Save the Date! Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival is back for its 33rd edition, running 12–26 February 2026!
Special Screenings
Lane Cove Cinema Club x Queer Screen
Special free screening of QSFF25 Mixed Shorts on 23 October at Pottery Lane Performance Space, presented in partnership with the Lane Cove Cinema Club.
The Secret of Me
Special free screening on 26 October Intersex Awareness Day at Event Cinemas George St — presented by City of Sydney and Queer Screen. A powerful and deeply human documentary tracing one man’s discovery of his intersex identity and the hidden medical practices that shaped his life — a moving call for truth, visibility, and bodily autonomy.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Special preview screening on 28 October — Oscar-winning director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) returns to the movie musical with this dazzling Technicolor fantasy starring Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna.
Upcoming Events
SXSW SYDNEY 2025
Queer Screen is proud to co-present two screenings at the SXSW SYDNEY 2025 this October, including Peter Hujar’s Day and The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo on Sat 18 October.
Capital Film Festival
Queer Screen is proud to co-present two screenings at the Capital Film Festival this November, including Cactus Pears on Sat 1 Nov and The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo on Sun 2 Nov.
News
2025 Pitch off Finalists
This initiative is an opportunity for up-and-coming filmmakers to win $10,000 in funding for a short film project from Queer Screen!
Feature Competition Jury
The Emerging Narrative Feature Competition offers a $2,500 cash prize to one of six nominated films.
12th Queer Screen Film Fest
The 12th Queer Screen Film Fest (QSFF) will take place at Event Cinemas George Street from 27 to 31 August 2025.
Queer Screen is the home of the Mardi Gras Film Festival (February), and Queer Screen Film Fest, (August). We are in Sydney, Australia.
Partnership Opportunities
Forge meaningful connections with the LGBTIQ+ community at one of their favourite events and be seen as a brand that supports diversity and inclusion and the LGBTIQ+ community.
Queer Screen feels honoured to work, create and contribute to the community on the land of Australia’s traditional custodians. We acknowledge their wisdom and resilience in the face of injustices. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.