MIX NYC (est. 1987) is an entirely volunteer run 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to platforming, promoting, and supporting LGBTQIA2S+ experimental filmmakers and artists. Through our annual MIX FEST and year-round programming, we are committed to showing films that challenge conventional filmmaking practices, test bold ideas, and offer insight into the wide, evolving array of queer experience.

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MIX NYC was founded by author Sarah Schulman and filmmaker Jim Hubbard out of a need to make space for the lives and lens-based work of queer people during the onset of the AIDS epidemic. Today, we continue to provide opportunities for queer experimental filmmakers, and serve as an incubator for creativity by fostering collaboration, innovation, and dialogue amongst a community that seeks and values it. Read more about our history here.

MIX is dedicated to creating safe, inclusive, and experimental spaces that center queer, trans, and marginalized voices and perspectives excluded from the traditional film and art world. 

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Our goal is to cultivate a vibrant counterculture that challenges dominant power structures and envisions more just and equitable worlds. As an independent and community-driven organization, MIX rejects mainstream norms and aims to foster collaboration, mutual aid, and the imagining of possible futures beyond the constraints of capitalism and oppression.

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MIX NYC stands in solidarity with all oppressed peoples of the world. MIX organizers and members therefore commit to upholding values of anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Zionism. We are pro-worker, pro-sex, and committed to freedom of speech and counter-cultural revolution.

Whether it's our annual MIX FEST or our year-round events, our programs are vibrant celebrations of queer voices, stories, and communities. Behind every screening, panel, and party is a passionate team of volunteers who help make it possible. By volunteering with us, you'll become part of this rich legacy, playing a crucial role in supporting our community.

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Whether you're an emerging filmmaker, a film programmer, a film enthusiast, a community advocate, or someone who is just looking to meet some likeminded people, there’s a place for you at MIX NYC. We welcome volunteers of all backgrounds, skill levels, and availabilities. Sign up below to be notified about future volunteer opportunities and to stay connected.

Since 1987, MIX NYC has been a vital space for queer voices, experimentation, and community.If you value the work we do, please support us. Our entire operation is run on volunteer labour, but the work we do is not free to produce. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, all donations are tax-deductible and directly fund artist fees, year-round programming, and the resilience not only of queer film, but queer life.You can support MIX in two ways:

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• Make a one-time donation of any amount. Every donation, of any size, is essential to our continued existence.
• Join our Membership Program, an annual giving community with exclusive benefits — from early ticket access to VIP events, screenings, and multi-platform recognition. Memberships range from $75 to $2,500, with each level bringing you closer to the artists, films, and community that make MIX extraordinary.MIX is the world’s longest-running platform for queer experimental film. Thank you, sincerely, from all of us, for joining our effort to keep our mission alive.
  

Each year, we accept film submissions on FilmFreeway, from between approximately May and August. We consider submissions that challenge conventional filmmaking practices, and that are created by queer filmmakers and/or involve queer concepts, subjects, or themes. Granted the above criteria is met, we accept submissions across all modes and lengths, and from filmmakers at any stage of their careers. As a nonprofit organization, we keep submission fees accessible and offer tiered rates for submission depending when you submit your work. The best way to stay updated on upcoming submission deadlines is to sign up for our newsletter.