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SEARCHTwo days of transformative 2SLGBTQIA+ stories and film screenings for school groups and youth under 25.
For the first time ever, the Vancouver Queer Film Festival’s dates will fall within the school year, September 11-22, 2024! We are thrilled to introduce The Future is Queer: Youth Programs at VQFF co-presented by Out In Schools and The Cinematheque, two days of FREE youth programs that will increase young people’s access to transformative 2SLGBTQIA+ stories and support educators in building core competencies in many related subject areas.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The Cinematheque
1131 Howe St
Screening 1
9:30 AM – Doors open
10 AM – Screening starts
Screening 2
12:30 PM – Doors open
1 PM – Screening starts
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The two matinée screenings on Thursday, September 19 will only be available for school groups and will each be followed by a Q&A discussion hosted by facilitators from Out In Schools and The Cinematheque’s Learning & Outreach team.
The films will be announced in mid-August alongside the full VQFF line-up, one month before the Festival begins.
Educators and administrators can reserve tickets now for screenings on this day by filling out the Group Booking Form.
About The Cinematheque
Bringing more than 25 years of experience to their practice, The Cinematheque’s team of knowledgeable filmmakers and educators regularly host interactive field trips at The Cinematheque, during which students watch and discuss films in their state-of-the-art theatre. Film is an interdisciplinary art, and analyzing film provides students with opportunities to build core competencies in many subject areas.
Watching films from the Vancouver Queer Film Festival will not only provide an engaging and accessible way of integrating Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) curriculum into the school year, but will also provide competencies in creative and critical thinking, social awareness and responsibility, and more. The Cinematheque previously collaborated with Out In Schools for the Reaching Out youth filmmaking program (2017-2019) and the Creative Outlets online filmmaking program and free resource (2021-2022), and both organizations are dedicated to promoting cinema as a tool of self-discovery and exploration.
Friday, September 20, 2024
Cineplex Odeon International Village
88 W Pender St
Screening times to be determined.
Additional matinée screenings on Friday, September 20 (a Pro-D day) will be open to to both groups and the general public, with priority given to group bookings for schools and youth-serving organizations. Individual youth under 25 can attend screenings on this day for free.
The films will be announced in mid-August alongside the full VQFF line-up, one month before the Festival begins.
Educators and administrators may express interest in bookings for this day now via our Group Booking Form or via email to boxoffice@outonscreen.com
Individual tickets will become available to book when our public ticket sales launch in mid-August.
Who is this program for?
Who is this program for?
Who is this program for?
Who is this program for?
Who is this program for?
Who is this program for?
The Future Is Queer is for students and youth approximately ages 12 and up. The matinée screenings will be especially relevant to course material in Film Studies, Media Studies, Social Justice, Drama, and English. We also welcome GSA’s and Pride Societies to attend.
All youth programs at VQFF are curated with a young audience in mind and will additionally be rated by BC Consumer Protection.
What is the cost to bring my students?
What is the cost to bring my students?
What is the cost to bring my students?
What is the cost to bring my students?
What is the cost to bring my students?
What is the cost to bring my students?
Group bookings for youth and accompanying adults are free of charge on both days. Educators and administrators are invited to reserve group tickets now via our Group Booking Form.
Individual youth can attend screenings on Friday, September 20, 2024 for free. Adults who are accompanying individual youth may book tickets at the Festival’s regular sliding scale prices ($7-$17 per ticket). Individual tickets for all VQFF programs will go on sale in mid-August.
How do I reserve tickets to a screening for my class or group?
How do I reserve tickets to a screening for my class or group?
How do I reserve tickets to a screening for my class or group?
How do I reserve tickets to a screening for my class or group?
How do I reserve tickets to a screening for my class or group?
How do I reserve tickets to a screening for my class or group?
Educators and administrators can reserve tickets now for screenings on Thursday, September 19 by filling out the Group Booking Form.
While we are not yet booking tickets for Friday, September 20, you may express interest in the screenings on this day in either the booking form or via email to boxoffice@outonscreen.com
What other youth programs will be available at VQFF?
What other youth programs will be available at VQFF?
What other youth programs will be available at VQFF?
What other youth programs will be available at VQFF?
What other youth programs will be available at VQFF?
What other youth programs will be available at VQFF?
The full Festival programme will be announced in mid-August, one month before the Festival! We will share highlights of all youth-friendly programs and they will also be easily searchable in our online programme.
We especially recommend the Troublemakers 8.0 (date TBA), an annual inter-generational filmmaking program by Reel Youth in which youth filmmakers make short documentaries about local 2SLGBTQIA+ elders. The final films will premiere at VQFF.
Book Out In Schools
Since 2004, Out In Schools has brought 2SLGBTQIA+ stories, films and facilitated discussion to schools and communities across BC.
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