ABOUT THE QWOCFF

8th Annual
2012 Queer Women of Color Film Festival

ABOUT THE QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR FILM FESTIVAL

The Queer Women of Color Film Festival is held every year in June in San Francisco and features films that address the vital social justice issues that concern women of color and our communities, authentically reflect our life stories, and build community through art and activism. Enjoy the creativity of emerging media atrists who are Asian/Pacific Islander, Black/African American, Chicana/Latina, Native American and Mixed-Race lesbians, bisexual, queer and questioning women in the Bay Area.

Now in its eighth year, the Festival started in June 2003 in one room at the San Francisco's LGBT Center with a free screening that drew standing-room-only crowds. In 2005, the packed annual film screenings expanded into the 1st Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival and was held in the full-sized Brava Theater. This year the festival has expanded again, moving to the Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater. The Film Festival is still free thanks to generous grants, donors and partners; includes free refreshments provided by local restaurants and businesses; and features an exciting panel and/or performance each year.

The Queer Women of Color Film Festival showcases new films created through Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project's free Filmmaker Training Program, as well as films created by other queer women of color around the world. Our Filmmaker Training Program develops artist-activist leaders to create authentic films about our lives and loves. The Queer Women of Color Film Festival is the public face of our work, which combines film, art, activism and community-building to engage audiences to think critically about their relationship to social justice issues and movements. The Film Festival is the start of a long and fruitful journey for our QWOCMAP films — many are screened around the world, thereby increasing and spreading the visibility of queer women of color and our multiple communities.

DONATIONS

Donations keep QWOCMAP and the Festival going - please support us and donate generously! You or your company can even help sponsor the Festival!

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Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) promotes the creation, exhibition and distribution of new films and videos that increase the visibility of queer women of color, authentically reflect our life stories, and address the vital social justice issues that concern our communities.