Taking place from 8 to 10 Nov at Pictureville Cinema Queer East brings a selection of festival highlights and special programmes, showcasing rarely seen LGBTQ+ cinema from East and Southeast Asia. Find out more: queereast.org.uk/project/queer-…

Queer East: Love Bound + Q&A (18) | Sat 9 Nov @ 18:00 Love Bound kicks off Queer East 2024. The touching story of love and resilience, is followed by a Q&A with director Shanshan Chen, and protagonist Qiuyan Chen, moderated by Frit Tam (Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF)) 📷 bit.ly/4hoIK3f

#QueerEast hits the road for its biggest-ever nationwide tour, heading North from tomorrow - catch screenings in Bradford Pictureville Cinema, Sheffield Showroom Cinema, Liverpool FACT_Liverpool, Leeds Hyde Park Picture House, Newcastle Tyneside Cinema, and Manchester esea contemporary 📽️🏳️‍🌈

Having some burning curatorial ideas you want to share with audiences? Our open call for guest curatorial programmes is now open! Submit your proposal by 15 December for a chance to be part of #QueerEast Festival 2025. Apply via: queereast.org.uk/news/open-call…

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY TO THE ENTIRE #QUEEREAST FAMILY. Today marks exactly five years since our very first screening Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest on 15 Nov 2019. Time flies, and we couldn't be more proud of how far we've come. Thank you to everyone who has supported us since that night.

ROOKIE HEADS TO QUEER EAST FESTIVAL 2025! 🏐✨ Catch Direk Samantha Lee’s Rookie on October 28, 6:30 PM at The Boardwalk. For lineup and ticket info, visit queereast.org.uk

💬 3670 + Intro by Yi Wang @QueerEast Park Joon-ho’s debut follows Cheol-jun, a gay North Korean defector, finding belonging across borders. 🎬 Wednesday 12 November at 20:30 | BFI Southbank @BritishFilmInstitute 🎟️: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default…

London Korean Film Festival 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 BFI, Institute of Contemporary Arts, and Institut français UK #CinéLumière. Find out more: koreanfilm.co.uk/london-korean-…

It's my great pleasure to introduce the queer Asian American film '1 Girl Infinite' at @broadwaycinema Nottingham as part of this year's Queer East Festival. All welcome! Book tickets from the Broadway website. broadway.org.uk/whats-on/queer…

Our friends Sine Screen return with the new edition of 𝙒𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙. Blending new releases, archival rediscoveries, and artist moving-image to explore migration, displacement and marginalised lives in the ESEA diaspora. 11/2025 - 03/2026 | sinescreen.com pic.x.com/cDJIxmj4fy

Are you based outside of London and seeking hands-on film curation experience? Our 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-fo…

Lilly Hu both directs and stars in this vivid portrait of intimacy, desire, and love. An visually stylish debut based on a true experience - Don’t miss One Girl Infinite presented as part of the wonderful Queer East Film Festival this Sun! bit.ly/48QfuRk

We're joining the Korean Film Festival 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/default…

In a historic step, South Korea’s 2025 Census will now recognise same-sex partners as “spouse” or “co-habiting partner,” a move that brings queer households out of statistical invisibility. time.com/7327873/south-…

Takeshi Kitano's dramedy of lust for power (and men) KUBI screens in Edinburgh and Sheffield this month thanks to Queer East I interviewed Kitano himself about the film earlier this year bfi.org.uk/interviews/tak…