Queer East Film Festival

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Festivals

Time in the Flesh: A Queer East Correspondence

by Jae Huang, Soumya Sharma

In col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Queer East Film Fes­ti­val, our final pair from this year’s Emerg­ing Crit­ics programme reflect on their experience.
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Festivals

Temporal Sensibilities: Queering timelines and nostalgia

by Yuki Yoshikawa, Pear Nual­lak

In collaboration with the Queer East Film Festival, our second pair from the Emerging Critics cohort offer their thoughts on this year’s programme.
A collage of scenes from a film, including a man in traditional Japanese dress, a woman in a revealing dress, and various other characters in action.
Festivals

This Must Be the Place: A Queer East Correspondence

by Qinghan Chen, Lydia Leung

In collaboration with the Queer East Film Festival, this year’s Emerging Critics cohort offer their responses to the film programme.
Festivals

Building community through creativity, Queer East Film Festival comes of age

by Cici Peng

Guest curator Cici Peng reflects on the remarkably programming on offer at the fifth edition, offering a mixture of screenings and immersive events that shift ideas of what a festival can be.
Festivals

Quiet defiance in JE Tiglao’s Metamorphosis

by Jason Tan Liwag

This landmark film receives its UK première at Queer East Film Festival, but its journey has been a tumultuous one.