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November 12 & 13 showcase a mixture of every letter of the alphabet soup – nodding to diverse groups within the LGBTQ+ family to highlight the artistic contributions both nationally and internationally of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer films and filmmakers. The unique ability of film to transcend stereotypes and relate to the viewer opens the door to a dialogue about the LGBTQ experience, building a stronger and more open Pensacola.

Running the evening of November 12 and all day on Saturday, November 13, guests will view highly-vetted films from around the globe. While the weekend content can vary from PG-Mature, the festival shifts gears on Sunday, November 14^th to feature a family-friendly day of viewing, with films appropriate for all ages. “Family Day” includes a series of children’s activities from face painting, balloon art, kids snacks, and films to melt the heart of everyone in the family.

The vibrant three-day festival runs Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00-9:00 p.m. and concludes with a family-friendly showcase on Saturday full of food, games, activities, and films running from 12:00-9:00 p.m.

All demographics are welcome within the historic walls of the Pensacola Cultural Center.

The festival exists as a conduit to provide a vibrant and educational experience to the Gulf Coast region, specifically Pensacola.

This festival focuses on LGBTQ+ stories, with a goal of expanding the region’s diversity and acceptance of diverse identities and attracting recurring out-of-town tourists who appreciate an inclusive and accepting community.

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Tickets are provided at NO COST, but ticket reservations ARE REQUIRED. Click here to reserve your seats. 

Films & Trailers

Friday, Nov. 12: Featured Films 

Someone Waits For Me (Trailer below)

• The story of five gay and lesbian seniors in the Northwest Florida region as they navigate coming out, identity, politics, and the challenges and victories inherent in the gay experience. The film weaves together interviews with fictionalized interludes of magical realism that capture their experiences and feelings.

As Simple As That 

• Suspicious that her son is gay, Joana shares her doubts with her husband. To her surprise, the boy’s father knows much more about the subject than she imagined. After all, why was she the last to know?

I Am Love (Trailer below)

• As he struggles to finish an original composition, a young and self-doubting New York musician develops feelings for two other artists of different genders and questions if it’s possible to love more than one person at the same time.

Catfish

• Two men meet up for a casual encounter but what happens when one of them is in a wheelchair and does not disclose this to the other able-bodied male prior to their meeting.

Saturday, Nov. 13: Featured Films

To Decadence with Love (Trailer below)

• This documentary film follows the lives of drag queens Laveau Contraire and Franky Canga as they prepare for a weekend of New Orleans’ queer celebration of identity, Southern Decadence. While getting a behind-the-scenes view of “gender fuckery art,” we see queer performers challenging social norms and the boundaries of self-expression all while being a part of a rich community of artists. Brief male nudity and sexual content.

Eight Months Later 

• A recently widowed father gets ready to pick up his younger boyfriend at the airport, if he can survive lunch with his son.

Pablo’s Letters

• Alejandro is a divorced man who lives alone in his apartment. He has a daughter and apparently has or had a relationship with a woman named Mercedes, but he goes through his quarantine for the pandemic all alone…Until Pablo’s abrupt arrival …

Uncovered: All C*NTS are Beautiful

• UNCOVERED: All C*nts Are Beautiful explores issues such as gender identity, body image, and anatomy, these having been largely misrepresented in mainstream media aimed at cis-het-white men.

FCK: Friends Can’t Kiss (Trailer below)

• When two gay best friends, Ben and Matthew, accidentally sleep together, are they dating? Are they still friends? What’s supposed to happen next? Meanwhile, Leigh’s been doing everything to coerce her long-term girlfriend, Julia, into allowing a third into the bedroom. Unfortunately, Julia’s waited until the last moment to confront her girlfriend about it.

Catfish

• Two men meet up for a casual encounter but what happens when one of them is in a wheelchair and does not disclose this to the other able-bodied male prior to their meeting.

Someone Waits for Me

• The story of five gay and lesbian seniors in the Northwest Florida region as they navigate coming out, identity, politics, and the challenges and victories inherent in the gay experience. The film weaves together interviews with fictionalized interludes of magical realism that capture their experiences and feelings.

As Simple As That

• Suspicious that her son is gay, Joana shares her doubts with her husband. To her surprise, the boy’s father knows much more about the subject than she imagined. After all, why was she the last to know?

I Am Love

• As he struggles to finish an original composition, a young and self-doubting New York musician develops feelings for two other artists of different genders and questions if it’s possible to love more than one person at the same time.

Sorry We Missed You

• Every day people are born and every day people die. What we’re able to accomplish in our relatively short lives can have a profound effect on others and even on society and the world. These are the stories of some of those who contributed greatly and for whatever reason aren’t exactly front-of-mind in our collective consciousness.

Along Came Wanda (Trailer below)

• A memory jogged by a teapot from an old lover quickly turns into an adventure of discovery for Mary Beth Higgins and her new found friend Wanda as they hit the road in Wanda’s RV/Soup Truck. Along the way they meet guru Daiku and the enticing Laura, a psychic named Davina Moonbeam, a ranch hand Karl and his horse Blaze all the while two friends are falling in love.

Before the Eruption

• Although a volcanic eruption can occur without any prior signal, volcanoes will most likely issue different types of warnings before the eruption begins. We barely saw it coming.

Complicated (Trailer below)

• Itamar, a chubby and depressed young man, returns to his childhood home in the suburbs following a mental breakdown.
  As he struggles to get better under the care of his quirky and overprotective mother, old tensions about his sexual orientation arise – especially when he meets Ronen, a handsome lifeguard who leads him to confront his body image issues.

Jesse James (Trailer below)

• Jesse James traces the moments between a neighbor’s phone call and the arrival of the police, when Jesse and his lover test the boundaries of their relationship and come face to face not just with what they are losing but with what they have already lost — when Jesse can no longer save his relationship but only himself.

Sparks (Trailer below)

• Set in 1994, homophobic Amit returns home; a year after the death of his twin brother, Yoni, who died of AIDS. Amit is surprised to find that his family and Yoni’s former partner are going to a drag show in Yoni’s memory.

Sunday, Nov. 14: Featured Films

Dracudate (Trailer below)

• Lilith the Vampire is going on a date with a girl she likes and wants to impress but runs into a monster hunter that is ruining her night. Lilith risks being revealed as a monster and ruining the night she planned out, can she save the date?

The Egg (Trailer below)

• A teenager finds an odd egg while making breakfast. Their mother isn’t happy about it.

The Long Night

• A girl spends the night at her gay dad’s house and keeps him up all night when she can’t sleep.

Gay Teen Wolf

• The Gay Teen Werewolf has a problem. It’s not that she’s queer, an adolescent or a 80s horror movie cliché. It’s not even that she’s in High School. The problem is that Gay Teen Werewolf has a crush on a vampire.