Queer Screen - Mardi Gras Film Festival

14/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈FREE PRIDE SCREENINGS: FOUR MOTHERS🏳️‍🌈

Don't miss FOUR MOTHERS—winner of the Audience Award at MGFF26 and the BFI London Film Festival—screening for FREE this week. We are kicking things off this Tuesday at Lane Cove before heading to the Inner West.

FOUR MOTHERS beautifully balances humour with tenderness in a compassionate portrait of Irish family life and q***r resilience. Anchored by affectionate performances and a deft comic rhythm, it’s a heartwarming celebration of everyday endurance, honouring the care we give and the care we struggle to accept.

Tuesday 16 June | 6:15 PM networking drinks for a 7:00 PM film start | Pottery Lane Performance Space – Lane Cove Community Centre
• RSVP NOW: https://q***rscreen.org.au/sessions/four-mothers-co-presented-with-lane-cove-council/

Wednesday 17 & Thursday 18 June | 7PM | Dendy Newtown
• RSVP NOW: https://q***rscreen.org.au/sessions/four-mothers-supported-by-inner-west-council-2/

11/06/2026

✨ Coming to Qtopia Sydney this weekend! ✨

Saturday, 13 June at 3:00 PM — OUT & PROUD Shorts
Join us as we showcase some of the best MGFF26 short films. Get ready to feel inspired and deeply moved by these emotional stories.

Sunday, 14 June at 12:00 PM — WITCHES AND FAGGOTS, D***S AND POOFTERS + Q&A
This iconic 1980 documentary gem offers a contemporary time capsule of the very first Sydney Mardi Gras, which helped catapult the fight for gay rights in Australia into the mainstream. Stick around after the film for a live Q&A with filmmaker Digby Duncan, 78er Robyn Plaister, and moderator Aimée Lindorff.

Saturday, 20 June at 3:00 PM — Q***R COMEDY Shorts
Light up your weekend with an afternoon of laughs! This screening features everything from antagonistic sibling relationships and confusing first crushes to discreet Grindr profiles and beauty influencers.

🎟️ Find out more and book tickets here: https://q***rscreen.org.au/qs-qtopiasydney-pridefest2026/

06/06/2026

Don't miss the iconic 1980 documentary gem, WITCHES AND FAGGOTS, D***S AND POOFTERS. A powerful contemporary time capsule of the very first Sydney Mardi Gras, this vital film helped catapult the fight for gay rights in Australia into the mainstream.

Stay after the film for a Q&A with filmmaker Digby Duncan, 78er Robyn Plaister, and moderator Aimée Lindorff!

Sun 14 Jun 12:00 PM @ Qtopia Sydney – The Substation. Get your tickets now: https://tickets.qtopiasydney.com.au/Events/Q***r-Screen-Witches-and-Faggots-D***s-and-Poofters-Q-A

01/06/2026

For more than 30 years, Q***r Screen has been bringing q***r stories to audiences across Australia.

Many of these films would not be screened otherwise.

This EOFY, help keep them on screen.

https://q***rscreen.org.au/support-us/donate/

31/05/2026

Paint the precinct purple! 💜 We’re bringing a fablous lineup of LGBTQIA+ cinema to Qtopia Sydney this June. Whether you want to dive into Sydney’s pride history with the 78ers or just need a room full of cackling q***rs at our Comedy Shorts.

🌈 SAVE THE DATES:
June 13: Out & Proud Shorts
June 14: 78ers Retrospective + Q&A
June 20: Q***r Comedy Shorts

Find out more:

We’re thrilled to partner with Qtopia Sydney’s Pride Festival for the first time, bringing audience-favourite shorts from to Out & Proud Shorts. Expect big laughs, bold stories, and plenty of q***r joy. The program also features a special retrospective of Witches and Faggots, D***s and P...

27/05/2026

Don’t miss this year’s powerful and award-winning LGBTQIA+ documentaries at Sydney Film Festival ! 🌈

From GIVE ME THE BALL!, which follows legendary tennis icon Billie Jean King—winner of 39 Grand Slam titles—as she battles for equity and navigates her identity; to the visionary Sundance NEXT Special Jury Award winner THEYDREAM, a moving Puerto Rican family portrait where a filmmaker and his mother use vibrant animation to bring lost loved ones back to life and heal through the magic of art.

Witness the Visions du Réel Special Jury Award winner BABY JACKFRUIT BABY GUAVA, a tender, intimate portrait of a family searching for healing; to the exhilarating CPH:DOX winner JUST LOOK UP, a galvanising call to action following Climate Defiance’s viral protests, set to a powerhouse soundtrack featuring Chappell Roan and Billie Eilish.

Find out more: https://www.sff.org.au/program/a-z/?genre[]=LGBTQIA%2B%20Films&strand[]=international-documentaries

24/05/2026

🏳️‍🌈2026 Q***R PALM WINNER🏆

With three massive sold-out sessions at Sydney Film Festival, Jane Schoenbrun’s latest masterpiece, TEENAGE S*X AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, has officially taken home the prestigious Q***r Palm at Festival de Cannes!

This victory follows the cult success of their previous hits, I SAW THE TV GLOW, and WE’RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR.

For the first time ever, the jury also opted to award a new 'Q***r Palm Revelation' prize.

22/05/2026

The clock is ticking! ⏳ Submissions for the 2026 Q***r Screen Film Fest close this Sunday, May 24. Submit your work now: https://filmfreeway.com/Q***rScreenFilmFest

We’re looking for the best in LGBTQIA+ cinema to showcase this September. Don't miss your chance to be part of the program!

Submission Categories:
• Emerging Narrative Feature Film Competition
• Feature Films (Out of Competition)
• Short Film Packages

20/05/2026

The countdown is officially on for the 73rd Sydney Film Festival, returning from 3–14 June!

One of the highlights this year is the retrospective strand, Barbara Hammer: Radical Visibility. Curated by former Q***r Screen Festival Director Lisa Rose, this program celebrates the pioneering le***an and feminist icon who famously declared, “Touching another woman's body changed my life. It had to be shown.”

The retrospective offers a rare chance to explore 19 of Hammer's works, including the groundbreaking features NITRATE KISSES and HISTORY LESSONS, alongside two curated short film packages.

Find out more: https://www.sff.org.au/program/strands/barbara-hammer-radical-visibility/

18/05/2026

Q***r Screen is honoured to partner with Navy Diversity and Inclusion and Chaplain Edds for ! 🏳️‍🌈

First established in 2025, this initiative has grown to screenings in Darwin, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, and in HMAS Perth.

Chaplain Edds hopes to continue working with personnel to expand the initiative further, facilitating optional festivals for all HMA Ships and establishments across Australia.

Chaplain Simon Edds has brought LGBTQIA+ to the big screen across Navy.