XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin Announces 20th Edition with Expanded Program
The XPOSED Queer Film Festival in Berlin is gearing up for its 20th anniversary, which will run from May 21 to June 14, 2026. This year promises to be the festival's largest yet, featuring events at seven different venues and community spots. Attendees can look forward to 15 new feature films and 59 short films from countries like Georgia, Lebanon, and Brazil. Among the highlights are 'A Song Without Home' and 'Taxi Moto,' the latter having won a Teddy Award. Curated by Kareem Jamaal Baholzer and others, there will also be a retrospective at Sinema Transtopia from May 21 to 24. Plus, XPOSED will introduce three exhibitions, a new logo, and a revamped website to enhance its global reach in radical queer cinema.
Key facts
- XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026.
- The festival runs from May 21 to June 14, 2026.
- It features 15 new feature films and 59 new short films.
- The retrospective runs from May 21 to 24 at Sinema Transtopia.
- Three exhibitions are held for the first time at Aquarium and Vierten Welt.
- The festival has a new logo and website as part of a rebranding.
- Films come from over 24 production countries including Georgia, Lebanon, Brazil, Germany, Cambodia, Hong Kong, USA, Poland, India, South Africa, Iran, Myanmar, Ukraine, Egypt, and Rwanda.
- The Teddy Award-winning short film 'Taxi Moto' by a Rwandan director is included.
Entities
Artists
- Rati Tsiteladze
- Mala Reinhardt
- Kareem Jamaal Baholzer
- David Bakum
- Merle Groneweg
- Pol Merchan
- Sarnt Utachamote
- Bartholomew Sammut
- Michael Stütz
- Merle Gronewald
- Thomas Schallhart
- Nastaran Tajeri-Foumani
Institutions
- XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin
- Sinema Transtopia
- Aquarium
- Vierten Welt
Locations
- Berlin
- Georgia
- Vienna
- Lebanon
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Germany
- Cambodia
- Hong Kong
- USA
- Phnom Penh
- Morocco
- Casablanca
- New York
- Poland
- Warsaw
- India
- South Africa
- Iran
- Myanmar
- Ukraine
- Egypt
- Rwanda