🍸 The bar will be open—come early to grab a drink and socialise before the screening starts.
🎟️ Totally free, no tickets needed! Just turn up and take a seat.
📍 Cafe Bar, Cambridge Arts Picturehouse
🎬🌈 Queers in Shorts is back on July 2nd at 9 PM at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse!
Join us for a cozy evening of queer-themed short films that celebrate LGBTQ+ voices and stories from around the world.
A huge thank you to the filmmakers, actors, and crews who shared these vibrant stories with us, and to everyone who joined us for another evening of queer cinema and community. Here’s to the stories that make us laugh, think, remember, and feel seen. 🌈🎬✨
Our latest Queers in Shorts brought together stories of desire, defiance, memory, and mischief — moving from sun-soaked summers to civil rights history, from private reckonings to fabulously bold acts of survival.
followed women claiming glamour and power in a world that refuses to make space for them, and laughed along as love, danger, and drag-adjacent chaos collided in the most unexpected ways. Each film offered its own texture playful, provocative, heartfelt, and unapologetically queer
“James Baldwin at 100” by Kelefa Sanneh (CBS Sunday Morning)
Screening tomorrow night, 7th May.
A century after his birth in Harlem, the writer and activist James Baldwin is being celebrated for his visionary work.
“The File” directed by Indigo Bates
Screening on Thursday, 7th May
A couple are at loss when their therapist of over 20 years dies. While Paul’s relieved at the opportunity of a blank slate, Scott manages to convince him to break into the old therapist’s house to get their file
“Outed” — directed by Charlie Paulin
Screening on Thursday, 7th May
Carter has one rule: don’t fall in love. But living at home comfortably and following that rule gets complicated when a paper towel mascot gets in his way and he has to prove to his mom that he can handle danger
“Flash Sale” — directed by Autumn Boxley
Screening next Thursday, 7th May.
Tony and Adam are best friends and roommates in NY. Tony can’t stand to go another summer without top surgery. When Tony’s employment falls through, the two friends find another source of income.
“Rainbow Girls” — directed by Nana Duffuor
Screening next Thursday, 7th May.
Three stylish Black transgender women in SF embark on a daring crime spree, stealing from high-end boutiques in the wealthiest neighborhoods to survive and thrive in a world that has marginalized them.
“Mamaville” — directed by Irmak Karasu
Screening next Thursday, 7th May.
In a small port town, fifteen year-old Ferah is spending the summer at her grandmother’s beach house. The grandmother indulges in watching dating reality shows, while Ferah craves her own sexual release.
Thank you to every filmmaker, cast, and crew for sharing your work with us, and to everyone who came along and made the room feel warm, curious, and connected. Queer cinema hits hardest when we experience it together. 🌈🎬✨
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Our last Queers in Shorts took us on a thrilling, tender ride through obsession, satire, self-discovery, and resistance, where desire could feel like refuge, danger, or both.
Surrealists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore lived in St Brelade’s Bay during Jersey’s German Occupation (1940–45). Famous for their avant-garde photography, they also carried out acts of resistance—an incredible story that’s inspired fans worldwide, including David Bowie.
This Thursday (19th February), we will screen “RAT!” directed by Neal Suresh Mulani.
When a disgruntled music journalist accuses a global pop star of queerbaiting, the singer’s devoted fans seek retribution.
Plot: Sean is a young labourer newly appointed to tend the grounds of Falgirth, a stately manor in 19th C Ireland. But a secret romance results in a possessive, power-play and a betrayal that can never be forgiven.