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Divine Queer Film Festival
Friday, 15 May 2026 until Sunday, 17 May 2026
Divine Queer Film Festival (DQFF - www.divinequeer.it) is an independent film festival rooted in the Queer scene which explores the ever-changing topics of gender, diversabilities and migration. What inspired the first ever Divine is using the power of cinema to break down stereotypes, prejudices, taboos and fears.
Divine has an international vision and plans to project films, documentaries and fictional works from all over the world with the cult, feature film and short film categories.
The Divine Queer Film Festival (DQFF - www.divinequeer.it) is an independent film festival deeply entrenched in the Queer scene. It delves into the ever-evolving themes of gender, diversabilities, and migration. The inaugural Divine was inspired by the idea of harnessing the power of cinema to dismantle stereotypes, prejudices, taboos, and fears.
With an international perspective, Divine aims to showcase films, documentaries, and fictional works from around the globe, spanning cult, feature film, and short film categories.
DQFF 2026 will be hosted in Barriera di Milano, the suburban neighbourhood of the city of Torino/Italy, specifically at Laboratori di Via Baltea (www.viabaltea.it), a vibrant multicultural centre. The 10th DQFF edition is scheduled for May 22-23-24, 2026. The venue is wheelchair-accessible, and all screenings will include subtitles to ensure enjoyment for both deaf and hearing audiences. Admission to screenings is free.1) Jury Award
2) Audience Award
3) Divine Award*
* (Each year, the artistic direction presents an award to a film, institution, individual, or association that exceptionally embodies the Festival's vision in an original manner)
2026 films...
BALLATA FEMMENELLA (Italy, 2026) by Elettra Raffaela Melucci, Giovanni Battista Origo (96′)
FROM MOON TO MOON (Italy – 2025) by Leonardo Ferro (15′)
in competition – Barbie Bubu intervenes
Carlotta, a twelve-year-old girl, confronts her insecurities during her birthday party, feeling the weight of family expectations and pressure from peers. An unexpected gift and the arrival of a drag queen entertainer transform the evening. This figure becomes a symbol of courage and authenticity, helping Carlotta to find the strength to express herself and embrace her true identity.
A THING ABOUT KASHEM (Bangladesh, India – 2026) by Bijon Imtiaz (16′)
in competition
A married man, due to an unexpected physical reaction, in the wrong moment and place, sinks into a midlife crisis, forcing him to confront his identity and desires.
AS THE SEA (Italy – 2026) by Andrea Corazza (15′)
in competition
How the sea is an intimate story about the love between two people with disabilities. A love that grows in silence and refuses to disappear.
MĀHŪ (USA – 2025) by Lisette Marie Flanary (30′)
in competition
A trans-peaceful love letter is a documentary short film about an innovative theatrical production by the hula master, Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne, which aims to claim and celebrate the traditional place of honor and respect reserved for māhū (transgender) people.
TIT FOR TAT (USA – 2025) by Brian Cohen (6′)
in competition
The morning after a night spent together, Crystal lets herself go to a playful criticism of the breasts of her new mistress, Iniya, with unexpected consequences.
THE REBELLION OF THE LESBIAN JACOBINES (Hungary – 2025) by Mária Takács (30′)
in competition
The idyllic life of the enlightened Jacobins of the 18th-century Hungarian countryside is unexpectedly turned upside down by the arrival of Emperor Donald Trump and his retinue. The Jacobins call for the help of the celestials and Melania Trump to drive out the intruder.
ONE HOMELAND TWO HOMES (Cyprus, Germany – 2025) by Besire Paralik (50′)
in competition
It is a documentary that portrays the Cypriot queer diaspora in Berlin, exploring how identity, belonging and home are reimagined through migration, memory and gender. The film tells the story of six queer Cypriot people and their migration experiences from Cyprus to Berlin. Through the streets of the two cities, we see Nicardia as a city experiencing emigration, while Berlin turns into a new “home”.
FLAMINGOS (USA, 1972) by John Waters (90′)
out of competition
Divine, a famous criminal and underground figure of Baltimore, clashes with a shady couple of newlyweds who, by any means, try to humiliate her and subtract the title of “The Most Sudicial Person in the World”, conferred on her by the tabloids.
“DIVINE FOR KIDS & TEENS”
A fabulous selection of films, from the DQFF archive, suitable for a young audience. In collaboration with GenderLens APS.
ONE OF US (France – 2025) by Marine Place (96′)
in competition
To obtain asylum in France, they will have to provide evidence of their homosexuality or trans identity. At the LGBTQIF+ center in Lille, Bruno, Réhin, Nico and other volunteers work alongside them to help them reveal what they have always had to hide in their home countries to survive.
SMARRIT* (USA – 2025) by Emilia Novella Figliomeni (14′)
in competition
Filo spends the last evening in the city with his best friend Diego before returning to Italy. In a hell-themed bar, they meet a waiter dressed as Dante Alighieri and follow him on a surreal journey. Dante uses a binary language and mistakes the genre of Filo, who finds the courage to correct it and introduce it to a non-binary ending. Filo addresses Dante on his role in the formation of modern Italian, and together they sing a song about the importance of a more fluid relationship with the language.
DRAG KINGS: QUESTION TIME. A DAY WITH THE FANS (UK – 2025) by Orlando Myxx (10′)
in competition – intervenes lə registə Orlando Myxx
After 10 years on stage, the PECS Drag Kings collective gathers for a daytime festival in London, celebrating their anniversary together with the queer community. Drag King's critical and passionate thinker King Diana G. delves into Shoreditch Town Hall to ask the audience a crucial question: Have the Drag Kings and their performances really changed the gender and sexuality landscape?
DIFFERENT HOUSE (Spain – 2024) by Carmen Vidal (30′)
in competition
In Paraguay, a country where homophobia, violence and discrimination against transgender people are unfortunately still too widespread, there is a unique refuge: Home Different. This place represents a symbol of hope and dignity for all people, regardless of their gender identity.
ANIMALIA (Italy – 2025) by Rocco Anelli (20′)
in competition
In a post-apocalyptic world devastated by industry, the solitary Federico finds another man: Buer. Among them is born an intimate and carnal bond that, in the heart of a dying nature, becomes a philosophical and ecological drama about the end of the human and the possibility of a new way of existence.
ONLY LINA (Italy – 2025) by Filippo Da Ros (17′)
in competition
Today, at 21, Lina is a curvy model on OnlyFans. Her story is that of a little girl who discovers her body together with her insecurities, then that of a girl who confronts her thanks to her friendship with Sara and the relationship with Ninì. Two things that, unfortunately, may not last.
MAURICE: FORTY YEARS AGAINST CURRENT (Italy, 2026) by Gigi Malaroda and Stefano Rogliatti (70′)
out of competition – intervenes one of the directors Gigi Malaroda
The longest-running queer association in Turin, the GLBTQ Maurice Circle, has completed forty years of activity. Always against the current, crossing the contradictions and being crossed. More than fifty testimonies intend to reconstruct a collective history that belongs to us but also to the whole city. With the direct thread of that “mixitè” that has been defined over time as a necessary key to reading in the encounter between the different subjectivitys that have been recognized in this project.