Matt Lambert presents IF YOU CAN REACH MY HEART YOU CAN KEEP IT

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The Julia Stoschek Foundation presents IF YOU CAN REACH MY HEART YOU CAN KEEP IT, a film series by Matt Lambert in three acts. 

Over the last 15 years, Lambert’s films and live-performances have moved across mediums—driven by the urge to preserve collaborative energy. His work draws on the presence of friends, saints and prophets of performance who have become muses, co-authors and souls of an extensive body of work. Centering on queer politics, intimacy and joy, this film series brings together short films, documentaries, music videos, live performances, sketches and excerpts across three events at JSF Berlin, through to its closing in the fall.  

ACT I, on 27 May 2026, features film collaborations with Arca, Ares Gold, Bendik Giske, Black Cracker, Blake Mitchell/Lane Rogers, Bruce LaBruce, Bronski Beat, Cakes Da Killa, Christeene, David Hoyle, Evvol, Hercules & Love Affair, Honey Dijon, Jannis Birsner, Joey Mills, Jordan Tanahill, Juliana Huxtable, Kalup Linzy, MJ Harper, Pansy Division, Rick Owens, Liz Rosenfeld, Roughkicks, Sean Ford, Michèle Lamy, Mykki Blanco, and Vaginal Davis.

Born in Los Angeles and having started his practice in London and then NYC, Matt Lambert is a Berlin-based filmmaker, photographer, creative director, and curator whose work centres around queer history and contemporary identity. He has shown work at and collaborated with Tribecca, Cannes, SXSW, Tate Britain, Munch Museum, British Film Institute, Julia Stoschek Foundation, NRW Forum, Palais Galiera, HAU, Schaubühne, Berliner Ensemble and has an ongoing series called SISSY SMUT at Berlin’s Volksbühne.

His recent co-directed docudrama for Netflix, Eldorado, explores erased LGBTQ+ history of Berlin from 1926 to 1932. He’s currently developing a film on the era and has an obsession with the heart of the queer underground of Weimar Berlin. 

His recent book chronicles the last fifteen years of experimental film works. If You Can Reach My Heart, You Can Keep It is the artist’s sixth book, published by Baron.