Aomori International LGBT Film Festival

青森インターナショナルLGBTフィルムフェスティバル( あおもりインターナショナルエルジービーティーフェスティバル), which has been held annually in Aomori Prefecture since July 2006, is a film festival that focuses on diverse representations of gender. It is held at the five-story Auga in the city of Aomori.

Films Shown

2006 (1st year), from July 29

• Tying the Knot (US, 2004)
• chocolate (Japan, 2000)
• Himawari (Japan, 2004)
• Hete kuchigusuri (Japan, 2005)
• Straight Out: Stories from Iceland (Iceland, 2003)

2007 (2nd year), from July 21

• Until the Moon Waxes (Japan, 2007)
• Hands (Japan, 2005)

2008 (3rd year) from July 27

• Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World (US, 2005)
• The Times of Harvey Milk (US, 1984)

2009 (4th year) from July 25

• Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig (US, 2006)
• Eternal Summer (Taiwan, 2006)
• When I Become Silent (Japan, 2007)

2010 (5th year) from July 3

• Mariko Rose, the Spook (Japan, 2009)
• Paragraph 175 (US, 2000)
• Love of Siam (Thailand, 2007)

2011 (6th year) from July 3

• Shimijimi aruiteru (Japan, 2010)
• Spring Fever (China/France, 2009)

2012 (7th year)

• Pyuupiru 20011-2008 (Japan, 2009)
• Boku no koi, Kare no himitsu (Japan, 2004)
• Coming Out Story

2013 (8th year) from July 20

• Cloudburst (US/Canada, 2011)
• Loose Cannons (Italy, 2010)
• Yuriko, Dasvidaniya (Japan, 2011)

2014 (9th year) from July 13

• Call Me Kuchu (US, 2012)
• Tsuyako (US, 2011)
• Esora (Japan, 2013)
• Boku no Naka no Otoko no Musume (Japan, 2012)