A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
In Japanese with English subtitles, Malay and Chinese subtitles.
Rated PG.
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.
Every now and then, a genre film arrives out of nowhere to completely rewrite the theatrical rulebook, and this year, that lightning strike is Curry Barker’s Obsession.
The story kicks off when hopeless romantic Bear uses a eerie "One Wish Willow" to make his long time crush, Nikki, fall for him. It works, but with a massive catch: her newfound "love" instantly mutates into a blood soaked, obsessive situationship.
Produced on a shoestring budget of under a million dollars, this relentless piece of supernatural terror has exploded into an absolute box office success in the US. At the center of the madness is breakout star Inde Navarrette, delivering an incredibly unhinged and nuanced performance, cleverly using the horror framework to look at deeper anxieties surrounding control, consent, and women's bodily autonomy. Judging by the squirming and collective nervous laughter from our team during our preview screening, you are going to want to witness this instant cult classic in a packed theater full of gasping, screaming filmhomies.
In English.
Rated M18 for Violence and Sexual Scene.
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.
A wealthy father embarks on a pilgrimage to search for his daughter and discovers new meaning through the trials of an ancient trail.
In search of his missing teenage daughter, a superficial, wealthy man leaves his life of luxury behind to search for his daughter along the Camino de Santiago– an ancient pilgrimage of self-discovery, community, and spiritual renewal. Amid blisters and unexpected encounters, his journey becomes a crucible of dismantling, shedding the debris of his former life towards newfound meaning.
A visceral meditation on the cost of indifference, Buen Camino serves as a quiet testament to the beauty of shared hardship, where the weight of material wealth is shedded for the embrace of authentic connection.
In Italian with English Subtitles.
Rated NC16 for Some Mature Content.
Presented by the Embassy of Italy in Singapore in collaboration with Cinecittà and Filmhouse as part of Italian Film Festival 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.
A fleeting moment of attraction turns into a deadly fixation when a secret affair blurs the boundaries between passion and obsession.
After a chance encounter at a bar sparks an immediate attraction, Lea and Rocco fall into a clandestine affair of secret hotel trysts. But as passion turns to peril, Lea’s growing obsession with Rocco leads her to infiltrate his personal life, spiralling the lives of two couples toward a dark and unsettling conclusion.
In her directorial debut, acclaimed screenwriter Ludovica Rampoldi masterfully intertwines the tension of an erotic thriller with biting satire, excavating an underlying menace that gnaws at the fragile architecture of modern love.
In Italian with English Subtitles.
Rated NC16 for Some Mature Content.
Presented by the Embassy of Italy in Singapore in collaboration with Cinecittà and Filmhouse as part of Italian Film Festival 2026
If you’ve spent any time on the weirder corners of the internet, you’ve probably heard of the "liminal space" Backrooms phenomenon. For the film adaptation, A24 handed the keys to 20 year old YouTube prodigy Kane Parsons, and he delivered an indie hit that is currently leveling the US box office with a genre piece that skips cheap gimmicks in favor of high art psychological horror.
Struggling furniture store owner Clark discovers a bizarre, glowing doorway in his basement that leads directly into the Backrooms—a seemingly infinite, yellow-walled maze that defies all laws of physics. When Clark vanishes into this reality-bending labyrinth, his therapist, Mary, goes in looking for him, only to get trapped in the exact same surreal, mind-warping nightmare.
In English
Rated NC16 for Coarse Language.
The film contains an utterance of religious profanity that exceeds IMDA guidelines. The line has been muted to be kept in line with guidelines.
TW: contains scenes with flashing lights, photosensitive audiences are to be advised
