Jim Queen opens 20. Slovak Queer Film Festival

For the first time in the FFi’s history, an animated feature will be the festival’s opening film. The French comedy Jim Queen, directed by Marc Nguyen and Nicolas Athané and screened at the Cannes Film Festival, follows a muscular influencer and star of the Parisian gay scene. His popularity comes under threat when a mysterious virus starts turning gay men straight. He teams up with the young Lucien to find a cure. The provocative satire pokes fun at the obsession with looks, the cult of popularity and society’s assumptions about sexuality. The film was shortlisted in the animated feature category for the 2027 European Film Awards.