About this event
Join us for a special Queer Film Club screening at QUEERCIRCLE featuring an exciting mix of drama, comedy, documentary, and experimental films by eight up-and-coming LGBTQ+ filmmakers!
This event is a showcase of diverse voices and creative storytelling, offering a unique opportunity to experience a glimpse of the next wave of queer cinema in the UK and beyond.
Each film presents a distinct perspective, capturing the richness and complexity of LGBTQ+ lives through powerful narratives. Come and meet us at QUEERCIRCLE, whether you're a film enthusiast or just looking to support emerging talent.
About the filmmakers:
Justice Khor
Justice Khor (he/him) is a queer Malaysian documentary filmmaker and LGBTQ+ activist.
He is passionate about using factual filmmaking as a means of advocacy and entertainment.
When not immersed in the world of film, Justice actively contributes to the management of a Malaysian grassroots queer organisation named PLUHO (People Like Us Hang Out!), where he serves as the Vice President.
🎥 Qeluar (Out)
Expelled from Malaysia, the first person to receive asylum in the UK on the grounds of LGBTQ+ identity recounts a journey marked by ousting, disownment, and a quest for acceptance.
Céline Ribard
Céline is a French film director based in London, UK. She’s drawn to stories around intimacy, queer and surreal experiences.
With a degree in fashion and design, her first entry into film was through the costume department. A flair for problem-solving led her to the production office before she found her voice in directing. The experience as a designer and her passion for analogue photography bring a unique visual language to her storytelling.
Her CNC (french public fund) commissioned short-form series UNIVERSELLES was released in May 2024 on the RTBF (Belgium TV) streaming platform.
She’s a Directors UK and BAFTA Connect member and is currently in development with her first feature, COMATOSE.
Aside from her directing work, Céline created WxIF an independent magazine that celebrates female-led projects in film and TV. She worked on multiple editions of the 16 Days 16 Films film festival, campaigning to end all forms of gender-based violence.
Her film and TV credits in the production office include A24, Pathé, BFI, BBC and Netflix projects.
🎥 Stagger
During a heated argument with her younger lover over a sudden departure, Olive falls into the memories that originally drew them together.
David J. Amado
Filmmaker and choreographer, David J. Amado (he/him).
David J. Amado (he/him) is a Jamaican-American filmmaker-choreographer, a Portuguese Ministry of Culture Grant Recipient, and a graduate of Columbia University in the City of New York (B.A. in Music).
His films Velveteen and True Colors have been presented in film festivals such as the Berlin Lift-Off Festival, Afropolitan (Brussels) and Mostra Ousmane Sembene de Cinema (Brazil).
Most recently, both films were broadcast on the television station RTP África, which brought the films directly into the homes of people in Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Guiné-Bissau, São Tome and Cape Verde.
Currently, David is in the process of developing his first feature-length film through a screenwriting residency with Netflix Portugal and The Portuguese Film Academy.
🎥 Velveteen
The desire to be seen and accepted as we truly are is one of our deepest human desires and is the central theme of the dance film Velveteen.
Inspired by the book The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, Velveteen chronicles one queer Black man’s journey from self-hatred and repression towards self-discovery and acceptance.
With dance and poetry, we follow our protagonist as he navigates ancestral trauma, racism and homophobia in order to heal himself, find community and live an authentic life unburdened by the expectations of others.
Jamie Lock
Jaime Lock (they/them) is a transmasculine director, screenwriter and poet from St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly. Their poems are published in fourteen poems, Under the Radar, Impossible Archetype, Signal House Edition and the anthologies HE/SHE/THEY/US (Macmillan, 2024), Cornish Modern Poetries (Broken Sleep Books, 2022) among others.
Their first collaborative pamphlet with poets JP Seabright and George Violet Parker, Not Your Orlando, was published this year by Punk Dust.
Jaime’s audio piece, On the Rock, was commissioned as part of BBC New Creatives.
They were a member of Apples and Snakes’ Writers’ Room 2021 and Down Stage Write’s Write Out Loud cohort, developing LGBTQ+ stories for the stage. Jaime’s poem, Our Islands, was put to film by Michael Eddy. They were also part of The Squint Playwriting Award 2023.
🎥 CLAN
On the Isles of Scilly at a Christening party in the local pub, 16-year-old trans teenager, Cam, feels awkward and out of place in his small island community.
When Teän (20) arrives, confident and unashamedly out in their non-binary identity, Cam finally feels seen. Their presence s