KPFA’s Womens Magazine broadcasted an interview with founder and Executive/Artistic Director Madeleine Lim about our 21st annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival.

“Celebrate Queer Pride with SF Frameline and QWOCMAP film festivals”
Published June 9, 2025

Listen to interview here: https://kpfa.org/episode/womens-magazine-june-9-2025/

“This Monday June 9th at 1-2pm pm on KPFA Radio’s Women’s Magazine I will be talking about the two most important Queer film festivals in the U.S., the San Francisco Frameline LGBTQI + film festival and QWOCMAP…In the second half of the show I talk to Madeleine Lim, founder and executive director of the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project or QWOCMAP. QWOCMAP presents their 21st annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival this year and it is offered for free, and runs from June 13th-15th at San Francisco’s historic Presidio Theatre in the Presidio National Park. And we talk to Kirthi Nath who is an award winning South Asian lesbian filmmaker, whose lushly beautiful and touching film PARAMITA is being featured at QWOCMAP. For more info check out the website at qwocmap.org/festival."

The KTVU published an article about the 20th anniversary International Queer Women of Color Film Festival.

“Queer Women of Color Film Festival celebrates 20 years in San Francisco”
Published June 14, 2024

Read the article: https://www.ktvu.com/news/queer-women-color-film-festival-celebrates-20-years-san-francisco

“The goal of the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) is to serve as a bridge between various communities.

Founder Madeleine Lim points out, many queer characters on screen, all the way through the 1980s, were not portrayed in a positive light.

“Almost all of our queer characters were dead, murdered, or depressed,” Lim said. “To have a happy ending in a film, it shouldn’t be a big deal, but you know, sometimes it still is.”

The festival showcases themes of perseverance, activism, and love, while exploring the complexities of ethnicity in the LGBTQ+ community.”