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ABOUT Queer Spectrum

Queer Spectrum is a monthly series of screenings and events curated by aGLIFF for our community and free or discounted for our aGLIFF members. Through this series, aGLIFF continues to be a platform celebrating LGBTQ+ stories and films year-round.

MONTHLY SCREENINGS + SPECIAL EVENTS


Queer Cinema Lost & Found: NO SKIN OFF MY ASS
Apr
24
8:00 PM20:00

Queer Cinema Lost & Found: NO SKIN OFF MY ASS

A swishy gay hairdresser lusts for a skinhead in this controversial Super 8 feature from Bruce LaBruce. Both a loose remake of Robert Altman’s THAT COLD DAY IN THE PARK and a vivid document of Toronto’s queercore scene, NO SKIN OFF MY ASS is a rarely screened and uncompromising classic of New Queer Cinema.

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KENYA (Partnership Screening with Cine Las Americas)
Dec
20
7:00 PM19:00

KENYA (Partnership Screening with Cine Las Americas)

CineNoche, a screening series from Cine Las Americas in partnership with aGLIFF presents a special screening of KENYA. After witnessing the murder of her friend, Kenya, a trans woman and sex worker, embarks on a path of struggle and search for justice that leads her to face the fear and pain of seeing herself reflected in that tragic ending.

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Wakefield Poole's BIBLE! (Parntership screening with AFS Cinema)
Dec
15
7:00 PM19:00

Wakefield Poole's BIBLE! (Parntership screening with AFS Cinema)

This month’s Queer Cinema: Lost & Found series screening is Wakefield Poole’s BIBLE! It’s the Bible as you’ve never seen it before! The stories of Adam and Eve, David and Bathsheba, and Samson and Delilah are given a subversive twist in this religious epic from gay porn pioneer Wakefield Poole. Paired with Ron Rice’s hazy erotic reverie, CHUMLUM.

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Queer Spectrum: SUMMER QAMP
Nov
29
7:00 PM19:00

Queer Spectrum: SUMMER QAMP

aGLIFF’s Queer Spectrum Screening Series presents an uplifting documentary by Jen Markowitz, SUMMER QAMP. At Camp fYrefly in rural Alberta, queer, non-binary, and trans teens get to be just kids in a supportive space, surrounded by counsellors who can relate to their experience – and help them toast the perfect marshmallow.

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A TALE OF FOUR MINORITIES (AGLIFF AT AUSTIN JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL)
Nov
11
7:45 PM19:45

A TALE OF FOUR MINORITIES (AGLIFF AT AUSTIN JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL)

aGLIFF welcomes a new film by David Deri-Barkai, A TALE OF FOUR MINORITES, to the 21st Austin Jewish Film Festival. In the fall of 2019, Filmmaker David Deri-Barkai began documenting four families, parents and their children - shortly before the pandemic broke, along with the lock-downs, fears and social unrest that followed, created unprecedented family and national pressure. While for some, their belief is a source of strength, others confront doubts, and rifts are deepening—but a fascinating dialogue and surprising alliances are created.

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TAXI ZUM KLO (AFS QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND SERIES)
Aug
26
9:00 PM21:00

TAXI ZUM KLO (AFS QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND SERIES)

Seized by customs and banned in several countries upon its original release, TAXI ZUM KLO is both one of the greatest and most controversial gay films of the 1980s — hilarious, shocking, hot, and thought-provoking, often all at the same time. This screening is part of the Queer Cinema: Lost & Found Series from Austin Film Society in partnership with aGLIFF.

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Uýra: The Rising Forest (Hot Takes Queer Doc Series)
Aug
20
6:00 PM18:00

Uýra: The Rising Forest (Hot Takes Queer Doc Series)

This summer Austin Cinemaker Space in partnership with aGLIFF welcomes a new documentary screening series, Hot Takes - the series continues with UÝRA: THE RISING FOREST, the story of a trans-indigenous artist travels through the Amazon forest on a journey of self-discovery using performance art and ancestral messages to teach indigenous youth and confront structural racism and transphobia in Brazil.

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PIER KIDS (HOT TAKES: QUEER DOCS SERIES SCREENING)
Jul
30
6:00 PM18:00

PIER KIDS (HOT TAKES: QUEER DOCS SERIES SCREENING)

This summer Austin Cinemaker Space in partnership with aGLIFF welcomes a new documentary screening series, Hot Takes - the series continues with PIER KIDS, writen and directed by Elegance Bratton. With intimate access to three fearless young persons  -- Krystal, Desean and Casper --  PIER KIDS highlights the resilience of a community many choose to ignore.

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BIG BOYS
Jun
28
7:00 PM19:00

BIG BOYS

aGLIFF’s Queer Spectrum screening for June is writer/director Corey Sherman’s BIG BOYS. In this utterly charming coming-of-age comedy, a teenage boy experiences a sexual awakening when he falls for his cousin’s boyfriend on a camping trip. This screening is FREE when you reserve a ticket in advance courtesy of KIND Clinic.

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THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA
Jun
27
6:00 PM18:00

THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA

This summer Austin Cinemaker Space in partnership with aGLIFF welcomes a new documentary screening series, Hot Takes - the series will kick off with The Gospel of Eureka (2018) directed by Donal Mosher & Michael Palmieri. Find out what evangelical Christians and drag queens have in common in this personal and often comical look at negotiating differences between religion and belief through performance, political action, and partnership.

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THE DEVIL QUEEN (AFS CINEMA QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND )
Jun
17
7:00 PM19:00

THE DEVIL QUEEN (AFS CINEMA QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND )

The Black femme Devil Queen rules over Rio de Janeiro’s criminal underworld with an iron fist — no, a straight razor, which she uses both for shaving her legs and slitting throats — in this underseen classic of Brazilian genre cinema. This screening is part of the Queer Cinema: Lost & Found Series from Austin Film Society in partnership with aGLIFF.

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PALOMA (CINE LAS AMERICAS FILM FESTIVAL PARTNER SCREENING)
Jun
10
6:00 PM18:00

PALOMA (CINE LAS AMERICAS FILM FESTIVAL PARTNER SCREENING)

aGLIFF is a proud community sponsor of PALOMA at the 25th Annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival in Austin. On a hot summer day, Paloma decides to fulfill her most cherished dream: a traditional wedding in a church with her boyfriend Zé. The priest’s refusal to marry her and Zé will force Paloma to confront the rural society. She suffers violence, betrayal, prejudice and injustice but nothing shakes the faith and determination of this transgender woman.

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ALL MAN: THE INTERNATIONAL MALE STORY
Jun
5
7:30 PM19:30

ALL MAN: THE INTERNATIONAL MALE STORY

aGLIFF's PRISM 35 Opening Night film is back in Austin for one-nite-only on the BIG screen at Alamo Drafthouse Mueller. ALL MAN: THE INTERNATIONAL MALE STORY, the documentary that chronicles three decades of the male clothing catelog, International Male, and its unlikely impact on fashion, masculinity, and sexuality in America.

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JOYLAND
May
5
to May 11

JOYLAND

JOYLAND from filmmaker Saim Sadiq is NOW PLAYING a limited engagement at AFS Cinema. As a patriarchal family yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for a transgender startlet. Since premiering and winning the Jury Prize in the 2022 Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, JOYLAND has moved audiences worldwide with its human portrayal of the limits of love in the face of patriarchy.

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MANSCAPING
Apr
20
8:00 PM20:00

MANSCAPING

aGLIFF and Austin Kink Weekend present a special screening of MANSCAPING by Broderick Fox and STATE OF MIND by Donald C. Shorter, Jr. MANSCAPING is a documentary about three queer men reimagining the traditional barbershop. STATE OF MIND explores the power exchange in BDSM/leather/fetish/kink.

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YOUTOPIA
Apr
19
7:00 PM19:00

YOUTOPIA

From director Scout Durwood (TAKE ONE THING OFF), YOUTOPIA combines narrative story with eleven original comedy music videos for a single feature-length film. Scout will be LIVE in-person for a post-screening discussion with aGLIFF Artistic Director and Other Worlds’ founder Bears Rebecca Fonté.

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