Queer Screen Film Fest 2015

Overview

The stars are out for Queer Screen Film Fest 2015, which returns to Event Cinema George Street in September. Kicking off on the evening of Tuesday, September 22, the festival begins with the Australian premiere of Boulevard, featuring the late Robin Williams in his final dramatic role as a depressed man whose life is changed when he befriends a young male sex worker.

Other highlights on the six-day program include Cut Snake, a brooding Aussie crime thriller from director Tony Ayres featuring an unforgettable performance from Sullivan Stapleton, A Sinner in Mecca, which follows documentarian Parvez Sharma as he makes his pilgrimage to the holy city while struggling to reconcile his sexuality with his faith, and Guidance, a comedy about a washed-up former child star masquerading as a high school guidance councillor.

The festival concludes with another major title straight from its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Based on a true story, Freeheld stars Julianne Moore as a New York Police detective with a terminal illness who is forced to fight for the legal right to pass her pension benefits onto her domestic partner (Ellen Page).