MQFF 2006 Pocket Guide

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16 TH MELBOURNE

QUEER FILM FESTIVAL

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DRIVEN BY VOLKSWAGEN

2–12 MARCH 2006

16TH MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2–12 MARCH 2006 DRIVEN BY VOLKSWAGEN

SCHEDULE

SUNDAY 5 MARCH

SESSION START TIME all times pm

SESSION NO.

10.15

SESSION TITLE

18 Three Dancing Slaves

SESSION TYPES Opening/Closing Night

Centrepiece

Selectors’ Choice

Feature

Documentary

Special Presentations

Oz Shorts

Short & Girly/Boobtube Short & Burly/Cocktales

Queeries

Casserole

Seniors’ Festival

See overpage for session locations

THURSDAY 2 MARCH 7.30

01 Take a Deep Breath

6.15

02 Queens

8.00

03 Boob Tube

8.15

04 Adam & Steve

10.15

06 Hellbent

SATURDAY 4 MARCH 12.00

07 Queeries 1: True Stories

08 Mrs Stevens Hears the

Mermaids Singing

12.15

20 Family Matters

21 100% Human

2.15

22 Beautiful Women

4.00

23 Both

4.15

24 Short & Girly

6.00

25 A Love to Hide

6.15

26 My Brother Nikhil

8.00

27 Gasoline

8.30

28 Loggerheads

10.00

29 Born in a Barn

10.30

30 Open Cam

57 Sévigné

31 Wanted!

6.00

58 Short & Burly

6.15

59 Loving Annabelle

6.00

32 The Favour

6.15

33 Third Man Out

8.00

60 A Year Without Love

8.15

61 Unveiled

8.00

34 Sévigné

8.15

35 Hilde’s Journey

10.00

37 Gay Sex in the 70s

SATURDAY 11 MARCH

MONDAY 6 MARCH 4.00

36 Cocktales

10.15

8.00 10.00

38 Gypo 40 Unconscious 42 Short & Burly

6.15 8.30 10.15

8.00

47 Loving Annabelle

2.00

66 Women in Love

2.15

67 Do I Look Fat? + panel

41 Maidens in Uniform

4.00

68 Like a Brother

4.15

69 Gasoline

43 Yaji and Kita:

6.00

70 Oz Shorts

6.15

71 Queens

8.00

72 Short & Girly

8.15

73 Adam & Steve

The Midnight Pilgrims

10.00

10.00

45 Celluloid Casserole @ F4

10 Two Girls 12 Hate Crime

6.00

13 A Year Without Love

6.15

14 Gypo

6.00

49 Hard Pill

6.15

50 Good Boys

8.00

15 Eighteen

8.15

16 Unveiled

8.00

51 Fucking Different

8.15

52 Boob Tube

THURSDAY 9 MARCH

10.15

12.00

48 Loggerheads

4.15

53 Three Dancing Slaves

74 Hellbent

10.15

75 Cocktales

12.15

77 The Journey

SUNDAY 12 MARCH 7.30

2.15

10.00

65 The Favour

39 Three Needles

11 Oz Shorts

18 Three Dancing Slaves

63 The Masseur

12.15

44 Stage Beauty 46 Wanted!

10.15

64 Gay Republicans

WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH 6.00

62 Like a Brother

12.00

TUESDAY 7 MARCH

09 100% Woman

10.15

55 The Journey 56 Hilde’s Journey

4.00

17 Cycles of Porn

12.00

4.00

2.00

10.00

FRIDAY 10 MARCH 2.00

12.15 12.00

19 Queeries 2

2.00

6.00

6.00

05 eXposed

12.00

10.00

50 Ways of Saying Fabulous + OPENING NIGHT PARTY @ the Astor Theatre

FRIDAY 3 MARCH

10.00

SCHEDULE

54 A Love to Hide

76 Keep Not Silent:

OrthoDykes

2.00

78 Two Girls

2.15

4.00

80 Beautiful Women

4.15

81 When I’m 64

6.00

82 Take a Deep Breath

6.15

83 Eighteen

8.30

79 Pursuit of Equality + panel

Happy Endings @ RMIT Capitol Theatre + CLOSING NIGHT PARTY @ F4

TICKETING OPENING NIGHT & CLOSING NIGHT Opening Night film & party

Closing Night film & party

@ Astor Theatre 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous $33 full, $28 conc

@ RMIT Capitol Theatre & F4 Happy Endings $18 full, $15 conc

SINGLE TICKETS AND MULTI-SESSION PASSES SINGLE TICKET

1 session $14 full, $11 conc

TRIPLE CHOC PASS 3 sessions $37 full, $31 conc

16TH MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2–12 MARCH 2006 DRIVEN BY VOLKSWAGEN

TICKETING BUYING TICKETS

THE LAZY PASS An MQFF Lazy Pass is the perfect Festival companion for busy queers. One pass gets you along to a curated selection of the best sessions for girls and boys, or Festival Director Lisa Daniel’s personal picks for 2006.

All tickets and passes can be booked via our website at

www.melbournequeerfilm.com.au It’s quick and easy, totally secure and available 24 hours.

LAZY LESBIANS PASS $61 full, $52 conc Entry to these sessions: 14: Gypo 24: Short & Girly 47: Loving Annabelle 61: Unveiled 76: Keep Not Silent

Please note that all tickets purchased on the website will be available from the first venue you attend, they will not be posted out.

Sat 4 Mar, 6.15pm Sun 5 Mar, 4.15pm Wed 8 Mar, 8pm Fri 10 Mar, 8.15pm Sun 12 Mar,12pm

Tickets also available at: Hares and Hyenas Bookshop 135 Commercial Rd, South Yarra. Ph (03) 9824 0110 Shop Sui by Sylvia Tai 227 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Ph (03) 9415 9588 ACMI Cinemas, Federation Square, 1pm – 6pm, 7 days, extended hours during the Festival.

STRAWBERRY PASS

MINT PASS

5 sessions $61 full, $52 conc

7 sessions $82 full, $70 conc

GOLDEN TOFFEE PASS

All sessions* including Opening & Closing Nights $220 full, $185 conc

* Except for MQFF/ACMI co-presentation of Stage Beauty Beauty. For entry to sessions, just produce your laminated Gold Pass. Your Gold Pass is strictly non-transferable. Please choose your sessions carefully as you may not be able to see all films in the Festival. Gold Pass holders please be seated 15 minutes before the beginning of each session or your seat may be sold if the session is booked out.

SPECIAL TICKETED SESSIONS QUEERIES

Sessions 7 & 19 $10 full, $8 conc

CELLULOID CASSEROLE Session 44 Gold coin donation

SENIORS’ FESTIVAL

Session 43 $3 for over 55s

LAZY BUGGERS PASS $61 full, $52 conc Entry to these sessions: 4: Adam & Steve 37: Gay Sex in the 70s 50: Good Boys 58: Short & Burly 71: Queens

Group bookings for 10 people and over can be made via all ticket outlets and online.

Fri 3 Mar, 8.15pm Mon 6 Mar,10.15pm Thu 9 Mar, 6.15pm Fri 10 Mar, 6pm Sat 11 Mar, 6.15pm

DIRECTOR’S CHOICE PASS $61 full, $52 conc Entry to these sessions: 20: Family Matters 25: A Love to Hide 40: Unconscious 77: The Journey 81: When I’m 64

Sun 5 Mar, 12.15pm Sun 5 Mar, 6pm Tue 7 Mar, 8pm Sun 12 Mar, 12.15pm Sun 12 Mar, 4.15pm

TICKETING RULES 1 All prices include gst. Booking fees may apply.

2 A session ticket will be required to enter each film (except for Gold Pass holders).

Session tickets should be attached to your Festival multipass.

3 Only one ticket per session per multipass will be issued.

4 We encourage patrons to arrive early as seating is unreserved.

5 Laws governing film festivals mean that all audience members must be 18 years or over, with the exception of Queeries where patrons 15 years and over are permitted.

6 No refunds or cancellations given unless a session is moved or cancelled.

7 Valid concessions: full time students, healthcare card holders, City of Melbourne Companion Card holders, Melbourne Queer Film Festival members, Melbourne International Film Festival members, ACMI members, Classic Cinema members. One concession ticket per card holder will apply on presentation of valid card.

8 Sessions (other than Opening Night) advertised as ‘sold out’ may actually have a limited number of tickets available for sale at the venue (due to the holding of seats for Gold Pass holders). Standby reservation numbers will be handed out 30 minutes prior to the session. All available seats will be sold to the holders of standby numbers immediately prior to the session beginning.

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VISIT THE FESTIVAL CLUB Meet up with your friends before or after the film at our fabulous Festival Club. Located in the Function Space at ACMI, ground floor off Flinders Street entrance.

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