Queer East
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We're joining the London Korean Film Festival #LKFF for Park Joon-ho’s debut 3️⃣6️⃣7️⃣0️⃣. A North Korean defector explores Seoul’s queer spaces in this tender story of identity and belonging.
Wed 12 Nov, 20:30 | BFI Southbank, with an intro by our director, Yi Wang. 🎟️ whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Wed 12 Nov, 20:30 | BFI Southbank, with an intro by our director, Yi Wang. 🎟️ whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We're joining the London Korean Film Festival #LKFF for Park Joon-ho’s debut 3️⃣6️⃣7️⃣0️⃣. A North Korean defector explores Seoul’s queer spaces in this tender story of identity and belonging.
Wed 12 Nov, 20:30 | BFI Southbank, with an intro by our director, Yi Wang. 🎟️ whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Wed 12 Nov, 20:30 | BFI Southbank, with an intro by our director, Yi Wang. 🎟️ whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
#Edinburgh, we’re back! Thrilled to be returning to Cameo Picturehouse and the reopened @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social, with 7 events running from 19 Nov - 11 Dec.
Join us this autumn for a line-up of inspiring queer ESEA films. Explore the tour here: queereast.org.uk/project/quee...
Join us this autumn for a line-up of inspiring queer ESEA films. Explore the tour here: queereast.org.uk/project/quee...
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#Edinburgh, we’re back! Thrilled to be returning to Cameo Picturehouse and the reopened @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social, with 7 events running from 19 Nov - 11 Dec.
Join us this autumn for a line-up of inspiring queer ESEA films. Explore the tour here: queereast.org.uk/project/quee...
Join us this autumn for a line-up of inspiring queer ESEA films. Explore the tour here: queereast.org.uk/project/quee...
Are you based outside of London and seeking hands-on film curation experience? Up Next: Future Film Curators Lab is now open for applications!
Apply by 16 Nov for the chance to join us in developing the short film programmes for #QueerEast 2026. More details: queereast.org.uk/news/a-call-...
Apply by 16 Nov for the chance to join us in developing the short film programmes for #QueerEast 2026. More details: queereast.org.uk/news/a-call-...
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Are you based outside of London and seeking hands-on film curation experience? Up Next: Future Film Curators Lab is now open for applications!
Apply by 16 Nov for the chance to join us in developing the short film programmes for #QueerEast 2026. More details: queereast.org.uk/news/a-call-...
Apply by 16 Nov for the chance to join us in developing the short film programmes for #QueerEast 2026. More details: queereast.org.uk/news/a-call-...
London Korean Film Festival #LKFF celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with an electrifying programme spanning over 50 years of Korean filmmaking. The festival will take place from 5-18 November at the BFI Southbank, ICA, and Ciné Lumière. Find out more: www.koreanfilm.co.uk/london-korea...
October 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
London Korean Film Festival #LKFF celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with an electrifying programme spanning over 50 years of Korean filmmaking. The festival will take place from 5-18 November at the BFI Southbank, ICA, and Ciné Lumière. Find out more: www.koreanfilm.co.uk/london-korea...
Hello again, Bristol! Following last year’s warm reception, we’ll be returning to the city from 1-4 November, doubling our On the Road events by teaming up with local favourites #Arnolfini and @cubecinema.com. Find out more: queereast.org.uk/project/quee...
October 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Hello again, Bristol! Following last year’s warm reception, we’ll be returning to the city from 1-4 November, doubling our On the Road events by teaming up with local favourites #Arnolfini and @cubecinema.com. Find out more: queereast.org.uk/project/quee...
October is here, and we are packed and ready for our grand road trip!
Announcing this year's #QueerEast: On the Road UK tour, where we bring an exciting lineup of festival highlights to over 15 cities across the country, exploring the ever-evolving queer landscape in East and Southeast Asia.
Announcing this year's #QueerEast: On the Road UK tour, where we bring an exciting lineup of festival highlights to over 15 cities across the country, exploring the ever-evolving queer landscape in East and Southeast Asia.
October 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
October is here, and we are packed and ready for our grand road trip!
Announcing this year's #QueerEast: On the Road UK tour, where we bring an exciting lineup of festival highlights to over 15 cities across the country, exploring the ever-evolving queer landscape in East and Southeast Asia.
Announcing this year's #QueerEast: On the Road UK tour, where we bring an exciting lineup of festival highlights to over 15 cities across the country, exploring the ever-evolving queer landscape in East and Southeast Asia.
30 days. 30 Asian queer shorts. This #ESEAHeritageMonth, join us online for East by Southeast, a month-long season bringing together 30 short films from previous #QueerEast, exploring Asian queerness, heritage, and cultures.
Streaming in the UK and Ireland until 30 September: queereast.eventive.org
Streaming in the UK and Ireland until 30 September: queereast.eventive.org
September 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
30 days. 30 Asian queer shorts. This #ESEAHeritageMonth, join us online for East by Southeast, a month-long season bringing together 30 short films from previous #QueerEast, exploring Asian queerness, heritage, and cultures.
Streaming in the UK and Ireland until 30 September: queereast.eventive.org
Streaming in the UK and Ireland until 30 September: queereast.eventive.org
Have some burning ideas you want to pen down? #QueerEast is launching a new magazine this winter, focusing on queer Asian arts and film cultures. We are seeking pitches with unique perspectives on East and Southeast Asian LGBTQ+ cinema, performance, and other artistic forms. Deadline: Thurs 17 July.
July 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Have some burning ideas you want to pen down? #QueerEast is launching a new magazine this winter, focusing on queer Asian arts and film cultures. We are seeking pitches with unique perspectives on East and Southeast Asian LGBTQ+ cinema, performance, and other artistic forms. Deadline: Thurs 17 July.
Wanna be part of Team #QueerEast? We're hiring a one-year fixed-term Project Assistant to support the organisation’s events and initiatives.
Application deadline on 22 June 2025. Find out more about the role: queereast.org.uk/news/we-are-...
Application deadline on 22 June 2025. Find out more about the role: queereast.org.uk/news/we-are-...
May 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Wanna be part of Team #QueerEast? We're hiring a one-year fixed-term Project Assistant to support the organisation’s events and initiatives.
Application deadline on 22 June 2025. Find out more about the role: queereast.org.uk/news/we-are-...
Application deadline on 22 June 2025. Find out more about the role: queereast.org.uk/news/we-are-...
The wait is over. #QueerEast Festival opens today!
Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performance, visual arts, and literature from East and Southeast Asia in our most expansive programme yet. Taking place in venues across London until 18 May.
Editing: Joe Lee | Music: The Stolen Life by Vulgar Savior
Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performance, visual arts, and literature from East and Southeast Asia in our most expansive programme yet. Taking place in venues across London until 18 May.
Editing: Joe Lee | Music: The Stolen Life by Vulgar Savior
April 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The wait is over. #QueerEast Festival opens today!
Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performance, visual arts, and literature from East and Southeast Asia in our most expansive programme yet. Taking place in venues across London until 18 May.
Editing: Joe Lee | Music: The Stolen Life by Vulgar Savior
Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performance, visual arts, and literature from East and Southeast Asia in our most expansive programme yet. Taking place in venues across London until 18 May.
Editing: Joe Lee | Music: The Stolen Life by Vulgar Savior
★★★★ “Takeshi Kitano delivers a samurai ‘Succession’, filled with queer subplots and about a million beheadings.” - Phil de Semlyen, Time Out
𝙆𝙪𝙗𝙞 首 opens #QueerEast Festival 2025 on Wed 23 April, 18:00 at BFI Southbank: queereast.org.uk/programme/ku...
𝙆𝙪𝙗𝙞 首 opens #QueerEast Festival 2025 on Wed 23 April, 18:00 at BFI Southbank: queereast.org.uk/programme/ku...
April 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
★★★★ “Takeshi Kitano delivers a samurai ‘Succession’, filled with queer subplots and about a million beheadings.” - Phil de Semlyen, Time Out
𝙆𝙪𝙗𝙞 首 opens #QueerEast Festival 2025 on Wed 23 April, 18:00 at BFI Southbank: queereast.org.uk/programme/ku...
𝙆𝙪𝙗𝙞 首 opens #QueerEast Festival 2025 on Wed 23 April, 18:00 at BFI Southbank: queereast.org.uk/programme/ku...
Two best friends decide to make a movie... about two guys making a movie, about two guys making a… 𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝘿𝙮𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙘 is the first ever meta-Asian-stoner-bromantic-coming-of-age dramedy, starring Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung.
Mon 28 Apr, 18:00 at Rich Mix: queereast.org.uk/programme/ex...
Mon 28 Apr, 18:00 at Rich Mix: queereast.org.uk/programme/ex...
April 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Two best friends decide to make a movie... about two guys making a movie, about two guys making a… 𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝘿𝙮𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙘 is the first ever meta-Asian-stoner-bromantic-coming-of-age dramedy, starring Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung.
Mon 28 Apr, 18:00 at Rich Mix: queereast.org.uk/programme/ex...
Mon 28 Apr, 18:00 at Rich Mix: queereast.org.uk/programme/ex...
A teenage runaway meets a group of street hustlers at a Manila bus terminal one night in 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙄 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜. Petersen Vargas conjures up an edgy and erotic nightscape in this lyrical exploration of desire, home, and belonging.
29 Apr, 18:20 at Barbican: queereast.org.uk/programme/so...
29 Apr, 18:20 at Barbican: queereast.org.uk/programme/so...
April 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A teenage runaway meets a group of street hustlers at a Manila bus terminal one night in 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙄 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜. Petersen Vargas conjures up an edgy and erotic nightscape in this lyrical exploration of desire, home, and belonging.
29 Apr, 18:20 at Barbican: queereast.org.uk/programme/so...
29 Apr, 18:20 at Barbican: queereast.org.uk/programme/so...
A thought-provoking verbatim play about queer ageing in Singapore.
Written and directed by Chng Yi Kai based on true accounts, 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 is a timely reflection on queer resilience, activism and shared memories.
24 - 26 April, 19:45 / 14:30 at the Pit, #BarbicanCentre.
Written and directed by Chng Yi Kai based on true accounts, 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 is a timely reflection on queer resilience, activism and shared memories.
24 - 26 April, 19:45 / 14:30 at the Pit, #BarbicanCentre.
April 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A thought-provoking verbatim play about queer ageing in Singapore.
Written and directed by Chng Yi Kai based on true accounts, 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 is a timely reflection on queer resilience, activism and shared memories.
24 - 26 April, 19:45 / 14:30 at the Pit, #BarbicanCentre.
Written and directed by Chng Yi Kai based on true accounts, 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 is a timely reflection on queer resilience, activism and shared memories.
24 - 26 April, 19:45 / 14:30 at the Pit, #BarbicanCentre.
A teenager in an all-girls school reluctantly joins the school volleyball team, but unexpectedly falls for the captain. Samantha Lee’s heartfelt film 𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙚 captures the resilience of the young athlete as she struggles for acceptance.
27 Apr 18:40 at #BFISouthbank: queereast.org.uk/programme/ro...
27 Apr 18:40 at #BFISouthbank: queereast.org.uk/programme/ro...
April 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A teenager in an all-girls school reluctantly joins the school volleyball team, but unexpectedly falls for the captain. Samantha Lee’s heartfelt film 𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙚 captures the resilience of the young athlete as she struggles for acceptance.
27 Apr 18:40 at #BFISouthbank: queereast.org.uk/programme/ro...
27 Apr 18:40 at #BFISouthbank: queereast.org.uk/programme/ro...
The full programme of Queer East Festival 2025 is here!
Explore LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, literature, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond.
23 April - 18 May in venues across London, discover the line-up: queereast.org.uk/festival-2025/
Explore LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, literature, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond.
23 April - 18 May in venues across London, discover the line-up: queereast.org.uk/festival-2025/
April 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The full programme of Queer East Festival 2025 is here!
Explore LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, literature, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond.
23 April - 18 May in venues across London, discover the line-up: queereast.org.uk/festival-2025/
Explore LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, literature, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond.
23 April - 18 May in venues across London, discover the line-up: queereast.org.uk/festival-2025/
Queer East returns on 23 April and we’re looking for an enthusiastic team of volunteers to help bring it to life! If you are keen to gain insight and hands-on experience in delivering an arts festival, submit your application by 2 April. Find out more: queereast.org.uk/news/volunte...
March 31, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Queer East returns on 23 April and we’re looking for an enthusiastic team of volunteers to help bring it to life! If you are keen to gain insight and hands-on experience in delivering an arts festival, submit your application by 2 April. Find out more: queereast.org.uk/news/volunte...
The 2025 #QueerEast opening night film will be the UK premiere of Takeshi Kitano’s historical samurai epic, Kubi, screening on Wed 23 April at BFI Southbank. The South Korean trans documentary Edhi Alice, by Ilrhan Kim, will close the festival on Sun 18 May at ICA. 👉 queereast.org.uk/news/queer-e...
March 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The 2025 #QueerEast opening night film will be the UK premiere of Takeshi Kitano’s historical samurai epic, Kubi, screening on Wed 23 April at BFI Southbank. The South Korean trans documentary Edhi Alice, by Ilrhan Kim, will close the festival on Sun 18 May at ICA. 👉 queereast.org.uk/news/queer-e...
The wait is almost over! The first performing arts programme announced for #QueerEast Festival 2025, including a thought-provoking verbatim play, When the cloud catches colours by Chng Yi Kai, from Singapore, and an immersive solo dance performance, aWokening by Winnie Ho, from Canada.
March 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The wait is almost over! The first performing arts programme announced for #QueerEast Festival 2025, including a thought-provoking verbatim play, When the cloud catches colours by Chng Yi Kai, from Singapore, and an immersive solo dance performance, aWokening by Winnie Ho, from Canada.
Our Emerging Critics Project returns this April, in partnership with Little White Lies. Led by Phuong Le, Cici Peng and Ren Scateni, this project aims to foster a strong creative voice for aspiring critics interested in queer Asian cinema and cultures. Find out more: queereast.org.uk/news/applica...
February 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Our Emerging Critics Project returns this April, in partnership with Little White Lies. Led by Phuong Le, Cici Peng and Ren Scateni, this project aims to foster a strong creative voice for aspiring critics interested in queer Asian cinema and cultures. Find out more: queereast.org.uk/news/applica...
History is made when people come together; rarely does an individual change anything alone. This LGBTQ+ History Month, we invite you to 𝙒𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚, a documentary series about #queer collectives and communities across East and Southeast Asia. Find out more: queereast.org.uk/project/we-w...
February 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
History is made when people come together; rarely does an individual change anything alone. This LGBTQ+ History Month, we invite you to 𝙒𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚, a documentary series about #queer collectives and communities across East and Southeast Asia. Find out more: queereast.org.uk/project/we-w...
Happy Lunar New Year! As we welcome the Year of the Snake 🐍, we’re thrilled to announce that #QueerEast Festival 2025 will be back in London from 23 April to 18 May. Tell us what you want to see and we might just make it happen! 🧧
January 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Happy Lunar New Year! As we welcome the Year of the Snake 🐍, we’re thrilled to announce that #QueerEast Festival 2025 will be back in London from 23 April to 18 May. Tell us what you want to see and we might just make it happen! 🧧
What a year it has been! 2024 marked the fifth anniversary of #QueerEast, during which we hosted 117 events and welcomed over 10,000 audience members from across the country. Thank you to everyone for being part of our story. Stay tuned for more to come in 2025.
December 19, 2024 at 12:44 PM
What a year it has been! 2024 marked the fifth anniversary of #QueerEast, during which we hosted 117 events and welcomed over 10,000 audience members from across the country. Thank you to everyone for being part of our story. Stay tuned for more to come in 2025.