Six years is not really easy to reach for a film festival like ours. As people used to say, we are no longer a boy but not yet a man. It is a period of changing and growing into maturity. That's why this year we present films with coming-of-age and journey into adolescence under the theme umbrella called "Youth Revisited".

At this tender age, people start to explore, wonder about, discover and shaping oneself into a certain direction in a more stable way. There is always a big question mark, so is Q! Film Festival. Whether we can carry on or not, we don't really know. This is always an exciting challenge for us to examine.

The film programming has raised in terms of quality. All the films screened this year have been selected in some pretigous festivals, thanks to our official partner and international acknowledgement from Teddy Award section from Berlin International Film Festival. The number of spectators has increased significantly over the years. We are even honoured to have the World Premiere of a short film "Twogether" by Singaporean director Victric Thng and a short documentary film "Paris Dreams Continued" by local director Dhani Agustinus.

Apart from the film screenings, there are also Q! Gossips where everyone can chat around over some queer issues with some filmmakers, novelists in depth. To answer some curiosity behind the making of a film, we will also showcase a behind-the-scene photo exhibition of a Japanese film called "First Love" at Japan Foundation during the festival.

Continuing the festival in Jakarta, we will also screen 3 films in Seminyak, Bali where people will have a different experience of watching a film by the beach.

So sit back, relax and enjoy the festival!





Q! Film Festival team