17th edition for this ever-growing festival with loads of premieres and queer icons Jane Birkin, Béatrice Dalle and Emmanuelle Béart as guest stars!Small but sweet, or not so small any more and slightly wicked? Either way, this is the biggest gay, lesbian & transgender film festival of the year in Paris, with a quality selection form around the world, lots of fresh stuff, excellent special guests, and even a few club nights. Yes!

French photo icons Pierre & Gilles are the stars of the poster…We have our eyes on Weekend by Andrew Haigh, a boy meets boy story that’s beautifully filmed and (if the critics are right) well acted to boot.

The film gets its first French showing here on Friday 14th October, and if you haven’t heard of it, check out the trailer below.

Chéries-Chéris, the Paris gay, lesbian, transgender (and everything in between) film festival is at the Forum des Images (here) from 7th – 16th October 2011

Official site (in French only): www.cheries-cheris.com

Facebook page (French only): iciYou can check out the full programme below by clicking the first button bottom left to go into fullscreen mode. Or if you’d prefer, just click here.