Queer Worlds - artists' film exhibition at Colonnade House.

Queer Worlds brings together a collection of 15 short films by LGBTQIA+ artists from the UK and around the world, presented as a single-screen programme. Spanning animation, documentary, experimental film and poetic fiction, the works offer a rich and varied reflection on contemporary Queer life.

Across the programme, artists explore themes of identity, memory, desire and belonging, alongside experiences of disability, neurodivergence and care. The films move between intimate personal stories and wider social and political contexts – from reflections on labour, technology and global systems, to reimagined rituals of grief and community, and overlooked histories of queer resistance.

Works such as Black Chalk by Julieta Tetelbaum offer a tender portrait of a neurodivergent woman navigating everyday life, while Everything That Shakes by Chieh Lin transforms anxiety and uncertainty into a shared space for reflection and healing. Films including Mecha Meraki by Babi Astolfi and By a Thread by David Kmet explore identity and transformation through imaginative, symbolic worlds, while Pauline Bernard-Vernay’s Casa Susanna revisits hidden queer histories. (Un)fit to Work by Yasmin Godo confronts barriers faced by disabled people, and Oran O’Sullivan’s work remembers a largely forgotten moment of UK Queer protest.

Films in the programme

Films are shown on a 60-minute loop in this order, starting on the hour. 

– Alexandra Olympia Peristeraki, All Souls Day – ψυχοσάββατα, 2024, 3:30 mins
– Julieta Tetelbaum, Black Chalk, 2022, 4:30 mins
– Mariana Leal, Making It Fit, 2025, 4:30 mins
– Oran O’Sullivan, Cesspit of Freedom, 2022, 1:42 mins
– Sai Aryal, Dragphoria, 2025, 9:23 mins
– David Kmet, By a Thread, 2025, 4:40 mins
– Pafo Gallieri, Seguidilla of the Femminiello, 2020, 2:18 mins
– Ross Ozarka, Under My Skin, 2024, 1:00 mins
– Oscar Bittner, High Diver, 2024, 4:58 mins
– Babi Astolfi, Mecha Meraki, 2024, 4:12 mins
– Chieh Lin, Everything That Shakes, 2025, 3:56 mins
– Yasmin Godo, (Un)fit to Work, 2022, 4:51 mins
– Pauline Bernard-Vernay, Casa Susanna, 2025, 2:20 mins
– Christa Poh, Midnight Bye-Bye, 2024, 1:35 mins
– Sonia Wargacka, Wild Geese, 2025, 1:14 mins

Visitor information

Gallery address:
Colonnade House, 47 Warwick St, Worthing BN11 3DH

Opening times:
Tuesday 26 May – Sunday 7 June, 10am – 5pm daily (Closed on Monday 1 June)

Accessibility:
The gallery has an accessible ground floor entrance.
Films in the programme have captions.