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Way OUT West Film Fest
AKA: Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Friday, 10 October 2025 until Sunday, 19 October 2025
One of the State's largest film festivals. Closet Cinema is recognized as New Mexico's leading GLBT non-profit organization dedicated to presenting a diverse array of GLBTQ images through film media arts. Way OUT West Film Fest will be celebrating its twentieth annual event this Fall.
In 2022, WOWFF with an attendance of 5,000 is one of the top LGBTQ film festivals in the Southwest.
In 2023, WOWFF with an attendance of 4,000 is one of the top LGBTQ film festivals in the Southwest.
In 2024, WOWFF with an attendance of 4,000 is one of the top LGBTQ film festivals in the Southwest.
AWARDS
Each year, our film loving audience picks their favorite films for our Audience Awards. Awards go to Favorite Feature Film, Favorite Documentary Film, and Favorite Short Film
2025 films...
300 Letters
Baby Gay
De Colores, Narrative, Short Film
Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day
Before I Do
It's A Femininomenon!, Narrative, Short Film
¡Beso de Lengua!
Narrative, Queers for Fears, Short Film
The Best Friend
Black + Queer On Screen
Body Blow
Brief Somebodies
Narrative, Short Film, Where The Boys Are
Buscando Alma
Narrative, Short Film, Transtastic!
Captains
Foreign Bodies, Narrative, Short Film
Coffee Grapefruit Cacao
It's A Femininomenon!, Narrative, Short Film
Composure
It's A Femininomenon!, Narrative, Short Film
Cura Sana
De Colores
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
Die Bully Die!
Narrative, Queers for Fears, Short Film
Don’t Go
It's A Femininomenon!, Narrative, Short Film
Drea & Cloe
Drive Back Home
DTF?
Narrative, Short Film, Where The Boys Are
Egg
Hi Gay!, Narrative, Short Film
The Exchange
Hi Gay!, Narrative, Short Film
Foreign Bodies
Four Mothers
Closing Night, Features, Narrative
Fucktoys
Gay Jesus
Hi Gay!, Narrative, Short Film
Gender Reveal
Narrative, Short Film, Transtastic!
“Girlfriend Girlfriend”
Hi Gay!, Narrative, Short Film
Goodbye Party
Hi Gay!, Narrative, Short Film
Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites
De Colores, Narrative, Short Film
The Handyman
Narrative, Short Film, Where The Boys Are
Heightened Scrutiny
Documentary, Features, Showcase
Hi Gay!
I’m the Most Racist Person I Know
De Colores, Narrative, Short Film
It’s a Femininomenon!
It’s Dorothy!
IYKYK
De Colores, Narrative, Short Film
J is For Just an Afternoon Thunderstorm
Foreign Bodies, Narrative, Short Film
Jia
Foreign Bodies, Narrative, Short Film
Jimpa
Features, Narrative, Opening Night
Just Kim
Narrative, Short Film, Transtastic!
Lakeview
The Librarians
Long Night
Narrative, Queers for Fears, Short Film
Luz Diabla
Narrative, Queers for Fears, Short Film
Munchies
It's A Femininomenon!, Narrative, Short Film
Next Door
Narrative, Queers for Fears, Short Film
Night in West Texas
Only Good Things
Outerlands
Poreless
Hi Gay!, Narrative, Short Film
Purebred
Narrative, Short Film, Transtastic!
¡Quba!
Queers For Fears
Row of Life
¡Salsa!
De Colores, Narrative, Short Film
Sisters
Sleazy Tiger
Hi Gay!, Narrative, Short Film
Space Daddy
Hi Gay!, Narrative, Short Film
The Space You Need
Narrative, Short Film, Where The Boys Are
State of Firsts
Stay Still or I Love You
Foreign Bodies, Narrative, Short Film
Sweet Talking Guy
Narrative, Short Film, Transtastic!
Take Care
It's A Femininomenon!, Narrative, Short Film
Tessitura
Black + Queer On Screen, Documentary, Short Film
Teth
Narrative, Short Film, Transtastic!
The Job
Documentary, Short Film, Where The Boys Are
Tomorrow Will Be Better
Black + Queer On Screen, Narrative, Short Film
Transtastic!
Two Black Boys in Paradise
Black + Queer On Screen, Narrative, Short Film
Wet Hair
Foreign Bodies, Narrative, Short Film
Where The Boys Are
Where We Stay
Black + Queer On Screen, Narrative, Short Film
Who Raised You?
Narrative, Short Film, Where The Boys Are
Who Wants to Marry an Astronaut
Witness
De Colores, Narrative, Short Film
You Don’t Have to Apologize
Narrative, Queers for Fears, Short Film
You Don’t Have to Like Me
Black + Queer On Screen, Documentary, Short Film
Zagêro
Foreign Bodies, Narrative, Short Film