YEAR ROUND
ABOUT US
Since 2011, Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest has been an entirely volunteer-run organisation rooted in London's queer creative scene. In our autumn festival, and throughout the year, we showcase an eclectic mix of films, arts and events celebrating LGBTIQA+ stories from around the world, welcoming everybody.
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Fringe! started in 2011 as a community response to arts cuts carnage, and since then we’ve ‘expanded exponentially to become one of the most innovative and exciting festivals on the circuit.’ (Londonist)
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From feature films to experimental installations, workshops and lively debates to wild parties, Fringe! hosts a multitude of diverse events to tickle every one of the senses. You'll see us flooding East London's cinemas, art galleries, pop-up venues and basement clubs with the powerful, provocative and strange.
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As we continue to develop and our Fringe! family continues to grow, some things stay the same: a lot of our screenings and events are free or affordable, we remain open to new voices and ideas, and we’ll always be queer: celebratory but critical as hell.
THE TEAM
Fringe! is organised by an all-volunteer team
June Archbold: Programmer
Khadija Bah: Guest Assistant
Nemi Colette: Recruitment Coordinator
Josefeen Foxter: Programmer
Madeleine Gauci Green: Marketing Assistant
Léa Gimpel-Lichtarz: Recruitment Lead
Grant Gulczynski: The Love Hub Producer
Cedrik Kavanagh: Access Coordinator
Hakeem Kazeem: Programmer
John-James Laidlow: Access Administrator
Daniel Leckerman: Access Assistant
Tomer Levy: Programmer
Camilla Markvardsen: Programmer and Festival Producer
Isla McGregor: Marketing Assistant
Siavash Minoukadeh: Marketing Lead
Jack Parry: Festival Producer
Hiba Shibu: Guest Assistant
Kane Stonestreet: Arts and Literature Programmer
Grac Talbot: Marketing Assistant
Poster and brochure design: Carolina Feijó, João Queriós
Trailer: Steph Bless
Guest programmers & curators:
Sweatmother, Jaye Hudson, April Lin 林森, Jeng Au, Rizky Rahadianto
Preselectors:
Tara Brown, Jack Parry, Siavash Minoukadeh, Nemi Colette
Founders
Liz Collier, Anna Leach, Alex Karotsch
Fringe! fam emeritus
M K Margetson, Wilde Davis, Marta Calderón Quiñones, Rebecka Öberg, Adam Smith, Kel Grogan, Storm Patterson, Jack Birch, Muffin Hix, Kai Fiain, Rico Johnson-Sinclair, Helen MacKenzie & Will Swinburne (Left Handed Cinema Collective), Emma Feasey, Jorge Garriz, Luis Amalia, Rowan Wigley, Daniele Guerra, Jesus Blazquez, Olivia Ross, Sean McGovern, Theresa Heath, Martin Deutz, Konstantinos Menelaou, Pierre Gouverneur, Filipe Hauszler
