Water Sports! Sauna Shorts! Join us at Hackney Wick Community Baths for this splashy post-festival sauna special! The night begins with a screening of juicy, watery, steamy short films and ends with dinner, plunge pools, and unwinding in the saunas together. An unmissable chance to link up with your new friends, lovers, and everything in-between while sharing your festival highlights!
Food will be provided by Raju Rage (included with ticket) who will be serving up delicious chaat served with curried chickpeas, spiced potatoes, yogurt sauce, and tamarind and coriander chutneys on a bed of crisp baked pastries. Vegan and gf options provided.
We also offer an optional massage service. Massage therapist Nat (@byhand.ldn) will be offering 4 x 20-minute seated massage and acupressure slots for pain relief. Email byhand.ldn@gmail.com to book a slot for £20.
THE EVENING
5:45pm - doors open
6:00pm - intro + films begin (total runtime 53 minutes)
- 100 Boyfriends (2017) | dir. Brontez Purnell | USA | 8m
- S'well (2024) | dir. Ella Frost | UK | 11m
- typhoon diary (2024) | dir. Grace Zhang | USA | 5m
- Always show courage when burning to the ground (2024) | dir. Joseph Wilson | UK | 10 min
- Not ur fetish (2023) | dir. Elin Laut | Germany | 10 min
- Lollygag (2022) | dir. tij d’oyen | USA | 10 min
7:00pm - films end, food served, sauna open
9:30pm - sauna closes
Curated by April Lin 林森 and Jeng Au, this event is a sequel to the highly coveted Steamy Intimacies sauna screening event which ran as part of Queer East earlier this spring.
For venue access information visit www.community-sauna.co.uk/accessible