Across borders and memories, these 5 films honour resilience, love, and the quiet fight for authenticity. From Kerala to Paris, Dublin to New York, they weave tender stories of becoming, remembrance, and the fierce beauty of living truthfully.

Programme includes:

Atmospheric Arrivals
Dir. Ayo Tsalithaba, 5:57 mins, Canada, Experimental, 2023
A restless spirit travels through time, space and memory.

Presented in partnership with our friends at Trans Image/Trans Experience (TITE) Film Festival.

Everybody’s Gotta Love Sometimes
Dir. Sein Lyan Tun, 15 mins, France, Drama, 2023

Recovering from an abusive past, a Burmese guy named Phyo is looking for love in Paris. He discovers the excitement of a freedom to dance by the Seine river.

Night Queen

Dir. Naireeta Dasgupta, 29mins, India, Drama, 2023

In Old Lucknow, 48-year-old Lakshmikant Sharma lives a seemingly ordinary life — but secretly dreams of wearing sarees, pink lipstick, and living openly as a woman.

I am a woman
Dir. Pradeep Mahadeshwar, 5 mins, Ireland, Documentary
A refugee trans woman from Pakistan remembers her late mother as she wears her earrings for the first time — in the quiet safety of her new home in Ireland.

Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo
Dir. Barbara Malaran, Desireena Almoradie, 41 mins, United States, Documentary, 2025
Because of You tells the story of queer Filipnxs who, in 1990s NYC, built a joyful, defiant community against racism and lesbophobia. Through archival footage, it celebrates love, protest, and reunion.

Screening as part of Queer Spectrum Film Festival