Queer Filmmakers Network

08/03/2026

To mark International Women’s Day, we wanted to highlight just a few of the incredible organisations doing vital work to support women and non-binary filmmakers across the Film & TV industry.

If you don’t already, please give them a follow and find out more about the work they do 🧡🩶💜🤍🩷

31/01/2026

🎬 Our Second Event of 2026!
🧠 Navigating the Industry as a Neurodiverse Filmmaker

Join us at the Film & TV Charity offices in London for a workshop + networking with Bells Kennedy-Compston.

✨ Bells will be sharing their tips and tricks for navigating the ups and downs of the film & TV industry as a neurodiverse crew member and filmmaker.

🎥 About our speaker
Bells Kennedy-Compston (they/he) is a Producer and Production Coordinator who has worked with BBC Studios, BFI, BAFTA and Vogue UK, and is represented by Trans on Screen.

🤝 As always, the evening will close with time to connect and network with fellow QFN members.

🗓 Fri 27 Feb 2026
⏰ 6:00pm – Arrival & check-in
🛠 6:30pm – Workshop begins
🤝 7:30pm–8:30pm – Networking

📍 Film & TV Charity, 22 Golden Square, London W1F 9AD
🎟 Book via link in bio!

05/01/2026

🎬 Our First Event of 2026!
Overcoming Barriers in Film
Finding pathways without privilege

Join us at Colony Spring Gardens, Manchester for a screening + Q&A with Natasha Hawthornthwaite, director of Finding ‘Appiness & co-founder of Northern Heart Films.

✨ Natasha will share her journey as a filmmaker, how coming out shaped her creative practice, and her work supporting working-class filmmakers across the North.

🗓 Wed 28 Jan 2026
⏰ 6:00pm – Check-in
6:30pm – Screening + Q&A
7:30pm – Networking drinks

📍 19 Spring Gardens, Manchester M2 1FB
🎟 Book via link in bio!

12/12/2025

06/10/2025

22/08/2025

Huge congratulations to HIV + ME - Paul, the winnners of the Out of MCR: SCENE Q***r shorts showcase, as voted by the audience ☺️

With over 300 entries from across Manchester, the competition was fierce, thank you to all who entered.

Thank you to  for presenting the award, and a huge thank you to  and Paul for sharing their powerful film with us.

🎥: produced by 
In partnership with 
🎥  

📸: Carl Sukonik
The Vain Photography


Thank you to for inviting us to curate the shorts programme this year! It was an absolute joy 🥰

14/08/2025

🎬✨ OUT OF MCR: SCENE Q***R SHORTS SHOWCASE
🏆 Vote for the first-ever SCENE Q***r Shorts Audience Award!

A celebration of Mancunian talent and q***r stories, this brand-new shorts competition x ***rfilmnet spotlights the best LGBTQ+ films made in — or by filmmakers from — Greater Manchester.

You’ll laugh, cry, and maybe even blush 👀… then cast your vote for the winner. 🏅

💥 ASL
RULF meets ZIGGY for a casual hook-up, but clashing views on sexuality spark an uneasy, funny, and unexpected night in a parked car.
✍️ Writer/Director: .freeman
🎬 Producers: mollyharrisprod

💥 HIV + ME – Paul
Forty years on from the start of the HIV epidemic, one of the founders of George House Trust recalls love, loss, and activism from Manchester’s fight for equality.
By
Produced by
In partnership with
🎥

💥 Before I Do
On her wedding morning, Mona questions her rushed marriage and reflects on a past chapter of self-discovery.
✍️ Written by
🎬 Directed by
🎥 Produced by & ()
📽 A & production
Supported by with funding
📸 Photos: .by.dan

💥 Do You Want To
In bed, Connor and Jake debate desire, Plato, and power tools in a warm, funny exploration of intimacy. 🛏️💡
🎭 Starring: William Wyn Davies
✍️ Written by William Wyn Davies
🎬 Directed by

💥 JOY
A tragicomic dive into the mind of a 65-year-old autistic le***an addicted to sugar, still haunted by an old flame.
By .tetelbaum

💥 Outlasting
A powerful tribute to the q***r activists of Northern Ireland who faced the courts to win rights and visibility. 🕊️
🎬 Producer/Director: .doherty.mp4

🎟 Tickets: FREE - link in bio!
🗓 Various showings
📍 New Century Hall, Manchester

***rShorts ***rCinema

13/08/2025

🎬✨ OUT OF MCR: SCENE Q***R SHORTS SHOWCASE
🏆 Vote for the very first SCENE Q***r Shorts Audience Award!

Celebrating Mancunian talent and q***r stories, this brand-new shorts competition, in partnership with , spotlights the best LGBTQIA+ films made in, or by filmmakers from, Greater Manchester.

Laugh, cry, maybe even blush 👀… then cast your vote for the winner. 🏅

💥 ASL
RULF meets ZIGGY for a casual hook-up, but clashing views on sexuality spark an uneasy, funny, and unexpected night in a parked car.
✍️ .freeman | 🎬 mollyharrisprod

💥 HIV + ME – Paul
Forty years on from the start of the HIV epidemic, one of George House Trust’s founders recalls love, loss, and activism from Manchester’s fight for equality.
By | 🎬 | 🤝
🎥

💥 Before I Do
On her wedding morning, Mona questions her rushed marriage and reflects on a past chapter of self-discovery.
✍️ | 🎬 | 🎥
📽 & | Supported by +
📸 .by.dan

💥 Do You Want To
In bed, Connor and Jake debate desire, Plato, and power tools in a warm, witty take on intimacy. 🛏️💡
🎭 William Wyn Davies | ✍️ William Wyn Davies | 🎬

💥 JOY
A tragicomic dive into the mind of a 65-year-old autistic le***an addicted to sugar and haunted by an old flame.
By .tetelbaum

💥 Outlasting
A powerful tribute to the q***r activists of Northern Ireland who faced the courts to win rights and visibility. 🕊️
🎬 .doherty.mp4

🗓 Multiple showings
📍 New Century Hall, Manchester

Link in bio! 🎟️

***rShorts ***rCinema

14/05/2025

🎬 Out of MCR: SCENE Q***r Shorts Showcase
Presented by SCENE x The Q***r Filmmakers Network

Submit your short film celebrating LGBTQIA+ stories connected to Greater Manchester!

🗓 Screenings: 15–19 August 2025
🏆 Audience Award Announced: 20 August 2025
🎥 Submissions open: 14 May – 6 July 2025
⏱ Max runtime: 15 mins
📍 Must have a clear link to Greater Manchester
📽 Fiction, doc, animation & experimental welcome!

Submit via FilmFreeway [link in bio]