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ABOUT US

Since 2011, Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest has been an entirely volunteer-run organisation rooted in London's queer creative scene. In Novembers, and throughout the year, we showcase an eclectic mix of films, arts and events celebrating LGBTIQA+ stories from around the world, welcoming everybody.

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)

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.

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 

Head of Festival

Martha K. Margetson

Festival Producer
Marta Calderon

Head of Programme
Muffin Hix

Film Programme

Tomer Levy, Jaye Hudson, Tara Brown, Hakeem Kazeem, Camilla Markvardsen, Wilde Davis


Guest programmers for 2022: Sweatmother, April Lin   林森

Literature Programme
Adam Zmith, Lori Lo Bianco

Arts Programme
Andrew Ellerby, Giulia Busetti

The Love Hub producer
Grant Gulczynski,  The Love Tank

Marketing and Social

Wilde Davis, Jaye Hudson, Lea Gimpel

Guest Coordinator

 Rebecka Öberg

Sponsorship
Filipe Hauszler

Technical & Production
Steph Bless, Marta Calderon, Camilla Markvardsen, Storm Patterson

Access Coordinators
Kel Grogan, Storm Patterson

Volunteer Coordinator

Zulema Ali, Simon Mortimer, Lea Gimpel


Design lead
Kristina Pringle


Press
Shiraz Mehra


Founders
Liz Collier, Anna Leach, Alex Karotsch

Fringe! fam emeritus

Josefeen Foxter, 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

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