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No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (dir. Vivian Kleiman) x VQFF 2021.

What a deep dive into tracking the groundbreaking history of queer comic book artists from their underground roots to the mainstream of Broadway musicals. How the film chronicles the graphic medium to express greater society’s slow acceptance of gay culture through art provides an enlightening outlook on comics in general.

Well Rounded (dir. Shana Myara) x VQFF 2021.

“I think that folks have a hard time perceiving a fat person or a not stereotypically beautiful person existing in the world and being happy with themselves.” – Lydia Okello

As a sharp dissection of fat phobia and oppression through the view of queer communities, the locally-made documentary brings both light humour and personal reverence to such sensitive material we rarely discuss in public. Its focus on various subcultures and deep misconceptions about different female body types within the context of diverse LGBTQ+ or racial identities and different activist movements is refreshing in its presentation.

Vancouver Queer Film Fest wraps for 2017

Sunday night, the 2017 Vancouver Queer Film Festival came to a close with a Gala party at The Junction following the closing film screening of Handsome Devil at Vancouver Playhouse. “Our Vancouver Queer Film Festival not only showcased cutting edge queer film, it also gave our audiences all the best feels,” said Executive Director, Stephanie Goodwin. “We laughed. We cried. We got angry. And we…

Vancouver Queer Film Festival starts August 10, 2017

Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF), the city’s second largest film fest gets under way in one week.  Running August 10 to 20, 2017, VQFF brings 11 days of award winning films, talkbacks, performances and parties. I Dream In Another Language The Festival opens at the Vancouver Playhouse with the 2017 Sundance Award-winning film, I Dream in Another Language (Sueño en Otro Idioma). Following the…

2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival x “Still Here”.

film review: signature move (2017)