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September Events...

  • 29 Queer Film Festival
  • Calgary International Film Festival
  • Cinema Diverse!
  • Cinema Queer International Film Festival
  • CINEVERSATIL
  • D'un bord à l'autre
  • Exposures: Montréal Trans Film Festival
  • F.A.Q. - Feminist and Queer International Film Festival
  • Fantastic Fest
  • festheart
  • Festival MIX MILANO di Cinema Gaylesbico e Queer Culture
  • Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival
  • Fringe! The London Gay Film Fest
  • Glance Queer Film Festival
  • Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
  • I+N Festival Courts Queer Short Film Fest
  • Kreives: Vilnius LGBT* Festival
  • Les Mains Gauches
  • LGBT Toronto Film Festival
  • Long Beach Q Film Festival
  • MICGenero
  • Mirror Mountain Film Festival
  • Oslo/Fusion Filmfest
  • Out on Film
  • Outfest Peru
  • OUTnorthLa Film Festival
  • Premio Sebastiane
  • PriFest
  • Queer City Cinema
  • Queer Film Festival Utrecht
  • Queer Film Festival: Germany
  • Queer Lion
  • Queer Lisboa
  • Queer Wave
  • QueerX
  • Reel Pride Winnipeg
  • Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
  • San Sebastián International Film Festival
  • Some Prefer Cake
  • Toronto International Film Festival
  • Twisted Arts Film Festival
  • Vancouver Queer Film Festival
  • Venice Film Festival
  • Vinokino Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
  • Virginia Queer Film Festival
  • Vues d'en Face - Grenoble
Gender Reel Film & Performance Festival

Gender Reel Film & Performance Festival

Gender Reel, is the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) only film festival dedicated to enhancing the visibility of trans and gender diverse people, images and experiences in film and media.

Gender Reel accepts submissions from ANYONE who identifies as trans, gender diverse and/or queer. Films submitted by folks who ID in this way do not need to be about trans or gender diverse issues, although that is preferred. Considerations are also given on a case-by-case basis to folks who do not identify in this way, but only if the film is about a trans/gender diverse issue or topic and trans/gender diverse people played a key role in the creating the film or media project.

Gender Reel is unique for a number of reasons. Gender Reel screens films directed and produced by trans and gender diverse filmmakers about trans and gender diverse people. We also host panel discussions and present Q&A sessions with trans/gender diverse filmmakers from around the world. Additionally, Gender Reel works is committed to elevating the voices of the most marginalized parts of the trans community, dedicating over 50% or more of its programming to trans people of color stories, experiences and images. Lastly, Gender Reel keeps ticket prices affordable and offers scholarships to those who cannot afford to buy one. Accessibility is very important because of the statistical realization that trans people fall on the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum. We also do not charge filmmakers to submit films because doing so, can again, be a financially impossible option for some.