image+nation — LGBT2SQueer Film Festival Montreal — Montréal
Thursday, November 19 to Sunday, November 29, 2026 · Montréal, Quebec, Canada
The festival
image+nation is Canada's first LGBTQ film festival, a trailblazer founded in 1987 that continues to set the pace on the festival circuit. Its 39th edition, from November 19 to 29, 2026, screens 155 films — narrative and documentary features and shorts from 40 countries — in Montreal theatres and online, in their original language with French or English subtitles.
Over eleven days, light-hearted comedies, love stories, deeper dramas and social-issue works tell queer stories from here and around the world. The opening film, Les Braves (Coward) by Lukas Dhont, screens November 19 at Monument-National.
Key facts
Name: image+nation — LGBT2SQueer Film Festival Montreal. Place: Various venues in Montreal and online, including Monument-National and Concordia University cinemas, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Period: Thursday, November 19 to Sunday, November 29, 2026. Genres: LGBTQ+ cinema. Official website: image-nation.org. Tickets: image-nation.org/festival-2026/en/tickets-and-venues.