Festival:

DIVA Film Festival

Wed 24 Apr 2024 — Sun 28 Apr 2024

From April 24-28, bang in the middle of Lesbian Visibility Week, DIVA will launch the inaugural DIVA Film Festival at the iconic Garden Cinema in the heart of Covent Garden. Lesbian Visibility Week has grown over the years to include a wide-range of cultural events and activities. Now is the time to include an event dedicated to film and the moving image because if we can’t see it, we can’t be it. In partnership with the Iris Prize and programmed by a team of queer women, DIVA Film Festival 2024 presents an eclectic programme of features and shorts, celebrating queer films from the UK and internationally, all of which are unapologetically skewed towards independent queer female and non-binary content.

Past Screenings

Polarized + Q&A 18

This screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Polarized director Shamim Sarif, moderated by DIVA Film Festival Director Jacquie… Read More
Shamim Sarif, UK, Canada, 2023, 104m.
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Artist Unknown + Stone (short) + Q&A 18

Artist Unknown An art heist playful comedy becomes a queer action rom com in this witty and fast-paced debut feature from… Read More
Cinder Chou, Jake Graf, UK, USA, 2023, 96m.
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Shorts Programme: Real Talk + Q&A 18

These short films, all centred on different aspects of lesbian and queer women’s lives, from the UK, USA, and India. Ranging… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries , Various Years, 92m.
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Chuck Chuck Baby + Scorpion Grass (short) + Q&A 18

This screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Chuck Chuck Baby director Janis Pugh, moderated by DIVA Film Festival Director Jacquie… Read More
Janis Pugh, Jamie Chi, UK, 2023, 118m.
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Life of Riley + F**KED (short) + Drinks Reception and Q&A 18

This screening will be preceded by a drinks reception at the Garden Cinema at 7pm, and followed by an in-person Q&A… Read More
Jacquie Lawrence, UK, 2024, 96m.
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Life of Riley + F**KED (short) 18

Life of Riley A candid and intimate film following the eventful life of activist, publisher and creator of diversity awards, Linda… Read More
Jacquie Lawrence, UK, 2024, 96m.
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