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Filmmaker Development Program

Program Overview

Our pathway from first film to professional career

Film & Freedom Academy

Free filmmaking intensives with stipends, equipment, and mentorship

Critical Juncture

An 18-month fellowship for emerging LBTQIA+ filmmakers of color

Apprenticeships in media arts and creative technologies

Future Archives

Preserving the stories of our elder artists and activists

Connecting filmmakers with social justice movements

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Visit the International Queer Women of Color Film Festival

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Archive of every festival since 2004

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Online Satellite Screening

Watch IndigiQueer Stewards satellite screening online in November. Available worldwide!

Browse Films

QWOCMAP's boutique distribution program offers customized curatorial services that other film distributors don't

Where you can watch QWOCMAP films near you

Full catalog coming soon! The world's largest collection of films by queer and trans filmmakers of color.

Madeleine Lim Films

Founding Executive/Artistic Director and filmmaker

JEWELLE: A Just Vision

The life of Black Cape Verdean writer and activist Jewelle Gomez

The Worlds of Bernice Bing

The Abstract Expressionist painter, Buddhist, and Chinese American lesbian

Sambal Belacan in San Francisco

Cultural identity, lesbian sexuality, and immigration

JEWELLE: A Just Vision (2022) by Madeleine Lim

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QWOCMAP Productions Studio

Videography, editing, and production for mission-aligned clients

About QWOCMAP

Who will tell LBTQIA+ BIPOC stories if we don't?

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A model developed over 25+ years of practice

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Madeleine Lim Receives Pride Commendation

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