{"id":219024,"date":"2025-12-31T15:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/?post_type=clarkson_event&p=219024"},"modified":"2026-01-12T20:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:58:39","slug":"iffr-x-queer-cinema-the-non-actor-and-pink-narcissus","status":"publish","type":"clarkson_event","link":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/agenda\/iffr-x-queer-cinema-the-non-actor-and-pink-narcissus","title":{"rendered":"IFFR x Queer Cinema: The Non-Actor and Pink Narcissus\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 21 January, LantarenVenster\u2019s Queer Cinema and IFFR present a special evening featuring the dream-like queer cult classic Pink Narcissus<\/strong> (1971) and the intimate short film The Non-Actor <\/strong>(2025), with a sneak peek at queer highlights from the IFFR 2026 programme.<\/p>\n\n\n

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About the films<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Non-Actor <\/strong>
United States \u2013 2025 \u2013 Eliza Barry Callahan \u2013 18 min.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elliot is staying with her ex\u2019s new girlfriend while attending a medical trial for her recent, unexplained loss of hearing. As she reconfigures her relationship with her (sonic) environment and herself, an intimate connection sparks between the two women. With captivating performances by Victoria Pedretti and Maya Hawke, this loose adaptation of director Eliza Barry Callahan\u2019s semi-autobiographical novel The Hearing Test<\/em> captures the uneasy process of letting go and embracing change with sensitive warmth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pink Narcissus <\/strong>
United States \u2013 1971 \u2013 James Bidgood \u2013 67 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this dream-like queer cult classic, a young sex worker escapes into honey-sweet fantasies of self-love and sexual awakening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Bidgood\u2019s queer underground masterpiece and DIY aesthetic heavily inspired the campy visual language of iconic queer visual artists Pierre et Gilles, John Waters, and David LaChapelle, where handcrafted sets and artificial lighting create dreamscapes in which artifice becomes transcendent. Crafted in his tiny New York apartment and originally released anonymously in protest over creative differences, Pink Narcissus<\/strong> remained a subject of speculation until the 1990s, when James Bidgood was confirmed as its visionary creator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At once a milestone of experimental cinema and an icon of queer representation, this haunting meditation on desire and self-reflection remains as mesmerising today as when it first emerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Queer Cinema
<\/strong>LantarenVenster\u2019s Queer Cinema is a monthly movie night dedicated to showcasing the best of queer cinema. Queer Cinema celebrates the diversity and creativity of the LGBTQI+ community. Every month, Queer Cinema invites a different host from the queer community to collaborate on a screening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schedule<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n