Our primary goal with Q-Fest is to provide a meaningful and well-curated film festival experience for all attendees. To do that, the Q-Fest cohort looks to New Queer Cinema as a guidepost. New Queer Cinema regularly pushes boundaries and challenges perspectives, and sometimes that means showing intense scenes with difficult themes. Q-Fest doesn’t stray away from showing films that can be difficult to watch. We work hard to curate an experience worthy of our diverse attendees, so we’ve provided a list of themes to help navigate potentially difficult topics. We invite each attendee to gauge any one film’s impact on their well-being prior to attending a screening.
Our guidelines will never be perfect. Everyone is different and how a film reaches someone is unique. We encourage attendees to make the best decisions for themselves and if they need to leave the theatre at any time for whatever reason, we welcome and understand it.
7 PM | Lesbian Space Princess
Directed by Emma Hough Hobbs & Leela Varghese | 2025 | Australia | 87 mins
Inspired heavily from other comedic and off-beat animations, such as Adventure Time, Steven Universe, and Scott Pilgrim, Lesbian Space Princess follows the princess of Clitopilis as she navigates not just the universe, but herself and her journey to summon the Royal Labrys.
12 PM | QTPOC Shorts
Directed by Various Directors | 81 mins
Be prepared to get excited, because the QTPOC shorts are back and in full throttle!
5 PM | I Was Born This Way
Directed by Daniel Junge & Sam Pollard | 2025 | USA | 98 mins
Carl Bean was the inspiration behind Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” but also so much more. From a gospel singer, to an AIDS activist, to the foundational archbishop of a new religious denomination, Carl Bean left an influential mark on the Black community, the queer community, and the world.
7 PM | We Are Faheem & Karun
Directed by Onir | 2024 | India | 75 mins
An impossible romance ignites between Kashmiri college student Faheem and Indian border guard Karun. Despite their undeniable desire, their love must exist in the face of religion, cultural attitudes, and political unrest.
9 PM | Fucktoys
Directed by Annapurna Sriram | 2025 | USA | 107 mins
AP has had the worst curse ever put on her, and the only way that she can lift it is if she gets $1,000 and a… lamb sacrifice? Sometimes fate really is in the cards.
Preceded by Girlfriend Girlfriend (6 mins)
12 PM | Row of Life
Directed by Soraya Simi | 2025 | USA | 82 mins
Disabled, determined, and ready to row – a story you can’t miss.
3 PM | Lucky, Apartment
Directed by Kangyu Garam | 2024 | South Korea | 96 mins
Why must you always be in someone's business? Seonwoo must find a way to repair both her relationship and the smell emanating from their new apartment.
Preceded by Hey Dad | 6 mins
5 PM | She's the He
Directed by Siobhan McCarthy | 2025 | USA | 82 mins
What happens when two best friends pretend to be trans women so they can get girlfriends and prove they aren’t gay? Join Alex and Ethan on this heartfelt, hilarious ride as they explore what it truly means to be themselves.
Preceded by Sweet Talkin’ Guy | 4 mins
7 PM | A Night in West Texas
Directed by Deborah S. Esquenazi | 2025 | USA | 83 mins
A priest is found dead, and as the cops have no lead, someone must step up to the plate.
9 PM | Went Up the Hill
Directed by Samuel Van Grinsven | 2024 | Australia/New Zealand | 100 mins
Jack and Jill went up the hill to banish a lesbian ghost - a haunting tale of spiritual possession
11 AM | The Nature of Invisible Things
Directed by Rafaela Camelo | 2025 | Brazil/Chile | 90 mins
Two ten-year-old girls become besties while stuck in a hospital. The two girls’ mothers take them to the countryside to take care of a family matriarch with dementia.
1 PM | Just Kids
Directed by Gianna Toboni | 2025 | USA | 93 mins
As gender-affirming care bans sweep the country, what happens to the families these bans affect? How do three different families deal with the harsh reality and the difficult hand they’ve been dealt?
3 PM | EAU SHIT: Queer Chaos Shorts
Directed by: Various Directors | 109 mins
This is the place for the wildest and wackiest shorts Q-Fest has to offer. Prepare for a roller coaster of emotions, and enjoy EAU SHIT: Queer Chaos!
5 PM | The Librarians
Directed by Kim A. Snyder | 2025 | USA | 92 mins
Fighting book bans one overdue library fine at a time, because apparently that’s where we’re at now.
Preceded by The Last Story on Earth (18 mins)
7 PM | Plainclothes
Directed by Carmen Emmi | 2025 | USA | 95 mins
Director Carmen Emmi’s feature film debut follows an undercover cop as he is tasked with entrapping and arresting men cruising in shopping mall bathrooms, only to fall for his target.