Films, Talks & Events

Queer Power

26 June — 2 September 2026

In a colourful illustration, various film characters are depicted in a slightly caricatured style

At a time when LGBTQ+ rights are under pressure around the world, it’s more important than ever to keep seeing and hearing queer stories. Queer Power is a show of support: watching films together brings people closer and lets you see the world through different eyes.

World Pride is coming to Amsterdam! Celebrate freedom, diversity, and inclusion at Eye, where Queer Power puts queer films from a wide range of countries and cultures in the spotlight all summer long.

Various film characters are depicted in a colourful illustration. The figures are always made up of three parts, of eyes, mouth and body, all characters are a mix of different properties.

Films, Talks & Events

Queer Power presents classics and contemporary films from countries and cultures around the world. Queer fun, queer love, queer humour and the power of uncensored self-expression stand out most in this summer programme, which emphasises the vitality and joy of queerness.

still from Avant-Drag! (Fil Ieropoulos, GR 2024)

still Avant-Drag! (Fil Ieropoulos, GR 2024)

Eye Film Player

On the Eye Film Player, you can watch the most diverse queer films at home. From avant-garde film experiments to romantic drama, and from the earliest queer film in the Eye collection to recent Previously Unreleased titles.

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Poster gallery

Eye’s collection of over 64,000 unique film posters is truly exceptional. Near Cinema 2 and 3, you will find an ever-changing selection that ties in with its current programming. The current selection offers a cross-section of the collection, featuring posters from various countries for films screening during our summer programme.

Have a look

still from The Watermelon Woman (Cheryl Dunye, US 1996)

still The Watermelon Woman (Cheryl Dunye, US 1996)

still from My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, GB 1985)

still My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, GB 1985)

The selection of over thirty titles showcases films across many genres, from comedy to deeply felt drama, from underground experimentation to joyful manifestos. From the Weimar Republic–era production Mädchen in Uniform (Carl Froelich and Leontine Sagan, 1931) and John Waters’ notorious Pink Flamingos (1972), to The Adventures of Iron Pussy (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2003).

still from Contracorriente (Javier Fuentes-Léon, PE/CO/DE/FR 2009)

still Contracorriente (Javier Fuentes-Léon, PE/CO/DE/FR 2009)

still from I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (Patricia Rozema, CA 1987)

still I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (Patricia Rozema, CA 1987)

Previously Unreleased Goes Queer

With Previously Unreleased, Eye presents a special nationwide summer selection of films that screened at major festivals but never made it to Dutch cinemas. Three of this year’s titles are part of Queer Power. The programme includes recent work by international queer filmmakers such as Orian Yani Barki & Meriem Bennani (Bouchra) and Giovanni Tortorici (Diciannove). Also showing is the (restored) underground classic The Watermelon Woman (1996) by Cheryl Dunye.

still from Bouchra (Orian Yani Barki & Meriem Bennani, US/IT/MA 2025)

still Bouchra (Orian Yani Barki & Meriem Bennani, US/IT/MA 2025)

still from Kiki (Sara Jordenö, SE/US 2016)

still Kiki (Sara Jordenö, SE/US 2016)

Illustration: Yvonne Kroese, design: René Gast

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still from Funeral Parade of Roses (Toshio Matsumoto, JP 1969)

still Funeral Parade of Roses (Toshio Matsumoto, JP 1969)

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