Queer Vision Film Festival

To be eligible to make our shortlist of films to be screened as part of Queer Vision Film Festival, during the Bristol Pride Festival, you should be permanently based in one of these South West counties: Bath & NE Somerset, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Isles of Scilly, Isle of Wight, North Somerset, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Southampton, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Torbay or Wiltshire.

Chosen entries will be screened at Queer Vision Film Festival 2024.

1. All entries should be by, for, about or of significant interest to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, non-binary or intersex audiences, and must have been completed within 2 years prior to the submission deadline, that is they must have been completed since 2022.

2. All short films must have a running time of 39 minutes or less.

3. FILM FORMAT: DCP (preferred), .MOV, .MPEG. We ONLY accept on-line screeners via FilmFreeway secure screener. We do not accept DVDs/Blu-Rays.

4. PRESS KIT: A digital press kit will be required after acceptance.

5. Queer Vision aim to make their screenings as accessible as possible. By submitting your film to Queer Vision Film Festival it is on the agreement that the film may be shown with Descriptive Subtitling to make the screening accessible to Deaf/deaf and hearing-impaired audience members. Where possible a transcript of the film may be requested after acceptance.

6. The juries will comprise of Queer Vision programmers and invited film professionals. The decision of the juries, the festival and the audience will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

7. Successful entrants will be informed that their work has been shortlisted by 26 April 2024. Please do not enquire about acceptance until then.

8. Queer Vision Festival takes place in Bristol, England. All terms and conditions will be interpreted according to the laws of England and Wales.