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Tag! Queer Shorts Festival!
Corvallis Queer Film Festival
Saturday, 11 April 2026 until Sunday, 12 April 2026
Tag! Queer Shorts Festival brings thought-provoking films about queer and trans experiences to new audiences in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
Tag! presents an annual 2-day festival each spring and occasionally offers special screenings both online and in person during the rest of the year.
Tag! Queer Shorts Festival is committed to bringing a broader array of queer voices to the screen. If you are a queer- or trans-identifying director or producer who features intersectional identities and complicates the usual narratives around sex, gender, and intimacy, this is the festival for you! We are especially excited to receive innovative work by queer and trans people of color.
Tag! Queer Shorts Festival is a sponsored project of the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon and donations to the festival are tax deductible! Contact us for more information.
Tag! Queer Shorts Festival will offer FOUR prizes for the 2026 season.
Films must be in compliance with all festival rules in order to be considered for an award and, in addition, must meet separate award criteria as described below. Tag! reserves the right to make final determinations about eligibility.
1. QUEST CENTER AWARD FOR THE POWER OF COMMUNITY
Quest Center for Integrative Health is sponsoring a $100 cash prize for the film that best exemplifies the theme of THE POWER OF COMMUNITY.
Quest Center is seeking stories that showcase how queer communities build alternative systems of power—through chosen family, culturally specific leadership, or reimagined roles of care. We hope these shorts show how finding belonging as your authentic self becomes a form of resistance and resilience.
Quest Center for Integrative Health (quest-center.org) is a non-profit health center in Portland, OR offering unique integrated health programs in HIV Services, Non-Opiate based Chronic Pain Management, Substance Use Treatment, Mental Health Therapy, holistic medical services, and more. We believe people thrive when their physical, emotional, spiritual, and social needs are effectively met. Quest Center prioritizes low-income and uninsured LGBTQIA2S+ and BIPOC individuals in need of culturally responsive and trauma informed care.
2. MILAGRO AWARD FOR HISPANE/LATINE CREATIVITY
Milagro is sponsoring a $100 cash prize for the film that best embodies Latino/a/e creativity. To be considered for this award, film directors must identify as Latino/a/e or Hispano/a/e, broadly defined as belonging to ethnic communities rooted in Latin America or Spanish-speaking regions of the world. Eligibility is not tied to residency in any particular region and work may be submitted in any language.
Milagro (milagro.org) is the premier Latino arts and culture center of the Pacific Northwest, providing extraordinary Latino theatre, culture, and arts education for the enrichment of all communities since 1985. Milagro merges the highest aesthetic ideals with social responsibility, continuing a long tradition of innovative programming to meet the needs of diverse artists and audiences. Currently celebrating Season 42, Milagro has been dedicated to sharing the vibrancy of Latino culture throughout the Pacific Northwest and across the country.
3. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S AWARD
The Festival Director's Award goes to the film that best embodies the ethos of the festival in terms of technical excellence, humanizing content based on lived experience, and centering marginalized voices. This award includes a $200 cash prize.
4. GRAND GESTURE BOOKS AWARD FOR BEST EROTIC SHORT
Portland's queer Black woman-owned romance bookstore is supporting the first-ever award for the erotic short that best models the ethos of Tag! in its portrayal of sex and physical intimacy—body positivity, expansive roles and openness to exploration beyond heterosexual norms, and above all communication and consent. All films submitted prior to announcement of this award will be screened for eligibility and all that meet the criteria will be considered for this prize.