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Feast on the Full Schedule

Tickets will go on sale this Friday, April 1

Wicked Queer returns for a hybrid festival, in-person April 7-17, with many of the in-person screenings available on Wicked Queer’s XERB.tv channel the next day through April 30. Wicked Queer’s XERB.tv channel will also feature online exclusives throughout the month of Gaypril.

See the Schedule

Sirens (USA/Lebanon) - dir. Rita Baghdadi

In-Person Screenings

Gaypril 7-17 at the Brattle Theatre, Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Center, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Feature Films

• After Blue (Dirty Paradise) (France) - dir. Bertrand Mandico
• Spotlight: Cop Secret (Iceland) - dir. Hannes Þór Halldórsson
• Cut! (Spain) - dir. Marc Ferrer
• Death and Bowling (USA) - dir. Lyle Kash
• Deserto Particular (Brazil/Portugal) - dir. Aly Muritiba
• The Divide - (France) dir. Catherine Corsini
• Spotlight: Firebird (Estonia) - dir. Peeter Rebane
• Mascarpone (Italy) - dir. Alessandro Guida Matteo Pilati
• Spotlight: My Emptiness and I (Spain) - dir. Adrián Silvestre
• My Fiona (USA) - dir. Kelly Walker
• Spotlight: Orfeas2021 (Greece) - dir. Fil Ieropoulos
• Spotlight: The Schoolmaster Games (Sweden) - dir. Ylva Forner
• The Sympathy Card (USA) - dir. Brendan Boogie
• Centerpiece: Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter (Brazil) - dir. Gustavo Vinagre
• Wake Up, Leonard (USA) - dir. Kat Mills Martin
• Opening Night: Wildhood (Mi’kmaw/Canada) - dir. Bretten Hannam

Documentary Films

• Baloney (USA) - dir. Joshua Guerci
• Being Bebe (USA) - dir. Emily Branham
• Spotlight: Being Thunder (Narragansett/USA) - dir. Stéphanie Lamorré
• Building a Bridge (USA) - dir. Evan Mascagni and Shannon Post
• Dressed in Blue ((Vestida de Azul) (Spain) - dir. Antonio Giménez Rico
• Closing Spotlight: Framing Agnes (USA) - dir. Chase Joynt
• Gemmel and Tim (USA) - dir. Michiel Thomas
• Prognosis: Notes on Living (USA) - dir. Debra Chasnoff and Kate Stilley Steiner
• Spotlight: Sirens (USA/Lebanon) - dir. Rita Baghdadi

Shorts Programs

• GTFO Shorts
• Haram Shorts
• Mens Shorts: Get Out of My DMs and Into These Sheets
• Stories from Africa and the Diaspora
• Trans Shorts: The Pursuit of Happiness
• Womens Shorts: Women Rule the World

Throwback Films

• Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love (USA, 1992) - dir. Maria Maggenti
• I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (Canada, 1987) - dir. Patricia Rozema
• Kamikaze Hearts (USA, 1986) - dir. Juliet Bashore
• Just added!: Pink Narcissus (USA, 1971) - dir. James Bidgood

See the Schedule

Av (The Hunt) (Cyprus) - dir. Sholeh Zahraei & Kamil Saldun

Virtual Exclusives and Encores

XERB.tv Exclusives

April 7-30, festivalgoers will also have access to the following titles via Wicked Queer’s XERB.tv channel.

• Boy Culture: The Series
• Comedy Shorts
• Experimental Showcase
• International Shorts
• Latinx Shorts
• Queer Asian Stories
• Queer Documentary Shorts
• Sci-Fi Shorts
• Up & Coming Filmmakers

XERB.tv Encores

These virtual encores will be on XERB.tv the day after the in-person screenings and available through April 30.

• After Blue (Dirty Paradise) (France) - dir. Bertrand Mandico
• Being Thunder (Narragansett/USA) - dir. Stéphanie Lamorré
• Building a Bridge (USA) - dir. Evan Mascagni and Shannon Post
• Cut! (Spain) - dir. Marc Ferrer
• Death and Bowling (USA) - dir. Lyle Kash
• The Divide - (France) dir. Catherine Corsini
• Dressed in Blue ((Vestida de Azul) (Spain) - dir. Antonio Giménez Rico
• Framing Agnes (USA) - dir. Chase Joynt
• Firebird (Estonia) - dir. Peeter Rebane
• Gemmel and Tim (USA) - dir. Michiel Thomas
• GTFO Shorts
• Haram Shorts
• Mens Shorts: Get Out of My DMs and Into These Sheets
• My Emptiness and I (Spain) - dir. Adrián Silvestre
• Orfeas2021 (Greece) - dir. Fil Ieropoulos
• The Schoolmaster Games (Sweden) - dir. Ylva Forner
• Stories from Africa and the Diaspora
• Trans Shorts: The Pursuit of Happiness
• Wake Up, Leonard (USA) - dir. Kat Mills Martin
• Wildhood (Mi’kmaw/Canada) - dir. Bretten Hannam
• Womens Shorts: Women Rule the World

See the XERB.tv Schedule

Ways to Get Involved

Become a Member

Memberships are available for our 2022 festival season. Help make our 2022 festival happen by your generous support. Join today!

Volunteer

It takes a village to put on this festival. We are looking to fill many positions for our 2022 festival. Come and join our all volunteer team!

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