Queer Screen – Mardi Gras Film Festival

Ahead Of The Curve (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://bit.ly/QSFF20-Curve

In a world of YouTube, TikTok, blogs and more, is there a future for print magazines? What’s more, is there a future for a LESBIAN print magazine?

Ahead of the Curve documents the birth of the iconic lesbian magazine, Curve, through the personal story of the magazine’s founder, Franco Stevens. When confronted with the possible end of Curve, Franco embarks on a journey through the development of the magazine, focusing on the power of community and visibility for lesbians and queer women.

Simultaneously, Franco meets and connects with the next generation of LGBTIQ+ leaders – inspiring poets, formidable political figures, intelligent educators, and more.

Interweaving Franco’s personal history with the development of the magazine, the film celebrates lesbian history and culture, simultaneously questioning what still needs to be done.

Australian Premiere

“Zippy, insightful and deeply moving” – The Hollywood Reporter

BOOK NOW: https://bit.ly/QSFF20-Curve

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

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(Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Cicada

It’s a steamy summer in New York and Ben bounces from one hook up to the next as he struggles to cope with events from his past.

When Ben meets the handsome Sam, who is hiding in more ways than one, he is drawn to him on a deeper level than he is used to. As their chemistry grows and their relationship intensifies, both men are confronted with how much to reveal of themselves, and how far they are willing to let the other one in.

Based on true events, writer, director and star Matthew Fifer is both handsome and heartfelt as Ben, and out actor Sheldon D. Brown delivers a standout performance as Sam in this beautiful, healing experience of a film.

With a supporting cast that includes Cobie Smulders, Scott Adsit, David Burtka and Jason Greene, this is a queer film debut to savour.

Australian Premiere

Runner Up Outshine Film Festival 2020 Best Narrative Feature

“Cicada artfully presents the healing power of love” – Philadelphia Gay News

Trigger Warning: Discussions of surviving child abuse

BOOK NOW: https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Cicada

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

Gossamer Folds (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: bit.ly/QSFF20GossamerFolds

Moving beyond clichéd stories of gender transition, Gossamer Folds centres a Black, trans woman, played by a Black, trans actress, Alexandra Grey (Empire), who is empowered to follow her dreams.

In the summer of 1986, ten-year-old Tate and his parents move to a small town after living in the city all his life. Much to his father’s annoyance, they find themselves living next door to Gossamer, a young, Black trans woman.

When Tate’s family crumbles around him, he defies his parents’ warnings to stay away and finds solace with Gossamer and her father, a retired English professor. He and Gossamer bond as he treats her with innocence unmarred by prejudice and she treats him as an equal.

A gorgeous film made all the more splendid by its stellar cast including Grey, Jen Richards and, fresh from starring in It and bringing great nuance to his role, Jackson Robert Scott as Tate. A serious, moving and refreshingly positive portrayal of a unique trans experience.

Australian Premiere

Presented with Trans Pride Australia.

“a charming, touching movie” – Advocate

Discussions of transphobic violence, transphobic and homophobic language.

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ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

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Holy Trinity (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: http://bit.ly/HolyTrinityQSFF20

“Hey gods and goddesses and gender non-specific deities, welcome to church! Are you ready for a religious experience?”

After borrowing a roommate’s magical spiritual cleansing spray to get her latest aerosol-huffing fix, queer dominatrix Trinity (writer-director Molly Hewitt) starts to hear voices. Dead people’s voices.
With loyal sub, Baby (Theo Germaine; The Politician, Work in Progress) by her side and a growing list of clients looking to exorcise their buried traumas, Trinity sets out to discover whether her power is a gift or a curse.

Set in a colourful alternative Chicago where sex- and kink-positivity are the norm, and you’re as likely to encounter someone walking their “pet” sub on a leash as a Madonna-obsessed priest, Holy Trinity takes the homemade aesthetics and ideals of avant-garde queer club culture out into the world at large.

Filled with a cast of wonderfully weird characters, this campy tongue-in-cheek comedy blurs the lines between spirituality and sexuality, and celebrates the joy of rejecting the (hetero)norm and colouring outside the lines.

Australian Premiere

Presented with community partner The Red Rattler

“With the striking anti-capitalist set design to an insightful look at queer life through a colorful lens, there’s enough on screen here to say Hewitt could be the new face of queer cinema.” – Flickering Myth
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ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

Steelers: The World’s First Gay Rugby Club (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: http://bit.ly/Steelers-QSFF20

After moving from Australia to the UK, Eammon Ashton-Atkinson discovered the accepting embrace of the Steelers, the world’s first gay rugby team.

Starting out as just six men in a Kings Cross bar in London, queer rugby has now developed into a community of thousands.

Eammon introduces us to some of these colourful characters as they compete in the Bingham World Cup against the best in the world, including our own Sydney Convicts.

We meet Nic Evans, the passionate lesbian coach who has overcome misogyny in a male-dominated sport, Simon Jones the semi-pro player who opens up about his battle with depression and Andrew McDowell, the fierce rugby player by day and even fiercer drag queen by night.

Through community, these gay rugby players have learnt to tackle life’s problems alongside the opposition.

Australian Premiere

Presented with Sydney Convicts Rugby Club.

“A story so powerful, so raw, and one that many, if not all of the gay viewers, will recognise as their own, right from the opening scene.” – Gay Nation

Content Warning: Discussions around mental health and suicide

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ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

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Breaking Fast (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://bit.ly/QSFF20Breaking

This sweet gay rom-com is a real breath of fresh air.

In director Mike Mosallam’s debut feature, we met Mo (Haaz Sleiman), a gay, Muslim man living in West Hollywood who not only isn’t struggling to reconcile his faith and sexuality, but also has the support of his family!

However, that doesn’t necessarily make things smooth sailing, and after he ends things with a long-term love, he wonders if he’ll ever find someone. Enter dashing actor Kal (Michael Cassidy), who comes into Mo’s life just as he enters the period of Ramadan, meaning he’ll have to balance his new feelings with the vows of abstinence this sacred month requires.

A touching film that will restore your faith in true connection, and the power of a good Sound of Music reference!

Australian Premiere

“Breaking Fast is a beautifully-acted story…It hits familiar rom-com beats, but in a surprising, thematically rich way.” – The Queer Review

BOOK NOW: https://bit.ly/QSFF20Breaking

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

Presented with Sydney Queer Muslims

Tu Me Manques (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Tu-Me-Manques

In French you don’t say “I miss you”. You say “tu me manques” which translates to “you are missing from me”.

Based on a play that started a revolution in Bolivia, Tu Me Manques is an innovative film which turns a deeply personal story into a universal call for love and acceptance.

Sebastian and Gabriel are two Bolivian men living in New York City who meet serendipitously and are instantly drawn to one another. As they fall in love, the complicated issue of Gabriel coming out to his family back home starts to drive a wedge in their fairy tale life stateside.

When tragedy strikes the young couple, Gabriel’s father travels to New York City to meet Sebastian. With a glorious cast of supporting characters, including Almodovar muse Rossy de Palma, this heartfelt film tackles the sensitive issue of cultural homophobia with passion, love and tolerance and is a deeply moving and unique cinema experience that has already left an indelible mark in its home country.

Encore Screening

Runner Up Outshine Film Festival 2020 Audience Award Best Narrative
Winner Palm Springs International Film Festival 2020 Best of the Fest Audience Vote

“Emotional and raw, this is a film which will affect you. Deeply” – Orca Sound

Trigger Warning: Suicide themes

BOOK NOW: https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Tu-Me-Manques

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

STREAMING FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

SURVIVING THE SILENCE (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://bit.ly/SurvivingQSFF20

In the 90s, a highly-decorated colonel was forced to make an impossible choice that would change the course of US military policy.

Surviving the Silence explores the extraordinary story behind the historic discharge of war hero, Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, for admitting she was a lesbian in the midst of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military era in the United States. This dismissal was presided over by decorated nurse Col. Pat Thompson. What no one knew at the time was that for decades Thompson herself had been serving as a closeted lesbian, and navigating life in homophobic 20th Century America with her longterm lover, Barbara Brass.

From finding love in the military, surviving anti-gay policy, to the heights of a Hollywood adaptation starring Glenn Close; Surviving the Silence gives voice to those women once silenced and offers a timely reminder of what is at stake when we don’t stand loud, proud and united.

Australian Premiere

“a timely testament to women in love rising to the occasion of destiny” – Silver Screen Capture

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ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

(Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX:
https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Moonlit-Winter

A girl takes her mother on holiday to snowy Hokkaido after discovering a love letter from a woman in her mother’s past, in this slow-burn film full of longing.

In Moonlit Winter we meet four women: teenager Sae-bom and her divorced mother Yoon-hee who are making ends meet in South Korea; and veterinarian Jun and her aunt Masako who live together quietly in Japan. When Sae-bom intercepts a letter to her mother from Jun that hints at a past she never knew of, she convinces her mother to travel with her to Jun’s town and surreptitiously plans to find the mysterious woman her mother once loved.

With the serene beauty of Japanese winter as a stunning backdrop, we’re warmed by the tender bonds that tie these women to one another, and the tension of two people destined to reunite. Moonlit Winter overflows with joy tinged with regret, and captivates with its soft and gentle hopefulness.

Australian Premiere

“a slow-burning and heartfelt drama” – The Hollywood Reporter

BOOK NOW: https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Moonlit-Winter

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

GAY SHORTS (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Gay-Shorts

Our always popular gay shorts program returns to titillate and tease, amuse and move as they traverse the gay experience.

App hookups come to the fore in films such as Sexpert Advice, in which a millennial learns how to get dirty via his device; and Lesson #8 where two guys connect but what happens next is anything but your standard one night stand; while in See You Soon two men meet after months of chatting, will they be compatible in real life?

Boundaries of all sorts get explored. 1981’s Swedish couple will be left changed after a trip to a sauna, while in The Last Romantics perspective is everything when two guys recall the same encounter. And in The Edge, two very different men find themselves challenging each other.

In Must Be Painful, a travelling couple find themselves stuck with some unwelcome company at a train station overnight, while in Pompeii, our main character, returning home, relives the trashy night out in London he’s just had.

BOOK NOW: https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Gay-Shorts

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

The 8th Queer Screen Film Fest
Online | In-Cinema | Drive-In

September 17-27

#QSFF20 will have more than 35 LGBTIQ+ features, docos and shorts that you can watch on demand online, wherever you are in Australia!

That’s right, we are officially on more screens than ever as #QSFF20 becomes a festival you can enjoy wherever you choose to be.

As a PLUS, we will be hosting three very special social-but-safe events, including a drag queen drive-in double feature!

And during #QSFF20 there will still be some fab ways that our Queer Screen community can get involved without leaving the house — we’ll have filmmaker Q&As and be live-streaming our annual Pitch Off competition, allowing more people than ever to see some cool projects ready to go to the next level, as well as some other events, too. And we’ll be wanting to hear all your feedback on the films we’ve got up our sleeve on all our social channels also.

We love how LGBTIQ+ films bring us all together, and #QSFF20 is set to do just that!

#QSFF20 | 17-27 Sep. First 3 Films Announced.

Full Program Announced September 3

SECOND STAR ON THE RIGHT (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://bit.ly/SecondQSFF20

“Where are the bisexuals? Raise your hand if you are bisexual!” Emilia yells atop a table in a crowded cafe.

Meet Emilia, a bisexual millennial with an outdated vocabulary of 90s pop-culture references, who lives with her mother, parties most nights and struggles as an aspiring actor. Her close group of female friends are already married with children and wonder when, if ever, Emilia will just grow up!

Second Star on the Right tells the story of the lifelong friendship of a group of imperfect female characters and the humorously personable journey of self-discovery and growing-pains in a world that seems to slap a use-by date on everything.

With a touch of magical realism, drunken confessions, embarrassing encounters and exposed secrets, Second Star on the Right proves that coming-of-age films aren’t only for teens.

2019 Boston LGBT FIlm Festival Winner: Audience Choice Best Narrative Feature
2019 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival Nominee: Best International Film

“Heartbreaking and uplifting…Second Star on the Right is an intimate slice-of-life drama with elements of magical realism.” – Film Threat

BOOK NOW: https://bit.ly/SecondQSFF20

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

SONG LANG (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Song-Lang

1980s Saigon is gorgeous in this dreamy melodrama of two men who unexpectedly find solace in each other’s company.

The surprising connection sparks when underworld debt collector Dung (brooding Lien Binh Phat) meets opera singer Linh Phung (V-pop singer Isaac), who performs Cai Luong, a contemporary form of traditional Vietnamese opera with a struggling company. Linh Phung’s theatre company is behind in their payments to Dung’s boss, a ruthless loan shark.

When the two men from seemingly different walks of life – a gangster and an opera singer – meet, a friendship develops and they soon learn they have more in common than they first thought.

In this gorgeously shot feature-length debut from Leon Le, their smouldering friendship begins to mirror the operatic heights of Cai Luong.

Encore screening

Winner Beijing International Film Festival 2019 Best New Director
Winner Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival 2019 Best Feature

“Delving into suppressed artistic drive, abandonment and karma, Le’s debut could be described as a uniquely Vietnamese hybrid of Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love and Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise” – The Hollywood Reporter

BOOK NOW: https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Song-Lang

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

PROUD (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://bit.ly/ProudQS

From award winning director Philippe Faucon, Proud is a powerful and moving three-part miniseries which tells the story of Charles, Victor and Diego, three generations of the same French family.

In 1981, it was still illegal to be gay in France. When, at 17, Victor comes out to his father Charles, and introduces the family to Serge, his older lover, the relationship between father and son is profoundly impacted. As LGBTIQ+ rights in France continue to evolve over the decades, Victor finds love and the security of family in his lasting relationship with Serge and their adopted son, Diego.

As his son enters adolescence, Victor must confront long-held attitudes and re-evaluate his relationship with Diego, to avoid reliving the turbulence of his relationship with his own father. Both epic and intimate, Proud is an engrossing and superbly acted depiction of how political and societal attitudes change over the years, as do families and their relationships.

Australian Premiere

2018 L’Association des Critiques de Séries Nominee: Best Series
2018 L’Association des Critiques de Séries Nominee: Best Direction

“Proud excels when it makes the political personal, utilizing its characters as affecting markers for changing minds and hearts.” – The Arts Fuse

BOOK NOW: https://bit.ly/ProudQS

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

(Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://bit.ly/CocoonQSFF20

Why do you need a boyfriend if you already have a BFF? So asks 14 year-old Nora, the wallflower protagonist in the German coming-of-age film, Cocoon.

Spending her summer traipsing after her older sister, Nora quietly observes all without quite fitting in. At first it seems this is because of Nora’s youth, but as the film progresses, Nora begins to discover that perhaps her way of viewing the world and the people in it has more to do with her own identity.

The film provides a perfectly heartfelt portrayal of the confusion and joy of growing up. Touching on the full swathe of teenage themes, sexuality is one of many discoveries, subtly interwoven into the broader question of what it means to an adolescent.

From super-realistic first periods, to sister dynamics and absent mothers, Cocoon subtly captures Nora’s rolling, youthful summer of lazy poolside flirtations, dramatic parties and honest realisations.

Australian Premiere

2020 Berlin International Film Festival Nominee: Teddy Best Feature Film
2020 Berlin International Film Festival Nominee: Crystal Bear Generation 14plus Best Film

“Leonie Krippendorff’s feature debut feels fresh and authentic, both in terms of the performances, and in the film’s restless sense of place, the culturally mixed Kreuzberg neighbourhood of Kottbusser Tor.” – Screen Daily

BOOK NOW: https://bit.ly/CocoonQSFF20

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

TREMORS (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://bit.ly/Tremors-QSFF20

Caught between two disparate worlds, the ramifications of a single decision will send shockwaves through Pablo’s life and family, in this acclaimed Guatemalan drama.

Forty-something Pablo’s life seems picture perfect. He’s happily married with kids and a great job. But when he tells his ultra-religious family he’s leaving his wife for the man he loves, his whole world comes toppling down.

Under the juxtaposition of the grungy, city nightlife of the colourful gay community and the staid, repressive traditions of an overbearing conservative family and faced with the very real possibility of never seeing his kids again, Pablo must come to terms with what he really wants and what he’s willing to give up to have it.

Featuring gorgeous, haunting visuals and raw, affecting performances, writer-director Jayro Bustmente approaches the cruelty and consequences of navigating a homophobic society with compassion and care, in this unflinching and visceral film.

2019 NewFest Winner: Best Narrative Feature
2019 San Sebastián International Film Festival Winner: Best Latin American Film

“a magnificently unflinching film from a master director in the making” – The Wrap

Trigger Warning: Contains scenes of conversion therapy

BOOK NOW: https://bit.ly/Tremors-QSFF20

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE SHORTS (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://bit.ly/TransShortsQSFF20

Expressing gender diversity in both fiction and documentary shorts, this program brings together experiences of gender-expansiveness from across the world.

Two Dollars is an American comedy which sees aspiring artist Syd consistently misgendered by their office colleagues. Mockumentary-style Candis for President, follows trans actress Candis Cayne as she embarks on a hilarious presidential campaign, and Darling is a glimpse into the successes and setbacks of a Pakistani dancer.

In Dungarees, we witness Blake’s attempt to “gay up” his appearance, and in the stunning animation Kapaemahu, we learn the story of four Hawaiian rocks which hold the power of the Mahu people.

The program also includes three docushorts: The Paint Wizzard which profiles Texan transgender painter Millie; They which features a couple who are raising their baby gender neutral and lastly Wishes, a compilation of a decade of birthday wishes made by trans teen Adam.

BOOK NOW: https://bit.ly/TransShortsQSFF20

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

LESBIAN SHORTS (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Lesbian-Shorts

In the lesbian shorts program you will see seven incredibly fascinating stories from across the globe which all shine a light on the beauty that is female love.

Madrid-Stockholm and Instructions to Let Go both give an insightful look into the feeling of loss over a past relationship. After having a brief romance, Tillie realises how her passive lifestyle has led to her loneliness in Roadkill.

Focusing on new-found love, CC Dances the Go-Go gives a deeper look into the excitement and terror that comes with having a crush, and the uplifting 6:23AM realistically depicts the ups and awkward downs of a first date.

Hilarity ensues in Break In after Nousha accidentally sends her crush a copy of her personal erotic fiction, and Wings will warm your heart with its story of a love that transcends time.

BOOK NOW: https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Lesbian-Shorts

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

SAME BUT DIFFERENT: A TRUE NEW ZEALAND LOVE STORY (Australian premiere) | #QSFF20 17-27 Sep. Online. TIX: https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Same-But-Different-A-True-New-Zealand-Love-Story

Inspired by the real life romance of writer-director Nikki Si’ulepa and producer Rachel Aneta Wills, Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story is a delightfully modern, cross-cultural romantic comedy about being your true self.

In Auckland, bumbling single mum Rachel (Robyn Paterson) is trying to avoid romantic entanglements. Then she meets stunning Kiwi-Samoan filmmaker Nikki (Hannah Martin) at a Māori film festival and it’s love at first sight – at least for Rachel.

After stalking her target on social media like a teenager, trying to appear cooler than she really is, and generally making a fool of herself, Rachel finally succeeds at “asking a chick out on a date”. True love beckons for this attractive Kiwi odd couple until a spiteful ex throws a spanner in the works, making Nikki question how serious Rachel really is about their relationship.

Encore Screening

Presented with Community Partner: Central Coast Pride

Screens with Closed Captions

“Same but Different: A True New Zealand Love Story is wickedly Kiwi, riotously funny in places and with a romantic centre that gently gifts the viewer with a mismatched pair to be willed together” – reviewsbyjudith.com

BOOK NOW: https://tix.queerscreen.org.au/Events/Same-But-Different-A-True-New-Zealand-Love-Story

ON DEMAND. Available to stream from 7pm, 17 Sep to 11.59pm , 27 Sep. Only Available for streaming in Australia.

Streaming FAQs: bit.ly/QSFF20-streaming-FAQs

Stage Mother (Sydney Premiere). #QSFF20. Sat 26 Sep, 6:30pm. Skyline Drive-In, Blacktown. TIX: bit.ly/QSFF20-DriveInSM

Our fabulous drive-in double-feature kicks off with the Sydney premiere of the must-see Stage Mother, with a stellar cast headed up by none other than our very own Jacki Weaver!

She plays Maybelline, a conservative Texan who finds she’s the proprietor of a San Francisco drag club after her estranged son passes away. She’ll not only be forced to confront some long-held prejudices, but also realise that her skills as a choir leader might just come in handy when it comes to putting on a show.

Weaver shines as Maybelline and is joined by a sparkling cast that includes Lucy Liu, Adrian Grenier and Mya Taylor – making Stage Mother one sassy and moving comedy you don’t want to miss.

Then stick around to sing along to iconic Aussie gay classic The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert!

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The Adventures of Priscilla – Queen of The Desert | #QSFF20. Sat 26 Sep, 8.30pm. Skyline Drive-In, Blacktown. TIX: bit.ly/QSFF20-Priscilla-Drive-In

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is the gay classic that Australia gave to the world, and what better way to see it on the big screen than in the socially-distanced safety of your own car at Queer Screen’s super-fun drive-in double feature?

Sit back and quote the script (“You know, there are two things I don’t like about your, Felicia… Your face”), sing along to the soundtrack, enjoy the spectacular Oscar-winning outfits and cheer every moment of this down-under delight!

Starring Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce and Terence Stamp, it follows three drag performers heading to Alice Springs, but director Stephan Elliott’s film is so much more than that. Catch it as the second of our back-to-back queer flicks after the comedy Stage Mother, starring another Aussie icon, Jacki Weaver.

Has a drive-in ever been so gay?

Trigger Warning: Homophobic violence and themes of child abuse

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