Who we are

Jim Farmer has served as the festival director of Out On Film, Atlanta's LGBTQIA+ film festival, for the last 17 years. He has helped lead the organization to become one of the major LGBTQIA+ film festivals in the world and an Oscar® qualifying one as well. In 2023, Out On Film was named as the top film festival in the nation by the readers of USA Today/10Best. As a journalist, he has written about queer arts for Southern Voice/ The Georgia Voice for the last 25 years. In 2023 he won writing awards from both the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists and the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards and was also nominated for the Online Journalist of the Year Award by the latter. Named as the 2019 Businessman of the Year from the Out Georgia Business Alliance, Farmer has been named to Atlanta Magazine's Atlanta 500 Most Powerful City Leaders list from 2020- 2025. Jim is a 2023 Atlanta Pride grand marshal and on the board for GALECA: The Sociey of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and the Out Georgia Business Alliance. He lives in Avondale Estates with his husband Craig and dog Douglas.