Melbourne Queer Film Fest launches major 2017 program
This year’s program boasts 94 sessions across three Melbourne venues.
Posts tagged Melbourne Queer Film Festival
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January 18, 2019 Voting open for short film competition tackling smoking rates in LGBTI community
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October 30, 2018 Federal Labor to invest over $10 million in Victoria’s Pride Centre
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October 12, 2018 Victorian campaign aims to raise awareness of high smoking rates in LGBTI community
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May 3, 2018 Community spotlight: Spiro Economopoulos, Melbourne Queer Film Festival
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March 19, 2018 ‘When we started we knew nothing about AIDS’: former ACT UP activist
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Proudly different
The Melbourne Queer Film Festival remains one of the world’s largest and longest running film festivals with an LGBTI focus. Matthew Wade caught up with the festival’s team to talk about the importance of queer film festivals and representing more diversity than audiences are exposed to in mainstream cinema.
Queer Wars author Dennis Altman: Australia needs to listen to people on the ground first
In Dennis Altman’s latest book Queer Wars, he looks at the way LGBTI rights are negotiated through international relations, and argues Australians need to think before trying to advocate their views on non-western countries.
Remembering the Man doco comes to Sydney for Mardi Gras Film Festival
The Mardi Gras Film Festival launches tonight and to celebrate the fantastic line up of LGBTI films in this year’s event the Star Observer will feature one film every week. First off, Remembering the Man
Midsumma: the Director’s top five highlights of the festival
With the 2016 Midsumma Festival almost upon us, festival director Tennille Moisel spoke with the Star Observer and cherry-picked her highlights in this year’s program.
Midsumma announces Carlotta and Paul Zahra as 2016 festival champions
Australian icon Carlotta and former David Jones CEO Paul Zahra have been announced as champions of the upcoming Midsumma Festival in Melbourne.
Oriented: A new documentary that sheds light on unheard voices of gay Palestinians
Oriented, a documentary about young, gay Palestinians living in Tel Aviv/Jaffa, will have its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Antenna Documentary Film Festival.
(Not) Too queer for cinema
The upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival will have a line-up of feature films, documentaries, short films and animated films from all corners of the world — including a selection of LGBTI-themed movies. Benjamin Riley took a sneak peek.
Melbourne Queer Film Festival announces new Program Manager
Spiro Economopoulos will be responsible for curating the annual program of the iconic gay and lesbian film festival.
Director’s Cut: Louise Wadley is “All About E”
This year marks 25 years of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and the final one curated by legendary, long-standing festival director Lisa Daniel. Benjamin Riley spoke to a few local directors with films screening during MQFF to get their take on gay and lesbian Australian cinema, and to preview their world-class films. Here’s “All About E” director Louise Wadley.