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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A Longing for the Upcountry: ‘Fruit Gathering’ (2026) by Aung Phyoe
KARLOVY VARY 2026: The Burmese director’s prize-winning debut feature traces the friendship and increasingly ambiguous relationship between two young women in the capital of Myanmar.
This Paradise Built in Hell: ‘Animol’ (2026) by Ashley Walters
KARLOVY VARY 2026: This directorial debut of the British TV star brings an unexpectedly queer story to the fore of a prison drama.
The Trespass of Intimacy: ‘Petty Thieves’ (2026) by Mate Ugrin
KARLOVY VARY 2026: The Berlin-based filmmaker transgresses the boundaries between closeness, seduction, fixation, and intrusion in his debut feature, set in a town overrun by tourism on the Croatian Adriatic.
‘People who do not eat well are not to be trusted with artwork’: Viv Li on ‘Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest’
KARLOVY VARY 2026: The China-born, Berlin-based director dishes up East and West without ever tasting resolution.
‘Fiction becomes a great way to externalise and understand these issues’: Sullivan LePostec, MIDPOINT Focus Queer lead tutor
KARLOVY VARY 2026: We spoke with one of the programme leads to learn more about this lab’s approach to cultivating new queer projects in development.
‘Is queer cinema ultimately changing form? Festivals are in an ideal position to have that conversation’: Faridah Gbadamosi, Tribeca senior programmer
TRIBECA 2026: Ahead of its 25th anniversary edition, we learned about the New York festival’s audience-driven approach, a move toward queer stories existing rather than explaining, and festivals as a platform for queer cinema to evolve as a form.