REEL QUEER LIVES
Streaming from
Nov 21
to
Nov 30, 2023
Available to watch in
USA
Available worldwide
Watch all short films screening at WQ:Docs this year, including the Reel Queer Lives shorts program plus two extra short films.
Content warning:
This film is presented in
with English subtitles.
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This feature will be preceded by the following short film:
Program includes...
This short film program includes the following films:
Body Language
(
10
min)
BODY LANGUAGE is a candid conversation about body image and body experience for Black gay, queer, and same gender loving men.
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DIRECTOR
Odu Adamu
COUNTRY
United States
LANGUAGE
English
YEAR
2022
MALDITA. A LOVE SONG TO SARAJEVO
(
27
min)
In Maldita, a love song to Sarajevo, Bozo Vreco, the most revolutionary artist of the Balcans sings to life, to overcoming obstacles...
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DIRECTOR
Raúl de la Fuente Calle, Amaia Remirez
COUNTRY
Spain
LANGUAGE
English, Spanish
YEAR
2022
More Than a Feeling
(
5
min)
A diverse cross-section of queer people describe discovering the pleasures of self-pleasure for the first time.
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DIRECTOR
Dave Quantic
COUNTRY
United States
LANGUAGE
English
YEAR
2022
Paradise
(
29
min)
“Paradise” revisits South Korea’s era of authoritarian development (1970s-1980s) through the lens of queer livelihood.
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DIRECTOR
Minki Hong
COUNTRY
Republic of Korea
LANGUAGE
Korean
YEAR
2023
First Months of Freedom
(
9
min)
Cat, a transgender woman in Tennessee who has been institutionalized since she was four years old, got off parole in 2020.
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DIRECTOR
Kriss Li
COUNTRY
Canada
LANGUAGE
English
YEAR
2021
Permissible Beauty
(
23
min)
Placing Black queer experience at the heart of a highly collaborative process we create richly layered portraits of contemporary figures.
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DIRECTOR
Mark Thomas
COUNTRY
UK
LANGUAGE
English
YEAR
2022
The ABCs of Book Banning
(
26
min)
In recent years, more than 2,500 books have been removed from school districts around the US
Content warning:
DIRECTOR
Sheila Nevins
COUNTRY
USA
LANGUAGE
English
YEAR
2023
Big Sur Gay Porn
(
12
min)
Cult filmmaker Tom DeSimone revisits the production of a lost gay film and resurrects youthful adventures on the California coast.
Content warning:
DIRECTOR
Ryan White
COUNTRY
USA
LANGUAGE
English
YEAR
2023
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