Vampiric schoolgirls, crocodilian men, and spectral lovers populate this eerie programme, in which myths, the supernatural, and alternative universes spark the queer imagination. Blurring boundaries between reality and fantasy, the filmmakers delve into weird and wonderful experiences that ignite the possibility of change: personal, political, and philosophical. To be queer is, literally, to be strange or odd, which here serves as a means of challenging cultural understandings of gender and sexuality. Through blood, fish scales, and sexy copies of Hegel’s oeuvre, the films in this collection make otherworldliness a point of pride.
Chomp It!
Two crocodilian men go to a swimming pool to cool off.
Dir. Mark Chua, Lam Li Shuen | Singapore | 2023 | 12min
Wegen Hegel
During a Covid lockdown, philosophy student Ping is invited to a ‘socially-distanced hookup’.
Dir. Popo Fan | Germany | 2023 | 13min
Mom, if I were a Vampire
An insecure teenager becomes infatuated with another girl.
Dir. Deborah Devyn Chuang | Taiwan | 2022 | 17min
Fish Boy
A teenager is forced to choose between his love for God and his fluid sexuality.
Dir. Christopher Yip | Canada | 2023 | 11min
Still Life
Three friends find themselves in a limbo between life and death.
Dir. Sarah Kim | US | 2023 | 15min
Their Universe
Jun returns to Earth as a ghost to say goodbye to his lover.
Dir Han Jeong-gil | South Korea | 2023 | 16min
