Kansai Queer Film Festival 2006 July 20, 2006

Come to the international Queer Filmfestival!

What is Kansai Queer Film Festival?
Just as its name suggests, a festival showing queer films in Kansai, Japan.
On the 23rd and 24th July 2005, the last festival was held in Hep Hall (8th floor of the building with the ferris wheel on top, Umeda, Osaka).
Including staff, a total of 1200 people were involved.
Along with films from Tokyo International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival,* we also showed several Kansai-only special programmes.*Tokyo International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival reached its 14th year in 2005 and is a highly regarded event, attracting several thousand people a year. It is a great opportunity to see in one pleace works from Japan and all over the world dealing with gender and sexuality.

The festival is run by a team of volunteers including lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people.
There is a friendly atmosphere with little distance between visitors and staff, making the festival an even more memorable experience.
The meaning of Kansai Queer Film Festival Our definition of queer film is any film with themes of gender or sexuality. We hope that by showing queer films, more people can experience the diversity of gender and sexuality.
And we think it is significant for queers and our friends to get together to do this not abroad or in Tokyo, but in Kansai where we live.

Official Website: http://www.geocities.jp/kansai_queer_film/index.html