GAY FILM NIGHTS International Film Festival (SERILE FILMULUI GAY International Film festival - in Romanian) is the first and only international LGBT film festival in Romania. It is held every October in Cluj-Napoca since 2004.

 

In a country where gay and Roma people are avoided by most (as shown by the E.U. Fundamental Rights Agency), the festival aims to send an accurate and efficient message about cultural diversity and accepting individual values.

 

GAY FILM NIGHTS International Film Festival brings the rainbow of diversity to Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from around the world, through a competition of LGBT-themed short films, feature films and documentaries. In autumn, when trees lose their leaves, we try to make people lose their prejudices and fill up our basket - not with fruit, but with good movies, great activities and cultural diversity.

 

To fulfill this goal, the program of the festival includes such activities as LGBT film competitions, exhibitions, shows, public debates, as well as outreach and ecological actions. A Gay Awards Ceremony closes each edition, offering recognition to those public personalities who have significantly supported the Romanian LGBT community.

 

Every year, free entrance is granted to all these events: the purpose of the festival is not to obtain money, but to promote democracy, tolerance and diversity.

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