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December Events...

  • DIGO Festival
  • Merced Queer Film Festival
Merced Queer Film Festival

Merced Queer Film Festival

Tuesday, 31 December 2024 until Tuesday, 31 December 2024

By bringing the art of modern cinema to Merced in such a dynamic way, event planners intend to impact local culture by increasing visibility and awareness of the queer community while providing a rich foundation for future queer artists and filmmakers to thrive.

Judging

All submissions will be viewed in their entirety. Submissions will be judged and scored based on criteria including: quality of screenplay, acting, production quality, originality, technical proficiency, cinematography, sound design, editing and set design. We support indie filmmaking and will award additional points to shorts produced on a micro budget and/or minimal crew.


Awards in all major categories and many special awards including technical and performance awards.

All awards will be nominated in categories based on the Festival director and nomination committee choose.

Multiple music award categories will be announced in January of 2023. To have your band, group, or solo act considered contact our submission email directly.