Utah Queer Film Festival

Utah Queer Film Festival (Formerly Damn These Heels) Utah Queer Film Festival explores LGBTQ+ issues, ideas, and art through dramatic and documentary films from around the world.

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THE 2026 UTAH Q***R FILM FESTIVAL LINEUP IS HERE! 💖🎉This year, we’re imagining Q***R FILMS, Q***R FUTURES. Because q***r...
09/02/2026

THE 2026 UTAH Q***R FILM FESTIVAL LINEUP IS HERE! 💖🎉

This year, we’re imagining Q***R FILMS, Q***R FUTURES. Because q***r stories and storytellers have always been timeless. And baby, we brought receipts.

36 LGBTQIA+ independent films:
✨ 11 features (4 narratives + 7 documentaries)
✨ 25 shorts across 3 short film collections
✨ Opening night’s SECOND NATURE: GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN THE ANIMAL WORLD
✨ Centerpiece screening BY HOOK OR BY CROOK
✨ Closing night’s STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR

We’ve got stories that are tender, feral, funny, playful, sexy, strange, joyful, heartbreaking, and gloriously q***r. Find your people. Find yourself on screen. Find a filmmaker to nerd out with afterward. And find a little trouble. 🌈🍿

🎟️ Explore the lineup & get tickets at utahqff.org/film-program
🗓️ Festival Dates: November 6–8, 2026
📍 Our new location: Utah Film Center

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This season, q***r identity takes center stage.Our Fall Utah Q***r Film Festival Year-Round lineup explores stories of t...
08/29/2026

This season, q***r identity takes center stage.
Our Fall Utah Q***r Film Festival Year-Round lineup explores stories of the struggle for identity through desire, family, and the fight to be seen and understood.

🎥 CRUISING — William Friedkin’s controversial 1980 gay leather slasher, presented with support from Salt Lake City Leather Pride.

🎥 IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILDREN + LE***AN CUSTODY — A powerful pairing connecting a groundbreaking 1977 documentary about le***an mothers fighting for custody with a contemporary film reflecting on its legacy nearly 50 years later.

🔗 Free RSVP at https://bit.ly/4qTbGWn
🏳️‍🌈 Utah Q***r Film Festival returns November 6–8, 2026.

Playing tomorrow! The Pat you remember, but a story you’ve never heard.WE ARE PAT brings together q***r and trans comedi...
08/18/2026

Playing tomorrow! The Pat you remember, but a story you’ve never heard.

WE ARE PAT brings together q***r and trans comedians, writers, and performers—including Julia Sweeney—to revisit Pat, the iconic androgynous SNL character, and explore what the character means in a new era of trans visibility.

Funny, thoughtful, and deeply relevant, this documentary asks whether we can reclaim a character without erasing the complicated history behind them. Featuring a Q&A with Director Ro Haber!

📅 Tomorrow, August 19 @ 7 PM
📍 Utah Film Center
🔗 Free RSVP at https://bit.ly/4wkctkd

Presented as part of our Utah Q***r Film Festival Year-Round series and proudly supported by Utah Film Center’s Fiscal Sponsorship Program.

08/12/2026

35 years after the androgynous SNL character Pat first appeared on screen, WE ARE PAT brings together q***r and trans comedians and writers—including Julia Sweeney—to reckon with the character through the lens of today’s trans visibility.

What begins as a debate becomes an unexpected opportunity to reclaim Pat, not by erasing them, but by transforming a character once built on ridicule into one of empowerment.

WE ARE PAT is presented as the part of our UQFF Year-Round series and proudly supported by Utah Film Center’s Fiscal Sponsorship Program.

📅 Wed, August 19 @ 7 PM
📍 Utah Film Center
🎟️ RSVP now at https://bit.ly/4wkctkd

Calling all Utah-based q***r performers! Ready to take the stage?Utah Q***r Film Festival is looking for local performer...
07/20/2026

Calling all Utah-based q***r performers! Ready to take the stage?

Utah Q***r Film Festival is looking for local performers to help kick off select film screenings this November. If you’re a dancer, musician, poet, or other performance artist, we’d love to hear from you.

This is your chance to share your art, connect with the LGBTQIA+ community, and be part of Utah’s largest celebration of q***r cinema.

🔗Apply now through the link in our bio.
Pictured: Dancer Steven Salabsky Steven

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The clock is ticking ⏳ Our UQFF early bird pass sale ends TONIGHT at 11:59pm MST!Grab your Festival Pass for just $40 an...
07/15/2026

The clock is ticking ⏳ Our UQFF early bird pass sale ends TONIGHT at 11:59pm MST!

Grab your Festival Pass for just $40 and enjoy three days of unforgettable q***r cinema, plus admission to our Festival Kick-Off Event and Closing Night Awards Ceremony.

Don’t miss out on this fabulous deal—get your pass now at utahqff.org/passes

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Tonight only: Honor the extraordinary life and legacy of Andrea Gibson with a free screening of COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD ...
07/15/2026

Tonight only: Honor the extraordinary life and legacy of Andrea Gibson with a free screening of COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT.

The evening includes:
✨ A live pre-film poetry performance by Sarah May (she/her), a Q***r Salvadoran-American artist, poet, and organizer, and co-founder of Making Waves Artist Collaborative.
✨ A post-film Zoom Q&A with the film's director Ryan White and Andrea's partner, poet, writer, and performer Megan Falley.

COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT was shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and is proudly supported by Utah Film Center's Fiscal Sponsorship Program.

📅 Tonight, July 15 @ 7 PM
📍 Utah Film Center
🎟️ RSVP at https://bit.ly/4h2iZYN
Presented as part of our UQFF Year-Round series.

A film that will stay with you long after the credits roll.After a terminal cancer diagnosis, Colorado Poet Laureate And...
07/08/2026

A film that will stay with you long after the credits roll.

After a terminal cancer diagnosis, Colorado Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson and their partner, fellow poet Megan Falley, face mortality with honesty, humor, and unwavering love. As Gibson prepares for one final performance, this intimate documentary becomes a moving celebration of art, resilience, and the enduring power of human connection.

📅 Wednesday, July 15 @ 7 PM
📍 Utah Film Center
🎟️ Admission is FREE—Tickets at https://bit.ly/4h2iZYN

This film is proudly supported by Utah Film Center's Fiscal Sponsorship Program.

Only 10 days left to save!Early Bird pricing for ends on July 15.Grab your Festival Pass for just $40 and enjoy three ...
07/06/2026

Only 10 days left to save!

Early Bird pricing for ends on July 15.
Grab your Festival Pass for just $40 and enjoy three days of unforgettable q***r cinema, plus admission to our Festival Kick-Off Event and Closing Night Awards Ceremony.

Don't wait—secure your pass today!
🔗 utahq***rfilmfestival.org/passes

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