Brisbane Queer Film Festival 2018

Overview

11 days. 25 sessions. One heck of an inclusive party. That's what's on the agenda at the 2018 Brisbane Queer Film Festival, which returns for yet another year of celebrating queer cinema in the best way it knows how: by screening a heap of ace LGBTIQ flicks for your viewing pleasure.

Primarily running from March 8 to 18 at New Farm Cinemas, the 2018 lineup boasts everything from acclaimed international features and documentaries to an array of shorts to even a Brissie-made web series. We say primarily, because the fest will get things started early with a February 20 screening of the excellent Oscar-nominated transgender drama A Fantastic Woman. And, it'll also head to the Institute of Modern Art on March 8, for a free session of experimental classics in conjunction with the Queensland Film Festival.

The main program officially kicks off with American high school comedy Freak Show, with a moving performance by Alan Cumming in After Louie and the beguiling Mexican-set effort I Dream in Another Language among the other highlights. More standout titles include South African drama The Wound, US comedy The Feels, the Ellen Page and Kate Mara-starring My Days of Mercy, Finnish film A Moment in the Reeds and 1985's landmark romance Desert Hearts.