Tag! Queer Shorts Festival
@tagqsf.org
Portland's international all-queer short film festival, find us at tagqsf.org. Organized by Juan Trujillo, PhD, emeritus faculty in jotería studies, language and culture. Personal account now active, @juantrujillo.bsky.social
Woohoo, we got a record number of submissions for our 2026 festival! Tag! Entries are now closed unless you have an invitation from Tag! (password required). Official selection announcements go out on February 1, 2026!
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Woohoo, we got a record number of submissions for our 2026 festival! Tag! Entries are now closed unless you have an invitation from Tag! (password required). Official selection announcements go out on February 1, 2026!
We're in the final days of open submissions for the 2026 festival! Get your films in today at filmfreeway.com/tagqsf. After Monday only invited projects will be accepted.
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We're in the final days of open submissions for the 2026 festival! Get your films in today at filmfreeway.com/tagqsf. After Monday only invited projects will be accepted.
What?! A new award!? YES!!! Our local Black queer woman-owned Grand Gesture Books is sponsoring our first-ever prize for best erotic short! We're just under 3 weeks from closing so get your submission to us on FilmFreeway.com/tagqsf
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
What?! A new award!? YES!!! Our local Black queer woman-owned Grand Gesture Books is sponsoring our first-ever prize for best erotic short! We're just under 3 weeks from closing so get your submission to us on FilmFreeway.com/tagqsf
If you have ethnic ties to Latin America or the Iberian Peninsula, your film could win the Hispane/Latine Creativity award sponsored by Milagro, a Portland nonprofit that serves Latino communities through art and entertainment. Don't miss ¡Alebrijes! on now, tix at milagro.org!
October 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If you have ethnic ties to Latin America or the Iberian Peninsula, your film could win the Hispane/Latine Creativity award sponsored by Milagro, a Portland nonprofit that serves Latino communities through art and entertainment. Don't miss ¡Alebrijes! on now, tix at milagro.org!
Does your film highlight queer approaches to power and community building? You could be the winner of the Power of Community award sponsored by @questcenter.bsky.social Award details are at filmfreeway.com/tagqsf #queerfilm #lgbtqia #shortfilms #filmfestival
October 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Does your film highlight queer approaches to power and community building? You could be the winner of the Power of Community award sponsored by @questcenter.bsky.social Award details are at filmfreeway.com/tagqsf #queerfilm #lgbtqia #shortfilms #filmfestival
Tag! is committed to creating accessible film experiences and we require captions for all films that have dialogue or sound effects that advance the story. Be sure to update your FilmFreeway project file with high-quality SRT captions files!
October 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Tag! is committed to creating accessible film experiences and we require captions for all films that have dialogue or sound effects that advance the story. Be sure to update your FilmFreeway project file with high-quality SRT captions files!
Make no mistake about it—Tag! is an antifascist festival that eagerly platforms filmmakers with an antifascist ethos.
Image adapted from a 1989 German activist sticker that read "Schwule & Lesben Gegen Nazis."
Image adapted from a 1989 German activist sticker that read "Schwule & Lesben Gegen Nazis."
October 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Make no mistake about it—Tag! is an antifascist festival that eagerly platforms filmmakers with an antifascist ethos.
Image adapted from a 1989 German activist sticker that read "Schwule & Lesben Gegen Nazis."
Image adapted from a 1989 German activist sticker that read "Schwule & Lesben Gegen Nazis."
Tag! started as a way to engage young people in the creation and platforming of stories that are missing from popular media—our queer stories. The erasure of queerness is now official government policy and your courageous storytelling is more necessary than ever. How can Tag! help you share yours?
October 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Tag! started as a way to engage young people in the creation and platforming of stories that are missing from popular media—our queer stories. The erasure of queerness is now official government policy and your courageous storytelling is more necessary than ever. How can Tag! help you share yours?
The "Regular Deadline" has passed but if you're considering leaving your mark on the Portland war zone, make sure to get your film submitted by December 1, 2025. Let's make this the most defiantly brown/Black, genderfucked and sexy Tag! ever!
October 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The "Regular Deadline" has passed but if you're considering leaving your mark on the Portland war zone, make sure to get your film submitted by December 1, 2025. Let's make this the most defiantly brown/Black, genderfucked and sexy Tag! ever!
Check out Tag! director Juan Trujillo's side project, the book is on sale through November! (Wait, maybe Tag! is the side project...)
It's October!? This month marks the 1st anniversary of the release of Objetos de [des]amor and yes, it's available at a discount through November for all of you who find yourself in an introspective space or working through grief. Hit the link at editorial.elinverso.com/objetos
October 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Check out Tag! director Juan Trujillo's side project, the book is on sale through November! (Wait, maybe Tag! is the side project...)
Tag! usually posts graphicked-up images of our venue but in case you're buying the "war ravaged" narrative, here is a clear view of the Clinton and a bit of the pedestrian plaza where you'll find dive bars, restaurants, and a super chill vibe. Main submission deadline is Wednesday!
September 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Tag! usually posts graphicked-up images of our venue but in case you're buying the "war ravaged" narrative, here is a clear view of the Clinton and a bit of the pedestrian plaza where you'll find dive bars, restaurants, and a super chill vibe. Main submission deadline is Wednesday!
Tag! is excited to have our popular erotic shorts category back this year. If you've got an explicit short that fits the Tag! ethos of humanizing film that challenges heteronormative discourse, send it in before our October 1 or December 1 deadlines! #lgbtqia2s #queerfilm #gayfilm
September 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Tag! is excited to have our popular erotic shorts category back this year. If you've got an explicit short that fits the Tag! ethos of humanizing film that challenges heteronormative discourse, send it in before our October 1 or December 1 deadlines! #lgbtqia2s #queerfilm #gayfilm
We are just two weeks away from the Regular Deadline and waiting for YOU to get your queer short film submitted! Contact the festival at [email protected] for info about content and submission discounts.
September 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
We are just two weeks away from the Regular Deadline and waiting for YOU to get your queer short film submitted! Contact the festival at [email protected] for info about content and submission discounts.
Tag! has a new poster to support submissions! Where would you like to see one? Let us know and we'll get it up if possible!
August 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Tag! has a new poster to support submissions! Where would you like to see one? Let us know and we'll get it up if possible!
Our new venue for 2026 has some great programming all year long, the September Crumbling Empires series looks like a winner. Swing on by the Clinton Street Theater if you're around!
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Crumbling Empires | Clinton Street Theater
Every empire eventually crumbles, no matter when or where. Either from internal or external forces, and usually a combination of both, every state, every monarchy, every dictator, despot,…
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August 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Our new venue for 2026 has some great programming all year long, the September Crumbling Empires series looks like a winner. Swing on by the Clinton Street Theater if you're around!
cstpdx.com/crumbling-em...
cstpdx.com/crumbling-em...
The early deadline is upon us! Save some $ on your submission by getting your film to us by August 1, 2025 through filmfreeway.com/tagqsf
July 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The early deadline is upon us! Save some $ on your submission by getting your film to us by August 1, 2025 through filmfreeway.com/tagqsf
This can’t be allowed to happen. We need the festivals with multimillion dollar budgets to step up and support this student-run project @framelinefestival.bsky.social ? @outonfilm.org ? New Fest? Out Fest?
July 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This can’t be allowed to happen. We need the festivals with multimillion dollar budgets to step up and support this student-run project @framelinefestival.bsky.social ? @outonfilm.org ? New Fest? Out Fest?
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Sex Workers Are Being Abducted by ICE — and Abandoned by Respectability Politics truthout.org/articles/sex...
Sex Workers Are Being Abducted by ICE — and Abandoned by Respectability Politics
Sex workers targeted by ICE need the migrant justice movement’s full solidarity.
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July 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Sex Workers Are Being Abducted by ICE — and Abandoned by Respectability Politics truthout.org/articles/sex...
Films are rolling in! Check out tagqsf.org for technical specs and guidelines that will boost your chances of selection, we're here to help you get your story on the screen!
July 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Films are rolling in! Check out tagqsf.org for technical specs and guidelines that will boost your chances of selection, we're here to help you get your story on the screen!
We are open for submissions starting today!
July 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We are open for submissions starting today!
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Update: Latest estimate confirms between Medicaid cuts and ACA rollback, total health care cuts in the Republican budget bill are now OVER $1 trillion.
Unbelievable. Latest update from the nonpartisan budget office says the Senate Republican bill now cuts nearly $1 TRILLION from Medicaid.
NEWS: Wyden Statement on New CBO Numbers Showing More than $930 Billion in Medicaid Cuts In New Senate Draft
June 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Update: Latest estimate confirms between Medicaid cuts and ACA rollback, total health care cuts in the Republican budget bill are now OVER $1 trillion.
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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
Tag! is on the move, we'll be landing at the Clinton Street Theater, a historic cinema with a long counterculture legacy and site of ongoing showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show since 1978. Mark your calendars for April 11-12, 2026!
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Tag! is on the move, we'll be landing at the Clinton Street Theater, a historic cinema with a long counterculture legacy and site of ongoing showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show since 1978. Mark your calendars for April 11-12, 2026!
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Join me for a reading from my book Objetos de [des]amor along with new work from longtime collaborators Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, Ivonne Saed and phenomenal guitarist María E. Olaya. We'll be at Milagro's Zócalo on June 22, 1-3 pm! Come early to chat and enjoy our art installation!
June 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Join me for a reading from my book Objetos de [des]amor along with new work from longtime collaborators Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, Ivonne Saed and phenomenal guitarist María E. Olaya. We'll be at Milagro's Zócalo on June 22, 1-3 pm! Come early to chat and enjoy our art installation!
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My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
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May 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
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