Congratulations to the inaugural winners of the VQFF Pitch Competition: PRETTY BOY$ 🏆Awarded to filmmakers Peihwen J. Tai, Hannah Yang, & Ronald Lee. buff.ly/62yGVcV

Here are your 2025 Winners of the Peoples' Choice Awards! 🏆Best Canadian Feature: REALLY HAPPY SOMEDAY 🏆Best Canadian Short: ORGANZA'S REVENGE 🏆Best International Feature: BETWEEN GOODBYES 🏆Best International Short: DIE BULLY DIE

📢 We're hiring a part-time Development Coordinator to support donor relations, fundraising, and volunteer initiatives! 🤝 Permanent p/t 22.5 hrs/week 🤝 $25.64 hourly wage 🤝 Extended benefits & PTO Apply by October 6: buff.ly/C5aC3ua

3 winners were selected for VQFF's 2025 Festival Awards! Congratulations to: 🏆 A PLACE WHERE I BELONG - Winner of the Narrative Change Award 🏆 DTF? - Winner of the Gerry Brunet Memorial Award: Best BC Short Film 🏆 Sonya Ballantyne - Winner of the Inaugural Matriarch of the Year Award #VQFF2025

🎬 This year's industry programs at VQFF offers a push for emerging 2SLGBTQIA+ creatives in film and TV! Build your community and network of filmmakers in Vancouver at our events and panels. 🎟️ Ticket & details at buff.ly/ulnJ1pT

Indecisive gays 🤝 Gays who start impromptu youtube watch parties... This playlist of official trailers for VQFF films is for you: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🪩 Tickets for Opening & Closing Weekend Parties are live! Sep 13 & 20 at The Birdhouse. Details at buff.ly/3ItzZeD

School groups + youth under 25 are invited to two free days of youth programming at VQFF! The Future is Queer is on Sept 18 & 19 with new films and a ballroom workshop: buff.ly/yb3HD7k

JUST KIDS: In the face of inhumane state bans on gender-affirming care, 3 families fight to protect their children’s lives over a year. Directed by Gianna Toboni, the doc will premiere in Vancouver at VQFF 2025 🎞️

Find over a dozen feature and short films making their World Premieres at VQFF 2025: buff.ly/Ctluac7

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Honour an Indigiqueer or Two Spirit leader in film/TV through the inaugural Matriarch of the Year Award by VQFF and Pender PR. Nominate by Aug 31, 2025 buff.ly/ttEfAJn

🔔 VQFF Pitch Competition's deadline is THIS SUNDAY at 11:59pm Pacific Time! buff.ly/oGNR0CF

The full programme for VQFF 2025 is out now! 🎉 Celebrate stories from queer past, present, and future. See our full line-up of films, parties, and events on our website. Watch the official trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmCr...

JUST ANNOUNCED: Special Presentations for VQFF 2025! Tix on sale now for some of the biggest fest nights. Earlybird discount on Festival Passes until Aug 13. outonscreen.com/vqff/program...

Festival lovers, here is your first look at the artwork for the 37th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival (Sept 11-21, 2025)! Created by Charlene Johnny (she/her), an interdisciplinary artist from the Quw’utsun Tribes, based in Vancouver. Learn more: queerfilmfestival.ca

VQFF will run it's first-ever Pitch Competition for narrative projects! 🎥 2SLGBTQIA+ filmmakers can apply starting July 30, 2025. Details at outonscreen.com/pitch

There's a reason we believe in movie magic - it's because of the community who believes in us and offers their magic and talents for the Festival 💖🧚 Every behind-the-scenes role makes a difference! Volunteer: buff.ly/hzVcwo6 or Host an artist: buff.ly/sqTjSjD

Save these dates (and never miss when a new bombshell enters the villa). 💖Here's when to buy tickets and find films for the 37th Vancouver Queer Film Festival, in-person from Sept 11-21 & online in BC from Sept 22-28.

Out On Screen is hiring an Interim Artistic Director to lead our annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival and year-round programming! Full-time contract from Sept. 2025 to Oct. 2026. Apply by June 25, 2025: buff.ly/HtZKzFU

We are strongest together. Help us to build 2SLGBTQIA+ community from within and foster understanding from our allies. Read our full 2025 Impact Report & see what we can accomplish with a community of support:

All of the 2SLGBTQIA+ books we wish we read as a youth are at Cross & Crows Books! Check out this queer summer reading list! Thanks again to Cross & Crows Books for fundraising for our programs during Pride Month. $1 of every queer book sold will be donated to Out In Schools & VQFF: buff.ly/2CzeDYR

We're hiring a seasonal Guest Experience Coordinator to support #VQFF2025 artists! Part-time contract with extended benefits + PTO. Apply by May 25: buff.ly/yPzZZ2y

Are you a giver? We’re looking for someone who can get the job done! 💪 Fill out this expression of interest form to get the conversation started 😘 buff.ly/mjg7sO0

📢 We're hiring! P/T contract 📽️ Tech Coordinator 📽️ to manage print traffic, captions, ratings, video exhibition, & projection needs at VQFF. $25.86/hr + benefits. June 3-September 26, 2025. Apply by April 27, 2025 ➡️ careers.risepeople.com/outonscreen/...

Keep queer education accessible! Help us raise $25,000 in April to support the Out In Schools program outonscreen.com/out-in-schoo...

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Tickets on sale for our CanFilmDay 2025 screening of Solo (2023, dir. Sophie Dupuis)! Join us on April 16 and celebrate Canadian cinema with VQFF. Entry by donation:

We are accepting entries for the 2025 Vancouver Queer Film Festival until April 15th! Submissions open for films and web/TV series. Details at outonscreen.com/entries

📢 We're hiring film programmers and more for the upcoming Vancouver Queer Film Festival! Help curate 2SLGBTQIA+ films and events. Learn more and apply at queerfilmfestival.ca

We can't wait to watch A Mother Apart again! 🏆Last year at VQFF, audiences awarded this doc the People's Choice for Best Canadian Feature. A powerful story of a Black queer mother that brought tears of joy to every viewer!

📢 Out On Screen is seeking a full-time, fixed contract Project Manager to support cross-departmental projects around fundraising, anti-oppression, internal systems, and advocacy. Learn more and apply by March 6, 2025: https://buff.ly/3X69sFB