Queer Screen, founded in 1993, is Australia’s premier LGBTQIA+ film organisation. Based in Sydney, it presents two major annual festivals—the Mardi Gras Film Festival in February and the Queer Screen Film Fest in August.

Queer Screen also delivers a range of industry initiatives, including the Australian short film competition My Queer Career (est. 1993), Queer Screen’s Completion Fund, and the short film pitching competition Pitch Off.

The Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, presented by the Hawaiʻi LGBT Legacy Foundation, is one of the longest-running and most respected queer film festivals in the United States.

It features a full program of local, national, and international films and shorts, creating a unique bridge between Hawaiʻi, Pacific Island communities, Asia, and the continental U.S.

&PROUD organises cultural events for the LGBTIQ community in Myanmar. Established in 2014, it now presents a number of yearly events: 

• &PROUD Yangon LGBT Film Festival – A 6-day pride festival drawing over 10,000 visitors every January, featuring Asian queer films, debates, parties, exhibitions, and performances. 
• &PROUD Mandalay – The smaller sister festival of the Yangon edition, held annually. 
• Rainbow Reels – A yearly filmmaking workshop for young Myanmar queer filmmakers, producing three or more short films each year. 
• &PROUD Photo – An annual photo competition and exhibition held in Yangon in May. 
• &PROUD On The Road – A touring program bringing queer films to universities and towns across Myanmar for special screenings.

The Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (HKLGFF) is a nonprofit organisation that has celebrated LGBTQ+ cinema in Hong Kong since 1989.
As Asia’s longest-running LGBTQ+ international film festival, it showcases a vibrant range of stories that reflect and honour the experiences of the community.
The festival aims to promote equality and combat discrimination through the transformative power of film, fostering public understanding and inspiring social change toward a more inclusive and compassionate world.

KASHISH Pride Film Festival is South Asia's biggest LGBTQ+ film festival, and the first LGBTQ+ film festival in India to be held in a mainstream theatre. Founded in 2010, KASHISH has grown to become an important medium for exhibition, production and distribution of LGBTQ+ films and the most needed platform to nurture the Indian LGBTQ+ movement.

The Aks International Minorities Festival is an international film and arts festival that gives voice to marginalized communities and underrepresented stories. With a focus on gender, identity, and social justice, the festival serves as a platform for dialogue through films, talks, and cultural events.
It brings together artists, activists, and audiences to challenge stereotypes, celebrate diversity, and inspire change.

The Taiwan International Queer Film Festival (TIQFF), founded in Taipei in 2013, will celebrate its 13th edition in 2025.

Over the past decade, TIQFF has become one of the most influential LGBTQ+ film festivals in Asia, dedicated to showcasing queer cinema from Taiwan and across the region. 

Rainbow Reel Tokyo is an international film festival focused on LGBTQ+ cinema, held annually in Tokyo.

Since its foundation in 1992, the festival has showcased a wide range of LGBTQ+ films and attracted a diverse audience.

It is now recognised as one of the longest-running LGBTQ+ film festivals in Asia.

The Wairoa Māori Film Festival was established in 2005 to celebrate the best in Indigenous, Pacific, and Māori filmmaking.

The festival has a strong Takatāpui (LGBTQ) strand and has presented Māori Pride showcases in Auckland and Wellington.

WMFF is also the co-curator of the short film programme Ngā Whanaunga of the New Zealand International Film Festival.

Established in 2017, the Hanoi International Queer Film Week(HIQFW) is the biggest and only legally permitted international LGBTQ film festival in Vietnam.

Over the years, HIQFW has become a significant queer cultural event, fostering greater awareness and understanding of LGBTQ issues and contributing to the country’s growing acceptance of diversity.

Since 2019, HIQFW has presented The Queer New Wave Award, the festival’s official prize recognizing outstanding achievements in queer cinema.

Across two award seasons(2019 and 2025), a total of 12 awards have been presented.

Founded in 1977, the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival is the longest-running, largest, and most widely recognized LGBTQ+ film exhibition event in the world. As a community event with an annual attendance of 60,000+, the Festival is the most prominent and well-attended LGBTQ+ arts program in the Bay Area. Frameline also presents year-round exhibitions, like members-only sneak previews and events, as well as special screenings featuring directors, actors, and other queer media icons.

During the three-year process of undergoing therapy, a filmmaker ponders the question of being fully accepted and loved by combing through archival material from their two families: their biological, devout Christian, Indonesian family, and their chosen queer kin in Berlin.