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Outburst: Portrait of a Lady on Fire + Introduction by Céline Sciamma
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Outburst: Portrait of a Lady on Fire + Introduction by Céline Sciamma showing at Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast.
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Outburst: Portrait of a Lady on Fire + Introduction by Céline Sciamma
Outburst: Portrait of a Lady on Fire + Introduction by Céline Sciamma
Showing: 14 November 2026
Show Times
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Sat 14 Nov 2026
17:30
Certificate15
Year2019
GenreDrama, Romance
Director(s)Céline Sciamma
Writer(s)Céline Sciamma
LanguageFrench, Italian
CountryFrance
Running Time2HR 2MINS
Extra InfoEnglish subtitles
Season
Main Programme,
Outburst Queer Arts Festival
Céline Sciamma's sumptuously beautiful Cannes prize-winner is one of cinema's most compelling visions of the power of desire.
The art class. The boat ride. Smoking naked in bed. The dress. The cave. The sea. The smouldering looks. The one wild, rapturous night singing ‘We will rise’ by the fire – and the desire that rises after. Reproductive rights and kitchen nights and armpits and oil on canvas and a finger holding the reader’s place in a book. So many unforgettable moments and images come together to make up this truly incendiary film of lesbian desire, like the brushstrokes that make up Marianne’s portraits of Héloïse.
Portrait of a Lady of Fire launched a million yearning hearts on its release in 2019 (when Outburst shared a special festival preview screening at QFT) – although most of us had to watch it on our sofas in spring 2020 while wishing we were isolating on a remote Breton island with Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel and Luàna Bajrami.
It’s a wide-eyed, widescreen wonder that deserves to be seen on the cinema screen, and nothing less than a revolution in the possibilities (and the possibility of revolution!) of the queer gaze. Come for the swooning, stay for the more swooning, did we mention that there will be an introduction by Céline Sciamma presenting previously unseen footage from the shoot?
Text by So Mayer.
Show Times
Select a time below to book
Sat 14 Nov 2026
17:30
Certificate15
Year2019
GenreDrama, Romance
Director(s)Céline Sciamma
Writer(s)Céline Sciamma
LanguageFrench, Italian
CountryFrance
Running Time2HR 2MINS
Extra InfoEnglish subtitles
Season
Main Programme,
Outburst Queer Arts Festival
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