Welcome

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To the 6th Shrewsbury LGBT+ History Festival. As always, events are open to LGBT people, friends and allies. Unusually, this year our reach is much wider as 100% of our events are online. They are also free to attend–with donations welcomed.

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View information about this years Online Exhibition 

View information about Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival's 8 selected short films 

View the access links for the 8 selected short films

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We are delighted to present a huge programme –over 30 events and with some special extras which are available to view throughout the festival period, from 6 February to 13 March.

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Download a print-friendly listing of all events here 

Virtual Gallery 

Courtesy of The Hive, who have generously given over their online exhibition space, you can take a Guided Tour or choose to browse our 4 exhibitions

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• LGBT+ Pottery - produced in a workshop at the 2018 festival, these tiles represent significant locations which feature on the Shrewsbury LGBT Walking Map

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• Community Gallery - the result of a callout to LGBT+ artists to display their work during the festival

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• Shropshire’s LGBT+ History Boards - familiar to some, new to others, this collection of information boards link local to national through pictures and text

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• I’M IN – EMBRACE A Culture of Inclusion - SAND (Safe Ageing No Discrimination) launched their campaign in October 2019, are you in?

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CLICK HERE TO VIEW ONLINE EXHIBITION

8 Short Films

In late 2019 the Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival putout a call for short films, for its Short Film screenings at their film festival in October 2020... Then came Covid!

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To view more information on the 8 Short Films, click on the brochure and - to access them - keep scrolling down.

Downloadable brochure for Selected Short Films

Access to Short Films

To access the 8 Short Films that have been selected, please use the appropriate link provided below, and the provided password (if necessary).

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Coming Out for Christmas

Link: https://vimeo.com/383795260

Password: christmas

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After that Party

Link: https://vimeo.com/435422466/de7d31c2d4

No password required

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Confessional

https://vimeo.com/338684469

Password - FigDelight19

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Don’t Let Go

Link: https://vimeo.com/319408460

Password: festival1

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Kiko’s Saints

Link: https://vimeo.com/313782392

Password: aritz

(Contains scenes of nudity and sexual behaviour)

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Missed

Link: https://vimeo.com/406186602

No password required

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Turn it Around

Link: https://vimeo.com/265937761

No password required

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Would You Rather I Was Dead?

Link: https://vimeo.com/377867029

Password: thirdfilm

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Enjoy!