The incredible adventures of Lian, a chambermaid who starts working at a Singapore hotel inhabited by transsexuals and transvestites during the Vietnam War. Between the glamour of rickshaws and the virtue of mascara, the young woman discovers a community and a completely different way of living, loving and feeling.
While emptying the house of her deceased father, from whom she had grown apart, Angelica rediscovers her teenage diaries and revives a first secret love. An autobiographical documentary in which grief, memory and desire intertwine.
A short film program featuring 'The Jezebels', 'A Hora da Estrela', 'Precious Fantasy', 'Delay' and 'La sentinelle', exploring queer themes in diverse ways.
Fundação Calouste GulbenkianAvenidas Novasuntil 5 Oct
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An exhibition of sculptural drawing by Diogo Pimentão, who redefines the practice of drawing, presenting works resulting from a performative action with dancer Emmanuel Eggermont at CAM.
Rosa Barba presents her first major exhibition in Portugal, with a site-specific and temporal narrative that expands on the conceptual themes of her work.
In the Philippines of the 1990s, Eli, a reserved young man, carries the weight of a trauma his community refuses to acknowledge after surviving sexual assault. When he witnesses a mysterious plane crash, his warning is met with the same disbelief that greeted his earlier revelation.
Portrait of Hélène Hazera, a key figure of French counterculture, LGBTQIA+ activist and founder of the Trans and AIDS Commission within Act Up. The documentary celebrates her victory over a life marked by the struggle for transition and her career as the first transgender woman journalist at Libération.
The Shorts 4 programme at Queer Lisboa 30 brings together six short films exploring queer desire, memory and resistance, with several filmmakers attending the session.
In 'Nothing Remains', a group of queer people is kidnapped and left in the middle of nowhere, in a scenario of violence and resistance. The session features director André Godinho and the film's team.
In 'La Carn', Lluís Garau creates a dance show from his experiences on Chatroulette, until a mysterious encounter disrupts his relationship with the online world. The session features Joan Porcel.