| Name
|
Location
|
Established
|
Notes
|
| City or cities
|
State, province or region
|
Country
|
| Cinema Queer México
|
Mexico |
CDMX , Chihuahua, Michoacán, Yucatán, Querétaro |
Mexico
|
2018
|
|
| &PROUD Yangon LGBTIQ Film Festival
|
Yangon |
Yangon Region |
Myanmar
|
2014
|
Now part of Yangon Pride, yearly at the end of January
|
| Abhimani Film Festival
|
Colombo |
Western Province |
Sri Lanka
|
2006
|
Also known as Celluloid Rainbows, this is the oldest LGBT film festival in the South Asian region,[8] and the only LGBT film festival in Sri Lanka.[8]
|
| Amor Festival
|
Santiago |
|
Chile
|
2016
|
|
| Aomori International LGBT Film Festival
|
Aomori |
Aomori Prefecture |
Japan
|
2006
|
|
| Asian Queer Film Festival
|
Tokyo |
Greater Tokyo Area |
Japan
|
2007
|
|
| Asterisco Festival Internacional de Cine LGBTIQ
|
Buenos Aires |
|
Argentina
|
2014
|
|
| Atlanta Film Festival
|
Atlanta |
Georgia |
United States
|
2008, 1976 (original festival)
|
Listed for the Pink Peach Prize LGBTQ Film Award, 2008
|
| Bangalore Queer Film Festival
|
Bangalore |
Karnataka |
India
|
2008
|
|
| Bangkok Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
|
Bangkok |
Bangkok Metropolitan Region |
Thailand
|
2015
|
Defunct in 2016
|
| Beijing Queer Film Festival
|
Beijing |
Beijing Municipality |
China
|
2001
|
2015 LOVE QUEER CINEMA WEEK (BJQFF)
|
|
| BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival
|
London |
Greater London |
United Kingdom
|
1986
|
|
| Budapest Pride LGBTQ Film Festival
|
Budapest |
|
Hungary
|
|
|
| Cancún International Gay Festival
|
Cancún |
|
Mexico
|
|
|
| CinegailesAST
|
Gijón |
|
Spain
|
2006
|
|
| Chennai International Queer Film Festival
|
Chennai |
Chennai Metropolitan Area |
India
|
2005
|
|
| Chéries-Chéris
|
Paris |
|
France
|
1994
|
|
| CINHOMO
|
Valladolid |
Castilla y León |
Spain
|
2017
|
|
| Cine Movilh
|
Santiago |
|
Chile
|
|
|
| Cinema Queer International Film Festival
|
Stockholm |
|
Sweden
|
|
|
| CINEMQ
|
Shanghai
|
Shanghai
(municipality)
|
China
|
2015
|
|
| CineQ Queer Film Festival
|
Birmingham
|
West Midlands
|
United Kingdom
|
2019
|
|
| Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival
|
Hartford
|
Connecticut
|
United States
|
1988
|
Produced by Out Film CT. Connecticut's longest-running film festival.
|
| Cuórum
|
Morelia |
|
Mexico
|
2019
|
|
| Utah Queer Film Festival
|
Salt Lake City |
Utah |
United States
|
2003
|
Longest-running LGBTQ film festival in the Mountain West.[9] Formerly known as Damn These Heels LGBTQ Film Festival.[10]
|
| Dayton LGBT Film Festival
|
Dayton
|
Ohio
|
United States
|
2005
|
|
| DIGO
|
Goiás |
Goiânia |
Brazil
|
2016
|
|
| DIVERSA
|
Buenos Aires |
|
Argentina
|
2004
|
|
| DOTYK
|
Minsk |
Minsk Region |
Belarus
|
2015
|
| Durban Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
|
Durban |
|
South Africa
|
|
|
| East London LGBTQ+ Film Festival
|
London
|
East London
|
United Kingdom
|
2023
|
|
| Écrans mixtes
|
Lyon |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
France
|
2011
|
|
| Ehime LGBT Film Festival
|
Matsuyama |
Ehime Prefecture |
Japan
|
|
|
| ENDIMARIS Sitges LGTBIQ+ Film Festival
|
Sitges
|
Catalonia
|
Spain
|
2021
|
|
| EQUAL Film Fest
|
San José |
|
Costa Rica
|
2019
|
|
| FACE à FACE
|
Saint-Étienne |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
France
|
2005
|
|
| Fancinegay
|
Badajoz |
|
Spain
|
1998
|
|
| Faroe Islands International Minority Film Festival
|
Tórshavn |
|
Faroe Islands
|
2017
|
|
| Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival
|
Calgary |
Alberta |
Canada
|
1999
|
|
| FestDivQ
|
Caracas |
|
Venezuela
|
|
|
| Festival de Cine LesBiGayTrans de Asunción
|
Asunción |
|
Paraguay
|
2005
|
|
| Festival de cine Gay y Lésbico de Canarias
|
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
|
Spain
|
2007
|
|
| Festival de Cine Lésbico y Gai de Andalucía
|
Seville, Huelva, Cádiz and Córdoba |
|
Spain
|
2006
|
|
| Festival de Cine LGBTIQ - Asturias
|
Avilés |
|
Spain
|
2016
|
|
| Festival Internacional de cine LGBT El Lugar Sin Límites
|
Quito, Guayaquil and others |
|
Ecuador
|
2002
|
|
| Festival Mix Brazil de Cultura da Diversidade
|
São Paulo |
|
Brazil
|
|
|
| Festival MIX Milano
|
Milan |
Lombardy |
Italy
|
1986
|
Festival MIX Milano of GayLesbian cinema and Queer culture
|
| Filmfest homochrom
|
Cologne & Dortmund |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
Germany
|
2011
|
defunct in 2019[11]
|
| FilmOut San Diego
|
San Diego
|
California
|
United States
|
2005
|
San Diego's only LGBT film festival
|
| FFTG Awards Film Fest
|
New York |
Worldwide |
United States
|
2020
|
International digital film fest
|
| FICGLB – Festival Internacional de Cine Gay y Lésbico de Barcelona
|
Barcelona |
Catalonia
|
Spain
|
|
|
| FIRE!!
|
Barcelona |
Catalonia |
Spain
|
1995
|
|
| FiveFilms4freedom
|
Online |
Online |
United Kingdom
|
2015
|
World's first online, global and free 10-day LGBT film festival, created by the British Council and British Film Institute, and supported by the UN Free & Equal campaign
|
| Frameline Film Festival
|
San Francisco |
California |
United States
|
1977
|
|
| Gay Film Nights
|
Cluj-Napoca |
Cluj County |
Romania
|
2004
|
|
| Gaze
|
Dublin |
Leinster |
Ireland
|
1992
|
|
| Geelong Pride Film Festival
|
Geelong |
Victoria |
Australia
|
2017
|
|
| GFest – gayWise LGBT Arts Festival
|
London
|
Greater London
|
United Kingdom
|
|
|
| Glasgay! Festival
|
Glasgow |
Scotland
|
Scotland
|
1993
|
|
| Hamilton Queer Film Festival
|
Hamilton
|
Ontario
|
Canada
|
2021
|
| Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
|
Central and
Pok Fu Lam
|
Hong Kong Island |
Hong Kong
China
|
1989
|
|
| Image+Nation
|
Montreal |
Quebec |
Canada
|
1987
|
|
| ImageOut
|
Rochester |
New York |
United States
|
|
|
| In & Out
|
Nice |
Alpes-Maritimes |
France
|
2009
|
|
| Inside Out Film and Video Festival
|
Toronto and Ottawa |
Ontario |
Canada
|
1991
|
|
| Iris Prize Film Festival
|
Cardiff
|
Wales
|
United Kingdom
|
2007
|
|
| International Queer Film Festival Playa del Carmen
|
Playa del Carmen |
|
Mexico
|
2013
|
|
| Kagawa Rainbow Film Festival
|
Kagawa |
Kagawa Prefecture |
Japan
|
|
|
| KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
|
Mumbai |
Maharashtra |
India
|
2010
|
|
| Kansai Queer Film Festival
|
Osaka |
Osaka Prefecture |
Japan
|
|
|
| Korea Queer Film Festival
|
Seoul |
Seoul Capital Area |
South Korea
|
2001
|
|
| Kreivės
|
Vilnius |
Lithuania |
Lithuania
|
2014
|
The festival is open to feature films, documentaries and short films focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex themes.[12][13]
|
| Leeds Queer Film Festival
|
Leeds
|
West Yorkshire
|
United Kingdom
|
2005
|
|
| LesGaiCineMad
|
Madrid |
Community of Madrid |
Spain
|
1996
|
|
| Lethal Lesbian
|
Tel Aviv
|
|
Israel
|
2008
|
Screens independent films by and about women who love women.
|
| LGBT+ Film Festival
|
Warsaw
|
|
Poland
|
2010
|
Largest festival of LGBT cinema in Central and Eastern Europe
|
| LGBT+ Film Festival
|
Bangkok |
Bangkok Metropolitan Region |
Thailand
|
2018
|
Curated and hosted by Bangkok Screening Room
|
| Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival
|
Ljubljana
|
Central Slovenia
|
Slovenia
|
1984[14]
|
Europe's oldest gay and lesbian film festival[15]
|
| Llamale H
|
Montevideo |
|
Uruguay
|
|
|
| London Lesbian Film Festival
|
London |
Ontario |
Canada
|
1991
|
|
| Lovers Film Festival - Torino LGBTQI Visions
|
Turin |
Piedmont |
Italy
|
1986
|
|
| Making Scenes Film and Video Festival
|
Ottawa |
Ontario |
Canada
|
1992
|
Defunct in 2005; replaced with Ottawa edition of Inside Out.
|
| Mardi Gras Film Festival
|
Sydney |
New South Wales |
Australia
|
1993
|
|
| Massimadi Festival
|
Montreal |
Quebec |
Canada
|
2009
|
Centres on film and art relating to LGBTQ issues in the Black/African diaspora
|
| Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival
|
Tunis
|
Tunis
|
Tunisia
|
2018
|
|
| Melbourne Queer Film Festival
|
Melbourne |
Victoria |
Australia
|
1991
|
|
| Merlinka Festival
|
Belgrade, Novi Sad, Sarajevo, Tuzla, Podgorica |
Former Yugoslavia |
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro
|
2009
|
Only queer film festival that is organized in several countries.
|
| Mezipatra
|
Brno and Prague |
Moravia and Bohemia |
Czech Republic
|
2000
|
|
| MICGénero
|
Mexico City |
State of Mexico |
Mexico
|
|
|
| Milwaukee LGBT Film & Video Festival
|
Milwaukee |
Wisconsin |
United States
|
1987
|
|
| MIX Copenhagen
|
Copenhagen |
Copenhagen Metropolitan Area |
Denmark
|
1986
|
|
| MIX NYC
|
New York City |
New York |
United States
|
1987
|
|
| Movida Gay
|
|
|
Cuba
|
2007
|
|
| Muestra Internacional de Cine Diversex Nicaragua
|
Managua, León, Jinotepe, Masaya, Matagalpa, Granada and others |
|
Nicaragua
|
2008
|
|
| Muskoka Queer Film Festival
|
Bracebridge, Huntsville
|
Ontario
|
Canada
|
2020
|
Launched online during the COVID-19 pandemic following the cancellation of its planned live inaugural edition[16]
|
| National Queer Arts Festival
|
San Francisco |
California |
United States
|
1998
|
|
| NewFest
|
New York City |
New York |
United States
|
1988
|
|
| North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
|
Durham |
North Carolina |
United States
|
1995
|
|
| Notre Dame Queer Film Festival
|
Notre Dame |
Indiana |
United States
|
2004
|
|
| Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival
|
Oslo |
|
Norway
|
|
|
| OUTeast Film Festival
|
Halifax |
Nova Scotia |
Canada
|
2012
|
|
| Out in Africa
|
Johannesburg and Cape Town |
Gauteng and Western Cape |
South Africa
|
1994
|
|
| Out and Loud Pune International Queer Film Festival
|
Pune
|
Maharashtra
|
India
|
2017
|
|
| Out North Queer Film Festival
|
Whitehorse |
Yukon |
Canada
|
2012
|
|
| Out on Film
|
Atlanta |
Georgia |
United States
|
1987
|
|
| Out Takes: A Reel Queer Film Festival
|
Auckland and Wellington |
Auckland Region and Wellington Region |
New Zealand
|
1995
|
|
| Outburst Queer Arts Festival Belfast
|
Belfast |
Northern Ireland |
United Kingdom
|
|
|
| Outfest
|
Los Angeles |
California |
United States
|
1982
|
|
| OutfestPerú
|
Lima |
|
Peru
|
|
| OutLove International Film Festival
|
Fort Myers |
Florida |
United States
|
2020
|
|
| Outview Film Festival
|
Athens |
Greece |
Greece
|
2007
|
|
| Paris Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival
|
Paris
|
France
|
France
|
1989
|
Women-only film festival featuring films by and about lesbians and feminism
|
| Pink Life QueerFest
|
Istanbul |
|
Turkey
|
|
|
| Philadelphia QFest
|
Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania |
United States
|
1996
|
|
| Pink Apple
|
Zürich and Frauenfeld |
Canton of Zürich and Canton of Thurgau |
Switzerland
|
1997
|
|
| Pink Lobster Film Festival
|
Fredericton
|
New Brunswick
|
Canada
|
2017
|
|
| Pink Screens
|
Brussels |
Brussels |
Belgium
|
2002
|
|
| Pride Asian Film Festival
|
Toronto
|
Ontario
|
Canada
|
2025
|
|
| Pride International Film Festival
|
Manila |
Metro Manila |
Philippines
|
2004
|
Films specialising in HIV and AIDS awareness
|
| Puerto Rico Queer Filmfest
|
San Juan |
Puerto Rico |
United States
|
|
|
| Q! Film Festival
|
Jakarta |
Greater Jakarta (Jabodetabek) |
Indonesia
|
2002
|
Asia's largest LGBT film festival,[17] and the first in a predominantly Muslim country.[18] It was established in 2002 and closed in early 2017.
|
| QFest
|
Houston |
Texas |
United States
|
1997
|
|
| Queer City Cinema
|
Regina |
Saskatchewan |
Canada
|
1996
|
|
| Queer Film Festival
|
Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Fürstenwalde, Halle (Saale), Leipzig, Magdeburg, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart & Vienna
|
Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Vienna
|
Germany
Austria
|
|
[19]
|
| Queer Film Festival Oldenburg
|
Oldenburg
|
Niedersachsen
|
Germany
|
2010
|
|
| Queer Kampala International Film Festival
|
Kampala |
|
Uganda
|
|
|
| Queer Lisboa International Queer Film Festival
|
Lisbon |
Lisbon metropolitan area |
Portugal
|
1997
|
|
| Queer Media Festival
|
Manchester |
Greater Manchester |
United Kingdom
|
|
|
| Queer North Film Festival
|
Sudbury |
Ontario |
Canada
|
2016
|
|
| QUEER-Streifen Regensburg
|
Regensburg
|
Bavaria
|
Germany
|
2012
|
|
| Queer Vision Film Festival
|
Bristol
|
South West England
|
United Kingdom
|
|
|
| Queer Voices: NYC Film Festival
|
New York City
|
New York
|
United States
|
2023
|
Queer Voices: NYC is focused on centering and celebrating LGBTQIA+ filmmakers of color.
|
| Queersicht
|
Bern |
Canton of Bern |
Switzerland
|
1997
|
|
| Rainbow Film Festival
|
Honolulu |
Hawaii |
United States
|
1989
|
|
| Rainbow Film Festival
|
Shrewsbury
|
Shropshire
|
United Kingdom
|
|
|
| Rainbow Reel Tokyo
|
Tokyo |
Greater Tokyo Area |
Japan
|
1992
|
'Rainbow Reel Tokyo' is the official new name for the 'Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival' (since 2016).
|
| Rainbow Reels Queer and Trans Film Festival
|
Kitchener-Waterloo |
Ontario |
Canada
|
|
|
| Rainbow Visions Film Festival
|
Edmonton |
Alberta |
Canada
|
2015
|
|
| Reel Affirmations
|
Washington, D.C. |
District of Columbia |
United States
|
1991
|
|
| Reel Out Charlotte
|
Charlotte
|
North Carolina
|
United States
|
2008
|
'Reel Out Charlotte' is the new name for 'GayCharlotte Film Festival' (since 2018).
|
| Reel Pride
|
Winnipeg |
Manitoba |
Canada
|
1985
|
|
| Reel Pride
|
Fresno
|
California
|
United States
|
1989
|
|
| Reelout Queer Film Festival
|
Kingston |
Ontario |
Canada
|
1999
|
|
| Reeling
|
Chicago |
Illinois |
United States
|
1981
|
|
| Rio LGBTQIA+ Festival Internacional de Cinema
|
Rio de Janeiro |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil
|
1995
|
Originally known as Rio Festival Gay de Cinema, the festival adopted its new name in 2016. Rio LGBTQIA+ Film Festival is the new title of the festival.
|
| RO Q DOC
|
Bucharest |
|
Romania
|
|
|
| Roze Filmdagen
|
Amsterdam |
|
Netherlands
|
1996
|
|
| San Francisco Transgender Film Festival
|
San Francisco |
California |
United States
|
1997[20]
|
Originally named 'Tranny Fest'
|
| Santo Domingo Outfest
|
|
|
 Dominican Republic
|
2010
|
|
| Screened Out
|
Cablecast film festival |
Nationwide cablecast |
United States
|
2007 only
|
|
| SQIFF
|
Glasgow
|
Scotland
|
United Kingdom
|
2015
|
|
| Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
|
Seattle |
Washington |
United States
|
1996
|
|
| Shanghai Queer Film Festival
|
Shanghai |
Shanghai
(municipality) |
China
|
2017
|
New LGBT film festival, run by volunteers and as a not-for-profit community event;[21] opened in September 2017
|
| ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival
|
Shanghai |
Shanghai
(municipality) |
China
|
2015
|
Originated from ShanghaiPRIDE film screening nights in collaboration with Beijing Queer Film Festival.[22]
|
| Sicilia Queer filmfest
|
Palermo |
Sicily |
Italy
|
2010
|
International & New Visions filmfest
|
| Side by Side
|
Saint Petersburg |
Saint Petersburg
('Federal Subject') |
Russia
|
2008
|
|
| Slovak Queer Film Festival
|
Bratislava |
|
Slovakia
|
|
|
| Sunny Bunny [uk]
|
Kyiv |
|
Ukraine
|
2023
|
First Ukrainian LGBT film festival, expansion of an existing program within Kyiv International Film Festival "Molodist"[23]
|
| Taiwan International Queer Film Festival
|
Taipei and
Taichung |
Taipei–Keelung Metropolitan Area and
Taichung-Changhua Metropolitan Area |
Taiwan (R.O.C)
|
2014
|
|
| Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
|
Tampa |
Florida |
United States
|
1989
|
|
| Tels Quel Festival
|
Brussels |
|
Belgium
|
|
|
| Thessaloniki International G.L.A.D. Film Festival (LGBTI+)
|
Thessaloniki
|
|
Greece
|
1998
|
|
| TLVFest
|
Tel Aviv |
Gush Dan |
Israel
|
2006
|
|
| Toronto Queer Film Festival
|
Toronto |
Ontario |
Canada
|
2016
|
|
| TranScreen Filmfestival Amsterdam
|
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
Netherlands
|
2011
|
|
| Transition International Queer Minorities Film Festival
|
Vienna |
|
Austria
|
|
|
| Translations: The Seattle Transgender Film Festival
|
Seattle
|
Washington
|
United States
|
2006
|
Films by, for, and about transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people and the issues facing the community
|
| Vancouver Queer Film Festival
|
Vancouver |
British Columbia |
Canada
|
1988
|
|
| Vinokino
|
Turku and Helsinki |
Southwest Finland (or 'Finland Proper') and Uusimaa (or 'Nyland') |
Finland
|
1991
|
|
| Way OUT West Film Fest
|
Albuquerque |
New Mexico |
United States
|
2003
|
|
| Wicked Queer
|
Boston |
Massachusetts |
United States
|
1984
|
Formerly known as the Boston LGBT Film Festival[24]
|
| West Pride
|
Gothenburg |
Metropolitan Gothenburg |
Sweden
|
2007
|
|
| XPOSED Queer Film Festival
|
Berlin |
Berlin |
Germany
|
|
| Zinegoak
|
Bilbao |
|
 Spain
|
2004
|
|
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