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Aug 13 - 19, 2021

OutSouth Queer Film Festival

Overview

A Signature Event For Durham

About the Festival

The OutSouth Queer Film Festival is the second largest LGBTQ+ film festival in the Southeast, attracting thousands of patrons to downtown Durham every year since 1995.

Festival History

Since beginning in 1995 as QFest and running from 1996-2019 as the North Carolina Gay + Lesbian Film Festival, this event has always featured a diverse array of shorts, documentaries and feature films. Discover Durham named this festival a Signature Event for Durham, the highest honor bestowed on a cultural event or attraction by the organization.

Festival Mission

OutSouth Queer Film Festival celebrates a worldwide glimpse of today’s LGBTQ+ life, helps bring the community together and features entertaining and sophisticated films and filmmaking.

Film Submissions

The OutSouth Queer Film Festival is no longer accepting submissions.

View 26th OutSouth Queer Film Festival site.

Films

The Best in LGBTQ+ Filmmaking

The 26th OutSouth Queer Film Festival contains 25 programs

View 26th OutSouth Queer Film Festival film guide.

Tickets

Your Passport To The Festival

Individual Tickets

Individual film tickets cost $12. Individual tickets will be available online ONLY.

All-Access Passes

All-Access Passes enable the pass-holder to see all 25 film programs for $100. All Access Passes will be available online ONLY.

Tickets and All Access Passes purchased online include additional fees and taxes.

Once films unlock on August 13, you’ll have until 11:59 pm (EST) on August 19 to start watching. Once you begin a film, you’ll have 10 days to finish watching.

No tickets or passes will be sold through the Carolina Theatre Box Office. This is a virtual festival.