TQFF: Queer Cinema For Palestine: No Pride in Genocide

Established in 2016, the Toronto Queer Media & Arts Centre (TQFF) is a collectively-run, artist-run, nonprofit organization located in Toronto, Ontario. TQFF was formed to provide community art exhibition space for experimental, contemporary, and/or social justice themed film and video art by queer filmmakers. TQFF support’s Toronto’s LGBTQ2S+ communities by providing a unique gathering space for marginalized and precarious queer and trans people, including Indigenous people, people of color, people with disabilities, and transgender people.

QCP is a collaborative Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) project that emerged as an alternative to, and to facilitate the boycott of, TLV Fest. Although their pinkwashing has failed, Israel continues to attempt to instrumentalize queer and trans identities to justify their ongoing genocide, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing in Palestine and across the region. As queer and trans people, we believe in liberation and stand in solidarity with Palestinians.

We are grateful for the support of our co-presenters and our community partners. Before and after the screening, we will have a community table for you to have a chance to learn about the work of our co-presenters.

We are asking that participants mask in the theatre and when not eating or drinking. The space is wheelchair accessible with a bathroom on ground level. All films will have English subtitles.