Queer Wave, Limassol (2026)

15/09/2026

🌺 Q***R WAVE 2026 🌺

🗓️ Sun 20 Sep ⏱️ 19:00
📍 NiMAC

69’

Shorts II: Libidinal Archives: A Sam Ashby Anthology

Four works by British artist Sam Ashby, highlighting the uncovering of marginal narratives through film.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Ashby on his open-ended, research-led practice and the entangled lives of archives, publishing, and filming. Moderated by guest curator Loizos Olympios.

🎨The Colour of His Hair

Sam Ashby | 23’ | United Kingdom | 2017 | 💭 EN | 🔤 EN

🌿Et in Arcadia Ego

Sam Ashby | 6’ | United Kingdom | 2018 | No Dialogue

🦄La Licorne

Sam Ashby | 16’ | United Kingdom | 2022 | 💭 FR | 🔤 EN

🕊️Sanctuary

Sam Ashby | 24’ | United Kingdom | 2026 | 💭 EN | 🔤 EN

🎟️ Book your tickets via the link in bio.

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15/09/2026

🌺 Q***R WAVE 2026 🌺

Q***r Writing workshop with BAFTA-winner Dean Atta

🗓️ Sun 20 Sep ⏱️ 15:00 - 17:00
📍 NiMAC

Join award-winning screenwriter, author and poet Dean Atta for a q***r writing workshop. In this session, Dean will guide you through the many possibilities of writing q***r experiences across borders and beyond boundaries. How can we apply historical, societal and personal experiences of home, displacement and migration to writing about self-discovery and freedom? Writers of all experiences are welcome. While this workshop will be conducted in English, writers are invited to write in whatever language(s) they feel most comfortable.

🎟️The workshop is free of charge, but spaces are limited and booking is essential. Secure your spot via the link in bio.

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15/09/2026

Q***R WAVE 2026 🌺

Our fourth shorts programme brings together seven films exploring dreams, desires, relationships and the strange and unexpected places they can take us.

🗓️ Tue 22 Sep ⏱️ 19:00
📍 NiMAC

101’

Shorts IV: A Place You Might Have Dreamed Of

🎬What Do You Seek In The Dark?
Tossaphon Riantong | 19’ | Thailand | 2026 | TH | EN

👹The Devil Light
Gervasio Canda, Patricio Plaza and Paula Boffo | 11’ | Argentina, Canada | 2025 | ES | EN

⏳Time To Go
Renzo C***a | 20’ | Argentina | 2026 | ES | EN

🍽️More Than Happy
Wei Keong Tan | 7’ | Singapore | 2025 | EN | EN

🔮Stallion And A Crystal Ball
Christian Avilés | 18’ | Spain | 2026 | ES | EN

🧜Mermaids
Dimitris Tsakaleas, Lida Vartzioti | 15’ | Greece | 2025 | EL | EN

🐟Tuna Tartare
Lena Greene | 11’ | United States | 2025 | EN | EN

🎟️ Book your tickets via the link in bio.

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14/09/2026

Q***R WAVE 2026 🌺

Our third shorts programme, The World On Fire, brings together six films exploring conflict, displacement, resistance and the realities shaping our world today.

🗓️ Mon 21 Sep ⏱️ 21:30
📍 NiMAC

78’

Shorts III: The World On Fire

🛂Italiano
Mehdi Davachi | 20’ | Iran | 2026 | FA | EN

💃Abjad Ḩawaz
Hadi Moussally | 5’ | Lebanon, Spain, France | 2025 | AR | EN

💥Aliens In Beirut
Raghed Charabaty | 17’ | Lebanon, Canada | 2025 | AR | EN

📱Destroy Me, Please
Flora Woudstra Hablé | 16’ | Belgium, Netherlands, Lebanon | 2025 | AR|EN

🩹Gauze
John Greyson | 12’ | Canada | 2026 | AR, EN |EN

🎤Sorry
John Greyson | 8’ | Canada | 2025 | EN | EN

🎟️ Book your tickets via the link in bio.

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14/09/2026

🌺 Q***R WAVE 2026 🌺

We begin our shorts programme with Shorts I: Of Boys And Men, a selection of seven films exploring different perspectives on masculinity, identity, relationships, and belonging, followed by a Q&A with BAFTA-winning screenwriter Dean Atta.
🗓️ Sat 19 Sep ⏱️ 19:00
📍 NiMAC

Shorts I: Of Boys And Men (108’) + Q&A

🏍️ The Motorcycle (Matteo Giampetruzzi / 20’ / Italy, Denmark, Spain / 2025 / 💭No Dialogue)
🌃 For Those Who Love, Leave, and Love Again (Paolo Laganà / 18’ / Germany / 2025 / 💭EN, DE / 🔤EN)
❄️ January (Jetske Lieber / 22’ / Netherlands / 2025 / 💭NL / 🔤EN)
🫃 Purebred (Caleb J. Roberts / 15’ / Ireland / 2025 / 💭EN / 🔤EN)
🏗️ Working Class (Nadir Sönmez / 7’ / Turkey / 2025 / 💭TR / 🔤EN)
🧠 Homunculus (Bonheur Suprême / 17’ / France, Italy / 2025 / 💭FR / 🔤EN)
🌴 Two Black Boys In Paradise (Baz Sells / 9’ / UK / 2025 / 💭EN / 🔤EN)

🎟️ Book your tickets via the link in bio (more.com)

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13/09/2026

🌺 Q***R WAVE 2026 🌺

A sun-soaked New York summer becomes a journey of desire, discovery and fleeting encounters, capturing the thrill of finding yourself in a city of endless possibility.

🗓️ Sun 27 Sep ⏱️ 19:00
📍 NiMAC

Drunken Noodles

Lucio Castro | 82’ | USA, Argentina | 2025 | 💭EN, ES | 🔤 EN

Drunken Noodles explores four chapters in the life of art student Adnan, each depicting his intimate encounters at the height of summer. Cat-sitting for his vacationing uncle and interning at a gallery, Adnan finds New York City to be a world of endless possibility and erotic intrigue. Trysts with delivery boys, moonlit cruising, and the awakening of new sexual desires shape an evocative and fresh portrait of the city.

Awards and Festivals:

🎞️Q***r Palm Nominee and World Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival

🎞️Official Selection at the 63rd New York Film Festival, Frameline, BFI Flare, and Roze Filmdagen

🎬This feature will be accompanied by the following short:

Godspeed

Klāvs Liepiņš | 10’ | Iceland , Latvia | 2025 | 💭EN | 🔤 EN

The short film Godspeed is an introspective exploration of memory, love, and closure between two men, set against a decaying post-Soviet landscape. A meditation on the fragile nature of relationships and the power of letting go.

🎟️ Book your tickets via the link in bio (more.com)

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13/09/2026

🌺 Q***R WAVE 2026 🌺

After eleven years of confinement, one young woman’s journey to freedom becomes a moving story of exile, belonging, resilience and the complicated ties of family.

🗓️ Sat 26 Sep ⏱️ 19:00
📍 NiMAC

A Song Without Home

Rati Tsiteladze | 75’ | Austria, Denmark, Georgia, United States | 2026 | 💭EN, KA, DE | 🔤EN

Locked away by her parents for eleven years, Adelina, a young transgender woman from a Georgian village, flees to Vienna. As she navigates newfound freedom, the scars of her past and the hostility her mother faces back home for supporting her complicate her new life. A Song Without Home paints a layered portrait of exile, belonging, the mother-daughter bond, and the complexity of freedom beyond physical liberation.

Awards and Festivals:

🏆Mermaid Special Mention Award at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival 2026.

🎞️Doc Alliance Award nomination for Best Feature Film at CPH:DOX 2026.

🎞️Official Selection at CPH:DOX, Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, DOK.fest München, Millennium Docs Against Gravity and Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival.

🎬This feature will be accompanied by the following short:

Andro

Dominik Gasser | 27’ | Georgia, Germany | 2025 💭KA | 🔤 EN

The political performances of Andro Dadiani confront the oppression imposed by the state and church in Georgia, transforming Tbilisi’s urban spaces into stages of resistance. As a q***r, non-binary protest and performance artist, Andro keeps their identity secret, reflecting the risks and dangers of open resistance.

Followed by a discussion with We Change.

🎟️ Book your tickets via the link in bio (more.com)

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13/09/2026

🌺 Q***R WAVE 2026 🌺

A quiet life takes a wild turn when an unlikely connection opens the door to desire, devotion and a whole new world.

🗓️ Sat 26 Sep ⏱️ 21:30
📍 NiMAC

Pillion

Harry Lighton | 107’ | United Kingdom, Ireland | 2025 |💭EN | 🔤 EL

Colin is a shy traffic warden living a life of quiet desperation. He yearns for connection — a soulmate to break through his monotonous existence — and finds it in Ray, his complete opposite: a charismatic, impossibly handsome, leather-clad biker who radiates confidence and danger. As Colin is drawn into Ray’s orbit, he discovers an exhilarating new world of sadomasochistic desire, and must navigate this intense new relationship, deciding just how far he is willing to push the boundaries of his own devotion.

Awards and Festivals:

🏆Best Screenplay – Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival; Mutt Moment Award at the Palm Dog
🏆Best British Independent Film and three additional wins at BIFA

👏BAFTA nominated for Outstanding British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay

❤️‍🔥Audiences are encouraged to join us in their fe**sh outfits of preference for this one!

🎶Stay with us after the screening for this year’s closing party. Any guesses what it might be?

🎟️ Book your tickets via the link in bio (more.com)

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12/09/2026

🌺 Q***R WAVE 2026 🌺

A tender and mysterious journey into the complicated space between friendship, desire and everything left unsaid.

🗓️ Fri 25 Sep ⏱️ 21:30
📍 NiMAC

Bearcave

Stergios Dinopoulos, Krysianna Papadakis | 127’ | Greece, UK | 2025 |💭EL | 🔤 EN

Argyro, a tough farmer, and Anneta, the village’s rebellious manicurist, are childhood best friends in the remote Greek mountain village of Tirna. When Anneta reveals that she is pregnant and plans to leave for the city with her policeman boyfriend, Argyro challenges her to embark on one last adventure: a hike to the legendary Bearcave, a mystical place that has fascinated them since childhood. As their journey unfolds, buried secrets and unexpected betrayals surface, forcing the two women to confront feelings that have always existed beneath their friendship.

Awards and Festivals:

🎞️World Premiere at Venice Film Festival

🏆Winner of Europa Cinemas Label Award – Best European Film, Venice Film Festival

🎞️Official Selection at Thessaloniki International Film Festival, BFI Flare and Roze Filmdagen

🎟️ Book your tickets via the link in bio (more.com)

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12/09/2026

🌺 Q***R WAVE 2026 🌺

One charged night turns a transactional encounter into a confrontation with desire, trauma, memory and the ghosts of a shared past.

🗓️ Thur 24 Sep ⏱️ 21:30
📍 NiMAC

Blue Film

Elliot Tuttle | 85’ | United States | 2025 | 💭EN | 🔤 EN

A q***r cam performer, Aaron Eagle, accepts a $50,000 offer to spend the night with an anonymous client. When he arrives, he discovers that the mysterious man has a disturbing personal connection to his past. Over the course of the night, their transactional encounter becomes an intense confrontation with memory, trauma, identity, desire, and the consequences of their shared history.

🎞️This feature will be accompanied by the following short:

Student

Andrea Martinez Dorr | 24’ | Argentina | 2026 | 💭 SP | 🔤 EN

Andrea must clear out her mother’s apartment to afford the care facility where she now resides. Amid papers, furniture, and family memories, she discovers the story of one of her mother’s former students—a finding that unexpectedly connects with her own life.

🎤Followed by a discussion.

🎟️ Book your tickets via the link in bio (more.com)

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