Founded in 2017, the Hanoi International Queer Film Week (HIQFW) has become an annual film festival dedicated to showcasing cinematic works that explore stories, themes, and characters from the queer community, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other minority sexuality groups.

As the first and only legally recognized queer film festival in Vietnam, HIQFW became a member of the Asia Pacific Queer Film Festival Alliance in 2017, following its inaugural year.​

Awards & Prizes

In 2019, the Hanoi International Queer Film Week (HIQFW) launched the Queer’s New Wave Award to honor exceptional queer films and filmmakers from around the globe. The award aims not only to build connections within the filmmaking community but also to support the growth and evolution of queer cinema, both in Vietnam and internationally.

This year, the awards feature six categories:

Best Picture
Best Documentary
Best Cinematography
Best Director
Most Inspiring Story

Rules & Terms

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1. Conditions: Only films that meet the following conditions may be submitted for consideration by the Official Selection:
- Films must have LGBTQ theme or story
- Films that have been produced during the two years preceding the Festival.
- Films must be submitted before 23:59 October, 20th, 2024 (GMT+7)​
- Only short films that do not exceed 30 minutes in length, including credits, will be selected for competition. Films with longer durations will only be selected for screening.
- The submitted films must comply with the regulations of the Law on Cinema of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- Have never been selected for HIQFW.
- There is no limit to the number that any one creator or creative team can submit.

2. General Regulations:
- Only officially selected films can participate in the HIQFW and Queer's New Wave Award. The invitation to participate is issued by the Festival Director, respectively.
- Programming of the selected films is likewise made by the Festival Director, respectively, and is final. Each film can be screened up to three times during the festival in Hanoi.
- To participate in the HIQFW, after being selected, the participant must accept the invitation in writing, submit the final festival version of the film by the deadline, and provide the festival with the supplementary documents, media, and information as requested.
- HIQFW will only accept the submission of a film if the submitter is the holder of all usage rights to the film necessary for the submission and use of the film within the context of participation in the HIQFW, and if the submitter can also effectively grant the HIQFW these rights. The HIQFW reserves the right to demand appropriate proof of these rights and to reject the submission upon failure to provide it.
- Every film presented in the HIQFW programme receives a certificate of participation following the festival.
- During the Festival, the screening of your film will take place during a “short film collections” screening that includes all of the films selected. The order of the films will be determined by the management of the Festival based on the theme of each screening.