Cinema Mentiré, in collaboration with TGirlsOnFilm, presents Salome, Salome, Salome bringing together three radically different queer incarnations of the biblical princess across Brazil, Mexico and the UK.
The season concludes with the dreamlike Salome (1976) of textures, sensations and veils by Paris-based Mexican artist Teo Hernández.
In his first feature film, Teo Hernández takes on the gospel story of Salome with a high camp aesthetic, midway between Mexican iconography and gay glitter. Largely shot in the filmmaker’s apartment, the film suspends veils, pearls, bodies, and sparkling objects in a black, depthless field where gesture becomes pure emanation. Colour, light, and variations of projection speed replace dramaturgy; bodies drift, wrap, veil, unveil, and dissolve, as boleros pulse against the image rather than comment on it. Desire presides over a world poised between ascetic severity and baroque excess.
The screening will be introduced by writer and researcher from Mexico Lola Lemke.
Cinema Mentiré is a pop-up film club that provides a platform for diverse voices from Latin America to UK audiences. Founded in 2023, it celebrates the work of classic and contemporary filmmakers, while challenging the conventions typically associated with the cinema from the region. The initiative has organised screenings at various cinemas and alternative venues across London and beyond, including Curzon, ICA, and The Garden Cinema. It has also collaborated with institutions, film festivals, and independent collectives such as V&A East, Cinema Rediscovered, Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest, and Budapest Classics Film Marathon, among others.
TGirlsOnFilm centres trans stories, artistry, and film history through moving image, creating space for trans audiences on and off screen. Featured in Little White Lies, The Face, and Autostraddle.
