LocationTokyo, Japan Hosted bySpiral Hall, Tokyo LanguageInternational
Founded1992 Festival dateJuly; Annual
PredecessorTokyo International Queer Film Festival (TIQFF) Instances2016 Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Rainbow Reel Tokyo (Japanese: レインボー・リール東京 Reinbō rīru Tōkyō), until 2016 known as Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (Japanese: 東京国際レズビアン&ゲイ映画祭 Tōkyō kokusai rezubian to gei eigasai), also known by the acronym TILGFF, is an annual international film festival for sexual minorities held in Tokyo, Japan.
The Festival was established in 1992 and was held at Nakano Sun Plaza, 6th Floor (中野サンプラザ6F研修室). The next three were held at Kichijōji Baus Theater (吉祥寺バウスシアター). Since 1996, the Festival has been held in July at Spiral Hall in the Aoyama neighborhood of Tokyo.
The 23rd Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival was held July 12~21, 2014, at Eurospace in Shibuya, and Spiral Hall in Aoyama.
Rainbow Reel Competition
The Rainbow Reel Competition (レインボー・リール・コンペティション) began in 1995 as an annual screening of Japanese short films to encourage production of LGBT-themed films. The audience selects a favorite film and the director is awarded the Grand Prix Rainbow Reel Award (レインボー・リール賞(グランプリ)), currently a ¥100,000 prize ($1000 US).
Grand Prix Rainbow Reel Award winners
4th Festival (1995) –
5th Festival (1996) –
6th Festival (1997) –
7th Festival (1998) – We Are Transgenders (We Are Transgenders ~性別を超えて、自分らしく生きる~); director: Lulu Ogawa (尾川ルル)
8th Festival (1999) –
9th Festival (2000) –
10th Festival (2001) –
11th Festival (2002) –
12th Festival (2003) –
13th Festival (2004) –
14th Festival (2005) – "Stereotype Company" (「ヘテロ薬」) (2005); director: Team "Stereotype Company" (ヘテロ薬制作委員会)
15th Festival (2006) – Somewhere in Tokyo (東京のどこかで) (2006); director: Kenta Tatenai (タテナイケンタ)
16th Festival (2007) – A Tulip of Violet (2007); director: Yūmi Andō (安藤優美)