Bradford Queer Film Festival Presents : Treat Me Like Your Mother

Join us on Transgender Day of Visibility 2026 for the Northern Premiere of Mohamad Abdouni’s Treat Me Like Your Mother (2026)

Set against the backdrop of what is arguably the first photographic archive of the Transfeminine experience in Lebanon, four remarkable women recount the unimaginable intimate events of their lives in post-war Beirut, unveiling a hidden world within the city that is only known to few.

This special screening event will also include a space to engage with objects of relevance from the Bradford LGBTQ+ Archive. Please note this event is not the festival but one of our one off events. Bradford Queer Film Festival takes place annually in November.

Timings

Doors open - 18.30

Refreshments available & archive viewable - 18.30-19.00

Film begins -19.00

Film ends - 20.15

Archive viewable & time to chat - 20.15-20.45

Event ends - 20.45

Access

Kirkgate Centre has step free access and a wheelchair accessible toilet.

A separate space is available for attendees requiring a quiet area.

The film is shown with English subtitles.

More about Mohamad Abdouni

Mohamad Abdouni is an artist, photographer, filmmaker and curator based between Beirut and Istanbul. He is also Editor in-Chief and Creative Director of COLD CUTS magazine, the photo journal exploring queer cultures in the SWANA region.

His work has been exhibited namely at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the FOAM Gallery in Amsterdam, Art Basel, L’Institut du Monde Arabe and the Institute of Islamic Culture in Paris, Patel Brown in Toronto, Photo Arles and the Lyon Biennale amongst many others.

His personal endeavors tend to focus on the untold stories of Beirut and uncovering the rich yet eradicated queer histories of the Arab-speaking region through several documentaries and photo stories that have been featured in publications from A24, Telerama, Foam Magazine, Tetu, New Queer Photography, Kaleidoscope, i-D, Photoworks, The Guardian, Facebook and more.

As of late he has dedicated his time to working on what is arguably the first archive of trans* histories in an Arab country, a project entitled Treat Me Like Your Mother: Trans* Histories From Beirut’s Forgotten Past. The collection resides safely today at the Arab Image Foundation.