35 Years of Reel Q
Join us for the 35th anniversary of Reel Q. Our annual film festival ventures online for 2020, inviting viewers into a new virtual space that continues to bring the Pittsburgh community the best in queer cinema.
The Best Seats in Your House
Now showing in your living room or home theater: Reel Q 2020! This year’s festival brings not just dynamic features and shorts programs but also live events with filmmakers and local organizations right to you. Learn how our online platform, Eventive, can deliver Reel Q’s 35th anniversary festivities to your favorite screen, wherever you are.
2020 Features
Monsoon
Rehabilitation of the Hill
Tahara
Keyboard Fantasies
The Dilemma of Desire
Cicada
Queer Japan
Rialto
T11 Incomplete
Queer Genius
Alice Junior
Breaking Fast
2020 Shorts Programs
Teen Dreams
Her Shorts
Transtastic Shorts
His Shorts
2020 Festival in the Press
Opening the Door for the Celluloid Closet in Pittsburgh
QBurgh
October 13, 2020
By Michael Buzzelli
The 35th Annual Reel Q Festival began on October 8 and runs through October 17. The event is mostly online this year (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) but will feature a socially distanced drive-in screening of Hellbent at the Central Outreach Wellness Center.
Reel Q LGBT Film Festival goes virtual for its 35th year
Pittsburgh City Paper
October 6, 2020
By Hannah Lynn
Instead of gathering in movie theaters this year, the 35th annual Reel Q festival is going virtual with a slate of 21 documentaries, dramas, romantic comedies, and short films.
Ep 47 - Learn More About Reel Q, Pittsburgh's LGBTQ+ Film Festival
The Slaw
September 29, 2020
By Stephanie Brea
Pittsburgh’s Reel Q film festival celebrates 35 years this October. In this episode, executive director TJ Murphy highlights some of the organization’s history.
30 Under 30 2020: TJ Murphy
Pittsburgh Business Times
August 27, 2020
By Jennifer Beahm
TJ Murphy leads Reel Q, which will present its 35th annual film festival this year on Oct. 8-17 virtually for the first time as a result of the pandemic. The event features films, panel discussions with visiting directors and actors, and a short film program for teenagers.
Reel Q film festival includes movie with Hill District backdrop
Trib Live
October 8, 2020
By Shirley McMarlin
This year, the Reel Q Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Film Festival will feature 21 programs screening over 10 nights on virtual platforms, including a movie filmed almost entirely in Pittsburgh’s Hill District.
Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ film festival celebrates 35th anniversary
Pitt News
October 6, 2020
By Beatrice McDermott
This October, cozy up with a thought-provoking romantic drama set in the Pittsburgh Hill District and a heartfelt rom-com about a gay Muslim man to celebrate the legacy of LGBTQ+ cinema with the ReelQ Film Festival.
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Next Pittsburgh
September 28, 2020
By Jennifer Barron
Pittsburgh’s longest-running film festival will light up devices and televisions with 21 programs over 10 nights. Reel Q kicks off with “Monsoon” starring Henry Golding as a British Vietnamese man returning to his birth country.
Image credit: Newspapers by J E Smith on Flickr
2020 Sponsors
Black Excellence photo by Wherbson Rodrigues | Teen Dreams photo by cottonbro | Transtastic Shorts photo by RF._.studio | Global Gays photo by Jameson Mallari Atenta