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Who' Who of Queer VIPs to Headline 9 Days of Events; Over 40 Gay Films To Screen in Park City

Read the [ press release ] for more information about this year's exhibition and view the entire Queer line-up on our exclusive [ events calendar ]

QUEER LOUNGE IS OPEN DAILY JANUARY 20-28 FROM 11AM - 7 PM @ 136 HEBER in the GATEWAY CENTER

It's the best party I've
been to at Sundance.

- Nick Nolte
(Barclay Butera & Hollywood Life Party at the Queer Lounge)

Nick Nolte sits in an autographed chair which is up for auction ^

< Toni Collette relaxes at the 2006 Queer Lounge

Queer noun (kwîr) Homosexual, or, a lesbian, gay man, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) person

Lounge noun (lounj) A public room where one can sit or recline comfortably

A superlatively hip, laid-back, welcoming space…Queer Lounge is a smash hit, backing up its mission to queer filmmakers with fellowship by day and hot-and-cold running queer parties every night. — The Advocate

QUEER LOUNGE…
A HOME AWAY FROM HOME

Queer Lounge, a non-profit organization, creates a physical venue supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and other queer-identified film professionals and festival-goers at major, mainstream film festivals. By establishing "Queer Lounges" at the top film festivals in the world and creating a public forum where all attendees can access panel discussions, networking events and Queer Lounge's comprehensive LGBT Film Guide to the Festivals, Queer Lounge maximizes opportunities for the cross-awareness of films and creative talent important to the LGBT community.

WHY QUEER LOUNGE? WHY NOW?

Despite the unprecedented success of queer-content television show such as Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, The L Word and Will and Grace, this awareness and success has not translated across the board to queer-cinema. One problem is that queer film is often perceived as lacking a universal appeal while having a "narrow appeal." Mainstream audiences steer clear of films whose honest depiction of LGBT lives they feel they cannot identify with. Major studios, production companies and film distributors rarely make films with LGBT-content fearing that the films will lack mainstream crossover and generate little box-office.

The result is a vicious cycle: Lack of financial resources for LGBT film affects the quantity and quality of these films, limiting them from reaching broad audiences, and LGBT films are unfairly lumped into one genre--"gay film"--and the richness, diversity, uniqueness, characters and tone in LGBT films and the lives they portray are often overlooked. Queer Lounge will be a force for change to overcome the stigma that queer film lacks broad appeal.

Queer Lounge will educate the broader community and provide access to queer-themed and queer-made film while strengthening the core of the LGBT film community and building bridges to the mainstream.

HISTORY & FUTURE

Queer Lounge is the brainchild of former feature film executive, Ellen Huang, and was launched in January 2004 during the Sundance Film Festival, the top film festival in the U.S. In its inaugural year, the Queer Lounge supported over 50 films and 4000 film festival-goers who attended a party, panel or press conference at the Lounge. Queer Lounge plans to expand its operations to the Toronto International and Cannes Film Festivals, the top film festivals in the world.