Wicked Queer Announces 40th Festival Films
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Wicked Queer, a project of the Queer Film Institute, announces the films for the Wicked Queer: 40 Film Festival.
Since 1984, Wicked Queer has been creating queer spaces and unapologetically telling our stories. WQ:40 will continue this tradition by showcasing the power, the histories, and the joy of the global Queer community.
WHEN:
April 5 -14, 2024 in person, with virtual encores starting April 15 through the rest of April.
WHERE:
The festival will screen at the following venues. All virutal encores will be available to view on our Eventive channel.
The Opening Night features will be Febrero from director Hansel Porras Garcia at 6:30PM and Nowhere from director Gregg Araki at 9:00PM both screen at the Brattle Theatre.
The Closing Night selections, Transexuals from Space from director Brina Healy and The Devil Queen (A Rainha Diaba) from director Antonio Carlos da Fontoura will screen at the Brattle Theatre on November 20 at 6:30PM and 9PM respectively.
The full schedule will be available at wickedqueer.org.
Feature Films
Febrero (USA) - dir. Hansel Porras Garcia
BAM! (USA) - dir. Jordan Tragash
Avant-drag! (Greece) - dir. Fil Ieropoulos
The Summer with Carmen (Greece) - dir. Zacharias Mavroeidis
The Queen of My Dreams (Canada) - dir. Fawzia Mirza
T Blockers (Australia) - dir. Alice Maio Mackay
Throuple (USA) - dir. Greyson Horst
Desire Lines (USA) - dir. Jules Rosskam
Saint Drogo (USA) - dirs. Michael J Ahern, Ryan Miller, Brandon Perras-Sanchez
Leon (Argentina) - dirs. Andi Nachón & Papu Curotto
Elda and the Monsters (Argentina) - dir. Nicolás Herzog
Blue Sunshine (India) - dir. Samyuktha Vijayan
Chuck Chuck Baby (UK) - dir. Janis Pugh
Egoist (Japan) - dir. Daishi Matsunaga
Girls Don't Cry (Italy) dir. Andrea Zuliani
Close to You (Canada) - dir. Dominic Savage
The Judgement (Egypt/Lebanon/United States) - dir. Marwan Mokbel
Queen Tut (Canada) - dir. Reem Morsi
Turtles (Belgium/Canada) - dir. David Lambert
Peafowl (South Korea) - dir. Sungbin BYUN
Transexuals from Space (USA) - dir. Brina Healy
Documentary Films
Lesvia (Greece) - dir. Tzeli Hadjidimitriou
I Will Be There Every Single Night (Brazil) - dirs. Suellen Vasconcelos & Tati Franklin
Mad About The Boy: The Noel Coward Story (UK) - dir. Barnaby Thompson
Shorts Programs
PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER: Reel Queer Stories
(Trans)portation: Transgender Stories
QBIPOCS: The B(r)attle for Inclusion
Drag the World
Emergence: Queer Asian Stories
Women's Shorts: Encounters of the 3rd Degree
World's shorts: Cinematic Journeys Beyond Borders
THREADS: Queer Experimental Shorts
Menergy
Our Future Filmmakers
Short & Sweet Chuckles: A Comedy Reel Delight
Stories from MENA and the Diaspora
LatinX: Forever Young
"GTFO"
Throwback Screenings
Nowhere (France/USA, 1997) - dir. Gregg Araki
Gay USA (USA, 1977) - dir. Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.
Tongues Untied (USA, 1989) - dir. Marlon Riggs
Fire (Canada/India, 1996) - dir. Deepa Mehta
When Night is Falling (Canada, 1995) - dir. Patricia Rozema
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (USA, 1972) - dir. Robert Kaplin
The Devil Queen / A Rainha Diaba (Brazil, 1974) - dir. Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
