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Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Address: Level 8, 225 Bourke Street 3000 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.mqff.com.au

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25.01.2022 #LIVE: KERRIE & DOLLY | Ep. 35 This week, KERRIE & DOLLY welcome actress and advocate, Georgie Stone OAM, honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia earlier this year; the talented Jennifer Tierney, London-based musical theatre artist part of the original UK cast of Come From Away on the West End; also Conleth Kane a fabulous singer-songwriter who has been seen in musicals on the West End and TV shows all over the UK/Ireland; also GLOBE Melbourne President, Megs Williams, to chat about the GLOBE Community Awards 2020; and STEPtember Ambassador, Marija Macri, whose 6 year old son, Marc, lives with spastic quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy. Plus all our regular contributors including Community Darling, Dean Arcuri, the JOY News Team and more.

24.01.2022 KERRIE DOLLY | Ep. 32 Tonight KERRIE & DOLLY welcome one of Australia’s leading ladies of stage and screen, Virginia Gay, in for a chat, as well as Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins. Musical guests include local singer and musical theatre performer, Aaron Taylor, plus New York City singer-songwriter, Kyle Motsinger and much-loved UK drag artist, Drag With No Name (Scott Burey). Plus regular contributors Community Darling Dean Arcuri, the JOY News Team and more!

24.01.2022 Stage Mother, presented by Collingwood Medical, is now streaming Australia-wide on the MQFF website! Enjoy your online screening! To watch after purchasing your ticket: Login to your MQFF account. On the left-hand menu of your Account Dashboard, click 'On Demand'. Your stream will be listed, click through to watch. The stream will end on Sunday 27 Sept at 11:55pm.

24.01.2022 KERRIE & DOLLY | Ep. 44 This week, KERRIE & DOLLY are thrilled to welcome much-loved writer, radio and television presenter, Jo Stanley, who is launching Broad Radio, radio for women, by women; Australian entertainment icon and RocKwiz co-host, Brian Nankervis who is proud to be back hosting the Sacred Heart Mission’s 13th Annual ‘Heart of St Kilda Concert’; Richard Keane, CEO of Living Positive Victoria, to chat about World AIDS Day which is next Tuesday 1 December; Co-owne...r of the incredible Piano Bar group, now open in Geelong, Ballarat, Colac and most recently, Bendigo; Martha Ackroyd Curtis, author of 'Hello Titty', a new collection of original poems and photographs of breasts; plus music from talented singer/actor, Olivia Charalambous; and our regular Auslan translator, Elvin Lam, working with his partner, professional singer, David Campbell! Not forgetting our Community Darling, Dean Arcuri, Judy Kelly from the JOY News Team, and much more! See more

24.01.2022 MQFF Regional Roadshow continues this week across Victoria, and we're heading to Morwell next, on May 28 & 29! Thanks to our cinema partner Village Cinemas, tickets are on sale now bit.ly/mqffregionalroadshow Morwell friends, we can't wait to see you! Harriet Shing MP LGBT Gippsland headspace Morwell Gippsland Pride Initiative Inc. South Gippsland Gay & Lesbian Social Network Pride Cup

23.01.2022 #LIVE: KERRIE & DOLLY | Ep. 33 This week KERRIE & DOLLY welcome co-host of ABC TV’s new weekly music show, The Sound, as well as Double J radio broadcaster and podcast host, Zan Rowe; also, award-winning comedy icon, producer, screenwriter and academic, Tim Ferguson. Musical guests include one of Australia's leading piano men and cabaret performers, Trevor Jones; powerhouse pop duo FLAXXON, featuring identical twins Yolanda and Yasmin; and a new song, Return, written by Australian musical theatre composer/lyricist Jess Newman, and sung by industry stars with over 100 singers and dancers. Plus, regular contributors Community Darling Dean Arcuri, the JOY News Team and more!

22.01.2022 Next stop Bendigo, with Bendigo Queer Film Festival and Bendigo Cinemas! There's still time to join us: bit.ly/mqffregionalroadshow

21.01.2022 The sun is going down and the cars are rolling in... See you tonight at Village Drive-In Coburg for Happiest Season.

21.01.2022 Join us for the premiere of drag-tastic musical comedy Stage Mother presented by Collingwood Medical, streaming September 26-27, on the MQFF website. Tell your friends, this is Australia-wide! Book: bit.ly/mqffstagemother #MQFFOnline Collingwood Medical

21.01.2022 It's Happiest Season Melbourne premiere day, and we can't wait to see you tonight! Don't forget to download the Coburg Drive-In app to order your snacks delivered to your car. I love Christmas movies, but I had never seen my experience represented in a Christmas film, Clea DuVall said during a recent interview with IndieWire. As a filmmaker, I want to make movies that have a greater social impact, where you can go in and be really entertained, but where people who are not represented as much in film can feel seen in a genre where they have felt invisible.

20.01.2022 During MQFF Interrupted we'll be sharing exclusive content via social media - including Program Director Spiro Economopoulos' interview with Isabel Sandoval, director of Lingua Franca. We'll share the full-length interview during MQFF Interrupted, here's a sneak peek. Lingua Franca is a sensitive and beguiling character study full of depth and intimacy, bringing to light the uneasy and vulnerable situations undocumented migrants and transwomen can find themselves in. A landmark film in that it is the first to be written and directed by a trans woman of colour. See Lingua Franca, Nov 19-30, Australia-wide bit.ly/mqffinterrupted

20.01.2022 Our friends at Squealing Pig Wines Australia have some of their best to send your way! Go in the running to win six bottles of Rosé or Pinot Noir... just tag a friend below and tell us why you most want to share a drink with them. Aaaannnnddd go! #MQFF #MQFF30 #MQFFOnline #SquealingPig

16.01.2022 It's three years this week since Australians voted yes to same-sex marriage. Throwback to the announcement reaction in Melbourne.

16.01.2022 Spend your Sunday evening with us, Stage Mother presented by Collingwood Medical is streaming Australia-wide on the MQFF website until TONIGHT, at 11:55pm. Closed Captioning is available! Tickets: bit.ly/mqffstagemother To watch after purchasing your ticket: Login to your MQFF account. On the left-hand menu of your Account Dashboard, click 'On Demand'. Your stream will be listed, click through to watch. The stream will end on Sunday 27 Sept at 11:55pm.

15.01.2022 Happy Bisexual Awareness week to all the bisexual+ babes in our community, we see you! Your sexuality is valid, no matter your gender, relationship status, or the gender of the person you’re in a relationship with. #biweek #bisexualawarenessweek

14.01.2022 The Archivettes - Born in 1974 in a Manhattan apartment, the Lesbian Herstory Archive has grown to become an essential collection of lesbian history. This inspiring documentary tells the story of the women behind that collection, the devoted Archivettes who have cared for it over the years with passion and perseverance, ensuring that the diversity of lesbian histories and identities, from the personal to the political, live on. Featuring brilliant archival footage and interviews with several generations of Archivettes, it’s an empowering story of pride, resistance and intergenerational connection. See The Archivettes (MQFF) at MQFF Interrupted, Australia-wide November 19-30: bit.ly/mqffinterrupted

13.01.2022 When conservative, Texas church-choir director Maybelline (Jacki Weaver) inherits her recently deceased son’s drag club, she surprises her closed-minded husband and everyone else she knows by moving alone to San Francisco to save the club from bankruptcy. Thom Fitzgerald’s lyrical comedy-drama boasts a fiery supporting cast, including Lucy Liu, Adrian Grenier, Mya Taylor (Tangerine, PSIFF 2015) and drag superstar Jackie Beat. This very special presentation of Stage Mother is... proudly brought to you by Collingwood Medical. Streaming 26-27 September only on the MQFF website. Go to www.mqff.com.au #MQFF #MQFF30 #MQFFOnline #CollingwoodMedical #StageMother

12.01.2022 After two sessions quickly sold out, our third and final session tickets to Happiest Season as part of MQFF Interrupted are on sale now, don't miss out! This 9:30pm session on Nov 26 will screen with Open Captions. Meeting your girlfriend’s family for the first time can be tough. Planning to propose at her family’s annual Christmas dinner until you realise that they don’t even know she’s gay is even tougher. Starring Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Dan Levy, and directed by Clea DuVall, Christmas has come early with Happiest Season (MQFF). Tickets on sale now: bit.ly/mqffhappiestseason

12.01.2022 We're super excited to be partnering with Collingwood Medical to premiere the drag-tastic musical comedy, Stage Mother. Streaming on demand from 26 to 27 September, only on the MQFF website. Book now at www.mqff.com.au #MQFF #MQFF30 #MQFFOnline

10.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who joined us over the weekend for Stage Mother presented by Collingwood Medical! If you missed it, or simply need a rewatch, the film is released by Madman Films on October 7, on digital and DVD. https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/53746/stage-mother

10.01.2022 Let the laughs continue! We're extending the Comedy Shorts presented by Squealing Pig Wines until midnight on Monday, 31 August so make sure you don't miss out. Go to www.mqff.com.au/program/comedy-shorts/ to stream on demand. #MQFF #MQFF30 #MQFFOnline

08.01.2022 I’m proud of the film because the LGBTQI community has been close to my heart for many years, and I think it tells a beautiful story, a love story basically, and it’s about forgiveness and acceptance and it’s just heart breaking when her son dies. Jacki Weaver told Star Observer in an exclusive interview earlier this week. We're thrilled to premiere delightful drag comedy Stage Mother this weekend, directed by renowned Canadian filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald [Cloudburst, MQFF 2012]. Streaming on-demand Australia-wide, Sept 26-27, only on the MQFF website, presented by Collingwood Medical. Book online: bit.ly/mqffstagemother

05.01.2022 Bendigo, we're on our way! Our two days of queer film in Bendigo kicks off at Bendigo Cinemas in partnership with Bendigo Queer Film Festival, with Rrangi screening from 6:30pm tonight. Then tomorrow we have 4 screenings! All ticket holders for tonight's screening of Rrangi will be invited for complimentary drinks and canapés at Babylon Lounge and Garden Bar after the film. See you soon! Join us: bit.ly/mqffregionalroadshow

05.01.2022 For those joining us for Happiest Season (MQFF) tonight, entry times are one hour before your session begins (e.g. 8:30pm session = 7:30pm entry). Download the Coburg Drive-In Diner app available for Apple and Android to get snacks delivered to your car. See you tonight, we can't wait to see you!

04.01.2022 In a year when so many of us have faced new challenges, we’re more likely than ever to hear, No, I’m not OK. By genuinely asking, Are you OK? and being prepared to have regular meaningful conversations, you can help someone who might be struggling. #RUOK #ruokday2020 #ruokeveryday #ruok2020 #MQFF #MQFF30 #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthsupport

03.01.2022 KERRIE & DOLLY | Ep. 34 Tonight Kerrie & Dolly welcome cabaret and musical theatre artist, Trevor Ashley, to chat about the re-launched iconic Sydney cabaret night, Show Queen, returning this Sunday; comedian, writer and star of ABC TV’s hit comedy satire, Get Krackin, Kate McLennan chats about Darebin Council’s FUSE Festival; Darren Sibson, ANZ Pride Co-Lead, talks with us about the ANZ & Sydney Mardi Gras Community Grants scheme for 2020. Plus fabulous music from singer/son...gwriter Rocco Bene, with his Indian-fusion dance single "In My Shoes"; vocalist Imogen Spendlove, known for her killer vocals and soulful melodies; plus local artist Max Lawrence with his new single Speak In Tongues (Queers at Home edition)", which unites Melbourne’s alternative queer club community in these iso times. Plus Community Darling, Dean Arcuri; Judy Kelly from the JOY News team and much more! See more

03.01.2022 I MISS YOU - After his son Gabriel’s suicide, conservative businessman Jorge travels to confront Gabriel’s ex, Sébastien. Still in shock Sébastien attempts to show the homophobic Jorge the life his son wanted to lead but was thwarted by the restraints placed upon him by his family and Bolivian society at large. In an attempt to focus his grief and rage, Sébastien writes a play to be staged in his home country, to honour Gabriel, and to help young queers accept themselves. See it at MQFF Interrupted Nov 19-30 bit.ly/mqffinterrupted

02.01.2022 Join us this Friday and Saturday as we bring 5 highlights from the MQFF Together lineup to our friends in Bendigo, in partnership with Bendigo Queer Film Festival. All ticket holders for tomorrow night's screening of Rrangi will be invited for a complimentary drink and canapés at Babylon Bar after the film. Bendigo sessions: Rrangi: Friday 6:30pm Summerland: Saturday 1pm... Steelers: Saturday 3pm The Greenhouse: Saturday 5pm The Man With the Answers: Saturday 7pm See you soon! Book: bit.ly/mqffregionalroadshow

02.01.2022 Winner of the Queer Lion at Venice Film Festival 2019, The Prince (El Príncipe - Película) is an electrifying ‘70s-set homoerotic prison drama set in Chile, where Jaime, a narcissistic 20 year old, is sent to prison when he kills his best friend. Once inside he meets The Stallion, an older and respected prisoner in whom Jaime will find protection, loyalty, tenderness and even love. Behind bars, Jaime becomes The Prince, a desired figure who finds himself caught in a sexual and violent power struggle. Based on a controversial cult novel, all the more so because it was written in a more conservative and repressive time in Chile, The Prince is a provocative and erotic powerhouse of a film. The Prince is available to stream from tomorrow, Nov 27-29, as part of MQFF Interrupted. Book: bit.ly/mqffinterrupted

01.01.2022 Tonight in celebration of #IDAHOBIT, Bridge Darebin and Thornbury Picture House are presenting a special screening of Paris is Burning, preceded by a live guest panel featuring our Program Director Spiro Economopoulos, and Amy Middleton (founder of Archer Magazine). Live panel from 7pm, screening kicks off at 7:45pm. Tickets: https://thornburypicturehouse.com.au/film/st00001338/ Proceeds from this event will go towards supporting Bridge Queer Gathering to hold future events..., workshops and excursions for the local LGBTQIA+ community. See you there! EDIT: Event now sold out. Cheers.

01.01.2022 A snippet of Beautiful to Me from Stage Mother. When conservative, Texas church-choir director Maybelline (Jacki Weaver) inherits her recently deceased son’s drag club, she surprises her close-minded husband and everyone she knows by moving alone to San Francisco to save the club from bankruptcy. Thom Fitzgerald’s lyrical comedy-drama boasts a fiery supporting cast, including Lucy Liu, Adrian Grenier, Mya Taylor (Tangerine, PSIFF 2015) and drag superstar Jackie Beat. Join us for Stage Mother presented by Collingwood Medical this weekend, streaming September 26-27 on the MQFF website, Australia-wide! Sponsored by Collingwood Medical, book: bit.ly/mqffstagemother