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October Events...

  • Adelaide Film Festival
  • Aks International Minorities Festival, Film – Art – Dialogue
  • Art200 International Queer Film Festival
  • BFI London Film Festival
  • Busan International Film Festival
  • Chicago International Film Festival
  • Cine Movilh
  • Cineffable
  • Dayton LGBT Film Festival
  • Everybody's Perfect
  • Festival Massimadi
  • Gender Bender
  • Hamburg International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
  • Hamptons International Film Festival
  • Hawaii International Film Festival
  • ImageOut: Rochester
  • Iris Prize
  • Lust*streifen Film Festival Basel
  • Melt Open
  • Mill Valley Film Festival
  • MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
  • NewFest
  • Newport Beach Film Festival
  • OUR PRIDE Shorts & Arts Fest
  • Out for Blood Queer Horror Film Festival
  • Outshine Film Festival - Fort Lauderdale
  • OutWest Film Fest
  • Perlen – Queer Film Festival Hannover
  • Pink Season
  • Pride Pictures: Karlsruhe
  • QFFM - Queer Film Festival München
  • Queer Fear Film Festival
  • Queer Film Fest Weiterstadt
  • Queer Film Festival Oldenburg: Rollenwechsel
  • Queer Porto
  • Queer-Streifen Regensburg
  • QueerFilm Festival Bremen
  • Reel Q
  • San Antonio QFest
  • São Paulo International Film Festival
  • Scream Queer
  • Seattle Queer Film Festival
  • Soura Film Fest
  • Taiwan International Queer Film Festival
  • Tels Quels Festival
  • TLVFest
  • Transweek
  • Utah Queer Film Festival
  • Viennale
  • Vinokino Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
  • Vues d'en Face - Grenoble
  • Way OUT West Film Fest
Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

As an independent platform for filmmakers from South Africa and across the world to specifically deal with issues relating to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Intersexed (LGBTI) community, the DGLFF will showcase new and innovative motion pictures, documentaries, shorts and related productions whilst conducting workshops, debates and talks on past LGBTI movies, productions processes, film writing and how the visual medium affects and is affected by the pink community across the world. Special emphasis is placed on Durban and KwaZulu-Natal filmmakers, especially those that deal with human rights and issues of human sexuality in their work.

This will not exclude by any means individuals and stories from mainstream cinema, but will allow the LGBTI community to celebrate and explore ideas, concepts and tales of resonating interest with them. Talent discovery and skills developent have been hallmarks of many international film festivals and the DGLFF will endeavour to work with experienced hands to help nurture and provide opportunity to young filmmakers, allowing them to gain exposure, network with with producers, directors and writers and ultimately gain confidence to take flight. The festival is unique in Durban, hosting friends and colleagues from across South Africa and globally, with a shared interest in LGBTI issues and pink product development.