What does is it mean to be queer around the world? These stories of secret love, homecomings, traveling hookups, and fighting for what’s right explore how we stay true to ourselves, wherever we are on earth. Also, BEARS.
OCT 17 | 6:00 PM | NORTHWEST FILM FORUM
AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY OCT 13-23
NAUGHTY SPOT
Jean Costa; 2021; France; 20 min.; French, with English subtitles
In a fictionalized account of Brazilian director Jean Costa’s visit to the French island of Corsica, documentary and narrative styles are blended to capture the experience of cruising abroad.
CONTENT WARNINGS: VULGAR LANGUAGE, NUDITY, EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS
EGÚNGÚN (MASQUERADE)
Olive Nwosu; 2021; Nigeria; 14 min.
A stylish Londoner returns to her birthplace in Nigeria, where she reconnects with a childhood love and the land that shaped her
MY MOTHER’S GIRLFRIEND (Mazhya Aaichi Girlfriend)
Arun Fulara; 2021; India; 15 min.; Hindi and Marathi, with English subtitles
In this joyous celebration of two working class women in love, a shocked son discovers his mother’s secret.
ADJUSTMENT
Mehrdad Hassani; 2021; Iran; 17 min.; Persian, with English subtitles
After being shunned by their village for wearing nail polish to school, a child courageously decides to live unapologetically as their true self.
CONTENT WARNINGS: DEPICTION OF HOMOPHOBIC/TRANSPHOBIC VIOLENCE, VERBAL ABUSE TOWARDS A TRANSGENDER CHILD, BULLYING, PHYSICAL ALTERCATION BETWEEN CHILDREN
BIGGER IS BETTER
Larry Tung; 2021; USA; 18 min.; English, Chinese, and Japanese with English subtitle
A diverse range of experts from sociologists to bear models discuss the history and body politics of the gay bear subculture in Taiwan, China, and Japan.
CONTENT WARNINGS: VULGAR LANGUAGE, NUDITY
AYOR
Tom Bakker; 2021; The Netherlands; 12 min.; Dutch, with English subtitles
In this fast-paced dramatization of a pivotal moment in Dutch queer rights history, Enno and Ad take action against the omission of LGBTQ+ victims from the 1970 World War II Remembrance Day commemoration.
CONTENT WARNINGS: DISCUSSION OF HOMOPHOBIC/TRANSPHOBIC VIOLENCE