The San Francisco Bay Times published an article about QWOCMAP and our 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival, written by Kristie Song.
“QWOCMAP’s Programming Upholds Queer, Trans Communities Amidst San Francisco’s Unraveling Arts Landscape”
Published May 21, 2026
Read the article: https://sfbaytimes.com/qwocmaps-programming-upholds-queer-trans-communities-amidst-san-franciscos-unraveling-arts-landscape/
“What lies ahead for San Francisco’s eclectic, radical art spheres remains murky; but organizations like the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QUOCMAP) are not waiting passively for things to change. They are charting their own resilient and resistant paths forward.
Since 2000, the San Francisco-based nonprofit has carved out its own liberatory imprint, pressing into the city a transformative, inclusive film space where LBTQIA+ people of color create and have their stories amplified.
QWOCMAP has led free filmmaking workshops and fellowships that provide accessible resources for queer and trans people of all skill levels, and continues to host an international film festival that platforms revolutionary, defiant, and joyful narratives of queer and trans Indigenous folks, Black people, Muslims, disabled community members, and other LBTQIA+ people of color from around the world. The festival is also ranked in the top 3 most accessible film festivals in the world, and, of those, is one of two that offers audio descriptions for every film screened. ”
