QUEER|ART|FILM is a monthly screening series, traditionally held at IFC Center, in which special guest LGBTQ+ artists present and discuss the films that have most inspired them.
One of the city’s most adventurous repertory programs. The overall picture that emerges from the series is of a queer cinema that is barely, if at all, concerned with the problems of representation and the burdens of identity politics, and that has never been shy to speak its name.
— Dennis Lim, The New York Times
Winter 2022
Poster illustrated by Eric Kostiuk Williams.
Queer|Art|Film returns this Winter at the IFC Center with a season curated by multidisciplinary filmmakers Angelo Madsen Minax and Mev Luna. For both artists, language and autoethnography play pivotal roles in their respective experimental documentary and visual art practices. As such, Minax and Luna have sought out presenters who are deeply invested in the intersection of the written word and visual culture.
Working across various mediums, presenters include T. Fleischmann, CAConrad, Jeffrey Gibson, Legacy Russell, and AnaÏs Duplan. This season considers: Can the narrative fictions that influenced us be an extension of lived experience? From a raunchy nightlife scene in Berlin portrayed in City of Lost Souls, to the outskirts of West Texas in Come back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, to a boozy night spent wandering the streets of downtown LA till dawn in The Exiles, or dreaming of an escape from Queens in Belly, the protagonists in these films are all fleeing to another, different, “better” life elsewhere. Sometimes the longing is for an alternative physical place or state of mind. Other times, this yearning is steeped in fantasy. Together, this collection of films reveals that as much as we aspire and dream otherwise, there are cycles that pull us back.
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Queer|Art|Film co-curators Ira Sachs and Adam Baran on stage with presenter Desiree Akhavan and director Marialy Rivas at the 2015 screening of Young and Wild. (Photo by Vanessa Haroutunian)
Queer|Art|Film presenter Ariel Schrag introducing Natural Born Killers, December 2015. (Photo by Eric McNatt)
Queer|Art|Mentorship Mentor Moe Angelos at the 2016 screening of Slaves of New York. (Photo by Eric McNatt)
Queer|Art|Mentorship Fellow Troy Michie at the January 2016 screening of Slaves of New York. (Photo by Eric McNatt)
Queer|Art|Mentorship Fellow Mylo Mendez at the December 2015 screening of Natural Born Killers. (Photo by Eric McNatt)
Hari Neff and Queer|Art|Mentorship Fellow Colin Self at the August 2014 screening of The Queen. (Photo by Ryan Morris)
Queer|Art|Mentorship Mentor Carrie Moyer and partner Sheila Pepe at the February 2015 screening of A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde. (Photo by Ryan Morris)
Queer|Art|Mentorship Fellow Kerry Downey and Mentor Carrie Moyer at the February 2015 screening of A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde. (Photo by Ryan Morris)
Queer|Art Board Member Lily Binns at Queer|Art|Film. (Photo by Eric McNatt)
Queer|Art|Film presenters BUSHWIG before the July 2014 screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. (Photo by Ryan Morris)
Queer|Art|Film presenters Horrochata, Macy Rodman and Merrie Cherry of BUSHWIG on stage at the July 2014 screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. (Photo by Ryan Morris)
Queer|Art|Film audience at the July 2015 screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. (Photo by Ryan Morris)
Co-curators Adam Baran and Ira Sachs on stage with presenter Barbra Herr at the June 2014 screening of Suddenly, Last Summer. (Photo by Richard Davis)
June 2014 screening of Suddenly, Last Summer. (Photo by Richard Davis)
Drinks at Julius' post June 2014 screening of Suddenly, Last Summer. (Photo by Richard Davis)
June 2014 screening of Suddenly, Last Summer. (Photo by Richard Davis)
Co-curator Adam Baran and Colby Keller at the June 2014 screening of Suddenly, Last Summer. (Photo by Richard Davis)
Queer|Art|Film co-curators Adam Baran and Ira Sachs on stage with presenter Joseph Keckler at the March 2015 screening of Batman Returns. (Photo by Ryan Morris)
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Friends of Queer|Art|Film at Julius' after the May 2014 screening of OUTRAGEOUS!. (Photo by Ryan Morris)
Queer|Art|Film presenter John Epperson with Charles Busch at the May 2014 screening of OUTRAGEOUS!. (Photo by Ryan Morris)
Queer|Art|Film co-curators Adam Baran and Ira Sachs on stage with presenter John Epperson at the May 2014 screening of OUTRAGEOUS!. (Photo by Ryan Morris)
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Queer|Art|Film presenter John Epperson introducing the May 2014 screening of OUTRAGEOUS!. (Photo by Ryan Morris)
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Co-curator Adam Baran on stage with special guest Flawless Sabrina at the August 2014 screening of The Queen. (Photo by Ryan Morris)
