Jim Queen

Jim Queen

Saturday Night Party

What happens when roided-up social media influencer, Jim Parfait, who rules Paris’s queer clubs with his bulging pecs, is struck down by the heinously beige plague heterosis? It’s left to nerdy twink Lucien to save the day, if only he can keep his right-wing mum at bay.

Director

Marco Nguyen
Nicolas Athanè

Runtime

84 Minutes

Country

France

Classification

Unclassified 18+

Reigning over the hungry gay men of Paris, hairy-chested gym influencer Jim Parfait (voiced by real-life Insta-celeb Alex Ramirès) can command any hook-up he wants. When wide-eyed and weedy closeted twink Lucien (voiced by Belgian star Jérémy Gillet), sneaks into his first big gay rave, he only(fans) has eyes for Jim; but he goes unnoticed by the hunky hulk.


That all changes when Jim contracts a terrifying new plague that’s sweeping the scene: the nefariously bio-engineered heterosis. It’s a straight-laced fate worse than death for the terminally online himbo, whose mighty muscles fade to dadbod. Suddenly, Lucien is all that stands between Jim and irrelevance. Oh, and the Machiavellian machinations of Lucien’s homophobic health minister mother Christine (Elisabeth Wiener, French dubbing artist for Basic Instinct and Black Swan).

Directed by animators Nicolas Athané and Marco Nguyen, Jim Queen was nominated for the Queer Palm and the Camera d’Or for best first feature at Cannes this year. With a villainous cameo by iconic French porn star, François Sagat, Jim Queen is ferociously sexy, chaotically silly and surprisingly sweet.

“Giddy fun.”

Variety

“Fashioned in the anarchic style of Rick and Morty, the film’s musical flourishes and takedown of gay and straight cliches are always amusing.”

The Irish Times

“Delightful and rapturously funny … with a satirical sense of humour reminiscent of South Park.”

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Film Credits

Director

Marco Nguyen & Nicolas Athanè

Year

2026

Country

France

Language

French

Subtitles

English

Type

Feature Animation & Gala

Program Strand

Animation

Producer

Bobbypills, David Alric & Arthur Delabays

Writer

Simon Balteaux, Marco Nguyen, Nicolas Athané & Brice Chevillard

Editor

Ivy Buirette

Music

Kirosen (Mathieu Rosenzweig & Benjamin Nakache)

Film Source

Madman Entertainment

Genre

Animation, Comedy, LGBTQIA+ & Sexual

Presented by Adelaide Film Festival in partnership with Feast Festival

Pink Carpet

Pink carpet and photos — 5:45 pm
Premiere Screening — 6:30 pm

When: Saturday 17 October
Where: Palace Nova Eastend, Adelaide

Saturday Night Party

Put on your dancing shoes and be prepared to giggle and boogie the night away. AFF love to celebrate with friends, and Feast Festival is joining us in the festivities. Film, beverages, canapés and tunes included. 

Dress code:  Dress as your best queen self!

When: Saturday 17 October, following the screening of Jim Queen

Where: Cinema Place & Howling Owl, Adelaide

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