Priosma Queer Film Festival is returning to Cork for its third edition from September 10 to 13, 2026, expanding to a four-day programme of LGBTQ+ cinema, talks and community events across the city.
The festival will screen films at Arc Cinema, Triskel Arts Centre, and The Everyman. Presented by Out of Frame Cork, the programme has expanded from three feature films in 2025 to nine, along with 30 short films across four blocks.
Festival Director and Out of Frame Cork founder Benjamin Rupprecht said he was “very proud” to be screening across three major Cork venues this year, adding: “We took a big leap from three feature films last year to nine productions this year.”
The festival opens on Thursday, September 10, at Triskel Arts Centre with the Irish premiere of Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building. Directed by Bruno Santamaría Razo, the Mexican coming-of-age film follows an 11-year-old boy in early 1990s Mexico City as his feelings for his best friend develop while his family grapples with his father’s HIV diagnosis.
On Friday, September 11, Cork filmmaker Cara Holmes’ documentary Lesbian Lines will have its Cork premiere at Triskel. Exploring the underground network of lesbian telephone helplines that operated in Ireland, the screening will be followed by a Q&A with Holmes and participants from the documentary.
The night is set to continue at the Savoy with HOTLINE, the official Lesbian Lines afterparty, featuring Cork band I Dreamed I Dream, and FLIRT.
The programme also features Croatian drama Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day about four 1950s Yugoslavian filmmakers whose sexuality causes suspicion, and the Irish documentary Dragging Up the Past, exploring Cork’s drag history. It will be followed by a discussion with director Robin Guiton and film participants.
Priosma’s four short-film programmes will showcase work from Ireland and around the world. Awards will be presented for Best Irish Short, Best International Short, Best Cork Short and the Spirit of the Festival Award, with filmmakers Cara Holmes, Si Edwards and Cuán Cusack among this year’s judges.
The festival comes to a close on Sunday, September 13, at The Everyman with the Irish premiere of David Moragas’ Another Man. The film centres on a couple whose relationship is unsettled by the arrival of a new neighbour.
Following the screening, Cork drag collective Krystal & The Queers will present Krissy Down Under, a new show created by Krystal Queer, as the final event of the 2026 festival.
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Tickets and the full programme are available through the Priosma Queer Film Festival website.
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