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Admiral Rachel L. Levine’s Marsha P. Johnson Image Award Acceptance Speech @ Opening Night of qFLIX Philadelphia 2021
Dr. Rachel Levine to Receive the Marsha P. Johnson Image Award at Opening Night of qFLIX Philadelphia 2021: The LGBTQ+ Film Festival | Sunday | Sept. 26
With the presentation of the Marsha P. Johnson Image Award, qFLIX honors Dr. Levine and her mission of “fairness and equality and about specifically health equity, while recognizing the profound and lasting contributions of our transgender brothers, sisters, and non-binary siblings, to our global effort towards full equality, for transgender leadership is pivotal to our global fight for the LGBTQ+ community.
qFLIX Excels & Makes History & Announces Opening Night Film
In 2014, myself and Thom Cardwell founded qFLIX Philadelphia to fill the gap that was left by the collapse of the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (AKA, QFest). We had just two months to produce a 5-day, 35 film festival. Today qFLIX...
COVID-19 Response @ qFLIX Philadelphia 2021
The health and safety of our qFLIX festival family of attendees, supporters, guests, and filmmakers is paramount in our planning and preparation of qFLIX Philadelphia 2021 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (Sept. 26 – Oct. 3.)
Our primary consideration is how best to safely bring together our filmmakers, audiences, volunteers, and staff, from around the world to attend our in-person festival and events. As such, qFLIX will be requiring ALL participants attending this year’s festival, and events to be fully vaccinated and wear a mask. Proof*of vaccination will be REQUIRED.
Lesbian Director To Be Honored @ qFLIX
Cheryl Allison, a lesbian actress, director, and documentary filmmaker and an Emmy nominated, award-winning actress and director who has performed on Broadway, and in national tours, regional theatre, plus film and television for over 30 years, has agreed to accept...
qFLIX 2020 XL Awards
At qFLIX, we like to give out awards, and this year was no exception. With an entirely virtual program, qFLIX 2020 XL proved to be just that – extra large. The programming featured over 46 programs spanning from Feature Films (including several world premieres),...
The TOP 25 COOLEST Film Festivals in the WORLD, as per MovieMaker Magazine
What makes something or someone cool is nearly impossible to articulate. It’s like what Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said about obscenity: “I know it when I see it.” We can all agree that 2020 is not cool. In fact, it’s obscene. COVID-19-induced cancellations,...
November has LGBTQ+ films galore at qFLIX
qFLIX, Philadelphia’s LGBTQ film festival, which was postponed in March, will take place online November 5 to 30 and screen numerous features and documentaries and, the programmers promise, “more shorts than any other fest.” Russell Tovey poetically narrates a...
qFLIX Philadelphia & qFLIX Worcester Merge for 2020 to Present “qFLIX 2020: America’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival – XL Virtual Edition,” November 5-30
The Philadelphia region’s largest LGBTQ+ film festival, and in Worcester, MA, Central Massachusetts’s biggest LGBTQ+ arts and cultural event, qFLIX Philadelphia and qFLIX Worcester, will merge their virtual editions, for 2020, into a one month LGBTQ+ film...
qFLIX Presents “PrideFLIX; The Virtual Pride Film Festival”
Just in time for Pride month, qFLIX launches “PrideFLIX; The Virtual Pride Film Festival." 5 weeks of LGBTQ+ Documentaries, Feature Films, Short Films, and Web Series from the comfort of your home as you celebrate PRIDE. qFLIX Philadelphia, the region’s LARGEST...
