Kansai Queer Film Festival
About This Event
Kansai Queer Film Festival (関西クィア映画祭) is a volunteer-run festival of queer cinema held in two places: Kyoto, at Wings Kyoto, and Osaka, at the Toyonaka gender-equality centre STEP in the northern suburbs.
The 17th edition ran in Kyoto from 28 to 30 November 2025 and in Toyonaka, Osaka, from 5 to 7 December 2025. There is no autumn 2026 festival: the 18th edition is planned for spring 2027, and its short-film call closed on 31 August 2026. Exact dates and venues for 2027 had not been announced when we checked; follow kansai-qff.org.
All films are screened with Japanese subtitles, and the short-film competition, for Japanese-made shorts, is decided by audience vote.
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Videos
![“실패와 불안은 극복해야 할 결과가 아니라 뜻밖의 순간을 동반하는 조건” [2026 제26회 한국퀴어영화제 “[해외단편4] 실패와 불안” 섹션 트레일러]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rpmCzbvI34k/hqdefault.jpg)
“실패와 불안은 극복해야 할 결과가 아니라 뜻밖의 순간을 동반하는 조건” [2026 제26회 한국퀴어영화제 “[해외단편4] 실패와 불안” 섹션 트레일러]
