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Lisa Daniel reflects on her final Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and some of the highlights of her 16 years as festival director.

With the annual Mardi Gras Film Festival kicking off today, festival director Paul Struthers tells Star Observer talks about some of his favourite queer movies in the line up.

Melbourne Queer Film Festival director Lisa Daniel has argued Aussies are making great queer films, but local audiences aren’t going to see them.

The premiere of The Normal Heart on HBO channel in the US was watched by 1.4 million viewers earlier this week.

Gay-themed short film Showboy has nominated for a Dendy Award at the upcoming Sydney Film Festival.

THE upcoming annual Sydney 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.

Desiree Akhavan’s film Appropriate Behavior, about a girl coming to terms with her bisexuality while also navigating her Persian-American identity, will have its first screening outside the US at the Sydney Film Festival.

A selection from this year’s Melbourne Queer Film Festival will come to Ballarat this weekend.

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has said she would be “thrilled” if her character in upcoming Disney movie Maleficent was to be embraced by drag queens.