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Queer East Festival 2026

Tue 19 May 2026 — Fri 22 May 2026

Queer East 2026, is a cross-disciplinary festival that showcases boundary-pushing LGBTQ+ cinema, live arts, and moving image work from East and Southeast Asia and its diaspora communities. The sixth edition runs from 23 April to 18 May 2025 in venues across London, exploring notions of what it means to be queer and Asian today.

Upcoming Screenings

A Drop in the Ocean 18

Two free-diving athletes, Hua-Yang Huang and Afa Zhang, push their bodies to the limit in this captivating documentary from Taiwan. Competing… Read More
Screened in partnership with Queer East
Holo Wang, Taiwan , 2025, 70m.
Book Tickets
Tue 19 May
18:00

Twilight in Your Eyes 18

Often absent from the big screen, queer elders bask in the limelight in these luminous short films that trace their lives… Read More
Screened in partnership with Queer East
Various Directors , Various Countries, Various Years, 91m.
Book Tickets
Fri 22 May
18:00

Acting Up 18

To be loved, we tell lies to make ourselves more appealing; to be accepted, we sculpt ourselves into shapes that others… Read More
Screened in partnership with Queer East
Various Directors, Various Countries, Various Years, 103m.
Book Tickets
Fri 22 May
20:20