The Rainbow Reels Queer and Trans Film Festival is an annual

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festival in Kitchener- Waterloo,

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. First staged in 2001, the festival was launched by WPIRG and staged primarily at the

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's Davis Centre. It subsequently expanded off-campus, with most films screening at the Princess Twin theatre, and became an independent event with its own separate organizing committee in the early 2010s. In addition to film, the festival also schedules a selection of live theatrical and musical performances."Queer film festival hopes to involve more of public". ''

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'', march 4, 2008.

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* LGBT film festivals in Canada Festivals in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Culture of Kitchener, Ontario Film festivals in Ontario Film festivals established in 2001 2001 establishments in Ontario LGBT in Ontario {{Canada-film-festival-stub