Reading Queerness from the Mainstream: Joke D’Heer on Conducting Queer Readings of Popular Films
ANIMA 2026: Through the work of this Gent-based media scholar, we explore the concept of and intention behind their live queer readings of films.
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Horny, Frustrated, Joyous: Best of Queer Shorts at Anima 2025
ANIMA 2025: We take a look at three highlights from this Brussels festival for animated films, which have all been critically acclaimed to date—for good reason.
‘I wanted to make something gentle about queer people’: Géraldine Charpentier on ‘Messages personnels’
ANIMA 2025: The Brussels-based animator talks us through their newest short film, which brings to the screen “a little dyke story in [their] own city” inspired by the art style of cartoonists like Alison Bechdel.