Tickets are on sale for Wicked Queer 2018!
Buy your tickets now to get ready for 11 days of the year's best LGBTQ films! Meet filmmakers and other film fans, attend film premieres, and mix and mingle at the 34th annual festival! From feel-good romances to hard-hitting documentaries, our team is proud to bring you another year of world-class programming.
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OPENING NIGHT: A Moment In The Reeds
Thursday, March 29 / 7:30 pm
Museum of Fine Arts
A Moment in the Reeds is an intimate drama about the chance encounter of two men by the Finnish lakeside. Leevi, who left Finland behind to study abroad, has returned for the summer to help his father renovate the family lake house. Tareq, a Syrian asylum seeker, has also been hired to help, and when Leevi’s father returns to town on business, the two young men give in to their mutual attraction, spending a few midsummer days discovering one another. Among the first queer-themed feature films made in Finland, A Moment in the Reeds puts the long-marginalized voices of sexual and ethnic minorities at center stage in a story about the search for freedom, acceptance, and a place to call home.
This film is presented in English and Finnish with English Subtitles.
A Moment In The Reeds by Mikko Makela (Finland, 2017, 108 min.)
Proudly co-presented by Scandinavian Cultural Center, MIRA Coalition, Finlandia Foundation, Queer Muslims Boston
Ticket purchases include a post-film party with the director in the MFA’s Taste Café with music and refreshments.
CLOSING NIGHT: Anchor and Hope
Saturday, April 7 / 7:30 pm
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Eva and Kat enjoy a carefree existence on their houseboat on a London canal. Until Eva's dream of becoming a mother is reignited by the death of their pet. Kat just wants to get a new cat. But when Kat's best friend, Roger, visits from Barcelona, they decide in a moment of drunkenness that he can be Eva's sperm donor. But what are the consequences for the lesbian couple, the biological father, the child and their relationships with one another?
This film is presented with English subtitles.
Anchor and Hope by Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spain, 2017,111 min.)
SPOTLIGHT: En Algún Lugar
Friday, March 30 / 7:30 pmParamount Center at ARTSEmerson
Join us with Director Tadeo Garcia for a special screening of En Algún Lugar - set against the background of a broken U.S. immigration system, En Algun Lugar is a love story between two young men, Abel & Diego. When tragedy strikes and Diego's immigration status is revealed, Abel and Diego discover the power of love during uncertain times
En Algún Lugar by Tadeo Garcia (USA, 2017, 112 min.)
Proudly co-presented by MIRA Coalition, The Theater Offensive, Boston Latino International Film Festival, LatinX Pride.
SNEAK PREVIEW: Freelancers Anonymous
Thursday, April 5 / 6:30 pm
Brattle Theatre
We are pleased to announce the world premiere of Sonia Sebastian’s wry comedic take on marriage and job-hunting, Freelancers Anonymous.
Billie #hatesherjob and quits mere months before getting married. She meets a ragtag group of women also looking for employment, and finds herself juggling her upcoming wedding with launching a new tech start-up.
Freelancers Anonymous by Sonia Sebastián (USA, 2018)
Mr. Gay Syria
Monday, April 2 / 6:30pm
Brattle Theater
In focusing his attention on the competitors of Mr. Gay Syria, director Ayse Toprak shatters the one-dimensional meaning of “refugee”. Using the pageant as a means of escape from political persecution, the organizer Mahmoud — already given asylum in Berlin — hopes to offer the winner a chance to travel as well as bring international attention to the life-threatening situations faced by LGBT Syrians.
This film is presented with English subtitles.
Mr. Gay Syria by Ayse Toprak (Turkey, 2017. 85 min.)
Proudly co-presented by MIRA Coalition, Queer Muslims Boston
Can't wait until the festival?
We are co-presenting with Boston Underground Film Festival!
World PREMIERE: The Queen of Hollywood Blvd
March 23, 2018 @ 7:15 pm / Brattle Theater
Closing Night: Good Manners
March 25, 2018 @ 8:45 pm / Brattle Theatre
These and 30 other films and shorts programs will play across our venues. Check out the full lineup, and we'll be sending out series spotlights as the festival approaches.
