Director: Mohammad Shawky Hassan
Country of production: Egypt / Lebanon / Germany
Time: 55 mins

Pop clichés are twisted with the love between two men who encounter a polyamorous chorus of lovers.

It is a contemporary queer musical that draws on Arab folktales as its formal reference and Egyptian pop music as its primary sonic material. It is based on the filmmaker’s personal love diary and told as a “One Thousand and One Nights” tale, where stories playfully unfold through conversations between Shahrazad, a protagonist who never comes into view and ghosts of former lovers.

Dir. Sarah Griffin
Friday 13th June I 6.30
13 mins, Ireland, 2025, Digital, Subtitled
Nine unique people from different countries are joined by one commonality: they are seeking international protection in Ireland because their identity as LGBTQ+ made living in their home countries unsafe. In this film, they gather at their local LGBTQ+ Community Centre in Dublin to discuss why they were forced to leave their home countries, what life has been like since arriving in a country where it is safe to be who they are, and what their hopes and dreams are for the future.

This short documentary is being screened for the first time in Dublin.

Director: Venus Patel
Country of production: Ireland
Time: 20 mins

Upon meeting a queer goddess atop a mountain, a radical trans preacher sets out on a journey to prophesy the end of the world, promising salvation only for those who denounce heterosexuality.

Director and screenwriter:
Danilo Bastos Godoy
Country of production: Portugal, Brazil & Germany
Time: 15 mins

How can we see the ghosts of our past? -

In a remote beach house, a boy confronts a suicide attempt hidden by his family and friends.

Director: Pradeep Mahadeshwar
Country of production: Ireland
Time: 12 mins

The dark-skinned alien landed in the unknown, unfamiliar and unique landscape from the infinite darkness…” Completed as part of the artist’s MOE – Communal residency at IMMA, Skin To Skin Talks explores themes of alienation, otherness, sexual racism, and outsiderness, using abstract imagery, prose, and sensation-invoking techniques to reflect on the intersections of race and sexuality.

Director: Blaise Singh
Country of production: UK
Time: 10.07 min

Aaron Carty gave up a career as a police officer to live his dream of becoming a positive role model for the black queer community as a Beyoncé drag act. We follow Aaron’s struggle in running a media agency full-time, producing and performing ‘The Beyonce Experience’, but still finding time to volunteer for a controversial movement with UK Black Pride.

Writer & Director: Hadi Moussally
Country of production: France / Jordan
Time: 9.5 mins

Sultana of New York is a Palestinian drag queen, performer, and artist. “Sultana’s Reign” opens with a conversation between Sultana and the Jordanian artist RIDIKKULUZ, as she is being painted.  Reflecting on her journey from Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, to New York, Sultana tells of the challenges of performing drag in conservative societies, her nostalgia for the glory days and the glamour of Egyptian cinema icons, and her struggle to prove her existence and her self-expression as a performer and artist. She also shares her love of celebration and her everlasting commitment to be true to herself.

Director: Sridhar Rangayan
Country of production: India
Time: 15 mins

RAJA BHAU is a sensitive, heart-warming story of an Indian transman’s acceptance, by himself and his family. Merlin, born as a girl, felt right from his childhood that he was trapped in the wrong gender. But it took a lot of courage and determination for Merlin to transition to become a transman.

Director: John Fitzpatrick
Country of production: UK
Time: 12.04 min

Bim and Nathan share an instant, electrifying connection in a chance encounter at the park. However, an unexpected revelation threatens Bim’s secret. Life sometimes feels like a transaction, with friendships and intimacy becoming trade-offs for loneliness. But when the right people come together, sex can be the gateway to profound intimacy, bridging the gap between two souls.

Director: Vernon Jordan, III|Country of production: USA
Time: 8.13 mins

The lesson is love: when Pop Pop and his grandson, Les, play jazz, they summon six queer spirits and tumble through their memories. This is “One Magenta Afternoon”.

Director: Kartika Nainan Dubey
Country of production: India
Time: 16 mins

OAS (Dew Drops) is a heartfelt tale of two women who, despite breaking up, still harbour deep affection for each other. One has moved forward, while the other clings to the past. They reunite for a final, soul-searching conversation discussing their dreams and desires. The story asks whether this night of reflection will rekindle their romance. It’s a reminder that while relationships change, love can persist, like the enduring beauty of dew drops.

Writer & Director: Gabrielle Demers
Country of production: Canada
Time: 17 mins

Victor is unhappy in his housing for autistic adults. To avoid the Friday disco, he walks into the neighbourhood and meets a young prostitute.

Writer & Director: Arun Fulara
Country of production: India
Time: 14.58 min

Renuka and Ssadiya, two working-class women in love with each other, enjoy their day out celebrating Renuka’s birthday. After a fun-filled day, they head home to spend the night together. But unknown to them, Renuka’s son, Mangesh, is around. My Mother’s Girlfriend is the story of what happens when these two relationships collide.

Writer & Director: Jas Pitt & Kate Stonehill|Country of production: UK
Time: 21.24 min

Under the watchful eye of their vogueing mother, a young dancer from a Rio de Janeiro favela navigates Brazil’s vibrant ballroom scene. Together, they compete and perform at balls across the country, in one of the most dangerous places in the world to be visibly queer. When a new age of violence dawns on the LGBTQ+ communities of Brazil, the family bands together in an act of creative resistance. 

Director: Ethan Folk and Ty Wardwell,
Country of production: Germany
Time: 12.15 min

Part documentary, part pornography, Mes Chéris is a transboi’s farewell to his boobs. One month before his mastectomy, Jamal Phoenix takes on the role of Chéri, a character modelled after his experiences as a Fierce Fem sex worker. This raunchy tribute subverts straight porn tropes and mainstream trans representation in a radical act of self-love.

Director: Lee-Loi Chieng
Country of production: Ireland
Time: 15 mins

Alex and Mike are a young, interracial gay couple living and working in Dublin, Ireland. With their relationship becoming more serious, Alex is nervous about meeting Mike’s parents for the first time with their impending visit to the city. Alex is awoken by a call on the day in question that they arrived in Dublin earlier than expected and want to spend more of the day with them beyond a planned dinner. While Mike and Alex have never been happier, family always complicates things and these parents are no exception.

Director: Abhinav Dubey
Country of production: India
Time: 12 mins

As the summer holidays approach, Geeta decides to lie about her last day at work to meet Shashi. A conversation between two women unfolds their desires and sexuality, which they long to share with each other, till the last boat arrives.

Director: Rahul Roye
Country of production: India
Time: 8.40 min

In an arranged marriage, just before the ceremony, the groom comes out to his would-be bride that he secretly crossed-dressed.

Director: Hadi Moussally
Country of production: France and Spain. Time: 3.49 mins

The mysterious creature, Salma, realizes that being herself has repercussions on her life and that she will never be accepted as she is. So she decides to ask the creatress of this world for mercy.

Director: Carrie Hawks
Country of production: USA
Time: 14.30 min

Inner Wound Real relays the story of three BIPOC folks who self-injure and find new coping methods.

As we’re in the midst of a global health crisis and large amounts of racial violence, rates of self-harm and suicide are on the rise. Self-harm among LGBTQIA+ teens is twice as high as the rate for heterosexual teens, according to WebMD. The film will not traumatise viewers with graphic imagery but rather present emotions.

Director: Valentine Zhang
Country of production: France
Time: 4 mins

On a warm summer night, Alice sneaks out of the family home to take part in a guerrilla political flyposting campaign organised by queer people of colour.

Director: Alan Phelan
Country of production: Ireland
Time: 15 mins

A music video about John Joly, inventor of the Joly screen colour photography process, narrativised via elements of a story by Samuel Beckett and a poem by Jean Genet; sung by The Late David Turpin and Jrdn (Xona) with music composed by James Kelly and Ian McInerney; performed by father and son Peter and Luke Hanly. 

Director: Salvador Alejandro Gutiérrez
Country of production: Portugal
Time: 7.39 min 

Two gay, immigrant men set out to reconcile their issues while roaming around the dark streets of Lisbon. While reminiscing about their time together, they think back to an awkward encounter regarding the confrontation of their sexuality at a Fado bar.

Writer & Director: George Pedrosa
Country of production: Brazil
Time: 15 mins

We’re immaterial beings. We’ll always be inside ofeach other’s hearts. Day by day, we mutate and get way stronger. Body, soul and blood smelling like pink.

Director: Monica Vanesa Tedja
Country of production: 
Germany, Indonesia
Time: 18.45 mins

A 27-year-old Indonesian, Tim, is having a family vacation with both of his parents on a remote island far from the city, where they learn about the myth of a reincarnated deer that exists somewhere along the beach. Island locals believe that seeing the deer is a sign of meeting one’s soulmate. Tim is the only one who secretly hopes to discover the deer, hiding his desire from his very devout Christian parents.

Director: Varsha Panikar and Saad Nawab
Country of production: India
Time: 3.41 min

As one of the rare few works coming out of India confronting issues surrounding sexuality, intimacy and desire, Bodies of Desire seeks to initiate a dialogue around precisely that, which is mainly portrayed through a heteronormative lens. “As filmmakers and queer individuals, we know the importance of visibility! It serves two purposes - it shows people outside the heteronormative and binary identities that they’re neither alone nor abnormal.”

Writer & Director: Keeran Anwar Blessie
Country of production: UK
Time: 11.40 mins

As Lewis gears up for a night out, he’s thrown off balance when a friend asks him to fetch something from his dealer, Daniel. But when Lewis arrives, he encounters an unexpected invitation and a surprising connection. Amidst the impending return to normalcy and an Uber on the horizon, Lewis’s worldview is transformed, and Daniel is left with an invitation of his own.

Writer & Director: Zainab Boladale
Country of production: Ireland
Time: 3 mins

Sewa is a black woman struggling to get over her ex-girlfriend. Through her monologue, we experience the emotional roller coaster of a first breakup.

Director: Anisha Sharma
Country of production: India
Time: 15 mins

Karan is a transman who recently had a gender affirmation surgery, and something as trivial as going to the beach shirtless has been a dream and an act of liberation for him. Aditya, a cisman, has been a testimony to Karan’s struggle with gender dysphoria throughout college, often standing up more often than he had for himself. Will Karan muster the courage to take his shirt off on the beach? Will he achieve his dream and feel liberated?