North American LGBT Film Festival Directory (organized by festival date)
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THE NORTH AMERICAN FESTIVALS:
Queer Realities (Boulder, CO) Jan 9-11, 2009
Moorhead LGBT Film Festival (Moorhead, MN) Jan 21-Feb 20, 2009
GayCharlotte Film Festival (Charlotte, NC) Jan 29-Feb 1, 2009
ReelOut (Kingston, ONT) Jan 29-Feb 8, 2009
Bloomington Pride (Indiana) Jan 29-31, 2009
Salt Lake City Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Utah) Jan 30-Feb 5, 2006
Out Far Phoenix (currently inactive) (Arizona) Feb 17-25, 2006
CineKink NYC (NY) Feb 24-March 1, 2009
Out at the Movies (Canton, NY) March 2-8, 2009
Fusion (Los Angeles, CA) (LGBT People of Color Festival) March 6-8, 2009
Miami Latin Gay Film Festival (Florida) April 16-19, 2009
St. Cloud GLBT Film Festival (St. Cloud, MN) April 17-18, 2009
Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Florida) April 24-May 3, 2009
London Lesbian Film Festival (London, ONT) April 25-28, 2008
Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Florida) April 24 - May 3, 2009
University of Oregon Queer Film Festival (Eugene, OR) May 2, 9,17, 23, 30, 2008
Translations: Seattle's Transgender Film Festival May 7-10, 2009
Boston Gay and Lesbian Film/Video Festival (Massachusetts) May 6-17, 2009
Inside Out (Toronto, ONT) May 14-24, 2009
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival (Hawaii) May 21-24, 2009
Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Hartford, CT) May 22 - 30, 2009
Fairy Tales (Calgary, AB) May 28 - June 6, 2009
QDoc- Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival (Oregon) May 28 - 31, 2009
Film OUT San Diego (California) May 28-31, 2009
Q Cinema (Fort Worth, TX) May 28- 31, 2009
Birmingham Shout (Alabama) May 29-30, 2009
New Fest (New York, NY) June 4- 14, 2009
Queer City Cinema (Regina, SAS) June 4 - 14, 2008
Plainfield Pride Film Festival (New Jersey) June 9-14, 2007
Provincetown International Film Fest (Massachusetts) June 17-21, 2009
Frameline (San Francisco, CA) June 18-28, 2009
Queer Takes at Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN) June 23-25, 2009
Cine Slam (Brattleboro, VT) shorts festival June 26, 27 2009
Outfest (Los Angeles, CA) July 9-19, 2009
Philadelphia QFest (Pennsylvania)July 9th - 20th, 2009
Reel Out (Halifax, NS) July 20 - 27, 2008
Palm Springs Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (California) July 23 - 30, 2009
Homo A Go Go (Arts Festival - San Francisco, CA) August 13 - 16, 2009
Vancouver Queer Film & Video Festival (Vancouver, BC) Aug 13-23, 2009
North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Durham, NC) Aug 13-16, 2009
Austin Gay & Lesbian Int'l Film Festival (Texas) Sept 8-13, 2009
Outflix Film Festival (Memphis, TN) Sept 11-17, 2009
BOLD Film Festival (Vancouver, BC) Sept 13, 2009
Fresno Reel Pride (California) Sept 16-21, 2009
Pikes Peak Lavender Film Festival (Colorado Springs, CO) Sept 19-21, 2008
Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Oregon) Sept 19 - 27, 2008
Downtown Dayton LGBT Film Festival (Ohio) Sept 26-28, 2008
Prism Film Festival (Prince George, BC) Sept 29 - 30, 2008
Lesbian Looks (Tucson, AZ) Oct 3- Nov 6, 2008 (bi-weekly film series)
Tampa Int'l. Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Florida) Oct 8-18, 2009
Kalamazoo Coming Out Proud (Michigan) Oct 6-6, 2007
Sacramento Int'l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (California) Oct 9-12, 2008
Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Albuquerque, NM) Oct 9-15, 2009
Image Out (Rochester, NY) Oct 9-18, 2009
OUTReels (Cincinnati, OH) October 11, 2009
Out OK (Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma) Oct 12-21, 2007
Reel Pride (Royal Oak, MI) Oct 12-19, 2007
Reel Pride (Winnipeg, MB) Oct 14-19, 2008
MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival (New York) October 15-19, 2008
Milwaukee LGBT Film and Video Festival (Wisconsin) Oct 15-25, 2009
Reel Affirmations (Washington D.C.) Oct 16-25, 2008
Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Washington) Oct 16-25, 2009
Pittsburgh Int'l Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Pennsylvania) Oct 17-26, 2008
Savannah First LGBT Film Festival (Savannah, GA) October, 23rd and 24th 2009.
Gay Orlando Film Festival (Florida) Oct 20-21, 2007
Santa Barbara OUTrageous (California) Nov 1-4, 2007
Out Takes Dallas (Texas) Oct 9-12, 2008
Spokane LGBT Film Festival (Washington) Nov 7-9, 2008
Reeling (Chicago, IL) Nov 6-15, 2008
Out On Film (Atlanta, GA) Nov 6-9, 2008
Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival (Indiana) Nov 14-16, 2008
Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (New York) Nov 14-20, 2008
Image and Nation (Montreal, QC) Nov 16-26, 2008