US LGBTQ Film Festivals
International Directory of Lesbian & Gay Film and Video Festivals
Seasons of Pride is pleased to offer this LGBT Film Festival directory as a resource to help make connections between audiences, film/video makers, and festival programmers.
LGBT Film Festival Calendar
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California
- Cinema Diverse! Palm springs LGBTQ Film Festival – dedicated to presenting the best in LGBT Cinema.
- Frameline San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival – Founded in 1977, the San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival is the longest-running, largest and most widely recognized LGBTQ film exhibition event in the world. As a community event with an annual attendance of 63,000, the Festival is the most prominent and well-attended LGBTQ arts program in the Bay Area. Frameline also presents year-round exhibitions, including Frameline Encore, a free film series highlighting diverse, socially relevant works. Year-round programs also include members-only sneak previews and special events, as well as special screenings and events featuring directors, actors and other queer media icons.
- Fresno Reel Pride: An Annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival – Every year, it is our goal to bring a wide array of LGBTQ cinema and entertainment home to the Central Valley.
- OUTFEST: Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival – Founded by UCLA students in 1982, Outfest is the leading organization that promotes LGBT equality by creating, sharing and protecting LGBT stories on the screen. Outfest builds community by connecting diverse populations to discover, discuss and celebrate stories of LGBT lives. Over the past three decades, Outfest has showcased thousands of films from around the world, educated and mentored hundreds of emerging filmmakers and protected more than 20,000 LGBT films and videos.
- OUTrageous:The Santa Barbara Lesbian & Gay Film Festival – OUTrageous provides a diverse selection of films that entertain, challenge, and educate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered communities. OUTrageous also provides filmmakers with opportunities to screen their work that might not otherwise be seen locally.
- SF Transgender Film Festival – The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival was founded in 1997 as North America’s first transgender film festival. We exhibit groundbreaking, provocative, outrageous, courageous, moving and innovative works that show the complexity of lives lived on the transgender spectrum.
About UsHong Kong — Hong Kong Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Society 14th floor, 10 Knutsford Terrace Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong 852 2582 0200/fax: +852 2311 8023 Denise Tang, Karl Uhrich festival@hklgff.com http://www.hklgff.com Hungary — Annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Budapest 5 Bezeredi street, Budapest, Hungary 1087 Phone: 36 1 323 1125 Fax: 36 1 333 25 85 Istvan Ferenczi, Festival Coordinator info@szivarvany-misszio.hu http://www.gaypride.hu/ Illinois — Chicago Annual Underground Film Festival Entry Coordinator, Chicago Underground Film Festival, 3109 North Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60618 USA 773-327-3456/Fax: 773-327-3464 Bryan Wendorf info@cuff.org http://www.cuff.org Illinois — School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Queer Film and Video Festival 312-443-3703 Kit Hung, Director of Programming whung@artic.edu http://www.artic.edu/webspaces/lgbtsu/ India — Bombay Sexual and Gender Minority Film & Video Festival Humjinsi, C/O India Centre for Human Rights and Law, CVOD Jain High School, 4th Floor, 84 Samuel Street (Hazrat Abbas St.) Dongri, Bombay-9 INDIA +91-22-2371 6690/ Fax: +91-22-2379 1099 Tejal Shah festival_humjinsi@yahoo.co.in Indiana – PRIDE: In Several Short Cinematic Acts Sara Beanblossom, Co-Director sjbeanbl@indiana.edu http://www.iub.edu/~pride/ IndyOutties, Kansas City’s Friendly Film Festival Kansas City, MO Lisa Marie Evans, Festival Director lisa@indyoutties.com http://www.indyoutties.com Ireland — Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival DLGFF, c/o Nexus, Fumbally Court, Fumbally Lane, Dublin 8, Ireland +353 1 4158414/Fax: +353 1 4730597 Brian Sheehan, Director. Deborah Ballard and Paul Connell, Programmers. dlgff@ireland.com http://www.gcn.ie/dlgff Ireland — Murphy’s Cork Film Festival — Lesbian & Gay Section 10 Washington Street, Cork IRELAND +353 21 427 1711/fax: +353 21 427 5945 Sue Wainwright, Jim Lowther ciff@indigo.ie http://www.corkfilmfest.org/ Israel — Jerusalem Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Jerusalem Cinematheque, Wolfson Garden, Hebron Road, Jerusalem, ISRAEL 972 2 67 24 131 Gali Gold, Vivian Ostrovsky Italy – Gender Bender in Bologna c/o Il cassero, via Don Minzoni 18, 40121 Bologna – Italy Daniele Del Pozzo: Art Director pel2645@iperbole.bologna.it Italy — Annual Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival TGLFF, Piazza San Carlo 161, 10123, Torino ITALY 0039 011 534888/ Fax: 0039 011 535796 Cosimo Santoro, Director of Programming info@tglff.com http://www.tglff.com Italy — Milano Festival Internazionale di Cinema Gaylesbico Programming Committee – Attn. G. Marzi c/o MBE 209, VIA DEL TORCHIO 12 – 20123 Milano ITALY 39 023 319 118/fax: 39 0272 002 942 Giampaolo Marzi, Claudia Mauti: Festival Programmers marzig@energy.it, claudiamauti@tim.it http://www.cinemagaylesbico.com Japan –Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film and Video Festival Programming Committee, TLGFF, #601, 5-24-16 Nakano, Nakano-ku Tokyo 164-0001 Japan +81-3-5380-5760/ Fax: +81-3-5380-5767 Miyazaki Hideki, Director; Yukashi Oki, Head Programmer lgff@tokyo.office.ne.jp http://www.tokyo-lgff.org/e Louisiana — Reel Identities: The New Orleans Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Film Festival Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles, New Orleans 504-945-1103 Vincent Macaluso vincent@reelidentities.org http://www.reelidentities.org Massachusetts — Boston Gay/Lesbian and Trangender Film Festival Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115-5523, USA 617-369-3305/fax: 617-437-0293 Bo Smith bsmith@mfa.org http://www.mfa.org Massachusetts — Provincetown International Film Festival Filmmakers/Distributors send inquiries to: 170 Commercial Street Suite 161, Provincetown, MA 02657/ Corporate Sponsors: 265 Riverside Drive suite 10G, New York, NY 10025 General Information: 508-487-FILM/ Corporate Sponsors: 212-662-6804 PJ Layng, Executive Director; Gabrielle Hanna, Director, Sponsor Development http://www.ptownfilmfest.org Michigan — The Annual Kalamazoo Coming Out Proud Film Festival Coming Out Proud Film Festival, The Resource Center, 629 Pioneer St., Kalamazoo, MI 49009 269-349-4234/Fax: 269-349-7490 Sharon Roepke or Bev Edwards kglrcnews@aol.com http://www.millerauditorium.com Minnesota — Flaming Film Festival in Minneapolis c/o Intermedia Arts, 28822 Lyndale Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55408 612.871.4444/Fax: 612.871.6927 Lisa Gasner, Director; Allison Herrerra, Programmer Lganser@hotmail.com, sjaps@yahoo.com http://www.intermediaarts.org Missouri — Kansas City Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 4330 Holly, Kansas City, Missouri 64111 USA Festival Office: (816) 960-4636 Jamie Rich, Managing Director info@kcgayfilmfest.org http://www.kcgayfilmfest.org Nederlands — Nederlands Transgender Filmfestival (NTGF) c/o T-Image Foundation, P.O. Box 15650, 1001 ND, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 31 20 636 3727/ Fax: 31 20 636 3730 Kam Wai Kui, Festival Director ntgf@cs.com http://www.transgenderfilmfestival.com New York – Lesbian Film Festival http://www.gaycenter.org/events/LFF2004 New York — Annual Hamptons International Film Festival HIFF, 59 Franklin St. Suite 208, New York, NY 10013 212.431.6292/ Fax: 212.431.5440 Note: HIFF is a queer-forward festival. programming@hamptonsfilmfest.org http://www.hamptonsfilmfest.org New York — Annual Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival P.O. Box 1477, Melville, NY 11747 516-694-2407/fax: 631-547-6651 Stephen J. Flynn, Festival Director; Peter Daly, Programmer; Julia Maresca, Programmer sflynn@liglff.org, THORmastr@aol.com http://www.liglff.org New York — Coney Island Short Film Festival Rob Leddy, indiefilmpage.com, Bowling Green Station, PO Box 228, New York, NY 10274-0228 212-696-6689/Fax: NA Rob Leddy, Festival Director (NOTE: Fest accepts LGBT submissions) http://www.indiefilmpage.com/coneyfest.html New York — Fire Island Film Video Festival P.O. Box 1477, Melville, NY 11747 516-694-2407/fax: 631-547-6651 Stephen J. Flynn, Festival Director; Peter Daly, Programmer; Julia Maresca, Programmer; sflynn@liglff.org, THORmastr@aol.com New York — MIX: The New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film and Video Festival 29 John Street, PMB #132, New York, NY 10038-4005 USA 212-571-4242 Kara Williamson, Lawrence Shea, Stephen Winters: Directors info@mixnyc.org http://www.mixnyc.org New York — New Fest New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival The New Festival, Inc., ATTN: Submissions, 139 Fulton St, Ste Ph-3, New York, NY 10038 USA 212.571.2170/ Fax: 212.571.2179 Basil Tsiokos, Director info@newfestival.org http://www.newfestival.org New York — Rochester Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival/ImageOut Image Out, 274 N. Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607 USA 585-271-2640/fax: 585-271-3798 October 7-16, 2005 Michael Gamilla, Co-Chair: Programming imageout@rochester.rr.com, michaelgamilla@yahoo.com http://www.imageout.org New Zealand — New Zealand Out Takes Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Reel Queer Inc., P.O. Box 27 070, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND 644.972.6775/fax: 644.801.9906 2005 Dates: Auckland: May 26 – Jun 6, Wellington: 2 – 12 Jun, Dunedin: 17 -19 Jun, Christchurch: 8 – 12 Jun Simon Fulton, Festival Programmer simon@outtakes.org.nz http://www.outtakes.org.nz New Zealand — Triangle Television LGB International Film & Video Festival in Auckland P.O. Box 78-034, Grey Lynn, Auckland NEW ZEALAND +64 9 376 5030 Hans Versluys, Director of Programming hans@tritv.co.nz, jb@tritv.com http://www.tritv.co.nz/gay.htm North Carolina — Center for Gay & Lesbian Film Series The Lesbian & Gay Community Center, PO Box 33535, Charlotte, NC 28233 USA 704-333-0144/Fax: 704-714-2114 Dan Kirsch, Executive Director communitycenter@gaycharlotte.com http://www.gaycharlotte.com North Carolina — North Carolina Annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc., 309 W. Morgan Street, Durham, NC 27701 USA 919-560-3040 ext. 232/fax: 919-560-3065 Jim Carl, Director of Programming NOTE: Attendance is 10,000 and growing! AWARDS are given in FOUR AREAS: Best Docmentary, Best Feature, Best Women’s Short and Best Men’s Short. DOWNLOAD the Submission Form at the website listed below. jim@carolinatheatre.org http://www.carolinatheatre.org/ncglff Norway — Skeive filmer Oslo Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Box 6838 St. Olavs Plass. N-0130 Oslo NORWAY +47 98 28 00 66/Fax: +47 22 17 29 13 Tron Hirsti, Festival Leader http://www.skeivefilmer.no Ohio — Columbus International Film & Video Festival, AKA “The Chris Awards” The Columbus International Film & Video Festival, 5701 N. High St., Suite 204, Worthington, Ohio 43085 614-841-1666/Fax: Same Judy Chalker , Executive Director http://www.chrisawards.org Ohio — Out in Akron Queer Shorts Film Festival P.O. Box 22254; Akron, Ohio 44303 330-253-2220 Sandy Bowers, Program Coordinator sandra.bowers@earthlink.net http://www.akronpridecenter.org Oregon — Annual University of Oregon Queer Film Festival UO Queer Film Festival & Queer Film Symposium, EMU, 1228 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1228 541-346-0007/Fax: 541-346-4400 Douglas Hopper, Festival Coordinator qff@darkwing.uoregon.edu http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~qff/ Oregon — SENSORY PERCEPTIONS Portland Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Film Festival Sensory Perceptions, Programming Director, 818 SW 3rd., #1224, Portland, OR 97204 USA 503-345-9393 ext. 2/fax: 503-345-9393 John Campos, Executive Director john@sensoryperceptions.org http://www.sensoryperceptions.org Pennsylvania — Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival PILGFF #400, 322 MALL BOULEVARD, MONROEVILLE, PA 15146-2229 412-232-3277 Laura Annibalini, Programming Director pilgff@aol.com http://www.pilgff.org Pennsylvania — Annual Central Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg, Inc., 1300A North Third St, Harrisburg, PA 17102 717.234.0328 Charlie Smith, President info@Askglsh.org http://www.Askglsh.org Pennsylvania — ONE IN TEN FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL One In Ten c/o Trevor Brown, 152 Davey Lab, Box 196, University Park, PA 16802 Trevor Brown, Festival Committee Chairman OneInTenFilmFest@yahoo.com http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/psupride/oneinten/ Pennsylvania — Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 234 Market Street, Fifth Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106 USA 215-733-0608/fax: 215-733-0637 Ray Murray, Executive Director; Thom Cardwell, Managing Director rmurray@tlavideo.com, tcardwell@tlavideo.com http://www.phillyfests.com Portugal — Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Beco Dos Contrabandistas, No 29 – 2o Direito 1350-083 Lisboa PORTUGAL 00 351 21 395 54 47 Phone/Fax Celso Junior lisboa.filmfest@netcabo.pt http://www.lisbonfilmfest.org Rhode Island — Providence Rhode Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival P.O. Box 162, Newport, RI 02840 USA 401-861-4445 / 401-847-7590 fax, attn. RIIFF George T. Marshall, Executive Director info@film-festival.org, flicksart@aol.com, gaylezfest@film-festival.org http://www.film-festival.org/index07A.htm Slovenia – Ljubljana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Metelkova 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 386 1 430 35 30/fax: 386 1 232 91 85 siqrd@mail.ljudmila.org http://www.ljudmila.org/siqrd/fglf/ South Africa — Out in Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival PO Box 15707, Vlaeberg 8018, Cape Town, South Africa Tel & Fax: +27 21 422 2486 Sharon Jackson FESTIVAL LOCATIONS: Johannesburg, Cape Town & Durban sharon@oia.co.za http://www.oia.co.za Spain — LESGAICINEMAD: The Madrid Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Fundacion Triangulo, LESGAICINEMAD, Calle Eloy Gonzalo 25. 1º, 28010 – Madrid SPAIN
- 34 91 593 05 40/ Fax: Same
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