Celebrating LGBTQ+ genre cinema from emerging and established queer artists within the community – locally, nationally and internationally.

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AUGUST 1-3, 2025

Don Mancini

Writer/Director/Producer

Don Mancini is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for creating and writing the Child’s Play franchise.

Having been a horror fan since his childhood, Mancini’s inspiration for Child’s Play were films like Trilogy of Terror and The Twilight Zone episode “Living Doll”; aware of the “killer doll” as a horror trope, Mancini realized that the concept had never been executed as a feature-length film with animatronic effects work.

Mancini wrote all seven films in the original Child’s Play film series, and was the executive producer of Bride of Chucky and Cult of Chucky. He began directing Child’s Play franchise entries with Seed of Chucky (2004), followed by Curse of Chucky (2013) and Cult (2017), and was the creator, writer, and director of the Chucky TV series.

INSTAGRAM: @realdonmancini

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WHEN & WHERE & WHAT TO EXPECT

QUEER SCREAMS is an “In Person” ONLY film festival with LIVE screenings. The festival proper is Saturday & Sunday, with a special theater sponsored genre (classic) screening Friday night. QSFF will present (but not be limited to): Live film screenings. Filmmaker’s Q&A. Special event screening. Drag and Burlesque performances. Award ceremony brunch. Panel discussion. Networking opportunities. Special guests.

Visiting filmmakers can expect to experience the beauty and awesomeness of Portland, OR. Portland is a vibrant and scenic city, famed for its huge expanses of green space, from parks and forests to breathtaking mountaintops. Portland is best known for being a sustainability-minded, bike-friendly city with easy access to nature; plentiful coffee, art, craft beer, delicious food. And of course its slogan “Keep Portland Weird.”

A landmark of Portland cinema history, The Clinton Street Theater is one of the oldest operating movie houses in the United States. The Clinton Street Theater has always been about community. Famous for its long-standing exhibition of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the theater is currently a magnet for independent/revival films, live music, theater productions, dance performances, sex positive theater & film, drag shows, comedy, burlesque, and more.

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