Festival Data:

• Established: 1990
• Genre: Gay - Lesbian (click to see)
• Attendance: 13400
• Media Attendance: 65
• Accredited Industry Attendance: 120
• Total Number of Films Submitted: 1500
• Total Number of Films Screened: 127
• Total Screenings: 57
• # of Shorts Screened: 82
• # of Features Screened: 45

• Competitive

Festival Website:

Festival Description:

The organizing team of eleven people (supported by dozens of volunteers during the festival week) shares the common goal of arranging a festival that makes a difference. Alongside entertaining feature films, the festival provides a place for movies that cover current debates in the queer community and beyond. This regularly includes the organization of workshops, film talks and much more.

Despite having more than 13,000 visitors in 2006, the festival still maintains its legendary familiar atmosphere that fascinates audience and filmmakers alike.

A permanent section of the festival is devoted to films with transgender and intersexual subject matter.Great documentary and feature films on sometimes challenging topics always find a home at the festival. And the audience, which sometimes travels hundreds of miles to visit the screenings, welcomes these films.

Last year's festival was exemplary in this respect: both festival audience awards (EUROLA for Best European and GLOBOLA for Best International film) went to documentary films.

Last but not least, the festival seeks to promote and nurture queer film making with its three donated cash prizes for the best gay, lesbian, and transgender short film; alongside the Made in Germany award, for new queer German short films.

Film Submissions:

• Call for Entry: http:/ / www.lsf-hamburg.de/ content/ view/ 57/ 100/