QUEER SPECTRUM FILM FESTIVAL 2026

Powerful stories and moving images from LGBTQIA+ migrants and queer people of colour around the world.

From June 12th-14th 2026

Welcome to the third edition of the Queer Spectrum Film Festival (QSFF) – a vibrant celebration of queer stories in motion. As Ireland’s first film festival dedicated to LGBTQIA+ people of colour and migrant voices, QSFF foregrounds powerful narratives shaped by migration, desire, nostalgia, intimacy, community, and transformation. This year’s theme, Tender Migrations: Queer Journeys Through Desire, Transition, and Healing, explores how queer lives are continually reshaped across borders, generations, and identities.

Responding to Ireland’s evolving role as a place of refuge and possibility for LGBTQIA+ migrants from the Global South and East, the festival moves beyond familiar coming-out narratives to centre stories of becoming, resilience, and belonging. Organised by Queer Asian Pride Ireland (QAPI) with the support of Screen Ireland and community partners, QSFF honours those who carry memories of home while courageously imagining new futures. These films breathe with vulnerability, resistance, joy, and the beauty of transformation.

Festival team:

Founder, director and programmer – Pradeep Mahadeshwar (He/They)

Festival management support – Prateek Bhardwaj (He/Him)

QSFF 2026 Juries

Dr. Meishan Zhang (She/her)

Kay (She/Her)

Prateek Bhardwaj (He/Him)

Sponsors:

Screen Ireland

Certified Proud

Gay Health Network (GHN)

Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre