Queer Feminist Film Festival

We sincerely apologize for the mistake we made in our post commemorating Eudy Simelane and for the harm it has caused. We have shared our full statement below.

Limited understanding of migration and human mobility can fuel hate speech. The more we learn, the less room there is for fear and the more space there is for empathy. Swipe to see some of the reasons hate speech occurs between communities! ***rliberation

This week, we’re sharing a selection of readings that challenge Afrophobia, speak out against hate crimes, and centre the experiences and resistance of q***r Africans.

Swipe through to read with us.

No Borders Between Us: Q***r Liberation is African Liberation. This July, we are thinking about belonging and who it is withheld from.

Afrophobia, hate crimes, and q***r exclusion do not exist separately. They are produced by the same systems that decide who belongs, whose movement is criminalised, whose body is treated as a threat, and whose life is considered worth protecting. These realities shape everyday life—in our streets, workplaces, schools, communities, and even within q***r spaces. We believe it is impossible to talk about freedom, safety, or liberation without talking about the conditions that African migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers are living under.

Across Africa, countries opened their borders, offered refuge, and sustained the struggle against apartheid. That history calls on us to ask difficult questions about what solidarity looks like today, and what it means when fellow Africans are met with suspicion, hostility, and violence instead of care.

For us, q***r liberation has always been about more than representation or visibility. It is about the right to move, to exist without fear, to build community, and to belong. Those rights cannot stop at a national border, nor can they depend on citizenship or nationality.

Throughout July, we will be sharing writing, conversations, community work, and resources that explore these connections and invite us to think more deeply about solidarity, accountability, and collective liberation.

Because there are no borders between our struggles. And there can be no q***r liberation without African liberation. ***rafrica

Hi everyone !!

After thinking about collaging as a q***r creative practice, we’re turning to the archive as we build QFFF’s own digital archive!

We are building this archive together so we want to hear from you. What does archiving mean to you? Why is it important to archive q***r stories? Anything from personal collections and family photographs to community memory projects, artworks, q***r archives can take many forms. Drop your thoughts, reflections, questions or experiences below—we’d love to hear what archiving means to you! ***rarchives

Introducing our facilitators for this Saturdays Q***r collage and writing gathering. Please let us introduce Phelisa Sikwata & Bronwyn February. We are so excited and honoured to have these talented and powerful humans lead us in creative liberation :) Thank you both for agreeing to contribute your time and energy. Don’t forget to RSVP now -

bean bag spots are limited!!! https://forms.gle/atkPkZejiEdZonio8