Partners - QWOCMAP: Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project

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Community Partners

Our Community Partners are Bay Area organizations (and some from further out) who show up for QWOCFF. They co-host screenings, send crisis counselors, bring their audiences, and have been doing it with us for years. Some of these partnerships are as old as the festival.

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Funders

Grants for the Arts is the only institutional funder of the International Queer Women of Color Film Festival. QWOCFF is free because of this support and because of every partner on this page.

Borealis Philanthropy

The Borealis Disability Inclusion Fund supports general operations, and Disability Justice and accessibility at all levels of the organization

California Arts Council

California Arts Council supports the Film & Freedom Academy for LBTQIA+ Youth of color ages 18-24

Color Congress

Color Congress supports general operations and accessibility for Blind & Low Vision people

Disability Inclusion Fund

The Borealis Disability Inclusion Fund supports general operations, and Disability Justice and accessibility at all levels of the organization.

Forward Global

Forward Global supports programs for LBTQIA+ women of color

Horizons Foundation

Horizons Foundation supports the Film & Freedom Academy for LBTQIA+ Youth of color ages 18-24

Jerome Foundation

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Masto Foundation

Masto Foundation supports general operations

San Francisco Grants for the Arts

The only direct support for our 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival

San Francisco Human Rights Commission

SF Human Rights Commission supports Critical Juncture for Emerging & Early Career LBTQIA+ Black filmmakers

San Francisco’s Department of Children, Youth & their Families

SF Department of Children, Youth & their Families supports the Film & Freedom Academy for LBTQIA+ Youth ages 18-24

Wallace Foundation

Wallace Foundation supports efforts to build strategic capacity and relationships that advance the wellbeing of our LBTQIA+ people of color community and the sustainability of QWOCMAP as a cultural anchor

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Hewlett Foundation support general operations, and digital security and safety

Presenting Sponsors

Presenting Sponsors fund individual screenings and events at QWOCFF. When you see a sponsor’s name on a screening page, that organization made that specific program possible.

Creative Wildfire

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Movement Generation

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Media Sponsors

Media Sponsors help QWOCFF reach wider audiences through coverage, promotion, and visibility across platforms.

SF Bay Times

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shades Magazine

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Industry Partners

Industry Partners are film industry organizations that fund QWOCFF directly.

Artists Television Access

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Atlas of Blackness

When we met the amazing folks from Atlas of Blackness, we immediately wanted to collaborate with them, connecting over their mentorship for foster and formerly incarcerated Black youth. Based in Minneapolis, they have been at the frontlines of protecting Twin Cities communities as a “grassroots multimedia artistic research-based organization.” They are members of Color Congress along with QWOCMAP.

BIPOC Doc Editors

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Center for Asian American Media

We love partnering with our Color Congress siblings, the Center for Asian American Media and their annual CAAMFest. We share their passion for presenting Asian American experiences to the world.

Cinemama

Co-hosts for our Presidio Bowl party, Cinemama is another Color Congress member. They are building the cultural hub that Oakland needs, a creative center for Bay Area filmmakers and film professionals. Like QWOCMAP, they know that filmmakers are essential to our culture.

Comfrey Films

Comfrey Films is the other out LGBTQIA+ organization in our Color Congress coalition. We’ve been thrilled to partner with them as we both train the next generation of Black Trans storytellers and filmmakers, covering the East and West Coast. They are an important anchor for Black Trans people in the South.

East Bay Film Collective

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Filmmakers Collaborative SF

Filmmakers Collaborative SF is a nonprofit media organization with a mission to catalyze positive change through the power of filmmaking.

Firelight Media

Firelight Media’s mission is to support the creation, distribution, and impact of documentary media by and about communities of color in all our vibrance and complexity. By providing filmmakers mentorship, funding, and creative development, we seek to advance the art of nonfiction storytelling to realize a more just and beautiful world.

Jingletown Films

Jingletown Films is dedicated to amplifying the voices of diverse storytellers and filmmakers whose work has historically been underrepresented in the film industry. Founded by Cheryl, a film and television veteran since 1989, Jingletown Films reflects her longstanding commitment to fostering diversity both in front of and behind the camera. Inspired by the vibrant spirit of Oakland, Cheryl’s home, Jingletown Films embodies the city’s rich cultural, political, and artistic legacy. It is a creative hub rooted in community and bold storytelling.

Movement Generation

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Rada Collaborative

Color Congress organization, Mad spoke with Kendi King in 2025, and they were interested in potentially applying to our Film & Freedom Academy. The Rada Collaborative is an arts organization based between Brooklyn and Baltimore that uses cinema, visual art, and compelling visual stories to build narrative agency and material change for creators of color. We provoke critical thought and disrupt the status quo in nonfiction spaces and our world. We formed Rada Collaborative as a space to nurture and mentor BIPOC artists and provide a platform to spotlight their work and build an expansive sense of belonging for them.

Re-Present Media

Our mission is to center personal storytelling from marginalized communities in documentary film and nonfiction media to advance social and economic equity.

Roxie Theater

The Roxie Theater, a San Francisco landmark in the Mission District, brings people together to meet and connect through distinctive cinematic experiences. Guided by the passionate belief that engaging with a movie doesn’t end with the credits, we invite filmmakers, curators, entertainers and educators to interact with our audiences.

Skywalker Sound

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Superfest Disability Film Festival

Superfest provides a platform for disabled filmmakers, actors, creators, and visionaries to share their stories with the world. Join our community of supporters and help us continue to bring stories about disability to light.

Third World Newsreel

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Co-Presenters

Co-Presenters work with us on specific screenings and events. They open their venues, bring their communities, and help us reach people we wouldn't reach on our own.

Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc)

A-Doc is a national network that works to increase the visibility and support of Asian Americans in the documentary field. We welcome and include filmmakers who self-identify as Asian American, recognizing that this is a porous, evolving definition. We encourage members from the broader Asian American community to be active.

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Asian CineVision

For over 45 years, Asian CineVision (ACV) has provided a platform for Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the media arts. ACV creates a community of artists and storytellers.

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BAMPFA

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) ignites cultural change for a more inclusive and artistic world. BAMPFA has been uniquely dedicated to art and film since 1970, with international programming that is locally connected and globally relevant.

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Bitchitra Collective: Indian Women in Documentary

Enabling authentic storytelling and creating an equitable film and media landscape for women & non-binary filmmakers from India and the Indian diaspora by providing access to resources, and inclusive opportunities for growth, collaboration, learning and networking.

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Cal Queer & Asian Conference (QACON)

For 12 years, QACON was an annual celebration of queer & Asian identity, empowerment, education, leadership, and community through workshops, performances, storytelling, and activist speakers. In 2025, QACON was revived in "BLOOM." A year later, we continue to rebuild and rework the conference in this new political moment.

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CineFest Latino Boston

CineFest Latino Boston LLC is an annual film festival conducted in Boston, highlighting stories by and about Latinos. The festival is committed to using the power of film to break stereotypes, bring cultures and communities together and reveal the complex issues affecting the Latinx community in the United States, as well as communities in Latin America and Spain.

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Cultural Conservancy

Founded in 1985, we are based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with our headquarters on unceded Ohlone land and our land base in the sovereign territories of Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo peoples.

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Curve Foundation

The Curve Foundation champions LGBTQ+ women’s and nonbinary people’s culture and stories through intergenerational programming and community building. We are inclusive of all who identify as part of the Curve community.

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DeafHope

Our mission at DeafHope is to end domestic and sexual violence in Deaf communities through empowerment, education and services.

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El Rio

El Rio began her life in 1978 as a Brazilian Leather Gay Bar aiming to serve the surrounding Mission District neighborhood and all good folks. Our founders, Malcolm and Robert, ran things until their retirement when the helm passed to The Crew. We are a queer run community space, an event space, a gathering place, a venue, a Mission mainstay and many other things to many people. We are grateful to our wonderful patrons and community for keeping us alive.

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Filmmakers Collaborative SF

Filmmakers Collaborative SF is a nonprofit media organization with a mission to catalyze positive change through the power of filmmaking.

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Harlem Film House

Harlem Film House has various programs to provide access and resources to creative entrepreneurs in underserved communities around the world. We believe in the power of artistic expression to inspire change and bring people together.

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Imagine This Women’s Film Festival

Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival is a celebration of bold storytelling and fearless creativity. For 10 years, ITWIFF has championed women and gender expansive filmmakers from around the world—spotlighting visionary voices that challenge, inspire, and transform. From powerful premieres and intimate Q&As to game-changing panels, industry workshops, and meaningful mentorship, ITWIFF creates space for underrepresented creators to learn, connect, and take center stage. This is more than a film festival. It’s a movement. And you’re invited.

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KOSINIMA

KOSINIMA, Inc. (pronounced “co-cinema”) is a leading force in connecting Black filmmakers across Africa and the African diaspora through film production, grants, screenings, networking, and mentorship.

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Lesbian Game Changers

We empower and validate students by advancing equity, visibility, and inclusion. We create a safer campus environment by providing educational materials that teach LGBTQ+ inclusive history.

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MakeItBay

#MakeItBay is a community-led movement to revitalize the bay area's film, media, and screen sectors by investing in local talent, championing regional storytelling, and rebuilding the infrastructure needed to bring productions back home. Powered by industry professionals, this initiative drives innovation, equity, and economic growth across the creative sector.

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Mamá Papaya

Mamá Papaya nurtures and cultivates historically underserved filmmakers and storytellers. Through practices of care, community building, and education, our programs support filmmakers and the public to engage in a healing experience rooted in the values of care, interconnectedness, and accountability.

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MIX NYC

MIX NYC (est. 1987) is a non-profit organization dedicated to platforming, promoting, and supporting LGBTQIA2S+ experimental filmmakers and artists. Through our annual MIX FEST and year-round programming, we are committed to showing films that challenge conventional filmmaking practices, test bold ideas, and offer insight into the wide, evolving array of queer experience.

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ODC

ODC is a unique center for dance, and a flagship home for the arts in San Francisco.

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Okaeri

Okaeri, a program of Little Tokyo Service Center, is a place for LGBTQ+ Japanese/Japanese Americans, parents, and allies of all backgrounds to find support, explore resources, and build a community where LGBTQ+ Japanese Americans are embraced and allowed to be their full, authentic selves.

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Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti (PEAK)

PEAK supports and uplifts Pasifika talent in three ways: Fostering community and utilizing industry networks. Offering cultural consulting and training workshops. Providing development opportunities.

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Points North Institute

The Points North Institute is a launching pad for the next generation of nonfiction storytellers. We build a unique, interdisciplinary community of filmmakers, artists, journalists, industry leaders and local audiences, forming a creative hub where stories and talent are discovered, collaborations are born, and the future of nonfiction media is shaped.

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Re-Present Media

Our mission is to center personal storytelling from marginalized communities in documentary film and nonfiction media to advance social and economic equity.

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Roxie Theater

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SF Disability Cultural Center

We host hybrid programming that celebrates the joy, creativity, and brilliance of disability communities in San Francisco and beyond.

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Stargaze Festival

The Stargaze Festival celebrates inclusivity and freedom for women, non-binary, and trans people, creating unforgettable experiences in the heart of Western Massachusetts.

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Superfest Disability Film Festival

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Undocumented Filmmakers Collective

We center the film expertise of undocumented people not only as sources of stories but also as creators, artists, and primary audiences.

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Advertisers

Advertisers are in the QWOCFF program book, which goes to every attendee at the in-person festival.

Deadline is 31 Jan 2027

Front Porch

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PinkLabel.TV

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Sinister Wisdom

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THÚY Custom Clothier

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Wellness Journey Portal

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In-Kind Donors

In-Kind Donors give us what we can't always buy fast enough: food, drinks, equipment, venues. When you eat at QWOCFF, someone on this list made that happen.