Bi+ films you can’t miss

Queer, bisexual, pansexual, fluid and other non-monosexual people take centre stage in this list of invigorating films featuring bi+ stories and characters.

Here’s our list of bi+ films you can’t miss at MGFF23, screening in Sydney + surrounds, plus On Demand.

Sublime

Australian Premiere

On Demand

Teen rockers Manu and Felipe have their friendship tested when one develops an unexpected crush, in this refreshing coming of age tale.

Outstanding Screenwriting in an International Narrative Feature, LA Outfest LGBTQ Festival 2022

Youtopia

Sydney Premiere

Tue, Feb 21, 6:30pm
Dendy Cinemas Newtown
+ On Demand

Comedian Scout Durwood directs and stars in this camp-tastic escapade – a hilariously savvy musical for the TikTok generation!

The Five Devils

Australian Premiere

Wed, Feb 22, 6:30pm
Hayden Orpheum Cremorne
+
Fri, Feb 24, 8:30pm
Event Cinemas, George St
+
Wed, Mar 1, 1:30pm
Event Cinemas, George St

Love, mystery and time travel collide in this compelling drama about a lonely girl with a special gift, starring a mesmerising Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Colour).

Cinema Extraordinaire, Bergen International Film Festival 2022

Three Nights A Week

Australian Premiere

Thu, Feb 23, 7:00pm
Event Cinemas, George St
+
Tue, Feb 28, 1:30pm
Event Cinemas, George St

A straight man falls in love with a drag queen, in this crowd-pleasing French dramedy that questions the rigid confines of gender presentation and sexual labels.

Cop Secret

On Demand

In this send-up of that ultra macho genre, the gruff Bússi is Reykjavik’s baddest badass law enforcer. But when a crime syndicate pulling off a series of bank heists proves elusive, even he is stumped. When he gets partnered with his nemesis, the chiselled pansexual Hörður, Bússi thinks life can’t get any worse.

So Damn Easy Going

Tue, Feb 28, 8:30pm
Ritz Cinemas, Randwick

This darkly comedic film impressively balances the highs and lows of a burgeoning high school sapphic romance amidst the mounting anxieties of an adolescence magnified by neurodiversity.

Best First Feature, Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival 2022

Heartbeast

Sydney Premiere

Tue, Feb 28, 4:00pm
Event Cinemas, George St
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Wed, Mar 1, 7:00pm
Event Cinemas, George St

A harmless crush becomes an all-encompassing obsession, in this technicolour psychological thriller that thrums with excitement and danger.

Both screenings include a special Q&A with writer-director Aino Suni.

Sleep with Me

Sydney Premiere

Tue, Feb 28, 6:20pm
Ritz Cinemas, Randwick

In this Filipino rom-com, Harry – a wheelchair user who hosts a beloved late night radio show – meets Luna, an avid listener who struggles with a less visible disability.

Closing Night Gala: The Venus Effect (+ After party!)

Thu Mar 2 7:00 pm
Event Cinemas, George St, Sydney
Selling fast! 🔥

Come send off MGFF23 with a bang at our Closing Night screening of The Venus Effect! The screening will be followed by an after party in Gold Class, so you enjoy some drinks, canapés and celebrate the Festival in style! Plus, you never know what queer celebs you’ll see on the pink carpet.

The Venus Effect is a feel good, award-winning Danish rom-com follows Liv, a young woman with a sweet but unexciting boyfriend, whose world is rocked by the arrival of a pink-haired, vulva dress-wearing, Sapphic goddess.

Unicorn

Screening with Best of MGFF23 Shorts

Sat, Mar 11, 6:00pm
Mount Vic Flicks
+
Sat, Mar 25, 8:30pm
National Film and Sound Archive Canberra

A bisexual man meets an attractive couple to explore the possibilities of life as a unicorn: a drama-free, emotionally non-threatening third.

One of the short bi+ films you can’t miss, Unicorn originally screened at Bi+ Shorts, and is now part of the very esteemed package Best of MGFF23 Shorts!