March around the world. See 30 films from 30 countries in 30 days.
Success: Completed 59/30 during March 2023.
Current progress: 77/82

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Queer Around the World master list.

More info about the challenge below.

I chose to queer this challenge to get a better sense of the state of queer cinema across the globe. If you know of any good ones from countries not on my list, let me know.

In alphabetical order by continent, then country of origin. Country, synopsis, and streaming info are all in the notes.

I added a bunch of movies so I could have flexibility in the coming weeks, but the more I worked on identifying these films, the more interesting it became to document which places have produced queer films and what some of these films look like.
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*** Movies I would add if I could find a way to watch them (with English subtitles):
Bahamas (Children of God) , Bangladesh, (Shikhandi Kotha, A Badhon Valodashar), Costa Rica (Hold Me Like Before), Estonia (The Virus), Ukraine (My Young Prince)
Countries where I've already seen their one queer film: Pakistan (Joyland).
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See full challenge info here.

*** The Challenge***
Watch and review 30 feature films from 30 different countries in the month of March including 1 film from Egypt.

The Rules
(Please avoid backdating logs. Better to log as you watch and then edit the log for ratings/reviews later).

1. Feature films only (60+ min)
2. No re-watches.
3. Only films watched, logged and reviewed in March 2023 count.
4. Log your films with 2 tags: 30 countries 2023 and the (single) selected country of the film. Use the same country-names as Letterboxd.
5. To count, a review needs to be somewhat substantial in that it has to show that you have seen the film. One liners do not count. Think more along the lines of 150 words +