The title says it all! A wild and hysterical 3D animated feature celebrating the life of the self confessed ‘raving queen’ of the Monty Python gang – voiced by Chapman himself and the other Pythons.
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After Struck By Lightning, About Cherry is the other mega star-studded film of the festival. Starring James Franco, Heather Graham and Lili Taylor supporting Ashley Hinshaw, who plays Cherry in this small town gal moves to the big smoke and gradually drifts into San Francisco’s porn industry.
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Amanda is an intimate portrait of self-discovery. Using performance as therapy, Amanda Monroe creates the woman she always wanted to be.
Aquaporko! is the story of Melbourne’s fat femme synchronized swim team sculling, egg beating and high kicking towards their first ever live performance. We follow fat activist and filmmaker Kelli Jean Drinkwater as she meets the team and uncovers a world of sisterhood, queer community and radical body politics.
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Take a trip down the aisle with Roger, Tyler and a returning cast of bears, boys and cubs to one of the most magical beach towns on earth, Provincetown, for a Bear Week bachelor party in this romantic comedy for all.
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We will be showing two programs of the best Australian and international shorts, over two sessions. The films are the calling cards of producers, writers and directors destined for greatness.
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Gloria and Frances first fall in love aged 16 when life is sex, drugs and punk rock.
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In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death.
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Set in contemporary Iran – Edie is fleeing the country to undergo his transition from female to male, and meets Rana, who is driving her imprisoned husbands taxi – and an unlikely and daring friendship develops.
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Fourplay is four tales of sexual triumph and travail set in four American cities.
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Featuring unforgettable performances from Alex Dimitriades and Paul Capsis, we celebrate the 15 year anniversary with a retrospective screening of what has become arguably one of Australia’s most iconic Queer feature films.
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Faced with their own mortality an improbable group of young people, many of them HIV-positive young men, broke the mold as radical warriors taking on Washington and the medical establishment. How to Survive a Plague is the story of two coalitions, ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group), whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
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Casblanca, 1960 – Dr. Georges Burou was known as the miracle doctor amongst a select group of women.
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Jesse is struggling with the idea of departing San Francisco after a heady decade of what feels like not achieving much.
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The first question any new parent asks… “Is it a boy or a girl?” But what happens when doctors cannot answer that question?
1 baby in 2,000 is born with genitalia that is so ambiguous that no-one can tell if the child is male or female.
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“The American Bowie,” “The True Fairy of Rock & Roll,” “Hype of the Year.” Known as the first openly gay rock star, Jobriath’s legacy delves deeper than the labels hung upon him.
A stunning black and white fictionalised imagining of the one and only Jimmy D.
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This documentary about Gene Robinson, the Bishop of New Hampshire – and the world’ first openly gay ordained bishop, is an insightful and uplifting film about the marrying of beliefs and equality.
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Come and party at Burning Man with the Glamcocks, the most lovable roving bunch of Queers on the playa. A new Australian documentary featuring Courtney Act with the screening followed by a Burn inspired celebration.
Karen can’t believe that she has to work her receptionist gig on the Fourth of July. Then a call comes from her long-lost father, Sebastian Weinberg. Enlisting her janitor friend Meagan to pose as a mechanic, she answers the call herself to investigate.
My Queer Career is Australia’s longest running short films competition screening dedicated to Australian Queer filmmakers. Screening over two nights, the calibre of entries for this year’s competition is so dazzling, you won’t want to miss our rising stars of the screen take their place firmly in the MGFF spotlight. Read More
My Queer Career is Australia’s longest running short films competition screening dedicated to Australian Queer filmmakers. Screening over two nights, the calibre of entries for this year’s competition is so dazzling, you won’t want to miss our rising stars of the screen take their place firmly in the MGFF spotlight. Read More
Nate, a 19 year old film student, and Margaret, a 52 year old spinster, are best friends in an odd, quirky, totally working kind of way until Nate’s audacious classmate Darla sets him up on a date with James.
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Pim, an introverted child, occupies his time drawing and fantasizing while keeping his emerging desires a secret.
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Nimer, a Palestinian student, is dreaming of a better life abroad. One fateful night he meets Roy, an Israeli lawyer, and the two fall in love. As their relationship deepens, Nimer is confronted with the harsh realities of a Palestinian society that refuses to accept him for his sexual identity, and an Israeli society that rejects him for his nationality.
Peaches is an iconic musician and performance artist. Known for her gender bender provocation, she has inspired and shaped the mainstream into a more inclusive and sexually progressive surrounding.
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Not only has she got pink extensions, painted on eyebrows, glitter stockings and superman hotpants, Starlady’s a youth worker in some of Australia’s most remote and challenging places. And she reckons that hairdressing can improve people’s lives.
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Have you ever met someone who made you get a little nervous?
Sexual Tension: Volatile weaves six scintillating experiences of men in various stages of vulnerability and bonding.
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The freshest and funniest coming-of-age drama to hit screens this year. Featuring a star studded cast including Chris Colfer (Glee) and our most fabulous export, Rebel Wilson.
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JJ is a bit of a stud on the lesbian scene, and is inseparable from Seb, her gay husband – who by day work as wedding photographers and by night hit the clubs.
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The Invisible Men tells the untold story of persecuted gay Palestinian men who have fled from their home and family, and are now hiding illegally in Tel Aviv.
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As we take a look at Charles Atlas’ latest work, Turning: Antony & the Johnsons this festival, we thought no better time to screen one of his most memorable documentaries about the unforgettable and iconic, Leigh Bowery. Read More
Struggling martial artist and dancer Bruno loves his girlfriend Carla, but when he meets fellow dancer Rai, serious sparks begin to fly, opening the couple up to new possibilities.
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A music documentary about Antony & The Johnsons and the dazzling array of women who are muse for the live “Turning” show.
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Min-soo and Hyo-jin are ‘not yet coming out’ gay and lesbian, and finally decide to get hitched…Not separately, but together.
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Welcome to New York is about unique first experiences in New York City.
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Arthur Russell – seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist and disco producer. Before his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art.
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