Quezon City, November 11, 2014 – In celebration of its 75th anniversary as a city, Quezon City hosts Asia’s largest LGBT film event, the QC International Pink Film Festival. Forty five films about lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders from fifteen countries including the Philippines will be featured in the country’s biggest outing of queer films. It will be held on December 9-16 at Trinoma Mall.
The QC Pink Festival opens with the world premiere of prizewinning documentary filmmaker Nick Deocampo’s “#pinQCity,” about Quezon City’s LGBT community caught in its daily struggle to survive. Award-winning films line up the eight-day film program led by the controversial Cannes Film Festival grand prize winner, “La Vie d’Adele” (Blue is the Warmest Color), the German gay film, “Freier Fall” and the American documentary, “Before We Know It.” Among the participating countries are Sweden, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Local films include recently produced films like Joel Lamangan’s “Lihis,” Jose Altarejos’ “Unfriend,” Andrea Sigrid Bernardo’s “Ang Huling Cha Cha ni Anita,” and Alvin Yapan’s “Gaydar.” Program also includes short films and documentaries.
Addressing issues affecting the local queer community, a three-day forum will feature speakers from Sweden, USA and Cambodia. They will talk on LGBT rights, health and education together with local resource persons.
The QC International Pink Film Festival and QC LGBT Pride March are projects of the Quezon City Pride Council (QCPC) chaired by Soxie Topacio and the Philippine Initiative on LGBT Pride Advocacy Inc. (PhiLPA) headed by Nick Deocampo, who also serves as the Pink Festival Director.
For ticket reservations please visit www.qcpinkfestival.com or email info@qcpinkfestival.com. For Pride March Online registration visit http://www.qcpridecouncil.com/p/qc-p.html or email qcpridemarch@gmail.com.
About QCIPFF
The Quezon City International Pink Film Festival is a project of The Philippine Initiative on LGBT Pride Advocacy Inc. in partnership with the Quezon City Government through the Quezon City Pride Council. It is a yearlong project that promotes awareness and education through film. It is the only LGBT film festival in the Philippines that envisions at making Quezon City a hub for LGBT film festivals in Southeast Asia. For more info visit www.qcpinkfestival.com or www.fb.com/qcpinkfest
About QCPC
The Quezon City Pride Council (QCPC) was constituted to oversee the integration of all city programs and projects for the LGBT community. The QCPC, created by Mayor Herbert Bautista through an office order, was formally launched on March 25, 2013 to highlight the city government’s continuing support for the implementation and enforcement of gender-based policies, programs and activities. For more info visit www.qcpridecouncil.com or www.fb.com/pridecouncil
About PhiLPA
The Philippine Initiative on LGBT Pride Advocacy Inc. (PhiLPA) is a registered company under the Securities and Exchange Commission that advocates LGBT programs and projects. This year, with the dedication and continued support of the Quezon City Pride Council (QCPC) and the Quezon City Government, PhiLPA brings to the public the Quezon City International Pink Film Festival and the QC LGBT Pride March.
