16-11-2025

Slovak Queer Film Festival 2025 Ready to Kick Off

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    Slovak Queer Film Festival 2025 Ready to Kick Off credit: Slovak Queer Film Festival

    BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Queer Film Festival 2025 will have, for the third time, an international competition for Shorts, where films will vie for the Best Queer Short Film award, while one full competitive block will be dedicated exclusively to Slovak short film premieres.

    Other sections are: Panorama – Contemporary Queer Cinema, Queer Czech-Slovakia, Classics, Focus: Sweden, and Children’s Zone. In all, over 60 films will screen, including titles from top-tier festivals in Cannes, Berlin, Venice, and Sundance.

    The 19th edition of the Slovak Queer Film Festival will take place from 19 to 25 November 2025 at the Lumiѐre Cinema and Kino Filme Europe in Bratislava.

    The festival managed to take place even though the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic has blocked funding for LGBTI+ projects and events with a human-rights dimension.

    The Slovak Queer Film Festival is financially supported by the Bratislava Self-government region, and also by the Open Society Foundation through the Ü Foundation Fund.

    International Short Film Competition:

    Andro (Germany)
    Directed by Dominik Gasser

    Chao Somnop Chet / Babička Nai (Cambodia, France, United States)
    Directed by Chheangkea

    Bingo (France)
    Directed by Fanny Ruwet

    Bull's Eye / Býčie oko (Serbia)
    Directed by Petar Lakić

    بِكَفِّي قَهْـر  Ceasefire (Slovakia, Hungary)
    Directed by Teodor Vladár 

    The Age of Flowering Plants / La era de las plantas con flor (Mexico)
    Directed by Magaly Ugarte de Pablo

    Dolls (United States)
    Directed by Geena Rocero

    A Bird Hit My Window and Now I'm a Lesbian (United States)
    Directed by Carmela Murphy, AJ Dubler

    Dragfox (United Kingdom, Switzerland)
    Directed by Lisa Ott

    Francisco (Spain)
    Directed by Sergio Avellaneda Belmonte

    GOOD BOY from Slovakia (Czech Republic)
    Directed by  Michael Bukovanský

    Hoe Liefde en Ik Bevriend Raakten (the Netherlands)
    Directed by Joris Spaanderman

    Heelflip (Poland)
    Directed by Andrzej Habas

    Kotowari (France)
    Directed by Coralie Watanabe Prosper

    Flying Carpet / Tapete Voador (Portugal)
    Directed by Justin Amorim

    Meet Us In The Glitches (Slovakia)
    Directed by Zoltán Baráth

    Minefield (Mexico)
    by Jonathan Anzo Alvarado

    Carrotica (Germany)
    Directed by Daniel Sterlin-Altman

    I Bring You the News / Nesiem vám noviny (Slovakia)
    Directed by Jakub Dúcky

    Wrong Bathroom (United States)
    Directed by Ragini Bhasin

    Blown by the Silence / Odviate tichom (Slovakia)
    Directed by Andrej Zelenec

    Orgy Every Other Day (Germany, United States)
    Directed by Samuel Döring

    The Last Story on Earth (United States)
    Directed by Aaron Immediato

    Tell Her What Happened to Me / Fale a ela o que me aconteceu (Brazil)
    Directed by Pethrus Tibúrcio

    I Kiss Your Hand, Madam / Kezét Csókolom (Hungary)
    Directed by Jeremy Luke Bolatag

    Sauna Day / Sannapäiv (Estonia)
    Directed by Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash

    Bad Luck (Germany)
    Directed by Jan Eilhardt

    The First Step / La Première Marche (France)
    Directed by Olivier Wright

    Three (China, United States)
    Directed by Amie Song

    Three Courses / Tres Tiempos (Mexico)
    Directed by Saúl Ornelas

    Next Door / Nebenan (Germany)
    Directed by Lukas März

    The Harvest / Žatva (Slovakia)
    Directed by Tamara Štofková