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Celebrate LGBTQ+ storytelling at the Wicked Queer Film Festival

Founded in 1984 by film programmer George Mansour, Wicked Queer is the fourth longest-running LGBTQ+ film festival in North America.

Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon in Bound, directed by Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski. Courtesy

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Boston’s Wicked Queer Film Festival returns this spring, with a full lineup of in-person and online films. Founded in 1984 by film programmer George Mansour, Wicked Queer is the fourth longest-running LGBTQ+ film festival in North America.

Last year, the festival virtually screened around 150 films in 45 programs throughout April—this year, the festival kicks off with an opening night at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square. For a week and a half, Wicked Queer will screen films in Boston locations and online, for those who prefer. The volunteer-run festival celebrates and uplifts queer voices and stories, strengthening the community and preserving “the vibrancy of our histories,” says their website.

The festival’s jurors will award Best Narrative Feature and Best Documentary Feature. Audience awards include Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature, and Best in Show Short Film. To stay updated on screenings and awards, sign up for the festival’s newsletter.

Other film screenings throughout the festival will happen at the Brattle, the ICA, and the Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Theater. The full lineup of features, shorts, documentaries, and throwback films is below.

Feature Films

After Blue (Dirty Paradise) (France) – dir. Bertrand Mandico
Cop Secret (Iceland) – dir. Hannes Þór Halldórsson
Cut! (Spain) – dir. Marc Ferrer
Death and Bowling (USA) – dir. Lyle Kash
Deserto Particular (Brazil/Portugal) – dir. Aly Muritiba
The Divide – (France) dir. Catherine Corsini
Firebird (Estonia) – dir. Peeter Rebane
Mascarpone (Italy) – dir. Alessandro Guida Matteo Pilati
Money Boys (China) – dir. C.B.Yi
My Emptiness and I (Spain) – dir. Adrián Silvestre
My Fiona (USA) – dir. Kelly Walker
Centerpiece: Orfeas2021 (Greece) – dir. Fil Ieropoulos
The Schoolmaster Games (Sweden) – dir. Ylva Forner
The Sympathy Card (USA) – dir. Brendan Boogie
Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter (Brazil) – dir. Gustavo VinagreWake Up, Leonard (USA) – dir. Kat Mills Martin
Wildhood (Mi’kmaw/Canada) – dir. Bretten Hannam

Documentary Films

Baloney (USA) – dir. Joshua Guerci
Being Bebe (USA) – dir. Emily Branham
Being Thunder (Narragansett/USA) – dir. Stéphanie Lamorré
Building a Bridge (USA) – dir. Evan Mascagni and Shannon Post
Dressed in Blue (Vestida de Azul) (Spain) – dir. Antonio Giménez Rico
Framing Agnes (USA) – dir. Chase Joynt
Gemmel and Tim (USA) – dir. Michiel Thomas
Prognosis: Notes on Living (USA) – dir. Debra Chasnoff and Kate Stilley Steiner
Sirens (USA/Lebanon) – dir. Rita BaghdadiThrowback FilmsIncredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love (USA, 1992) – dir. Maria Maggenti
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (Canada, 1987) – dir. Patricia Rozema
Kamikaze Hearts (USA, 1986) – dir. Juliet BashoreShorts ProgramsComedy

Shorts

Experimental Shorts
GTFO Shorts
Haram Shorts
International Shorts
Latinx Shorts
Mens Shorts: Get Out of My DMs and Into These Sheets
Queer Asian Stories
Queer Documentary Shorts
Sci-Fi Shorts
Stories from Africa and the Diaspora
Trans Shorts: The Pursuit of Happiness
Up & Coming Filmmakers
Womens Shorts: Women Rule the World