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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.

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, bringing a selection of films to seven destinations: Cardiff, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingha...

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05.10.21

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 festival. Queer East volunteers will not only gain hands-on experience working in event organisi...

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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 writers who have never had work published in national media outlets or notable online public...

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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 queer cinema, arts and cultures, which are often under- or mis-represented in the sector. We ...

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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 October to December to venues in Belfast, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Kent, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchest...

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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-round projects. For this entry-level and part-time role, we are looking for people who ar...

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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 its diaspora communities. The festival was made by communities for communities. Its est...

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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 its diaspora communities. Our fourth edition runs from 18 to 30 April in venues across Lon...

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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 contemporary feature film and documentary with retrospective screenings, short films, artists’ ...

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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, authentic work made by international filmmakers and diaspora communities, the festival exists to ...

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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 from this year’s programme to big screens across the country. The touring programme will ...

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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 offer a chance to experience rarely-seen queer cinema from East and Southeast Asia to viewers ...

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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 by international filmmakers and diaspora communities, the festival exists to amplify the vo...

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20.12.21

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 panel events exploring identity, religion, family, adulthood and politics through queer relati...

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06.03.20

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 to join the conversation online. On 18th, 23rd and 25th September, there will be 3 online d...

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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 Asia. This year’s programme includes a selection of 37 features, short films and artists’ mov...

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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, exploring how culture, law, history, and social norms have shaped the current queer landscape in E...

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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 amplify the voices of underrepresented Asian communities in the UK. The festival invites eve...

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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, Manchester, and Nottingham in November until further notice. Please be assured that we are lookin...

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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 fostering and promoting a cultural understanding about the queer Asian community. The previou...

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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 Southeast Asia. Pride 2020 will be like no other. Typically, it’s a time when the LGBTQ+ commun...

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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 same-sex marriage. This was a milestone for the marriage equality movement in Taiwan, and...

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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 response to the Coronavirus outbreak and indefinite closure of independent venues, Queer East l...

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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 London. Please be assured that we are looking for alternative dates later in the year. Fo...

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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 explore identity, religion, family, adulthood and politics through queer relationships on ...

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16.03.20

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