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Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Thursday, 11 August 2022 until Sunday, 21 August 2022
The Vancouver Queer Film Festival is the largest queer arts event in Western Canada.
Each August, we showcase films and stories which uplift 2SLGBTQIA+ voices from throughout BC, across Canada, and around the world.
The VQFF serves to illuminate, celebrate, and advance queer lives through film, education, and dialogue, which we accomplished through 11 days of outstanding cinema, live performances, community-building events, and parties, all in the backdrop of beautiful mountain and ocean views.
We seek work in all genres that confronts stereotypes, pushes boundaries, strives for change, arouses and tantalizes, and above all, highlights the tremendous diversity of queer, trans, and Two Spirit people, artists, and communities.
All films selected for the Festival are eligible for the following awards:
-People’s Choice Award for Best Feature
-People’s Choice Award for Best Short
BC artists with a short film in the Festival are eligible for:
-Gerry Brunet Memorial Award for Best BC short, supported by Directors Guild of Canada-BC.
2022 films...
All Man: The International Male Story
Germino Pétalas no Asfalto (Blooming on the Asphalt)
Mi Vacío y Yo (My Emptiness and I)
Out In Schools: Beyond SOGI Presentation
Queer Collective: Programmers Talk
The Coast is Queer 25th Anniversary Celebration
We’re Here, We’re Queer, Let’s Activate!
THE MAN OF MY DREAMS
TRISTAN SCOTT-BEHRENDS / USA / 2021 / 4 MIN / ENGLISH
PISTACHIO
ISABELLA SPADONE / USA / 2021 / 6 MIN / ENGLISH
PILLOW TALK
JAMES ELINSKI / USA / 2021 / 15 MIN / ENGLISH
LUCKY FISH
EMILY MAY JAMPEL / USA / 2022 / 9 MIN / ENGLISH
AND THEN
JENN RAVENNA TRAN / USA, JAPAN / 2020 / 17 MIN / ENGLISH
VALENTINE
BECK KITSIS AND CHRIS MCNABB / USA / 2022 / 10 MIN / ENGLISH
동충하초 (WINTER INSECT, SUMMER FLOWER)
GBENGA KOMOLAFE AND TEE JAEHYUNG PARK / USA / 2021 / 11 MIN / ENGLISH
XAM
GEOFFREY PUGEN / CANADA / 2020 / 9 MINUTES / RUSSIAN, FRENCH, ENGLISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ODE TO THE NINE
TERRY J. JONES / USA / 2018 / 3 MIN / ENGLISH
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO JACKIE SHANE
SONYA REYNOLDS AND LAUREN HORTIE / CANADA / 2014 / 8 MIN / ENGLISH
UNEXPLAINED AS YET
HEARTE / CANADA / 2013 / 3 MIN / NO DIALOGUE
WHITEWASH
NADINE VALCIN / CANADA / 2016 / 6 MIN / ENGLISH
LYCKAD UPPTINING AV HERR MORO (SUCCESSFUL THAWING OF MR. MORO)
JERRY CARLSSON / SWEDEN / 2021 / 14 MIN / LUGANDA, SWEDISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
AMOR BY NIGHT
HENRIQUE ARRUDA / BRAZIL / 2022 / 19 MIN / PORTUGUESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
DON’T TEXT YOUR EX
JO GÜSTIN / CANADA / 2021 / 14 MIN / ENGLISH, FRENCH
FRESH MEAT
LU ASFAHA / CANADA / 2021 / 17 MIN / ENGLISH
CANTO VI
EMIL VARGAS / CANADA / 2022 / 12 MIN / ENGLISH
KIMMORTAL - WYD
STEVEN ROSTE AND KIMMORTAL / CANADA / 2021 / 3 MIN / ENGLISH
POPPETS
MAZ MURRAY / UK / 2022 / 6 MIN / ENGLISH
ADORABLE
CHENG-HSU CHUNG / UK / 2022 / 13 MIN / ENGLISH
CLASS TRANSITIONS
EM K. SHAPIRO / USA / 2022 / 13 MIN / ENGLISH
OF LONGING
NAVID SINAKI / USA / 2021 / 3 MIN / ENGLISH
BROS BEFORE
HENRY HANSON / USA / 2021 / 19 MIN / ENGLISH
NANG MAGLUBLOB AKO SA ISANG MANGKOK NG LIWANAG (WHEN I WALLOWED IN A BOWL OF SUNSHINE)
KUKAY ZINAMPAN / PHILIPPINES / 2021 / 25 MIN / TAGALOG WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
RIGHT HERE
CLAUDIA BAILEY / AUSTRALIA / 2021 / 14 MIN / ENGLISH
MY BODY IS A PLACE, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER
PETRA TOTTEN / CANADA / 2021 / 33 MIN / ENGLISH
LITTLE SKY
JESS X. SNOW / CANADA / 2021 / 14 MIN / ENGLISH, MANDARIN, CANTONESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
WHEN WE ARRIVE AS FLOWERS
SUSAN O'BRIEN / USA / 2022 / 5 MIN / ENGLISH
NATTÅGET (THE NIGHT TRAIN)
JERRY CARLSSON / SWEDEN / 2020 / 15 MIN / SWEDISH, FRENCH, ENGLISH
HARD
CHRISTIAN JACOB RAMÓN / USA / 2021 / 12 MIN / ENGLISH
FACTORY TALK
LUCIE RACHEL AND CHRISSIE HYDE / UK / 2020 / 5 MIN / ENGLISH
TRADE CENTER
ADAM BARAN / USA / 2021 / 9 MIN / ENGLISH
SUMMERWINTERSUMMER
THY TRAN / USA / 2021 / 15 MIN / ENGLISH
HEY MAN
KAI TILLMAN / USA / 2022 / 23 MIN / ENGLISH
LUV, ME
NICOLAS JARA / USA / 2021 / 10 MIN / ENGLISH
DANDELION GREEN
KATHLEEN BURGESS / CANADA / 2022 / 25 MIN / ENGLISH
BREATHE
HARM VAN DER SANDEN / NETHERLANDS / 2022 / 6 MIN / NO DIALOGUE
TOE THE LINE
CAROLYN WU / CANADA / 2021 / 23 MIN / ENGLISH, CANTONESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
SORRY MOM
SARAH LAJOIE-ASSELIN / CANADA / 2022 / 17 MIN / FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
SUB ROSA
SOLOMON WATKINS / UK / 2021 / 22 MIN / ENGLISH
Obsidian: Black Queer Cinema: AS I AM
HOW TO RAISE A BLACK BOY
JUSTICE JAMAL JONES / USA / 2020 / 13 MIN / ENGLISH
HEAVEN REACHES DOWN TO EARTH
TEBOGO MALEBOGO / SOUTH AFRICA / 2020 / 10 MIN / ENGLISH
RELUCTANTLY QUEER
AKOSUA ADOMA OWUSU / GHANA / 2016 / 8 MIN / ENGLISH
ATMOSPHERIC ARRIVALS
AYO TSALITHABA / CANADA / 2021 / 6 MIN / ENGLISH
ABUNDANCE
AMBER J. PHILLIPS / USA / 2021 / 31 MIN / ENGLISH
PAINTED GOLD
HUMAN GIRL / CANADA / 2021 / 5 MIN / ENGLISH
MUSLIM MINGLE
REEM MORSI / CANADA / 2022 / 7 MIN / ENGLISH
PERSONALS
SASHA ARGIROV / CANADA / 2020 / 13 MIN / ENGLISH
SUBMERSION
DYLAN BLAKE MURRAY / CANADA / 2021 / 15 MIN / ENGLISH
CIRCLE
FLORIAN HALBEDL / CANADA / 2020 / 13 MIN / ENGLISH
PHILIA
JONAS PASCUAL / CANADA / 2020 / 13 MIN / ENGLISH
MACARONI SOUP
ALAYNA Y / CANADA / 2021 / 6 MIN / ENGLISH, CANTONESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
RAIN TO EAVES
LINA WU / CANADA / 2021 / 3 MIN / ENGLISH
ما بعد آب (THE WINDOW)
SARAH KASKAS / LEBANON / 2021 / 16 MIN / ARABIC WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
EGÚNGÚN (MASQUERADE)
OLIVE NWOSU / NIGERIA, UK / 2021 / 14 MIN / YORUBA WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
CATTAILS
KATHLEEN MUNROE / USA / 2021 / 13 MIN / ENGLISH
CALL HISTORY
LILLIAN PATERSON / AUSTRALIA / 2020 / 10 MIN / ENGLISH
UMA PACIÊNCIA SELVAGEM ME TROUXE ATÉ AQUI (A WILD PATIENCE HAS TAKEN ME HERE)
ÉRICA SARMET / BRAZIL / 2021 / 25 MIN / PORTUGUESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Two Spirit and Indigiqueer Cinema: A Brave and Tender Lineage
WILL FLOWERS?
KAY CHAN / CANADA / 2021 / 1 MIN / ENGLISH
WECKUWAPASIHTIT (THOSE YET TO COME)
GEO NEPTUNE AND BRIANNA SMITH / USA / 2021 / 12 MIN / ENGLISH
TUULLIK
BERDA LARSEN / GREENLAND / 2021 / 12 MIN / GREENLANDIC WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NAMID
VICTORIA ANDERSON-GARDNER AND SAGI KAHANE-RAPPORT / CANADA / 2021 / 5 MIN / ENGLISH
SHIFTING TIDES
NOVA WEIPERT / CANADA / 2021 / 5 MIN / ENGLISH
ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (WHAT THEY’VE BEEN TAUGHT)
BRIT HENSEL / USA / 2022 / 10 MIN / ENGLISH
Two Spirit and Indigiqueer Cinema: Sovereign Bodies
SEXY HIGHLAND STREAM
NATHAN ADLER / CANADA / 2021 / 5 MIN / ENGLISH, ANISHINAABEMOWIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A PLACE CALLED HOME/ THE WIND
KENNLIN LAKE BARLOW / CANADA / 2021 / 11 MIN / ENGLISH
ODEHIMIN (HEART BERRY)
KIJÂTAI-ALEXANDRA VEILLETTE-CHEEZO / CANADA / 2020 / 16 MIN / FRENCH, ANISHINAABEMOWIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
MÉTIS FEMME BODIES
CHANELLE LAJOIE / CANADA / 2019 / 6 MIN / ENGLISH
A DRIVE TO TOP SURGERY
RAVEN TWO FEATHERS / USA / 2019 / 11 MIN / ENGLISH
13 EGGS
TJ CUTHAND / CANADA / 2022 / 14 MIN / ENGLISH
AJORNAVIANNGILATIT (YOU’LL BE OKAY)
AKA HANSEN / GREENLAND / 2021 / 12 MIN / GREENLANDIC WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
FLUID BOUND
ROB FATAL / USA / 2021 / 8 MIN / ENGLISH, SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES