OUR HISTORY
HFACTOR X MONANGAMBEE
The Lagos Queer Film Festival is a joint collaboration between two Lagos-based collectives, film collective Monangambee & artist collective and community hub, hFACTOR.
The history of the festival started in 2021 with Queer Celluloid, a program of queer shorts curated by Monangambee and hosted at hFACTOR, as well as the screening of “Ife” by Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim for the hFACTOR Pride Festival. Reflecting on the experience of these programs and the communities generated by them, we dreamed into being a fully fledged queer film festival.
We are dedicated to celebrating and uplifting experimental, bold & dazzling queer cinema from the Black world, putting the continent and the diaspora in a shared frame. We accept submissions year-round from filmmakers from around the world, as long as it is queer-themed, though we place a particular emphasis on Black filmmakers.
Alicia Abieyuwa Bergamelli
CHRYSTEL OLOUKOI
Dara Omotoso
DOLAPO OSUNSINA
ESÉ EMMANUEL
Tushar Hathiramani
Filmmakers screened
Dawn Suggs ✦
Mohamed Camara ✦
Stephen Winter ✦
Amirah Tadjin ✦
Wafa Tadjin ✦
Nikolai Ursin ✦
Adé Sultan Sangodoyin ✦
Jean-Pierre Bekolo ✦
Jimi Agboola ✦
Tobi Onabulu ✦
Rachel Seidu ✦
Nosazemen Agbontaen ✦
Adedeji Daniel Olowu ✦
Nengi Nelson ✦
Jeffrey Oba ✦
Tebogo Malebogo ✦
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese ✦
Ayo Lawson ✦
Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim ✦
Asari Aibangbee ✦
Tobean Avatur ✦
King Duke ✦
Apichatpong Weerasethakul ✦
Eduardo Williams ✦
Jumana Manna ✦
Lionel Soukaz ✦
Pedro Nunes ✦
Henrique Magalhães ✦
Bertrand Lira ✦
Nós Também ✦
May Ziadè ✦
Ajay Abalaka ✦
Joewackle J. Kusi ✦
nwao ✦
Simisola Akande ✦
Osadolor Osawemwenze ✦
J Triangular ✦
Kayode Timileyin Olaide ✦
Brontez Purnell ✦
Rete Poki ✦
Natasha Ayoo ✦
Nathalie Jasmine Harris ✦
Kiko Goifman ✦
Claudia Priscilla ✦
Dawn Suggs ✦ Mohamed Camara ✦ Stephen Winter ✦ Amirah Tadjin ✦ Wafa Tadjin ✦ Nikolai Ursin ✦ Adé Sultan Sangodoyin ✦ Jean-Pierre Bekolo ✦ Jimi Agboola ✦ Tobi Onabulu ✦ Rachel Seidu ✦ Nosazemen Agbontaen ✦ Adedeji Daniel Olowu ✦ Nengi Nelson ✦ Jeffrey Oba ✦ Tebogo Malebogo ✦ Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese ✦ Ayo Lawson ✦ Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim ✦ Asari Aibangbee ✦ Tobean Avatur ✦ King Duke ✦ Apichatpong Weerasethakul ✦ Eduardo Williams ✦ Jumana Manna ✦ Lionel Soukaz ✦ Pedro Nunes ✦ Henrique Magalhães ✦ Bertrand Lira ✦ Nós Também ✦ May Ziadè ✦ Ajay Abalaka ✦ Joewackle J. Kusi ✦ nwao ✦ Simisola Akande ✦ Osadolor Osawemwenze ✦ J Triangular ✦ Kayode Timileyin Olaide ✦ Brontez Purnell ✦ Rete Poki ✦ Natasha Ayoo ✦ Nathalie Jasmine Harris ✦ Kiko Goifman ✦ Claudia Priscilla ✦