Chennai Rainbow Film Festival

Chennai Rainbow Film Festival (CRFF) is a premiere Queer film festival in India since 2013. It is a not-for-profit event to provide a platform for LGBTQIA+ filmmakers to showcase their films and documentaries.

It received more than 5000 films from around the world and screened nearly 300 films in its last three editions. Chennai Rainbow Film Festival (CRFF) aims to provide a platform for screening the works of established and emerging film makers who portray lives and issues of LGBTQIA+ people.

The festival is curated and based on Queer thematic sections, some of which change every year to reflect issues that are gripping the world’s – and filmmakers’- imagination.

Festival Highlights:
- Minimum of 3 days of programs and films.
- 1000s of Regional, National and International audiences.
- Short films, documentaries and featured length films selected by a review panel team.
- Red carpet event.
- Panel discussion based on connecting the Queer community in the mainstream participated by leading people in the respective industries like media, film, corporate, education, medical, law, human rights etc.
- Cultural programs like dance, music and talent shows.
- Award ceremony for people who supported LGBTQIA+ rights from mainstream.
- Local, National and International press coverage.
- Wide range of social media coverage.
- Guest appearances by celebrities from mainstream film, media etc.

We do not charge any entry free neither charge the audience to watch the films in the form of tickets nor purchase any films. It is completely free for everyone involved.

For more details, visit www.chennairainbowfilmfestival.com