Queer Screen is the home of the Mardi Gras Film Festival (February), and Queer Screen Film Fest, (September). We are in Sydney, Australia. 10 Mar 2025 Blue Queer Screen’s 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF25) will be running 13-27 February in cinemas and 28 February – 10 March on demand! We’re excited to announce the first six films from our 2025 program, giving you an early taste of what’s to come. The Queer Screen film festival is one of the biggest LGBT film events in Australia, with the 15-day-long celebration aiming to raise awareness of sexual diversities and gender identities through queer film. Taking place in February and March 2025, the festival showcases films, shorts, and documentaries on a wide range of LGBTIQ topics. Queer Screen's 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival 2025 runs from Thursday, February 13–Thursday, February 27 at venues around Sydney — and online nationally from Friday, February 28–Monday, March 10. For more information, visit the festival's website. The 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival will run from: 13th – 27th February 2025 In Cinema. 28th Feb – 10th March 2025 On Demand. Program now on sale. The complete lineup for Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival—running in Sydney cinemas February 13th – 27th, with highlights available to stream on-demand nationally in Australia from February 28th – March 10th—has just been announced. It marks the final edition of MGFF under the leadership of Festival Director Lisa Rose, who Mardi Gras is almost upon us, and so is the 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF25)! Gay and lesbian film festivals have been around in Sydney since 1978, and officially a highlight of Mardi Gras since 1986. This year, MGFF25 will run from the 13-27 February in cinema and until the 10 March on demand. The Mardi Gras Film Festival is running from 13 to 27 February in Sydney. Highlights from the program will also be available to stream on demand across Australia from 28 February to 10 March Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF) is back in 2025, with the 32nd iteration of the festival once again presented by Queer Screen. This beloved celebration of LGBTQIA+ cinema offers Sydneysiders an The 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival runs in cinemas from 13 – 27 February, and on demand from 28 February – 10 March 2025. For more information and full program, visit: www.queerscreen.org.au for details. Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 is here! Free to party, free to celebrate, free to laugh, free to be Festival-favourites, revamped returns and new queens on the block join the line-up for Sydney Mardi Gras 2025! The Festival will wrap with the world famous Sydney Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday 1 March 2025. Festival theme: Free to be The 2025 Festival theme Free to be is a celebration of the strides toward true LGBTQIA+ equality while also acting as a global reminder that our fight is far from over, and that we are not truly free until we are all free Come together . for the love of cinema. Queer Screen’s 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival returns to cinemas across Sydney 13-27 February and On Demand Australia-wide 28 February-10 March. Don’t miss almost 150 of the world’s best LGBTIQ+ films featuring stars like Alan Cumming, Murray Bartlett, Dylan O’Brien, Bette Midler, Ben Whishaw, Theo Germaine, Whoopi Goldberg, Juan Pablo di Pac Festival Passes for Queer Screen’s 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival Are On Sale Now! Enjoy the freedom to experience Queer Screen’s 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival your way with a Festival Pass! The festival runs in cinemas from 13 – 27 February 2025, On Demand from 28 February – 10 March 2025 and On Tour: Blue Mountains 21 – 23 Mar 2025 Queer Screen is calling on cinema lovers to come together at the 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF) in Sydney from February 13-27 in 2025. “Come for the love of cinema, the love of queer films, and the love of community!” Come together . for the love of cinema – Queer Screen’s 2025 Mardi Gras Film Festival 13–27 February in cinema. 28 February–10 March on demand . 08 January 2025. Queer Screen is calling on cinema lovers to come together at the 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney from 13 to 27 February. Event: Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival WIth over 20,000 attendees this is one of the most popular events in the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras calendar and one of Australia’s largest film festivals with award winning feature films, documentaries and short films as well as gala events and parties Options: Major Partner, Full Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please note: Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Stay tuned to the site for further info. Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival; Progress Pride Flag Raising; Marks Park Sunrise; Oxtravaganza; Family Zone at Oxtravaganza; Darlo Big Drag Brunch; Queer Contemporary; Feeling Afraid As if Something Terrible Is Going to Happen; Mardi Gras Plus; Plan your Festival experience; Join the Festival. 2025 Parade applications; Fair Day 2025 🌈 Fall in love with queer cinema at #MGFF25! 💖Queer Screen’s 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival is all about celebrating love—love for stories, love for communi
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