Media Releases

MGFF 2017: Wrap Release

In its most successful run in recent years, Queer Screen’s 24th Mardi Gras Film Festival saw audience numbers of 21,000 (a 23 per cent increase from last year and a 280 per cent increase from 2013) attend 100 screenings and events. ...

12 March, 2017

MGFF 2017: GLAAD Visit to Sydney to Highlight LGBTIQ Representation in the Media

Author and journalist Benjamin Law (The Family Law), and comedian Jordan Raskopoulos (Axis of Awesome), will join GLAAD in Sydney later this month for a groundbreaking public discussion on the power of news and entertainment media....

06 February, 2017

Queer Screen Completion Fund Winners 2017

Body positive documentary Nothing to Lose – The Documentary and supernatural web series Jade of Death were the winners of Queer Screen’s Completion Fund announced at the launch of Queer Screen’s 24th Mardi Gras Film Festival....

30 January, 2017

MGFF 2017: Full Launch Release

From James Franco making porn to a sing-a-long with Doris Day, Queer Screen’s 24th Mardi Gras Film Festival has something for everyone whether it’s an inspiring political documentary, a tear-jerking drama or a sexy romp!...

11 January, 2017

Three Filmmaker Opportunities

Queer Screen is proud to announce three exciting filmmaker opportunities now open for submissions. Opportunities include the Queer Screen Completion Fund, My Queer Career, and a special opportunity to create the Mardi Gras Film Festival official trailer....

05 October, 2016

MGFF 2016: Out to Win Panel Featuring Ian Thorpe

Ian Thorpe, Matthew Mitcham, Sally Shipard, Daniel Kowalski, Shelly Gorman-Sandie and Casey Conway will form a panel discussion about being elite gay athletes as part of the Mardi Gras Film Festival screening of Out to Win....

20 February, 2016