Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Vancouver Queer Film Festival Illuminating, celebrating & transforming 2SLGTBQIA+ lives through film & dialogue since 1988

Buckle up for a joy ride where nothing goes according to plan🎢💥These wildly entertaining shorts veer from outrageous to ...
09/17/2026

Buckle up for a joy ride where nothing goes according to plan🎢💥

These wildly entertaining shorts veer from outrageous to heartfelt, packing enough twists to make you gasp, laugh, swoon, and question what’s coming next. Equal parts clever and crowd-pleasing, Joy Ride is the perfect date night.

Bring your besties, your boo, or just yourself—embrace the chaos and enjoy the ride 💘🎬

📍 Sunday, September 20 at 7:15 PM
🎭 International Village
🎟️ Tickets ($7+ sliding scale) at q***rfilmfestival.ca

🍿 Featuring:
🎞️ First Death
🎞️ Flight Risk
🎞️ One Or Two
🎞️ You and Me Makes Three
🎞️ They, With an Axe (Entró con un hacha)
🎞️ Sofia

🤝 Community Partners: Cherry FLFM (Find Love, Friendship, & More) Laughs in Q***r

Did someone say FREE screening? Yes please! 🌈✨Over eight years, NIÑXS follows Karla, a young trans girl living in Tepozt...
09/16/2026

Did someone say FREE screening? Yes please! 🌈✨

Over eight years, NIÑXS follows Karla, a young trans girl living in Tepoztlán, Mexico, as she navigates gender and transition with the love and support of her family and community💛

🎞️ Blending real life with whimsical fantasy, NIÑXS is a funny, joyful, and life-affirming story about growing up and living authentically 💖

📍 Thursday, Sept 17 at 1 PM
🎭 The Cinematheque
🎟️ FREE screening — reserve your tickets at q***rfilmfestival.ca

🤝 Community Partners: The Park Board’s Q***r Inclusion Team, pflag Canada & CampOUT!

✨ Free screening brought to you thanks to Downtown Van

Meet the performers behind the captivating drag personas showcased by new Canadian filmmaker💋✨Shorts: Drag Darlings expl...
09/16/2026

Meet the performers behind the captivating drag personas showcased by new Canadian filmmaker💋✨

Shorts: Drag Darlings explores the artistry and experiences of Canadian and international performers, revealing how their environments shape their work. Whether deeply personal or unapologetically political, these stories remind us that the revolution will be contoured 💄🌈

📍 Saturday, September 19 at 1 PM
🎭 International Village
🎟️ Tickets ($7+ sliding scale) at q***rfilmfestival.ca

🍿 Featuring:
🎞️ Tether
🎞️ GuiHua (桂花)
🎞️ Victoria’s King (Victoria Ka Raja)
🎞️ The Darlings – Interlude

✨ And a special performance by BAD SHAH RUKH

🤝 Community Partners: 👑 King Sized 👹 THE BIRDHOUSE Man Up Vancouver Drag Show

Some of our favorite red carpet looks from ❤️🌈✨From cute fits to cute pics, your energy made our Opening Night an unfo...
09/16/2026

Some of our favorite red carpet looks from ❤️🌈✨

From cute fits to cute pics, your energy made our Opening Night an unforgettable one📸

Tag your friends or yourself if we took a pic of you!🤩

Are you ready for week 2? We are so ready to welcome you💕

📸 Que FK

Tickets q***rfilmfest.ca 🎟️

Love is in the air! 💘 VLAFF and VQFF reunite for a joyful showcase of modern-day love affairs on filmThis year’s selecti...
09/16/2026

Love is in the air! 💘 VLAFF and VQFF reunite for a joyful showcase of modern-day love affairs on film

This year’s selection seeks to charm and cling to love against all odds. Q***r Latin American storytellers present a guide for hopeless romantics, where desire, discovery, and devotion collide, and sometimes, when we love, we’re blinded to our paramours’ imperfections ❤️‍🔥

📍 Saturday, September 19 at 4:30 PM
🎭 International Village
🎟️ Tickets ($7+ sliding scale) at q***rfilmfestival.ca

🍿 Featuring:
🎞️ Sofia
🎞️ Miénteme
🎞️ Today & Tmrw
🎞️ Crabs in the Air (Cangrejos en el aire)
🎞️ My Girl (Mi Chica)
🎞️ Chulo
🎞️ Far Far Away from LA (Dos Conejas)

🤝 In collaboration with: VLAFF

09/15/2026

Guess who’s straight at VQFF staff?✨😇

Some of our lovely red carpet looks from our staff!💕🌈

We are so grateful to our staff for all the hard work they put into the festival💛

So, trick question… did you guess correctly? 🎞️

Meet the performers behind the captivating drag personas showcased by new Canadian filmmakers. 💋✨Shorts: Drag Darlings e...
09/15/2026

Meet the performers behind the captivating drag personas showcased by new Canadian filmmakers. 💋✨

Shorts: Drag Darlings explores the artistry and experiences of Canadian and international performers, revealing how their environments shape their work. Whether deeply personal or unapologetically political, these stories remind us that the revolution will be contoured💄🌈

📍 Saturday, September 19 at 1 PM
🎭 International Village
🎟️ Tickets ($7+ sliding scale) at q***rfilmfestival.ca

🍿 Featuring:
🎞️ Tether
🎞️ GuiHua (桂花)
🎞️ Victoria’s King (Victoria Ka Raja)
🎞️ The Darlings – Interlude
✨ And a special performance by BAD SHAH RUKH

🤝 Community Partners: 👑 King Sized 👹 THE BIRDHOUSE Man Up Vancouver Drag Show

Celebrate your most authentic expression with Shorts: Journey To You! 🌈A fun and heartwarming collection of short films ...
09/15/2026

Celebrate your most authentic expression with Shorts: Journey To You! 🌈

A fun and heartwarming collection of short films celebrating self-expression, supportive communities, and being proud of who you are. From mythical beings in space and sea to stories rooted in Canadian history, these films cheer youth on to embrace themselves exactly as they are 💖✨

📍 Sept 17, 2026 · 10 AM
🎭 The Cinematheque
🌈 Relaxed Screening: Sept 20, 2026 · 1:30 PM
🎭 SFU – Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema

🎟️ Tickets ($7+ sliding scale) at q***rfilmfestival.ca

🍿 Featuring:
🎞️ Moon Cycle
🎞️ Sister of Mine
🎞️ The Fruit Machine: A Space Opera
🎞️ The Crown with a Shadow & The Search for SELF!
🎞️ Are You Being Thanked Endlessly?
🎞️ Shaping a Dress

🤝 Community Partners: The Park Board’s Q***r Inclusion Team, CampOUT!

Hi festies! 💖 Who’s ready for Week 2 of VQFF?! 🎬✨The festival isn’t over yet! Don’t miss these incredible feature films ...
09/14/2026

Hi festies! 💖 Who’s ready for Week 2 of VQFF?! 🎬✨

The festival isn’t over yet! Don’t miss these incredible feature films hitting the big screen during the second week of the 38th annual Vancouver Q***r Film Festival. 🍿

💫 NIÑXS
📍 Sept 17, 2026 · 1 PM
🎬 The Cinematheque
♿ Relaxed Screening: Sept 20, 2026 · 4:30 PM
SFU – Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema
🤝The Park Board’s Q***r Inclusion Team pflag Canada CampOUT!

🐸 Understanding Myself as an Amphibian
📍 Sept 19, 2026 · 1:30 PM
🎬 International Village
🤝 exposure UBC ✨

🏍️ Ride or Die
📍 Sept 19, 2026 · 4 PM
🎬 International Village
🤝GEMS Vancouver Vancouver Horror Show

📢 G**S AGAINST GUNS
📍 Sept 20, 2026 · 1 PM
🎬 International Village
🤝DOXA Documentary Film Festival Vancouver Q***r Irish

🌱 What Will I Become?
📍 Sept 20, 2026 · 1:15 PM
🎬 International Village
🤝Foundry Vancouver-Granville BC Nurses' Union Calltime Mental Health

🔥 WARLA
📍 Sept 20, 2026 · 4 PM
🎬 International Village
🤝Vancouver Asian Film Festival Centre A GABRIELA BC Pinoy Pride Vancouver Society

🌟 Our Body is an Expanding Star
📍 Sept 20, 2026 · 4:15 PM
🎬 International Village
🤝DOXA Documentary Film Festival

🌙 Lunar Sway
📍 Sept 20, 2026 · 7:30 PM
🎬 International Village
🤝That's gay! comedy – a q***r comedy show Run N Gun Film Festival

🎟️ Tickets and festival info at q***rfilmfestival.ca

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