04/03/2026
For the opening night of our mini-festival, All Women on Screen, we are incredibly excited to be hosting filmmaker and activist Elspeth Vischer, as we present her film, We Were Always Here.
We Were Always Here is a documentary that tells the story of q***r spaces past and present in Belfast and beyond. Through LGBTQIA+ women and non-binary people who have carved out this vital space, we learn of q***r history and how these ‘places of Pride’ continue to flourish in new ways. This film was made with the LGBTQIA+ Heritage Project NI Project and HERe NI.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Elspeth Vischer, as well as a live performance from iconic local band, Strange New Places.
If you haven’t already heard their legendary tunes, Strange New Places are a Belfast-based q***r-punk band of right-on radicals with low self-esteem; a band where q***rness and neurodivergence intersect, and intersect hard.
Come along to celebrate the resilience and power of q***r voices, at The Black Box from 7pm.
This event is part of Safe & Sound, a project that has been proudly supported by Belfast City Council and funded through Ending Violence Against Women & Girls fund.
