Queer Classics Film Festival

queer classics: the films that made us

Two days of screenings depicting iconic representations of LGBTQ+ people across the decades. From the “gay boys” of Japan’s 1960s trans, sub culture in Funeral Parade of Roses, 1969; to the origins of voguing in the Harlem balls of Paris is Burning, 1990; to the magical, queer, gender shifting tale of Orlando, 1992; right up to the president day story of Sin-Dee Rella in Tangerine, 2015, shot entirely on an iPhone.

LGBTQ+ cinema has a rich and diverse history. In this mini retrospective film festival, we hope to give a brief overview of some of the of some of the most infamous, intimate, outlandish and diverse depictions of queer people, ever to grace the silver screen.

All proceedings will go directly to fund a new queer-focused artist film commission.