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Announces JIMPA as Opening Night of the 33rd Mardi Gras Film Festival

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12 January, 2026

Queer Screen Board Director & Board Associate roles | Now accepting Expressions of Interest

Queer Screen is looking for passionate, community-minded people to join our leadership team in the volunteer roles of Board Director and Board Associate. For more than 30 years, Queer Screen has championed diverse LGBTQIA+ stories through film. We proudly produce the Mardi Gras Film Festival and...

01 December, 2025

Queer Screen Announces Love Letters Wins Best Emerging Narrative Feature and Audience Award, Together with Pitch Off Winners Showcasing Local Talent

This year marked the inaugural Emerging Narrative Feature Competition, showcasing six outstanding works: Plainclothes (Carmen Emmi), Love Letters (Alice Douard), Cactus Pears (Rohan Parashuram Kanawade), Lucky Apartment (Kangyu Ga-ram), Outerlands (Elena Oxman) and Sauna (Mathias Broe)....

21 November, 2025

Emerging Feature Film Competition at 2025 Queer Screen Film Fest

The 12th Queer Screen Film Fest (QSFF) will return from 27–31 August 2025 at Event Cinemas George Street....

21 June, 2025

Queer Screen x Inner West Council: Free Pride Screenings & Market at Leichhardt Town Hall

To celebrate Pride Month this June, Queer Screen is proud to partner with Inner West Council to present the Pride Screenings & Market — a vibrant one-day celebration of love, identity and community....

02 June, 2025

Benson Wu appointed CEO to lead Queer Screen into new era

Andrew will lead the development and delivery of Queer Screen’s curatorial vision across its flagship events...

20 May, 2025

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Queer love is in the air and QSFF24 is feeling flirty

Queer Screen Film Fest is coming to lure us out of hibernation and warm our hearts with 35 fresh films, representing every continent in the world....

24 July, 2024

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QSFF23 Media Release

Slide into the cinema and celebrate the best and freshest queer filmmaking in the world 10th Queer Screen Film Fest: 23 August - 3 September 2023 MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT Download the PDF Media Release Here 19 July 2023: Queer Screen Film Fest is coming in hot this winter...

19 July, 2023

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MGFF23 MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT

Awaken Your Senses with the Best of Queer Cinema. Queer Screen’s 30th Mardi Gras Film Festival: 15 Feb – 2 Mar 2023....

11 January, 2023

Keep Calm, Stay Queer! QSFF 2021 is Nearly Here!

Queer Screen has moved its upcoming Queer Screen Film Fest competely online with films available nationally on demand for 11 days from Thursday 16 September to Sunday 26 September....

12 August, 2021