agliff

Based in Austin, Texas — aGLIFF’s mission is to create positive and visible film programs relevant to the lives of LGBTQIA+ identified people, to educate the community about LGBTQIA+ issues, to produce and promote the best in LGBTQIA+ community building events, and to support and partner with other organizations to enlighten the public.

aGLIFF community programs include the Queer Youth Media Project, Queer Black Voices Fund and Queer Spectrum Monthly Screenings.

PRISM, our annual marquee LGBTQIA+ film festival is held each year in August.

HISTORY

1987 - 2013: aGLIFF was founded as the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival in 1987 and became a 501(c)3 in 1995. The festival began as a four-day event with just four films primarily focused on coming out and the AIDS epidemic. It is Austin’s oldest film festival and has since grown into a multifaceted nonprofit organization with year round community programs and events culminating each year in the annual film festival.

2013: aGLIFF made a brief rebrand as Polari to reflect the limitations of being known as a “Gay & Lesbian” festival, but returned to aGLIFF in 2015 to honor its history.

2018: the organization changed its name to All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival to reflect the changing landscape of how queer people identify.

2019: the Board of Directors selected PRISM as the new name for our marquee annual film festival. The name was chosen to highlight the way our festival can refract a single beam of art into multiple viewpoints, showcasing all the voices in the spectrum of our LGBTQ+ community.

Our goals:

• To create positive and visible film programs relevant to lives of LGBTQ+ identified people

• To educate the community about LGBTQ+ issues

• To produce and promote the best in LGBTQ+ community building events

• To support and partner with other organizations to enlighten the public

30 YEARS OF PRIDE: an aGLIFF Retrospective

AGLIFF CELEBRATED ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2017 AND HONORED ITS HISTORY WITH A RETROSPECTIVE DIRECTED BY BEARS REBECCA FONTE.