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SUMMARY:Reel Q Pittsburgh 41st LGBTQ+ Film Festival: Apolo and Thorn & Roses
DESCRIPTION:Thorns & Roses\n\nAliz\, a reserved young man\, quietly harbors feelings for his flatmate. Gathering the courage to confess\, he is blindsided when the object of his affection brings home a girlfriend. As the night unfolds\, Aliz is forced inward\, grappling with unspoken desire\, emotional repression\, and the quiet devastation of loving in silence. \nApolo\nAfter naturally conceiving a child during the COVID-19 pandemic\, trans-centered couple Isis and Lourenzo begin a journey across Brazil in search of respectful and specialized prenatal care\, while fighting for their family’s rights in what kills the most trans people in the world. \n\nCity of Asylum\n40 W North Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15212 \nOctober 5\, 2026\n7:00 – 9:00 PM
URL:https://qburgh.com/event/reel-q-pittsburgh-41st-lgbtq-film-festival-apolo-and-thorn-roses/
LOCATION:Alphabet City\, 40 W North Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15212\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Q Pittsburgh LGBTQ Film Festival":MAILTO:info@reelq.org
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SUMMARY:Reel Q Film Festival: An International Queer Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for film festival season! \nEach October\, Reel Q hosts a nine-day film festival in Pittsburgh\, PA\, celebrating LGBTQ films from across the world. Now in its 41st year\, Reel Q is Pittsburgh’s longest-running film festival\, the fifth oldest LGBTQ+ film festival in the United States\, and the sixth oldest in the world. Reel Q programs approximately 20 locally first-run LGBTQ-themed full-length films and 50 to 60 short films ranging from comedies\, dramas\, and documentaries. City of Asylum is thrilled to host one such screening this October\, with a to-be-announced film fans are sure to love. \nReel Q’s mission is to increase the availability and accessibility of queer film in Pittsburgh\, and this program features international cinema centering queer characters. Previous screenings have shown films such as Finlandia (Mexico)\, Happy Together (Hong Kong)\, and The Queen of My Dreams (Pakistan/Canada). \n 
URL:https://qburgh.com/event/reel-q-film-festival-an-international-queer-film-screening/
LOCATION:Alphabet City\, 40 W North Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15212\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="City of Asylum":MAILTO:info@cityofasylum.org
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SUMMARY:Reel Q Pittsburgh 41st LGBTQ+ Film Festival: Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
DESCRIPTION:Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders peels back the layers of controversy surrounding the making of the 1980 thriller\, Cruising. Directed by William Friedkin\, the film triggered fierce protests from the LGBTQ+ community for its portrayal of a serial killer targeting gay men in New York’s leather bars. Friedkin drew inspiration from the brutal murder of Variety reporter Addison Verrill\, blurring the boundaries between cinematic fiction and real-life tragedy. \nRow House Cinema — Lawrenceville\n4115 Butler St\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15201 \nOctober 4\, 2026\n7:00 – 9:00 PM \n 
URL:https://qburgh.com/event/reel-q-pittsburgh-41st-lgbtq-film-festival-mineshaft-the-cruising-murders/
LOCATION:Row House Cinema — Lawrenceville\, 4115 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Q Pittsburgh LGBTQ Film Festival":MAILTO:info@reelq.org
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SUMMARY:Reel Q Pittsburgh 41st LGBTQ+ Film Festival: Niñxs
DESCRIPTION:In the town of Tepoztlán\, Mexico\, Karla is making a movie about her story with Kani\, while she faces a binary society that wants to categorize her as one gender or another. \nRow House Cinema — Lawrenceville\n4115 Butler St\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15201 \nOctober 4\, 2026\n2:30 – 4:30 PM \n 
URL:https://qburgh.com/event/reel-q-pittsburgh-41st-lgbtq-film-festival-ninxs/
LOCATION:Row House Cinema — Lawrenceville\, 4115 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Q Pittsburgh LGBTQ Film Festival":MAILTO:info@reelq.org
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SUMMARY:Reel Q Pittsburgh 41st LGBTQ+ Film Festival: Bearcave
DESCRIPTION:Set in the Greek mountain village of Tirna\, Bearcave follows Argyro\, a badass farmer\, and her best friend Anneta\, the village “it” girl and local manicurist. Once Anneta admits that she’s pregnant and planning to leave town with her lame cop boyfriend\, Argyro challenges Anneta to embark on an adventure to find the mystical bear cave. Before Argyro has a chance to confess her own love\, Anneta leaves for her new life in the big city. Argyro is left broken. Meanwhile\, in her new home with her clingy mother-in-law\, Anneta quickly realizes her destiny lies elsewhere. \nRow House Cinema — Lawrenceville\n4115 Butler St\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15201 \nSunday\, October 4\, 2026\n2:15 – 4:15 PM
URL:https://qburgh.com/event/reel-q-pittsburgh-41st-lgbtq-film-festival-bearcave-2/
LOCATION:Row House Cinema — Lawrenceville\, 4115 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Q Pittsburgh LGBTQ Film Festival":MAILTO:info@reelq.org
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SUMMARY:Reel Q Pittsburgh 41st LGBTQ+ Film Festival: Time Warp
DESCRIPTION:Join us after Timewarp with Junior Chamber of Commerce Players! The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been running on and off in Pittsburgh since the late ’70’s / early ’80’s. The story of Rocky in Pittsburgh is one of continuous death\, rebirth\, and perseverence… Like cockroaches! \nRow House Cinema — Hollywood\n1449 Potomac Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15216 \nOctober 3\, 2026\n10:00PM – 12:00AM \n\n\nTime Warp\n50 years after The Rocky Horror Picture Show electrified audiences\, a drag theater company in the once-booming mining town of Rock Springs\, Wyoming\, stages a shadow cast of the cult classic. Led by the charismatic 25-year-old performer Kenny Starling\, the determined troupe spotlights the ongoing fight for queer visibility and acceptance in their community.
URL:https://qburgh.com/event/reel-q-pittsburgh-41st-lgbtq-film-festival-time-warp/
LOCATION:Row House Cinema — Hollywood\, 1449 Potomac Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15216\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Q Pittsburgh LGBTQ Film Festival":MAILTO:info@reelq.org
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SUMMARY:Reel Q Pittsburgh 41st LGBTQ+ Film Festival: In A Whisper
DESCRIPTION:A playful collection of queer shorts about love\, lust\, connection\, and all the weird moments in between. \nThe Soft Spot\n5407 Penn Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15206 \nOctober 3\, 2026\n2:30 – 4:00 PM \n\nIn a Whisper\nBack in Tunisia for her uncle’s funeral\, Lilia reunites with a family that knows nothing about her life in Paris\, particularly her romantic life. Determined to uncover the mystery behind her uncle’s sudden death\, Lilia finds herself confronted with family secrets.
URL:https://qburgh.com/event/reel-q-pittsburgh-41st-lgbtq-film-festival-in-a-whisper/
LOCATION:The Soft Spot\, 5407 Penn Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15206\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Q Pittsburgh LGBTQ Film Festival":MAILTO:info@reelq.org
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SUMMARY:Reel Q Pittsburgh 41st LGBTQ+ Film Festival: Short & Sweet Shorts
DESCRIPTION:A playful collection of queer shorts about love\, lust\, connection\, and all the weird moments in between. \nThe Soft Spot\n5407 Penn Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15206 \nOctober 3\, 2026\n12:30 – 2:00 PM \nBaker’s Boy\nSix months after small-town transmasc baker Sam starts using testosterone gel\, they begin to notice that everyone they know is a little bit beefier\, a little bit hairier\, and a little bit hornier than they had been previously…\n\nPittsburgh is Freezing\nA documentary short profiling two Pittsburgh drag performers and their chosen family while exploring community\, identity\, and artistic expression. \nLas Cosas Que Brillan\nWhen a trans Latinx mermaid defies her mother’s warnings\, she is forced to confront the violent legacies of colonialism\, environmental destruction\, and the danger of being desired in the human world. \nThe BlackStar Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab is presented with support from Independence Public Media Foundation\, William Penn Foundation\, and Wyncote Foundation. This project has been supported by The Philadelphia Independent Media Fund\, administered by Scribe Video Center\, with funds provided by the Independence Public Media Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation. \nLeo Lets It Rain\nLeo\, a trans man with undiagnosed ADHD\, is on his way to win back his ex-girlfriend when his plans are thwarted by a storm\, forcing him to slow down and reevaluate. \nCruising Lesbiana\nAn experimental docu-fiction short film that explores cruising (finding intimacy in public spaces)\, visibility\, identity\, and the discourse on space within Barcelona’s FLINTA community. Interviews with selected characters in a moving car are set along the fictional narrative of a female cab driver who visits several cruising spaces\, while raw HDV footage forms a poetic\, multi-layered “docu-fiction” narrative focused on the exploration of individual and collective desire. \nFrom Male To Female\nSalima\, 15\, accidentally discovers that she is intersex. A young ballerina\, she escapes into an imaginary world where the Buraq — a mythical creature — becomes her guide. Together\, they travel through a parallel universe in search of a buried truth: her identity\, and the essence of who she is.
URL:https://qburgh.com/event/reel-q-pittsburgh-41st-lgbtq-film-festival-short-sweet-shorts/
LOCATION:The Soft Spot\, 5407 Penn Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15206\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Q Pittsburgh LGBTQ Film Festival":MAILTO:info@reelq.org
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SUMMARY:Reel Q Pittsburgh 41st LGBTQ+ Film Festival Kickoff Party: Black Burns Fast
DESCRIPTION:Kick off our 41st season with two films opening night AND a party in between! Join us downstairs at Bierport from 7:30-9:30 PM (or later!) for complimentary food and drinks. Come for both films and party between screenings\, stop by after the first\, or grab a drink before the second — however you do it\, come celebrate opening night with us! \nRow House Cinema — Lawrenceville\n4115 Butler St\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15201 \nOctober 2\, 2026\n8:30 – 10:30 PM \nBlack Burns Fast\nBlack Burns Fast is a queer and quirky coming-of-age film set in at a prestigious boarding school in South Africa. 17-year-old adorkable Luthando is on track for a normal academic year until Ayanda arrives at the school and forces her to rethink everything. In the aftermath\, Luthando struggles with juggling multiple identities to avoid rejection from her mother and her schoolmates as she comes to terms with her sexuality.\n 
URL:https://qburgh.com/event/reel-q-pittsburgh-41st-lgbtq-film-festival-opening-night-black-burns-fast/
LOCATION:Row House Cinema — Lawrenceville\, 4115 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Q Pittsburgh LGBTQ Film Festival":MAILTO:info@reelq.org
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CREATED:20260916T235529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T000112Z
UID:10024365-1790965800-1790973000@qburgh.com
SUMMARY:Reel Q Pittsburgh 41st LGBTQ+ Film Festival Opening Night: Bookends
DESCRIPTION:Kick off our 41st season with two films opening night AND a party in between! Join us downstairs at Bierport from 7:30-9:30 PM (or later!) for complimentary food and drinks. Come for both films and party between screenings\, stop by after the first\, or grab a drink before the second — however you do it\, come celebrate opening night with us! \nRow House Cinema — Lawrenceville\n4115 Butler St\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15201 \nOctober 2\, 2026\n6:30 – 8:30 PM \nBookends\nNate is an excitable millennial novelist forced to leave his fabulous city life behind and move in with his grandparents after a bad breakup. But when his Holocaust-surviving grandfather Saul shows signs of cognitive decline and his grandmother Miriam refuses to acknowledge her husband’s early signs of dementia\, Nate finds himself torn between his desire to escape retirement community life\, family responsibilities\, and an unexpected romance with his grandparents’ doctor.
URL:https://qburgh.com/event/reel-q-pittsburgh-41st-lgbtq-film-festival-opening-night-bookends/
LOCATION:Row House Cinema — Lawrenceville\, 4115 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Q Pittsburgh LGBTQ Film Festival":MAILTO:info@reelq.org
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