Documentary Open School - Docskool launched the Nepal's first Queer film festival Kathmandu- QFFK 2024 to be held 6 - 9 December at Yalamaya Kendra, Patan Dhoka and Docskool, Thapathali alongside several satellite venues.
Starting today the festival will present a collection of 51 feature films, documentary features and short projects including animations. They include projects made the world over, as artists explore diverse aspects of sexuality, sexual identity – choices, bodily autonomy among other issues. Queer cinema is a genre which emphasis non heterosexual narratives in film unlimited to portrayal of LGBTQIA+ identity alone – however most films focus on personal and collective identity and experience of LGBTQIA+ people.
Queer Film Festival Kathmandu - QFFK has partnered with several distribution firms to present films made after 2023. These include films such as S/he is still Her/E: The official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary on the life of highly influential and controversial transgressive queer artist, performer Genesis P-Orridge. The film was shown at Sheffield, and Tribeca Film festival earlier this year. Other feature documentaries include ‘If I die, it will be of Joy’ which deals with older women exploring sexuality and Warsha, a short film from Lebanon which won the best shorts award at Sundance in 2022. Majority feature films being shown will have their South Asia premiere at the festival. Films are being shown under 17 packages of short and feature projects. Entry to all screenings are free but required prior registration.
To register visit the festival website:
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Queer film festival will open today with Fawzia Mirza’s ‘Queen of my Dreams’ from Canada about a Pakistani immigrant family and a young girls exploration of her sexuality while coming to terms with her family history and her muslim, Pakistani – immigrant identity. The film will have a repeat screening on 9th December at Docskool premises.
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