Queer Resource

Queer film festivals and screenings transform lives and help us to imagine queerer worlds.

They are powerful events because they:

• inspire by visual storytelling
• sustain LGBTQIA+ communities, enable conviviality
• challenge homophobia, lesbophobia, biphobia and transphobia

We have gathered together interviews from those involved in running queer film festivals and events in different contexts to share their experience and knowledge.

They talk on key themes such as:

• programming and curating
• organisational matters
• working with groups and institutions
• marketing
• exhibition
• accessibility
• challenges and pleasures

We hope you enjoy listening and/or watching these video clips, gain useful tips and that you may even feel inspired to put on a queer film event yourself.

Top tips from queer film festival organisers

Reach out for help with Laura Niebuhr

A welcoming atmosphere with Aileen Pinkert

Know your audience
with Sebastian Beyer

Work in the collective
with Sebastian Beyer

Start with audiences
with Joan Burnett

Social events for filmmakers
with Siobhan Fahey

Being very organised
with Theresa Heath

A balanced programme
with Seán McGovern

Do it in groups
with Til Tessin / Blessless Mahoney

Involving local LGBTQ+ communities
with Helen Wright

Conversations with queer film festival organisers

Queer film events in China
with Will Dai & Popo Fan

Class, accessibility & COVID-19
with Leanne Dawson

Curating, community & networking
with Jayne Graham McMorrow

Queer paths through the industry
with Paul Struthers

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