The 9th Annual East Village Queer Film Festival

August 21 – 24, 2025
Tickets $10 (excluding fees)

The 9th Annual East Village Queer Film Festival  embraces an inclusive Queer identity, featuring films that entertain, explore and promote queer-themed issues, work by and featuring LGBTQIA+ artists, as well as work inspired by the expanded innovative and audacious downtown Queer avant-garde.

Festival Co-Directors Paul Edwards and Valeria Avina

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21st

7:00 PM Feature Film
Llueve sobre Babel (Rains Over Babel), Gala del Sol, Writer & Director, Colombia (Spanish language with English subtitles) TRAILER

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22nd  

5:00 PM Short Films 1

Gillyfish, Sarah Sellman, Writer & Director, USA

My Age Now, Daniel Talbott, Writer & Director, USA

The Diary of Valeria, Athena Jay, Director, USA

Tutto il resto è noia – Everything is so boring, Federico Cianferoni, Writer & Director, Italy (Italian language with English subtitles)

7:00 PM Short Films 2

Wishing on Stars, Rosie Maddox, Writer & Director, USA TRAILER

Smoking Kills, Liv Martinez, Writer & Director, USA

Queer and Longing, Bear Hanrahan, Writer & Director, USA TRAILER

What Are We?, Eileen Hanley, Writer & Director, USA

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23rd

3:00 PM Feature Documentary

Goddess, Cyprien Clément-Delmas, Director, Spain/France (Spanish language with English subtitles) TRAILER

5:00 PM Short Films 3

Riis: The People’s Beach, Kendall Alex Payne, Director | Claire McClain, Writer, USA

Mia Mio, Roxanne Peguet, Writer & Director, Luxembourg (Luxembourgish and Portuguese languages with English subtitles)

California Highway 99, Katie Ann Marks, Director | The Softies, Writers, USA

Nuh Uh, Dean Farella, Writer & Director, USA TRAILER

7:00 PM Short Films 4

Interference, Lila Woodbridge, Director | Stephanie Saavedra, Lila Woodbridge, Al Bouchillon, Nic Wells, Writers, USA TRAILER

Unknown, At Large, Andrew-Kalus Vineyard, Writer & Director, USA

Binge, J.C. Heins, Writer & Director, USA

Iconic, April Daneau, Director | Performer Aizysse Baga, Writer, Canada

SUNDAY, AUGUST 24th 

2:00 PM Feature Documentary

TransMexico, Claudia Ymi Sanchez, Writer & Director, USA (Spanish language with English subtitles) TRAILER