Rainbow Visions Film Festival

The Rainbow Visions Film Festival is an annual film festival in Edmonton, Alberta, which presents an annual program of LGBT film.^[1]

Launched in 2015 by Metro Cinema Edmonton, the organizers of the city's Northwestfest (formerly known as "Global Visions") documentary film festival,^[2] the event is staged in the fall each year at the city's Garneau Theatre.^[3]

Its creation followed the demise of the city's former LGBT film festival, Queer Sightings.

References

^ "Rainbow Visions celebrates LGBTQ film for second year". Edmonton Journal, November 2, 2016.
^ "Full spectrum: Rainbow Visions brings a diverse spread of LGBT films to Edmonton". Vue Weekly, October 15, 2015.
^ "Edmonton LGBTQ film fest launches with Rainbow Visions". Edmonton Journal, October 13, 2015.

External links

Official website

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