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| Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
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| Founded | 1 January 2006 |
| Founded by | Yair Hochner |
| Website | www |
TLVFest, officially the Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Hebrew: הפסטיבל הבינלאומי לקולנוע גאה), is an annual film festival held in Tel Aviv, Israel. The festival is focused on LGBTQ-themed film from around the world.[1]
The festival, based at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. is open to all types of audiences, not only to members of the LGBTQ community. The festival also spotlights LGBTQ Palestinian films, consults LGBTQ Palestinians in its film selection process, and is outspoken in its commitment to Palestinian human rights.[2]
The festival is increasingly active outside Tel Aviv, and bringing LGBTQ culture across the country to cities and towns such as Sderot, Beersheba, Haifa, Jerusalem, Kibbutz Mizra, Rosh Pina, Ness Ziona, and Pardes Hanna-Karkur,
The festival runs around the same time as, sometimes concurrently, with Tel Aviv Pride.[3]
- ^ "LGBTs Talk BDS in TLV". Haaretz. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "TLVFEST STATEMENT". TLVFest. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "The Tel-Aviv international LGBT Film Festival". Retrieved 6 May 2016.