VENUES AND GETTING THERE
GIMME GIMME TICKETS
FESTIVAL VENUES ACMI Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Melbourne KINO CINEMAS Lower Ground Level, 45 Collins Street, Melbourne CINEMA NOVA 380 Lygon Street, Carlton TESTING GROUNDS 1 City Road, Southbank (behind the Arts Centre) FESTIVAL LOUNGE The Festival Lounge at ACMI Café & Bar is a great spot to grab a bite and a drink before or after enjoying a film. MQFF members receive a 10% discount! acmi.net.au/visit-us/acmi-cafe-bar/
SINGLE TICKETS Full $19.90 Concession $16.90 Member / Group (10+) $15.90
PASSES 3 FILM PASS $56 Full / $48 Conc / $45 Member 5 FILM PASS $91 Full / $78 Conc / $73 Member 7 FILM PASS $126 Full / $107 Conc / $101 Member ALL-IN PASS $339 Member $3 booking fee applies to all online/app purchases.
HOW TO GET TO MQFF Public Transport The best and greenest way to get to the Festival is by public transport.
HOW TO BUY TICKETS
Kino Cinemas on Collins Street is serviced by the 109 & 112 trams, and Parliament train station.
1. Download the App Browse and purchase tickets on the official MQFF iphone and Android app. No printing required – bring your smart phone to be scanned at the door.
Cinema Nova in Carlton is serviced by the 1 & 8 trams, jump off at the corner of Elgin/Lygon street.
2. Online at mqff.com.au
Jade Tickets Helping save the environment is fabulous darling! This year MQFF is offering discounted Jade Tickets to select sessions. Simply catch Public Transport, ride your bike or walk to access discounted tickets at the venue. Visit mqff.com.au for more info.
3. At the Box Office 17- 27 March: 10am – late at ACMI Tickets & Information Desk. Kino Cinemas and Cinema Nova from 1 hour prior to the MQFF start time.
ADMISSION CONDITIONS
For more detailed access information and a full list of Open Caption and Subtitled screenings visit mqff.com.au/access
ACMI is serviced by 11 tram routes along St Kilda Rd and Flinders Street, along with all trains to Flinders Street Station.
Classification The Classification Board grants MQFF special customs and censorship clearances that mean all audience members must be 18 years or over except where indicated. Concession Tickets Full-time students, pensioners, unwaged, seniors. MIFF, ACMI & Palace Cinema members are entitled to concession prices with a valid concession or membership card. Refunds Policy All purchases are non-refundable, except in some instances if a session is cancelled. Exchanges can be made up to 2 hours before a session commences and incur fees ($1.50 online / $3 at box office per ticket). Visit mqff.com.au for full terms and conditions. Access MQFF is committed to increasing accessibility across the festival. This year we are providing a number of Open Caption screenings including our Centerpiece Gala. Look out for the All MQFF venues are wheelchair accessible and have accessible toilets. All MQFF cinemas have assistive listening via an audio loop through the t-switch on a hearing aid, or audio headset. MQFF supports and accepts the Companion Card. To book tickets using your Companion Card, to book a wheelchair space, or to advise us of your access needs, please call 03 9662 4147. Companion Card tickets and wheelchair spaces are currently unable to be booked online. .
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Contact: 03 9662 4147 or info@mqff.com.au
Standby Queues operate for sold-out sessions from 30 minutes prior to the start time. Visit the MQFF information desk at the venue. Passes Valid for the passholder only for 1 standard session per screening time until pass allocation is exhausted (excludes special events).
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March 16 - 27, 2017
All-In Pass The All-In Pass is valid for all sessions (1 standard session per screening time) plus special events including Opening & Closing Nights with priority entry into the cinemas. MQFF Membership Membership is a great way to support queer cinema plus it offers a heap of benefits including discounted tickets, priority access to cinemas and free member screenings throughout the year. Visit mqff.com.au/membership for more information. Join In Loved a film? Rate it online or by using the MQFF app for your chance to decide the best of the fest! #MQFF2017 Subscribe to MQFF eNews for updates, giveaways & special offers mqff.com.au
MARCH 16 - 27, 2017
PROUDLY DIFFERENT
mqff.com.au/ticketing – for full terms & conditions
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What is the role of the artist in a creative city?
The City of Melbourne is proud to support major and emerging arts organisations through their 2015–17 Triennial Arts Grants Program.
THANK YOU We wouldn’t be able to share the best of LGBTIQ cinema with Melbourne audiences without the support of our partners & sponsors, members, private donors, and the dedication of over 100 volunteers who generously give their time each year. Take a bow!
Arts Access Victoria
STAFF
FESTIVAL PROVIDERS
Australian Centre for Contempry Art
Executive Director Dillan Golightly Program Manager Spiro Economopoulos Operations Manager Jake Preval Operations Coordinator Alexandra Lagerwey Finance Manager Helen Walmsley
eCommerce & Ticketing Ferve Tickets Distribution & Promotion Step Right Up Merchandise Arid Zone Printing Printgraphics Website eFront & Hello Creative
Blindside Artist Run Space Chamber Made Opera Circus Oz Craft Emerging Writers’ Festival Ilbijerri Theatre Koorie Heritage Trust
INTERNS Arts Administration Intern Rosie Pavlovic Partnerships Coordinator Gregory Frank Marketing & Digital Content Rachel Angharad-Brown, Tess McArthur-Dowty
La Mama
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
Little Big Shots
Scott Herron (Co-convenor) Fiona Kelly (Co-convener) Andrew Fisher (Treasurer) David Morgan (Secretary) Cathy Anderson Serena Chow Paula Commins Patrick Fitzgerald Jerry Hodgins Molly Whelan
Melbourne Festival Melbourne Fringe Melbourne International Comedy Festival Melbourne International Film Festival Melbourne International Jazz Festival Melbourne Queer Film Festival Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
SELECTION PANEL Spiro Economopoulos Mel Pritchard Paul Tonta Anna Helme (Wildings)
Melbourne WebFest Melbourne Writers Festival Multicultural Arts Victoria Next Wave Festival Polyglot Theatre Poppy Seed Songlines Aboriginal Music
Dillan Golightly Executive Director Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Thursday 16 MARCH 2017
Speak Percussion The Wheeler Centre
Industry Partner J Walter Thompson Account Director Jacob Hewitt Creative Team Kieran Antill, Jess Lilley, Jim Walsh, Annie Price, Scott Butler Production Manager Patricia Tucker
FILM / SESSION
19:30
I Am Michael
TIME
FILM / SESSION
18:15
2164
ACMI
3164
ACMI
14:00 18:00
Adult: An Experiential Screening
Movie Matchmaking
7400
ACMI STUDIO
14:00
Lovesong
Barash
2165
ACMI
14:15 14:30
7000
ACMI
18:00
Me, Myself & Her
18:15
Spa Night
18:30 20:00
Miles
2151
ACMI
18:30
The Intervention
3151
ACMI
20:15
Comedy Shorts
2152
ACMI
20:15
Being 17
20:30
Movie Matchmaking
The Pass
3152
ACMI
Desire Will Set You Free
2153
ACMI
TIME
FILM / SESSION
22:30
Paris 5.59: Theo & Hugo
3153
ACMI
18:00
Documentary Shorts
18:00
Criminalising Queer
18:15
Other People
18:15 20:00
FILM / SESSION
9:30
Queer Filmmaking Workshop Asia Pacific Shorts
SESSION
VENUE
7300
ACMI STUDIO
3154
ACMI
14:00
Fursonas
2155
ACMI
14:00
Wildings Skillshare
4155
ACMI CUBE
SESSION
3165 7500
ACMI ACMI STUDIO
Tuesday 21 MARCH 2017
20:30 22:15
SESSION
VENUE TESTING GROUNDS
6177
CINEMA NOVA
Our Love Story
3177
ACMI
Coming Out (Youth Program)
2177
ACMI
15:00
The Multiple Muses of John Waters
7800
ACMI STUDIO
16:00
First Girl I Loved
2178
ACMI
VENUE
16:30
Outrun
3178
ACMI
2166
ACMI
16:30
Paris 5.59: Theo & Hugo
6178
CINEMA NOVA
7600
ACMI STUDIO
18:00
Retake
2179
ACMI
3166
ACMI
18:15
Suicide Kale
3179
ACMI
You'll Never Be Alone
5166
KINO CINEMAS
20:00
Tomcat
3180
ACMI
Check It
2167
ACMI
20:15
Below Her Mouth
2180
ACMI
20:15
CINEMA A Date for Mad Mary
3167
ACMI
22:15
The Cult
2181
ACMI
20:45
I, Olga Hepnarová
5167
KINO CINEMAS
22:30
Hooking Up Shorts
3181
ACMI
SESSION
VENUE
TIME
FILM / SESSION
SESSION
Wednesday 22 MARCH 2017
Sunday 26 MARCH 2017
14:15
Youth Shorts
3155
ACMI
Weekends
3156
ACMI
TIME
FILM / SESSION
SESSION
VENUE
PROGRAM GUIDE
16:15
Real Boy
2156
ACMI
18:00
Take Me To the River
2168
ACMI
13:45
Out Of Iraq
3182
ACMI
Editor Dillan Golightly Program Notes Spiro Economopoulos, Paul Tonta, Kate Lefoe, Stuart Richards, Michael Scott, Rachel Angharad-Brown Production Management J. Walter Thompson
16:30
Wildings Panel
4156
ACMI CUBE
18:15
Who's Gonna Love Me Now?
5168
KINO CINEMAS
14:00
The Lives of Thérèse
2182
ACMI
16:45
Suicide Kale
6156
CINEMA NOVA
19:00
The Wild Party (Cinémathèque)
3168
ACMI
14:00
A Date For Mad Mary
6182
CINEMA NOVA
18:00
Pushing Dead
3157
ACMI
20:45
I Promise You Anarchy
5169
KINO CINEMAS
14:30
7900
ACMI STUDIO
20:55
Dance, Girl Dance (Cinémathèque )
Out Of The Closests, Into The Streets
18:15
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four
3169
ACMI
15:30
Girl on Girl Shorts
3183
ACMI
18:45
15:45
Memories of a Penitent Heart
2183
ACMI
20:00
16:30
The Pass
6183
CINEMA NOVA
17:30
Australian Shorts & Awards
3184
ACMI
17:45
The Nest
2184
ACMI
20:00
Women Who Kill (Closing Night)
9000
ACMI
TIME
FILM / SESSION
18:00
LIFE MEMBERS Rowland Thomson, Crusader Hillis, Madeleine Swain, Suzie Goodman, miss jan horstman, David McCarthy, Richard Watts, Suzy Green, Rowena Doo, Luke Gallagher, Alex Green, Paul Tonta, Leanne Sumpter, Colin Billing, Lisa Daniel, Paul Clifton
FESTIVAL SWEETHEARTS
2157
ACMI
Uncle Howard
6157
CINEMA NOVA
Lovesong
2158
ACMI
20:15
Taekwondo
3158
ACMI
22:00
As You Are
2159
22:15
King Cobra
3159
Our private donors – MQFF Sweethearts - directly support the Festival’s operations and programming, and by doing so help to maintain our reputation for excellence in LGBTIQ film presentation. The Festival warmly acknowledges our 2017 Sweethearts: 13:30
FILM / SESSION The Freedom To Marry
SESSION 3160
TIME
FILM / SESSION
ACMI
Adult: An Experiential Screening
ACMI
18:00
Desde Allá (From Afar)
2170
ACMI
18:15
Rara
3170
ACMI
18:15
Liebmann
5170
KINO CINEMAS
ACMI
20:15
Pulse (Centrepiece)
8000
ACMI
20:45
The Watermelon Woman
5171
KINO CINEMAS
VENUE
13:45
Wildings Shorts
2160
ACMI
15:45
1:54
3161
ACMI
16:00
Suited
2161
ACMI
16:45
Esteros
6161
CINEMA NOVA
MQFF is a registered not-for-profit organisation and all donations above $2 are tax deductible.
18:00
Guy On Guy Shorts
3162
ACMI
MQFF makes every effort to ensure that all details are correct at the time of printing. Any unforseen late program changes will be listed on our website and included in our eNews.
18:15
Arianna
2162
ACMI
18:45
Kiki
6162
CINEMA NOVA
20:00
Don't Call Me Son
2163
ACMI
65
The MQFF Programme is printed using vegetable based inks on an elemental, chlorinefree paper. The stock is FSC certified, is processed chlorine-free, and is manufactured using the ISO 14001 environmental management systems. Printed in Australia under ISO 14001 Environmental Certifications.
AWOL
3163
Thursday 23 MARCH 2017 4:00PM - 21:00
Sunday 19 MARCH 2017 TIME
Gold – Em Campbell-Pretty & Kylie Austla, David Owen Emerald – Serena Chow, Ayan Dasvarma, Daniel Dorall, Matthew Lee, Daniel Neal Ruby – Cathy Anderson, Paul Anthony, Lisa Daniel, Colin Gunther, Duncan Hewitt, Philomena Horsley, jan horstman, James Houghton, Fiona Kelly, Richard Laslett, Kirsten McLean, Lan Wang, Athol Willoughby OAM, Sapphire – Chris Cheers, Patrick Fitzgerald
20:15
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FILM / SESSION
FILM / SESSION
16:00
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TIME
TIME
VENUE
12:15
Publicity Asha Holmes Publicity Publicity Manager Asha Holmes Senior Publicist Sarah Finney Legal Advice Shaun Miller Lawyers Tax Consultant Ken Fehily
VENUE
VENUE
SESSION
TIME
Saturday 25 MARCH 2017
MoNday 20 MARCH 2017
SESSION
Saturday 18 MARCH 2017
West Space Wild@heART Community Arts
TIME
FRIDAY 17 MARCH 2017
Aphids
Lucy Guerin Inc.
“In-front or behind the camera artists offer us a reflection of our lives - our stories, our differences, celebrated on screen.”
FESTIVAL PLANNER
CLOSING CREDITS
ACMI
SESSION
VENUE TESTING GROUNDS
Friday 24 MARCH 2017 TIME
FILM / SESSION
4:00PM - 21:00
Adult: An Experiential Screening
SESSION
18:00
TRANSformations
2173
ACMI
18:15
Esteros
3173
ACMI
18:15
Heartland
5173
KINO CINEMAS
20:00
Kiki
2174
ACMI
MOnday 27 MARCH 2017 SESSION
VENUE
Encore & Surprise Screenings, go to mqff.com.au for details
2185
ACMI
18:15
Encore & Surprise Screenings, go to mqff.com.au for details
3185
ACMI
20:00
Encore & Surprise Screenings, go to mqff.com.au for details
2186
ACMI
20:15
Encore & Surprise Screenings, go to mqff.com.au for details
3186
ACMI
VENUE TESTING GROUNDS
20:15
Lazy Eye
3174
ACMI
20:45
Death in Buenos Aires
5174
KINO CINEMAS
22:00
Animation Shorts
2175
ACMI
22:15
Multiple Maniacs
3175
ACMI
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WELCOME TO MQFF 2017 Robert Doyle Lord Mayor of Melbourne For 27 years the Melbourne Queer Film Festival has presented the best of LGBTIQ cinema from across Australia and the world. With a strong tradition of supporting local and emerging filmmakers, this year’s Festival centrepiece will feature an Australian title, Pulse. As a long term Principal Partner the City of Melbourne is proud to support the Festival and our queer filmmaking community. In 2017 we will once again sponsor the major award for Best Australian Short Film. With more than 20,000 people attending the Festival, it continually evolves with a larger program, more panels and much to tempt long-term fans and those new to the Festival. Having joined the Asia Pacific Queer Film Festival Alliance, MQFF will also present a shorts package from the region. On behalf of the City of Melbourne may I invite you to enjoy this year’s MQFF.
Dillan Golightly
Spiro Economopoulos
Executive Director
Program Manager
We are so proud to bring you our 27th Festival – and whilst societal developments and community acceptance has meant that this edition looks a lot different to our first Festivals, as a queer community we are still fighting and championing for rights. MQFF’s mission of screening diverse content for LGBTIQ audiences (and allies) is still important, and indeed, when the agenda is to divide, it is more vital than ever that we bring people together to share stories that unite.
Looking back on the many stand-out moments of MQFF 2016 which included live scores, the heartbreaking Remembering The Man and a slew of acclaimed films, this year the pressure was on!
This year we offer more of those stories, with more opportunities to engage: ACMI continues to be the festival hub, we are again going Northside with two weekends at Cinema Nova, and, we offer, a new satellite event at Testing Grounds. Last year we had everyone talking with our Proudly Different campaign, and this year we’ve introduced a new logo that embodies the strength of our community, the power of queer cinema and reflects our place as a uniquely Melbourne festival.
We’ve risen to the challenge and the 27th Melbourne Queer Film Festival has many things to be excited about: our Centrepiece this year, Pulse is the feature debut from one of our 2016 Australian shorts alumni, we have acclaimed features from the world’s biggest queer film awards, and I’m particularly excited about bringing you some great classics, including the newly restored Multiple Maniacs from John Waters, and a wonderful spotlight on one of the unsung female heroes of early Hollywood cinema, Dorothy Arzner. I can’t wait to hear about your MQFF highlights.
It takes a team effort to bring you this diverse program. I’d like to thank all of our generous partners, donors (our Sweethearts), volunteers, MQFF members and you, the cinema going audience, for your support. It’s because of you that we are able to deliver a bigger, bolder MQFF in 2017. I hope you will be entertained, provoked, surprised and delighted by this year’s program.
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TEAM PLAYERS PRINCIPAL PARTNER
PRINCIPAL MEDIA PARTNER
INDUSTRY PARTNER
UPCOMING SCENES CULTURAL PARTNER
Gala events...................................................................4 Panels & special events..............................................6 International Features................................................8 Proud and Loud........................................................ 36 Avant Gays (innovative queer cinema)................ 39 Bring It Back (restored classics)............................. 40
FESTIVAL SPONSORS
FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS
CINEMA PARTNERS
MEDIA PARTNERS
Queer Filmmaking Workshop................................ 52 Awards........................................................................ 52 Wildings (experimental sidebar).............................53 Shorts Packages........................................................55 Young & Queer ........................................................ 62 Film Index................................................................... 64 Closing Credits......................................................... 65
Pioneers (Dorothy Arzner retrospective)..............41
Festival Planner....................................Pull out guide
Documentaries......................................................... 42
Venue Information..............................Pull out guide
SINGLE TICKETS
PASSES
Full $19.90 Concession $16.90 Member / Group (10+) $15.90
3 FILM PASS $56 Full / $48 Conc / $45 Member
ALL-IN PASSES
5 FILM PASS $91 Full / $78 Conc / $73 Member
ALL-IN PASS $339 Member
7 FILM PASS $126 Full / $107 Conc / $101 Member
MQFF MEMBERSHIP $65 Full / $55 Conc / $45 Under 30’s
PRESENTING PARTNERS
$3 booking fee applies to all online/app purchases.
HOW TO BUY TICKETS 1. Download the App Browse and purchase tickets on the official MQFF 2017 iPhone or Android app. No printing required – bring your smartphone to be scanned at the door. 2. Online at mqff.com.au 3. At the Box Office 17 - 27 March: 10am – late at ACMI, Tickets & Information Desk. Kino Cinemas & Cinema Nova – 1 hour prior to the MQFF session start time.
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MQFF MEMBERSHIP Membership is a great way to support queer cinema plus it offers a heap of benefits including discounted tickets, priority access to cinemas and free member screenings throughout the year. Visit mqff.com.au for more info. JADE TICKETS Helping save the environment is fabulous darling! This year MQFF is offering discounted Jade Tickets to select sessions. Simply catch public transport, ride your bike or walk to access discounted tickets at the venue. Visit mqff.com.au for more info.
FESTIVAL PROVIDERS
ADMISSION CONDITIONS Classification The Classification Board grants MQFF special customs and censorship clearances that mean all audience members must be 18 years or over except where indicated. Concession tickets Full-time students, pensioners, unwaged, seniors, MIFF, ACMI & Palace Cinema members are entitled to concession prices with a valid concession or membership card.
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Refunds Policy All purchases are non-refundable, except in some instances if session is cancelled. Exchanges can be made up to two hours before a session commences and incur fees ($1.50 online / $3 at box office per ticket). Visit mqff.com.au for full terms and conditions. Access MQFF is committed to increasing accessibility across the Festival. This year we are providing a number of Open Caption symbol. screenings including our Centrepiece Presentation. Look out for the All MQFF venues are wheelchair accessible and have accessible toilets. All MQFF cinemas have assistive listening via an audio loop through the t-switch on a hearing aid, or audio headset. MQFF supports and accepts the Companion Card. To book tickets using your Companion Card, to book a wheelchair space, or to advise us of your access needs please call 03 9662 4147. Companion Card tickets and wheelchair spaces are currently unable to be booked online. For more detailed access information and a full list of Open Caption and Subtitled screenings visit mqff.com.au Contact: 03 9662 4147 or info@mqff.com.au
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OPENING NIGHT
CENTREPIECE
PULSE
Mixing sexuality and teen angst with an undercurrent of sci-fi, this bold fantasy follows a gay disabled teen who undergoes a mysterious procedure that gives him the body of a young able-bodied woman in order to pursue his love object. Exploring how our bodies shape who we are and how we are perceived, Pulse is a modern day parable for the young, the queer, the disabled and for anyone who has ever struggled with their sexuality, their desires, and essentially, themselves. We are excited to be screening this debut feature from writer/actor Daniel Monks and director Stevie Cruz-Martin (Marrow, MQFF2016) as the Centrepiece presentation.
Dir: Stevie Cruz-Martin, Australia, 2016, 84 mins Melbourne Premiere Cinema 1 will be screened with open captions –
SESSION
DATE
TIME
VENUE
8000
Thursday 23 March
8.15PM
ACMI
Proudly presented by
CLOSING NIGHT Celebrate the opening of the 27th Melbourne Queer Film Festival and join us for drinks, canapés and dancing at our Opening Night Party following the screening.
I AM MICHAEL When Michael suffers a mysterious health scare he turns to religion and begins to question his beliefs and sexual orientation, leading him to renounce his gay lifestyle and turn away from his partner and friends. I Am Michael is a compelling and powerful film that will leave you talking.
WOMEN WHO KILL Dir: Ingrid Jungermann, USA, 2016, 93 mins
Dir: Justin Kelly, USA 2015, 99 mins Director Justin Kelly is a guest of the festival.
Followed by Closing Night celebrations at ACMI with tunes by Mr Weir (The Outpost).
Followed by our Opening Night party with tunes by DJ YO! MAFIA. Opening Night Film & Party $80 Full / $68 Concession / $64 MQFF Member
Brooklynites Morgan (Ingrid Jungermann) and her ex, Jean (Ann Carr) are true crime podcasters obsessed with female serial killers. As Morgan plunges into a new relationship with the beautiful and mysterious Simone (Sheila Vand) from the local food co-op, Jean’s jealously leads her to investigate. As suspicions emerge, together they ask, could Simone be a murderer or is Morgan just afraid of what it means to be in a relationship? Writer/Director Ingrid Jungermann challenges modern relationship fears of intimacy and commitment in this dark comedic psychological thriller.
Closing Night Film & Party
SESSION
DATE
TIME
VENUE
7000
Thursday 16 March
7.30PM
ACMI
4
Farewell MQFF 2017 with this smart comedy and join us for a drink and dance afterwards.
Melbourne Premiere
Melbourne Premiere
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$35 Full / $30 Concession / $28 MQFF Member
SESSION
DATE
TIME
VENUE
9000
Sunday 26 March
8.00PM
ACMI
5
Based on the fascinating and controversial true-life story of Michael Glatze, a celebrated queer theorist and gay activist who became an anti-gay Christian pastor. James Franco stars as the troubled Glatze, a beacon in the queer community, happily partnered to his architect boyfriend (Zachary Quinto) and the editor of the iconic gay magazine XY.
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SPECIAL SCREENINGS, PANELS AND EVENTS
SPECIAL SCREENINGS, PANELS AND EVENTS
Image credit: Rachel Mia
OUT OF THE CLOSETS, INTO THE STREETS
MOVIE MATCHMAKING
Join us for a special screening of Out of the Closets, Into the Streets, a documentary short that explores the history of the gay liberation movement in Melbourne. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers and the pioneering LGBTIQ activists featured including academic Dennis Altman and Chair of the Victorian Pride Centre, Jude Munro.
OK Drama Queens and the Sci-Bi Curious! Let MQFF introduce you to your perfect film buddy at this Drag Kingdom of Heaven! Taking the idea of speed dating and turning it on its head, Karen From Finance will lead you on an hilarious journey through queer film. And you might just make some new film-going mates. Flying solo, happily married or polyamorous - all film-loving queers and allies are welcome.
Out of the Closets, Into the Streets was produced in collaboration with the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives and Culture Victoria. This presentation is supported by
Dir: Jary Nemo, Australia, 2016, 12 mins This is a free event.
$20 Full / $18 Concession / $16 MQFF Member SESSION
DATE
TIME
VENUE
SESSION
DATE
TIME
VENUE
7400
Monday 20 March
6.30PM
ACMI STUDIO
7900
Sunday 26 March
2.30PM
ACMI STUDIO
7500
Monday 20 March
8.30PM
ACMI STUDIO
PANEL: CRIMINALISING QUEER The case of the San Antonio Four explored in Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four is one of many crimes in which the sexuality of the accused (four queer Latina women), is used as damning evidence of their guilt. This panel will draw on true crime documentaries including Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hoods, The Staircase and The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst to examine cases in which the (assumed) sexuality and personal proclivities of the accused created a fervor of queer panic in the eyes of the press and in turn the public. See page 45 for film details. Presented in partnership with
PANEL
DATE
TIME
VENUE
7600
Tuesday 21 March
6.00PM
ACMI STUDIO
THE MULTIPLE MUSES OF JOHN WATERS Film historians Lee Gambin and Sally Christie from Melbourne based film collective Cinemaniacs, will introduce you to the divine and decadent inspirations of the Pope of Trash himself, Mr John Waters. From Waters’ obsession with Jayne Mansfield, his celebration of showmen such as terror-maestro William Castle and how the killer-child from horror classic The Bad Seed ignited such creative zeal, this sidebar event to MQFF’s special screening of Multiple Maniacs is a definite must-see for all fans of cult cinema! See page 40 for Multiple Maniacs screening. $10 Full / $8 Concession / $6 MQFF Member
This panel is presented by
ADULT – AN EXPERIENTIAL SCREENING Adult is a short film about motherhood, sexuality and grief, based on the short story Porn 1 by Christos Tsiolkas. This unique viewing experience is taking place in a specially designed installation at Testing Grounds, Southbank. Each session will be approximately 30 minutes duration and is designed to heighten your viewing experience. Dir: Jamieson Pearce, Australia, 2016, 12 mins This is a free event – bookings recommended as limited seats available. Check mqff.com.au for booking details. DATE
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VENUE
DATE
TIME
VENUE
N/A
Thursday 23 March & Friday 24 March
4.00PM-9.00PM
TESTING GROUNDS
7800
Saturday 25 March
3.00PM
ACMI STUDIO
N/A
Saturday 25 March
2.00PM-6.00PM
TESTING GROUNDS
6
SESSION
PANEL
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$16 full / $13 Conc / $11 MQFF Members
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INTERNATIONAL FEATURES
INTERNATIONAL FEATURES
A DATE FOR MAD MARY
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Seána Kerslake gives the performance of the Festival (possibly the performance of the year) as ‘Mad’ Mary McArdle, a young woman trying to slot back into her Irish backwater existence after being released from prison. Mary’s walked straight back into maid-of-honour duties at her best
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friend’s wedding, scrounging for a date and determined to prove she’s not the total lost cause everyone thinks she is. Stocked with talent and shot through with wry observational heart, A Date for Mad Mary is a well worth cancelling your plans for.
Melbourne Premiere Dir: Darren Thornton, Ireland, 2016, 82 mins
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‘As funny, flawed and foulmouthed as its irresistible central character, “A Date for Mad Mary” makes an absolute show of itself, and it is wonderful’ – Variety
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Teddy Award Best Feature Film – Berlin International Film Festival 2016
TOMCAT Andreas and Stefan lead a happy life, living in a beautiful house in the suburbs of Vienna with their beloved cat Moses. They work at the Radio Symphony Orchestra and surround themselves with their musician friends. Their sex life is blissful. So what could go wrong?
RARA To provide any further details would spoil the surprise of this startling film, which shocked audiences at the Berlin Film Festival where it took out the prestigious Teddy Award for Best Film. You’ll want to discuss this one afterwards, so be prepared…
Melbourne Premiere Dir: Händl Klaus, Germany, 2016, 114 mins
‘Sharp-eyed and tender-hearted’ – The Hollywood Reporter Rara is a beautifully observed drama about the bittersweet experience of being raised by same-sex parents. Twelve-year-old Sara and her younger sister Catalina live with their mother and her partner. They sing together, they eat together and they bicker like any ordinary family. However, when Catalina’s drawing of their ‘unconventional’ family
attracts interest from the school principal, Sara starts to question what she thought was normal. Sara becomes aware of the prejudices of some of her school friends and family members, eventually leading her to confrontations with her mother and biological father.
Contains a scene of disturbing violence. Melbourne Premiere
German with English subtitles.
Dir: Pepa San Martín, Chile, 2016, 88 mins Spanish with English subtitles.
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BELOW HER MOUTH ‘One of the most daring and provocative Canadian films in recent memory’ – Toronto Film Scene Melbourne Premiere Dir: April Mullen, Canada, 2016, 81 mins
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Below Her Mouth is a bold, erotic drama about the lifechanging affair between successful fashion editor Jasmine (Natalie Krill) and recently single roofer Dallas (played by Swedish model Erika Linder). After some intense flirting, the soon-to-be-married Jasmine eventually succumbs to Dallas’ advances and the two embark on a passionate affair. Powerfully exploring what happens when two women fall hard for each other and told with uninhibited flair this is a frank take on lesbian sex and attraction. Adding to its uniqueness, the film was made by an all-female production crew lending the film an authentic voice.
I PROMISE YOU ANARCHY Dir: Julio Hernández Cordón, Mexico/Germany, 2015, 88 mins Spanish with English subtitles.
Miguel is from a typical Mexican middle-class background and is having a torrid affair with the son of his family’s maid, fellow skater Johnny. For the most part, Miguel and Johnny hang out and skate with their friends through the hectic streets of Mexico City, revelling in their ambiguous sexuality. On the side they are working for an illegal blood trade cartel. When one blood order goes horrifyingly wrong, they are in over their heads. Julio Hernández Cordón incorporates a raw documentary aesthetic to tell this contemporary story where desire, commerce and exploitation collide.
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Golden Lion – Venice Film Festival 2015
When art student Yoon-ju meets bartender Ji-soo, their tentative flirting quickly becomes more. Yoon-ju, who has never been with a woman before, is elated to be in a relationship with someone she feels a real connection with. Her infatuation with Ji-soo takes its toll on her schoolwork and friendships, and when Ji-soo moves away from the city, Yoon-ju’s insecurities and the physical distance between the two begins to put a strain on their relationship. A sweet, authentic film about the waxing and waning of romance and the realities of modern relationships.
Melbourne Premiere Dir: Hyun-ju Lee, South Korea, 2016, 99 mins Korean with English subtitles.
DESDE ALLÁ
Armando (Alfredo Castro) is a lonely, middle-aged dental prosthetist who passes his afternoons picking up boys from the street, intentionally putting himself in harm’s way. When he seeks the repeated company of Elder (Luis Silva), what begins as a masochistic grooming exercise soon threatens to evolve into something sweeter, or perhaps more sinister. Vigas developed his screenplay in partnership with Mexican writer and director Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros, Babel) so expect ambitious, slow-burn misanthropy. Desde Allá is a singular work from a first time filmmaker who is already making his mark on the international cinema scene.
‘Lorenzo Vigas’ impressive debut charts an unlikely May-December romance with grace, subtlety and tension’ – The Hollywood Reporter Dir: Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela/ Mexico, 2015, 93 mins
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Venice Film Festival 2015 – Best Actress in a Debut Film
Winner Best Director – Sofia International Film Festival 2016
ARIANNA
“I was born three times”, is the first line uttered by the film’s title character, which becomes an evocative refrain in this beguiling and arresting debut feature. Arianna is 19 years old yet has not fully developed into a woman and the hormones her gynaecologist prescribed for her don’t seem to be helping. During her annual family vacation at their lake house in Bolsena, old memories start to flood back and like pieces of a puzzle, slowly fall into place. Arianna’s investigation into her past pushes her to confront the true nature of her sexuality and identity.
Dir: Carlo Lavanga, Italy, 2015, 84 mins Italian with English subtitles.
I, OLGA HEPNAROVÁ ‘Teases out the psychological roots of a stunning crime… intelligently dodges sensationalism throughout’ – Variety Dir: Petr Kazda, Tomas Weinreb, Czech Republic/Poland/Slovakia/ France 2016, B&W, 105 mins
“One day you’ll pay for your laughter and my tears.” Based on true events, I, Olga Hepnarová tells the story of the last woman to be executed in Czechoslovakia. In 1975, at only 22 years of age, Olga Hepnarová was hanged for mass murder. A lesbian and a loner, Olga lived by her own moral code; one which eventually led her to enact punishments for the crimes that society had committed against her. Guided by her letters the filmmakers delve into Olga’s psyche to reconstruct the events that led to her disastrous actions. Olga’s story is told with intelligence and sympathy, and Michalina Olszanska is captivating in the title role.
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BARASH ‘Israeli-Palestinian tensions deepen and complicate more familiar coming-out subject matter in Michal Vinik’s vibrant debut’ – Variety
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Dir: Michal Vinik, Israel, 2015, 85 mins Hebrew with English subtitles. SESSION
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Seventeen year old Naama Barash enjoys alcohol, drugs and hanging out with her likeminded friends. When the suburban teen meets the cool, more experienced Dana they explore Tel Aviv’s nightlife and a hesitant relationship develops between them. Meanwhile Naama’s sister has gone missing from her post at a nearby military base, diverting her family’s attention away from the new developments in Naama’s life. Drawing favourable comparisons to Blue is the Warmest Colour, Barash is about the dizzy rush of first love, and an original, energetic drama that defies the stereotypes of life in Israel.
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LIEBMANN
Part mystery, part black comedy, Liebmann is an entrancing, eccentric debut feature. Mild-mannered teacher Antek Liebmann has left Germany for rural France for reasons unknown. Upon arrival he is told to watch out for hunters, but soon learns there is a murderer to worry about too. Antek gets by with his mediocre French and soon falls into a relationship with handsome pastry-chef Sébastien whilst also being courted by single-mother Geneviève. Meanwhile, dead bodies keep turning up in the forest, and when Antek’s sister suddenly shows up he is reminded of a disturbing event in his recent past.
Melbourne Premiere Dir: Jules Herrmann, Germany, 2016, 82 mins German and French with English subtitles.
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International Grand Jury Prize – Outfest 2016
BEING 17
Most mothers, when their son is being bullied, come down hard on the perpetrator. Not so Marianne (the extraordinary Sandrine Kiberlain) – she invites her son’s antagonist to stay for the winter. The thing is, gangly Damien (Kacey Mottet Klein) and adopted farm boy, Tom (Corentin Fila), have as many Dir: André Téchiné, France, 2016, 114 mins
sparks flying as fists. Being 17 is a startling collaboration between two of France’s queer heavyweights, directors André Téchiné (Wild Reeds) and Céline Sciamma (Girlhood), who is on board here as co-writer. Together they deliver a blistering examination of nascent masculinity, one that captures the fire of young men like few films in recent memory.
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The shy and unambitious Juan is hopefully up for a promotion at work. All contentment changes after his son, Pablo, is hospitalised after a brutal gay-bashing incident. Struggling to keep up with the medical bills, Juan will have to turn to alternate means to pay for his son’s care. Musician-turned-director Álex Anwandter draws on his background in music video direction to guide us through this story that points a finger at a society that barely blinks an eye at the savaging of a young gay man.
Australian Premiere Dir: Alex Anwandter, Chile, 2016, 81 mins Spanish with English subtitles.
MILES
Miles is out and gay living in a small, rural town in Middle America and is desperate to escape to Chicago come graduation. After his mother discovers that his recently deceased father spent all their money on his mistress, Miles has no other option than to try for a sports scholarship to pay for University. His prayers are answered after he discovers a Volleyball scholarship only to face backlash from small town folk who don’t want a boy playing on a women’s only team. This endearing and heartwarming comedy features newcomer Tim Broadman and Molly Shannon as his eccentric and devoted mother.
Melbourne Premiere Dir: Nathan Adloff, USA, 2016, 87 mins, U 15+
Contains a scene of homophobic violence.
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DON’T CALL ME SON ‘A poignant and energetic Brazilian drama that turns a potentially bleak subject into a warmhearted study of genetics, gender and the true meaning of home’ – Hollywood Reporter Dir: Anna Muylaert, Brazil, 2015, 82 mins
Pierre is confident, happy and revels in exploring different gender expressions. He is in a band and sleeps with both men and women. When he is forced to live with his biological family after discovering that he was stolen from the maternity ward as a baby his life is turned upside down. His new family isn’t too keen on his penchant for dresses and painted nails. This award-winning film offers a nuanced and intelligent look at family right up until the final shot. Anna Muylaert’s film is another addition to the already strong queer cinema coming out of Brazil.
RETAKE
Jonathan (Tuc Watkins) is seriously into role play, obsessively even. He picks up young male sex workers to act out his nostalgia-driven fantasies. In Adam (Devon Graye) he meets a young man who is willing to give over enough control to keep the game rolling and game enough to take it all the way to the Grand Canyon. But power play pulls both ways and Jonathan’s road trip soon turns into a clash between his plaything and his past. First time writer-director Nick Corporon flips Hitchcock’s Vertigo on its head and delivers an intriguing psycho-sensual road movie into the heart of romantic identity.
Australian Premiere Dir: Nick Corporon, USA, 2016, 98 mins
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LAZY EYE ‘An intricate love story with an afterglow’ – Variety
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chemistry between the two leads and beautifully shot in the dramatic landscape of the Californian desert, Lazy Eye is a sensual and touching love story about unfinished business, the one that got away and the struggle to adjust to progressive lenses.
Melbourne Premiere Dir: Tim Kirkman, USA, 2015, 94 mins Proudly presented by
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Passions reignite and hidden secrets are revealed when a graphic designer in Los Angeles (Lucas Near-Verbrugghe) reconnects with an ex-lover (Aaron Costa Ganis) he hasn’t seen or heard from in 15 years. Over the course of a weekend at a vacation house in the desert, they must determine whether or not they have a future together. Driven by the palpable
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Special Jury Prize – Sundance Film Festival 2016
AS YOU ARE Australian Premiere Dir: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, USA, 2016, 110 mins ‘Shades its confused tangle of friendship, love and desire with atmosphere, intimacy and a lingering sense of outsider yearning’. – Hollywood reporter
It’s the early ‘90s, Kurt Cobain has just died and shy high school student Jack has trouble making friends, but all this changes when he befriends Mark, the son of his mum’s new boyfriend. Mark has charisma to burn and Jack is instantly captivated. They befriend Sarah and the three form a tight unit, skipping class to smoke pot and listen to music. But in this small town, prejudice and danger are never far away and their friendship is put to the test. As You Are features three exceptional performances, with Charlie Heaton (Jonathan from Stranger Things) in a breakthrough role, being hailed as this generation’s River Phoenix.
TAKE ME TO THE RIVER Australian Premiere ‘Superlatively acted culture-clash indie chillingly evokes primal dread and sexual transgression as a gay Californian teen meets his Nebraskan farm relatives’ – Variety Dir: Matt Sobel, USA, 2015, 84 mins
Californian teen, Ryder (Logan Miller), goes through a re-closeting of sorts as he and his parents travel to the picturesque American Midwest to visit their extended family. If Ryder’s short shorts aren’t alarming enough, a bloodstain on the dress of his precocious young cousin, Molly (Ursula Parker), pushes this family reunion into excruciatingly menacing territory. Even then, for some reason, his mother (Robin Weigert) won’t let him come out. Sitting uncomfortably between Tom at the Farm and Deliverance, Sobel’s film will have audiences squirming in their seats as they are forced to continually second guess what’s really going down with this most redneck of families.
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Audience Award Winner – Sundance Film Festival 2016
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Dir: Kerem Sanga, USA, 2016, 91 mins, U 15+
AWOL Melbourne Premiere ‘A deeply affecting love story’ – Indiewire Dir: Deb Shoval, USA, 2016, 85 mins
Out baby butch Joey (Lola Kirke, Mistress America) considers the Army as a way out of rural Pennsylvania until a chance encounter with the older and charismatic Rayna (Breeda Wool, UnReal), married mother of two. With undeniable attraction, they immediately begin a passionate affair, hidden from Rayna’s long-haul trucker husband. Much to her family’s dismay, Joey’s resolve to escape her small town life begins to falter as she dreams of a future with Rayna. Deb Shoval’s feature debut is a tender exploration of the intensity of first love constrained by rural poverty.
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The pangs of first love are given a fresh spin in this first feature from director Kerem Sanga. Anne (played by Dylan Gelula from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) is your typical angstridden teen misfit, who is more interested in bike riding and hanging with best friend Cliff, than fitting in with her cliquey classmates. Her polar opposite is the athletic and popular Sasha who Anne becomes smitten with when she photographs her for the school yearbook. When the crush is surprisingly reciprocated the two girls’ wildly different worlds implode. Told with an original flair that makes great use of the way teens communicate through digital means, First Girl I Loved is a bold addition to the queer coming out canon.
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Following the success of MQFF audience favourites Plan B, Absent and Hawaii, Marco Berger continues his assent to queer auteur status with Taekwondo. For his latest effort, Berger has teamed up to co-direct with fellow Argentinian Martín Farina – a cinematographer with a penchant for a voyeuristic gaze. In this ‘will they, won’t they’ drama, we have the sweet Fernando hosting a summer getaway for his often-naked friends, including Germán, a shy teammate from his taekwondo class. Full to the brim of lingering close ups Taekwondo tantalises with its homoerotic depiction of male bonding.
TAEKWONDO Melbourne Premiere Dir: Marco Berger, Martín Farina, Argentina, 2016, 105 mins Spanish with English subtitles.
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Saturday 18 March
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ME, MYSELF AND HER ‘A controversial must-see’ – After Ellen Fifty-somethings Federica and Marina are a happy, successful couple. Sure, they have their fair share of domestic squabbles, but after five years together they’re still in love. But is that enough? When dynamic former actress Marina returns to the film world, the more reserved Federica struggles with
the idea that their relationship may become public knowledge. Reuniting with a man from her past complicates things further. Me, Myself and Her is a delightful comedydrama exploring the tangle of relationships, love lives, work and family familiar to us all.
Dir: Maria Sole Tognazzi, Italy, 2015, 97 mins
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Sundance Film Festival 2016 – Winner Special Jury Prize
Melbourne Premiere ‘Erotically charged, quietly devastating drama’ – Los Angeles Times Dir: Andrew Ahn, USA, 2016, 97 mins English and Korean with English subtitles.
David, a closeted Korean-American teenager, takes a job at a Los Angeles bathhouse to help his financially struggling parents. Here, he discovers a hidden world of gay sex that both terrifies him and sparks an interest. Andrew Ahn’s impressive feature film debut explores a young man’s devotion to his overwhelmed and disillusioned parents while also realising his own desires. Winner of Sundance’s Special Jury Prize for Joe Seo’s deeply moving breakthrough performance, Spa Night is driven by private desires that clash with parental wishes.
THE INTERVENTION ‘A sharp-tongued and smart observational comedy’ – Indiewire Dir: Clea DuVall, USA 2016, 90 mins, M
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THE NEST Melbourne Premiere Dir: Filipe Matzembacher & Marcio Reolon, Brazil, 2016, 104 mins Portuguese with English subtitles.
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Marking her directorial debut, Clea DuVall channels the ensemble comedy of The Big Chill, but it’s the big screen reunion with her But I’m a Cheerleader co-star Natasha Lyonne that is the real cause for rejoicing. The tantalising premise has a group of long-standing friends gather for a weekend getaway of fun and relaxation but whose real purpose is to intervene in a bickering couple’s highly dysfunctional relationship. Featuring a witty screenplay, a score by Sarah Quin from Tegan and Sarah and rounded out by a fantastic cast that includes the wonderful Melanie Lynskey as the architect of the woefully misguided and most awkward intervention.
Nineteen-year-old Bruno has deserted the army to track down his long-lost brother in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. He meets a group of queer kids and with wide-eyed abandon discovers the secrets of the city, joining in their life of dancing and parties. When he visits a nearby beach to uncover the whereabouts of his brother, Bruno discovers life’s not all wine and roses, and time is running out before he needs to return to the army. A four-part Brazilian TV series, The Nest celebrates the joys of discovery and the pleasures of newfound friends.
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A touching drama about family and fortitude. Shortly after her girlfriend dies, Lauren is forced to move back into the family home in small town Oklahoma – the heartland of America. The arrival of Lauren’s brother and his new girlfriend Carrie is a welcome distraction for Lauren, both from her grief and from her socially conservative mother who refuses to acknowledge the death of Lauren’s ‘good friend’. When Lauren’s brother leaves for business, the forced closeness between Lauren and Carrie leads them to connect in ways they did not expect.
HEARTLAND Melbourne Premiere Dir: Maura Anderson, USA, 2016, 99 mins
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Friday 24 March
6.15PM
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Teddy Audience Award – Berlin International Film Festival 2016
PARIS 05:59 THEO & HUGO
LOVESONG ‘An insightful and superbly acted study of ambiguous love’ – Hollywood Reporter
‘Everyone will talk about the 18-minute gay orgy at the start, but the real achievement lies in how Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau capture love at first sight’ – Variety Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau (Cockles & Muscles, Born in ’68) is fueled by searing chemistry between the two lead actors and the authenticity of the filmmaking. Recalling Andrew Haigh’s Weekend, Paris 05:59 Theo & Hugo is a snapshot of modern gay life that is as romantic as it is raunchy: an instant queer classic.
Dir: Olivier Ducastel & Jacques Martineau, France, 2016, 97 mins French with English subtitles. Contains sexually explicit material.
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ensue. Years later, when Mindy announces her plans to marry, Sarah steps back into her heady aura in the hope of making sense of her old feelings – if that is even possible. Lovesong is a tender and tentative cinematic “what if”, as free spirited and difficult to pin down as Mindy herself.
Dir: So Yong Kim, USA, 2016, 85 mins
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Winner of the Teddy Audience Award at the Berlin Film Festival, Paris 05:59 Theo & Hugo is a piercingly honest portrait of desire and love in the city of lights. Theo and Hugo hook up in a sex club and then head out into the streets of late night/early morning Paris. Unfolding in real time, this film from legendary queer filmmakers
Rising stars Riley Keough and Jena Malone share a captivating chemistry in So Yong Kim’s airy maybe-romance-maybe-justfriendship drama. Sarah (Keough) is a young mother left to her own devices by her workaway husband. In desperation, she arranges a road trip with free-spirited friend, Mindy (Malone) and alluring ambiguous adventures
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PUSHING DEAD Melbourne Premiere Dir: Tom E Brown, USA, 2016, 108 mins
When San Franciscan Dan (James Roday) banks a $100 birthday cheque from his mum, he’s dropped from his medical health plan for earning too much money. HIV+ for 22 years, he has three weeks of meds left before he runs out – unless he can come up with $3,000. Although he’s surrounded with support from roommate Paula (Robin Weigert) and his boss at the local divebar, Bob (Danny Glover), Dan is still in a slump. But when he keeps bumping into handsome Englishman, Mike (Tom Riley), maybe his luck will turn around. A huge hit with festival audiences, this offbeat comedy offers a fresh take on life as HIV+.
Detective Chávez (the ruggedly handsome Demian Bichir), a family man and a tough cop, is put in charge of the investigation into a homicide of a wealthy older gay member of Buenos Aires high society. At the crime scene, Chávez meets officer Gómez (Chino Darin), a good-looking rookie who becomes his right-hand man and eventually bait in order to catch the murderer. As they get closer to catching the killer, unspoken desires begin to jeopardise the investigation. A breakout hit in its native Argentina, director Natalia Meta’s gaudy vision was inspired by a string of real life killings in Buenos Aires rich Recoleta district in the 1980s, coming off like a tantalising cross between Basic Instinct and Cruising.
DEATH IN BUENOS AIRES Dir: Natalia Meta, Argentina, 2014, 90 mins Spanish with English subtitles.
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OTHER PEOPLE ‘Bold, hilarious and profoundly touching’ – The Guardian Dir: Chris Kelly, USA, 2016, 97 mins, MA 15+
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A struggling New York City comedy writer, fresh from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and younger sisters, David feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother worsens, he tries to convince everyone (including himself) he’s “doing okay.” This semi-autobiographical directorial debut from former Saturday Night Live writer, Chris Kelly, mines the tears and the laughs in an achingly funny and moving ode to falling apart and holding it together. Jesse Plemons, (Breaking Bad) leads a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Bradley Whitford (The West Wing) and an unforgettable performance from Molly Shannon.
THE PASS Melbourne Premiere ‘Russell Tovey gives a knockout performance as a closeted soccer player in this absorbing screen adaptation of John Donnelly’s play’ – Variety Dir: Ben A. Williams, UK, 2016, 88 mins SESSION
Adapted by John Donnelly from his own acclaimed play, The Pass stars Russell Tovey as a closeted soccer player in this absorbing film about the destructive effect of homophobia in sport. Nineteenyear-old Jason and Ade have been football prodigies since they were eight years old. While sharing a hotel room the night before their first Champions League match, they do everything we imagine footballers in hotel rooms do, wrestle, talk about girls and boast. And then Jason kisses Ade. The impact of this ‘pass’ echoes through the next 10 years of both their lives: a decade of fame and failure, secrets and lies, in a sporting world where image is everything and telling the truth can be a step too far.
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Sunday 26 March
4.30PM
CINEMA NOVA
Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979
Melbourne Premiere
“We’re proud to play our role in celebrating another year of queer film.”
‘King Cobra’ is the ‘Boogie Nights’ of gay porn’ – Indiewire Dir: Justin Kelly, USA 2016, 91 mins
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MQFF guest, director Justin Kelly will introduce the session.
Sean Lockhart, 17 and boyishly handsome, dreams of fame even though he’s broke and without direction. When he meets Stephen (Christian Slater), founder of Cobra Video, he starts to perform in gay porn under the moniker “Brent Corrigan,” creating a slew of wildly successful videos during which he blossoms from a naïve young man into a confident sex symbol. When rival porn producers Joe (a gleefully demented James Franco) and his unhinged lover Harlow set their sights on stealing Sean from Stephen, an all out porn turf war ensues, resulting in a shocking murder in this stranger-than-fiction true story. The cast is rounded out by Molly Ringwood and Alicia Silverstone. King Cobra is a wild ride.
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Saturday 18 March
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INTERNATIONAL FEATURES
INTERNATIONAL FEATURES
ESTEROS Melbourne Premiere Dir: Papu Curotto, Argentina/Brazil/ France, 2016, 83 mins Spanish and Portuguese with English subtitles.
Audience Award for Best First Feature – Outfest 2016
Matías and Jerónimo are childhood best friends who share their sexual awakening in their Argentinian hometown, but when Matias moves with his family to Brazil their ties are broken. Ten years later Matias, an inhibited biologist, returns to Argentina with his girlfriend, and he runs into his former pal, now an openly gay artist. Alone, the two return to the place where they holidayed as kids, but will the memories return and feelings be reignited? This awardwinning drama expertly shifts between its time periods and is charged with palpable sexual chemistry.
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Sunday 19 March
4.45PM
CINEMA NOVA
3173
Friday 24 March
6.15PM
ACMI
SUICIDE KALE ‘A very queer and funny dark comedy’ – After Ellen leading to an awkward lunch (vegan, of course) where everyone is trying to keep up appearances while getting to the bottom of things. This quirky indie comedy dishes up raw banter from the ensemble cast, giving the audience a seat at the table for one very entertaining meal.
Featuring a captivating performance from Antoine-Olivier Pilon (star of Xavier Dolan’s Mommy) as a closeted teen, 1:54 is a powerful portrait of schoolyard bullying. Tim and his best friend Francis are at the rough end of a hellish year of high school. Even worse the taunts from their classmates about their sexuality cut closer to the bone than each one realises. When Francis is pushed too far and a tragedy occurs, Tim is forced into action and plots out the ultimate revenge. Oscar nominated director Yan England makes an impressive feature debut with this essential portrait of the tragic effect of homophobia.
1:54 Melbourne Premiere
Melbourne Premiere
‘An efficient, moving piece about an important issue’ – Montreal Gazette
Dir: Carly Usdin USA, 2015, 78 mins
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Saturday 18 March
4.45PM
CINEMA NOVA
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Saturday 25 March
6.15PM
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Sunday 19 March
3.45PM
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Jasmine (Brittani Nichols, Transparent) and Penny (Lindsay Hicks) are in the first days of their new relationship when they’re invited to lunch with the happiest couple they know, Billie (Jasika Nikole) and Jordan (Brianna Baker). After sneaking off to fool around in their host’s bedroom, they discover an unsigned suicide note
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PROUD AND LOUD
PROUD AND LOUD
A celebration of the role of music in shaping and galvanising the queer community.
A celebration of the role of music in shaping and galvanising the queer community.
Proud and Loud is supported by
Documentary Film Audience Award Winner – Berlin International Film Festival 2016
WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME NOW? Dirs: Tomer Heymann, Barak Heymann & Alexander Bodin Saphir, Israel/UK, 2016, 85 mins English and Hebrew with English subtitles.
“Who’s gonna love me now?” These words, spoken by an ex lover, resonate with Saar, who is HIV positive. After being barred from his Israeli kibbutz years earlier, and with his Orthodox family still unable to accept his sexuality, Saar established a new life in London, where the London Gay Men’s Chorus have become an extended family. Featuring some stirring performances from the chorus, Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? is a deeply affecting, intimate portrait of a man trying to balance his yearning for home with his desire to live life on his own terms.
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Wednesday 22 March
6.15PM
KINO CINEMAS
WEEKENDS G-Voice is a gay men’s choir that meets every weekend to sing, rejoice and heal. Members of the choir come from all walks of life. There are doctors, students, pharmacists and activists. The choir acts as a respite from and a means to challenge homophobic aspects of South Korean society. For their 10th anniversary, they plan to put on their biggest concert yet, which pushes many members to their vocal
and emotional limits. Following rehearsals and conversations with the subjects director Dong-ha Lee provides insight into contemporary, gay, Korean life. Nominated for the Teddy Award and Panorama Audience Award at the 2016 Berlinale, this documentary features wonderfully offbeat performances. Weekends has definite Seoul.
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Melbourne Premiere Dir: Dong-ha Lee, South Korea, 2016, 98 mins
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Korean with English subtitles.
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Saturday 18 March
4.00PM
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AVANT GAYS Original and audacious films showcasing innovations in queer cinema.
Australian Premiere Dir: André Antônio, Brazil, 2015, 70 mins Portuguese with English subtitles. Screens with short Credence (29 mins). Check website for details.
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Saturday 25 March
10.15PM
ACMI
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An artfully subversive and slyly funny science fiction with all the cool of Godard’s Alphaville and audacity of Truffaut’s Fahrenheit 451. The year is 2040. Our protagonist leaves the Space Colonies to return to Recife, the now abandoned city where he grew up. He spends his days in idleness, cruising for men, drinking tea in his opulent family home and wandering the ruined city. Over time, he begins to spot signs of something strange happening in Recife, eventually discovering the existence of a bizarre cult.
Dir: Yony Leyser, Germany, 2015, 92 mins English and German/Arabic/Hebrew with English subtitles.
Ezra (director Yony Leyser), an Israeli-Palestinian writer sunk deep into Berlin’s artistic underground, has a passing fascination with Russian hustler, Sasha (Tim Fabian Hoffman), while his acerbic friend Catherine (Chloe Griffin) attempts to sex her way free of her straight-edged girlfriend (Amber Benson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Like the city that provides its intoxicating setting, Desire Will Set You Free is packed with influences (from Isherwood to Bowie) and is under the influence. Tick off your Berlin scenester cameos: look out for performances from Nina Hagen, Peaches, Sookee, Blixa Bargeld and beefcake-electro oddities Rummelsnuff.
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Friday 17 March
10.15PM
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Journalism worth sharing.
THE CULT
1/31/17 7:13 PM
BRING IT BACK
PIONEERS
Newly restored classics of queer cinema.
A celebration of the queer pioneers who have shaped cinema. This year MQFF looks at Hollywood director Dorothy Arzner.
Rediscovered during the feminist reappraisal of classic Hollywood in the 1970s and now seen as a key early queer filmmaker, director Dorothy Arzner’s films appeal today as much for their subversive interrogation of women’s communal relationships, sexual identities, transgressive desires and social stereotypes as for their drop-dead wit and playful gusto.
Teddy Award for Best Queer Feature Film – Berlin International Film Festival 1996
Videographer (and video store assistant), Cheryl (played by director Cheryl Dunye), is working on a film project exploring the life and work of her favourite “mammy” of 1930s and ‘40s Hollywood cinema, identified only as “The Watermelon Woman”. Her investigations, and a new romance with seductive customer, Diana (Guinevere Turner), push her to live out the very ideas she’s exploring. Part love story, part reinvention of African American film history, The Watermelon Woman is a classic of New Queer Cinema. This pristine 20th anniversary restoration gives audiences the opportunity to re-examine Dunye’s rare, personal, and still very relevant encapsulation of intersectionality with fresh eyes.
‘Dunye’s film is smart, sexy, funny, historically aware, and stunningly contemporary’ – Austin Chronicle Dir: Cheryl Dunye, USA, 1996, 90 mins SESSION
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Thursday 23 March
8.45PM
KINO CINEMAS
This digitally restored print from cult auteur John Waters (Pink Flamingos, Cry Baby, Hairspray) is the ultimate mash of arthouse and grindhouse, complete with gross and outrageous transgressive acts including the “rosary job” in the church and rape by a giant lobster. Made on a shoestring ‘An amazing movie, funny budget in Waters’ native Baltimore this gleeful mockery of and scandalous and terrifying’ the peace-and-love ethos of its era features the Cavalcade of – Variety Perversion, a traveling show mounted by a troupe of misfits Dir: John Waters, USA, 1970, B&W, 96 mins whose shocking proclivities are topped only by those of Cinemaniacs present The Multiple their leader: larger-than-life Lady Divine, out for blood after Muses of John Waters, a journey discovering her lover’s affair. Multiple Maniacs is an anarchic through the divine and decadent masterwork from an artist who has pushed the limits of good inspirations of the Pope of Trash – taste for decades. Saturday 25 March. See page 7.
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THE WILD PARTY
DANCE, GIRL, DANCE
Silent superstar Clara Bow stars in Paramount and Arzner’s first talkie as the most popular party girl in a women’s college dorm full of high-spirited flapper co-eds. The film’s critical and box-office success confirmed Arzner’s career as a director of A-list contemporary melodramas and breezy social comedies as well as a specialist in star-making vehicles for up-and-coming actresses.
Arzner’s masterpiece is a hard-hitting, Code-stretching backstage musical featuring a budding ballerina (Maureen O’Hara) who goes to work in a burlesque show alongside a brassy stripper played by Lucille Ball (in a film-stealing performance). This is a feminist cult classic not only because of Arzner’s incisive direction but also for the famous, male-gaze defying scene where O’Hara speaks back to an all-male audience.
Screening to be introduced by Dr Eloise Ross (President and co-curator of the Melbourne Cinémathèque). Dir: Dorothy Arzner, USA, 1929, B&W, 77 mins
35mm print courtesy of The British Film Institute Archive.
35mm print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
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Friday 24 March
10.15PM
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DOCUMENTARIES
DOCUMENTARIES
Best Documentary Teddy Award – Berlin International Film Festival 2016
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Category is “Queer Activism Realness!” The ball scene is alive and well in NYC, with the younger, feistier Kiki crew hungry to take the spotlight. Swedish filmmaker Sara Jordenö draws a fabulously frocked line between Jennie Livingston's 1991 documentary, Paris is Burning, and her film, Kiki. Developed hand in hand with some of the key players on the scene,
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primarily Twiggy Pucci Garçon, founder of the Opulent Haus of PUCCI, Kiki delves into the lives of these youngpeople-of-colour growing up queer and trans*. Their stories, while sometimes heartbreaking, never fail to inspire. The future is in good hands. And it can vogue.
Dir: Sara Jordenö, USA/Sweden, 2016, 94 min SESSION
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Sunday 19 March
6.45PM
CINEMA NOVA
2174
Friday 24 March
8.00PM
ACMI
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'A kaleidoscopic and vivid rendering of a world that is larger than life, flamboyant but ultimately fragile' – The Guardian
1/31/17 7:15 PM
DOCUMENTARIES
The FREEDOM TO MARRY Melbourne Premiere “There is still a palpable feeling of suspense that takes hold as the final Supreme Court decision approaches” – The Daily Beast Dir: Eddie Rosenstein, USA, 2016, 86 mins, U 15+
DOCUMENTARIES
This inspirational documentary provides a front row seat in the American marriage equality movement. It shines a spotlight on the dedicated LGBT heroes, many fighting for more than 30 years including outspoken attorney Evan Wolfson (founder of the movement) and civil rights attorney Mary Bonauto arguing the case of a lifetime. Award-winning filmmaker Eddie Rosenstein delivers a suspenseful and thoroughly moving documentary tracing the marriage equality movement’s historic progress that will have audiences on the edge of their seats counting down and cheering (all over again) for the landmark decision.
Followed by a post-screening panel discussion with Australian Marriage Equality.
Proudly presented by
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TIME
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3160
Sunday 19 March
1.30PM
ACMI
Jury Prize Outstanding Documentary – Frameline Film Festival 2016
SOUTHWEST OF SALEM: THE STORY OF THE SAN ANTONIO FOUR 'A maddening true story that touches on many of America’s most enduring hypocrisies' – Village Voice
Melbourne Premiere Dirs: Leo Chiang & Johnny Symons, USA, 2016, 75 mins English and Tagalog with English subtitles
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As leader of the world's only LGBT political party Ladlad, Bemz Benedito dreams of being the first transgender woman in the Philippine Congress. But in a predominantly Catholic nation, rallying for LGBT representation in the halls of Congress is not an easy feat. Mobilising workingclass trans* hairdressers, beauty queens and sex workers, the dynamic leaders wage a historic quest to elect a trans* woman to the Philippine Congress. Stirring, exciting and inspirational, Out Run will have you on the edge of your seat as this phenomenal political group edges closer to election day and a shot at changing their country.
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decade behind bars. Using home video footage from 21 years ago combined with recent verité footage and intimate interviews, director Deborah S. Esquenazi eventually takes on the role of investigator along with attorneys at the Innocence Project, helping these women on their long road to justice.
Melbourne Premiere Dir: Deborah S. Esquenazi, USA, 2016, 91 mins Criminalising Queer – a panel presented with ACMI will draw on crime documentaries to discuss how the law and media have put people’s sexuality on trial – Tuesday 21 March. See page 6 for details.
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Saturday 18 March
6.15PM
ACMI
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OUT RUN
After being wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting two little girls during the Satanic Panic witch-hunt era of the 1980s and '90s, four Latina lesbians fight against homophobia and prosecutorial fervor in their struggle for exoneration. This riveting and powerful documentary begins inside a Texas prison, where the women have spent nearly a
1/31/17 7:15 PM
DOCUMENTARIES
FURSONAS Melbourne premiere ‘Illuminates the beauty and anger in furry culture’ – Inverse Dir: Dominic Rodriguez, USA, 2015, 82 mins
DOCUMENTARIES
This fascinating documentary explores the lives of “furries”, those who role-play dressed as anthropomorphic animals. Director Dominic Rodriguez, a furry too, reveals the different individuals behind the plush costumes, many of whom are gay or bi, including androgynous dog-identified eccentric “Boomer”, suburban mom “Freya”, to furry sex toy manufacturer “Varka” of Bad Dragon. Avoiding sensationalism, the film delves into the furry fray of intimate dramas and intragroup dilemmas, challenged to define their own lifestyles contrary to the myths spread by the media. This nuanced film raises universal questions about the search to define ourselves and the desire to be accepted.
UNCLE HOWARD Melbourne premiere ‘An indelible, must-see ode to gay New York’ – The New York Times Dir: Aaron Brookner, USA/UK 2016, 96 mins
Uncle Howard is an engrossing intertwining tale of past and present – the story of filmmaker Howard Brookner whose work captured the late 1970s and early '80s cultural revolution in New York and his nephew’s personal journey 25 years later to discover his uncle’s films and the legacy of a life cut short by the plague of AIDS. Featuring rare glimpses into his life and career, including outtakes from his 1983 debut film Burroughs: The Movie and long-lost footage and archival photos of Patti Smith, Andy Warhol, John Waters, Madonna, and interviews from iconic filmmakers such as Jim Jarmusch, Uncle Howard is a fascinating cultural artifact.
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TIME
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2155
Saturday 18 March
2.00PM
ACMI
6157
Saturday 18 March
6.45PM
CINEMA NOVA
TAKE US ON A JOURNEY WE’RE WAITING FOR YOU.
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1/31/17 7:15 PM
DOCUMENTARIES
DOCUMENTARIES
Winner Audience Award, Best Documentary – Frameline Film Festival 2016
Bennett Wallace is a charismatic teenager on the brink of adulthood. As he navigates the ups and downs of gender transition and grapples with a history of substance abuse, Bennett embarks on a journey to find his voice — as a musician, a son and a man. Filmed over four years, Real Boy follows the evolution of Bennett's relationship with his mother Suzy, who has misgivings about his transition. As Suzy struggles to come to terms with his decision, Bennett is taken under the wing of his idol Joe Stevens, a celebrated trans* musician fighting his own demons. Real Boy explores the complexity of addiction, the healing power of music, and the importance of family, both given and chosen.
REAL BOY Melbourne Premiere Dir: Shaleece Haas, USA, 2016, 72 mins, U 15+
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CHECK IT Melbourne Premiere Dir: Dana Flor & Toby Oppenheimer, USA, 2016, 91 mins
At first glance, they seem unlikely gang-bangers. Some of the boys wear lipstick and mascara, some stilettos. They carry Louis Vuitton bags, but they also carry knives, brass knuckles and mace. As vulnerable gay and trans* youth, they’ve been shot, stabbed and raped. Once victims, they’ve now turned the tables on their oppressors. Started in 2009 by a group of bullied 9th graders, today these 14-22 year old gang members all have rap sheets riddled with assault, armed robbery and drug dealing charges. Set around one of Washington D.C.’s most violent neighborhoods, Check It is an eye opening, all-access journey into an American subculture that has barely, if ever, been acknowledged.
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2156
Saturday 18 March
4.15PM
ACMI
2167
Tuesday 21 March
8.00PM
ACMI
MQFF 2017
EACH ARE PROUD SPONSORS OF OUR VISION IS FOR A HEALTHY AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.
Melbourne Premiere Dir: Eva Orner & Chris McKim, USA, 2016, 81 mins
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Sunday 26 March
1.45PM
ACMI
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From Academy Award-winning Australian filmmaker Eva Orner (Chasing Asylum) comes Out of Iraq, a moving account of the resilience and strength of love in the face of life-threatening situations. In 2003 Iraqis Nayyef, a translator for the US army meets and falls in love with Btoo, a soldier. Facing persecution and possible death, Nayyef obtains a visa for the US and flees, leaving behind his true love. Settling in Seattle he befriends an American who fights bureaucracy and prejudice to reunite them. An emotionally powerful and vital film that exposes the threat that gay men face in Iraq and other countries where being homosexual can result in being killed.
OUT OF IRAQ
1/31/17 7:15 PM
DOCUMENTARIES
MEMORIES OF A PENITENT HEART Melbourne premiere 'A highly personal portrait of the importance of embracing who you have while you still can' – The Village Voice
DOCUMENTARIES
Fresh from the Tribeca Film Festival, this captivating documentary opens a pandora’s box of unresolved family drama and secrets. Filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo vows to uncover the truth behind the death of her Uncle Miguel, a gay playwright living in New York, alienated from his intensely Catholic mother back home in Puerto Rico. Tracking down Miguel’s partner Robert, now a Franciscan Monk, Aldarondo discovers that the darkest revelations come from her own family and are steeped in deeply cultural and religious attitudes.
Dir: Cecilia Aldarondo, USA, 2016, 74 mins
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TIME
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2183
Sunday 26 March
3.45PM
ACMI
SUITED ‘A compassionate study of personal transformation from the inside out’ – Variety Dir: Jason Benjamin, USA, 2016, 77 mins, U 15+ Screens with short Tyler (5 mins). Check website for details.
Bindle & Keep is a Brooklyn tailoring company catering to an LGBTIQ clientele, creating custom-made suits for gender-nonconforming and trans* clients. Rae and Daniel take a holistic approach to their work, considering each client’s personal narrative, which becomes inextricable from the creation of the perfect suit. From Derek’s emotional journey as he prepares for his wedding, to Everett, a law student in a conservative environment, or Mel, who simply wants to look good for their 40th birthday party — the need for well-fitting garments represents deeper meaning around identity and empowerment. Suited takes a modern look at gender through the conduit of clothing, while illuminating the emotional and personal experience. Presented by Foxtel – the home of HBO
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2161
Sunday 19 March
4.00PM
ACMI
Queer Palm – Cannes Film Festival 2016
Director Sébastien Lifshitz returns to one of the subjects of his powerful César Award-winning documentary The Invisibles to document the final moments of a remarkable, sexually-politicised life. Thérèse Clerc split with her husband after bringing four children into the world. She then took up with the women of France’s burgeoning feminist groundswell. Invited back into her life as she very knowingly winds down, Lifshitz celebrates Thérèse through those she has touched and the change she has effected by fighting to live authentically. The Lives of Thérèse is a poignant, loving and surprisingly vital portrait of a woman at the vanguard of a passing queer generation.
THE LIVES OF THÉRÈSE Melbourne Premiere 'Insightful, witty and profoundly moving' – Variety Dir: Sébastien Lifshitz, France, 2016, 55 mins French with English subtitles.
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Sunday 26 March
2.00PM
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MQFF GIVES BACK
WILDINGS
Empowering queer filmmakers through innovative workshops and festival prizes
Radical and experimental queer moving image
QUEER FILMMAKING WORKSHOP Amplifying queer voices and empowering real people to share their stories, this workshop will provide the opportunity to learn fundamental filmmaking techniques. The University of Melbourne’s Victorian College of the Arts will offer one participant an award of a free enrolment to the VCA Film and TV Winter Adult Intensive (valued at $440 for three days in July 2017).
Join us for a program that breaks the rules of representation and ways that films can be made. Curated by Anna Helme
Workshop 9.30am to 1.30pm This workshop is designed for budding filmmakers. This will be a very practical and collaborative workshop for a small group of people to write, direct, shoot and edit a two-minute film together.
PANEL: THE QUEER ART OF FAILURE
As a group, participants
• Rehearse with actors
• Draw storyboards
• Shoot the film
• Edit the film
Workshop coordinator, Kate Lefoe is a filmmaker and recent graduate from the VCA with a Masters of Film and Television (Narrative). Kate’s short films include Under Pressure (MQFF 2011), Plunge (MQFF 2015) and co-directing a documentary with David Muir It’s Who We Are (MQFF 2014). Lauren Anderson is a freelance filmmaker with a Masters of Narrative Direction and a Masters of Screenwriting from the Victorian College of the Arts, and was the winner of the 2016 Australian Writers Guild New Writers’ Script Competition, TV and Webseries category. Lauren’s short films include Vigilant! Healthy! Wholesome! (MQFF 2011) and Love & Other Red Spot Specials (MQFF 2010, Best Australian Short Queer Film). Workshop: $30 full / $20 concession & MQFF members.
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9.30AM – 1.30PM
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MQFF is proud to support local emerging filmmaking talent. Proudly supported by Film Victoria, Australian Short Filmmakers selected for the 2017 program, are invited to participate in an exclusive film lab. MQFF is proud to recognise local and international filmmaking talent thanks to our award sponsors and donors.
MQFF & Jury Awards City of Melbourne Award for the Best Australian Short Film ($3,000)* Film Victoria Award for Best Director – Australian Short Film ($1,000) Shaun Miller Lawyers Award for Emerging Filmmaker – Australian Short Film ($500) MQFF Life Members Award for Best Feature Narrative ($2,500) David McCarthy Award for Best Feature Documentary ($2,500)
Proudly presented by *Recipients of the Best Australian Short Film award are automatically qualified to be nominated for The Iris Prize – the largest prize for a gay or lesbian short film in the world.
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Step Right Up Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film ($500) twenty21 Audience Choice Award for Best Feature – Narrative or Documentary ($1,000)
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Saturday 18 March
4.30PM
ACMI CUBE
A free event for practicing moving image makers to share skills in innovative film practices.
WORKSHOP
Audience Choice Awards
This is a free event.
SKILLSHARE
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SUPPORTING QUEER & EMERGING TALENT
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Shots are too long, obsolete mediums are rediscovered, taboos are broken and narrative conventions are discarded. Examining challenges to success narratives and the conformist status quo, this panel explores the link between experimentation and failure in queer screen work. Cutting edge artists and emerging academics will start with the question: “Do these people know how to make films?”
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Saturday 18 March
2.00-4.00PM
ACMI CUBE
See mqff.com.au for announcements on guest mentors and how to apply.
SHORTS From sensual fat bodies, challenges to heterosexuality, femme musings on the nature of surfaces, queer & trans* people of colour communities of resistance, wry queerings of public space, and fagalicious interventions into the surveillance machine – join us in embracing the potential in failing cinematic conventions with work by net-artists, activists, performance artists, and creative researchers. Surface Glaze Dir: Lotte Meret Effinger, 2015, Germany, 8 mins Chimera Dir: Laura Mitchell & Coral Short, 2016, Canada, 5 mins Wired4Sound Dir: Atong Atem, 2012, Australia, 5mins Non-Stop Beautiful Ladies Dir: Alee Peoples, 2015, USA, 9 mins Same Sex Biz Dir: Tabita Rezaire, 2014, Mozambique, 6mins Facial Weaponisation Communique Dir: Zach Blas, 2013, USA, 8 mins Spermahoran Dir: Anna Linder, 2015, Sweden, 12 mins Lucid Noon, Sunset Blush Dir: Alli Logout, 2015, USA, 32 mins See mqff.com.au for further details. SESSION
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1.45 PM
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SHORTS
AUSTRALIAN SHORTS An MQFF favourite, this spotlight celebrates local queer filmmaking. We are proud to present eight new shorts ranging from vibrant musicals about shop girls in love, an animation about the rules of attraction, moving dramas about lost love and getting your mojo back after a breakup, there is something for everyone. MQFF, with the City of Melbourne, is proud to present this selection and all films are eligible for the following jury awards, which will be presented on the night: City of Melbourne Award for the Best Australian Short Film ($3,000)
Dance Card Dir: RenĂŠe Crea, 2015, 6 mins Slug Dir: Patrick McBain, 2015, 10 mins Virion Dir: Glynn Urquhart, 2016, 6 mins Happy Dir: Laura Dudgeon, 2015, 12 mins You Deserve Everything Dir: Goran Stolevski, 2015, 19 mins The Dam Dir: Brendon McDonall, 2015, 16 mins Adult Dir: Jamieson Pearce, 2016, 12 mins Sweet Dreaming Dir: Katie Escane, 2016, 13 mins Total run time: 94 mins Check mqff.com.au for further details.
Film Victoria Award for Best Director – Australian Short Film ($1,000)
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Sunday 26 March
5.30PM
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SHORTS
SHORTS
Curmudgeons Dir: Danny DeVito, 2016, USA, 17 mins
These C*cksucking Tears Dir: Dan Taberski, 2016, USA, 16 mins
Oh-Be-Joyful Dir: Susan Jacobson, 2015, UK, 14 mins
Hattie Goes Cruising Dir: Konstantin Bock, 2015, USA/Germany/Canada, 17 mins
Prasizzler Queen of the Dessert Dir: Emmett Aldred, 2016, Australia, 15 mins
Pink Boy Dir: Eric Rockey, 2015, USA, 15 mins Alzheimer’s: A Love Story Dir: Gabe Schimmel, Amanda Le, Monica Petruzzelli, Riani Singgih, 2015, USA, 17 mins
Baggage Dir: Sarah Ball, 2015, USA/UK, 15 mins Left Hook Dir: Lulu Wei, Cassandra Miller & Paz Ramirez, 2016, Canada, 11 mins
A Doll’s Eyes Dir: Jonathan Wysocki, 2016, USA, 12 mins
Scenes From Another Marriage Dir: Erik Anderson, 2015, Canada, 10 mins
COMEDY SHORTS
Jo Cool Dir: Natalia Leite & Mel Shimkovitz, 2016, USA, 12 mins
A shorts package that is bursting with non-stop LOLs while managing to find the funny in the most unlikely situations. From a pair of seniors with filthy mouths making the ultimate commitment, a very queer retelling of Ingmar Bergman’s most famous film and an Aussie favourite reborn and re-camped for a new generation.
Total run time: 94 mins Check mqff.com.au for further details.
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS These seven remarkable true stories include a how-to guide to old school cruising, a gay man’s obsession with the film Jaws, the story behind the best queer country album and 11 life lessons from the most awesome dyke!
11 Life Lessons from an Awesome Old Dyke Dir: Allison Khoury, 2015, USA, 9 mins Total run time: 90 mins Check mqff.com.au for further details..
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2152
Friday 17 March
8.15PM
ACMI
2166
Tuesday 21 March
6.00PM
ACMI
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This year MQFF is thrilled to be joining 14 queer film festivals from the Asia Pacific region to form the Asia Pacific Queer Film Festival Alliance (APQFFA). The Alliance promotes communication amongst festivals, stimulates production and enhances the visibility of queer cinema. We have curated a program of shorts pulled together from a shared pool of films that represent the best of the region.
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The Threshold & That’s My Boy are courtesy of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival.
Where to Go Dir: Ruei Chung, 2016, Taiwan, 19 mins The Threshold Dir: Nishant Roy Bombarde, 2016, India, 31 mins The Right Bank Dir: Yvonne Li, 2016, China, USA, 12 mins That’s My Boy Dir: Akhil Satyan, 2016, India, 24 mins Total run time: 86 mins Check mqff.com.au for further details.
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3154
Saturday 18 March
12.15PM
ACMI
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MOVIE CLUB 56
Bear in a Barber Shop Dir: Albert Koomen, 2016, Australia, 4 mins
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SHORTS
SHORTS
The Night Cleaner Dir: Blair Fukumura, 2016, Canada, 5 mins Chariot Riders Dir: Kate Jessop, 2015, UK, 5 mins Cut Dir: Dar Laor, 2015, Israel, 3 mins For the Best Dir: Youyang You, 2015, Belgium, 3 mins I Love Hooligans Dir: Jan-Dirk Bouw, 2016, Netherlands, 12 mins Sunday Lunch Dir: Celine Devaux, 2015, France, 14 mins
ANIMATION SHORTS
Sandy Dir: Joseph Mann, 2013, UK, 3 mins
Curated by the Fantoche International Animation Festival in Baden, Sweden, this diverse collection of highly original award winning works ranges from the sublime to the rather sweet. Representing all the colours of the queer rainbow – these 10 films are a must for lovers of animation and anyone who wants to explore some of the best LGBTIQ film from across the world.
Naked Youth Dir: Kojiro Shishido, 2006, Japan, 10 mins Flamingo Pride Dir: Tomer Eshed, 2011, Germany, 6 mins Moms on Fire Dir: Joanna Rytel, 2016, Sweden, 13 mins Total run time: 74 mins Check mqff.com.au for further details.
MQFF would like to thank festival partner Judith Affolter, Program Manager of Fantoche. SESSION
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Friday 24 March
10.00PM
ACMI
Transformations j. wALTER tHOMPSON IS A PROUD INDUSTRY PARTNER OF THE MELBOURNE QUEER
A collection of trans and gender diverse shorts that celebrates the transformative power of living an authentic life, from the poetic portrait of a transgender opera singer, a racy drama about hormones and desire starring gender-fluid model Madison Paige, and a woman’s first night out as her true self.
Mezzo Dir: Nicole Opper, 2015, USA, 14 mins Victor XX Dir: Ian Garrido López, 2015, Spain, 21 mins Dawn Dir: Jake Graf, 2016, UK, 13 mins Tear Jerker Dir: Amy Adler, 2016, USA, 15 mins Pronouns Dir: Michael Paulucci, 2016, USA, 9 mins Hard Pack Dir: Emmanuelle Picket, 2016, USA, 11 mins
FILM FESTIVAL
First Night Out Dir: Will Mayo, 2015, USA, 2 mins Total run time: 84 mins
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Friday 24 March
6.00PM
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SHORTS
SHORTS Partners Dir: Joey Ally, 2016, USA, 7 mins Fake It Dir: Tzurit Hartzion, 2015, Israel, 23 mins Balcony Dir: Toby Fell-Holden, 2016, UK, 17 mins The Thing About Us Dir: Keely Weis, 2016, USA, 12 mins Beautiful Figure Dir: Hajni Kis, 2015, Hungry, 17 mins Brix and the Bitch Dir: Nico Raineau, 2016, USA, 10 mins
HOOKING UP
Alex & Eric Forever Dir: Leo Adef, 2015, Spain, 11 mins
This collection of steamy shorts explores the multiple ways we connect, get it on and get it off. From cruising, to paying for it and the pillow talk in between, these six revealing, raunchy and at times eye-opening films are not to be missed.
Inner Jellyfishes Dir: Marc-Antoine Lemire, 2015, France, 24 mins Bridge Dir: Bonnie Moir, 2016, Australia, 9 mins Johnny Dir: Micah Stuart, 2016, USA, 19 mins Say U Will Dir: Chris Cruise, 2015, USA, 10 mins Sunday Morning Coming Down Dir: Harry Lighton, 2016, UK, 20 mins Total run time: 93 mins
GIRL ON GIRL SHORTS
Tits on a Bull Dir: Tim Worrall, 2015, New Zealand, 16 mins Total run time: 102 mins Check mqff.com.au for further details.
Featuring the 2016 Iris Prize Winner, Balcony, these seven essential slices of life and love will enlighten, surprise and make you laugh. From a secret and illicit crush, to sparring with your loved one in and out of the ring or recreating the good times long gone, you won’t be disappointed with this collection of the best queer female shorts of the year.
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3181
Saturday 25 March
10.30PM
ACMI
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Sunday 26 March
3.30PM
ACMI
On the Roof Dir: Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2015, Spain, 11 mins An Afternoon Dir: Søren Green, 2014, Denmark, 8 mins An Evening Dir: Søren Green, 2016, Denmark, 9 mins There’s a Bluebird in My Heart Dir: Simon Trevorrow, 2015, Australia, 15 mins Haircut Dir: Amir Stolar, 2015, Israel, 22 mins Breaking Fast Dir: Mike Mosallam, 2015, USA, 18 mins
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This collection of award winning international shorts features an array of men young and old in the flash and heat of first love, in the bittersweet comedown of falling out of love and in the tentative first steps towards trying again.
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** Spoilers** Dir: Brendon McDonall, 2016, UK/Australia, 21 mins
Total run time: 104 mins Check mqff.com.au for further details.
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3162
Sunday 19 March
6.00PM
ACMI
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GUY ON GUY SHORTS
1/31/17 7:15 PM
YOUNG AND QUEER A selection of features and shorts exploring issues of gender and sexuality. This program will enlighten, entertain and stimulate discussion.
COMING OUT Melbourne premiere 'Rookie filmmaker Peters scores with his feature debut' – Yes! Weekly Dir: Alden Peters, USA, 2015, 70 mins MQFF recommends 15+
This charming documentary follows young NYU filmmaker Alden Peters as he travels across America coming out to his family and friends, boldly capturing every heart warming, genuinely moving and sometimes hilarious encounters over the course of a year. Blending his own very personal story with tales of other queer teenagers coming out on YouTube, this film shows that while technology may have advanced, fundamental emotions remain the same. A film for anyone who has faced the challenge of self-acceptance, this documentary transcends the genre and playfully explores shared experiences that unite LGBTIQ people across generations.
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Saturday 25 March
2.30PM
ACMI
Little Doll Dir: Kate Dolan, 2016, Ireland, 13 mins Filip Dir: Nathalie Ă lvarez, 2015, Sweden, 11 mins, Swedish with English Subtitles Nasser Dir: Melissa Martens, 2015, Netherlands, 19 mins, Dutch with English Subtitles Gonna Sip that Sip, Hit that Dip: The Emerging Queer Hip Hop Movement Dir: Chasson Gracie & Willyum Beck, 2016, USA, 13 mins Handsome and Majestic Dir: Salazar, 2016, USA, 12 mins
YOUTH SHORTS
House Not Home Dir: Joshua Butler, 2016, USA, 15 mins
From a young Muslim girl experimenting with gender roles, a snapshot of the burgeoning queer hip-hop movement and a proud ode to being a trans* boy, this entertaining shorts program examines what it means to be young and queer.
Total run time: 83 mins Check mqff.com.au for further details.
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Saturday 18 March
2.15PM
ACMI
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FILM INDEX 1:54 ..........................................................................35 11 Life Lessons from an Awesome Old Dyke ..............................57
Gonna Sip That Sip, Hit that Dip: The Emerging Queer Hip-Hop Movement ......................................................... 62
A Date for Mad Mary .................................. 8,9
Haircut ...................................................................61
A Doll’s Eyes.......................................................57
Handsome and Majestic........................... 62
Adult ................................................................. 55, 7
Happy ................................................................... 55
Alex & Eric Forever........................................ 60
Hard Pack ........................................................... 59
Alzheimer’s: A Love Story .........................57
Hattie Goes Cruising ....................................57
An Afternoon ....................................................61
Heartland .............................................................27
An Evening .........................................................61
House not Home .......................................... 62
Arianna ..................................................................14
I Love Hooligans ............................................ 58
As You Are.......................................................... 22
I Promise You Anarchy ............................... 13
AWOL .....................................................................23
I, Olga Hepnarova ..........................................15
Baggage............................................................... 56
Inner Jellyfishes.............................................. 60
Balcony .................................................................61
Intervention, The ............................................27
Barash ....................................................................15
Jo Cool................................................................. 56
Bear in a Barber Shop ..................................57
Johnny ................................................................. 60
Beautiful Figure ................................................61
Kiki ................................................................... 42, 43
Being 17 ................................................................ 17
King Cobra ............................................................ 4
Below Her Mouth...........................................12
Lazy Eye .......................................................20, 21
Breaking Fast .....................................................61
Left Hook ............................................................ 56
Bridge .................................................................... 60
Liebmann ............................................................ 17
Brix and the Bitch ...........................................61
Little Doll ............................................................. 62
Buddy .....................................................................18
Lives of Thérèse, The .................................. 50
Chariot Riders .................................................. 58
Lovesong ............................................................ 29
Check It ............................................................... 49
Lucid Noon, Sunset, Blush .......................53
Chimera ................................................................53
Me, Myself and Her ...................................... 25
Coming Out...................................................... 62
Memories of a Penitent Heart............... 50
Credence .............................................................39
Mezzo ................................................................... 59
Curmudgeons ................................................. 56
Miles ........................................................................19
Cut .......................................................................... 58
Moms on Fire ................................................... 58
Dam, The ............................................................ 55
Multiple Maniacs ....................................... 40, 7
These C*cksucking Tears ..........................57
Dance Card ....................................................... 55
Naked Youth ..................................................... 58
Thing About Us, The ....................................61
Dance, Girl, Dance .........................................41
Nasser ................................................................... 62
Threshold, The .................................................57
Dawn ..................................................................... 59
Nest, The............................................................. 26
Tits on a Bull ......................................................61
Death in Buenos Aires................................. 31
Night Cleaner, The ....................................... 58
Tomcat ..................................................................10
I, Desde Allá (From Afar) ............................ 13
Non-Stop Beautiful Ladies........................53
Tyler ........................................................................51
Desire Will Set You Free..............................39
Oh-Be-Joyful ................................................... 56
Uncle Howard ..................................................47
Don’t Call Me Son ..........................................18
On the Roof .......................................................61
Victor XX.............................................................. 59
Esteros ...................................................................35
Other People .....................................................32
Virion ..................................................................... 55
Facial Weponisation Communique ....53
Our Love Story .................................................12
Watermelon Woman, The ....................... 40
Fake It .....................................................................61
Out of Iraq.......................................................... 49
Weekends ............................................................36
Filip.......................................................................... 62
Out of the Closets, Into the Streets ...... 6
Where To Go .....................................................57
First Girl I Loved.............................................. 22
Out Run ............................................................... 44
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?.................37
First Night Out ................................................. 59
Paris 5:59 Theo and Hugo ...................... 28
Wild Party, The .................................................41
Flamingo Pride ................................................ 58
Partners .................................................................61
Wired4Sound ....................................................53
For the Best ....................................................... 58
Pass, The ..............................................................33
Women Who Kill ............................................... 5
Freedom to Marry, The .............................. 44
Pink Boy................................................................57
You Deserve Everything ........................... 55
Fursonas .............................................................. 46
Pool ........................................................................ 50
You’ll Never Be Alone ..................................18
Prasizzler Queen of the Dessert .......... 56 Pronouns ............................................................ 59 Pulse ......................................................................... 5 Pushing Dead................................................... 30 Rara.......................................................................... 11 Real Boy............................................................... 48 Retake ....................................................................19 Right Bank, The................................................57 Same Sex Biz .....................................................53 Sandy .................................................................... 58 Say U Will ............................................................ 60 Scenes from Another Marriage ............ 56 Slug ......................................................................... 55 Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four ........................... 45 Spa Night ............................................................ 26 Spermahoran ....................................................53 Spoilers** ...............................................................61 Suicide Kale ........................................................34 Suited .....................................................................51 Sunday Lunch.................................................. 58 Sunday Morning Coming Down ......... 60 Surface Glaze ....................................................53 Sweet Dreaming ............................................ 55 Taekwondo ........................................................24 Take Me To The River ..................................23 Tear Jerker ......................................................... 59 That’s My Boy ...................................................57 The Cult................................................................39
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There’s a Bluebird in my Heart ..............61
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