Tag! Queer Shorts Festival 2026: Get Up!

Background image of the Clinton St Theater with the Tag 2026 logo and Get Up program title.

Tag! Queer Shorts Festival moves to the Clinton Street Theater on April 11-12 for its 2026 program, Get Up! In street art language, to “get up” is to get your unique designs out into public spaces; here it’s an invitation for LGBTQIA2S+ filmmakers and community members to be visible, creative, and maybe just a bit disruptive.

This year’s program offers four thematic blocks of curated shorts (39 in all) with Q&A time with directors. The festival opens with The Heaven Spot featuring an honest look at both affirming and disappointing interactions within queer spaces. Continue reading... “Tag! Queer Shorts Festival 2026: Get Up!”

Pride Month: NEUBAU (Neubau)

In our Monthly Film Series, we will show a variety of GERMAN or GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. On the 2nd Tuesday of each month, audiences will now have a chance to see these films on a regular basis at the CLINTON STREET THEATER. (Children’s movies will be playing on Sunday afternoons – please check our website.) All films are with English subtitles.
NEUBAU (Neubau)   BUY TICKETS HERE
TUESDAY, June 13, 2023 – 7:00 PM
Germany 2020, 82 min
Directed by Johannes Maria Schmit
Cast: Tucké Royale, Monika Zimmering, Jalda Rebling
Summer in Brandenburg.
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Portland Premiere – Campy Screwball Comedy Movie “Pocket Mouse Protector”

Winner of Best LGBTQ Feature Film (Seattle Film Festival), POCKET MOUSE PROTECTOR brings its zany humor to Clinton Street Theater on November 5th, 2022.

Starring Portland talent James Sharinghousen, Eleanor O’Brien, Blake Stone, Jonas Israel, Yelena King, Daniel Villarreal, and Paul Bright, the movie is a send-up of screwball comedies from the 20s, 30s, and 70s.

Environmentalist Larry takes an experimental virility drug to woo back his wife Mary who’s having an affair with Barry who works for Thierry who plans to destroy the remaining habitat of the endangered pocket mouse.

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Portland Indie LGBTQ Doc “Who’s on Top?” asks for your help!

“Who’s on Top? LGBTQs Summit Mt. Hood” is the emotional story of members of the LGBTQ community who challenge stereotypes about gender and sexuality and demonstrate their diverse journeys in overcoming physical and figurative mountains.

On behalf of the entire team, we ask you to please help support the film either through sharing this campaign on your social media pages and/or making a tax deductible pledge to the project:

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whosontop/whos-on-top-lgbtqs-summit-mt-hood?ref=6n6esr

 

Thanks in advance for your support and see you at the top! Continue reading... “Portland Indie LGBTQ Doc “Who’s on Top?” asks for your help!”