Melbourne Queer Film Festival

About

The oldest and largest queer film festival in Australia and one of the oldest queer film festivals in the world. Each year it screens over 150 films with GLBTI/queer themes from all around the world at 3 premier Melbourne venues including the state of the art Australian Centre for the Moving Image to audiences of over 25,000. The continued use of ACMI's world class facilities enables the Festival to investigate areas of new digital media such as web casting and live internet conferences with overseas filmmakers, as well as exhibitions of art from new-media queer artists. The MQFF also tours highlights of its program to various parts of Australia.

Program

• Queeries: Bent On Film Youth Program,
• International Shorts and Feature Films,
• Documentary Packages,
• Foreign Language Films,
• experimental program,
• forums and lectures.

Awards

MQFF AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM AWARDS

• City of Melbourne Award for the Best Australian Short Film — $3000
• Film Victoria Award for Best Director, Australian Short Film — $1000
• Shaun Miller Lawyers Award for Emerging Australian Filmmaker — $500

MQFF AWARDS

• MQFF Life Members Award for Best Feature (Australian or International) — $2 500
• David McCarthy Award for Best Documentary (Australian or International) — $2 500

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS

Step Right Up Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film — $500

twenty21 Audience Choice Award for Best Feature, Narrative or Documentary — $1000

Rules

• Submissions should be of interest to gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, transgendered, intersex people.
• Feature: over 60 min. Shorts: uner 60 minutes.
• Submit via Filmfreeway.

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement