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Montreal’s image+nation LGBT2SQ+ short film festival returns (pay-what-you-can)

DILATING FOR MAXIMUM RESULTS screens at this year’s IMAGE+NATION. FESTIVAL COURTS QUEER SHORT FILM FEST (I+N FCQSFF).

Montreal’s image+nation LGBT2SQ+ short film festival returns for its 4th edition with an emphasis on the struggle in Ukraine and local Quebec filmmakers.

Running from June 22-25, 2023, the IMAGE+NATION. FESTIVAL COURTS QUEER SHORT FILM FEST (I+N FCQSFF) online festival is a pay-what-you-can affair featuring 31 short films from 7 countries, including 11 films from Canada and 7 from Montreal/Quebec at large.

This year’s program puts the emphasis on the ongoing war in Ukraine with the program QUEER FIGHTERS / GUERRIER·ÈRE·S QUEERS /  КВІР-БОРЦ, co-curated with Bohdan Zhuk, a programmer at the Kyiv International Film Festival.

“I+N FCQSFF fulfills a long standing goal of ours to amplify the exceptional talent that we see each year via short film submissions to image+nation. festival film LGBT2SQueer Montréal,” according to Kat Setzer & Charlie Boudreau – image+nation culture queers. “We believe that it is time the short form was given the spotlight it rightly deserves! I+N FCQSFF is a place for filmmakers and audiences to explore how queer perspectives and lived realities are brought to our screens.”

IMAGE+NATION. FESTIVAL COURTS QUEER SHORT FILM FEST (I+N FCQSFF) runs from June 22-June 25, 2023. The complete programming is available here.

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