Our Shared Reality: ‘Will You Still Be My Friend?’ (2026) by Lu Po-shun
SAN SEBASTIÁN 2026: The Taiwanese director’s solo feature debut is a subtle story on the complexity of queer childhood, all carved into an impressive piece of Taiwanese realism.
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‘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.
Covering the Tiers: ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’ (2026) by Paloma Schneideman
SUNDANCE 2026: The New Zealand filmmaker’s debut feature leans into rationality and the retrospective gaze as a means of emotional comfort, where its narrative neatness is exceedingly alluring.
Sapphic Origami: ‘The Little Sister’ (2025) by Hafsia Herzi
TROMSØ 2026: Starring breakout Nadia Melliti, this Queer Palm winner unfolds a potent queer coming-of-age story that’s soft to the touch and warm to the heart.
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.
The Act of Queerness: Notes on the 75th Berlinale
BERLINALE 2025: LGBTQIA+ films at the festival’s 75th edition showed a refreshing tendency toward celebrating the experience of queerness rather than solely the identity within.
Navigating Girlhood in the Chaos: ‘1 Girl Infinite’ (2025) by Lilly Hu
ROTTERDAM 2025: In a bustling southern Chinese city, two codependent teen girls navigate the dueling loneliness and desire of these all-engulfing fateful years as one falls for the other.
No Shame, No Gain: Queer(ed) Shorts at Sundance 2025
SUNDANCE 2025: In this report, we highlight five interesting Sundance short films of different styles that we found memorable across the festival’s LGBTQIA+ offerings this year.
Emancipatory Road-Tripping: ‘Where the Wind Comes From’ (2025) by Amel Guellaty
SUNDANCE/ROTTERDAM 2025: Two young Tunisians set off on a cross-country journey with the end goal of escaping their systemic social conditions in this genuinely sincere, vibrant, and hopeful debut from Tunisian writer-director Amel Guellaty.
Charm in the Wake of Colonialism: ‘We Were Dangerous’ (2023) by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu
TROMSØ 2025: In 1950s New Zealand, three teen girls boldly take on the dark and violent surviving institutions of British colonialism —and the result is surprisingly cutesy, if not a little too much so.