About Susquehanna LGBTQ Film Festival
The Susquehanna LGBTQ Film Festival, presented by Pride Festival of Central PA, is Central Pennsylvania’s largest queer cinema event. Films centered upon LGBTQ experience and identity are featured monthly, with one three-day event in September, all right here in Harrisburg. Join us for an amazing cinematic event filled with courage, diversity, and love!
Susquehanna LGBTQ Film Festival: ALL ACCESS
September 11th-13th @ Midtown Cinema
Complete access to all three days and all four blocks of programming:
New Horizons
Pridetoons
Local Voices, Vols. 1&2
All ticket proceeds benefit Pride Festival of Central PA.
Susquehanna LGBTQ Film Festival: NEW HORIZONS
September 11th @ Midtown Cinema
The cutting edge of independent LGBTQ cinema.
A curated collection of extraordinary short films. Cast your ballot for our inaugural audience prize!
FILMS INCLUDE:
Call Me Micky
Chimeras Tonight
Desert Prostitute
Dinner for Six
Don’t Cry for Me All You Drag Queens
The Fight of Her Life
Halloween Headliners
The Last Take
The Light
Morning Echo
Pixie
(Roster subject to change.)
Evening includes superb catering from Stealey’s Tavern.
All ticket proceeds benefit Pride Festival of Central PA.
Doors open, and food available, at 6; screenings begin at 7.
Susquehanna LGBTQ Film Festival: PRIDETOONS
September 12th @ Midtown Cinema
Animated films that stretch the imagination.
FILMS INCLUDE:
Acrobats
Bikini
Bodies of Water
Chimeras Tonight
Dear Girl
Horny
Name
Piece of Cake
Queens Heart
Shifting Lines
Waiting
(Roster subject to change.)
All ticket proceeds benefit Pride Festival of Central PA.
Screenings begin at noon.
Susquehanna LGBTQ Film Festival: LOCAL VOICES, VOL. 1
September 13th @ Midtown Cinema
Heartfelt films from your friends and neighbors.
Volume 1 includes:
Amish Country Queer
Don’t Cry for Me All You Drag Queens
Looking for Andrew
(Roster subject to change.)
All ticket proceeds benefit Pride Festival of Central PA.
Screenings begin at noon.
Susquehanna LGBTQ Film Festival: LOCAL VOICES, VOL. 2
September 13th @ Midtown Cinema
Heartfelt films from your friends and neighbors.
Volume 2 includes:
Halloween Headliners
Desert Prostitute
“Flushed!”
(Roster subject to change.)
All ticket proceeds benefit Pride Festival of Central PA.
Screenings begin at 7 p.m.
2026 PAST EVENT: She's the He!
August 18th, 2026 @ KARMA
Plus two short films: How Not to Date While Trans and The Vicious and the Delicious
Just before graduation, Ethan (Misha Osherovich) and Alex (Nico Carney) pose as trans women in a last ditch effort to quell gay rumors about them. It’s all a joke until Ethan realizes: She really is trans. As the school year ends, the two best friends must reckon with their changing friendship, coming out, and coming-of-age.
Happy hour at 5; event starts at 7
Admission: Pay what makes you happy!
2026 PAST EVENT: But I'm a Cheerleader DIRECTOR'S CUT
July 21st, 2026 @ KARMA
Plus two short films: Hung and Were You Gay in High School?
But I’m a Cheerleader is a whimsically edgy comedy follows teenager Megan (Natasha Lyonne), whose suburban existence filled with friends, cheerleading, and all-American fun is upended when her straight-laced parents suspect she may be a lesbian.
In a panic, they send her to True Directions, a “rehabilitation” camp run by the strict and prudish Mary (Cathy Moriarty), to mount an intervention led by counselor Mike (RuPaul Charles). Megan dutifully follows the program until she develops feelings for another camper in this timeless, satirical romantic comedy about self-acceptance and love. Costarring Michelle Williams, Clea DuVall, and Julie Delpy.
2026 PAST EVENT: Paris Is Burning
June 18th, 2026 @ KARMA
Plus two short films: Happy Birthday, Marsha! and Voguing: The Message
Paris Is Burning is a landmark documentary that offers an intimate look at New York City’s 1980s ballroom scene, where Black and Latino LGBTQ+ communities created dazzling worlds of performance, fashion, family, and self-expression. Through unforgettable interviews and vibrant ball culture footage, the film explores identity, chosen family, race, class, and the pursuit of joy in the face of exclusion.
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