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Reel Desires
Chennai International Queer Film Festival
Friday, 08 August 2025 until Sunday, 10 August 2025
Reel Desires: Chennai International Queer Film Festival 2024 will be held in August 2024. We invite submissions of Indian and international feature films, shorts and documentaries that address the themes of sexuality, gender diversity and intersex variations, and explore how these intersect with class, caste, religion, age, disability, location and other markers of identity.
We are an entirely community-driven and supported event, and do not seek corporate sponsorships for the festival. This also means we may not be able to afford to pay screening fees. We do not charge submission/entry fees either.
2025 films...
Amma’s Pride, a heart-warming short documentary featuring Valli, a woman from rural Tamil Nadu, and the unconditional love that supports her trans daughter Srija through trying times.
NGGAK!! (2024)
The Story of Yuvraj and Shahajahan (2024)
Neabau (2020) from Germany follows the life of Marcus, a trans man living in the Uckermark, torn between the love for his grandmother in need of care and the longing for a different life with queer chosen family in Berlin.
Teth (2025) that explores how a Welsh father and son bond over the latter’s detached post-surgery nipple and missing prosthetic penis.
Tawaif (2023), that examines the relationship between two queer men conducted despite constraints imposed by heteronormative society.
Tudo que importa (2024) features a group of adults and elders in Brazil who stand up for their trans and gender non-conforming children and grandchildren in remarkable ways.
B and S (2025), tells a tale of the tender friendship between two trans women.
Love is Merely a Madness
Offside
Gender-ed
City of mirage
I am Revathi
Manok
IUS of time