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Call for Submissions of films to the Bangalore Queer Film Festival (BQFF 2010)

Call for Submissions of films to the Bangalore Queer Film Festival (BQFF 2010)
Bangalore
Deadline for submission: January 31, 2010
The BQFF 2010 is a non-ticketed free event aimed at providing a venue to screen films based on themes related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBT or Queer) communities across the world. BQFF 2010 wil be held at the Alliance Francaise de Bangalore, in Bangalore on 26, 27 and 28 February 2010. This is the second edition of the Bangalore Queer Film Festival. The event is presented by Good As You (a support group for LGBT people, est. 1994), SWABHAVA (a non-profit organisation working with LGBT issues in Bangalore, est. 1999) and WHaQ! (a support group for queer women, est. 2009).

While sincerely apologising for this short notice, the organisers request you to send in films for consideration/preview as early as
possible. 

 

The deadline for submissions is 30 January 2010. For more information please contact the organisers at The Bangalore Queer Film Festival Bangalore <blrqueerfilmfest@gmail.com>.

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