In 2017, the Gaze Film Festival celebrated its 25th year of sharing movies, documentaries, and short films about the LGBTQ community, taking place at the Light House Cinema from 3 August to 7 August. The festival kicked off with the world premiere screening of documentary , telling of the quarter-century fight for – and achievement of – a transformation in Irish society's relationship to its LGBT members, in which the LGBT community, including GAZE, participated – one that culminated in the 2015 Irish Marriage Referendum. Almost 12,000 people were expected to attend the 2017 festival event. Former President Mary McAleese attended and spoke at the event.