Queer Gaze | Flip the Script Film Festival

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR FSF 2026! Submit Your Films! Send us your short films and feature films that subvert the norm of Queer representation! Documentary, Narrative, Experimental, Animation – we want to see them all! 🚨 If you would like to request a WAIVER CODE, FOR ANY REASON, we are happy to provide one! Please email: [email protected] 🚨 Held annually in October, Flip the Script Queer Film Festival celebrates Queer stories from 2SLGBTQIA+ filmmakers all over the globe! The 7th Annual Flip the Script Queer Film Festival will take place October 1–11, 2026! We will continue to present a hybrid festival with in-person screenings and extended virtual access through our Virtual Cinema hosted on Eventive. We define “Queer films”, in this context, as projects that include characters, storylines, ideas that subvert the norm of Queer representation, and/or that are directed, produced, or written by at least one member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Learn more and submit by using our #biolink #queerart #lgbtqcinema #cinequeer #lgbtmovie #lesbianfilm #gayfilm #queerfilm #lgbtfilm #queercinema #lesbianmovies #gaymovies #lesbiancinema #gaycinema #indiefilm #queermovie

Congrats to the filmmaking team of the short film, LIFE! Take a look at some highlights from the sold out, sensory-friendly premier in December! Shout out to the amazing community that made this film possible! @downsyndromemn @metroregionalartscouncil @interactcenterarts @flipthescriptfest @emaginewillowcreek

A heartwarming look back at @flipthescriptfest 6th annual Queer film festival in October. So proud of this beautiful thing— if you love queer film and want to support, I know there are some goals left to be filled for next year! Head over to their bio and checkout how to help. 📹&✂️: @theseismyrecords

Queer Gaze presents SAVING FACE (2004), playing Sunday Dec 14th at 2pm at @emaginemn Willow Creek Theater. This is our final monthly screening for the foreseeable future and we hope to see you there! ✨🍿🌈 Get $10 tix via our bio link! About the film: Romantic Comedy, Drama | Runtime: 1h 31m Chinese-American surgeon Wil comes home to find her widowed mother, Hwei-Lan at her door after being banished from Flushing, Queens. It has been discovered that Hwei-Lan is pregnant out of wedlock, and she won't say who the father is. Wil has a secret of her own. She has been keeping her lesbian identity hidden from her mother. Both women are reluctant to go public with their secret loves that clash against cultural expectations but will they be able to keep their secrets while they’re living together? "Alice Wu's debut film is so deft, natural and exquisitely specific, it feels fresh." – Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times #queerart #lgbtqcinema #cinequeer #lgbtmovie #lesbianfilm #gayfilm #queerfilm #lgbtfilm #queercinema #lesbianmovies #gaymovies #lesbiancinema #gaycinema #indiefilm #queermovie

Queer Gaze presents SAVING FACE (2004), playing Sunday Dec 14th at 2pm at @emaginemn Willow Creek Theater. This is our final monthly screening for the foreseeable future and we hope to see you there! ✨🍿🌈 Get $10 tix via our bio link! About the film: Romantic Comedy, Drama | Runtime: 1h 31m Chinese-American surgeon Wil comes home to find her widowed mother, Hwei-Lan at her door after being banished from Flushing, Queens. It has been discovered that Hwei-Lan is pregnant out of wedlock, and she won't say who the father is. Wil has a secret of her own. She has been keeping her lesbian identity hidden from her mother. Both women are reluctant to go public with their secret loves that clash against cultural expectations but will they be able to keep their secrets while they’re living together? #queerart #lgbtqcinema #cinequeer #lgbtmovie #lesbianfilm #gayfilm #queerfilm #lgbtfilm #queercinema #lesbianmovies #gaymovies #lesbiancinema #gaycinema #indiefilm #queermovie

Thank you so much for joining us yesterday for Give to the MAX 2025. We raised $925 and we are so so grateful for your support! There’s still time to make a gift of any amount before the end of the year to help us reach our goal of $9,000 to support hiring additional festival staff and funding filmmakers travel and lodging. If you’re interested in monthly giving, please consider supporting our Patreon Cutie Tip Jar for $5 a month. It supports our longevity, opportunity for growth, and belief in the value of our mission to increase access to Queer films! It is also a space where we can host a Community group chat to connect with fellow film lovers, and you can vote in polls on future programming ideas! Our current programming is dependent on the grant support we receive from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. Every year we feel increased confidence in the applications we submit but there is never a guarantee that we will again be awarded our funding. This is always scary as without these funds there cannot be a festival. Individual donations and Patreon membership are two ways we can build more security to continue returning each year. With that being said, I would like to share a recent update about our monthly Queer Gaze series at Emagine Willow Creek. After three terrific years of partnership it has been decided that our December 14th screening of SAVING FACE will be the last for this program. We are truly grateful for the space and opportunity the Emagine team has provided us and the year-round connection to folks. I hope you are able to join us that Sunday to pack the house at this last screening. Tickets are on sale now! We are beginning to brainstorm how we can continue to meet up monthly to enjoy Queer films and have begun to schedule meetings with other Queer orgs and space to make plans for next year. For at least a little bit our Queer Gaze series will be on hiatus. If you’d like to share your ideas on what you’d like this to look like please leave a comment below, send us a DM, or email us at [email protected]

Small donations matter! Your small gift can make a big change. 💌 Make a $5 gift now and help support our continued programming in 2026. 💜 PLUS each gift is another entry into the GOLDEN TICKET drawings happening every 15 minutes and every hour! #queerart #representationmatters #supportqueerart #givetothemaxday #lgbtqcinema #cinequeer #lgbtq #queercinema #transcinema #lesbiancinema #gaycinema

We'll be live soon on Twitch and kicking off the 10AM POWER HOUR with some Jackbox games! The best part? You can play along too! Use our bio link to hop on. 🛸 During this POWER HOUR the three registered Minnesota-based organizations who raise the most money between 10:00-10:59 a.m. will share a $6,000 prize pool! Is it a long shot? Maybe. Will that stop us? Never! Make a $5 gift now and help support our continued programming in 2026. 💜 PLUS each gift is another entry into the GOLDEN TICKET drawings happening every 15 minutes and every hour! #queerart #representationmatters #supportqueerart #givetothemaxday #lgbtqcinema #cinequeer #lgbtq #queercinema #transcinema #lesbiancinema #gaycinema

Give to the MAX Day 101, the 2025 edition, where Matt’s back to break down how you can make the most of your gifts, and shares some fun details about what we have planned. 💃🏽 Check out our bio link for access to our GiveMN page and Twitch profile. 💜 #queerart #representationmatters #supportqueerart #givetothemaxday #lgbtqcinema #cinequeer #lgbtq #queercinema #transcinema #lesbiancinema #gaycinema

Join us on Twitch this Thursday, Nov 20th, from 10am–11pm! Help us raise $9K in support of our future programming while we spend the day streaming! There will be giggles, games, and g-g-g-ghosts!? Use our bio link to donate & to join us on Twitch 💜 Here’s how the our $9K goal breaks down: $5,000 - Hiring Additional Festival Staff in 2026! These funds will increase the funding of our staff budget to support us hiring an Events Manager and a Social Media Manager. $2,500 – Filmmaker Hospitality! These funds will support our ability to bring filmmakers to FSF by providing them with travel and hotel support. $1,500 – Filmmaker Screening Fees! We pay our feature filmmakers AND our short filmmakers. This is a surprisingly uncommon practice at festivals! Help us keep our program robust and our filmmakers paid. Just like it should be! We love sharing Queer films and we are so grateful for your support and participation! #queerart #representationmatters #supportqueerart #givetothemaxday #lgbtqcinema #cinequeer #lgbtq #queercinema #transcinema #lesbiancinema #gaycinema

Queer Gaze presents UNICORNS (2023), playing this Sunday Nov 16th at 2pm at @emaginemn Willow Creek Theater. Get $10 tix via our bio link! 💃🏽 About the film: Drama, Romance | Runtime: 1h 59m Luke, a mechanic and single father, is looking for connection and working hard to create stability for his son, when he stumbles upon an underground party he meets the beautiful, seductive drag queen Aysha, a queer South Asian nightclub performer living a double life. An undeniable spark ignites between them, setting the pair along an unexpected path of transformation in this powerful story of star-crossed love, colliding cultures, and the search for identity. "The chemistry between Jason Patel and Ben Hardy is often divine, and the latter delivers such a layered and charismatic performance you’re with it till the end." – Gregory Ellwood, The Playlist #queerart #lgbtqcinema #cinequeer #lgbtmovie #gayfilm #queerfilm #lgbtfilm #queercinema #gayfilms #gaymovies #gaycinema #indiefilm #queermovie

Queer Gaze presents UNICORNS (2023), playing Sunday Nov 16th at 2pm at @emaginemn Willow Creek Theater. Get $10 tix via our bio link! 💃🏽 About the film: Drama, Romance | Runtime: 1h 59m Luke, a mechanic and single father, is looking for connection and working hard to create stability for his son, when he stumbles upon an underground party he meets the beautiful, seductive drag queen Aysha, a queer South Asian nightclub performer living a double life. An undeniable spark ignites between them, setting the pair along an unexpected path of transformation in this powerful story of star-crossed love, colliding cultures, and the search for identity. "The chemistry between Jason Patel and Ben Hardy is often divine, and the latter delivers such a layered and charismatic performance you’re with it till the end." – Gregory Ellwood, The Playlist #queerart #lgbtqcinema #cinequeer #lgbtmovie #gayfilm #queerfilm #lgbtfilm #queercinema #gayfilms #gaymovies #gaycinema #indiefilm #queermovie