Yony Leyser

Yony Leyser is an artist, writer, director, and educator with a focus on subcultures and queer history. In 2010 Leyser released his debut documentary feature film, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, followed by his first fiction feature film, Desire Will Set You Free in 2015. 2017 saw the release of Leyser’s critically-acclaimed documentary about the cultural and social movement Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution, with an accompanying book due for release in late 2020. Most recently Leyser wrote and directed W(A)RM HOLES, his first theatre production, which premiered in Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theatre in 2019. Collectively Leyser’s films have been screened in over 150 institutions and festivals around the world, including Slamdance, Seattle International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, ZKM Karlsruhe, Viennale, Guadalajara International Film Festival, IDFA, ACMI Melbourne, Outfest, Frameline and HotDocs.