Being LGBT is criminalised in Muslim-majority Malaysia. A story close to home, QUEER AS PUNK shows Faris, a transman, and his punk band “Shh… Diam!” as they use their music to carve out spaces to exist in Malaysia, while challenging conservative traditions.
Is it possible to change the world while headbanging and singing about shower makeouts? Is it possible to change the world WITHOUT headbanging and singing about just wanting to chill, but not being able to cuz yer broke?!? Serious question.
The punk revolutionary spirit burns bright against systemic transphobia, and paints a vivid picture of Singapore-Malaysian queer history, all to the tune of the band @shhdiam’s irreverent tunes, which pulses through the docu like a kick drum. Released in 2025, this is your chance to get tapped in!!!
In Malay and English with English subtitles.
Rated R21 for Mature Theme.
Presented By NBCUniversal and Filmhouse as part of Pink Screen 2026.
Join us for a special screening of Brokeback Mountain presented by Proud Spaces and NBCUniversal as part of Pink Screen, a Signature Event of Pink Fest. All proceeds from the event will go towards supporting Proud Spaces and their ongoing work with the LGBTQ+ community.
For one night only, we’re transforming the screening into a queer rodeo: think denim, fringe, desire, and everything in between. Come dressed for the occasion and join us for an evening of cinema, conversation, and community.
Following the screening, we are exploring an intergenerational panel conversation on queer cinema, representation, and the cultural impact of Brokeback Mountain over the past two decades. Bringing together a queer activist who watched the film when it was first released, a younger viewer encountering it for the first time, and a filmmaker working within the local landscape today, the discussion will reflect on how queer stories have evolved onscreen, and what still feels unresolved. Are there differing thresholds applied to “foreign” versus local works that engage sensitive social issues? How do we tell stories that are deeply rooted in lived realities here?
Tickets are available on a sliding scale at $25, $50, and $75. Guests purchasing $50 and $75 tickets will also receive popcorn and soda vouchers redeemable at the Filmhouse concession stand.
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BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN has earned its place as a touchstone in cultural memory. Returning to Singaporean cinema screens for the first time in nearly 20 years, this seminal “Gay Western” is primed and ready to break our hearts yet again. Oh it hurts so good.
Set in 1960s rural Wyoming, two men develop find transcendent love with each other that endures as a lifelong connection, complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
On the big screen, the sublime, echoing landscapes, and prodigiously sensitive performances by then-25-years-old Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, absolutely sing. What more can you ask, but for handsome cowboys pining large on the silver screen?
Nominated for eight Academy Awards (famously snubbed for best picture. Boo homophobia), and winning three for best director, adapted screenplay, and original score
In English.
Rated R21 for Mature Theme and Sexual Scenes.
Presented By NBCUniversal and Filmhouse as part of Pink Screen 2026.
When his beloved father dies, 30-year-old Anand is compelled by family to leave Mumbai for 10 days of mourning rites in rural western India. He finds reprieve from family pressures in the companionship of a local farmer, and they develop a tender intimacy. As the mourning rituals taper and Mumbai calls for his return, the fate of his relationship becomes uncertain.
CACTUS PEARS was the first Marathi-language film to premiere at Sundance, where it won the Grand Jury Prize. Rated at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, this feature directorial debut by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade renders the realities of lower-class queer life in India with exquisite care, intending to challenge the misconception that queer experiences are limited to the upper class.
The western Indian countryside sings in place of a background score, with a crisp and layered soundscape designed from on-set field recordings. Combined with the still, painterly frames, an almost transcendent quality arises, evoking a mix of dreaminess, tropical sluggishness, cotton-mouthed desire, and warm grief.
Join SAPS at PinkScreen 2026 for a special screening of Cactus Pears on 13th June, 5pm; an evening of film, community, and conversations on queer South Asian love, identity, and belonging
Featuring a special panel with community voices and guests sharing lived experiences and stories that matter
In Marathi with English Subtitles.
Rated R21 for Homosexual Theme.
Presented By NBCUniversal International and Filmhouse as part of Pink Screen 2026.
At 53 years old, Feng Xia, a Chinese immigrant in Montreal, explores her repressed desire for women and begins a secret affair with a young Québécoise. This adventure brings her passionate love and long-overdue self-discovery, but she also has to face whether she’s willing to pay the steep cost of liberation.
In SAVING FACE, we fell in love with Joan Chen as Chinese Mom of Lesbian, now in MONTRÉAL, MY BEAUTIFUL she shines once again, this time as Chinese Lesbian Mom!
Chen won Outstanding Lead Performance at the Toronto Film Critics Association. It’s clear why. Her nuanced physicality--shy, raw, blooming, enchants us in this story of sexual and romantic awakening in mid-life. She embodies the answer to the question: what does it take to finally own your wants?
In Chinese and French with English subtitles.
Rated R21 for Homosexual Theme and Sexual Scenes.
Presented By NBCUniversal and Filmhouse as part of Pink Screen 2026.
What happens when you take 3 male 90s moviestars, wack ‘em in drag & a ramshackle cadillac, and set ‘em off on a cross-country road trip across America? Why, nothing but a constant stream of Camp hilarity, a magical never-ending supply of technicolor fabric, and a reformed small town in middle America, of course!
TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR (1995) overflows with queer joy and winking defiance, weft through every inch right down to its unwieldy title ;) This feel-good comedy sparkles with color, spectacle, love and revolution, all shot on gorgeous 35mm film.
Far from caricatures, WONG FOO celebrates queer life. The actors worked with IRL queens in shaping their dignified and spirited portrayals of drag queens, earning Patrick Swayze and John Leguizamo Best Actor/Supporting Actor nominations at the 1996 Golden Globe Awards. The film was also nominated for Outstanding Picture at the 1996 GLAAD Media Awards.
Don’t miss this opportunity to catch this broadway-esque cult classic, big and grand like it deserves. TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR (1995) opens our 2026 PINK SCREEN programme on Friday, 29 May.
In English
Rated NC16 for some sexual references.
Presented By NBCUniversal and Filmhouse as part of Pink Screen 2026.
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN has earned its place as a touchstone in cultural memory. Returning to Singaporean cinema screens for the first time in nearly 20 years, this seminal “Gay Western” is primed and ready to break our hearts yet again. Oh it hurts so good.
Set in 1960s rural Wyoming, two men develop find transcendent love with each other that endures as a lifelong connection, complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
On the big screen, the sublime, echoing landscapes, and prodigiously sensitive performances by then-25-years-old Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, absolutely sing. What more can you ask, but for handsome cowboys pining large on the silver screen?
Nominated for eight Academy Awards (famously snubbed for best picture. Boo homophobia), and winning three for best director, adapted screenplay, and original score
In English.
Rated R21 for Mature Theme and Sexual Scenes.
Presented By NBCUniversal and Filmhouse as part of Pink Screen 2026.
