The festival was founded in 2009 by the Gay Lesbian Info Centre and Belgrade Youth Center.

It screens feature, documentary and short films from all over the world that deal with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, intersex and queer issues.

[1] The festival was named after Vjeran Miladinović Merlinka, a transgender sex worker and actress who was murdered in 2003.

She is best known for her role in the Teddy award winning film Marble Ass directed by Želimir Žilnik.

In 2014, the festival produced a theater play about Vjeran's life, Merlinka's confession, directed by Stevan Bodroža.