This year’s theme, Q-thartic, is about feeling, healing, and everything in between that comes with our community. With over 80 films in our lineup, we’re ready to take you on an emotional journey. These stories offer a much-needed release, arriving at a time when the world feels heavier than it should. SQFF '24 champions intersectionality, showcasing queer narratives that reflect the many layers of our identities: race, gender, social class, and more.

The opening film is Party Boi at SIFF Cinema Egyptian. Valentines Day, New Jersey. It’s a busy day of sex work for Ponyboi (River Gallo) when he learns that his estranged father is dying. The troubling news brings back old memories of growing up intersex in a traditional Salvadoran household, and the rift his gender created in his family. Things take a turn for the worse when a drug deal goes wrong, forcing Ponyboi to make a clean break and leave New Jersey to save his neck from the mob and his abusive pimp (Dylan O'Brien). With the help of a mysterious cowboy, Bruce (Murray Bartlett), Ponyboi journeys through the underbelly of New Jersey on a quest for freedom in a gripping 24 hours.