'Good Days: An Evening To Remember' - World AIDS Days 2026 at the Rio Cinema with SMUT Press

The event commemorates the ongoing impact of HIV/AIDS, particularly within queer communities, creating a space to reflect, remember and come together in solidarity. "Good Days" is the first narrative short film by Dani d’Ingeo. An uplifting story of connection between two generations, the film explores how community and intimacy can emerge in spaces associated with anonymous sexual encounters. Reflecting on the aftermath of the AIDS crisis, "Good Days" highlights the importance of passing culture, memory and traditions between generations at a time when LGBTQIA+ rights are increasingly under threat and queer spaces are being lost. The work expands on d’Ingeo’s ongoing documentary photography practice, which centres the rich fabric of the queer experience. Their candid snapshots of mundanity, intimacy, activism and nightlife have been commissioned by magazines such as British Vogue, Dazed, i-D and have been exhibited at the ICA London, V&A Museum and the Roundhouse. The programme will include an art performance by Hḗrā Santos, supported by the Axis Development Award. Santos is a trans-femme, HIV+ artist working across performance, visual art, video, sound, and installation. Through ritual and embodied practice, she explores how bodies are shaped by systems of power and how they resist, adapt, and re-author themselves. Her transdisciplinary practice engages identity, trauma, and marginalisation. Drawing on lived experience to examine how medical, political, architectural and ecological structures regulate and mark the body. She approaches personal experience as a site through which broader systems of power can be traced, exposed, and challenged. Tom Rasmussen is a London-based artist and prominent figure within the LGBTQIA+ community. Their practice blends pop, queer club culture and their experience as a former drag performer, with their debut album Body Building receiving critical acclaim. Their special performance will feature a line-up of renowned collaborators, with further details to be announced. The film has been part-funded by SMUT Press, a London-based queer platform exploring the possibilities of print, nightlife and community. Founded in 2022 by Jack Scollard and Jordan Hearns, SMUT champions queer artists through unapologetic, art-led publications and events. The Love Tank CIC will be offering free testing and various resources and information on their services during the event. This event has been made possible with support from the Hackney 365 Pride Grant, supporting LGBTQIA+ community-led, arts projects and local celebrations in Hackney and with the support of Positive East.