Fringe Queer Film & Arts Fest

Fringe Queer Film & Arts Fest Fringe Queer Film & Arts Fest is an eclectic week of films, art, events & parties rooted in London Cinema is at the heart of Fringe! Everyone working on Fringe!

From films to workshops and interactive walks to wild parties, we’ll be hosting over 30 diverse events, to tickle every one of your senses in our signature blend of plush cinemas and grungy guerilla venues around the east end. and we’ll be showing great new cinema, experimental and DIY film, old classics and provocative shorts. We showcase an enhanced events programme alongside the films collaborating with the cream of London’s alt arts scene and reaching deep into local communities. is a volunteer - Each and every curator, collaborator, artist, helper & producer. We are a great big queer community effort!

Video Home Self πŸŽ₯ 🏠🧍 Drawing on home video aesthetics and archival media, this short film programme explores how film fo...
17/09/2026

Video Home Self πŸŽ₯ 🏠🧍

Drawing on home video aesthetics and archival media, this short film programme explores how film formats shape our understanding of selfhood through place, relationships, memory and family.

πŸ”Ž 1pm Saturday 19th Sep at Museum of the Home
🎟️ £6 Tickets - link in bio

This event is hosted by Fringe! Q***r Film & Arts Fest (Fringe! Q***r Film & Arts Fest) a grassroots volunteer-led project that showcases the breadth of q***r and trans filmmaking and art.

Some dream of disappearing. Others dream of being seen. πŸ‘€(in)visible explores the shifting spectrum between visibility a...
16/09/2026

Some dream of disappearing. Others dream of being seen. πŸ‘€

(in)visible explores the shifting spectrum between visibility and invisibility: the joy of being recognised, the safety of staying hidden, the freedom of living a secret life, the shame that keeps us concealed, and the danger that can come with being seen. Across these shorts, q***r lives unfold in all their complexity, where being visible is never a simple choice.

πŸ“ The Arzner Cinema
πŸ“† Saturday 19 September, 13:30
🎟️ via link in our bio

Films
Why should my body's boundaries end at your skin? (dir. Ashe Lucy Schaub Raine)
As If I'm Here, As If I'm Not (dir. 999le_)
Foreign Bodies (dir. lysander wong)
Only Fems (dir. cristiano codeço de amorim)
Tell Me Your Name, Friend (Matthew Baren)
Smarrit* Smarrit* (dir. Emilia Figliomeni)
Follow Back (dir. Rom Sheratzky)

Missed out on BANG tickets? Intimate Meetings is your softboi alternative for hookups and hangouts πŸ‘‰πŸ‘ˆ έβ‚Š ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁. έβ‚Š...
15/09/2026

Missed out on BANG tickets? Intimate Meetings is your softboi alternative for hookups and hangouts πŸ‘‰πŸ‘ˆ έβ‚Š ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁. έβ‚Š ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁. έβ‚Š ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁

πŸ“ Genesis Cinema
πŸ“… Fri 18 Sept

Fringe! & Fruits on Film πŸŽžοΈπŸ’πŸ“πŸ‘πŸ‰πŸ«πŸ‹πŸ₯ present: πŸŽ™οΈ THREE TIMES MINAπŸ‘» TWO TIMES JOΓƒO LIBERADA✨ FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY ✨ Two bold...
15/09/2026

Fringe! & Fruits on Film πŸŽžοΈπŸ’πŸ“πŸ‘πŸ‰πŸ«πŸ‹πŸ₯ present:

πŸŽ™οΈ THREE TIMES MINA
πŸ‘» TWO TIMES JOΓƒO LIBERADA

✨ FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY ✨

Two bold and beautiful films exploring trans histories, performance, identity and the ghosts that refuse to disappear.

And afterwards, Ro Vaiapraia (Ro(drigo) Vaiapraia) composer of Two Times JoΓ£o Liberada, joins us for a Q&A.

πŸ“ The Garden Cinema
πŸ“… Saturday 19 September

Fringe! & Spectra Q***r Non Fiction Films are screening the UK Premiere of Q***r Me! ***rme_film 🌟Tickets are FREE for t...
15/09/2026

Fringe! & Spectra Q***r Non Fiction Films are screening the UK Premiere of Q***r Me! ***rme_film 🌟

Tickets are FREE for this programme 🎟️

Preceded by two shorts: Scorpionikas – countermanifesto by Matheus Mello and D**e agit prop #1 by

Q***rs Questioning Q***rs?
πŸ“ UCL East, E20 2AF
πŸ“… Thu 17 Sep, 19:00
🎟️ FREE via link in our bio

Still:
Q***r Me (dir. )
Scorpionikas – countermanifesto (dir. Matheus Mello)
D**e agit prop #1 (dir.

Let's go back πŸ”™ to the past, with THE PAST WE HOLD.This FREE programme in collaboration with Spectra Q***r Non Fiction F...
14/09/2026

Let's go back πŸ”™ to the past, with THE PAST WE HOLD.

This FREE programme in collaboration with Spectra Q***r Non Fiction Films brings together three stories reimagining archival material. Across the short films, we explore how its custodians preserve and engage with the legacy of those we've lost and what they've left behind. 🎞️

Boxes of documents, home videos and photographs have been passed to family members, friends and strangers. As they organise and reflect on these inherited items, the lives of lost community members are brought forward. ⏭️

The screening is followed by a Q&A with director Laia Ricart

πŸ“ UCL School for the Creative and Cultural Industries
πŸ“† Wednesday, 16 September, 18:30
🎟️ via link in our bio

Stills (in order):
1. Absences (dir. Laia Ricart)
2. Lloyd Wong, Unfinished (dir. Lesley Loksi Chan)
3. And Again I Dream (dir. Catherine Gund, Mariah Norman)

Thank you to everyone who's showed up this weekend to help us kick off Fringe! this year ✨As we step into our full week ...
13/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who's showed up this weekend to help us kick off Fringe! this year ✨

As we step into our full week of the fest, we've compiled a list of special offers for all Fringers to enjoy for the duration of this year's edition! 🏷️

Major THANK YOU to our sponsors this year! πŸ’– We're so grateful to have the support of such amazing local q***r businesses and organisations, show them some love and enjoy these discounts that come with your tix for Fringe!😘

Another week packed with films, workshops and a whole range of events awaits!
🎟️ Head to the link in our bio and grab your tickets now!

The discounts are also listed below πŸ‘‡

Discounts

πŸ“š 10% DISCOUNT on books and coffee* at The Common Press East (118 Bethnal Grn Rd, London E2 6DG). Just show your badge or ticket to redeem the discount!
*No canned or bottled drinks. No zines or merch.

β˜•οΈ 10% DISCOUNT on coffee and food at vegan cafΓ© Somewhere Green (33 Roman Rd, Bethnal Green, London E2 0HU) if you show your badge.

πŸ§— Β£5 off either a single day entry or a multi-day 'punch pack' using the code FFF5 to visit the indoor climbing wall Yonder in Walthamstow (6 Hooker's Rd, London E17 6DP)

🏨 25% DISCOUNT on all stays at Generator Hostels (37 Tavistock Pl, London WC1H 9SE) using the code FRINGE.

Sponsors

πŸ’₯ Scruff - sponsors BANG! They are coming with freebies and merch

🍻 Signature Brew - giving free beers to our artists

πŸ₯› Minor Figures - giving free Barista Oat (Regenerative) milk to our artists

Fringe! screenings at The Nickel πŸ’₯ BANG! may be SOLD OUT but we’ve still got a few spaces left for PROCESSING 🎞️ our 16m...
13/09/2026

Fringe! screenings at The Nickel

πŸ’₯ BANG! may be SOLD OUT but we’ve still got a few spaces left for PROCESSING 🎞️ our 16mm film workshop and screening of experimental short films.

Get yr tickets now huns 😘

Fringe! and are collaborating on special fundraiser celebrating Q***r Gypsy, Roma and Traveller storytelling. πŸ”₯Straight...
13/09/2026

Fringe! and are collaborating on special fundraiser celebrating Q***r Gypsy, Roma and Traveller storytelling. πŸ”₯

Straight from the Yard brings together stories of resilience, creativity and self-determination with films Queen Lizzie and Two Roma Boys in Love. πŸŽ₯

Featuring live performance from Thoroughly Modern Marilyn and spoken word by Irish Traveller artist Elizabeth Connors. 🎭

Presented in collaboration with and followed by a networking event in collaboration with Q***r Filmmakers Network πŸ–‡οΈ

Straight From The Yard
πŸ“Chats Palace
πŸ“† Tuesday 15 September, 18.30
🎟 via link in our bio

Stills:
1. Queen Lizzy (dir. David Mc Donagh)
2. Roma Boys - In Love (dir. Rozalie Kohoutova)

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