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SUMMARY:Melbourne Queer Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:As the largest and oldest LGBTQIA+ film festival in Australia\, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival has engaged the community with a curated program of the best LGBTQIA+ storytelling from around Australia and internationally that aims to educate\, entertain and celebrate diversity. This year it celebrates the theme\, ‘Formative Sound and Vision’. \nFeaturing over 100 programs across the city\, Melbourne Queer Film Festival showcases the latest and greatest in queer cinema from around the globe. With a festival lounge located in ACMI\, the festival will also be engaging with a range of public programs and exciting special events – think film trivia\, speed dating and karaoke! \nScreening at venues around Melbourne including ACMI\, The Capitol\, Cinema Nova and Palace Cinema Como.
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/melbourne-queer-film-festival-3/2024-11-15/
LOCATION:ACMI\, Fed Square\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Community & culture,Film, broadcasting & media
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241114T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241114T233000
DTSTAMP:20261022T030933
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Queer Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:As the largest and oldest LGBTQIA+ film festival in Australia\, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival has engaged the community with a curated program of the best LGBTQIA+ storytelling from around Australia and internationally that aims to educate\, entertain and celebrate diversity. This year it celebrates the theme\, ‘Formative Sound and Vision’. \nFeaturing over 100 programs across the city\, Melbourne Queer Film Festival showcases the latest and greatest in queer cinema from around the globe. With a festival lounge located in ACMI\, the festival will also be engaging with a range of public programs and exciting special events – think film trivia\, speed dating and karaoke! \nScreening at venues around Melbourne including ACMI\, The Capitol\, Cinema Nova and Palace Cinema Como.
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/melbourne-queer-film-festival-3/2024-11-14/
LOCATION:ACMI\, Fed Square\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Community & culture,Film, broadcasting & media
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240616T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240616T213000
DTSTAMP:20261022T030933
CREATED:20240503T005540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T035431Z
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SUMMARY:MQFF Pride Screenings: Heart of the Man
DESCRIPTION:Queer Australian First Nations filmmaking is still rare in 2024\, so this Victorian premiere of the directorial debut of Butchulla man\, David Cook\, shot in Brisbane and featuring a predominantly LGBTQIA+ and Aboriginal cast\, is cause for celebration.    \nChris Wundurra (Parker Little) is pushed by his intimidating father\, Sammy – played by writer-director David Cook – to train for the national boxing title he didn’t himself attain\, a failure connected to tragic events that robbed Chris of his mother and Sammy his wife. Sammy’s obsession with his son following this path encounters resistance\, however\, when Chris starts to question his sexuality and finds himself more oriented towards pursuing treading the boards at a local theatre than stepping into the ring.  \n 
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/mqff-pride-screenings-heart-of-man/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240615T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240615T210000
DTSTAMP:20261022T030933
CREATED:20240503T005143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T035424Z
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SUMMARY:MQFF Pride Screenings: The Duke of Burgundy
DESCRIPTION:Cult director Peter Strickland’s (In Fabric\, 2018) valentine to surreal ‘70s Euro-erotica turns ten this year – this calls for an anniversary viewing of quite possibly the 21st century’s most delicious sapphic screen romance!  \nIn a European village in an indeterminate year\, where all the inhabitants are well-heeled women drawn to lepidopterology (i.e.\, the study of butterflies\, per the film’s title)\, Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knudsen\, star of Danish political TV series\, Borgen) and Evelyn (Chiara D’Anna) lead lives of ritualistic ecstasy and agony\, daily enacting routines of dominance and submission. But\, as with any sort of relationship\, things can run the risk of becoming stale…  \nWith a luscious dream-pop score from Cat’s Eyes perfectly attuned to Strickland’s trademark synaesthetic approach to cinema – note the “Perfume by Je suis Gizella” credit during the opening titles! – The Duke of Burgundy still stands\, ten years on\, as peak-sensual cinema! 
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/mqff-pride-screenings-the-duke-of-burgundy/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240614T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240614T213000
DTSTAMP:20261022T030933
CREATED:20240503T004751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240531T002336Z
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SUMMARY:MQFF Pride Screenings: Snapshots of 1970s LGBT Resistance
DESCRIPTION:MQFF’sPride program opens with a compilation of revelatory shorts\, all recently restored\, documenting 1970s queer activism and the birth of Pride parades in Australia and the US. \nThe headliner is Digby Duncan’s iconic Witches and Faggots\, Dykes and Poofters (1980)\, which documents the inaugural Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on 24 June 1978 and features interviews with original 78ers\, attesting to the grassroots activism behind this event\, and the police brutality which blighted it.  \nAlso included: Lilli Vincenz’s Gay and Proud (1970)\, covering the first Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade\, held in New York City in June 1970 to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots; Gay Power (1971) from legendary artist-activists Sharon Hayes\, Kate Millett and the Women’s Liberation Cinema; Ronald Chase’s Parade (1972)\, on San Francisco’s first official gay pride parade post-Stonewall\, and Freedom Day Parade (1974) by legendary Boys in the Sand director\, Wakefield Poole\, which was shot at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day. 
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/mqff-pride-screenings-snapshots-of-1970s-lgbt-resistance/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Pride Month
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221120T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221120T230000
DTSTAMP:20261022T030933
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SUMMARY:Closing Night – Uýra: The Rising Forest – Melbourne Queer Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:MQFF launches the inaugural Rooftop Cinema at the Victorian Pride Centre. Overlooking beautiful St Kilda beach with epic views\, the Rooftop Cinema will host you with a fabulous bar from 7:00pm\, with screenings starting at dark. \nFor the MQFF32 Closing Night\, we are proud to present UÝRA: The Rising Forest\, an awe-inspiring documentary that explores the life and work of trans non-binary Indigenous artist\, Uýra. Shot in the breathtaking Amazon Rainforest — the place where Uýra works and draws inspiration.
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/closing-night-uyra-the-rising-forest-melbourne-queer-film-festival/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film, broadcasting & media,Markets & Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221119T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221119T230000
DTSTAMP:20261022T030933
CREATED:20221027T103319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T103319Z
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SUMMARY:Laugh Out Proud! – Shorts Package – Melbourne Queer Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:MQFF launches the inaugural Rooftop Cinema at the Victorian Pride Centre. Overlooking beautiful St Kilda beach with epic views\, the Rooftop Cinema will host you with a fabulous bar from 7:00pm\, with screenings starting at dark. \nJoin us for MQFF32’s greatest hits of queer comedy! These seven side-splitting shorts will have you gasping between giggles\, clutching your popcorn as they dig into topics that are a little naughty.
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/laugh-out-proud-shorts-package-melbourne-queer-film-festival/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film, broadcasting & media,Markets & Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221118T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221118T230000
DTSTAMP:20261022T030933
CREATED:20221027T103221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T103254Z
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SUMMARY:Victorian Queens + The Alexander Ball – Melbourne Queer Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:MQFF launches the inaugural Rooftop Cinema at the Victorian Pride Centre. Overlooking beautiful St Kilda beach with epic views\, the Rooftop Cinema will host you with a fabulous bar from 7:00pm\, with screenings starting at dark. \nThese two wonderful Australian shorts showcase the way the queer community embraces diversity\, creating inclusive spaces for all. \nVictorian Queens takes a deep dive into the weird\, wonderful and utterly unique landscape of Melbourne’s drag community. It features Lady Diamond\, Aysha Buffet\, Zodiac and Art Simone. \nThe Alexander Ball is a celebration of Samoan-Maori-Australian trans woman of colour\, Ella Ganza\, and the Meanjin ballroom scene\, as she and her ballroom family prepare for one of the biggest pride events of the year.
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/victorian-queens-the-alexander-ball-melbourne-queer-film-festival/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film, broadcasting & media,Markets & Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221117T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221117T230000
DTSTAMP:20261022T030933
CREATED:20221027T103158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T103158Z
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SUMMARY:Chrissy Judy – Melbourne Queer Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:MQFF launches the inaugural Rooftop Cinema at the Victorian Pride Centre. Overlooking beautiful St Kilda beach with epic views\, the Rooftop Cinema will host you with a fabulous bar from 7:00pm\, with screenings starting at dark. \nEvery New York drag queen needs a good Chrissy. So\, when Judy’s best friend and drag sister suddenly couples off and moves away\, hot-mess Judy must reinvent himself — else risk becoming irrelevant both onstage and off. This devilishly dark comedy asks: what do you do when your chosen family chooses someone else?
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/chrissy-judy-melbourne-queer-film-festival/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film, broadcasting & media,Markets & Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221116T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221116T230000
DTSTAMP:20261022T030933
CREATED:20221027T100630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T100630Z
UID:10000434-1668625200-1668639600@pridecentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Blitzed! – Melbourne Queer Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:MQFF launches the inaugural Rooftop Cinema at the Victorian Pride Centre. Overlooking beautiful St Kilda beach with epic views\, the Rooftop Cinema will host you with a fabulous bar from 7:00pm\, with screenings starting at dark. \nBlitzed! traces the evolution of the eponymous London nightclub through the eyes of club regulars\, Boy George\, Princess Julia\, Spandau Ballet and more. While the interviewees recall the joy\, the community and the legacy of the scene\, they also acknowledge the rivalry. In Blitzed! you’re invited to savour the clothes\, the cattiness and the chaos. A reflection on a short-lived scene with long-lasting impact. \nThis screening includes OPEN CAPTIONS.
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/blitzed-melbourne-queer-film-festival/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film, broadcasting & media,Markets & Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221113T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221113T230000
DTSTAMP:20261022T030933
CREATED:20221027T100559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T100559Z
UID:10000433-1668366000-1668380400@pridecentre.org.au
SUMMARY:GAY-AS-F! – Shorts Package – Melbourne Queer Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:MQFF launches the inaugural Rooftop Cinema at the Victorian Pride Centre. Overlooking beautiful St Kilda beach with epic views\, the Rooftop Cinema will host you with a fabulous bar from 7:00pm\, with screenings starting at dark. \nA showcase of award-winning local and international gay shorts\, these 8 films will transport you to unexpected and surprising places. Your heart aflutter — you’ll be left gagging for more!
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/gay-as-f-shorts-package-melbourne-queer-film-festival/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film, broadcasting & media,Markets & Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221112T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221112T230000
DTSTAMP:20261022T030933
CREATED:20221027T100444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T100444Z
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SUMMARY:8 Years – Melbourne Queer Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:MQFF launches the inaugural Rooftop Cinema at the Victorian Pride Centre. Overlooking beautiful St Kilda beach with epic views\, the Rooftop Cinema will host you with a fabulous bar from 7:00pm\, with screenings starting at dark. \nA showcase of award-winning local and international gay shorts\, these 8 films will transport you to unexpected and surprising places. Your heart aflutter — you’ll be left gagging for more!
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/8-years-melbourne-queer-film-festival/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film, broadcasting & media,Markets & Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221111T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221111T230000
DTSTAMP:20261022T030933
CREATED:20221027T100351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T100351Z
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SUMMARY:But I’m A Cheerleader (Director’s Cut) – Melbourne Queer Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:MQFF launches the inaugural Rooftop Cinema at the Victorian Pride Centre. Overlooking beautiful St Kilda beach with epic views\, the Rooftop Cinema will host you with a fabulous bar from 7:00pm\, with screenings starting at dark. \nJamie Babbit’s cult classic\, But I’m a Cheerleader\, is BACK for a director’s cut. In this macabre comedy\, High school cheerleader\, Megan (Natasha Lyonne)\, is forced to attend a conversion therapy camp to “cure” her lesbianism. With support acts from RuPaul and Cathy Moriarty\, But I’m a Cheerleader is a seminal 90s satire that cannot be missed.
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/but-im-a-cheerleader-directors-cut-melbourne-queer-film-festival/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film, broadcasting & media,Markets & Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221026T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221026T170000
DTSTAMP:20261022T030933
CREATED:20221026T001634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T001634Z
UID:10000127-1666771200-1666803600@pridecentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Melbourne Queer Film Festival at the Victorian Pride Centre Rooftop
DESCRIPTION:Australia’s biggest and oldest celebration of LGBTIQA+ screen culture is back\, and this time the Victorian Pride Centre is one of its host venues! \nA spectacular outdoor cinema screen will pop-up on our rooftop this November for eight sessions\, including the cult classic ‘But I’m a Cheerleader’\, ‘Laugh Out Proud!’ comedy shorts\, and Melbourne Queer Film Festival’s closing night screening of documentary ‘UÝRA: The Rising Forest’. Book and browse the whole rooftop program\, along with all other films across the festival\, now on the MQFF website. \nAlong with the cinematic delights\, there will also drinks\, snacks and stunning views of the city and bay before and after the sun sets. \nTickets are limited\, so we recommend that you get in quick! View the program below. The rooftop opens at 7pm and all sessions start at 7.30pm. \nFriday 11 November\nBut I’m a Cheerleader (Director’s Cut)\, 1999 (Presented by VicScreen) \nSaturday 12 November\n8 Years\, 2021 \nSunday 13 November\nGAY-AS-F! – Shorts Package \nWednesday 16 November\nBlitzed!\, 2022 (Session proudly sponsored by Thorne Harbour Health) \nThursday 17 November\nChrissy Judy\, 2022 \nFriday 18 November\nVictorian Queens + The Alexander Ball \nSaturday 19 November\nLaugh Out Proud! – Shorts Package \nSunday 20 November\nClosing Night – Uyra: The Rising Forest \nFor more about Melbourne Queer Film Festival head to their website.
URL:https://pridecentre.org.au/event/melbourne-queer-film-festival-at-the-victorian-pride-centre-rooftop/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Community & culture,Film, broadcasting & media,VPC Co-presents
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