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, which presents a program of

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."Artistic director addresses racism with 15th Queer City Cinema festival"
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'', September 19, 2018. Established in 1996 by Gary Varro, the festival was presented every two years at first before becoming an annual event. In recent years, the main festival has been presented concurrently with Performatorium, a festival of LGBTQ performance art. In addition to the main event in Regina, the festival also presents a touring LGBTQ film minifestival presented in selected other cities across Canada, including Victoria, Yellowknife,

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, Winnipeg,

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. The touring minifestival was organized for the first time in 2001. In 2000, the event faced some controversy when the

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criticized a government grant to the festival, on the grounds that some of the festival's content was allegedly pornographic. Although an anti-gay lobby group led by Christian evangelist Bill Whatcott picketed the festival that year, the festival took place without major incident. The 2001 launch of the touring festival was criticized in the

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by Saskatoon MP

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, but was also staged without incident."Arts council chairman defends grant to gay film festival in Regina".

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, September 13, 2001.

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* LGBT film festivals in Canada Festivals in Regina, Saskatchewan Film festivals in Saskatchewan Film festivals established in 1996 1996 establishments in Saskatchewan LGBT in Saskatchewan {{Canada-film-festival-stub

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