Save the Date! Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival is back for its 33rd edition, running 12–26 February 2026!
Round 12 submissions are open, with award up to $10,000 and is accepting applications until Sunday 4 January 2026 for non-members and Sunday 11 January 2026 for Queer Screen Members.
Interested in joining Queer Screen? Now’s the perfect time to register your interest to become one of our festival volunteers, with positions including usher, wayfinder, program distribution, and more.
2025 (12th) Queer Screen Film Fest's inaugural Emerging Narrative Feature Competition winner goes to Love Letters. directed, written and produced by Alice Douard. Queer Screen Pitch Off prize was awarded to cam?, from writer-director Michail Mathioudakis and producer Juliette Beck.
Queer Screen is the home of the Mardi Gras Film Festival (February), and Queer Screen Film Fest, (August). We are in Sydney, Australia.

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