Houston Cinema Arts Festival returns October 1–11, 2026 with a wide range of queer films from documentaries about Houston icons like Brittney Griner to urgent narratives about the fight for queer rights on college campuses. Featuring a wide range of films from around the globe, many playing in Texas for the first time, these are some of the best queer films of the year.
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Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2026 Opening Kick off Night Reception
Thu, Oct 1 · 5pm
Candente
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Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Thu, Oct 1 · 7:30pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Brown
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Possible Love
Fri, Oct 2 · 7pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Brown
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Bottle Rocket (30th Anniversary)
Fri, Oct 2 · 7:30pm
River Oaks Theatre - Main Screen
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Meet the Makers Brunch
Sat, Oct 3 · 10:30am
Brasil
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The Nether Screening: Houston Cinema arts Festival
Sat, Oct 3 · 12:30pm
Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building
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Shorts: Houston Stories
Sat, Oct 3 · 12:30pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Brown
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Wood Street
Sat, Oct 3 · 3:30pm
The DeLUXE Theater
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The Body Is Water
Sat, Oct 3 · 4pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Brown
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The Sea is Within Me
Sat, Oct 3 · 4:30pm
Rice Cinema · 6100 Main St
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Soldiers United for Cash
Sat, Oct 3 · 7:30pm
The DeLUXE Theater
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Atonement
Sat, Oct 3 · 7:30pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Brown
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Chopped and Screwed Set with DJ Red
Sat, Oct 3 · 9pm
The DeLUXE Gallery
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Arts Market
Sun, Oct 4 · 10am
The DeLUXE Gallery
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How Do We Step Into a World Fire?: Documenting Crisis
Sun, Oct 4 · 11am
Six Foot
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Sad Girlz | Mr Jesus
Sun, Oct 4 · 1:30pm
The DeLUXE Theater
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Shorts: Optical Illusions
Sun, Oct 4 · 3pm
Aurora Picture Show
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First They Came for My College
Sun, Oct 4 · 4pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Wyatt
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One Woman One Bra
Sun, Oct 4 · 4:30pm
The DeLUXE Theater
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ZINA | Give Me the Ball!
Sun, Oct 4 · 7pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Brown
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Airport BLVD
Sun, Oct 4 · 7pm
The DeLUXE Theater
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Airport BLVD After Party
Sun, Oct 4 · 9pm
The DeLUXE Gallery
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Who Killed the Fourth Ward?: The Suspects & The Guilty
Mon, Oct 5 · 7pm
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church
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A Land Within
Mon, Oct 5 · 7pm
The DeLUXE Theater
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Community, Creativity & the Fight for Agency
Mon, Oct 5 · 7:15pm
The DeLUXE Gallery
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The Making of Airport BLVD: Lessons for the Next Indie Filmmaker
Tue, Oct 6 · 5:30pm
Six Foot
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Nina Roza
Tue, Oct 6 · 7pm
The DeLUXE Theater
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A Land Within: A Workshop with Michael Kofler
Tue, Oct 6 · 7:30pm
Six Foot
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The Friend's House Is Here
Wed, Oct 7 · 7pm
Asia Society
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Confessions of the Cutting Room Floor: Personal Documentary Filmmaking
Wed, Oct 7 · 7pm
The DeLUXE Gallery
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A. Rimbaud
Wed, Oct 7 · 7pm
The DeLUXE Theater
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A Masterclass with Patrick Wang: Composing a World
Thu, Oct 8 · 7pm
Six Foot
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Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Thu, Oct 8 · 7pm
The DeLUXE Theater
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Meet the Makers Happy Hour
Fri, Oct 9 · 4pm
Brasil
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Look Back
Fri, Oct 9 · 7pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Brown
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Fatherland
Fri, Oct 9 · 8pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Wyatt
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Shorts: Borders | No Borders Narrative
Sat, Oct 10 · 11am
Rice Cinema · 6100 Main St
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Rehearsals for a Revolution
Sat, Oct 10 · noon
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Brown
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Report to Mother (Amma Ariyan)
Sat, Oct 10 · 1pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Wyatt
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Shorts: Borders | No Borders Documentary
Sat, Oct 10 · 2pm
Rice Cinema · 6100 Main St
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Stages
Sat, Oct 10 · 3:30pm
River Oaks Theatre - Main Screen
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Coward
Sat, Oct 10 · 4pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Wyatt
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Mickey
Sat, Oct 10 · 5pm
Rice Cinema
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La Gradiva
Sat, Oct 10 · 7pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Wyatt
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The Debut
Sat, Oct 10 · 8pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Brown
Houston Cinema Arts Festival
Mickey After Party with PC Music DJ Sets
Sat, Oct 10 · 11pm
Echoes
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Spliced + Scanned: Archival Film Screening & Splicing Workshop
Sun, Oct 11 · 11am
Six Foot
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Shorts: Now Navigations: New Experimental Films
Sun, Oct 11 · 1pm
Rice Cinema · 6100 Main St
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Clarissa
Sun, Oct 11 · 1pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Wyatt
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Who Killed the Fourth Ward?: Witnesses
Sun, Oct 11 · 4pm
Rice Cinema · 6100 Main St
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The Blood Countess
Sun, Oct 11 · 4pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Wyatt
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CineSpace Pre-Screening Reception
Sun, Oct 11 · 5pm
Rice Cinema · 6100 Main St
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Shorts: CineSpace
Sun, Oct 11 · 7pm
Rice Cinema · 6100 Main St
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Everytime
Sun, Oct 11 · 7:30pm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Wyatt
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HCAF26 Closing Night Party
Sun, Oct 11 · 9pm
Under the Volcano
