Queer Screen Film Fest 2018

Overview

Every February, the team at Queer Screen fill Sydney's cinemas, all as part of the Mardi Gras Film Festival. But why host one celebration of LGBTIQ movies just once a year when you can host two?

With that idea in mind, the Queer Screen Film Fest was born. Each September for the past six years, this second festival rolls around to fill bring an extra dose of queer cinema-going to the later part of the calendar. In 2018, that means 29 titles from 12 countries over six days, with the event running from Tuesday, September 18 to Sunday, September 23 at Event Cinemas George Street.

Highlights include And Breathe Normally, which follows the intertwined paths of an Icelandic mother and a refugee from Guinea-Bissau, plus the Claire Danes and Jim Parsons-starring A Kid Like Jake, about a five-year-old exploring gender — and they're the fest's opening and closing night picks, respectively.

QSFF's documentary game is also especially strong this year, whether you want to sing your love for boy bands with I Used to Be Normal: A Boy Band Fangirl Story, pay tribute to one particular pop icon thanks to George Michael Freedom: The Director's Cut (which the singer himself co-directed before his death), or step into the home of a gay couple and more than 70 rescued canines in Life in the Doghouse.