In celebration of the Year of the Snake, this programme coils itself around the serpent as a symbol of transformation and duality. Across five short films, propriety and convention are shed like scales as characters emerge into strange new expressions of queerness. From melancholic relationship drama to monochrome queer myth, Japanese drag queens to Chinese folktales, vulnerable new skins ripple, shift, and struggle into wondrous new shapes. These stories celebrate the unending process of becoming, thereby honouring the slippery and sacred queer experience.

This screening is preceded by a drag performance by Vee Dagger.

Curatorial idea by Alisa Ikenaga and Vee Dagger, as part of Up Next: Future Film Curators Lab 2024/25

Total Running Time: 79min