Screen Archives - Star Observer /category/whats-on/screen-whats-on Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 02:58:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Screen Archives - Star Observer /category/whats-on/screen-whats-on 32 32 Melbourne Queer Film Festival Closing Night Screening /whats-on/melbourne-queer-film-festival-closing-night-screening/233942 /whats-on/melbourne-queer-film-festival-closing-night-screening/233942#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:00:28 +0000 /?p=233942 Celebrate the end of Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) with a stunning directorial feature debut (both the director and the film!), the Australian premiere of Argentinian romance Duino. Dubbed ‘the ...

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]]> /whats-on/melbourne-queer-film-festival-closing-night-screening/233942/feed 0 Celebrating 30 Years Of ‘Priscilla’ In Bondi /artsentertainment/celebrating-30-years-of-priscilla-at-bondi/232971 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:18:17 +0000 /?p=232971 It’s no stretch to call The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which just turned 30 this year, one of the definitive Australian films. An unexpected critical and commercial ...

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]]> Smut Club Film Festival 2024 /whats-on/smut-club-film-festival-2024/232660 Mon, 26 Aug 2024 23:47:40 +0000 /?p=232660 Smut Club Film Festival returns for their 6th annual event, bringing Smut Club to Naarm. This is a lavish two-night festival of films, art, community and conversation, for and by ...

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]]> Sex Workers Celebrated In New AGNSW Film Program /whats-on/sex-workers-celebrated-in-new-agnsw-film-program/232622 Sat, 24 Aug 2024 23:00:54 +0000 /?p=232622 By HOPE PRATT Celebrate the legacy of sex work on the silver screen in the Art Gallery of NSW’s latest cinema program, By hook or by hustle. Each film centres sex ...

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]]> ‘Gondola’ At Queer Screen Film Fest /whats-on/gondola-at-queer-screen-film-fest/232176 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 04:07:25 +0000 /?p=232176 The closing night film for the 11th Queer Screen Film Fest is Gondola, a super-charming ride that will leave you grinning from ear to ear. Cleverly told without a word of dialogue, ...

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]]> ‘Close To You’ At Queer Screen Film Fest /sponsored-content/close-to-you-at-queer-screen-film-fest/232175 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 05:55:18 +0000 /?p=232175 Academy Award nominee Elliot Page (Juno, The Umbrella Academy) is stellar in the Centrepiece film at the 11th Queer Screen Film Fest, an incredibly authentic tale about a man confronting ...

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]]> ‘The Astronaut Lovers’ At Queer Screen Film Fest /sponsored-content/the-astronaut-lovers-at-queer-screen-film-fest/232171 Thu, 25 Jul 2024 04:13:31 +0000 /?p=232171 The Opening Night Gala screening of the 11th Queer Screen Film Fest is The Astronaut Lovers, coming from prolific Argentinian queer filmmaker Marco Berger (The Blonde One, Mardi Gras Film Festival ...

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]]> Priscilla Queen Of The Desert 30th Anniversary Screening /whats-on/priscilla-queen-of-the-desert-30th-anniversary-screening/232028 Fri, 19 Jul 2024 01:07:11 +0000 /?p=232028 It’s been 30 dusty but fabulous years since the “budget barbie campervan” rolled onscreen, but Stephan Elliott’s The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is as roadworthy as ever! ...

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]]> Queer Cinema At Waverly Library Celebrates 1920s Lesbian Divas /whats-on/waverley-library-queer-cinema-july/231985 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 02:00:15 +0000 /?p=231985 Waverley Library is inviting you to join them in celebrating and loving queer cinema. Their Queer Cinema night is a movie night dedicated to celebrating queer stories of love, loss ...

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]]> ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Audience Partici…Pation At The Ritz /whats-on/rocky-horror-picture-show-ritz/231789 Thu, 27 Jun 2024 01:31:26 +0000 /?p=231789 The Ritz in Randwick is running a series of fan partici…pation screenings of famed cult classic movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show on the first Friday of every second month, ...

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]]> ‘In The Room Where He Waits’ Preview Screening /whats-on/in-the-room-where-he-waits-preview-screening/231681 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 05:13:13 +0000 /?p=231681 Recently called “the year’s best Australian horror”, critically acclaimed queer psychological thriller In the Room Where He Waits screens this Thursday at the Dendy in Newtown. It is to be ...

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]]> The Ballad of Sexual Dependency /whats-on/the-ballad-of-sexual-dependency/230795 Fri, 17 May 2024 11:41:10 +0000 /?p=230795 The Art Gallery of Ballarat is host to Nan Goldin’s seminal documentary photographic work, her ‘public diary’ of friends, lovers, chosen family and even Goldin herself living in the gay ...

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]]> 71st Sydney Film Festival /artsentertainment/71st-sydney-film-festival/230676 Thu, 09 May 2024 01:25:42 +0000 /?p=230676 By MARK MORELLINI The prestigious Sydney Film Festival (SFF) will be celebrating its 71st anniversary this year, with a program of over 200 movies from around the world. Filmmakers will ...

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]]> TILDE Film Festival Opening Night – First Nations /news/tilde-film-festival-opening-night-first-nations/230059 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:08:59 +0000 /?p=230059 For their 10 year anniversary, the TILDE Film Festival will screen the first of three nights of Trans and Gender Diverse cinema, in a celebration of First Nations gender diversity ...

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]]> Drag Race Viewing Party At Universal /whats-on/rupauls-drag-race-viewing-party/229824 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 04:37:27 +0000 /?p=229824 By JHAMES MONTEMAYOR If all the partying Universal has to offer is leaving your head throbbing, perhaps you might want to snatch a spot at the Drag Race viewing party.  ...

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]]> Geelong Pride Film Festival /whats-on/geelong-pride-film-festival/227509 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 03:49:27 +0000 /?p=227509 Through a series of special screenings and events, Geelong Pride Film Festival celebrates both local and international Queer-centric cinema. With a wide array of contemporary and classic movies, it helps ...

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]]> Bendigo Queer Film Festival /whats-on/bendigo-queer-film-festival-2/227524 Thu, 29 Feb 2024 03:50:44 +0000 /?p=227524 Running alongside the Bendigo Pride Festival this coming March, The Bendigo Queer Film Festival is an opportunity for audiences to appreciate Queer cinema. Also serving as a great opportunity for ...

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]]> Mardi Gras Film Festival: Pride Guide 2024 /whats-on/mardi-gras-film-festival-pride-guide-2024/228666 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:00:42 +0000 /?p=228666 Queer Screen will present the 31st Mardi Gras Film Festival with a program that somehow surpasses the excellence of its previous festivals. This year, film-lovers and those newly exploring the celluloid universe will ...

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]]> Spice World The Movie Returning To Brisbane /whats-on/spice-world-the-movie-returning-to-brisbane/228743 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 04:59:04 +0000 /?p=228743 Spice World The Movie was arguably one of our most iconic and hectic film memories of the late 90s. Hot off the international success of the hit girl group, The ...

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]]> Must Watch Films At Mardi Gras Film Festival 2024 /whats-on/must-watch-films-at-mardi-gras-film-festival-2024/228587 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 03:23:58 +0000 /?p=228587 Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival returns for its 31st edition this year with over 161 films and events spread across 77 unique programs. The festival will be held from ...

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