Queerness was covertly woven into the fabric of cinema for most of its time in existence. As the years passed and barriers set up by the government or industry began to ease, queer artists faced the challenge of overcoming often hostile societies. They also started to speak out about their experiences and beliefs, utilising aesthetics to cinematically and strongly express their queerness. The history of queer cinema is almost as old as the history of films themselves, yet views in this area are always divided, much like other forms of queer histories.