Congrats to Our 2022 Festival Winners
Welcome to Reel Q 37
Join us for the 37th installment of the Reel Q film festilval. Our annual event mixes both in-person and online programming for 2022, inviting viewers to mingle at special screenings across Pittsburgh and to enjoy the best in queer cinema from the comfort of home.
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In-Person Screenings
2022 Features
Chrissy Judy
Death and Bowling
Esther Newton Made Me Gay
Framing Agnes
Happy Together
Homebody
In From the Side
Jimmy in Saigon
Long Live My Happy Head
Mama Bears
Manscaping
Moneyboys
Sirens
Swoon
Thanks to Her
The Therapy
Unidentified Objects
Wildhood
2022 Shorts Programs
His Shorts
Her Shorts
Fluid Identities
Teen Dreams
Cinema Brasileiro
Black Excellence
The Best Seats in Your House
Now showing in your living room or home theater: Reel Q 37! In addition to four exciting in-person special screenings, this year’s festival brings features and shorts programs right to you. Learn how our online platform, Eventive, can deliver Reel Q’s 2022 festivities to your favorite screen, wherever you are.
2022 Festival in the Press
Taking ‘Mama Bears’ on the Road and Seeing Love Win
International Documentary Association
October 5, 2022
Have you ever had an experience that was so powerful it knocked you out of your body? And even as the event was still unfolding, the objective, analytical part of your consciousness was standing off to the side practically shouting, “Is this really happening? Or am I dreaming?!!”
12 fun-filled Pittsburgh events in October, from Donut Fest to The Scary Furnace
NEXTpittsburgh
September 29, 2022
A documentary about Christian mothers who choose their LGBTQ kids over the church. A world premiere about a female soccer star written and directed by Pitt graduate Sam McCoy. A fresh take on queer barbershop culture featuring Pittsburgher Devan Shimoyama. These are just some of the powerful stories that will light up the screen at the region’s only LGBTQ+ — and Pittsburgh’s longest-running — film festival.
1997 Wong Kar-wai film Happy Together, 2021 Taiwanese film Moneyboys at 2022 Reel Q Film Fest in October
Pennsylvasia
September 21, 2022
The schedule for the 2022 Reel Q Pittsburgh LGBT Film Festival was just announced, and it features the 2021 Taiwanese film Moneyboys (金錢男孩MONEYBOYS) and the 1997 Wong Kar-wai film Happy Together (春光乍洩) on October 8 and 15, respectively.
Feature film based on Pitt graduates’ viral short ‘Thanks to Her’ debuting at Reel Q film festival
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
October 5, 2022
It’s been more than two years since the locally shot short film “Thanks to Her,” which follows the burgeoning romance between two teenage girls, made its debut on YouTube. What started as then-University of Pittsburgh student Sam Orlowski’s senior capstone project has now amassed more than 1.6 million views and a legion of supporters craving more “Thanks to Her” content.
WTAE-TV reporter Sheldon Ingram guest stars on ‘Law & Order: SVU’
TRIB Live
September 22, 2022
Directed and produced by 2019 University of Pittsburgh film production/communications grad Sam McCoy, “Thanks to Her” originated as a short film and was expanded into a 91-minute feature film about two high school girls, one who instigates a fight and another who breaks it up. Ingram plays the school principal who negotiates a peace between them.
Reel Q Announces Line-up for 37th Season
QBurgh
September 21, 2022
Reel Q, Pittsburgh’s annual LGBTQ+ film festival, has released its line-up of provocative films and special events for season 37. Running October 6 through the 15th, the in-person and online festival is highlighting a local independent production and features the largest selection of international films in its history.
Reel Q 37 Artwork by Dante Massey Thanks, Dante
also, big thanks to Graham Berg for getting the trailer out of render purgatory