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The full programme of #QueerEast Festival 2026 is here!

Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond, taking place 1 May - 6 June in venues across London.

The full programme of #QueerEast Festival 2026 is here!

Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond, taking place 1 May - 6 June in venues across London.

The full programme of #QueerEast Festival 2026 is here!

Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond, taking place 1 May - 6 June in venues across London.

The full programme of #QueerEast Festival 2026 is here!

Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond, taking place 1 May - 6 June in venues across London.

The full programme of #QueerEast Festival 2026 is here!

Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond, taking place 1 May - 6 June in venues across London.

The full programme of #QueerEast Festival 2026 is here!

Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond, taking place 1 May - 6 June in venues across London.

The full programme of #QueerEast Festival 2026 is here!

Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond, taking place 1 May - 6 June in venues across London.

The full programme of #QueerEast Festival 2026 is here!

Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond, taking place 1 May - 6 June in venues across London.

The full programme of #QueerEast Festival 2026 is here!

Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond, taking place 1 May - 6 June in venues across London.

The full programme of #QueerEast Festival 2026 is here!

Discover LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond, taking place 1 May - 6 June in venues across London.

Announcing our Industry Weekender, bringing together artists, curators, filmmakers, critics, programmers, producers, and community organisers for two days of dialogue across film and performing arts.

Foregrounding exchange as both critical and social practice, the Performing Arts Industry Day brings together artists from across the UK to explore performance as a space for reflection, experimentation, and resistance through talks, open-mic pitching, and a networking party with DJs, games, and gogo dancing.

Turning toward queer and Asian cinema, the Film Industry Day brings together filmmakers, curators, critics, exhibitors, and grassroots collectives to explore storytelling, exhibition, and the challenges shaping contemporary film culture. Through talks and conversations with UK and international guests, the programme creates space for dialogue, exchange, and new connections.

Seapkers include @absentobject, @pearpiesyrup, @socratesdlr, @hiddenkeileon, @kakilangarts, @shayshayshow, @bittenpeachuk, @platformasia, @easternmargins, @chisenhaledance, @queercircle, @rich.rahad, @juwairiyyah_wali, @cici__peng, @maj_kor, @bigbigbigturtle, @tranne_boleyn, @tgirlsonfilm, @klassiki.online, @otherness_archive, @dariusshu_, @yarliallison, @riverrcao, @seowfilms and many more.

🎭 Industry Day: Performing Arts, Sat 23 May, 12:00 @chatspalace

🎬 Industry Day: Film, Sun 24 May, 12:00 @britishfilminsitute

Pay what you can tickets available via link in bio.

Announcing our Industry Weekender, bringing together artists, curators, filmmakers, critics, programmers, producers, and community organisers for two days of dialogue across film and performing arts.

Foregrounding exchange as both critical and social practice, the Performing Arts Industry Day brings together artists from across the UK to explore performance as a space for reflection, experimentation, and resistance through talks, open-mic pitching, and a networking party with DJs, games, and gogo dancing.

Turning toward queer and Asian cinema, the Film Industry Day brings together filmmakers, curators, critics, exhibitors, and grassroots collectives to explore storytelling, exhibition, and the challenges shaping contemporary film culture. Through talks and conversations with UK and international guests, the programme creates space for dialogue, exchange, and new connections.

Seapkers include @absentobject, @pearpiesyrup, @socratesdlr, @hiddenkeileon, @kakilangarts, @shayshayshow, @bittenpeachuk, @platformasia, @easternmargins, @chisenhaledance, @queercircle, @rich.rahad, @juwairiyyah_wali, @cici__peng, @maj_kor, @bigbigbigturtle, @tranne_boleyn, @tgirlsonfilm, @klassiki.online, @otherness_archive, @dariusshu_, @yarliallison, @riverrcao, @seowfilms and many more.

🎭 Industry Day: Performing Arts, Sat 23 May, 12:00 @chatspalace

🎬 Industry Day: Film, Sun 24 May, 12:00 @britishfilminsitute

Pay what you can tickets available via link in bio.

Announcing our Industry Weekender, bringing together artists, curators, filmmakers, critics, programmers, producers, and community organisers for two days of dialogue across film and performing arts.

Foregrounding exchange as both critical and social practice, the Performing Arts Industry Day brings together artists from across the UK to explore performance as a space for reflection, experimentation, and resistance through talks, open-mic pitching, and a networking party with DJs, games, and gogo dancing.

Turning toward queer and Asian cinema, the Film Industry Day brings together filmmakers, curators, critics, exhibitors, and grassroots collectives to explore storytelling, exhibition, and the challenges shaping contemporary film culture. Through talks and conversations with UK and international guests, the programme creates space for dialogue, exchange, and new connections.

Seapkers include @absentobject, @pearpiesyrup, @socratesdlr, @hiddenkeileon, @kakilangarts, @shayshayshow, @bittenpeachuk, @platformasia, @easternmargins, @chisenhaledance, @queercircle, @rich.rahad, @juwairiyyah_wali, @cici__peng, @maj_kor, @bigbigbigturtle, @tranne_boleyn, @tgirlsonfilm, @klassiki.online, @otherness_archive, @dariusshu_, @yarliallison, @riverrcao, @seowfilms and many more.

🎭 Industry Day: Performing Arts, Sat 23 May, 12:00 @chatspalace

🎬 Industry Day: Film, Sun 24 May, 12:00 @britishfilminsitute

Pay what you can tickets available via link in bio.

Announcing our Industry Weekender, bringing together artists, curators, filmmakers, critics, programmers, producers, and community organisers for two days of dialogue across film and performing arts.

Foregrounding exchange as both critical and social practice, the Performing Arts Industry Day brings together artists from across the UK to explore performance as a space for reflection, experimentation, and resistance through talks, open-mic pitching, and a networking party with DJs, games, and gogo dancing.

Turning toward queer and Asian cinema, the Film Industry Day brings together filmmakers, curators, critics, exhibitors, and grassroots collectives to explore storytelling, exhibition, and the challenges shaping contemporary film culture. Through talks and conversations with UK and international guests, the programme creates space for dialogue, exchange, and new connections.

Seapkers include @absentobject, @pearpiesyrup, @socratesdlr, @hiddenkeileon, @kakilangarts, @shayshayshow, @bittenpeachuk, @platformasia, @easternmargins, @chisenhaledance, @queercircle, @rich.rahad, @juwairiyyah_wali, @cici__peng, @maj_kor, @bigbigbigturtle, @tranne_boleyn, @tgirlsonfilm, @klassiki.online, @otherness_archive, @dariusshu_, @yarliallison, @riverrcao, @seowfilms and many more.

🎭 Industry Day: Performing Arts, Sat 23 May, 12:00 @chatspalace

🎬 Industry Day: Film, Sun 24 May, 12:00 @britishfilminsitute

Pay what you can tickets available via link in bio.

Announcing our Industry Weekender, bringing together artists, curators, filmmakers, critics, programmers, producers, and community organisers for two days of dialogue across film and performing arts.

Foregrounding exchange as both critical and social practice, the Performing Arts Industry Day brings together artists from across the UK to explore performance as a space for reflection, experimentation, and resistance through talks, open-mic pitching, and a networking party with DJs, games, and gogo dancing.

Turning toward queer and Asian cinema, the Film Industry Day brings together filmmakers, curators, critics, exhibitors, and grassroots collectives to explore storytelling, exhibition, and the challenges shaping contemporary film culture. Through talks and conversations with UK and international guests, the programme creates space for dialogue, exchange, and new connections.

Seapkers include @absentobject, @pearpiesyrup, @socratesdlr, @hiddenkeileon, @kakilangarts, @shayshayshow, @bittenpeachuk, @platformasia, @easternmargins, @chisenhaledance, @queercircle, @rich.rahad, @juwairiyyah_wali, @cici__peng, @maj_kor, @bigbigbigturtle, @tranne_boleyn, @tgirlsonfilm, @klassiki.online, @otherness_archive, @dariusshu_, @yarliallison, @riverrcao, @seowfilms and many more.

🎭 Industry Day: Performing Arts, Sat 23 May, 12:00 @chatspalace

🎬 Industry Day: Film, Sun 24 May, 12:00 @britishfilminsitute

Pay what you can tickets available via link in bio.

Announcing our Industry Weekender, bringing together artists, curators, filmmakers, critics, programmers, producers, and community organisers for two days of dialogue across film and performing arts.

Foregrounding exchange as both critical and social practice, the Performing Arts Industry Day brings together artists from across the UK to explore performance as a space for reflection, experimentation, and resistance through talks, open-mic pitching, and a networking party with DJs, games, and gogo dancing.

Turning toward queer and Asian cinema, the Film Industry Day brings together filmmakers, curators, critics, exhibitors, and grassroots collectives to explore storytelling, exhibition, and the challenges shaping contemporary film culture. Through talks and conversations with UK and international guests, the programme creates space for dialogue, exchange, and new connections.

Seapkers include @absentobject, @pearpiesyrup, @socratesdlr, @hiddenkeileon, @kakilangarts, @shayshayshow, @bittenpeachuk, @platformasia, @easternmargins, @chisenhaledance, @queercircle, @rich.rahad, @juwairiyyah_wali, @cici__peng, @maj_kor, @bigbigbigturtle, @tranne_boleyn, @tgirlsonfilm, @klassiki.online, @otherness_archive, @dariusshu_, @yarliallison, @riverrcao, @seowfilms and many more.

🎭 Industry Day: Performing Arts, Sat 23 May, 12:00 @chatspalace

🎬 Industry Day: Film, Sun 24 May, 12:00 @britishfilminsitute

Pay what you can tickets available via link in bio.

Across Southeast Asia, queer life is often cast as a threat to morality and “family values.” Reclaiming cong—a weaponised Indonesian slur once directed at queer bodies—the works in 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙂/𝙎𝙋𝙄𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙔 transform paranoia and conspiracy into methods of queer world-building: codes for survival through camp, haunting, ritual, satire, and speculative fiction.

Guest curated by Rizky Rahad @rich.rahad @qamerad

Sat 23 May, 20:15 @richmixlondon, followed by an interactive panel with @decolonialdaughter

🎭 Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy
dir. Khozy Rizal @khozyrizal | Indonesia, US | 2023 | 15min

🕯️ Ghariban
dir. Angelissa Melissa @angelissamelixanumber2 | Indonesia | 2025 | 4min

🦾 Lampiran Cyclofemmes
dir. Ishvara Devati @ishvara.dev | Indonesia | 2025 | 15min

🎮 NGGAK!!!
dir. Oktania Hamdani @taniasaturation & Winner Wijaya @winnerwijaya | Indonesia | 2024 | 8min

🤲 Of Other Tomorrows Never Known
dir. Natasha Tontey @krazykosmickid | Indonesia, Germany | 2023 | 16min

🦸‍♀️ The Overwoman
dir. Ari Angkasa @ari___angkasa | Indonesia, Australia | 2023 | 8min

Across Southeast Asia, queer life is often cast as a threat to morality and “family values.” Reclaiming cong—a weaponised Indonesian slur once directed at queer bodies—the works in 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙂/𝙎𝙋𝙄𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙔 transform paranoia and conspiracy into methods of queer world-building: codes for survival through camp, haunting, ritual, satire, and speculative fiction.

Guest curated by Rizky Rahad @rich.rahad @qamerad

Sat 23 May, 20:15 @richmixlondon, followed by an interactive panel with @decolonialdaughter

🎭 Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy
dir. Khozy Rizal @khozyrizal | Indonesia, US | 2023 | 15min

🕯️ Ghariban
dir. Angelissa Melissa @angelissamelixanumber2 | Indonesia | 2025 | 4min

🦾 Lampiran Cyclofemmes
dir. Ishvara Devati @ishvara.dev | Indonesia | 2025 | 15min

🎮 NGGAK!!!
dir. Oktania Hamdani @taniasaturation & Winner Wijaya @winnerwijaya | Indonesia | 2024 | 8min

🤲 Of Other Tomorrows Never Known
dir. Natasha Tontey @krazykosmickid | Indonesia, Germany | 2023 | 16min

🦸‍♀️ The Overwoman
dir. Ari Angkasa @ari___angkasa | Indonesia, Australia | 2023 | 8min

Across Southeast Asia, queer life is often cast as a threat to morality and “family values.” Reclaiming cong—a weaponised Indonesian slur once directed at queer bodies—the works in 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙂/𝙎𝙋𝙄𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙔 transform paranoia and conspiracy into methods of queer world-building: codes for survival through camp, haunting, ritual, satire, and speculative fiction.

Guest curated by Rizky Rahad @rich.rahad @qamerad

Sat 23 May, 20:15 @richmixlondon, followed by an interactive panel with @decolonialdaughter

🎭 Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy
dir. Khozy Rizal @khozyrizal | Indonesia, US | 2023 | 15min

🕯️ Ghariban
dir. Angelissa Melissa @angelissamelixanumber2 | Indonesia | 2025 | 4min

🦾 Lampiran Cyclofemmes
dir. Ishvara Devati @ishvara.dev | Indonesia | 2025 | 15min

🎮 NGGAK!!!
dir. Oktania Hamdani @taniasaturation & Winner Wijaya @winnerwijaya | Indonesia | 2024 | 8min

🤲 Of Other Tomorrows Never Known
dir. Natasha Tontey @krazykosmickid | Indonesia, Germany | 2023 | 16min

🦸‍♀️ The Overwoman
dir. Ari Angkasa @ari___angkasa | Indonesia, Australia | 2023 | 8min

Across Southeast Asia, queer life is often cast as a threat to morality and “family values.” Reclaiming cong—a weaponised Indonesian slur once directed at queer bodies—the works in 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙂/𝙎𝙋𝙄𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙔 transform paranoia and conspiracy into methods of queer world-building: codes for survival through camp, haunting, ritual, satire, and speculative fiction.

Guest curated by Rizky Rahad @rich.rahad @qamerad

Sat 23 May, 20:15 @richmixlondon, followed by an interactive panel with @decolonialdaughter

🎭 Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy
dir. Khozy Rizal @khozyrizal | Indonesia, US | 2023 | 15min

🕯️ Ghariban
dir. Angelissa Melissa @angelissamelixanumber2 | Indonesia | 2025 | 4min

🦾 Lampiran Cyclofemmes
dir. Ishvara Devati @ishvara.dev | Indonesia | 2025 | 15min

🎮 NGGAK!!!
dir. Oktania Hamdani @taniasaturation & Winner Wijaya @winnerwijaya | Indonesia | 2024 | 8min

🤲 Of Other Tomorrows Never Known
dir. Natasha Tontey @krazykosmickid | Indonesia, Germany | 2023 | 16min

🦸‍♀️ The Overwoman
dir. Ari Angkasa @ari___angkasa | Indonesia, Australia | 2023 | 8min

Across Southeast Asia, queer life is often cast as a threat to morality and “family values.” Reclaiming cong—a weaponised Indonesian slur once directed at queer bodies—the works in 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙂/𝙎𝙋𝙄𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙔 transform paranoia and conspiracy into methods of queer world-building: codes for survival through camp, haunting, ritual, satire, and speculative fiction.

Guest curated by Rizky Rahad @rich.rahad @qamerad

Sat 23 May, 20:15 @richmixlondon, followed by an interactive panel with @decolonialdaughter

🎭 Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy
dir. Khozy Rizal @khozyrizal | Indonesia, US | 2023 | 15min

🕯️ Ghariban
dir. Angelissa Melissa @angelissamelixanumber2 | Indonesia | 2025 | 4min

🦾 Lampiran Cyclofemmes
dir. Ishvara Devati @ishvara.dev | Indonesia | 2025 | 15min

🎮 NGGAK!!!
dir. Oktania Hamdani @taniasaturation & Winner Wijaya @winnerwijaya | Indonesia | 2024 | 8min

🤲 Of Other Tomorrows Never Known
dir. Natasha Tontey @krazykosmickid | Indonesia, Germany | 2023 | 16min

🦸‍♀️ The Overwoman
dir. Ari Angkasa @ari___angkasa | Indonesia, Australia | 2023 | 8min

Across Southeast Asia, queer life is often cast as a threat to morality and “family values.” Reclaiming cong—a weaponised Indonesian slur once directed at queer bodies—the works in 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙂/𝙎𝙋𝙄𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙔 transform paranoia and conspiracy into methods of queer world-building: codes for survival through camp, haunting, ritual, satire, and speculative fiction.

Guest curated by Rizky Rahad @rich.rahad @qamerad

Sat 23 May, 20:15 @richmixlondon, followed by an interactive panel with @decolonialdaughter

🎭 Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy
dir. Khozy Rizal @khozyrizal | Indonesia, US | 2023 | 15min

🕯️ Ghariban
dir. Angelissa Melissa @angelissamelixanumber2 | Indonesia | 2025 | 4min

🦾 Lampiran Cyclofemmes
dir. Ishvara Devati @ishvara.dev | Indonesia | 2025 | 15min

🎮 NGGAK!!!
dir. Oktania Hamdani @taniasaturation & Winner Wijaya @winnerwijaya | Indonesia | 2024 | 8min

🤲 Of Other Tomorrows Never Known
dir. Natasha Tontey @krazykosmickid | Indonesia, Germany | 2023 | 16min

🦸‍♀️ The Overwoman
dir. Ari Angkasa @ari___angkasa | Indonesia, Australia | 2023 | 8min

After his father’s death, Anand returns from Mumbai to his ancestral village in rural western India to fulfil a ten-day mourning period. There, amid the pressures of tradition and grief, he reconnects with his childhood friend Balya. 𝘾𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙨 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 is the award-winning debut feature from Rohan Parashuram Kanawade—a tender meditation on loss, intimacy, and the liberating power of sexuality.

Sun 24 May, 15:00 @richmixlondon, followed by an online Q&A with dir. @rohan_kanawade

After his father’s death, Anand returns from Mumbai to his ancestral village in rural western India to fulfil a ten-day mourning period. There, amid the pressures of tradition and grief, he reconnects with his childhood friend Balya. 𝘾𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙨 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 is the award-winning debut feature from Rohan Parashuram Kanawade—a tender meditation on loss, intimacy, and the liberating power of sexuality.

Sun 24 May, 15:00 @richmixlondon, followed by an online Q&A with dir. @rohan_kanawade

After his father’s death, Anand returns from Mumbai to his ancestral village in rural western India to fulfil a ten-day mourning period. There, amid the pressures of tradition and grief, he reconnects with his childhood friend Balya. 𝘾𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙨 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 is the award-winning debut feature from Rohan Parashuram Kanawade—a tender meditation on loss, intimacy, and the liberating power of sexuality.

Sun 24 May, 15:00 @richmixlondon, followed by an online Q&A with dir. @rohan_kanawade

After his father’s death, Anand returns from Mumbai to his ancestral village in rural western India to fulfil a ten-day mourning period. There, amid the pressures of tradition and grief, he reconnects with his childhood friend Balya. 𝘾𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙨 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 is the award-winning debut feature from Rohan Parashuram Kanawade—a tender meditation on loss, intimacy, and the liberating power of sexuality.

Sun 24 May, 15:00 @richmixlondon, followed by an online Q&A with dir. @rohan_kanawade

💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦

In these well-lubricated short films, water (or lack thereof) becomes a slippery conduit for queer intimacies, from stolen glances between laundry cycles to sweaty embraces amid a deadly drought. Across oceans, bathtubs, and bottles of mysterious yellow liquid, bodies of water big and small ignite fantasy and fear alike. Staying afloat in rough seas is no easy feat, but having a crush might just make it worth the ride.

Wed 20 May, 18:30 at @riocinema followed by a Q&A with dir. @dariusshu_

🔫 Damp
dir. Etsen Chen @etsen_chen | Taiwan, South Korea | 2025 | 12min

🌊 Before the Sea Forgets
dir. Ngọc Duy Lê@duy.lengoc_| Singapore | 2025 | 17min

🧜‍♀️ Buoyant
dir. Đoàn Thanh Toàn @revolutionarywetpuppy333, Nguyễn Lê Hoàng Phúc @nammolytuong | Vietnam | 2023 | 19min

🧺 Molly
dir. Darius Shu @dariusshu_ | UK | 2025 | 23min

🍼 Water Sports
dir. Whammy Alcazaren @whammyalcazaren | Philippines | 2024 | 19min

💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦

In these well-lubricated short films, water (or lack thereof) becomes a slippery conduit for queer intimacies, from stolen glances between laundry cycles to sweaty embraces amid a deadly drought. Across oceans, bathtubs, and bottles of mysterious yellow liquid, bodies of water big and small ignite fantasy and fear alike. Staying afloat in rough seas is no easy feat, but having a crush might just make it worth the ride.

Wed 20 May, 18:30 at @riocinema followed by a Q&A with dir. @dariusshu_

🔫 Damp
dir. Etsen Chen @etsen_chen | Taiwan, South Korea | 2025 | 12min

🌊 Before the Sea Forgets
dir. Ngọc Duy Lê@duy.lengoc_| Singapore | 2025 | 17min

🧜‍♀️ Buoyant
dir. Đoàn Thanh Toàn @revolutionarywetpuppy333, Nguyễn Lê Hoàng Phúc @nammolytuong | Vietnam | 2023 | 19min

🧺 Molly
dir. Darius Shu @dariusshu_ | UK | 2025 | 23min

🍼 Water Sports
dir. Whammy Alcazaren @whammyalcazaren | Philippines | 2024 | 19min

💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦

In these well-lubricated short films, water (or lack thereof) becomes a slippery conduit for queer intimacies, from stolen glances between laundry cycles to sweaty embraces amid a deadly drought. Across oceans, bathtubs, and bottles of mysterious yellow liquid, bodies of water big and small ignite fantasy and fear alike. Staying afloat in rough seas is no easy feat, but having a crush might just make it worth the ride.

Wed 20 May, 18:30 at @riocinema followed by a Q&A with dir. @dariusshu_

🔫 Damp
dir. Etsen Chen @etsen_chen | Taiwan, South Korea | 2025 | 12min

🌊 Before the Sea Forgets
dir. Ngọc Duy Lê@duy.lengoc_| Singapore | 2025 | 17min

🧜‍♀️ Buoyant
dir. Đoàn Thanh Toàn @revolutionarywetpuppy333, Nguyễn Lê Hoàng Phúc @nammolytuong | Vietnam | 2023 | 19min

🧺 Molly
dir. Darius Shu @dariusshu_ | UK | 2025 | 23min

🍼 Water Sports
dir. Whammy Alcazaren @whammyalcazaren | Philippines | 2024 | 19min

💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦

In these well-lubricated short films, water (or lack thereof) becomes a slippery conduit for queer intimacies, from stolen glances between laundry cycles to sweaty embraces amid a deadly drought. Across oceans, bathtubs, and bottles of mysterious yellow liquid, bodies of water big and small ignite fantasy and fear alike. Staying afloat in rough seas is no easy feat, but having a crush might just make it worth the ride.

Wed 20 May, 18:30 at @riocinema followed by a Q&A with dir. @dariusshu_

🔫 Damp
dir. Etsen Chen @etsen_chen | Taiwan, South Korea | 2025 | 12min

🌊 Before the Sea Forgets
dir. Ngọc Duy Lê@duy.lengoc_| Singapore | 2025 | 17min

🧜‍♀️ Buoyant
dir. Đoàn Thanh Toàn @revolutionarywetpuppy333, Nguyễn Lê Hoàng Phúc @nammolytuong | Vietnam | 2023 | 19min

🧺 Molly
dir. Darius Shu @dariusshu_ | UK | 2025 | 23min

🍼 Water Sports
dir. Whammy Alcazaren @whammyalcazaren | Philippines | 2024 | 19min

💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦

In these well-lubricated short films, water (or lack thereof) becomes a slippery conduit for queer intimacies, from stolen glances between laundry cycles to sweaty embraces amid a deadly drought. Across oceans, bathtubs, and bottles of mysterious yellow liquid, bodies of water big and small ignite fantasy and fear alike. Staying afloat in rough seas is no easy feat, but having a crush might just make it worth the ride.

Wed 20 May, 18:30 at @riocinema followed by a Q&A with dir. @dariusshu_

🔫 Damp
dir. Etsen Chen @etsen_chen | Taiwan, South Korea | 2025 | 12min

🌊 Before the Sea Forgets
dir. Ngọc Duy Lê@duy.lengoc_| Singapore | 2025 | 17min

🧜‍♀️ Buoyant
dir. Đoàn Thanh Toàn @revolutionarywetpuppy333, Nguyễn Lê Hoàng Phúc @nammolytuong | Vietnam | 2023 | 19min

🧺 Molly
dir. Darius Shu @dariusshu_ | UK | 2025 | 23min

🍼 Water Sports
dir. Whammy Alcazaren @whammyalcazaren | Philippines | 2024 | 19min

In No. 60, Pichet Klunchun strips Thai Khon dance of its masks and ornamentation to reinvent a 700-year-old form from within. Marking the culmination of two decades of movement research, immersive projections and hand-drawn diagrams transform the dancers into a radical study of bodily geometry that unsettles the divide between tradition and innovation.

Tues 19 May, 19:30 @theplacelondon

In No. 60, Pichet Klunchun strips Thai Khon dance of its masks and ornamentation to reinvent a 700-year-old form from within. Marking the culmination of two decades of movement research, immersive projections and hand-drawn diagrams transform the dancers into a radical study of bodily geometry that unsettles the divide between tradition and innovation.

Tues 19 May, 19:30 @theplacelondon

In No. 60, Pichet Klunchun strips Thai Khon dance of its masks and ornamentation to reinvent a 700-year-old form from within. Marking the culmination of two decades of movement research, immersive projections and hand-drawn diagrams transform the dancers into a radical study of bodily geometry that unsettles the divide between tradition and innovation.

Tues 19 May, 19:30 @theplacelondon

In No. 60, Pichet Klunchun strips Thai Khon dance of its masks and ornamentation to reinvent a 700-year-old form from within. Marking the culmination of two decades of movement research, immersive projections and hand-drawn diagrams transform the dancers into a radical study of bodily geometry that unsettles the divide between tradition and innovation.

Tues 19 May, 19:30 @theplacelondon

In No. 60, Pichet Klunchun strips Thai Khon dance of its masks and ornamentation to reinvent a 700-year-old form from within. Marking the culmination of two decades of movement research, immersive projections and hand-drawn diagrams transform the dancers into a radical study of bodily geometry that unsettles the divide between tradition and innovation.

Tues 19 May, 19:30 @theplacelondon

Two free-diving athletes, Hua-Yang Huang and Afa Zhang, push their bodies to the limit in 𝘼 𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣, a captivating documentary from Taiwan. The film explores the pair’s determination and endurance, as well as dancer Afa’s stunning transformation into a mermaid, while the mesmerising underwater cinematography captures the beauty of the divers’ exertions.

The UK premiere of 𝘼 𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣 臨淵入魚 will take place on Tue 19 May 18:00 at @thegardencinema, with a pre-recorded introduction from the director @holo_wang.

Two free-diving athletes, Hua-Yang Huang and Afa Zhang, push their bodies to the limit in 𝘼 𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣, a captivating documentary from Taiwan. The film explores the pair’s determination and endurance, as well as dancer Afa’s stunning transformation into a mermaid, while the mesmerising underwater cinematography captures the beauty of the divers’ exertions.

The UK premiere of 𝘼 𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣 臨淵入魚 will take place on Tue 19 May 18:00 at @thegardencinema, with a pre-recorded introduction from the director @holo_wang.

Two free-diving athletes, Hua-Yang Huang and Afa Zhang, push their bodies to the limit in 𝘼 𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣, a captivating documentary from Taiwan. The film explores the pair’s determination and endurance, as well as dancer Afa’s stunning transformation into a mermaid, while the mesmerising underwater cinematography captures the beauty of the divers’ exertions.

The UK premiere of 𝘼 𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣 臨淵入魚 will take place on Tue 19 May 18:00 at @thegardencinema, with a pre-recorded introduction from the director @holo_wang.

Two free-diving athletes, Hua-Yang Huang and Afa Zhang, push their bodies to the limit in 𝘼 𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣, a captivating documentary from Taiwan. The film explores the pair’s determination and endurance, as well as dancer Afa’s stunning transformation into a mermaid, while the mesmerising underwater cinematography captures the beauty of the divers’ exertions.

The UK premiere of 𝘼 𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣 臨淵入魚 will take place on Tue 19 May 18:00 at @thegardencinema, with a pre-recorded introduction from the director @holo_wang.

“Montreal, My Beautiful honours every decision forced and every desire unsaid, all without judgment.” - @exclaimdotca

Feng Xia, a Chinese immigrant and mother living in Montréal, has built her life around duty: to family, culture, and a loveless marriage. But when she meets the spirited Camille, long-buried desires begin to surface. Featuring a haunting performance by screen icon Joan Chen, 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡, 𝙈𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 is a landmark work of queer Asian diaspora cinema exploring identity, exile, and the cost of liberation.

Thurs 21 May, 20:30 at @richmixlondon, with a pre-recorded introduction by dir. Xiaodan He.

“Montreal, My Beautiful honours every decision forced and every desire unsaid, all without judgment.” - @exclaimdotca

Feng Xia, a Chinese immigrant and mother living in Montréal, has built her life around duty: to family, culture, and a loveless marriage. But when she meets the spirited Camille, long-buried desires begin to surface. Featuring a haunting performance by screen icon Joan Chen, 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡, 𝙈𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 is a landmark work of queer Asian diaspora cinema exploring identity, exile, and the cost of liberation.

Thurs 21 May, 20:30 at @richmixlondon, with a pre-recorded introduction by dir. Xiaodan He.

“Montreal, My Beautiful honours every decision forced and every desire unsaid, all without judgment.” - @exclaimdotca

Feng Xia, a Chinese immigrant and mother living in Montréal, has built her life around duty: to family, culture, and a loveless marriage. But when she meets the spirited Camille, long-buried desires begin to surface. Featuring a haunting performance by screen icon Joan Chen, 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡, 𝙈𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 is a landmark work of queer Asian diaspora cinema exploring identity, exile, and the cost of liberation.

Thurs 21 May, 20:30 at @richmixlondon, with a pre-recorded introduction by dir. Xiaodan He.

“Montreal, My Beautiful honours every decision forced and every desire unsaid, all without judgment.” - @exclaimdotca

Feng Xia, a Chinese immigrant and mother living in Montréal, has built her life around duty: to family, culture, and a loveless marriage. But when she meets the spirited Camille, long-buried desires begin to surface. Featuring a haunting performance by screen icon Joan Chen, 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡, 𝙈𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 is a landmark work of queer Asian diaspora cinema exploring identity, exile, and the cost of liberation.

Thurs 21 May, 20:30 at @richmixlondon, with a pre-recorded introduction by dir. Xiaodan He.

Infected with adventure and subtly satirical of the ethnographic and tourist lens, Johanna d’arc of Mongolia (1989) marked a dramatic shift in German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger’s filmography towards Asia. A group of white European women — guided by the extravagant British anthropologist Lady Windermere (Delphine Seyrig) — are kidnapped by a local tribe in the breathtaking Mongolian steppe, where a lesbian love triangle slowly unfolds.

Sun 17 May 13:30 at @icalondon

Preceded by an introduction from the event’s curator Misha Zakharov @m_m_zakharov, and a discussion with Buryat artist Margarita Galandina @mgalandina on the Mongolian Indigenous rituals and culture presented in the film.

An accompanying interview by Misha with Mongolian researchers and LGBTQ+ advocates Dorjjantsan ‘Jack’ Ganbaatar @jackganbaatar and Erdeneburen ‘Gonto’ Dorjpurev @gonto_erdeneburen is available now on the Queer East website, and a print version will be distributed at the screening.

Infected with adventure and subtly satirical of the ethnographic and tourist lens, Johanna d’arc of Mongolia (1989) marked a dramatic shift in German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger’s filmography towards Asia. A group of white European women — guided by the extravagant British anthropologist Lady Windermere (Delphine Seyrig) — are kidnapped by a local tribe in the breathtaking Mongolian steppe, where a lesbian love triangle slowly unfolds.

Sun 17 May 13:30 at @icalondon

Preceded by an introduction from the event’s curator Misha Zakharov @m_m_zakharov, and a discussion with Buryat artist Margarita Galandina @mgalandina on the Mongolian Indigenous rituals and culture presented in the film.

An accompanying interview by Misha with Mongolian researchers and LGBTQ+ advocates Dorjjantsan ‘Jack’ Ganbaatar @jackganbaatar and Erdeneburen ‘Gonto’ Dorjpurev @gonto_erdeneburen is available now on the Queer East website, and a print version will be distributed at the screening.

Infected with adventure and subtly satirical of the ethnographic and tourist lens, Johanna d’arc of Mongolia (1989) marked a dramatic shift in German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger’s filmography towards Asia. A group of white European women — guided by the extravagant British anthropologist Lady Windermere (Delphine Seyrig) — are kidnapped by a local tribe in the breathtaking Mongolian steppe, where a lesbian love triangle slowly unfolds.

Sun 17 May 13:30 at @icalondon

Preceded by an introduction from the event’s curator Misha Zakharov @m_m_zakharov, and a discussion with Buryat artist Margarita Galandina @mgalandina on the Mongolian Indigenous rituals and culture presented in the film.

An accompanying interview by Misha with Mongolian researchers and LGBTQ+ advocates Dorjjantsan ‘Jack’ Ganbaatar @jackganbaatar and Erdeneburen ‘Gonto’ Dorjpurev @gonto_erdeneburen is available now on the Queer East website, and a print version will be distributed at the screening.

Infected with adventure and subtly satirical of the ethnographic and tourist lens, Johanna d’arc of Mongolia (1989) marked a dramatic shift in German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger’s filmography towards Asia. A group of white European women — guided by the extravagant British anthropologist Lady Windermere (Delphine Seyrig) — are kidnapped by a local tribe in the breathtaking Mongolian steppe, where a lesbian love triangle slowly unfolds.

Sun 17 May 13:30 at @icalondon

Preceded by an introduction from the event’s curator Misha Zakharov @m_m_zakharov, and a discussion with Buryat artist Margarita Galandina @mgalandina on the Mongolian Indigenous rituals and culture presented in the film.

An accompanying interview by Misha with Mongolian researchers and LGBTQ+ advocates Dorjjantsan ‘Jack’ Ganbaatar @jackganbaatar and Erdeneburen ‘Gonto’ Dorjpurev @gonto_erdeneburen is available now on the Queer East website, and a print version will be distributed at the screening.

Infected with adventure and subtly satirical of the ethnographic and tourist lens, Johanna d’arc of Mongolia (1989) marked a dramatic shift in German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger’s filmography towards Asia. A group of white European women — guided by the extravagant British anthropologist Lady Windermere (Delphine Seyrig) — are kidnapped by a local tribe in the breathtaking Mongolian steppe, where a lesbian love triangle slowly unfolds.

Sun 17 May 13:30 at @icalondon

Preceded by an introduction from the event’s curator Misha Zakharov @m_m_zakharov, and a discussion with Buryat artist Margarita Galandina @mgalandina on the Mongolian Indigenous rituals and culture presented in the film.

An accompanying interview by Misha with Mongolian researchers and LGBTQ+ advocates Dorjjantsan ‘Jack’ Ganbaatar @jackganbaatar and Erdeneburen ‘Gonto’ Dorjpurev @gonto_erdeneburen is available now on the Queer East website, and a print version will be distributed at the screening.

Infected with adventure and subtly satirical of the ethnographic and tourist lens, Johanna d’arc of Mongolia (1989) marked a dramatic shift in German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger’s filmography towards Asia. A group of white European women — guided by the extravagant British anthropologist Lady Windermere (Delphine Seyrig) — are kidnapped by a local tribe in the breathtaking Mongolian steppe, where a lesbian love triangle slowly unfolds.

Sun 17 May 13:30 at @icalondon

Preceded by an introduction from the event’s curator Misha Zakharov @m_m_zakharov, and a discussion with Buryat artist Margarita Galandina @mgalandina on the Mongolian Indigenous rituals and culture presented in the film.

An accompanying interview by Misha with Mongolian researchers and LGBTQ+ advocates Dorjjantsan ‘Jack’ Ganbaatar @jackganbaatar and Erdeneburen ‘Gonto’ Dorjpurev @gonto_erdeneburen is available now on the Queer East website, and a print version will be distributed at the screening.

Who determines how bodies are seen? How might spectatorship become power—or a commodity?

𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙮, 𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡 is a double bill by Hong Kong-based @unlockdancingplaza examining how contemporary bodies are constructed, exposed and repaired within regimes of training, desire and the aesthetic marketplace.

In @paula_ponawong’s 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙧, 𝙂𝙤 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧!, stretching and limbering become performance itself; meanwhile, @josephwnlee’s 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 draws on fitness culture and lecture performance to reveal how the male body is produced and consumed within economies of desire.

One contemplative and the other energetic, the two works reveal how bodies are continually shaped and reshaped amid the tensions of training, desire and self-display, while proposing how the body might still respond, speak, and discover fissures for subversion and reconstruction.

As part of our day-to-night takeover DAYTRIP, taking place at @icalondon on Sat 16 May 14:00 and 20:30. 🎫 day pass via link in bio.

Who determines how bodies are seen? How might spectatorship become power—or a commodity?

𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙮, 𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡 is a double bill by Hong Kong-based @unlockdancingplaza examining how contemporary bodies are constructed, exposed and repaired within regimes of training, desire and the aesthetic marketplace.

In @paula_ponawong’s 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙧, 𝙂𝙤 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧!, stretching and limbering become performance itself; meanwhile, @josephwnlee’s 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 draws on fitness culture and lecture performance to reveal how the male body is produced and consumed within economies of desire.

One contemplative and the other energetic, the two works reveal how bodies are continually shaped and reshaped amid the tensions of training, desire and self-display, while proposing how the body might still respond, speak, and discover fissures for subversion and reconstruction.

As part of our day-to-night takeover DAYTRIP, taking place at @icalondon on Sat 16 May 14:00 and 20:30. 🎫 day pass via link in bio.

Who determines how bodies are seen? How might spectatorship become power—or a commodity?

𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙮, 𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡 is a double bill by Hong Kong-based @unlockdancingplaza examining how contemporary bodies are constructed, exposed and repaired within regimes of training, desire and the aesthetic marketplace.

In @paula_ponawong’s 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙧, 𝙂𝙤 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧!, stretching and limbering become performance itself; meanwhile, @josephwnlee’s 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 draws on fitness culture and lecture performance to reveal how the male body is produced and consumed within economies of desire.

One contemplative and the other energetic, the two works reveal how bodies are continually shaped and reshaped amid the tensions of training, desire and self-display, while proposing how the body might still respond, speak, and discover fissures for subversion and reconstruction.

As part of our day-to-night takeover DAYTRIP, taking place at @icalondon on Sat 16 May 14:00 and 20:30. 🎫 day pass via link in bio.

Who determines how bodies are seen? How might spectatorship become power—or a commodity?

𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙮, 𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡 is a double bill by Hong Kong-based @unlockdancingplaza examining how contemporary bodies are constructed, exposed and repaired within regimes of training, desire and the aesthetic marketplace.

In @paula_ponawong’s 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙧, 𝙂𝙤 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧!, stretching and limbering become performance itself; meanwhile, @josephwnlee’s 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 draws on fitness culture and lecture performance to reveal how the male body is produced and consumed within economies of desire.

One contemplative and the other energetic, the two works reveal how bodies are continually shaped and reshaped amid the tensions of training, desire and self-display, while proposing how the body might still respond, speak, and discover fissures for subversion and reconstruction.

As part of our day-to-night takeover DAYTRIP, taking place at @icalondon on Sat 16 May 14:00 and 20:30. 🎫 day pass via link in bio.

Who determines how bodies are seen? How might spectatorship become power—or a commodity?

𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙮, 𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡 is a double bill by Hong Kong-based @unlockdancingplaza examining how contemporary bodies are constructed, exposed and repaired within regimes of training, desire and the aesthetic marketplace.

In @paula_ponawong’s 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙧, 𝙂𝙤 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧!, stretching and limbering become performance itself; meanwhile, @josephwnlee’s 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 draws on fitness culture and lecture performance to reveal how the male body is produced and consumed within economies of desire.

One contemplative and the other energetic, the two works reveal how bodies are continually shaped and reshaped amid the tensions of training, desire and self-display, while proposing how the body might still respond, speak, and discover fissures for subversion and reconstruction.

As part of our day-to-night takeover DAYTRIP, taking place at @icalondon on Sat 16 May 14:00 and 20:30. 🎫 day pass via link in bio.

Who determines how bodies are seen? How might spectatorship become power—or a commodity?

𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙮, 𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡 is a double bill by Hong Kong-based @unlockdancingplaza examining how contemporary bodies are constructed, exposed and repaired within regimes of training, desire and the aesthetic marketplace.

In @paula_ponawong’s 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙧, 𝙂𝙤 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧!, stretching and limbering become performance itself; meanwhile, @josephwnlee’s 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 draws on fitness culture and lecture performance to reveal how the male body is produced and consumed within economies of desire.

One contemplative and the other energetic, the two works reveal how bodies are continually shaped and reshaped amid the tensions of training, desire and self-display, while proposing how the body might still respond, speak, and discover fissures for subversion and reconstruction.

As part of our day-to-night takeover DAYTRIP, taking place at @icalondon on Sat 16 May 14:00 and 20:30. 🎫 day pass via link in bio.

Who determines how bodies are seen? How might spectatorship become power—or a commodity?

𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙮, 𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡 is a double bill by Hong Kong-based @unlockdancingplaza examining how contemporary bodies are constructed, exposed and repaired within regimes of training, desire and the aesthetic marketplace.

In @paula_ponawong’s 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙧, 𝙂𝙤 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧!, stretching and limbering become performance itself; meanwhile, @josephwnlee’s 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 draws on fitness culture and lecture performance to reveal how the male body is produced and consumed within economies of desire.

One contemplative and the other energetic, the two works reveal how bodies are continually shaped and reshaped amid the tensions of training, desire and self-display, while proposing how the body might still respond, speak, and discover fissures for subversion and reconstruction.

As part of our day-to-night takeover DAYTRIP, taking place at @icalondon on Sat 16 May 14:00 and 20:30. 🎫 day pass via link in bio.

Chasing the dizzying ecstasy of movement in all its eclectic potential, Queer East's DAYTRIP unfolds across the ICA this Saturday, 16 May from 2pm-2am 💥

Featuring artists and collectives including Joseph Lee & Paula Wong (Unlock Dancing Plaza), hua hua, Riven Ratanavanh, CD3, and choreographer Osamu Shikichi, alongside a looping film programme with works by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Umi Ishihara, and Oat Montien.

Plus, immersive workshops led by Sun Park & Chiemi Shimada, Pubis Project, Kayla Lui, and Doreen Chan, exploring everything from rope practice and cosmotechnical filmmaking to dream-based cocktail mixing 🍸

The day builds into a club finale curated by DJ-artist Sirui Chang (Princess Xixi).

📅 16 May 2026
📍 ICA, London
🎟️ Tickets at link in bio: Full Access £35, Day Pass £25, Rave Pass £15

@xixi_asinshe @theahgohgoh @doreen_chanwingyan @kaylaluisikchi @pubis_project @smdcem @coco____ @osamu_shikichi @huahua.online @transgressrrr @cd3project @josephwnlee @paula_ponawong @queereast @antibart

#DAYTRIP #QueerEast #ICA #Queer #LiveArt #Performance #ClubCulture

Chasing the dizzying ecstasy of movement in all its eclectic potential, Queer East's DAYTRIP unfolds across the ICA this Saturday, 16 May from 2pm-2am 💥

Featuring artists and collectives including Joseph Lee & Paula Wong (Unlock Dancing Plaza), hua hua, Riven Ratanavanh, CD3, and choreographer Osamu Shikichi, alongside a looping film programme with works by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Umi Ishihara, and Oat Montien.

Plus, immersive workshops led by Sun Park & Chiemi Shimada, Pubis Project, Kayla Lui, and Doreen Chan, exploring everything from rope practice and cosmotechnical filmmaking to dream-based cocktail mixing 🍸

The day builds into a club finale curated by DJ-artist Sirui Chang (Princess Xixi).

📅 16 May 2026
📍 ICA, London
🎟️ Tickets at link in bio: Full Access £35, Day Pass £25, Rave Pass £15

@xixi_asinshe @theahgohgoh @doreen_chanwingyan @kaylaluisikchi @pubis_project @smdcem @coco____ @osamu_shikichi @huahua.online @transgressrrr @cd3project @josephwnlee @paula_ponawong @queereast @antibart

#DAYTRIP #QueerEast #ICA #Queer #LiveArt #Performance #ClubCulture

Chasing the dizzying ecstasy of movement in all its eclectic potential, Queer East's DAYTRIP unfolds across the ICA this Saturday, 16 May from 2pm-2am 💥

Featuring artists and collectives including Joseph Lee & Paula Wong (Unlock Dancing Plaza), hua hua, Riven Ratanavanh, CD3, and choreographer Osamu Shikichi, alongside a looping film programme with works by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Umi Ishihara, and Oat Montien.

Plus, immersive workshops led by Sun Park & Chiemi Shimada, Pubis Project, Kayla Lui, and Doreen Chan, exploring everything from rope practice and cosmotechnical filmmaking to dream-based cocktail mixing 🍸

The day builds into a club finale curated by DJ-artist Sirui Chang (Princess Xixi).

📅 16 May 2026
📍 ICA, London
🎟️ Tickets at link in bio: Full Access £35, Day Pass £25, Rave Pass £15

@xixi_asinshe @theahgohgoh @doreen_chanwingyan @kaylaluisikchi @pubis_project @smdcem @coco____ @osamu_shikichi @huahua.online @transgressrrr @cd3project @josephwnlee @paula_ponawong @queereast @antibart

#DAYTRIP #QueerEast #ICA #Queer #LiveArt #Performance #ClubCulture

Chasing the dizzying ecstasy of movement in all its eclectic potential, Queer East's DAYTRIP unfolds across the ICA this Saturday, 16 May from 2pm-2am 💥

Featuring artists and collectives including Joseph Lee & Paula Wong (Unlock Dancing Plaza), hua hua, Riven Ratanavanh, CD3, and choreographer Osamu Shikichi, alongside a looping film programme with works by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Umi Ishihara, and Oat Montien.

Plus, immersive workshops led by Sun Park & Chiemi Shimada, Pubis Project, Kayla Lui, and Doreen Chan, exploring everything from rope practice and cosmotechnical filmmaking to dream-based cocktail mixing 🍸

The day builds into a club finale curated by DJ-artist Sirui Chang (Princess Xixi).

📅 16 May 2026
📍 ICA, London
🎟️ Tickets at link in bio: Full Access £35, Day Pass £25, Rave Pass £15

@xixi_asinshe @theahgohgoh @doreen_chanwingyan @kaylaluisikchi @pubis_project @smdcem @coco____ @osamu_shikichi @huahua.online @transgressrrr @cd3project @josephwnlee @paula_ponawong @queereast @antibart

#DAYTRIP #QueerEast #ICA #Queer #LiveArt #Performance #ClubCulture

Chasing the dizzying ecstasy of movement in all its eclectic potential, Queer East's DAYTRIP unfolds across the ICA this Saturday, 16 May from 2pm-2am 💥

Featuring artists and collectives including Joseph Lee & Paula Wong (Unlock Dancing Plaza), hua hua, Riven Ratanavanh, CD3, and choreographer Osamu Shikichi, alongside a looping film programme with works by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Umi Ishihara, and Oat Montien.

Plus, immersive workshops led by Sun Park & Chiemi Shimada, Pubis Project, Kayla Lui, and Doreen Chan, exploring everything from rope practice and cosmotechnical filmmaking to dream-based cocktail mixing 🍸

The day builds into a club finale curated by DJ-artist Sirui Chang (Princess Xixi).

📅 16 May 2026
📍 ICA, London
🎟️ Tickets at link in bio: Full Access £35, Day Pass £25, Rave Pass £15

@xixi_asinshe @theahgohgoh @doreen_chanwingyan @kaylaluisikchi @pubis_project @smdcem @coco____ @osamu_shikichi @huahua.online @transgressrrr @cd3project @josephwnlee @paula_ponawong @queereast @antibart

#DAYTRIP #QueerEast #ICA #Queer #LiveArt #Performance #ClubCulture

Chasing the dizzying ecstasy of movement in all its eclectic potential, Queer East's DAYTRIP unfolds across the ICA this Saturday, 16 May from 2pm-2am 💥

Featuring artists and collectives including Joseph Lee & Paula Wong (Unlock Dancing Plaza), hua hua, Riven Ratanavanh, CD3, and choreographer Osamu Shikichi, alongside a looping film programme with works by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Umi Ishihara, and Oat Montien.

Plus, immersive workshops led by Sun Park & Chiemi Shimada, Pubis Project, Kayla Lui, and Doreen Chan, exploring everything from rope practice and cosmotechnical filmmaking to dream-based cocktail mixing 🍸

The day builds into a club finale curated by DJ-artist Sirui Chang (Princess Xixi).

📅 16 May 2026
📍 ICA, London
🎟️ Tickets at link in bio: Full Access £35, Day Pass £25, Rave Pass £15

@xixi_asinshe @theahgohgoh @doreen_chanwingyan @kaylaluisikchi @pubis_project @smdcem @coco____ @osamu_shikichi @huahua.online @transgressrrr @cd3project @josephwnlee @paula_ponawong @queereast @antibart

#DAYTRIP #QueerEast #ICA #Queer #LiveArt #Performance #ClubCulture

Often absent from the big screen, queer elders bask in the limelight in these luminous short films that trace their lives on the road, in care homes, and onstage. They retell stories of political upheavals and secret romances, passing down lived histories to the next generation. Honouring those who have endured great hardship and loss, 𝙏𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙀𝙮𝙚𝙨 is a tribute to the elders who continue to love, resist, and grace the silver screen.

Curatorial idea by Xi Liu @wenyi3008, as part of Up Next: Future Film Curators Lab 2025/26

Fri 22 May, 18:00 at @thegardencinema

🌅 Two Travelling Aunties
dir. Christine Seow @seowfilms | Singapore, UK | 2025 | 22min

🎤 Golden Voice
dir. Mars Verrone @marsverrone | Cambodia, USA | 2023 | 18min

🪷 Jasmine that Blooms in Autumn
dir. Chandradeep Das @chandradeepesque | India | 2025 | 15min

💅🏼 Ibu @ibu.film
dir. Jessi Goh | Singapore | 2025 | 19min

🎠 Silig
dir. Arvin Belarmino @arvinbelarmino & Lomorpich (aka YoKi) Rithy @yokicoco | Philippines | 2024 | 17min

Often absent from the big screen, queer elders bask in the limelight in these luminous short films that trace their lives on the road, in care homes, and onstage. They retell stories of political upheavals and secret romances, passing down lived histories to the next generation. Honouring those who have endured great hardship and loss, 𝙏𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙀𝙮𝙚𝙨 is a tribute to the elders who continue to love, resist, and grace the silver screen.

Curatorial idea by Xi Liu @wenyi3008, as part of Up Next: Future Film Curators Lab 2025/26

Fri 22 May, 18:00 at @thegardencinema

🌅 Two Travelling Aunties
dir. Christine Seow @seowfilms | Singapore, UK | 2025 | 22min

🎤 Golden Voice
dir. Mars Verrone @marsverrone | Cambodia, USA | 2023 | 18min

🪷 Jasmine that Blooms in Autumn
dir. Chandradeep Das @chandradeepesque | India | 2025 | 15min

💅🏼 Ibu @ibu.film
dir. Jessi Goh | Singapore | 2025 | 19min

🎠 Silig
dir. Arvin Belarmino @arvinbelarmino & Lomorpich (aka YoKi) Rithy @yokicoco | Philippines | 2024 | 17min

Often absent from the big screen, queer elders bask in the limelight in these luminous short films that trace their lives on the road, in care homes, and onstage. They retell stories of political upheavals and secret romances, passing down lived histories to the next generation. Honouring those who have endured great hardship and loss, 𝙏𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙀𝙮𝙚𝙨 is a tribute to the elders who continue to love, resist, and grace the silver screen.

Curatorial idea by Xi Liu @wenyi3008, as part of Up Next: Future Film Curators Lab 2025/26

Fri 22 May, 18:00 at @thegardencinema

🌅 Two Travelling Aunties
dir. Christine Seow @seowfilms | Singapore, UK | 2025 | 22min

🎤 Golden Voice
dir. Mars Verrone @marsverrone | Cambodia, USA | 2023 | 18min

🪷 Jasmine that Blooms in Autumn
dir. Chandradeep Das @chandradeepesque | India | 2025 | 15min

💅🏼 Ibu @ibu.film
dir. Jessi Goh | Singapore | 2025 | 19min

🎠 Silig
dir. Arvin Belarmino @arvinbelarmino & Lomorpich (aka YoKi) Rithy @yokicoco | Philippines | 2024 | 17min

Often absent from the big screen, queer elders bask in the limelight in these luminous short films that trace their lives on the road, in care homes, and onstage. They retell stories of political upheavals and secret romances, passing down lived histories to the next generation. Honouring those who have endured great hardship and loss, 𝙏𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙀𝙮𝙚𝙨 is a tribute to the elders who continue to love, resist, and grace the silver screen.

Curatorial idea by Xi Liu @wenyi3008, as part of Up Next: Future Film Curators Lab 2025/26

Fri 22 May, 18:00 at @thegardencinema

🌅 Two Travelling Aunties
dir. Christine Seow @seowfilms | Singapore, UK | 2025 | 22min

🎤 Golden Voice
dir. Mars Verrone @marsverrone | Cambodia, USA | 2023 | 18min

🪷 Jasmine that Blooms in Autumn
dir. Chandradeep Das @chandradeepesque | India | 2025 | 15min

💅🏼 Ibu @ibu.film
dir. Jessi Goh | Singapore | 2025 | 19min

🎠 Silig
dir. Arvin Belarmino @arvinbelarmino & Lomorpich (aka YoKi) Rithy @yokicoco | Philippines | 2024 | 17min

Often absent from the big screen, queer elders bask in the limelight in these luminous short films that trace their lives on the road, in care homes, and onstage. They retell stories of political upheavals and secret romances, passing down lived histories to the next generation. Honouring those who have endured great hardship and loss, 𝙏𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙀𝙮𝙚𝙨 is a tribute to the elders who continue to love, resist, and grace the silver screen.

Curatorial idea by Xi Liu @wenyi3008, as part of Up Next: Future Film Curators Lab 2025/26

Fri 22 May, 18:00 at @thegardencinema

🌅 Two Travelling Aunties
dir. Christine Seow @seowfilms | Singapore, UK | 2025 | 22min

🎤 Golden Voice
dir. Mars Verrone @marsverrone | Cambodia, USA | 2023 | 18min

🪷 Jasmine that Blooms in Autumn
dir. Chandradeep Das @chandradeepesque | India | 2025 | 15min

💅🏼 Ibu @ibu.film
dir. Jessi Goh | Singapore | 2025 | 19min

🎠 Silig
dir. Arvin Belarmino @arvinbelarmino & Lomorpich (aka YoKi) Rithy @yokicoco | Philippines | 2024 | 17min