PURPLE HOUR

cinema from a queer lens and canted angle.

John Nein, Sundance senior programmer and director of strategic initiatives
Interviews
'Queer cinema is inseparable from independent storytelling': John Nein, senior programmer at Sundance Film Festival
PROGRAMMER TALKS: We kick off this new series via a conversation about the importance of queer stories to American independent cinema and Sundance's approach to supporting filmmakers.
06 January 2026
  Purple Hour
Marcelo Caetano, director of 'Baby'
Interviews
‘I was trying to understand who I was by looking to another generation’: Marcelo Caetano on ‘Baby’
PINK SCREENS 2025: The Brazilian director shares his thoughts on creating cinema as a testament to life, found family, and the city of São Paulo.
13 November 2025
  Olivia Popp
Kukla at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival
Interviews
‘We are just mediums for ideas and visions and sparks’: Kukla on ‘Fantasy’
LOCARNO / SARAJEVO 2025: The Slovenian director shares the multifaceted inspiration for her film, in which three women friends meet a trans woman whose presence encourages them to break out of their patriarchal prison.
29 August 2025
  Olivia Popp

REVIEWS

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Resorting to Tenderness – A Temporal Implant: 'Before/After' (2025) by Manoël Dupont
THESSALONIKI 2025
Still from 'Queens of Drama' by Alexis Langlois
All You Need is Love and Queerpop: 'Queens of Drama' (2024) by Alexis Langlois
XPOSED 2025
Still from Rohan Parashuram Kanawade's 'Cactus Pears'
Beneath the Shade of Your Leaves, I Grow: 'Cactus Pears' (2025) by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
SXSW London / Inside Out 2025
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Inside These Walls, I’ll Carry You: 'The Crowd' (2025) by Sahand Kabiri
Inside Out 2025
Still from Petersen Vargas' 'Some Nights I Feel Like Walking'
Soft Boys, Sharp Corners: 'Some Nights I Feel Like Walking' (2024) by Petersen Vargas
XPOSED 2025
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The Village That Raised the Dolls: 'The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo' (2025) by Diego Céspedes 
Cannes 2025
Josh O'Connor and Paul Mescal in Oliver Hermanus' 'The History of Sound'
Sepia, Silence, and Sad Gays: 'The History of Sound' (2025) by Oliver Hermanus
Cannes 2025
Jonas Dassler (left) and Fabian Stumm in 'Sad Jokes'
The Importance of Being Earnest, Redux: 'Sad Jokes' (2024) by Fabian Stumm
BFI Flare 2025

INTERVIEWS

John Nein, Sundance senior programmer and director of strategic initiatives
'Queer cinema is inseparable from independent storytelling': John Nein, senior programmer at Sundance Film Festival
SUNDANCE 2026
Marcelo Caetano, director of 'Baby'
‘I was trying to understand who I was by looking to another generation’: Marcelo Caetano on ‘Baby’
Pink Screens 2025
Kukla at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival
‘We are just mediums for ideas and visions and sparks’: Kukla on ‘Fantasy’
Locarno 2025 / Sarajevo 2025
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‘Our radical futures must be made of joy’: Yaya Xi-lin Wang on ‘Into the Next Tide’
QUEER MIGRATIONS 2025
Annapurna Sriram at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
'This is feminist, this isn’t fantastical': Annapurna Sriram on 'Fucktoys'
KVIFF 2025
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'How are you going to light reality?': Manoël Dupont on 'Before/After'
KVIFF 2025
Actor Benjamin Turnbull (left) and Director Devin Shears (right) of 'Cherub'
'It’s about being seen': Devin Shears and Benjamin Turnbull on ‘Cherub’
Inside Out 2025
'Ride or Die' director Josalynn Smith
'I’m really interested in the aesthetics of Americana when you put queer people, Black people in those spaces': Josalynn Smith on ‘Ride or Die’
Tribeca 2025