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  Print guide text: The largest and most prestigious competition for queer shorts in Australia held each year as part of the Festival. Over the past few years many of the shorts which made their first appearance in MQC have gone on to screen in festivals...

  Festival guide text: Held each year as part of the Mardi Gras Film Festival, the major prize of the competition is the Stephen Cummins prize, named after the gifted Australian filmmaker who died from an AIDS-related condition in 1993. Stephen bequeathed Queer Screen an amount...

  Film guide text: Once again, we are presenting our popular competition for Australian queer short films and videos. Entries have been received from all over the country, and the finalists will be screened on the big night.  Prizes will be awarded by a panel of...

   Title  Director  Runtime  Synopsis Showgirl Chris Schembri & Natalie Fefoglia 54 An independent documentary drama centred on Sydney's fabulous Drag industry. The Assumption May Trubuhovich 4 Eve embarks on a journey beyond the garden gates; the Virgin, Venus and Mona Lisa are waiting. The Soliloquy of Dale Cunningham Samuel McGeorge 21 Teenage boy exploring his sexuality;...

  Print guide text: Queer Screen presents the inaugural Australian Queer Film & Video Awards. In keeping with Queer Screen's initiatives, this section of the festival focuses on the promotion, nurturing and development of an Australian Queer Film & Video culture.  Winner Best Film 1994 Jackie O is...

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(He/Him) Digital Engagement Director. Finn O’Keefe has over ten years' experience in communications management at leading community legal, HIV, and arts & cultural organisations, and a decades' worth of experience as a freelance audio producer and composer for multi-language film, TV and radio...

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....

Get excited, the 4th Queer Screen Film Fest, brought to you by Queer Screen is back! We are especially looking forward to bringing you this year's festival, as the second half of 2016 has some exceptionally high calibre queer films and documentaries to offer! Spanning a...

Queer Screen's volunteers had a wonderful time at the 2016 Queer Screen Film Fest. Queer Screen would like to thank all the volunteers that made the festival happen. Click 'Read More' to sign up and volunteer with Queer Screen....