Vancouver’s queer film fest celebrates 20 years

Vancouver’s queer film fest celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and festival-goers partied in style at the opening gala, Aug 15.

“We’re proud to put on a festival that is so well-attended, so well-established now,” says Ross Johnstone, director of youth programming at Out on Screen. “We’re looking forward to the next 20 [years].”

Check out full show listings at queerfilmfestival.ca

OUTtv and xtra.ca were at the opening gala. Check out the video report below!

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Check out previews and reviews of films:

• Film fest resurrects raunch on reel: With some gender-fluid sex play for all
• The struggle to just be in between: Closing gala film looks at intersex identity
• Unearthing the ignored and forgotten: Retelling the entrapment case of Rex vs Singh
• Being a man to become a woman: Like a Virgin eschews gender binaries in favour of incongruity
• Bisexuality a fact, not a phase: In Bi the Way, bisexual chic is the myth
• The burden and blessing of being gay: Dos Patrias offers a nuanced glimpse into queer Cuba
• Queer love as the best revenge: Were the World Mine gives Shakespeare a bit of a twist
• When lesbian sexuality clashes with orthodoxy: The Secrets a reminder of the bad old days: Film offers an opportunity to look at where we’ve come from: Weissman
• Queer in the midst of strife: Daring to be out in unhappy places
• Queer shoot-em-up promises gritty drama: But Bangkok Love Story delivers mostly cheese