Image Under the Ground
Multiple origins, 2023
Sat 20 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
Pay What You Can
,
Queering Objects – A Community Poetry Workshop
Hong Kong, 2024
Sun 28 April, 1:00 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Free Entry
,
Literature
,
Burial of this Order
Denmark, 2023
Thu 18 April, 6:45 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
Omarm
Netherlands, 2023
Thu 18 April, 6:45 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
Everybody’s Gotta Love Sometimes
Multiple origins, 2023
Thu 18 April, 6:45 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
Midnight Rising
UK, 2024
Thu 18 April, 6:45 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
When the House Lights Come On
Philippines, 2023
Thu 18 April, 6:45 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
If You See Something That Doesn’t Look Right
Multiple origins, 2023
Thu 18 April, 6:45 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
Qeluar
UK, 2023
Sat 20 April, 2:00 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Short Form
,
The Bus Driver
Myanmar, 2024
Sat 20 April, 2:00 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Short Form
,
Heart Murmurs
Multiple origins, 2023
Sat 20 April, 2:00 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Short Form
,
House of Rencong
Indonesia, 2022
Sat 20 April, 2:00 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Short Form
,
Beats Per Minute
Taiwan, 2023
Sat 20 April, 4:00 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Short Form
,
A Catholic Schoolgirl
Philippines, 2023
Sat 20 April, 4:00 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Short Form
,
Curve
China, 2023
Sat 20 April, 4:00 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Short Form
,
Dog Story
US, 2021
Sat 20 April, 4:00 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Short Form
,
Like Wave Like Cloud
China, 2023
Sat 20 April, 4:00 PM
Event Past
The Garden Cinema
Short Form
,
Honey
Philippines, 1981
Sun 21 April, 2:00 PM
Event Past
Rich Mix
Short Form
,
Margins
Philippines, 2001
Sun 21 April, 2:00 PM
Event Past
Rich Mix
Short Form
,
Geography Lessons
Philippines, 2014
Sun 21 April, 2:00 PM
Event Past
Rich Mix
Short Form
,
When I Wallowed In A Bowl of Sunshine
Philippines, 2021
Sun 21 April, 2:00 PM
Event Past
Rich Mix
Short Form
,
Taking My Time to Dance
Philippines, 2024
Sun 21 April, 2:00 PM
Event Past
Rich Mix
Short Form
,
Don’t Forget Me
Canada, 2023
Mon 22 April, 9:00 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
The River That Never Ends
Philippines, 2023
Mon 22 April, 9:00 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
Alexa, Xander and the Universe
Philippines, 2020
Mon 22 April, 9:00 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
The Nape
South Korea, 2023
Mon 22 April, 9:00 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
Dancing Colours
Indonesia, 2022
Mon 22 April, 9:00 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
Strange
Japan, 2023
Tue 23 April, 8:45 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
Blue Rain
France, 2023
Tue 23 April, 8:45 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
Dismantle Me
UK, 2023
Tue 23 April, 8:45 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
Where the Wild Frangipanis Grow
Indonesia, 2023
Tue 23 April, 8:45 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
My Heart is Going to Explode!
South Korea, 2023
Tue 23 April, 8:45 PM
Event Past
Genesis Cinema
Short Form
,
Taiwan Video Club
US, 1999
Wed 24 April, 6:15 PM
Event Past
Barbican Centre
Short Form
,
I’m Starving
Multiple origins, 1999
Wed 24 April, 6:15 PM
Event Past
Barbican Centre
Short Form
,
Castro
Multiple origins, 1996
Wed 24 April, 6:15 PM
Event Past
Barbican Centre
Short Form
,
Looking for Jiro
US, 2011
Wed 24 April, 6:15 PM
Event Past
Barbican Centre
Short Form
,
LOVEME2030
Multiple origins, 2005
Wed 24 April, 6:15 PM
Event Past
Barbican Centre
Ghost Carnival
Taiwan, 1994
Thu 25 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Museum of the Home
Whispering Ghosts
Thailand, 2008
Thu 25 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Museum of the Home
Short Form
,
River is My Hometown
UK, 2021
Thu 25 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Museum of the Home
Short Form
,
In Our Being
Multiple origins, 2011
Thu 25 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Museum of the Home
Short Form
,
All Trace is Gone, No Clamour for a Kiss
UK, 2023
Thu 25 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Museum of the Home
Short Form
,
The Function of Fiction is the Abstraction and Simulation of Social Experience
Philippines, 2021
Thu 25 April, 8:30 PM
Event Past
Prince Charles Cinema
Short Form
,
Wūûūwūûū
UK, 2021
Thu 25 April, 8:30 PM
Event Past
Prince Charles Cinema
Short Form
,
I Am a Horse
South Korea, 2022
Thu 25 April, 8:30 PM
Event Past
Prince Charles Cinema
Short Form
,
EARTHBODY(S)_BIOME(TRICS)
US, 2022
Thu 25 April, 8:30 PM
Event Past
Prince Charles Cinema
Short Form
,
Tentacle Eyes
UK, 2023
Thu 25 April, 8:30 PM
Event Past
Prince Charles Cinema
Short Form
,
Flesh Nest
US, 2018
Thu 25 April, 8:30 PM
Event Past
Prince Charles Cinema
Short Form
,
WHAT U WANNA DO
US, 2021
Thu 25 April, 8:30 PM
Event Past
Prince Charles Cinema
Short Form
,
Bold Eagle
Philippines, 2022
Thu 25 April, 8:30 PM
Event Past
Prince Charles Cinema
Short Form
,
State of Dreaming
Vietnam, 2022
Thu 25 April, 8:30 PM
Event Past
Prince Charles Cinema
Short Form
,
Leave Britney Alone!
Japan, 2009
Thu 25 April, 8:30 PM
Event Past
Prince Charles Cinema
Short Form
,
Still Life
US, 2023
Mom, if I were a Vampire
Taiwan, 2022
Wegen Hegel
Germany, 2023
Fish Boy
Canada, 2023
Their Universe
South Korea, 2023
Long Time between Sunsets and Underground Waves
China, 2021
Sat 20 April, 11:30 AM
Event Past
Museum of the Home
Expanded
,
A New Day Has Come
Vietnam, 2022
Sat 20 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
Yi-Ren
Taiwan, 2015
Sat 20 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
Silver Cave
China, 2022
Sat 20 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
Lovers
China, 2023
Sat 20 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
KEREL (Sea of Love)
Philippines, 2021
Sat 20 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
Cocoon
UK, 2024
Sat 20 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
Who Can Predict What Will Move You
US, 2020
Mon 22 April, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Hackney Wick Sauna Baths
Expanded
,
Spa Night
US, 2016
Mon 22 April, 6:00 PM
Event Past
Hackney Wick Sauna Baths
Expanded
,
Kin
Singapore, 2021
Sat 27 April, 1:00 PM
Event Past
Museum of the Home
Expanded
,
Jericho
Multiple origins, 2021
Sat 27 April, 1:00 PM
Event Past
Museum of the Home
Expanded
,
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie
Multiple origins, 2023
Sat 27 April, 1:00 PM
Event Past
Museum of the Home
Expanded
,
Dream Catcher
Japan, 2018
Sat 27 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
MOP
Malaysia, 2023
Sat 27 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
There’s No Sex, Only Fans
Taiwan, 2023
Sat 27 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
Disconnect
Multiple origins, 2024
Sat 27 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
glide by LILY CHOU-CHOU
UK, 2024
Sat 27 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
Pteridophilia 3
Taiwan, 2018
Sat 27 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
Obsolescence
UK, 2021
Sat 27 April, 6:30 PM
Event Past
Ugly Duck
Expanded
,
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