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Connecting Through Queer Cinema
Free event – Registration needed
November 8, 2024 @ 19:30 – 21:30
This public screening of queer shorts, handpicked by our queer festival collaborators, serves as the final act of the On Connection event, hosted by the Department of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University. These shorts span various genres, offering opportunities to explore how media and filmmaking shape our ability to connect with ourselves, imagine queerness, and engage with others in a shared, inclusive space.
The films are in English and introduced by the festival curators. Instead of a traditional Q&A, we aim to bring the idea of connection to life through informal, friendly, and engaging conversations amongst the audience after the screening.
Missed Connections – Michelle Sam (USA, 2017) selected by TranScreen

Two strangers meet and form a bond at a festival, but they forget to exchange contact info. As they search for one another, their posts go viral. They navigate through their careers, lives, and society, as Black, female, and transgender.
Skeleton in a Beret – Mabz Beet (UK, 2016) selected by Transforming Cinema

Escaping into a videogame world for hours at a time can be great fun. But what do people take away from the experience when they go back to their everyday lives? In this film, two trans people talk about how they have actively used videogames as part of how they explore not just their gender, but their skills, self-confidence, and self-expression.
Two Birds with One Stone – GROSS&DOOMED (NL, 2024) selected by QFFU

Two queer people encounter each other at different cruising locations across three different countries. In the light of the death and resurrection of Jesus, as celebrated in Orthodox Christianity, they draw parallels with their queer experience of self-reinvention, contemplate on the metaphysics of death, and succumb to a mutually aided experience of rebirth. The narrative unfolds in an often chaotic, intuitional style, reflective of the process of development and filming, woven together by a voiceover of philosophical reflections.The film draws from the makers’ personal experiences and was filmed in their native countries of North Macedonia and Greece, as well as their country of residence, the Netherlands.
In the Dark – Rory Midhani (DE, 2018) selected by Queer.Red

Beyond the glare of streetlights, neon signs and policemen, there’s another world taking shape in the shadows and the music gets louder as you approach.
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