Share your love of cinema as Queer Screen's 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF) brings the best new LGBTQIA+ films to Co-Presenting Venue Partner, the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA), from 3 to 5 April 2025.
The line-up includes the critically acclaimed trans narrative CROSSING, which won the Audience Award for Narrative Feature at MGFF in Sydney, and the French comedy-drama SOMEWHERE IN LOVE, recipient of the inaugural MGFF Best EU Feature Film Prize. Also featured is DUINO, a captivating film inspired by the personal experiences of writer-director Juan Pablo Di Pace, which received a 4.6 out of 5 rating from The Queer Review.
The dazzling documentary about gay icon Liza Minnelli, LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY, needs little introduction.
Also on the bill are the best-of selections from SAPPHIC SHORTS, GAY SHORTS, and TRANS & GENDER DIVERSE SHORTS.
Want to see it all for less than $12 per film? Get an All-In Pass!
DUINO
THU 3 APR | 7PM | Arc Cinema | $20/$18
2024 | UC15+ | 108 mins | DCP | US | D: Juan Pablo Di Pace, Andrés Pepe Estrada
A beautifully told drama about a student’s yearning for a classmate examines how the infatuations of youth can linger years later.
SOMEWHERE IN LOVE
FRI 4 APR | 6:30PM | Arc Cinema | $20/$18
2024 | UC15+ | 97 mins | DCP | France | D: Morgan Simon | French, English Subtitles
Single mother Nicole navigates falling out with her teenage son while discovering an unexpected romance in this touching film about showing up for the ones you love.
CROSSING
FRI 4 APR | 8:30PM | Arc Cinema | $20/$18
2024 | M | 105 mins | DCP | SWE, DEN, FRA, TüR, GEO | D: Levan Akin | Georgian, Turkish, English, Russian, English Subtitles
A retired Georgian teacher searches for her runaway niece amongst the vibrant trans and queer community of Istanbul, in Levan Akin’s exquisite follow-up to And Then We Danced (MGFF20).
BEST OF TRANS & GENDER DIVERSE SHORTS
SAT 5 APR | 12:30PM | Arc Cinema | $20/$18
2024 | UC15+ | 103 mins | DCP | GRC, FRA, UK, US, IND, AUS, CAN| D: Alkis Papastathopoulos, Logan Rea, Nava Mau, Lisa Ott,
Snigdha Kapoor, Laura Hartley, Mo Matton | English, Greek, English Subtitles, Hindi
Featuring the voice of Ian McKellen as a gender affirming fox, this Best of Trans & Gender Diverse Shorts collection explores the many facets of trans and gender diverse lives.
BEST OF SAPPHIC SHORTS
SAT 5 APR | 2:30PM | Arc Cinema | $20/$18
2024 | UC18+ | 100 mins | DCP | CAN, UK, US, NLD, COL | D:
Alex Song-Xia, Kelly Paoli, Coral Knights, Gianna Mazzeo, Jottum Kok, Yvonne Lawlor, Antonina Kerguelén Román, Nicole Lipp | Dutch, English Subtitles, English, Spanish, American Sign Language
Punctuated by tales of yearning, flirtation and love in its many forms – plus an ode to the carabiner – this selection of Best of Sapphic Shorts showcases tales of love between women.
LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY
SAT 5 APR | 6:30PM | Arc Cinema | $20/$18
2024 | UC15+ | 104 mins | DCP | USA | D: Bruce David Klein
Born in a red sequinned dress and belting out a tune, the one-and-only Liza Minnelli takes centre stage in this dazzling profile of an enduring gay icon and Hollywood survivor.
BEST OF GAY SHORTS
SAT 5 APR | 8:30PM | Arc Cinema | $20/$18
2024 | UC15+ | 104 mins | DCP | UK, CAN, FRA, EST, USA | D: Alexander Farah, Adrian Gardner, Rory Fleck Byrne, C.J. Arellano, Matthew Jacobs Morgan, Denis Liakhov, Simon Gualtieri | English, French, English Subtitles, Russian
Featuring Ben Whishaw with everything from unexpected hook-ups to romantic rendezvous, together Best of Gay Shorts explore the highs and lows of gay life around the world.
