Upcoming LGBTIQ+ events across Switzerland, city by city.
The 78th Locarno Film Festival (5–15 August) features several queer works — including a project by Queercore director Bruce LaBruce and «Ãsheghetam», a short film about a queer youth in Iran (Pardi di Domani). 233 films from 69 countries, 103 world premieres. Evening screenings on Piazza Grande are open to the public and free.
Aug 5 · 06:00 PM · Locarno
The queer film series UNCUT presents the film Enzo (2025) by Robin Campillo and Laurent Cantet at Kino Rex Bern. Enzo, 16, is a masonry apprentice on the French coast who develops unexpected feelings for Vlad, a Ukrainian bricklayer. A sensual coming-of-age story about first encounters with love.
Aug 11 · 08:30 PM · Bern
As part of Cinema Siesta (UNCUT in cooperation with queerAlternBern), Kino Rex Bern screens Les Femmes au Balcon (The Balconettes, 2024) by Noemie Merlant in the afternoon at 16:00. During a Marseille heatwave three friends watch their mysterious neighbour from their balcony, with unexpected consequences. A punk, feminist horror comedy.
Aug 18 · 04:00 PM · Bern
Screening of the Spanish film MASPALOMAS (2024) about a 76-year-old gay man. Part of the queer film series UNCUT. Also showing 26 August at 18:00.
Aug 25 · 08:30 PM · Bern
The queer-feminist Lust*streifen Film Festival Basel (15th edition) screens international features and short films on LGBTQ+ and feminist themes, with workshops and discussions. 8–11 October 2026 at Kultkino Basel.
Oct 8 · 12:00 AM · Basel
