IQMF: Shorts program
As always we kick off the Weekender with a selection of IQMF short film. Expect a well crafted program of the newest queer film in which migrant topics are being perceived from different angles. The IQMF Short Film Program celebrates storytelling that is internally driven, giving filmmakers the space to explore authentic voices and deeply […]
10s across borders
If the world doesn’t accept you and your kind, trailblaze a world that does. Inspired by the Black and Latinx underground Ballroom culture of New York, Sun, Teddy, and Xyza create Ballroom communities in Southeast Asia as safe havens from homophobia, transphobia, color discrimination and HIV stigma. Sun integrates Ballroom into his creative language as […]
Viva la Prostitucion! – curated by Schmutz Cinema
Schmutz Cinema invites you to a program where erotic imagination meets cinematic invention – playful, queer, and joyfully open-minded. For this year’s International Queer & Migrant Film Festival, we take a bold stand for the right to pleasure and the power of labor. Through the lens of pleasure activism, Schmutz Cinema presents a curated tribute […]
Passion according to GHB
This magical realistic queer tale centers on experiences of hookups, group encounters and the borders between literature and reality. In this experimental film, Matias converses with literary character G.H. – a character from Clarice Lispector’s 1964 novel “The Passion According to G.H.” The Passion According to G.H.B. is an abstract exploration, evaluating how to broaden […]
IQMF x Las Americas Festival: Eu Vou Ter Saudades de Você (I Am Going to Miss You)
A T4T couple move in together and must confront their differences in this indie romantic drama, featuring an entirely trans cast. About Las Americas Film Festival The Las Américas Film Festival 2026 takes place from 8–31 May 2026 at Filmhuis Den Haag, celebrating Latin American and Caribbean cinema under the theme “Origins / Origines.” […]
Where Comes Mulan 木兰何处 – Curated by the Yarn Sisters
Along with a friend, the Eindhoven-based artist Qiaochu Guo, Rotterdam-based artist Tianyi Zheng reclaims Mulan as a queer figure torn between martial existence and post-war domesticity, reflecting the heteronormative pressures defining their own lives. Mixing interviews, performances and lyrical travel vignettes, Where Comes Mulan presents a piercing, deceptively casual illumination of history as a living, […]
Chinatown Cha-Cha 女人世界 – Curated by The Yarn Sisters
The 92-year-old previous nightclub dancer Coby Yee decides to get back on stage again after joining the senior dance troupe Grant Avenue Follies. Together they go on a tour for the last time, bridging once isolated Chinese communities in the US, Cuba and China.
Shorts: Waving on the Road – Curated by The Yarn Sisters
Elegy for the Lost Duration: 29 min Director: William Hong-xiao Language:Chinese, English Subtitles: English Country: UK Year: 2025 Through a kaleidoscopic collection of archives, found footage, and even AI-generated images, a young woman who has left China recalls her memories and the connections she had in her native country. Her intimate and nostalgic voice-over becomes […]
Love Bound 爱的牵绊 – Curated by The Yarn Sisters
LGBTQ+ activist Qiuyan Chen became an unexpected celebrity due to her courageous legal battle against homophobic university textbooks in the 2010s. However, this newfound fame came at a price: she was outed by her tutor, subjected to conversion therapy by her parents, and monitored by the Chinese government. To escape these pressures, Qiuyan left for […]
Shorts: Oh Dream Maker – Curated by the Yarn Sisters
The Parisian in Bali Village 巴黎人在八里庄 Duration: 15 min Director: Bingxin Cen Language: Chinese Subtitles: English Country: China Year: 2023 Synopsis Li Simiao, a girl who lives in Bali Village, Chengdu, China, has never traveled abroad. But she is convinced that she is a true Parisian at heart. And many others like her share the […]