lgbtq film festivals: US

Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival Austin, TX Sept. 6 Days 

Boston LGBTQ Film Festival Boston MA May 12 Days

Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Hartford CT May 9 Days 

FilmOut, San Diego LGBT Film Festival San Diego CA April 7 Days 

Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival Honolulu HI May 4 Days 

IMAGE OUT, The Rochester Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival Rochester NY Oct. 10 Days 

Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival Indianapolis IN November 3 Days 

Kansas City Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Kansas City MO June – July 7 Days 

The Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Long Island NY November 7 Days 

Louisville Gay & Lesbian Film Series Louisville KY June – July 28 Days 

Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Miami FL April – May 12 Days 

New Fest The New York LGBT Film Festival New York NY June 8 Days 

New York Queer Experimental Film Festival New York NY TBA 

North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Durham NC August 4 Days 

OUTFEST, The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Los Angeles CA July 10 Days 

Out On Film, The Atlanta GLBTQ Film Festival Atlanta GA October 7 Days 

Out Takes Dallas, The Annual Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Dallas TX TBA 

Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Philadelphia PA TBA 

Pittsburgh International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Pittsburgh PA October 10 Days 

Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Portland OR October 7 Days 

Providence GLBT Film Festival Providence RI August 6 days 

QCinema, Fort Worth’s Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival Fort Worth TX May 4 Days 

QFest, Houston Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival Houston TX September 3 Days 

Reel Affirmations, The Nation’s LGBT Film Festival Washington DC October 10 Days 

Reeling, The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival Chicago IL November 10 Days 

Reel Pride, Fresno Annual Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Fresno CA September 5 Days 

Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series
(Not LGBT, African American women’s films & lectures) New York NY September 2 Days 

Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Sacramento CA October 3 Days 

San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival/Frameline San Fransisco CA June 10 Days 

Santa Barbara LGBTQ Film Festival Santa Barbara CA November 4 Days 

Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Seattle WA October 10 Days 

Shout, Gay + Lesbian Film Festival of Birmingham Birmingham AL May 2 Days 

The Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Albuquerque NM October 7 Days 

Spokane GLBT Film Festival Spokane WA November 3 days 

Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Tampa FL October 11 Days

lgbtq film festivals - outside of the US

ARGENTINA 

DIVERSA Gay Lesbian Trans Film Festival of Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina November 11 Days 

AUSTRALIA 

Melbourne Queer Film Festival Melbourne, Australia March 12 Days 

Queer Doc – LGBT Documentary Film Festival/Queer Screen Sydney, Australia September 11 Days 

Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival/Queer Screen Sydney, Australia February – March 19 Days 

AUSTRIA 

Identities. Vienna’s Queer Film Festival Vienna, Austria June 9 Days 

BELGIUM

Brussels Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Brussels, Belgium January 10 Days 

BRAZIL 

Mix Brasil – Festival of Sexual Diversity Sao Paulo, Brasil November 16 Days 

CANADA 

The Female Eye Film Festival
(Films by Women. Not a LGBT festival but still worthy to note) Toronto, Ontario March 5 Days 

Festival image+nation Montreal, Quebec October - November 11 Days 

Inside Out, Toronto Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Toronto, Ontario May 11 Days 

Vancouver Queer Film Festival Vancouver, British Columbia August 13 Days 

CHINA 

Bejing Queer Film Festival Bejing, China TBA 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

Mezipatra – Czech GLBT Film Festival
Brno, Czech Republic October 7 Days
Prague, Czech Republic November 7 Days 

DENMARK 

Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Copenhagen, Denmark October 10 Days 

FRANCE 

Paris Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Paris, France November 7 Days 

GERMANY 

Hamburg International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Hamburg, Germany October 6 Days 

Verzaubert International Queer Film Festival
Berlin, Germany March 8 Days
Frankfurt, Germany March – April 8 Days
Koln, Germany March – April 8 Days
Munich, Germany April 8 Days 

HUNGARY 

Budapest Pride LGBT Film and Cultural Festival Budapest, Hungary August - September 8 Days 

INDONESIA 

Q Film Festival Jakarta, Indonesia July – August 10 Days 

ITALY 

Milan International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Milan, Italy June 8 Days 

Torino GLBT Film Festival Torino, Italy April 8 Days 

JAPAN 

Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 
Shinjuku, Tokyo Japan July 3 Days
Aoyama, Tokyo July 5 Days 

NETHERLANDS 

Nederlands Transgender Filmfestival Amsterdam, Netherlands May 5 Days 

NEW ZEALAND 

Out Takes Reel Queer Film Festival
Auckland, New Zealand May – June 12 Days
Wellington, New Zealand May – June 11 Days
Christchurch, New Zealand June 8 Days 

NORTHERN IRELAND 

Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Dublin, Northern Ireland July – August 4 Days 

NORWAY 

Skeive Filmer Oslo Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Oslo, Norway September 6 Days 

PORTUGAL 

Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Lisbon, Portugal September 9 Days 

ROMANIA 

Gay Film Nights Festival Cluj-Napoca, Romania October 8 Days 

SLOVENIA 

Ljubljana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Ljubljana, Slovenia November – December 8 Days 

SOUTH AFRICA 

Out in Africa – South African Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Capetown, South Africa 11 Days
Johannesburg, South Africa September 11 Days 

SPAIN 

Andalusian Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Sevilla, Spain November 10 Days 

Barcelona International Gay & Lesbian Film Exhibition Barcelona, Spain July 

Ibiza International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Ibiza, Spain July 9 Days
Majorca, Spain June 10 Days 

Lesgaincinemad: The Madrid Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Madrid, Spain Oct. – Nov. 11 Days 

SWITZERLAND 

Pink Apple: Swiss Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland April 6 Days 

Queersicht Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Bern, Switzerland November 7 Days 

UK 

Corona Cork Film Festival
(Not strictly LGBT but has LGBT category offering Outlook Award for best LGBT film)
Cork, Ireland November 8 Days 

GFest – gayWise LGBT Arts Festival London, England. November 14 Days 

Iris Prize Festival Cardiff, Wales October 4 Days 

The London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival London, England March – April 2 Weeks 

Manchester QueerUpNorth Film Festival Manchester, England May 2 Weeks 

URUGUAY 

Llamale H Montevideo/Cine/Diversidad Montevideo, Uruguay September 10 Days

If we missed a lgbtq (or note worthy non-lgbtq fest) film festival let us know.
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