A CELEBRATION OF BAY AREA-MADE LGBTQ+ FILMS
REEL QUEER FLIX is a one-night screening, honoring Bay Area LGBTQ+ filmmakers and their films from past and present.
Once again, our cinematic celebration will be at the historic Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland's LGBTQ+ Lakeshore Cultural District, also kicking off Oakland Pride week. The screening concludes with a filmmaker Q&A and an after-party near the theatre (location TBA).
REEL QUEER FLIX is produced by Cinemama, a collective of Bay Area Filmmakers, formerly known as "Oakland Film Center," serving as a creative hub for the Bay Area film community.
ACCESSIBILITY: The screening is presented in an ADA-venue, ASL interpretation provided at the event, and burned-in captions accompany each film.
2026’s FANTASTIC LINEUP OF FILMS & THEIR FILMMAKERS:
BETTY ST. CLAIR - directed by Kyle Casey Chu and Syra McCarthy - A fledgling Chinese American Drag Queen prepares for a high-stakes performance that will change her family forever.
DREAMS OF PASSION - directed by Aarin Burch - Widely recognized for featuring one of the earliest known on-screen kisses between two Black women, Dreams of Passion is an exploration of desire set in a dance studio that marked a critical moment in queer cinema.
EVERY TIME THE BART PASSES, I THINK OF YOU AND WANT TO DIE - directed by Nicole Villegas - Leo, a 19-year-old street artist learns the power of queer chosen families as he gets more involved in Oakland's local graffiti and queer skateboarding communities.
FIAT LUX 5000 - directed by Daniel Eduvijes Carrera - Devoted gay son Manuel Espinoza tests an experimental brain modulation device––the Fiat Lux 5000––to reconnect with his dementia-afflicted father, triggering a violent family legacy.
MARCIA - directed by Claudia Andrea Escobar - From the streets of Brazil to San Francisco, Marcia tells the story of one of the first and most talented capoeira practitioners in the world, paving the way for women and queer people in this art.
TEXT ME BACK, DAMMIT! - directed by Elaine Chu - A man's date appears after their first date, leaving behind a trail of questions and nightmares.
THANKS, BABS! - directed by Rivkah Beth Medow and Jen Rainin - Meet Babs Daitch, an optimistic octogenarian speed-racing through life, one five-year plan at a time. Babs proves that life at eighty isn’t about endings, but about steering into the next adventure.
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