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What does the future of queer film look like in the Global South?

In partnership with BFI Flare: London Film Festival, we speak to directors Amrou Al-Kadhi and Onir about the progress of queer film in the Global South and why LGBTQIA+ representation outside the Western film canon matters.  WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN We all remember the first queer film that resonated with us. For me, it was Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga; a seemingly innocuous Bollywood rom-com about a struggling playwright and his fateful encounter with a small-town young woman looking to change her life.…

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