Berlin Underground: Video Works from n.b.k. (art exhibition)

An innovative exhibition, marking Berlin’s global legacy of artistic excellence, openness, tolerance, and freedom of expression, coming to the U.S. capital this summer in celebration of World Pride.

Berlin has long stood as a beacon of subversion and avant-garde spirit—a city where underground movements have shaped culture and challenged convention. Berlin Underground embraces this identity, presenting powerful video works that explore the urgency of change and the radical acceptance of diverse identities in a city that draws artists from around the world.

Vienna Underground: The Life of Sean DeLear

  • May 14, 7PM

Film to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Pride celebrations in Washington DC

Synopsis:

The Life of Sean DeLear by Austrian director Markus Zizenbacher is a vibrant, multi-faceted, propulsive documentary portraying this multidisciplinary artist and scene queen in a variety of different circles, from the beautiful elite to the queer punks of LA in the late 1990s and 2000s. DeLear broke barriers by being black and gay in the art world and in the music scene. After he relocated to Vienna in the early 2010s, he befriended Zizenbacher and entrusted his treasure-trove audiovisual archive to him. These jagged hand-held snapshots offer a glimpse into the electric days and nights a quarter of a century ago, placed in retrospective context by present-day testimony from people who knew SeanDe best and loved him the most.

Orig. Title: The Life of Sean DeLear
Year: 2024
Country: Austria
Duration: 82 min
Filming locations: United States, England, Austria
Director: Markus Zizenbacher

(Explicit language, nudity, drugs, smoking)

Copenhagen Underground

SAUNA - A Steamy Cis-Trans Love Story

On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Pride celebrations in Washington DC and WorldPride, 2025, The Danish Embassy presents a screening of the queer love story 'SAUNA'.

The film, officially selected for Sundance Film Festival 2025, is a queer love story set in Copenhagen’s queer community about a gay man falling in love with a transgender man.

'SAUNA' is Danish Director Mathias Broe’s feature debut. Indiewire called the film: 'A Steamy Cis-Trans Love Story that authentically speaks to the trans experience, offering a unique yet relevant love story that treats the complexities of queer desire with nuance and compassion.

Rome Underground

Short film and ballet to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Pride celebrations in Washington DC.

On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Pride celebrations in Washington DC and WorldPride 2025, the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington presents “Rome Underground”, an evening in the company of Roma Pride President Mario Colamarino, the choreographer of The Washington Ballet Mimmo Miccolis, and the dancers and artists of The Washington Ballet and “Divas in Drag – Italian Opera Company”. This event, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Washington and Dupont Underground, intends to be a celebration of Italian culture and a powerful homage to human diversity in all its forms: gender, identity, expression, body, emotion, and worldview.

Join us for the screening of “Rome World Pride 2000 - In Pride We Trust”, the original short movie dedicated to the first World Pride event, hosted by Rome in 2000, directed and created by Mario Colamarino. Mario Colamarino, spokesperson for Roma Pride, will share unpublished videos and images from the archives of the Circolo di Cultura Omosessuale Mario Mieli of Rome, bringing to life the stories and struggles of the people who made that historic event possible.

The evening will be complemented by a ballet conceived by Mimmo Miccolis, an exclusive performance titled “HEROICA”. This danced act of resistance, remembrance, and pride merges Italian opera with bold contemporary music — from Verdi to Måneskin — and builds an emotional and symbolic bridge between past and present.

Stockhom Underground

  • June 8, 7PM

  • From House of Sweden, at Dupont Underground

  • Free and open to the public

A celebration of equality, modernity, and diversity.

Join us for an unforgettable night featuring renowned literary voices, politicians from the City of Stockholm, inspiring conversations with LGBTQI+ advocates & electrifying performances—including the debut of the song “My Love,” produced by Swedish Petter Wallenberg and performed by American drag icon Lady Bunny. Enjoy art, connect with like-minded individuals, and immerse yourself in the spirit of Stockholm.

Welcome to Sweden’s capital city, a place where equality is a way of life!

#stockholmlovesequality

Switzerland Underground

Details to be announced!

Paris x Madrid Underground

An unforgettable music night with DJ sets from France and Spain, honoring the legacy of LGTBQIA+ artists during the early days of the HIV/AIDS crisis