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QWOCMAP QWOCMAP's Filmmaker Training Program builds leadership and creativity, our San Francisco Internationa

📣 Join us for the launch of QWOCMAP's 25th Anniversary celebration!Twenty-five years ago, we asked "Who will tell our st...
02/08/2025

📣 Join us for the launch of QWOCMAP's 25th Anniversary celebration!
Twenty-five years ago, we asked "Who will tell our stories if we don't?" Today, we're proud to share that we've built the largest collection of films by q***r and trans filmmakers of color. And the work continues!
Join our distinguished panelists for AN UNSHAKEABLE LEGACY as we trace this revolutionary journey and unveil our vision for the next quarter-century of radical filmmaking. We're also excited to debut our first zine, "Blaaaast Off: a Futuristic Adventure!"

📅 February 17th
⏰ 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST
📍 Online via Zoom
Free with RSVP

FEATURING:
Madeleine Lim, QWOCMAP Founding Executive/Artistic Director
Kebo Drew, CFRE, QWOCMAP Managing Director
Silvia Rodriguez Vega, PhD, Social Science Resource Council, Wallace Foundation, Research Fellow
Cassandra Falby, LMFT, MSW, QWOCMAP Board Chair

REGISTER NOW: https://qwocmap.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F13921

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[content warning: LA fires]Thinking about our neighbors in LA as they continue to navigate the LA fires. When fires came...
01/24/2025

[content warning: LA fires]

Thinking about our neighbors in LA as they continue to navigate the LA fires. When fires came within two miles of their doors, Octavia's Bookstore transformed into a mutual aid hub—distributing supplies, providing power access, and ensuring resources reach the community.

"This community is one with a lot of elders, it's one with folks with disabilities," [Kiki] Williams [bookstore manager] said. "Also, people are in shock, they're spread out. They're far away, so we want people to have access to these items even if they're not able to come get them themselves. So we have been able to take clothing and food and items to folks who are farther away, who don't have cars at the moment but who need them."

It's important to signal boost stories like Octavia's Bookshelf because they demonstrate what's possible when we center collective power. We take care of us.

We'd love to hear from you: How are you showing up for community and how has community shown up for you?

[Images and quote via NBC News]

✨ Join us for an intimate conversation with our Founding Executive/Artistic Director Madeleine Lim at 's Instagram Liv...
01/22/2025

✨ Join us for an intimate conversation with our Founding Executive/Artistic Director Madeleine Lim at 's Instagram Live!

Madeleine will share insights on building QWOCMAP's 25-year legacy of transforming filmmaking into a tool for liberation and collective power. As an award-winning independent filmmaker with 30 years of experience, her films have screened at sold-out theaters at international film festivals worldwide, including "Jewelle: A Just Vision" (2022), "The Worlds of Bernice Bing" (2013), and "Sambal Belacan in San Francisco" (1997), which continues to be banned in Singapore.

📅 January 30, 2025
⏰ 12 PM PST
📍 Instagram Live

Link in bio to register!

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Our stories - your stories - are acts of resistance, celebration, and hope.ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your film for consi...
01/08/2025

Our stories - your stories - are acts of resistance, celebration, and hope.

ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your film for consideration. Accepting submissions from LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers:

🎬 ANY length, genre & subject matter completed between 2022 - 2025
💫 FREE to submit
📆 Submissions Deadline: Jan 15, 2025
🎯Film Festival: June 13-15, 2025
♿️ Fully accessible screenings

SWIPE for details.
Submit: qwocmap.org/submit

Please help us get the word out to LBQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers by sharing our Call for Films with your communities. You won't want to miss 21st annual International Q***r Women of Color Film Festival in June!

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✨ THANK YOU for an incredible 2024! With your support, we've transformed filmmaking into a tool for liberation by:🎥 Pres...
12/27/2024

✨ THANK YOU for an incredible 2024! With your support, we've transformed filmmaking into a tool for liberation by:

🎥 Presenting our FREE Film & Freedom Academy, including a new workshop or LBTQIA+ BIPOC w/ Communication Disabilities
🌟 Driving record attendance at our 20th Film Festival
♿️ Deepening disability justice practices across all programming
🌏 Strengthening and renewing community partnerships

💫 Your year-end gift keeps all of our programs FREE & ACCESSIBLE!

Support at any level:

$25 - Forge solidarity through storytelling
$50 - Grow community leadership
$100 - Keep liberation alive
$300 - Manifest collective visions
$500+ - Join Producers Circle

Link in bio to make your tax-deductible gift before Dec 31! ✨

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🌙 Time to rest & rejuvenate! QWOCMAP staff will be out of office for our month-long Winter Recess (Dec 13 - Jan 13).Sinc...
12/14/2024

🌙 Time to rest & rejuvenate! QWOCMAP staff will be out of office for our month-long Winter Recess (Dec 13 - Jan 13).

Since 2000, we've honored collective care through seasonal rest periods. This practice embodies our commitment to disability justice principles of sustainability & interdependence 🌱

💫 While we're out-of-office:

✔️ Submit your film for (deadline Jan 15)
✔️ Make your tax-deductible year-end gift
✔️ Send us good vibes for 2025!

Cheers to 2025! ✨

: Last weekend, we previewed QWOCMAP's 25th anniversary year with a joyous High Tea celebration! Beloved community memb...
12/14/2024

: Last weekend, we previewed QWOCMAP's 25th anniversary year with a joyous High Tea celebration! Beloved community members including our Staff, Board members, Film & Freedom Academy alums and mentors, and community partners like , & more gathered to vision our future while enjoying treats from & . Thank you to everyone joined in-person, virtually, and in-spirit, and cheers to an exciting anniversary year ahead! 🫖

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📽️ CALLING LBTQIA+ BIPOC FILMMAKERS!Now accepting submissions for 2025 through January 15, 2025. Submit via our websit...
12/06/2024

📽️ CALLING LBTQIA+ BIPOC FILMMAKERS!

Now accepting submissions for 2025 through January 15, 2025. Submit via our website or – it's FREE!

Films will be selected based on originality, artistic quality, and relevance to QWOCMAP's mission of uplifting the stories of q***r women of color (cisgender and transgender), and nonbinary, gender nonconforming, and transgender people of color (of any orientation).

Priority is given to films that address social justice issues, challenge dominant narratives, and present authentic, nuanced depictions of LBTQIA+ BIPOC experiences.

Visit link in bio for full Submission Requirements and to submit!

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"Our community deserves our best" isn't just a saying - it's how we spread joy to nourish justice.For 25 years, QWOCMAP ...
12/03/2024

"Our community deserves our best" isn't just a saying - it's how we spread joy to nourish justice.

For 25 years, QWOCMAP has built power through film:

✨ Power to change perception
✨ Power to create community care
✨ Power to imagine & create new worlds

Your gift helps sustain spaces where our community thrives:

🎬 Free filmmaker training with meals provided
💫 Workshop participant stipends
🤝 Crisis counselor support
🤟 ASL interpretation & CART/ live captions
📽️ Mentorship from community leaders
🎬 Free Q***r Women of Color Film Festival - from submission to attendance!

Join our Community of Donors today and help build power through film! [Link in bio to donate.]

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'I feel so powerful!' These are the words of one of our 8 filmmakers from our recent Film & Freedom Academy for LBTQIA+ ...
11/27/2024

'I feel so powerful!' These are the words of one of our 8 filmmakers from our recent Film & Freedom Academy for LBTQIA+ BIPOC with Communication Disabilities. Over one weekend, participants turned their stories into 7 short films.

This workshop embodied what happens when we remove barriers and create truly accessible spaces for artistic expression. Each filmmaker brought their unique perspectives - from neurodivergent experiences to chronic pain narratives - crafting stories that challenge how disability is portrayed on screen.

Our mentors shared a few reflections:

'My greatest pride was seeing my mentee flourish in an artistic medium they haven't tried before.'

'I'm proud of my mentee making a film that was so raw, evocative, and filled to the brim with emotion.'

'I genuinely felt connected to a lot of people in this workshop and I felt supported.'

'I love QWOCMAP, it is such a special org to me. I think the work that y'all do is revolutionary. I love supporting folks in the creative process.'

And instructor Julia shared: 'I realized how much I can help other q***r folks in community express feelings we feel inside ourselves. We all have such impactful and important stories to tell and I definitely feel and see how much this community can bring out of all of us.'

Through these films, our community continues to shatter stereotypes, reveal lived truths, and build new worlds where disability justice and creative freedom flourish together.

As Native American Heritage Month intersects with Trans Day of Remembrance, we trace the resilient roots of our Two Spir...
11/21/2024

As Native American Heritage Month intersects with Trans Day of Remembrance, we trace the resilient roots of our Two Spirit and trans ancestors who have shaped paths of resistance and liberation. Their stories flow through time like rivers carving new channels through colonial landscapes.

We stand resolute in our commitment to gender justice for our communities. Through film, we honor the diverse experiences of transgender, nonbinary, agender, gender nonconforming, Two Spirit, and intersex people of color who continue to expand and influence radical change.

Our filmmakers document survival, celebrate joy, and map futures where our communities thrive beyond violence. As trans and Two Spirit people of color continue to face disproportionate violence, we remain dedicated to amplifying stories that challenge oppression and nurture healing.

Today, we honor those we've lost while fighting for those still here.

Join us in supporting trans and Two Spirit filmmakers by sharing our Call for Films for ! We especially encourage submissions from trans, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, Two Spirit, and intersex filmmakers of color. qwocmap.org/submit

Our recent Film & Freedom Academy for LBTQIA+ BIPOC Youth embodied our commitment to removing economic barriers for the ...
11/20/2024

Our recent Film & Freedom Academy for LBTQIA+ BIPOC Youth embodied our commitment to removing economic barriers for the next generation to create stories that authentically reflect their lived experiences. Through our free, culturally-specific training, these young filmmakers crafted stories that challenge stereotypes and reveal the vital, intersecting social justice issues that shape our communities.

10 powerful young voices. 9 transformative films. Countless moments of community care, creative resistance, and collective liberation. 🎬

In their own words:

'The most valuable thing I got out of this workshop is the experience of working with QWOCMAP. I've never had as much emotional support making a film than when I did the workshop, and everyone was understanding.' 💫

'My experience was above and beyond…My emotional needs were also met in ways that I was not expecting.' 🌱

'I'm proud of myself for sticking through it all... By the end of the day, I was always leaving happy and that's a win for me.' ✨

'I definitely came out a better writer, organizer, and overall creative because of the workshop. I learned so much, even in the fields that I thought I knew a lot about." ✍🏽

To our visionary participants: Thank you for joining our community and bringing your full selves to this space. We look forward to your films premiering at the 2025 International Q***r Women of Color Film Festival!

→ This is also a reminder that our Call for Films is now open! Submit your work today! Learn more about the requirements and submit at the link in bio.

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