Opening Night selection 'Wildhood' kicks off the Wicked Queer Festival Source: Wicked Queer

March 22, 2022

Boston's LGBTQ+ Film Fest 'Wicked Queer' Goes Hybrid for 2022

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The following is a press release from Wicked Queer:

Wicked Queer returns for a hybrid festival, in-person April 7-17, with many of the in-person screenings available on Wicked Queer's XERB.tv channel the next day through April 30. Wicked Queer's XERB.tv channel will also feature online exclusives throughout the month of Gaypril.

The 38th Festival features some of the most anticipated queer films of the year from around the globe, as well as some local flavors; lesbian rom-com "The Sympathy Card" was filmed in Boston, and the documentary "Being Thunder" comes from the Narragansett Tribe in their unceded lands in Rhode Island.

Directors Adrián Silvestre ("My Emptiness and I") and Rita Baghdadi ("Sirens") and many more will be in attendance for Q&As. Festival darlings will make a splash; Sundance NEXT Innovator Award winner Chase Joynt's "Framing Agnes" features actress and activist Angelica Ross, and Teddy Award winner at the Berlin Film Festival "Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter" will make its U.S. debut. "RuPaul" fans can see behind the scenes of the rise of Bebe Zahara Benet, the first winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race," with "Being Bebe." This festival is an eclectic celebration of our diverse community; there's something for everyone!

Here are the all of the official selections for the 38th annual Wicked Queer Film Festival:

Feature Films

  • "After Blue" (Dirty Paradise) (France) - dir. Bertrand Mandico
  • "Cop Secret" (Iceland) - dir. Hannes �ór Halldórsson
  • "Cut!" (Spain) - dir. Marc Ferrer
  • "Death and Bowling" (USA) - dir. Lyle Kash
  • "Deserto Particular" (Brazil/Portugal) - dir. Aly Muritiba
  • "The Divide" - (France) dir. Catherine Corsini
  • "Firebird" (Estonia) - dir. Peeter Rebane
  • "Mascarpone" (Italy) - dir. Alessandro Guida Matteo Pilati
  • "Money Boys" (China) - dir. C.B.Yi
  • "My Emptiness and I" (Spain) - dir. Adrián Silvestre
  • "My Fiona" (USA) - dir. Kelly Walker
  • Centerpiece: "Orfeas2021" (Greece) - dir. Fil Ieropoulos
  • "The Schoolmaster Games" (Sweden) - dir. Ylva Forner
  • "The Sympathy Card" (USA) - dir. Brendan Boogie
  • "Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter" (Brazil) - dir. Gustavo Vinagre
  • "Wake Up, Leonard" (USA) - dir. Kat Mills Martin
  • Opening Night: "Wildhood" (Mi'kmaw/Canada) - dir. Bretten Hannam

    Documentary Films

  • "Baloney" (USA) - dir. Joshua Guerci
  • "Being Bebe" (USA) - dir. Emily Branham
  • "Being Thunder" (Narragansett/USA) - dir. Stéphanie Lamorré
  • "Building a Bridge" (USA) - dir. Evan Mascagni and Shannon Post
  • "Dressed in Blue" ((Vestida de Azul) (Spain) - dir. Antonio Giménez Rico
  • "Framing Agnes" (USA) - dir. Chase Joynt
  • "Gemmel and Tim" (USA) - dir. Michiel Thomas
  • "Prognosis: Notes on Living" (USA) - dir. Debra Chasnoff and Kate Stilley Steiner
  • "Sirens" (USA/Lebanon) - dir. Rita Baghdadi

    Throwback Films

  • Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love (USA, 1992) - dir. Maria Maggenti
  • I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (Canada, 1987) - dir. Patricia Rozema
  • Kamikaze Hearts (USA, 1986) - dir. Juliet Bashore


    Shorts Programs

  • Comedy Shorts
  • Experimental Shorts
  • GTFO Shorts
  • Haram Shorts
  • International Shorts
  • Latinx Shorts
  • Mens Shorts: Get Out of My DMs and Into These Sheets
  • Queer Asian Stories
  • Queer Documentary Shorts
  • Sci-Fi Shorts
  • Stories from Africa and the Diaspora
  • Trans Shorts: The Pursuit of Happiness
  • Up & Coming Filmmakers
  • Womens Shorts: Women Rule the World

    Many of the shorts programs and some features will be available exclusively on XERB.tv, as well as "Boy Culture: The Series."

    The in-person festival kicks off with "Wildhood" as our Opening Night Selection at Harvard Square's historic Brattle Theatre on April 7, followed by a celebration at Source (more events to be announced).

    Our first centerpiece screening, "Orfeas2021," will screen at The Institute of Contemporary Art on April 8. Screenings will take place at the Brattle and the Bright Family Screening room at the Paramount Theater. All Gaypril long, festivalgoers will also have access to the in-person lineup and more from the comfort of their own homes via Wicked Queer's XERB.tv channel.

    This story is part of our special report: "Wicked Queer: Boston LGBTQ Film Festival". Want to read more? Here's the full list.