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2026 International
Queer Women of Color Film Festival

The 22nd annual QWOCFF arrives June 12–14 at San Francisco’s Presidio Theatre, with satellite screenings throughout the year, and a virtual Encore in the fall. 50 films across three Festival experiences. Free, and open to the public.

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Largest LBTQIA+ BIPOC Film Festival in the World

22 Years Showcasing LBTQIA+ BIPOC Films

22 Years

104+ Screenings

100% LBTQIA+ BIPOC Filmmakers

800+ Films

29K+ Audience Members

In-Person Festival

June 12-14, 2026

34 films across seven curated screenings at San Francisco's historic Presidio Theatre. Filmmaker Q&As, the QWOCFF Glambot, community celebrations, and our Reception. Every screening fully accessible with open captions, audio description, and ASL interpretation.

Location Presidio Theatre, 99 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco

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Blind & Low Vision Access

All films audio described, headphones available, braille maps, screen-reader compatible materials.

Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing

All films open captioned, ASL interpretation plus seating for ASL.

Childcare

Free on-site childcare during afternoon screenings; sign-up in advance.

Wheelchair & Mobility Access

Step-free entry, accessible seating, barrier-free navigation.

Respiratory Safety

KN95+ masking required, HEPA filters, fragrance-free, COVID-conscious protocols.

Crisis Counselors On-Site

Trained counselors available throughout the festival.

Note: Accessibility looks different across the three ways to experience QWOCFF. The in-person festival at the Presidio offers our full suite of accommodations. Our Online Encore includes open captions and audio description. Satellite screenings happen at ADA-accessible venues with open captions; other accommodations vary by venue and partner.

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Festival Manager Spotlight

Why These Stories Matter

"When you walk into QWOCFF, you experience a room full of people who want you there. The films will move you, and the community around the screenings is the reason people come back. This year's theme — We Resist, and We Roll — acknowledges our continued work for a more just world and our emancipatory joy along the way. We look forward to welcoming you this June."

Nace DeSanders Festival Manager

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Keisha Martinez Festival Curator & Director

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Keisha Martinez Festival Curator & Director

Three Rainbow Girls (Tati, Angel, and Gemini) carrying bags of stolen goods race through a flock of pigeons in San Francisco's Union Square.

Queer Black Joy Like Fire

This is QWOCMAP’s annual screening to celebrate Pride & Juneteenth, and always, it focuses on liberation. Especially at a time when queer & trans Black folx remind terror and empire on the daily that by the light of our fire we can clearly see what they are, and we are NOT impressed. When we need joy to keep our memories burning, to make sure we are fueled, to keep us warm, and ready ourselves for what we will see in flames.

Friday, June 12, 7:00 PM

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Opening Night Screening

East Bay Shuttle: Oakland to QWOCFF – Friday

Friday, June 12, 5:00 PM

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East Bay Shuttle

East Bay Shuttle: QWOCFF to Oakland – Friday

Friday, June 12, 10:00 PM

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East Bay Shuttle

ENCORE: Break Shit!

These films remind us that creation is always paired with breaking things down. That includes systems and whatever holds us back, including the stories we tell to ourselves about ourselves. We can’t be afraid of a little breakage before we start to remix, remold, and restore what was lost with our new dreams.

Friday, September 11, 2026

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Online Screening

ENCORE: Land and Resistance

Colonialism has always sought to displace us from deep ecologies. To define human beings as if we were not intimately connected to the environment that now needs “saving” and not its original stewards. These films remind us that queer and trans Indigenous people and African diasporic peoples are spiritually interwoven with the land that forms the basis of our resistance. We wanted this screening to remind us that we are sacred and the creators of new worlds.

Friday, September 11, 2026

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Online Screening

ENCORE: Desire & Defiance

Who are we, if not absolute, daily defiance as we live and breathe? Our fiercest history has been about desire, including the love we have for our chosen families. This is a reminder about our history and present as outlaws.

Friday, September 11, 2026

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Online Screening

ENCORE: A Litany for Survival

We are delighted to be able to screen this newly restored film. After 30 years, it carries the twins of memory and inspiration. Audre implores us: “So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive.” And yesterday, today, and tomorrow are the time for us to speak, and shout, and sing, and scream.

Friday, September 11, 2026

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Online Screening

Queer Black August Film Screening at Eastside Arts Alliance

We are thrilled to collaborate with Eastside Arts Alliance, the site of some of our first-ever QWOCMAP film screenings. As Eastside commemorates Black political prisoners through their event, this QWOCFF screening focuses on connection, survival, creation, magic, and futurity of queer and transgender Black people. We’re excited to feature films that show that resistance and transformation are both profoundly interpersonal and deeply political. It is how love is the foundation of Black liberation.

Friday, August 21, 7:00 PM

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Queer Black August Film Screening at Eastside Arts Alliance

Satellite Screening

Queer Black August at SF Black Pride

For the 2nd year, QWOCFF is back for San Francisco Black Pride! These are films that move through grief, lineage, and becoming, which is central to Black liberation, and joy. We can’t wait for the Black Pride community conversations, panels, wellness sessions, and are nestled around this screening as part of their week of events.

Tuesday, August 25, 6:00 PM

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Satellite Screening

Queer Asian World Cinema at Chinese Culture Center

<p>For the 2nd year, QWOCFF is back at the Chinese Culture Center in San Francisco’s Chinatown, the site of the first American flag when California joined the U.S. as a state. This screening is a way to understand the 250th anniversary of the country. It is crucial to understand Asian diasporas as a part of this country’s history. LBTQIA+ Asian people are important to what this collection of states could be in the future, especially with Native sovereignty that redresses the theft of Indigenous lands and Black liberation that repairs the legacy of kidnapping indigenous Africans from their lands.</p>

Saturday, July 4, 2:00 PM

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Queer Asian World Cinema at Chinese Culture Center

Satellite Screening

Special Experience

The QWOCFF Glambot Experience is Here

Come camera-ready! Bring your best outfit and strike your fiercest pose

Saturday, June 13 from 2-7pm Saturday, June 13, 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM

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Stories made with love.

Stories made with power.

Stories made for us.

Stories made with love.

Stories made with power.

Stories made for us.

Julia
Nacario

Engagement Coordinator

Julia Nacario (they/siya, she) is a Bay Area based Bisaya creative and filmmaker invested in serving underrepresented communities through a decolonized framework. Dedicated to...

Nace
DeSanders

Sponsorship Manager

Nace DeSanders is an accomplished experimental horror filmmaker, recognized for her multifaceted talents as a writer, director, and producer. She has garnered acclaim for...

A Black and Choctaw woman with dark brown skin and shoulder-length straight black hair smiles at the camera. They wear a white collared shirt, black blazer, and dangly earrings, and stand in front of a city view against a blue sky.

Kebo
Drew

Managing Director

T. Kebo Drew, CFRE directs capacity building, organizational development and strategic thinking, and is responsible for collaborations, engagement, and impact. She joined QWOCMAP as...

Photo of a medium skinned tone masculine person of Asian descent with black hair with a touch of grey. They are wearing a black leather jacket and dark blue scarf, smiling and standing in front of a BFI Flare step and repeat.

Madeleine
Lim

Executive/Artistic Director

Madeleine Lim is an award-winning filmmaker with over 25 years of experience as a producer, director, cinematographer and editor. Her films have screened at...

Christina
Lang

Senior Program Manager

Christina E. Lang is a biracial Chinese-American filmmaker and artist committed to serving and empowering queer and transgender people of color communities. She first...