The 6th annual Flip the Script Queer Film Festival
returns October 3–11, 2025!
Flip the Script is happy to announce the 6th Flip the Script Fest (FSF) returns to the Fall Arts Scene this October 3–11, 2025.
Held annually in October, Flip the Script is a hybrid nine-day film festival celebrating Queer stories from 2SLGBTQIA+ filmmakers all over the globe!
Submit Your Films
Send us your short films, feature films, and music videos that subvert the norm of Queer representation! Documentary, Narrative, Experimental, Animation – we want to see them all!
In order to qualify, we ask that at least one member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community was involved in the making of your submission.
Submissions Categories
Narrative Genre Feature Films
Fiction feature films with runtime of 50–120 minutes. Comedies. Horrors. Westerns. Romance. Thrillers. Musicals. Science Fiction. Drama. Feature films with a strong connection to a traditional genre, or that Flip the Script and turn that genre upside down.
Documentary Feature Films
Non-Fiction feature films that are a runtime of 50–120 minutes in length.
Narrative Genre Short Films
Fiction short films with runtime of 45 minutes or less. Comedies. Horrors. Westerns. Romance. Thrillers. Musicals. Science Fiction. Drama. Short films with a strong connection to a traditional genre, or that Flip the Script and turn that genre upside down.
Documentary Short Films
Non-Fiction feature films that are a runtime of 45 minutes or less.
Avant Garde & Experimental Short Films
Visual, Experimental, Performance or Dance short films with runtime of 45 minutes or less.
Episodic
Web series, webisodes, ongoing storylines; either submitting as a pilot or series of episodes. If selected, Programmers will determine how many episodes will play theatrically. Please submit no more than 2 hrs.
Music Videos
Music videos with a runtime of 1–10 minutes in length.
Dates & Deadlines
November 14, 2024 – Submissions Open
March 1, 2025 – Earlybird Deadline
April 5, 2025 – Regular Deadline
May 3, 2025 – Extended Deadline
July 12, 2025 – Late Deadline
August 8, 2025 – Notification Date
Oct 3–11, 2025 – Event Dates
Submission Fees
Earlybird fee = $15.00
Regular fee = $20.00
Extended fee = $25.00
Late fee = $30.00
ALL SELECTED FILMS WILL RECEIVE A SCREENING FEE!
Need the submission fee waived?
Use code: QueerWaive
Awards & Prizes
The Michael Alonga Award for Audience Choice film, aka The Daphnes
💌 Feature Film: $1,500
💌 Short Film: $500
The Daphnes are generously sponsored by WE WERE THERE, INC, a registered 501(c)(3), whose mission is the preservation and dissemination of LGBTQ+ history through multi-platform storytelling, with the goal of educating and empowering LGBTQ+ youth.
We are truly honored by their support!