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PETER HUJAR’S DAY

Ira Sachs,

Based on a conversation recorded in 1974, Ira Sach’s (Passages, 2023; Love is Strange, 2014) film follows celebrated photographer Peter Hujar (Ben Whishaw) - one of the most important figures in downtown New York's legendary cultural scene of the 1970s…

Please Be Normal

Eoghan McQuinn, 16 minutes, 2025

A neurotic 35 year-old on a hook-up app demands that his potential partners be "normal". It's only when he meets for a coffee with his ex that he falls into a ruse designed to teach him some humility.

QSFF 2026: INTIMATE COLOURS (SHORT FILM PROGRAMME)

Various,

Spanning documentary, experimental, and narrative cinema, this programme brings together bold queer voices from across the world. These films explore intimacy, identity, performance, migration, race, and belonging through deeply personal and politically resonant stories. From underground drag culture in Hong…

QSFF 2026: LIVING WITH HIV (SHORT FILM PROGRAMME)

Various,

Blending documentary and experimental filmmaking, this programme explores HIV stigma, queer survival, and resistance across different histories and geographies. From Tunisia’s hidden HIV crisis to Britain’s racist and homophobic response to AIDS in the 1980s, these films centre voices often…

QSFF 2026: MONTRÉAL, MA BELLE (CLOSING FILM)

Xiaodan He,

Feng Xia, a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant and mother living in Montreal, has spent her life shaped by duty , to her family, her culture, and a loveless marriage. But when she meets Camille, a spirited young Québécoise, a long-buried desire…

QSFF 2026: OUT LAWS (FEATURE)

James Lewis, Lexi Powner,

Out Laws follows Namibian activist Friedel Dausab as he challenges laws criminalising same-sex love, confronting the colonial legacy behind anti-queer persecution. Amid threats, public scrutiny, and rising hostility, Friedel’s fight becomes a symbol of hope for LGBTQ+ communities seeking dignity…

QSFF 2026: TENDER MIGRATION (SHORT FILM PROGRAMME)

Various,

Across borders, languages, and generations, this programme explores queer survival, self-expression, and chosen kinship through intimate and inventive storytelling. Blending experimental works with powerful narratives, these films examine migration, gender identity, forbidden love, cultural inheritance, and resilience against social constraint.…

QSFF 2026: TIGER (FEATURE)

Anshul Chauhan,

Returning to his hometown after learning his father is critically ill, Tiger, a 35-year-old gay masseuse navigating Tokyo’s underground queer economy, is forced to confront family expectations, inheritance, and his own future. As tensions rise with his sister, who threatens…

QSFF 2026: TREAT ME LIKE YOUR MOTHER (OPENING FILM)

Mohamad Abdouni,

Blending personal archive and documentary storytelling, Treat Me Like Your Mother uncovers intimate transfeminine experiences in post-war Beirut. Drawing from a rare five-year photographic archive of trans women in Lebanon, the film revives the untold stories of four remarkable women…

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