There’s a new Queer Film Club in town thanks to GAZE & Outhouse

A new queer cinema experience has arrived to the fair city of film. Starting in February, a new collaboration between Outhouse and GAZE will show classic films screened as part of the Queer Film Club, and their first event has already sold out, showing the hunger for this club in the heart of Dublin.

From laugh-out-loud camp classics to though-provoking stories, they’re planning to bring a little something for everyone to the big screen, and build a community of queer film lovers in the process. Tickets for screenings are just €6, and €3 for concessions (low income/unwaged attendees), and free entry is available for personal assistants, carers, or anyone experiencing financial need, but based on the quick sell out for their debut, punters would want to be quick on the draw. You can join the club HERE, to get early access, stay updated on upcoming film announcements and more.

To give the GAZE x Outhouse Queer Film Club a unique voice in Dublin’s rich world of queer film programming, we wanted to turn curation over to the community. GAZE takes care of sourcing the film, screening rights, the administrative side of programming — but the films we screen in Outhouse will be picked from, and presented by, film lovers from outside of the festival. 

As well as getting early access to tickets (which meant an instant sell-out for our February film club!) members also get to suggest queer films they want screened, and potentially give their own personal introduction if their film is selected. Working with Outhouse on this alternative exhibition space outside of the festival is a really exciting chance to give people a taste of film programming, and I can’t wait to see what niche picks and hidden gems we’ll screen with Dublin’s queer and trans community.

James Hudson, GAZE Assistant Programmer

The first screening of the Queer Film Club is set to take place on Wednesday, 19th February at 6.15pm, where film fans will catch one of the funniest, darkest, catchiest films of the 80s. For their inaugural edition, they’ll be screening Little Shop of Horrors, the Director’s Cut no less, which features the film’s better, more hilariously horrible ending. Jenny Maguire, President of the Trinity College Students’ Union, has selected the film on this occasion and will provide an intro before the film begins.

Little Shop of Horrors speaks to so much happening in Ireland right now. The power held by the rich and the inequality that comes with it. The longing for something better. The giant plants that keep eating people. This version of the film does not sanitise the destruction caused by inequality and individualism whilst maintaining its campy tone, and I cannot wait to share in the experience with everyone.

Jenny Maguire

The first offering from the Outhouse has also got some tasty offers for snacks, and we’re looking forward to seeing what they’re cooking up for us going forward. For their first screening, they’ve certainly selected a film that eats.

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