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October Events...

  • Beijing Queer Film Festival
  • BIGff: Bari International Gender Film Festival
  • Cineffable
  • ENDIMARIS - Sitges LGTBIQ+ Film Festival
  • Festival Massimadi
  • Gender Bender
  • LGBT Toronto Film Festival
  • Melt Open
  • MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
  • Outshine Film Festival - Fort Lauderdale
  • Perlen – Queer Film Festival Hannover
  • Pink Screens in Brussels
  • Queer Film Fest Weiterstadt
  • QueerFilm Festival Bremen
  • Reel Q
  • Scottish Queer International Film Festival
  • tilde: Melbourne Trans & Gender Diverse Film Festival
  • TLVFest
Queer Lens

Queer Lens

Independent Film Festival of Chennai

Queer Lens track is a part of the Independent Film Festival of Chennai (IFFC) organised by Thamizh Studio. The track was introduced in the 2019 edition of IFFC to bring visibility to queer film makers, artists, technicians and to make IFFC inclusive of LGBTQIA+ voices in the film festival circuit in India.

Tamil Studio, the movement for good cinema functioning for over ten years in Chennai, has now taken the responsibility of organizing the Chennai International Independent Film Festival through its Salanam Trust.

Maragatha Pura award, Feature film (80 mins and above) - INR 10000
Thamizh Studio award, documentaries and short films (upto 30 mins) - INR 5000
Queer Lens Award for Independent Vision