Curated by Fay Nass, Artistic Director of the frank theatre company, Queering Cinema features five features and two short films which have extended the scope of queer cinema. The series features films from Iran, Japan, Europe, the USA and India and explores themes including masculinity, loneliness, belonging and desire.
Each Thursday screening will be introduced by Fay Nass. The opening night film Tehran: City of Love (May 15) will be followed by a DJ set from DJ Nancydru.
Buy a series pass for $44 and attend the opening night for free!
Fay Nass, Queering Cinema curator
Fay Nass is a Vancouver-based director, writer, producer, curator, programmer and multi-disciplinary artist. They are the Artistic Director of the frank theatre company and the founder/AD of Aphotic Theatre.
In the past two decades, Fay has been creating work across disciplines including Documentary film, narrative film, theatre, live performance and Audiovisual installations. Their work often examines questions of race, sex, language and culture, through an intersectional lens to shift meanings and deconstruct paradigms rooted in our society. Fay is interested in the notion of Queering as a way of creating new aesthetic and innovative processes to challenge traditional forms and contemporary perceptions.
Fay’s work has been presented at PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, SummerWorks Festival, Queer Arts Festival, the CULTCH and Firehall Arts Centre. Their academic papers and experimental work have been presented at various conferences and artist-run galleries in the US, Spain, the UK, Germany and France. Their co-creation project Be-Longing was part of the 2021 New York International Film Festival, NICE International Film Festival and Madrid International Film Festival. Their short documentary film Art Connects Part 1 was the winner of the Hamburg Indie Film Festival for the best Documentary short in 2022.
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Tehran: City of Love
Three lovesick individuals struggle to find romance as this tragicomic triptych plays out across the weddings, funerals, beauty parlours, and gyms of Tehran. This is the opening film in our new Queering Cinema series and will be followed by a set from DJ Nancydru.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Released in 2001, John Cameron Mitchell's flamboyant rock musical about a gender-queer punk rock singer from East Berlin pushed the boundaries of queer cinema. It's both heartbreaking and empowering. Screening with the short The Human Voice.
Moonlight
Three chapters in the life of Chiron, a young black man grappling with his identity and sexuality in a rough Miami neighborhood. Barry Jenkins' exploration of vulnerability and love offers a refreshing alternative to traditional portrayals of masculinity. Screening with the short Strange Way of Life.
Close-Knit
A young girl, Tomo, unexpectedly finds herself living with her uncle and his transgender partner, a woman named Tetsu. The unconventional family arrangement serves as a backdrop for exploring the challenges and joys of living authentically.