- Opening Film
- Closing Film
- New Pride Section
- Asia Pride Section
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World Pride Section
- FEMME
- In Bed
- Four Little Adults
- The Damned Don’t Cry
- 20,000 Species of Bees
- The Chambermaid
- Who Am I Not
- Eismayer
- Luise
- Marinette
- We Are the Animals
- Pure
- The Harryian Theory
- Afterwards
- Breathe
- The Anniversary
- Letizia
- My Pana
- Poisoned Well
- Aikane
- To My Next Lover
- Corrie
- Uninvited
- Eating Papaw on the Seashore
- Just Johnny
- Buffer Zone
- All I Know
- Butch UP!
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Korea Pride Section
- Korean Shorts Competition
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Korean Shorts Non Competition
- ARMERALD
- No Heaven, But Love
- 50cm
- MY HEART IS GOING TO EXPLODE!
- Paradise
- Gaydar TV
- MICROWAVE LOVE
- The nape
- Muse
- Night and Day
- A night stroll
- Bibitan
- Paraparamita!
- Dad Keeps Coming Back Alive
- OUT!
- Over the Rainbow
- In love
- Colors of the funeral
- Oh My Happy Diet
- Silence
- k arma
- Lake and I
- Alone in the room
- Special Pride Section
- Eastern European Queer Cinema focused on Slov
- Open Pride Section
- LEE SONG Hee-il Master class
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World Pride Section
FEMME
Director Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping
UK | 2023 | 99min | Color | Thriller | 18+ | GT | AP
FEMME Director Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping
UK | 2023 | 99min | Color | Thriller | 18+ | GT | AP
In Bed
Director Nitzan Gilady
Israel | 2022 | 85min | Color | Drama, Thriller | 18+ | GB | AP
In Bed Director Nitzan Gilady
Israel | 2022 | 85min | Color | Drama, Thriller | 18+ | GB | AP
Four Little Adults
Director Selma Vilhunen
Finland | 2023 | 122min | Color | Drama | 18+ | BQ | SP
Four Little AdultsDirector Selma Vilhunen
Finland | 2023 | 122min | Color | Drama | 18+ | BQ | SP
The Damned Don't Cry
Director Fyzal Boulifa
France, Belgium, Morocco | 2022 | 112min | Color | Drama | 15+ | G | KP
The Damned Don't Cry Director Fyzal Boulifa
France, Belgium, Morocco | 2022 | 112min | Color | Drama | 15+ | G | KP
20,000 Species of Bees
Director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Spain | 2023 | 125min | Color | Drama | G | T
20,000 Species of Bees Director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Spain | 2023 | 125min | Color | Drama | G | T
The Chambermaid
Director Mariana Cengel-Solcanská
Slovakia | 2022 | 115min | Color | Drama | 15+ | L | SP
The Chambermaid Director Mariana Cengel-Solcanská
Slovakia | 2022 | 115min | Color | Drama | 15+ | L | SP
Who Am I Not
Director Tünde Skovrán
Romania, Canada, Germany, South Africa, USA | 2023 | 103min | Color | Documentary | G | I | AP
Who Am I NotDirector Tünde Skovrán
Romania, Canada, Germany, South Africa, USA | 2023 | 103min | Color | Documentary | G | I | AP
Eismayer
Director David Wagner
Austria, Germany | 2022 | 87min | Color | Drama, History, Romance | 15+ | G | AP
EismayerDirector David Wagner
Austria, Germany | 2022 | 87min | Color | Drama, History, Romance | 15+ | G | AP
Luise
Director Matthias Luthardt
Germany, France | 2023 | 95min | Color | Drama, Romance | 15+ | LB | AP
LuiseDirector Matthias Luthardt
Germany, France | 2023 | 95min | Color | Drama, Romance | 15+ | LB | AP
Marinette
Director Virginie Verrier
France | 2023 | 95min | Color | Biography, Drama, Sport | G | L | AP
MarinetteDirector Virginie Verrier
France | 2023 | 95min | Color | Biography, Drama, Sport | G | L | AP
We Are the Animals
Director Thijs Bouman
Netherlands | 2023 | 51min | Color | Horror | 15+ | G | IP
We Are the Animals Director Thijs Bouman
Netherlands | 2023 | 51min | Color | Horror | 15+ | G | IP
Pure
Director Federico Mottica
Italy | 2022 | 17min | Color | Drama | 15+ | G | AP
PureDirector Federico Mottica
Italy | 2022 | 17min | Color | Drama | 15+ | G | AP
The Harryian Theory
Director ChongYan Liu
UK | 2022 | 23min | Color | Drama | G | G
The Harryian Theory Director ChongYan Liu
UK | 2022 | 23min | Color | Drama | G | G
Afterwards
Director ChongYan Liu
France | 2023 | 25min | Color | Experimental Documentary | G | T | AP
AfterwardsDirector ChongYan Liu
France | 2023 | 25min | Color | Experimental Documentary | G | T | AP
Breathe
Director Harm van der Sanden
Netherlands | 2022 | 6min | Color | Drama, | G | G
BreatheDirector Harm van der Sanden
Netherlands | 2022 | 6min | Color | Drama, | G | G
The Anniversary
Director Marius Gabriel Stancu
Italy | 2022 | 17min | Color | Drama| 15+ | G | AP
The AnniversaryDirector Marius Gabriel Stancu
Italy | 2022 | 17min | Color | Drama| 15+ | G | AP
Letizia
Director Francesco Manzato
Italy | 2022 | 18min | Color | Drama | 12+ | L | AP
LetiziaDirector Francesco Manzato
Italy | 2022 | 18min | Color | Drama | 12+ | L | AP
My Pana
Director Santiago Giralt
Argentina, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | 2022 | 14min | Color | Drama | 15+ | G | AP
My Pana Director Santiago Giralt
Argentina, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | 2022 | 14min | Color | Drama | 15+ | G | AP
Poisoned Well
Director Radek ŠEVČÍK
Slovakia | 2023 | 14min | B&W | Documentary | G | LGBTQ | AP
Poisoned WellDirector Radek ŠEVČÍK
Slovakia | 2023 | 14min | B&W | Documentary | G | LGBTQ | AP
Aikane
Director Dean Hamer, Daniel Sousa, Joe Wilson
USA | 2023 | 14min | Color | Animation | G | G | KP
AikaneDirector Dean Hamer, Daniel Sousa, Joe Wilson
USA | 2023 | 14min | Color | Animation | G | G | KP
to my next lover
Director Kieran Charnock
New Zealand | 2022 | 3min | Color | Drama | G | L
to my next loverDirector Kieran Charnock
New Zealand | 2022 | 3min | Color | Drama | G | L
Corrie
Director Marieke Widlak
Netherlands | 2022 | 24min | Color | Documentary | G | T | AP
CorrieDirector Marieke Widlak
Netherlands | 2022 | 24min | Color | Documentary | G | T | AP
Uninvited
Director Lee Seung-yeob
Korea | 2017│20min│Color | Drama | G | G
UninvitedDirector Lee Seung-yeob
Korea | 2017│20min│Color | Drama | G | G
Eating Papaw on the Seashore
Director Rae Wiltshire, Nickose Layne
Guyana | 2023 | 18min | Color | Drama | 12+ | G | AP
Eating Papaw on the SeashoreDirector Rae Wiltshire, Nickose Layne
Guyana | 2023 | 18min | Color | Drama | 12+ | G | AP
Just Johnny
Director Terry Loane
UK, Northern Ireland | 2021 | 19min | Color | Drama | G | TQ | KP
Just JohnnyDirector Terry Loane
UK, Northern Ireland | 2021 | 19min | Color | Drama | G | TQ | KP
Buffer Zone
Director Savvas Stavrou
UK, Cyprus | 2023 | 16min | Color | Musical | G | G | AP
Buffer ZoneDirector Savvas Stavrou
UK, Cyprus | 2023 | 16min | Color | Musical | G | G | AP
All I Know
Director Obinna Robert Onyeri
Nigeria, USA | 2023│16min│Color | Drama | 12+ | G | AP
All I KnowDirector Obinna Robert Onyeri
Nigeria, USA | 2023│16min│Color | Drama | 12+ | G | AP
Butch UP!
Director Lee Yu-Jin
Korea | 2022│12min│Color | Music, Comedy | 12+ | LT
Butch UP! Director Lee Yu-Jin
Korea | 2022│12min│Color | Music, Comedy | 12+ | LT
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The section that helps the audience experience diverse perspectives of many countries and peoples through the films created beyond Asia
SIPFF’s World PRIDE Section selects and screens popular and quality films outside of Asia. This year’s World PRIDE Section also chose great films presenting diverse issues the sexual minorities with diverse history and cultures face, along with their life stories, and the issues these stories cast. Specifically, the films presenting the intrinsic color of each country stand out.
<In Bed> directed by Nitzan Gilady is released at 2023 SIPFF as Asian premier. The film presents the story of the main characters, enjoying the gay pride parade, hide themselves from the sudden shooting, and spend the night filled with sex, drugs, and horror. The film is sex- and drug-themed with bold direction and acting, and it successfully shows how Tel Aviv, the city in Israel, plays the significant role of a haven, aside from its sociocultural influence, for the sexual minorities in the Middle East.
<The Damned Don’t Cry> directed by Fyzal Boulifa unfolds the story of the uncertain reality and future of a teenage gay son, living with his mother who is a sex worker. The audience cannot help feeling sympathy and affection toward the characters who embrace each other, surpassing the feelings of love and hatred. The film casts diverse issues in contemporary society by capturing the image of a homosexual family. Another recommended film by SIPFF’s programmers is <Who Am I Not> directed by Tünde Skovrán. The film presents the story of the main character who won at a beauty pageant in South Africa, realizing that she is intersexual and experiencing identity crisis, as the format of a documentary film. Thanks to the help from the intersex activist, she starts to find her own identity, but she experiences the contradiction between the sex that is appeared in public, and her own sexual identity. The audience who wants to understand and watch films about intersexual people should definitely watch it.
If you like queer historical film, you should look forward to watching <Luise> directed by Matthias Luthardt. Getting great reviews at this year’s IFFR (International Film Festival of Rotterdamse), the film describes the story of two women living together alone in the farm in Alsace, France, in the summer of 1918. As a young German deserter shows up between them, the new relationship among the three, filled with love, competition, and hatred, blossoms. The regional background of the film, actually located between France and Germany, has been a part of France or Germany throughout the history. The directing skill of creating tension at the politically imperforate place stands out.
The audience also can meet diverse genres of films from numerous countries, including documentary films and animations. The distinctive stories of the sexual minorities in the world makes SIPFF’s World PRIDE Section more colorful.
