Manchester LGBTQ+ Film & TV Festival

Celebrating Queer Stories on Screen
MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE

THURSDAY 20TH - THURSDAY 27TH AugUST 2026

Official Manchester Village Pride Fringe Event

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SCENE: MANCHESTER’S LGBTQ+ FILM & TV FESTIVAL returns for the third year, bringing together some of the biggest names in television, film and culture for 8 days of screenings, panels, live comedy, parties and premieres across Manchester.

From Thursday 20th - Thursday 27th August, enjoy a vibrant, city-wide celebration of queer storytelling.

SEE YOU AT SCENE

2026 PROGRAMME

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Dragged to the movies - the exhibition
Aug 20
Dragged to the movies - the exhibition

Event

KAMPUS

FREE

OPENING FILM: Bitter Christmas
Aug 20
OPENING FILM: Bitter Christmas

Film Screening

HOME

£7.95-£9.95

SCENE Northern Shorts Showcase
Aug 20
SCENE Northern Shorts Showcase

Shorts screening

CULTPLEX

Free

Moonlight - 10 Year Anniversary
Aug 20
Moonlight - 10 Year Anniversary

Classic Film Screening

CULTPLEX

£7-£8

NOFX: 40 Years of Fuckin' Up
Aug 20
NOFX: 40 Years of Fuckin' Up

Documentary + Panel

New Century Hall

£25

SCENE Opening Event: The Traitors
Aug 20
SCENE Opening Event: The Traitors

TV & Panel

Location: Aviva Studios

£10 - £12

OPENING NIGHT FILM: Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma
Aug 20
OPENING NIGHT FILM: Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma

Film Screening

HOME

£7.95 - £9.95

SCENE Northern Shorts Showcase
Aug 21
SCENE Northern Shorts Showcase

Shorts screening

CULTPLEX

Free

Queer As Punk
Aug 21
Queer As Punk

Documentary

HOME

£7.95 - £9.95

High School Musical
Aug 21
High School Musical

Classic Film Screening

First Street

Free / Unticketed

GASP presents: The Serpent's Skin + Queer Horror Shorts
Aug 21
GASP presents: The Serpent's Skin + Queer Horror Shorts

Film Screening + Shorts

CULTPLEX

£7-£8

Tip Toe - Screening and Panel
Aug 21
Tip Toe - Screening and Panel

TV + Panel

New century Hall

£0-£12

25 Years of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Aug 21
25 Years of Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Film Screening + Event

HOME

£7.95 - £9.95

Speed and Strike present Drinking and Driving
Aug 21
Speed and Strike present Drinking and Driving

Film screening

CULTPLEX

£7 - £8

Iris Prize Best British Shorts announcement
Aug 22
Iris Prize Best British Shorts announcement

Shorts

New Century Hall

Free

TITE trans Shorts Showcase
Aug 22
TITE trans Shorts Showcase

Shorts Screening

CULTPLEX

Free

Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging
Aug 22
Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging

Classic Film Screening

First Street

Free / Unticketed

October Crow
Aug 22
October Crow

Film screening

CULTPLEX

£0-£5

Low Rider
Aug 22
Low Rider

Film Screening

HOME

£7.95 - £9.95

Puppygirl
Aug 22
Puppygirl

Film Screening

CULTPLEX

£0-£5

Kiss & Tell... The I Kissed A Boy/Girl Story
Aug 22
Kiss & Tell... The I Kissed A Boy/Girl Story

TV + Panel

New Century Hall

£0-£10

Stop! That! Train!
Aug 22
Stop! That! Train!

Film Screening + Event

HOME

£7.95 - £9.95

Clueless
Aug 22
Clueless

Classic Film Screening

First Street

Free / Unticketed

Castration Movie Chapter iii. Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
Aug 22
Castration Movie Chapter iii. Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage

Film screening

CULTPLEX

£0-£5

The SCRUFF Screening: Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo
Aug 22
The SCRUFF Screening: Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo

Film Screening

Treehouse Hotel

£5

The Ab Fab A-Thon
Aug 22
The Ab Fab A-Thon

TV + Panel

New Century Hall

£0-£15

Fatt Butcher’s Congregational
Aug 22
Fatt Butcher’s Congregational

Event

AVIVA Studios

£16

I Want Your Sex
Aug 22
I Want Your Sex

Film Screening

HOME

£7.95 - £9.95

Rebel Without A Cause
Aug 23
Rebel Without A Cause

Classic Film Screening

First Street

Free / Unticketed

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
Aug 23
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

Film Screening

Treehouse Hotel

£5-£7

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"WE LOVE THIS game-changing LGBTQ+ film festival. The line-up of Queer movies & SHOWS IS not to be missed."

– The Manc

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“SCENE is such an incredible thing you are doing. I haven’t seen anything like this especially in Manchester and the programme is fab -”

– Pink News