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cinema from a queer lens and canted angle

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Interviews
'It was important to show that transition is very much a collaborative experience': Amy Jenkins and Adam Sieswerda on 'Adam’s Apple'
FRAMELINE50: The mother and son duo share their experiences of looking at the same memories from different temporal vantage points and their thoughts on a trans gaze in documentary filmmaking.
17 June 2026
  Olivia Popp
'Black Burns Fast' director Sandulela Asanda
Interviews
'I want to change the way mainstream media sees queer women and queer Black people': Sandulela Asanda on 'Black Burns Fast'
FRAMELINE50: The South African filmmaker shares her no-holds-barred approach to making films, knowing what her audience wants to see, and bringing portrayals of Black girls back to a genuinely recognisable reality.
17 June 2026
  Olivia Popp
Xiaodan He
Interviews
'The body can speak to so many things: power, identity, courage': Xiaodan He on 'Montreal, My Beautiful'
FRAMELINE50: The Chinese-Canadian filmmaker tells us about infusing her immigrant experience with the topic of queer life, rooting romance in friendship, and letting freedom run its course, even if it means hesitating a little bit at first.
16 June 2026
  Olivia Popp

REVIEWS

Still from Shan Jiang's 'Ephemera'
In Our Own World By Night: 'Ephemera' (2026) by Shan Jiang
Tribeca25 / Frameline50
Still from 'Elephants in the Fog' by Abinash Bikram Shah
A Fragile Sanctuary: 'Elephants in the Fog' (2026) by Abinash Bikram Shah
Cannes 2026
Still from SUMMER DRIFT by Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter
Oh, What Beautiful Machinery: 'Summer Drift' (2026) by Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter
Cannes 2026
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The Ecstasy of the Monstrous: 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma' (2026) by Jane Schoenbrun
Cannes 2026
Still from Paloma Schneideman's 'Big Girls Don't Cry'
Covering the Tiers: 'Big Girls Don't Cry' (2026) by Paloma Schneideman
Sundance 2026
Still from Pete Muller's 'Bucks Harbor'
Beneath the Lobster’s Shell: 'Bucks Harbor' (2026) by Pete Muller
Berlinale 2026
'La belle année' by Angelica Ruffier
The Fluidity of Desire: 'La belle année' (2026) by Angelica Ruffier
Rotterdam 2026
Cooper Hoffmann and Olivia Wilde in Gregg Araki's 'I Want Your Sex'
Be Careful What You Wish For: 'I Want Your Sex' (2026) by Gregg Araki
Sundance 2026

INTERVIEWS

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'It was important to show that transition is very much a collaborative experience': Amy Jenkins and Adam Sieswerda on 'Adam’s Apple'
Frameline50
'Black Burns Fast' director Sandulela Asanda
'I want to change the way mainstream media sees queer women and queer Black people': Sandulela Asanda on 'Black Burns Fast'
Frameline50
Xiaodan He
'The body can speak to so many things: power, identity, courage': Xiaodan He on 'Montreal, My Beautiful'
Frameline50
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‘I always come back to women’s relationships and how women do so much’: Gloria Mercer and Bethany Brown on ‘A Safe Distance’
Frameline50
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'The act of making this film and the sheer existence of the two characters queer the cityscape': Shan Jiang on 'Ephemera'
Tribeca25
Faridah Gbadamosi, senior programmer at Tribeca Festival
'Is queer cinema ultimately changing form? Festivals are in an ideal position to have that conversation': Faridah Gbadamosi, Tribeca senior programmer
Tribeca 2026
Virages directors - Aline Suter & Céline Carridroit
'The Geneva you see in the film is the one we belong to': Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter on 'Summer Drift'
Cannes 2026
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'All the images I create must be aware of the responsibility they carry': Markus Schleinzer on 'Rose'
IndieLisboa 2026
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