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Queer East · 2026

Queer East 2026

Retrospectives

Programme

7 films

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The Fantasy Of Deer Warrior (Da Xia Mei Hua Lu)

The happy lives of animals in the forest are stirred by the sudden attack of a pack of wolves. The Father Deer comes to the rescue, and asks Birdy to notify his son, the Deer, asking him to seek revenge.

(Country: Taiwan; Year: 1961; Director: Ying Chang; Writer: Chao Chi-cheng; Stars: Yun Ling, Hung Pai, Lin Lin, Chen Chin-shui, Chien Kuo-jin)

The Girl Princes

Female Gukgeuk, a form of musical theatre in which women played male roles, enjoyed a golden age in 1950s South Korea. This documentary explores its legacy.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2011; Director: Kim Hye-jung)

A Good Child (Hao Haizi)

The story of a drag queen who returns home to care for his mother with dementia, leading to healing and self-discovery through deception.

(Country: Singapore; Year: 2025; Director: Ong Kuo-sin; Writer: Ong Kuo-sin; Stars: Richie Koh, Huifang Hong, Cheryl Chou, Charlie Goh, Johnny Lu)

Joan Of Arc Of Mongolia (Johanna D'Arc Of Mongolia)

A group of cosmopolitan women passengers aboard the Trans-Siberian/Mongolian Railway are taken prisoner by Ulan Iga, a warrior princess.

(Country: Germany, France; Year: 1989; Director: Ulrike Ottinger; Writer: Ulrike Ottinger; Stars: Xu Re Huar, Delphine Seyrig, Irm Hermann, Gillian Scalici, Peter Kern)

Macho Dancer

Noel, a mountain teen, goes to Manila to support his family and, guided by a call boy mentor, is drawn into a dangerous world of sex work, drugs, and police corruption.

(Country: Philippines; Year: 1988; Director: Lino Brocka; Writer: Amado Lacuesta, Ricky Lee; Stars: Jaclyn Jose, Daniel Fernando, Princess Punzalan, Alan Paule, Timothy Diwa, Angelo Miguel)

The Outsiders (Nie Zi, Outcasts)

Ah-Ching, a young student, is cast out by his parents because he is gay. In a public park in Taipei he finds a group of other young gays and joins them to live in the house of a middle-aged photographer.

(Country: Taiwan; Year: 1986; Director: Yu Kan-Ping; Writer: Pai Hsien-yung, Sun Cheng-kuo; Stars: Hsin Shao, Kuan Kuan, Yueh Sun, Su Ming-ming)

With Beauty And Sorrow (Utsukushisa To Kanashimi To)

A woman seeks revenge on the famous writer who impregnated the woman she loves when she was just 16, leading to a lifetime of trauma.

(Country: Japan; Year: 1965; Director: Masahiro Shinoda; Writer: Yasunari Kawabata, Nobuo Yamada; Stars: Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Kaga, Sô Yamamura, Kei Yamamoto, Misako Watanabe)