News - Queer East

We are hiring! Join Queer East as a Project Assistant

Are you well-organised, with outstanding written and verbal communication skills? Can you think creatively, and work independently and proactively? Are you e...

28.05.25

Volunteer opportunities for Queer East Festival 2025

Queer East returns on 23 April for our sixth instalment, and we are seeking a team of enthusiastic volunteers to join us in delivering this year’s festival. ...

25.03.25

Queer East Festival reveals opening and closing night films for its sixth edition

Queer East has unveiled the opening and closing night films for the upcoming sixth edition of the festival, taking place from 23 April to 18 May 2025. The fe...

19.03.25

Performing arts programme announced for Queer East Festival 2025

For its sixth edition (23 April to 18 May 2025), Queer East announces its performing arts programme, including a thought-provoking theatre play, When the clo...

13.03.25

Applications are now open for Emerging Critics Project 2025

Following its successful inaugural edition, Queer East Emerging Critics Project will return this April with six participants, in collaboration with Little Wh...

07.02.25

Open call announced for guest curatorial programmes at Queer East 2025

After its initial guest curatorial project at this year's festival, Queer East announces its open call today for programme proposals from curators, programme...

14.11.24

Queer East launches call for participants for Up Next: Future Film Curators Lab 2024/25

Queer East’s Up Next: Future Film Curators Lab is a unique opportunity for passionate individuals to delve into the art and craft of programming LGBTQ+ cinem...

04.10.24

Queer East visits 15 cities for its biggest-ever nationwide tour

Following the success of its London edition this April, Queer East embarks on a three-month nationwide tour, bringing a selection of festival highlights to b...

16.09.24

Submissions for Queer East Festival 2025 are now open

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 ...

12.08.24

Essays from Emerging Critics Project 2024 now published

We are thrilled to announce the publication of ten insightful essays penned by the five talented participants of the Queer East Emerging Critics Project 2024...

03.07.24

Call out for freelance Touring Project Coordinators across the UK

After the record-breaking fifth London edition of Queer East Festival, we are gearing up for our nationwide tour, On the Road. To further develop our relatio...

21.05.24

Volunteer opportunities for Queer East Festival 2024

Queer East will return on 17 April for our fifth instalment, and we are seeking a team of enthusiastic volunteers to join us in delivering this year’s festiv...

26.03.24

Call for participants for the Emerging Critics Project 2024

Queer East is launching the Emerging Critics Project, which will run from April to May with six participants. This series of sessions is aimed at emerging wr...

20.02.24

Open call for Queer East 2024 guest curatorial programmes

ABOUT THE PROJECT 2024 will mark the fifth anniversary of Queer East. The festival was established to foster a place for East and Southeast East Asian que...

01.11.23

Queer East announces nationwide tour across 10 cities from October to December

Following on from its record-breaking fourth edition taking place from 18 to 30 April 2023 in London, Queer East will embark on a nationwide tour from Octobe...

19.10.23

We are hiring! Queer East is seeking a festival assistant

ABOUT THE ROLE Queer East is seeking an enthusiastic Festival Assistant to join our team to support preparations for the 2024 Festival and various year-ro...

07.10.23

Queer East Festival opens submissions for its 2024 edition

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 ...

24.08.23

Volunteer opportunities for Queer East Festival 2023

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 ...

23.03.23

Full programme revealed for Queer East Festival 2023

Now in its fourth year, Queer East will return to cinema screens across the capital and around the UK in 2023 with another exciting line-up which mixes conte...

21.03.23

Submissions for Queer East 2023 are now open

Queer East is an LGBTQ+ film and arts festival that showcases queer cinema from East and Southeast Asia to audiences in the UK. Screening compelling, authent...

05.10.22

Queer East to visit towns and cities across the UK with its 2022 festival highlights

Following the success of its London edition this May, Queer East embarks on a three-month nationwide tour, On the Road, bringing a selection of highlights fr...

02.09.22

Queer East Film Festival announces full 2022 edition programme

Following the first two successful editions, this year’s festival will bring films, audiences and filmmakers together in the cinema, while continuing to offe...

27.04.22

Submissions for Queer East Film Festival 2022 are now open

Queer East is an LGBTQ+ festival that showcases queer cinema from East and Southeast Asia to audiences in the UK. Screening compelling, authentic work made b...

20.12.21

Queer East tours festival highlights to cities across the UK from October

Queer East hits the road for its UK tour. Following the success of its London edition this September, the festival will embark on a nationwide journey, bring...

05.10.21

Guest and event details for Queer East 2021 panel discussions announced

Queer East Film Festival is excited to announce the details of this year’s panel discussions, in which audiences around the world will have the opportunity t...

07.09.21

Full programme announced for Queer East Film Festival 2021

Queer East Film Festival (15 - 26 September) is delighted to unveil its full programme centred on queer storytelling and activism from East and Southeast Asi...

18.08.21

Queer East returns to cinemas with a special programme for Pride season

To mark this year’s Pride, Queer East returns to cinemas across London with a diverse set of films from China, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, and the UK, explorin...

02.06.21

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 am...

18.03.21

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, Manches...

05.11.20

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 foster...

05.10.20

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 Southeas...

29.06.20

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...

24.05.20

Queer East launches virtual series ‘QE: HomeSexual’ for charity in response to COVID-19

From Queer East to QE: HomeSexual – audiences can now watch award-winning documentaries and short films, from emerging Asian filmmakers, at home. In respo...

17.04.20

COVID-19 Update: Queer East Film Festival Postponed

It is with a heavy heart that we announce our decision to postpone the first edition of Queer East Film Festival, due to be held from 18 April to 2 May in Lo...

23.03.20

Queer East Film Festival reveals full programme celebrating queer activism and storytelling

The full programme for the first Queer East Film Festival is announced. The curated series of screenings across London, with accompanying panel events, will ...

16.03.20

New Queer Film Festival Promotes Unheard Voices of East and Southeast Asian LGBTQ+ Cinema

Filmmakers, activists, and academics are among speakers at the Queer East Film Festival – a curated series of screenings across London with accompanying pane...

06.03.20