International LGBTQ+ Film Festival

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A still image from the film "Flee," depicting director Jonas Poher Rasmussen interviewing Amin Nawabi.

The Wisconsin Union Directorate Film and Society and Politics groups collaborated for this series of free screenings of films from Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Georgia, Japan and South Africa. First up at 7 p.m. on March 24 is Flee, an animated film about the life of a refugee from Afghanistan which earned three nominations for the 2022 Academy Awards. The lineup also includes the 2018 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, A Fantastic Woman (8:30 p.m., March 26) and four more acclaimed movies; find the full schedule below.

press release: WUD Film and WUD Society and Politics host an International LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Join WUD Film and WUD SoPo for a full weekend of critically acclaimed international queer cinema. The festival will showcase six different films, representing six different nations. All showings are FREE at the Marquee on the second floor of Union South.

Showings and Titles

• Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 7pm | Flee (2021) | Denmark 
• Friday, March 25, 2022, at 6pm | And Then We Danced (2019) | Georgia
• Friday, March 25, 2022, at 8:30pm | The Wound (2017) | South Africa
• Saturday, March 26, 2022, at 6pm | The Way He Looks (2014) | Brazil
• Saturday, March 26, 2022, at 8:30pm | A Fantastic Woman (2017) | Chile
• Sunday, March 27, 2022, at 3pm | The Handmaiden (2016) | Japan

For information on available assistive content for WUD Film screenings, please visit the Assistive Movie Screenings in the Marquee Theater page.

This event is intended for UW-Madison students, faculty, staff, Wisconsin Union members and their guests. Anyone can become a Wisconsin Union member.