Videoclub: Queer Worlds

About

Queer Worlds brings together a collection of 15 short films by LGBTQIA+ artists from the UK and around the world, presented as a single-screen programme. Spanning animation, documentary, experimental film and poetic fiction, the works offer a rich and multifaceted reflection on contemporary Queer life.

Across the programme, artists explore themes of identity, memory, desire and belonging, alongside experiences of disability, neurodivergence and care. The films move between intimate personal stories and wider social and political contexts – from reflections on labour, technology and global systems, to reimagined rituals of grief and community, and overlooked histories of queer resistance.

Works such as Black Chalk by Julieta Tetelbaum offer a tender portrait of a neurodivergent woman navigating everyday life, while Everything That Shakes by Chieh Lin transforms anxiety and uncertainty into a shared space for reflection and healing. Films including Mecha Meraki by Babi Astolfi and By a Thread by David Kmet explore identity and transformation through imaginative, symbolic worlds, while Pauline Bernard-Vernay's Casa Susanna revisits hidden queer histories. (Un)fit to Work by Yasmin Godo confronts barriers faced by disabled people, and Oran O'Sullivan's work remembers a largely forgotten moment of UK Queer protest.

The programme was developed through an international open call and co-curated by videoclub and young members of Esteem, a youth charity that supports young people to thrive. Together, the curators selected works that reflect a wide range of lived experiences, voices and perspectives.

Originally presented as outdoor film trails across Shoreham-by-Sea, where audiences encountered these works in public space, Queer Worlds brings the films together in a gallery setting – offering a space to pause, reflect and experience these stories collectively.

Films in the programme

Films are shown on a 60-minute loop in this order, starting on the hour.

- Alexandra Olympia Peristeraki, All Souls Day – ψυχοσάββατα, 2024, 3:30 mins
- Julieta Tetelbaum, Black Chalk, 2022, 4:30 mins
- Mariana Leal, Making It Fit, 2025, 4:30 mins
- Oran O'Sullivan, Cesspit of Freedom, 2022, 1:42 mins
- Sai Aryal, Dragphoria, 2025, 9:23 mins
- David Kmet, By a Thread, 2025, 4:40 mins
- Pafo Gallieri, Seguidilla of the Femminiello, 2020, 2:18 mins
- Ross Ozarka, Under My Skin, 2024, 1:00 mins
- Oscar Bittner, High Diver, 2024, 4:58 mins
- Babi Astolfi, Mecha Meraki, 2024, 4:12 mins
- Chieh Lin, Everything That Shakes, 2025, 3:56 mins
- Yasmin Godo, (Un)fit to Work, 2022, 4:51 mins
- Pauline Bernard-Vernay, Casa Susanna, 2025, 2:20 mins
- Christa Poh, Midnight Bye-Bye, 2024, 1:35 mins
- Sonia Wargacka, Wild Geese, 2025, 1:14 mins