HIGHLIGHTS: August 2026 LGBTQ+ Film Festival

A showcase of the best LGBTQ+ films from around the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARDS (from Feedback Film Festival):
Best Film: GETTING OFF THE WHEEL
Best Direction: DIFFERENT WORLDS SUMMER HEAT

Getting Off The Wheel, 49min., Singapore
Directed by Ming Kwang Hun, Jeremy Ho, Gary Thong
Ten Days. Ten Lives. One Take. In search of Freedom.

Getting Off The Wheel is an intimate, vérité-driven documentary following 10 individuals from Singapore at a 10-day Innerwork Retreat set in the spiritual landscapes of Kumamoto, Koyasan, and Awaji Island, in Japan in the final season of 2025.

https://instagram.com/gettingoffthewheel

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-getting-off-the-wheel-film

Different Worlds Summer Heat, 52min., USA
Directed by Patricia Lynn Hicks, Cheri Amor, Ryanne Tracey
From 1985 to 1990, American faced a duel crisis: The rising AIDS epidemic, and a wave of hidden violence. Detroit already strained by poverty and stigma was amongst the hardest hit.

https://www.instagram.com/plhproductions_

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-different-worlds

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Festival occurring twice a year. In Toronto in June. And in Los Angeles in September. Showcasing the best of LGBT Short Films and Screenplays from around the world.

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