Queer Screen is the home of the Mardi Gras Film Festival (February), and Queer Screen Film Fest, (August). We are in Sydney, Australia. Canberra 3 – 5 Apr 2025 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. 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, Canberra 3 – 5 Apr 2025 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 Mardi Gras Film Festival offers even more for filmmakers . My Queer Career returns to showcase powerful short films from emerging Australian filmmakers. Documentaries such as 1-800-On-Her-Own, 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. 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 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 The films, many of which originated from the NFSA’s own collection and have been restored, present highlights from Queer Australia’s 30th anniversary of the Mardi Gras Film Festival. They track the history of the queer community from the first Sydney Mardi Gras in 1978 to a retrospective work of one of its founders, Stephen Cummins. 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. Stay tuned for the full program reveal on 8 January. Don’t miss these eight films competing in My Queer Career, Australia’s richest LGBTIQ+ short film prize, with over $16K worth of prizes. On Demand QueerDOC Shorts As Queer Screen’s 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival comes to a close after fifteen wonderful days of screenings and events, it’s time to announce the winners of our Audience Awards. This year’s festival was all about sharing the love, of queer cinema and community, and these films represent the stories our community loved the most. Mardi Gras Film Festival 2024. View the program now. In 2024, we celebrated our 31st Mardi Gras Film Festival #MGFF24. The festival featured an epic 161 films and events spread across 77 unique programs held in Sydney over 15 days from February 15th to 29th, before an on-demand encore of 25 programs from March 1st to 11th, and a tour to the Blue Mountains and Canberra. Tickets and Passes are on sale now for Mardi Gras Film Festival 2025. Watch In Cinema and On Demand, Australia-wide. Canberra Tickets. $19.90 Adult $17.90 Canberra. National Film and Sound Archive Canberra 3 – 6 April 2024. The next stop on the tour is our nation’s capital. Best of Gay Shorts, Best of Sapphic Shorts and Best of Trans and Gender Diverse Shorts are just some of the MGFF24 audience favourites that will be screening will be screening at the National Film and Sound Archive from the 3rd – 6th of April 2024. 25 films from this year’s 25th Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF) On Demand Encore program are now available to stream online, Australia-wide. “With 25 different film programs to choose from, you can find your new favourite film to tell all your friends about,” organisers say. Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival. Sydney: 13–27 Feb 2025 On Demand Australia-wide: 28 Feb–10 Mar 2025. LGBTQIA+ films; Europa! Europa Film Festival. Melbourne and Sydney: 12 February–12 March. The latest and greatest films made in Europe and by European directors. National Indian Film Festival of Australia (NIFFA) Film event in Canberra, ACT, Australia by Dendy Cinemas Canberra and Queer Screen - Mardi Gras Film Festival on Friday, March 18 2022 Queer Screen is on tour in March. Presenting the best of its 27th Mardi Gras Film Festival 2020 to regional and western sydney LGBTIQ+ communities. Tickets for the screenings in the Blue Mountains, Canberra, Parramatta, Lismore and Newcastle are on sale now. When the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras arrives each year, it fills the Harbour City with LGBTQIA+ celebrations, including in the New South Wales capital's cinemas. Queer Screen's Mardi Gras Film Festival doesn't just confine its movie love to the big screen, however. And, when it hits streaming as well, it isn't solely about Sydney audiences.
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