Our Industry Weekender brings together artists, filmmakers, curators, critics and community organisers for two days of dialogue across film and performing arts, from open-mic pitching and talks to screenings, and new collaborations: queereast.org.uk/programme/qu... queereast.org.uk/programme/qu...

Industry Day: Film - Queer East

Queer East’s Film Industry Day is the second iteration of our initiative connecting curators, programmers, filmmakers, critics, and students. Focused on queer and Asian cinema, the line-up includes ta...

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Can male pregnancy solve a declining birthrate? Can stem-cell furniture help us grieve? BodyHacking brings together speculative shorts where bodies merge and transform—with astonishing, sometimes terrifying, results. Thu 28 May 20:15 at RichMix: queereast.org.uk/programme/bo...

BodyHacking - Queer East

Is male pregnancy the solution to a declining birthrate? Can stem cell furniture help us grieve for our loved ones? In this speculative programme, bodies fuse with technology or metamorphose via mirac...

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Repetition isn’t always stagnation. For queer and diasporic lives, it can be a way of surviving. Altars to the Ordinary turns the everyday into ritual, asking us to pause before the loop begins again. Wed 27 May, 18:10 at Richmix: queereast.org.uk/programme/al...

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We often mistake the repetitive for the stagnant. But for the queer and diasporic body, repetition is a sacred technology of survival. This programme reframes the mundane as a site of power, where eve...

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Korean cruising: with a protagonist who is both Northern defector and gay, Park Joon-ho's intersectional feature debut 3670 (2025) simultaneously celebrates coming out and fitting in. Screens 8.25pm tonight at @barbicancentre.bsky.social for @queereast.org.uk projectedfigures.com/2025/11/26/f...

"3670 is particularly perceptive about the tragedy of not having one’s own native marginalised community" - screening tonight @queereast.org.uk www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/3670-... #QueerEast

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Cheol-jun has become close friends with many people, but he conceals the fact that he is gay from them. Contending with feelings of isolation and longing for deeper connection, he summons up the coura...

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The @queereast.org.uk Film Festival starts today📽️ Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond in venues across London🌈 queereast.org.uk

Heartfelt story about memory, identity, and second chances: A GOOD CHILD ★★★★ | Screening as part of Queer East @queereast.org.uk www.easternkicks.com/reviews/a-go...

Reclaiming cong—once used as a slur—CONG/SPIRACY traces how queer lives in Southeast Asia are cast as conspiratorial, turning the term into a shared code for survival through camp, ritual and satire. Sat 23 May 20:15, Rich Mix + interactive panel: queereast.org.uk/programme/co...

CONG/SPIRACY - Queer East

CONG/SPIRACY reclaims cong—a weaponised Indonesian slur once hurled at queer bodies—and twists it into a tactic: a whispered code, a conspiratorial language shared by those surviving in the shadows of...

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It's here! #QueerEast Festival 2026 kicks off today and runs until 6 June, bringing an expansive programme of LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, live arts and community events from East and Southeast Asia to venues across London. Explore the line-up: queereast.org.uk/festival-2026/

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Calling all crybabies! In You Watched Me Cry and You Left, tears move between shame, ecstasy, grief and catharsis. Artist film, live sound and stand-up comedy create a playful gathering for collective release. Sun 3 May, 19:00 at Centre 151: queereast.org.uk/programme/yo...

You Watched Me Cry and You Left - Queer East

Calling all crybabies! Tears are most commonly associated with sadness, yet trickle through a wider spectrum of overwhelming feelings. Oscillating between the mundane and the spectacular, salty drople...

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In Mari Terashima: Exquisite Tastes, refinement and violence sit together. Across three films, the Japanese underground filmmaker explores taste as class, appetite and the line between propriety and the vulgar. Wed 6 May, 18:15 at Barbican: queereast.org.uk/programme/ma...

Mari Terashima: Exquisite Tastes - Queer East

Violent tendencies and good table manners are never far apart in the films of Mari Terashima. Her work often plays on the double meaning of “taste”— both a marker of refinement and class, and a violen...

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Our director Yi Wang speaks to The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com about this year’s programme—spanning rediscoveries, new voices, and a community-driven approach to bringing queer cinema from across Asia and its diasporas to London audiences.

London’s Queer East Festival Is a Mix of Cinematic Milestones, Film Discoveries and Community

Program director Yi Wang discusses the program for the seventh edition, the fest's growth since its launch during the COVID pandemic and how the past can elucidate the future.

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What happens when narration refuses a single voice? Plotholes and Detours brings together moving image from Turkey and its diasporas, where satire, myth and testimonial fragments break “straight” narrative apart. Sat 2 May 15:00, Museum of the Home-pay what you can: queereast.org.uk/programme/pl...

Plotholes and Detours - Queer East

Plotholes and Detours brings together works from Turkey and its diasporas, where narration is never singular, stable, or safe. Across satire, suspense, and essayistic drift, these films expose how “st...

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Thanks to Time Out London for featuring us! #QueerEast returns 1 May at venues across London—explore the line-up: queereast.org.uk/festival-2026/

London's East Asian LGBTQ+ film festival is back next month – and the line-up is award-winning

Queer East returns with a stack of UK premieres this summer.

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Step into the vibrant world of @queereast.org.uk as DAYTRIP curator Bart Seng Wen Long @antibart.bsky.social takes over the ICA this May 🌈✨ Expect boundary-pushing art, bold storytelling, and a celebration of queer Asian voices that challenge stereotypes. www.qxmagazine.com/2026/04/dayt...

𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 traces textile labour and global supply chains through a queer lens, showing how marginalised communities organise, resist, and reimagine erased histories through myth and collective power. Sat 2 May, 12:30 at the Museum of the Home: queereast.org.uk/programme/th...

A young North Korean defector summons up the courage to join Seoul’s vibrant gay community in 𝟑𝟔𝟕𝟎, which casts aside stereotypes to authentically examine the conflicts, complexities, and behavioural codes of Korea’s gay scene. Thu 7 May, 20:25 at #BarbicanCentre: queereast.org.uk/programme/36...

Passionate about East and Southeast Asian cinema and cultures? Looking for some hands-on experience in queer arts and community events? We’re seeking a small but enthusiastic team of volunteers for the upcoming #QueerEast Festival 2026. 🫵👀 Apply by Sunday 19 April: queereast.org.uk/news/volunte...

Volunteer registration is now open for Queer East Festival 2026 - Queer East

Queer East returns on 1 May for our seventh instalment, and we are seeking a team of enthusiastic volunteers to join us in delivering this year’s festival. Queer East volunteers will not only gain han...

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"Raw, defiant and unexpectedly tender." – Gay45 An openly queer punk band in Malaysia fight for LGBTQ+ rights in a country where human rights and freedom of expression are severely curtailed in this assured documentary. Tue 5 May 18:20, at Barbican Centre: queereast.org.uk/programme/qu...

Queer in its gaze and stylistically inventive, 𝙄𝙨𝙖𝙣 𝙊𝙙𝙮𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙮is an ambitious and unpredictable work. This hybrid documentary commences as a film about folk music, but evolves into a searing critique of political repression in Thailand. Sat 2 May 2pm, at the ICA: queereast.org.uk/programme/is...

The full programme of #QueerEast Festival 2026 is here! Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond, taking place 1 May - 6 June in venues across London. Full line-up: queereast.org.uk/festival-2026/

Bigger is better? We certainly think so. 😉 Queer East returns 1 May – 6 June with five weeks of queer Asian cinema, live performances, exhibitions, and community events across the city. Got a dream title? Drop it in the comments - we may have it covered.