Podcasts about Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Από τις 14 ώς τις 24 Νοεμβρίου πραγματοποιείται στη Μελβούρνη το Melbourne Queer Film Festival, στο οποίο θα προβληθούν και ελληνόφωνες ταινίες. Το SBS μίλησε με τον Έλληνα σκηνοθέτη και σεναριογράφο της μικρού μήκους ταινίας Angelo

The Melbourne Queer Film Festival is Australia's oldest and largest queer film festival and returns from November 14 to 24 with a program that celebrates the way sound and vision... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Guide to MQFF 2024 part 2: reviews and recommendations appeared first on Out Takes.

If you listen to Out Takes regularly, you know we love a film festival and one at the top of our list is MQFF a.k.a the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Guide to MQFF 2024 appeared first on Out Takes.

Flick is joined by reviewers Cerise Howard, Programme Director of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and Writer, Chris Dite. They shine a retro spotlight on SNOWPIERCER on its 10th anniversary, and S/HE IS NOT HER/E.

Enough is enough! The prevalence of violence must cease immediately. In the latest installment of Queering The Air, Sasja is accompanied by Rebeckah Loveday & Caroline McGuiness to discuss strategies for eradicating gender-based violence. Shockingly, 26 lives of women in Australia have been tragically lost this year alone, with the year not even halfway through. The urgency of this situation demands immediate action. It is a clarion call to the government to elevate the issue of gender-based violence to a national emergency status, allocating substantial resources to properly support initiatives combating domestic violence, family violence, and sexual violence.Sasja and guests united in Naarm to march against gender-based violence: Sunday, April 28th, State Library, 10am before to headed to the studio for the live conversation.Rebeckah Loveday: @rebeckahlovedayRebeckah Loveday (she/her) is a Melbourne/Naarm based actor, model, presenter and transgender advocate. Co-founder of Trans Pride March Melbourne & Trans Sisters United, Board Member of Melbourne Queer Film Festival and Advisory Committee Member of Transfemme.Rebeckah currently works within the family violencec space, advocating for people within the LGBTIQA+ community. Rebeckah is a proud women of transgender experience and strongly believes in using her voice and platform, to raise awareness on the plight against trans and gender diverse people around the world.  Caroline McGuinness: @thewhycampaignblogCaroline McGuinness is a qualified Social Worker, with over 23 years combined career expertise working on the frontline, in community, with people from diverse backgrounds across the lifespan. She is a survivor of sexual assault herself, that informs and drives her to be committed to work in the challenging spaces she does to creating positive collaborative needs-based sustainable social change. She has been the force and Founder behind several visionary social impact initiatives, including Stories of Resilience and the W.H.Y (We Hear You) Campaign, a digital campaign, that was born out of the covid-pandemic lockdowns of 2020. That began here in Narram /Melbourne to raise National to global public awareness about Gendered Based Violence /Family Domestic abuse/ Intimate Partner Violence, and to collaboratively be part of the solution to ultimately see an end to fatalities. Caroline is also a dynamic coach, mentor, advocate, and emerging speaker. She is purpose-driven, with a desire to positively impact and help transform the lives of others. She is passionate about womxn's empowerment, embedding wellbeing /self-care policy and practices in the workplace to prevent and manage burnout of first responders and much needed social workers, upholding basic human rights, and systemic and structural societal change for a safer, equal, and just future for the next generation.  

Fiona and Paul talk to Cerise Howard, Program director, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Midsumma Movies. Melbourne Queer Film Festival and Midsumma Festival Present: The inaugural Midsumma Movies will hit the... LEARN MORE The post Saturday, 27th January 2024: Cerise Howard, Program director, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Midsumma Movies appeared first on Saturday Magazine.

Australia's largest LGBTQIA+ film festival is back again this year, The Melbourne Queer Film Festival, screening the best and latest queer films from Australia and around the world.  With opening... LEARN MORE The post Ready for this year's Melbourne Queer Film Festival? appeared first on JOY Breakfast.

Join us in an unconventional yet fabulous episode as Flick Ford takes the passenger seat, inviting self-proclaimed film fanatic and program director for the upcoming Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Cerise Howard. The prime structure of this unique episode follows an exclusive interview with Cerise and legendary, absurd, and cinematic American pop-rock duo, Sparks who are here in Melbourne for the first time since 2001 playing at Palais Theater October 27th. Cerise and Sparks discuss a wide range of topics; from an out-of-pocket Cate Blanchett appearance in their track The Girl is Crying in Her Latte, Mickey Mouse/Minnie Mouse, and the Sparks Brothers Documentary (2021).

Macca and Nevena talk to David Martin Harris, the CEO of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival about the 2023 Festival, the 33rd Queer film festival. David Martin Harris (they/them) was... LEARN MORE The post Saturday, 14th October, 2023: David Martin Harris, CEO Melb. Queer Film Festival. appeared first on Saturday Magazine.

Sydney/Eora-based queer filmmaker Sophie Saville has emerged victorious from the Melbourne Queer Film Festival's 'Pitch, Pleez!' competition.  Saville's winning pitch for 'Pineapple' - a sequel to her short comedy film 'Peach' - will debut later this year.  Saville tells Nick Sarlos-Welsh the 'fruity anthology' draws upon from her "amusing" love life.   Keep up with Saville's work @storymillstudios on Instagram and the Melbourne Queer Film Festival @melbqueerfilmfest.   Tune in to 90.7FM or SYN DAB+ in Melbourne/Naarm or Geelong to listen locally. Stream Australia-wide on the SYN website or the Community Radio Plus app. And catch up with Loud + Queer anytime on your preferred podcast platform.More from us: https://linktr.ee/loudandqueersynSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Melbourne/Naarm-based non-binary trans woman Cerise Howard has been announced as the Melbourne Queer Film Festival's new program director.  The festival's upcoming November program will be its 33rd edition.  Howard tells Nick Sarlos-Welsh it's important to showcase queer community's storied cultural history through the festival.   Keep up with the Melbourne Queer Film Festival @melbqueerfilmfest on Instagram.   Tune in to 90.7FM or SYN DAB+ in Melbourne/Naarm or Geelong to listen locally. Stream Australia-wide on the SYN website or the Community Radio Plus app. And catch up with Loud + Queer anytime on your preferred podcast platform.More from us: https://linktr.ee/loudandqueersynSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tass and Macca are joined live on air by Cerise Howard, MQFF New Program Director, as they discuss the up coming Melbourne Queer Film Festival and so much more. The post Saturday May 20th May 2023: Cerise Howard, MQFF New Program Director appeared first on Saturday Magazine.

The team speaks about speeches; Foodie Michael Harden chats about the Parisian bistro and its Melbourne counterparts; Tech expert Vanessa Toholka reflects on the lifespan of Buzzfeed News; Newly appointed festival director Cerise Howard talks about her aspirations for Melbourne Queer Film Festival; Dr. Liam Donaldson from Werribee Vet Hospital stresses the importance of pet blood donations; Book reviewer Fi Wright shares her thoughts on Stephanie Bishop's new novel The Anniversary; Nat has a theory on colouring competition; and Zero-G's Megan McKeough reviews the new star-studded movie Book Club: The Next Chapter. With presenters Simon Winkler, Daniel Burt & Nat Harris. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Twitter: https://twitter.com/breakfasters

We've been enjoying covering the Melbourne Queer Film Festival the past couple of weeks but for this show we decided to look at some of the latest queer and LGBTIQ-adjacent... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Recommends: November 2022 edition appeared first on Out Takes.

There is just too much to talk about at this years Melbourne Queer Film Festival so we took this week to again dive deeper in to the program and discuss... LEARN MORE The post The Out Takes guide to MQFF 2022: part 2 appeared first on Out Takes.

It's finally that time of year again: MQFF is back! Running from November 10 – 21, the 32nd Melbourne Queer Film Festival features a Spotlight on Brazil, 35 Australian premieres,... LEARN MORE The post The Out Takes guide to MQFF 2022: part 1 appeared first on Out Takes.

MQFF's Australian Feature of the Year will be the Melbourne Premiere of The Longest Weekend (2022), directed by Molly Haddon (Australia). Check out the interview with Molly and read more here https://tinyurl.com/y2cwrtpe

Melbourne Queer Film Festival Program Director Spiro Economopoulos stops by to talk about the oldest, largest and most successful queer film festival in the Southern Hemisphere. MQFF32 runs 10-21 November. Tickets @ - mqff.com.au Some of the screenings discussed this episode Private Desert - https://tix.mqff.com.au/Films/Opening-Night-Private-Desert/ACMI%20-%20Cinema%202/Thu-Nov-10-2022-18-30 Uýra: The Rising Forest - https://tix.mqff.com.au/Films/Closing-Night-Uyra-The-Rising-Forest Hypochondiac - https://tix.mqff.com.au/Films/Hypochondriac Follow The Protocol - https://tix.mqff.com.au/Films/Follow-the-Protocol Pink Flamingoes - https://tix.mqff.com.au/Films/Pink-Flamingos But I'm a Cheerleader - https://tix.mqff.com.au/Films/But-I-m-a-Cheerleader-Director-s-Cut-

Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) launches this Thursday 10 November for a twelve-day jam packed program stronger than ever. Expect a prime selection of local and international drama, comedy, documentary, and... LEARN MORE The post Melbourne Queer Film Festival appeared first on Sunday Arts Magazine.

David Martin Harris, Spiro Economopoulos, Dr Chloe Mackallah, Kevin McGreal interviews with James McKenzie.  Spiro Economopoulos & David Martin Harris discuss the 32nd Melbourne Queer Film Festival.  https://mqff.com.au/  Proud trans woman, Independent candidate for Bayswater, climate scientist and Save Lake Knox campaigner Dr Chloe Mackallah discusses her Victoria state election campaign.  https://chloemackallah.com.au/  Playwright, director, actor Kevin McGreal chats about his play An Unknown Song, staging at the Victorian Pride Centre in St Kilda for Melbourne Fringe, October 20 to 22.  https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/an-unknown-song/  https://www.kevinmcgreal.com/  Sovereignty was never ceded.  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.

I sin första dokumentärfilm; Väninnor – berättelser från garderoben som gjordes tillsammans med Nina Bergström 1996 porträtterade Sander C. Neant Falk lesbiska i åldrarna 60 till 85 år. Filmen blev den första lesbiska dokumentären som gick upp på svenska biografer. I nästa dokumentär satte Sander videokameror i händerna på queera tonåringar som filmade sina liv. Det blev guldbaggebelönade Du ska nog se att det går över. En pärla till film, som numera går att se via bibliotekens streamingsajt Cineasterna. Ytterligare några år senare gjorde Neant Falk den meditativa konstfilmen Your Mind is Bigger than All the Supermarkets in the World, efter att ha studerat på Konstfack. I det här avsnittet av SAQMI Play möter vi Sander C. Neant Falk, dokumentärfilmare, klippare, konstnär och pedagog verksam sedan 90-talet efter utbildning på filmskolan ESRA i Paris och dokumentärfilm på Biskops Arnö Nordens Folkhögskola i ett samtal med Malin Holgersson och Anna Linder. Avsnittet har fått stöd av Göteborgs Stads kulturnämnd - Projektstöd Pronto Biografi: Sander C. Neant Falk är dokumentärfilmare, klippare, konstnär och pedagog verksam sedan 90-talet efter utbildning på filmskolan ESRA i Paris, dokumentärfilm på Nordens Biskops Arnö och Konstfack. Neant Falk har regisserat, producerat och till stor del fotat och klippt sina tre långa dokumentärer som visats på biograf, SVT och vunnit flera priser på internationella filmfestivaler. Filmen Du ska nog se att det går över belönades med en Guldbagge för bästa dokumentär och fick hedersomnämnande av internationella filmkritikerförbundet FIPRESCI. Filmen Väninnor – berättelser från garderoben hyllades av kritiker och var den första lesbiska dokumentärfilmen som gick upp på svenska biografer. Båda filmerna ingår i Svenska Filminstitutets satsning på viktig svensk film som digitaliseras under 2021. 2005-08 studerade Neant Falk som filmare på Konstfack för att utforska ett mer experimentellt förhållningssätt till film, foto, video och klippning. Resultatet blev konstfilmen Your Mind is Bigger than All the Supermarkets in the World som fick fina recensioner och visades i fullsatta salonger på Folkets Bio. Sedan 2017 varvar Neant Falk egna konst och kortfilmsprojekt med arbete som terapeut med fokus på skapande processer och arbete som värd och konstpedagog på Konsthall C i Stockholm. Filmografi: 1996 – Väninnor - berättelser från garderoben - dokumentärfilm, 2003 - Du ska nog se att det går över, dokumentärfilm, 2010 - Your Mind is Bigger than All the Supermarkets in the World, dokumentärfilm, 2011 - Nine Speeches on Violence by Three Wise Men, konstfilm, The Cleansing Ceremony med Nya Konstnärsklubben, 2018- Om filmerna: Väninnor - berättelser från garderoben, 1996, 53 min De är fem kvinnor i åldrarna 60 till 85 år och de är lesbiska. De har levt med rädslan att vara annorlunda och med risken att förskjutas av vänner, släktingar och arbetskamrater.I åratal har de smugit med sina känslor; dubbelliv har varit deras vardag. Någon av dem har aldrig tidigare talat om sin homosexualitet ens med sina närmaste. Med stark närvaro och sprängkraft berättar de fem kvinnorna om sina liv och om sin förbjudna kärlek. Tidstypisk musik, pressklipp, arkivbilder och privata fotografier illustrerar deras berättelser i denna varmt innerliga dokumentärfilm. Väninnor hyllades av kritikerkåren när den fick sin premiär under mitten av 90-talet, men har sedan dess varit otillgänglig för publiken. Nu har filmen äntligen digitaliserats och får lov att återta den framskjutna plats i queerhistorien den så väl förtjänar. Regissör: Sander C. Neant Falk & Nina Bergström Medverkande: Abbe Österberg, Boel Matthis, Ellen Lindström, Frieda Lööv och Kerstin Hammarsten Filmfotografer: Lisa Hagstrand och Maria Hammar Turos Producent: Anna G Magnúsdottír Biografpremiär: Zita, Folkets Bio i Stockholm, 25 oktober 1996. Land: Sverige, barntillåten. Språk: Svenska. Längd: 53 min Festivaler i urval: 1997: 13 Festival Internacional de Cine de mar del Plata, Argentina, Verzaubert Film Festival, Germany, Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada, Images et Nations – Montreal Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Canada, 21 st san Francisco International L&G Film Festival, USA, OUTFEST- Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, USA, Seattle International Film Festival USA, New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, USA, Boston Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, USA, Skeive Filmer – Oslo Lesbian & Gay Film Festval, Norway, Gothenburg Film Festival, Sweden. Awards: OUTstanding Documentary Feature Award 1997 Award from the Grand Jury of OUTFEST Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Film Festival, The RFSU Award 1997 RFSU; the National Swedish Organisation for Health and Sexual Education, Tupilak Culture Award 1997, Tupilak; the Association for Scandinavian Homosexual Culture, The Pink Room Prize 1997 Award given by the Swedish National Lesbian & Gay Association The Homosexual Rose of 1996, Award from Gothenburg Lesbian & Gay Association. Du ska nog se att det går över, 2003, 74 min Det var när My blev kär i Scully i Arkiv X som hon förstod att hon gillade tjejer. Ingen annan fick veta så klart. För hur ska man som 14-åring berätta för hela släkten och kompisarna att man är lesbisk? Fast hur ska man kunna låta bli? "Finns du tjej som dras till både killar och tjejer?" Som fjortonåring satte regissören Cecilia Neant-Falk in en kontaktannons i tidningen OKEJ 1985. Det kom svar från hela landet. Femton år senare satte hon in samma annons igen. My, Joppe och Natalie var tre av de 80 tjejer som svarade... "Du ska nog se att det går över" har spelats in under 4 år och är resultatet av ett unikt projekt med material direkt från tonårsgarderobens dunklaste vrår. My, Joppe och Natalie har låst dörren, slagit på kameran och berättat allt. Om mamma och pappa som inget vet, om NO-läraren som säger att det är fel i generna på homosexuella, om att bo i ett samhälle där alla vet allt om alla. Om Fucking Åmål, fast på riktigt! Om att växa upp som homoagent i en heterovärld. Filmen är ett djärvt collage av tekniker och medier som DV-cam, gamla arkivbilder och Super 8 vilka ackompanjeras av ett digert soundtrack med artister som Stina Nordenstam, Ani Di Franco och Eva Dahlgren. Åskådaren bjuds in i ett brokigt tonårs-landskap av rädsla, ilska, utanförskap, men framförallt av mod och lust. Det handlar om att våga lita till sin egen vilja och känsla. Att ta den på allvar även när det betyder att trotsa omgivningen och dess konventioner. IDE MANUS REGI: Cecilia Neant-Falk MEDVERKANDE: Natalie Durbeej, Johanna "Joppe" Svensson, My Sörensson REGIASSISTENTER: Joakim Rindå, Åsa Ekman, Jenny Sahlström FOTO: Cecilia Neant-Falk & Camilla Hjelm, Astrid Askberger KLIPP: Josef Nyberg & Cecilia Neant-Falk FINKLIPPNING: Berit Ljungstedt LJUD: Marcus Sötterman GRAFISK FORM: David Giese PRODUCENT: Cecilia Neant-Falk / Riot Reel AB I SAMPRODUKTION MED: Mette Heide / Team Production ApS (Danmark), Ulla Simonen / Kinotar OY (Finland), SVT Dokumentär, Film i Värmland, YLE TV1 MED STÖD AV: Svenska Filminstitutet / Filmkonsulent Göran Olsson / Hjalmar Palmgren, Det Danske Filminstitut, Konstnärsnämnden, Folkhälsoinstitutet, AVEK, Nordisk Film- & TV Fond LÄNGD OCH FORMAT: 74 min, 35 mm(1:1.33), VHS, färg, Dolby SR LJUD: Dolby SR DISTRIBUTION: Folkets bio COPYRIGHT RIOT REEL 2003 Festivaler i urval: 2003: Gothenburg Film Festival, Sweden, Outfest, Los Angeles, USA, Kombat Queer & Feminist Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, Berlin Lesbian Film Festival, Germany, Hamburg Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Germany, Bergen Film Festival, Norway, Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany, Mix Brasil, Brazil 2004: Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Australia, Festival International de Films de Femmes de Créteil, France, London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, UK, Hot Docs, Toronto, Canada, Queer Zagreb, Croatia, Brussels Pink Screens, Belgium, Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival, Canada, Barcelona International Women's Film Festival, Spain. Awards: Guldbagge Award for Best Documentary 2003 (Swedish national film award), FIPRESCI Special Mention, Sydney Film Festival, 2003, Prix AFJ (Association des Femmes Journalistes), Festival International de Films de Femmes de Créteil, 2004, Torino Audience Award 2004, Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Italy, Torino Jury´s Special mention 2004 Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Italy, FIPRESCI (Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique), Awarded A Special Mention to: Don't You Worry It Will Probably Pass/ Du Ska Nog se att Det Går Över by Cecilia Neant-Falk (Sweden 2003) "For its fresh vision of adolescence and its generosity in granting the right of authorship to its subjects". / Jury member B. Ruby Rich YOUR MIND IS BIGGER THAN ALL THE SUPERMARKETS IN THE WORLD - Some guidance for a lost Westerner, 2010, 73 min Cecilia: Åh, jag har stora frågor till dig! Upul: Hur stora? Som Mount Everest? Cecilia: Ska jag ta den största först Upul: Ja, ja… Cecilia: Vad är meningen med livet? Upul: Oj…! 2004 reser regissören och konstnären Cecilia Neant Falk till Nilambe Buddhist Meditation Centre på Sri Lanka, där hon möter meditationsläraren Upul Nishanta Gamage. Sedan dess har Cecilia återvänt till Nilambe varje år, alltid med kamera och mikrofon. Det pågående samtalet mellan Cecilia och Upul, som äger rum varje eftermiddag kl. 16.30 tar oss med på en existentiell resa. Här får Cecilias frågor – om rastlöshet, tid, minne, relationer, lycka, depression, Upuls jordnära svar från ett buddhistiskt filosofiskt perspektiv. Deras röster ackompanjeras av det tropiska landskapets fåglar och insekter i en rofylld filmsekvens med en skog, ett berg och en trädgård. Your Mind is Bigger than all the Supermarkets in the World är en 73 minuters stillsam resa där den största dramatiken är de tankegångar som sätts igång inom betraktaren. En film som ger energi och öppnar sinnet för nya tankebanor. "Som i en själslig dusch kliver jag in i salongen där Neant Falks film visas, låter ögat vila mot den grönskande bergssluttningen. Jag hör vindens sus och ser ett grässtrå beröras av en pust, i fjärran en bil som letar sig fram längs bergets fot. Genom Upul Nishantas lugna ord hör jag snart också något mer: mina egna djupa andetag, påminns om min egen puls. Tillsammans med den övriga publiken delar jag en stunds vila och med ny höjd i tankarna möter jag världen utanför igen.” Joakim Rindå Premiärdatum: 7 mars 2010 Regissör & manus: Cecilia Neant Falk Land: Sverige (inspelad på Sri Lanka) Produktionsår: 2010 Produktionsbolag: Riot Reel & Bokomotiv AB Medverkande: Medtiationsläraren Upul Nishanta Gamage & Regissören Cecilia Neant Falk Längd: 73 min Producenter: Cecilia Neant Falk & Freddy Olsson Foto: Johan Rydberg & Cecilia Neant Falk Ljudmix: Owe Svensson Copyright: Cecilia Neant Falk Genre: Experimentell dokumentär Bildformat: 16:9, Färg Ljudformat: 5.1 Språk: engelska Textningsspråk: svenska & engelsk Översättning: Agneta Wirberg Textmakarna Distribution: Folkets Bio AB Extra material: Trailer: Your Mind is Bigger than all the Supermarkets in the World Sveriges Radio - Människor och tro: Kvartsamtal med Cecilia Neant Falk. Publicerat fredag 5 februari 2010 kl 15.48. Credits SAQMI Play: Producenter: Anna Linder och Malin Holgersson Design och kod: Vincent Orback Komposition: Amanda Lindgren Klipp och mix: Malin Holgersson Ansvarig utgivare: Anna Linder SAQMI Play produceras med stöd av Kulturrådet och Göteborgs stad.

While we're still fondly reminiscing about the return of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival in November of last year, the fantastic team at MQFF is coming back sooner than expected... LEARN MORE The post The Out Takes Guide to MQFF Mini 2022 appeared first on Out Takes.

Interviews with Dean Arcuri, Ricki Spencer & Spiro Economopoulos.  Entertainer & photographer Dean Arcuri discusses queer entertainment in Victoria over Easter and later in April and May and discusses positive change and growth in the local LGBTIQA+ community.  Trans, Disability Rights and First Nations advocate and Queer Greens Victoria Convenor Ricki Spencer reflects on recent issues in the Greens and discusses her new shows on Bent TV.  Program Director Spiro Economopoulos chats about films at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival's Mini Festival from April 29 to May 1st.  Melbourne Queer Film Festival (mqff.com.au)  QLife  Rainbow DoorIn Ya Face will not broadcast on Good Friday, 15 April, due to the Australian Medical Aid Appeal on 3CR between 9 am and 5 pm.

This week on Out Takes, we waved goodbye to this year's Melbourne Queer Film Festival by reviewing some of our favorite picks from the program: think MOFFIE and SWEETHEART. We... LEARN MORE The post MQFF 2021 wrap up with ‘Forgiveness Day' director Derek Ho appeared first on Out Takes.

This week on Out Takes, we continued our celebration of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival by diving head first into this year's exciting new program of films. We reviewed a... LEARN MORE The post MQFF 2021 reviews appeared first on Out Takes.

First (8:22), we hear from anon talking on anti-fascism, including on the rise of reactionary protests and the left's response, criticism of punitive state laws in the pandemic, trans day of remembrance, settler colonialism, pinkwashing and confronting transphobia in the left. Second (29:29), we hear from Jeanine Hourani speaking on the pro-Palestine community call to boycott, to pressure the Melbourne Queer Film Festival to stop pinkwashing Israeli apartheid, and more. Links: Pinkwashing exposed, Queer Cinema for Palestine,  BDS Australia and Free Palestine Melbourne. SongsKee'ahn - Better ThingsUnsanitary Napkin - TERF WarLowkey feat. Dam, The Narcicyst, Eslam Jawad, Hich-Kas, Reveal, Hasan Salaam, Shadia Mansour - Long live Palestine Part 2Tracey Chapman - Talkin' bout a revolution

Interviews with Lujayn Hourani and Simona Castricum.  Lujayn Hourani is a member of a group of Queer Palestinian activists from Naarm and Meanjin who have demanded the Melbourne Queer Film Festival remove Israel-made film The Swimmer from its programme and implement a boycott of Israel-made films.  Lujayn discusses their reasons and their contexts, including pinkwashing. The Festival has declined their demands.  Our interview with Lujayn was recorded Tuesday, 16 November.  MEDIA STATEMENT: RESPONSE TO THE SCREENING OF AN ISRAELI FILM - Melbourne Queer Film Festival (mqff.com.au)  Musician Simona Castricum discusses Sink, her co-production with Carla Zimbler at Arts House in North Melbourne from December 1 to 4.  SINK - Arts House  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.  Sovereignty was never ceded.  In Ya Face is currently pre-recorded and produced remotely.  QLife

In support of the Women's Centre of Silwan area in Jerusalem AlQuds, Averroes Centre of Arab Culture is organizing a fundraiser next Saturday 27th November in Port Melbourne  Come and enjoy LIVE CLASSICAL ARABIC MUSIC POEM RECITALSONGS 4 PALESTINE CHARMING SEA VIEW 3-COURSE MEALS All in support of the Women of Jerusalem  For information and booking, text us on 0423 456 300What is Pink Washinghttps://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/opinion/pinkwashing-and-israels-use-of-gays-as-a-messaging-tool.htmlPuma Action in Meanjin/Brisbanehttps://youtu.be/ZE5sAVqjMI8 Jerusalem Peace Prizehttps://apan.org.au/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=50  

This interview first aired on Wednesday the 17th of November, 2021 on ONE FM 98.5 Shepparton. One FM breakfast announcer Terri Cowley interviews Damien Stevens-Todd about the Melbourne Queer Film Festival regional roadshow which will be coming to Village Cinemas in Shepparton this weekend from Friday the 19th of November to Sunday the 21st of November. To purchase tickets or to find out more information head to https://mqff.com.au or follow the Melbourne Queer Film Festival at https://www.facebook.com/MelbQueerFilmFest Listen to Terri Cowley for Breakfast Monday - Friday, 6am - 9am. Contact the station on admin@fm985.com.au or (+613) 58313131 The ONE FM 98.5 Community Radio podcast page operates under the license of Goulburn Valley Community Radio Inc. (ONE FM) Number 1385226/1. PRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association Limited and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) that covers Simulcasting and Online content including podcasts with musical content, that we pay every year. This licence number is 1385226/1

Flick Ford and Cerise Howard are joined by Melbourne Queer Film Festival Program Director Spiro Economopoulos for a chat about this year's event. Cerise and Spiro pick out some of their festival highlights, discussing FINLANDIA (Horacio Alcalá, 2021), INSTRUCTIONS FOR SURVIVAL (Yana Ugrekhelidze, 2021), THE HILL WHERE LIONESSES ROAR (Luàna Bajrami, 2021), THE NOWHERE INN (Bill Benz, 2020), and FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK (Bobbi Jo Hart, 2021). Finally, Flick and Cerise chat with Tali Polichtuk, the co-founder and editor of queer screen culture digital magazine Sissy Screens.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/Twitter: https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Interviews with Anna Brown and Spiro Economopoulos.  Equality Australia CEO Anna Brown discusses the Religious Discrimination Bill and the recent meeting between LGBTIQ community groups and Attorney General Michaelia Cash.  Supporting LGBTIQ+ people - Equality Australia  Melbourne Queer Film Festival Program Director Spiro Economopoulos discusses films screening in cinemas and online at the Festival from November 18 to 29.  Melbourne Queer Film Festival (mqff.com.au)  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.  Sovereignty was never ceded.  QLife  

This year, cinemas have been pretty much closed in Melbourne and film festivals either were put on hold or went completely online. While we all appreciated the effort that went... LEARN MORE The post Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2021 with MQFF Program Director Spiro Economopoulos appeared first on Out Takes.

The true story of Amin, a gay refugee escaping Afghanistan, has won film awards and audience hearts around the globe. Flee, a documentary by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, is coming to... LEARN MORE The post Afghanistan: Flee Documentry Screening at Melbourne Queer Film Festival appeared first on World Wide Wave.

The 31st Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF), Australia's largest celebration of queer film, will be held in Melbourne from Thursday 18 November to Monday 29 November 2021. This is the... LEARN MORE The post The Melbourne Queer Film Festival appeared first on Sunday Arts Magazine.

This interview first aired on Thursday the 27th of May, 2021 on ONE FM 98.5 Shepparton. One FM breakfast announcer Terri Cowley interviews Damien Stevens-Todd about the Melbourne Queer Film Festival regional roadshow which will be coming to Village Cinemas in Shepparton on Friday the 11th and Saturday the 12th of June. To purchase tickets or to find out more information head to https://mqff.com.au or follow the Melbourne Queer Film Festival at https://www.facebook.com/MelbQueerFilmFest Listen to Terri Cowley for Breakfast Monday - Friday, 6am - 9am. Contact the station on admin@fm985.com.au or (+613) 58313131 The ONE FM 98.5 Community Radio podcast page operates under the license of Goulburn Valley Community Radio Inc. (ONE FM) Number 1385226/1. PRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association Limited and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) that covers Simulcasting and Online content including podcasts with musical content, that we pay every year. This licence number is 1385226/1

Tune in for Loud & Queer's rundown on the 2021 Melbourne Queer Film Festival! Laura (they/them) and Elizabeth (she/her) dove into four movies across the annual March festival. Laura describes the heartfelt documentary "Keyboard Fantasies" about African American musician Beverly-Glenn Copeland. Copeland grew up in small-town USA in a single-minded religious community where his parents taught him classical and traditional music. Moving to Montreal, he thought he was gay before realising he was a trans man. His 1986 album, which inspired the title of the documentary, was released on a cassette to a local audience but didn't reach further afield until his old age. The documentary follows Copeland and his band as he tours across Canada, inspiring young people with his vibrant and soulful music. The only thing missing for us was more queer content focusing on self-love as Copeland accepted himself later in life. Laura's rating: 9/10 Elizabeth saw "Forgotten Roads" at Como Cinema, a Spanish film which follows the story of widower Claudina who is still discovering parts of her sexual identity. The story follows her close relationships with those in her village, her loving grandson, her estranged daughter, and her new lover, Elsa. These relationships highlight her growth  but aren't integral to it; Claudina is her own person with a loving partner: they both just happen to be queer. Elizabeth's rating: 8/10 Laura visited Cinema Nova with their partner to check out "Kiss Me Before It Blows Up", a Tel Aviv-based film surrounding the engagement of a young Sapphic couple, German Maria and Israeli Shira. The couple goes through the usual trials and tribulations when 'meeting the parents', discussing their future, and the uncomfortable history of ex-flames. Their queerness is hardly an issue, but their family histories are thrown in their faces daily where in Israel, the personal is equal to the political. While the story was your average rom-com in all things cinematography, plot conventions and the like, the characters had no chemistry between them and it seemed the Palestinian issue was always played for laughs in some pretty inappropriate ways. The movie's main saviour is its occasionally witty, disastrous humour on things unrelated to Palestine. Laura's rating: 2/10 | Laura's partner's rating: "Do you accept decimal point ratings?"  Special shout out to "My First Summer", MQFF's principal film for the 2021, which Laura saw out of interest. It follows the lives of two teenage girls falling in love and supporting one another through trauma and neglect. Wildly unique and downright touching, My First Summer didn't condescend to its audience, or underestimate the strength and depth of young queer women. Laura's rating: 8/10 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode, presenters Paul Anthony Nelson, Sally Christie and Cerise Howard are joined by Artistic Director of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Spiro Economopoulos, for a chat about this year's MQFF. They also review Roy Andersson's latest effort ABOUT ENDLESSNESS (2020).Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primalscreenshow/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primal_screen_show/Twitter: https://twitter.com/primal_screen

Screen and stage legend Sigrid Thornton talks about her upcoming 8-hour long performance Homer's Iliad - The Seige of Troy at Fairfield Ampitheatre; Food enthusiast Michael Harden chats about the resurgence of good food joints in regional Victoria; Filmmaker Kelly Walker talks about the upcoming Melbourne Queer Film Festival-screening of My Fiona; Gez chats about boarding a tiny plane; Dr. Jen explains why some people feel the cold more than others; and finally, the week's highlights in the form of the Breakfasters Breakdown Quiz. With presenters Mon Sebire, Daniel Burt and Geraldine Hickey.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Twitter: https://twitter.com/breakfastersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/?hl=en

Today we are catching up with Anna Bourozikas from the Setting Sun Film Festival.  We follow up with a chat with Bonny Scott, producer of the short doc Why did she have to tell the world? showing this Saturday March 13th and the following Friday at Nova as part of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and also on TV on Sunday March 14 on ABC's Compass programme. 

On this episode of The Grapevine, Kulja is joined by special guest co-host Judith Peppard for an International Women's Day edition of the program. They get on the line with Australian Council of Trade Unions President Michele O'Neil intersection of IWD and Labour day in 2021.O'Neil discusses the disparity between the value of industries comprising mostly women in the Australian economy, and the inequality still present in the labour market and tax system – issues only exacerbated by the pandemic.Then, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne Martha Hickey talks about her essay ‘Flesh After Fifty' which was the genis for the exhibition of the same name currently showing at the Abbotsford Convent.The exhibition explores and challenges negative stereotypes of aging and celebrates the image of older women through art. As part of the festival's programming, Professor Hickey will appear on the ‘My Menopause' council.And, AP (aka Abbie Pobjoy), Director of ‘Why Did She Have To Tell The World', explores the historic moment when the first lesbian couple were televised in Australia. The documentary screens as part of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and ABC TV at 8pm Sunday March 14.

"If you don't turn that frown upside down, so help me God, I am going to drag you out by that stupid bow tie and watch them rip you apart."Little Monsters (2019) is the hilarious zombie-romance starring Lupita Nyong'o, Alexander England and Josh Gad. This is absolutely a romantic comedy that features the walking dead, and not the other way around. In the season finale of Camp, Scary and Squee, Damien O'Meara (@damoo_la) is joined by his friend David Micallef (@saysdavid) and the world realises that we both just watch films for the man candy...Follow Dave on Twitter and hear about his PhD studies:@saysdavidFollow the Melbourne Queer Film Festival on Twitter: @MQFFFollow Camp, Scary and Squee on Instagram and Twitter: @campscarypod.Introduction music from the Youtube Audio Library: Groove Tube by Audio Hertz. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Over 50 queer films will be screened this month as part of Melbourne Queer Film Festival’s MQFF Interrupted – streaming from 19 – 30 November 2020. MQFF Interrupted will be the festival’s largest ever online […] http://media.blubrry.com/sunday_arts_magazine/p/joy.org.au/sundayarts/wp-content/uploads/sites/276/2020/11/Spiro.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:00 — 20.6MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Spiro Economopoulos talks to David about this year’s Melbourne Queer Film Festival appeared first on Sunday Arts Magazine.

Back in September, an initiative and Kickstarter campaign was launched to help provide both financial assistance and industry support for BIPOC theatre performers. Tarik Frimpong, founder of the Artists of Colour Initiative joins Richard to talk about the announcement of the six finalists. Prizes include scholarships from the Patrick School of Arts, plus a share of the total money raised from the crowdfunding campaign.The coronavirus pandemic's arrival in Australia in March 2020 caused multiple arts festivals to cancel events earlier in the year. One such event was the Melbourne Queer Film Festival which was 5 days into its programming when restrictions and lockdowns began. Program Director of MQFF, Spiro Economopoulos, joins Richard to chat about MQFF Interrupted, the online relaunch of the festival’s 2020 programming. Streaming from November 19th to 30th, the program will show the best of top-notch queer cinema.As restrictions ease, Artistic Director of Heide Museum of Modern Art, Lesley Harding joins Richard to chat about the gallery’s 2021 programming announcements, the future plans of the gallery, and Heide Summer Festival, an outdoor event series designed to support local performing artists, live music and cultural festivals. Tickets for the Summer Festival will go on sale from December 1st with Heide reopening on November 28th.AOC Initiative WebsiteTop Six Finalist Announced for AOC | Arts ReviewMelbourne Queer Film FestivalHeide Re-opens November 28th Heide Summer Festival

Richard chats with Lisa Byrne, the Director of McClelland Sculpture Park about the announcement of the Southern Way McClelland Commission 2021. The sculptures are initially exhibited for a period of four years at one of two sites beside the highway, before finding a permanent home at the sculpture park. The 2021 Commission recipient, Manon van Kouswijk, is a jeweller, which will be reflected in her piece Peninsula Pearls, due to be unveiled in spring, next year.Richard follows with a conversation with Spiro Economopoulos, the Program Director of Melbourne Queer Film Festival, which had to cancel it's 2020 program only days after launching in March due to Covid-19. They've returned with a special Online MQFF streaming Festival built around representing the diversity of queer stories.Finally Richard talks with Simon Abrahams, the Creative Director and CEO of Melbourne Fringe about their new festival, VCR Fest 2020. Melbourne Fringe have engaged big-name artists to create special online content, including a new work by Zoë Coombs Marr. Abrahams hopes to be able to keep artists in paid work and to continue the important contribution of arts to the community.

 MQFF's Spiro Economopoulos Festival Director  with info about the Melbourne Queer Film Festival online and later MIFF, the Melbourne International Film Festival has just released its program for the upcoming  68 1/2 festival starting on August 6 to the 23. 

Interviews with Rick Spencer and Spiro Economopoulos.  Rick Spencer is a non-binary person, teacher and researcher, who advocates for safe spaces and best practice policies for queer and gender diverse students and teachers in schools.  Spiro Economopoulos is the Program Director at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and chats about the Festival in a Covid-19 world.  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.  Sovreignty was never ceded.  https://www.qlife.org.au/ 1800 184 527

Michael and Cal talk about keeping social, keeping active, and keeping entertained in isolation. We talk with Bowie Stover from Fearless Movement Co about ways to keep physically fit and healthy while in lockdown. Next, Dean Arcuri joins us to talk about ways to keep up social engagement with queer online events. We also chat with Spiro Economopolous - Program Director for Melbourne Queer Film Festival about staying entertained while staying in. Some stuff we talked about Tubi TV (free) Kanopy media - (free with a library card or academics)

This week on Out Takes, we looked to celebrate the 30th Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF), which kicked off on March 12 and which was yet again poised to bring a range of fresh new […] http://media.blubrry.com/out_takes/p/joy.org.au/outtakes/wp-content/uploads/sites/310/2020/03/JOY-2020_Outtakes_Mar2_PreMQFF2020.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:37 — 44.2MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | RSS The post Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2020 appeared first on Out Takes.

The world is ending but The Gays Are (still) Revolting. Today we discuss the Sherry Pie allegations and the fall out for Drag Race. We're also joined by Spiro, program director of Melbourne Queer Film Festival (which at this stage is moving ahead). Next week we'll be joined by Dr. George to discuss coronavirus. Stay safe, calm and healthy, Revolters!Subscribe (for free!), rate and review The Gays Are Revolting on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast. Follow The Gays Are Revolting on Twitter at @gaysrevolting, Facebook at The Gays Are Revolting & Instagram @gaysrevoltingpod.Send topic suggestions and other correspondence to gaysrevolting@lippmedia.com. The Gays Are Revolting records at Castaway Studios in Melbourne, Australia and is released weekly every Saturday. The Gays Are Revolting is produced by Dan Gregg at Lipp Media (hello@lippmedia.com). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The 30th annual Melbourne Queer Film Festival is now underway and Program Director Spiro joined Tom and Jess for a preview of what’s in store for over 120 screenings across the next 2 weeks. For […] http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/tomandjess/wp-content/uploads/sites/470/2020/03/2020-03-12-TomAndJess-Spiro-MQFF.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:33 — 3.0MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | RSS The post Melbourne Queer Film Festival – Program Director Spiro appeared first on Tom & Jess.

Youssef and Gabriela had a chat with Melbourne Queer Film Festival's program director, Spiro Economopoulos, about this year's upcoming festival. This year marks MQFF's 30th show, and the festival will welcome a new campaign entitled "WE'RE STORIES IN EVERY COLOUR". Get to know more about the MQFF's exciting new campaign for their 30th anniversary through their website, and especially by listening to this interview!

Interviews with British entertainer and performance artist Harry Clayton-Wright, Russ Mulry, Fostering Connections and Spiro Economopoulos, the 30th Melbourne Queer Film Festival.

Australian film Undertow begins its national theatrical release Thursday March 5th. This female driven and focused film ticks the boxes for good viewing.Programmer for the Melbourne Queer Film Festival gives a quick look at the 30th year of this ground breaking festival.

Sunday Arts Show Talk to Spiro from the Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2020. http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_sundayartsmagazine/p/joy.org.au/sundayarts/wp-content/uploads/sites/276/2020/02/Spiro-Queer-film-festival-.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:55 — 10.9MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Spiro from Melbourne Queer Festival talks about the upcoming 2020 program. appeared first on Sunday Arts Magazine.

It's the 75th episode of The Gays Are Revolting! That's bloody camp. This week we discuss queer sex tourism and planned sex-capades when travelling, before chatting with the Director of Quit Victoria Sarah White to discuss their partnership with the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and Thorne Harbour Health to address queer smoking rates. And in this week's After Show we dive into how 2019's Years and Years deals with minority representation, Trump-like populist leaders and the consequences of inaction. Book tickets to our upcoming live shows in Melbourne (midsumma.org.au) or Sydney (mardigras.org.au)! Subscribe (for free!), rate and review The Gays Are Revolting on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast. Follow The Gays Are Revolting on Twitter at @gaysrevolting, Facebook at The Gays Are Revolting & Instagram @gaysrevoltingpod.Send topic suggestions and other correspondence to gaysrevolting@lippmedia.com. The Gays Are Revolting records at Castaway Studios in Melbourne, Australia and is released weekly every Saturday. The Gays Are Revolting is produced by Dan Gregg at Lipp Media (hello@lippmedia.com). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

LGBTIQ community policy expert and blogger Alastair Lawrie discusses the Australian Government's Religious Discrimination agenda.  Dancer and choreographer Jonathan Homsey chats with James in the studio about his dance show Thrice For the Third Culture Kid at the Emerge In Yarra Festival.  Quit Victoria CEO Sarah White discusses smoking in the LGBTIQ community and a short film competition in collaboration with Melbourne Queer Film Festival and Thorne Harbour Health to encourage quitting.  https://www.quit.org.au/articles/quit-flicks/  https://jonathanhomsey.com/  https://alastairlawrie.net/

Carla Donnelly is the creator and co-host of podcasts Across the Aisle, Club Soderbergh and re:Discovery. She is a judge for the Green Room Awards on the Independent Theatre panel and has written about theatre for Milkbar Magazine and Theatre Alive/Broadsheet.After several years of navigating ‘beat style’ theatre review for online mediums, she became frustrated with the 24-hour review cycle as it didn’t allow time to adequately consider the performances. Across the Aisle was born from a desire for performing arts long-form criticism, with the podcast providing the perfect platform.Donnelly is a queer history buff and was a volunteer and committee member at the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives for many years. During this time she produced and directed two events for ALGA in conjunction with Melbourne Queer Film Festival.She has been the recipient of awards for the Best Arts & Entertainment program (2018) and Best Audiogram (2019) at the Australian Podcast Awards.It was at this year’s ceremony that Stages met Across the Aisle, so it only made sense that Peter and Carla should meet up and chat all things podcasting, in this very enlightening episode of Stages.Learn more at www.carladonnelly.comSTAGES available in iTunes, Spotify and Whooshkaa.

As we waved goodbye to the 29th Melbourne Queer Film Festival, the Out Takes team took some time out to reflect and look back at some of our Festival highlights and reviewed some of our […] http://media.blubrry.com/out_takes/p/joy.org.au/outtakes/wp-content/uploads/sites/310/2019/04/JOY-2019_Outtakes_Mar25_MQFFwrapup.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:33 — 49.9MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | RSS The post MQFF 2019 wrap up with ‘Jose’ director Li Cheng appeared first on Out Takes.

As we spent the past few weeks wading deep into the wonderful world of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, we also took a look at the way that queer cinema informs and shapes health practices […] http://media.blubrry.com/out_takes/p/joy.org.au/outtakes/wp-content/uploads/sites/310/2019/04/JOY-2019_Outtakes_Mar18_HealthMessaging.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 49:56 — 42.4MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | RSS The post Health Messaging in Queer Cinema appeared first on Out Takes.

We welcome Will to the program for his second show while Gordon is away on the high seas. Chris tells of two great films from the recent Melbourne Queer Film Festival, which included some scenes […] http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_beentheredonethat/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2019/03/BTDT-2019_03_26-will2-PODCAST.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 46:51 — 42.9MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post I heard it on the grapevine … appeared first on Been There Done That.

James speaks with Los Angeles based filmmaker Finn Grey Paul, about trans people in the US military, Donald Trump presidency and the trans community, the representation and inclusion of trans people in the US film industry, the works of pioneering trans activist and writer Leslie Feinberg, and a critique of Caitlin Jenner’s TV series.We also discussed Finn’s film shorts about queer hook-ups, screening 22 March at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) and the upcoming MQFF plenary ‘Can Sex and Love Save the World?’, Sunday 24 March at ACMI, 2 - 3 pm. Details.James speaks with Felicity Marlowe of Rainbow Families Victoria, about her inclusion in the Victorian Honour Roll of Women, Rainbow Families issues during Australia’s upcoming federal election campaign, discrimination at religious schools during the election campaign, and the recent launch by Victoria government’s resources for people with intersex variations and the debate about banning conversion therapy in Victoria.James speaks with Jill Faulkner, Project Coordinator All of Us and Practice Lead, QRespect at Queer Space/Drummond Street Services, about working with women who have used force or interpersonal violence in heterosexual relationships and LGBTIQ+ folk using interpersonal violence in their relationships, and the logistics of these therapeutic programs offered through Queerspace.Content/trigger warning: Please be aware this interview contains mentions of interpersonal and intimate partner violence, that may be distressing to some listeners. If the segment has raised questions or caused distress to you, contact Lifeline or iHeal – Family Violence Recovery Support. 

The team is back together in their full glory, and this week’s Breakfasters is packed with good stuff. We start off with a talk with Tom Griffith and his new essay ”The Planet is Alive – Radical History for Uncanny Times”. The team chats about work superpowers and weird skills learned from random jobs over the years. RONE is in the studio to talk about his installation Empire at Burnham Beeches, and the concept of art that you can move through, smell and feel as well as see. Film reviews are always fun, but Hayley Inch’s review of High Life (2018) is something quite else. Speaking of film, Melbourne Queer Film Festival is on and Drew Droege, who features in Bright Colors and Bold Patterns (2018), talks to the team about queer villains and ideal weddings. We finish up the week reminiscing about the all too familiar feeling of getting in trouble. 

The Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) is the biggest/oldest queer film festival in Australia. Ahead of the festival, reporter Megan Whitfield speaks to the Program Director, Spiro Economopoulos.

The "I just want to give a shout out to..." edition. After discovering that we could literally just keep giving away double passes to the new Nicole Kidman film, 'Destroyer', on Twitter we turn our attention to that very film. What is it even about? Why does she look so weathered? Should she have been Oscar nominated? Who cares? The Melbourne Queer Film Festival is happening and that's got everyone's attention. We'll take your hand, put a negroni in it and see you through to closing night. 00:40 'Destroyer' 06:14 Film Diary part 1 07:04 Anders' picks from the Alliance Française Film Festival 12:03 Film Diary part 2 13:43 'Sauvage' 22:58 'Making Montgomery Clift' 34:31 Eloise on 'Dykes, Camera, Action' 36:35 Anders on 'Sorry Angel'

This week on Out Takes, we dived head first into this year’s Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) program. In 2019, Melbourne Queer Film Festival heads into its 29th year to showcase the finest, contemporary queer […] http://media.blubrry.com/out_takes/p/joy.org.au/outtakes/wp-content/uploads/sites/310/2019/03/JOY-2019_Outtakes_Mar11_MQFF.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:32 — 44.4MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | RSS The post 2019 Melbourne Queer Film Festival appeared first on Out Takes.

On this Episode, Sean & Erik preview a number of films screening at the 2019 Melbourne Queer Film Festival. 0.00.00 - Intro 0.01.46 - Rafiki 0.08.04 - L’Animale 0.12.52 - Knife+Heart 0.17.53 - Transmilitary 0.25.06 - Sunburn 0.30.22 - Malila: The Farewell Flower 0.35.45 - Sauvage 0.40.38 - Wild Nights with Emily

Spiro joined Pete and Paul on Saturday Sessions to chat about the upcoming Melbourne Queer Film Festival which commences on Thursday 14th March and runs to Thursday 25 April 2019. The Melbourne Queer Film Festival […] http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_saturdaysessions/p/joy.org.au/saturdaysessions/wp-content/uploads/sites/365/2019/03/Spiro-Economopoulos.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:05 — 13.8MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Saturday Sessions – Melbourne Queer Film Festival – Spiro Economopoulos appeared first on Saturday Sessions.

Tuesday Breakfast 26 Feb 2019 7.00 am  Acknowledgement of Country7.05 am News Headlines 7.30 am Abdul Baig, RISE member, director and ex-detainee, joins us on the line to discuss Australia's oppressive detention system and RISE's upcoming event, the Student Walk Out on March the 6th. #studentwalkout #EndDetention #Sanction Australia #ChristmasIsland #medivacbill 7.50 am Kirrilee Bailey, an award-winning screenwriter and director, joins us in the studio to discuss their short film, Great Again and its screening at Melbourne Queer Film Festival later this March.8.10 am Kris Pavlidis, Chairperson of Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria joins us to discuss the troubling delays in citizenship applications.8.30 am Hamile Ibrahim is a Black settler on Kulin lands whose writing/work is informed by her love and passion for the liberation and emancipation of Black folk across the globe, in particular Black femme folk and all those that love us (Black folks). Hamile join us during alternative news to discuss the case of Hoda Muthana and the role gender and race play in the public's perception of her.song: Who’s Lovin Youartist: Jackson 5 song: Pretty artist: Barro song: Change artist:P-UniQue and Krown (Produced by IAMMXO) song: A Change is Gonna Comeartist: Sam Cookesong: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seenartist: Sam Cooke

In this week’s show, we discuss in broad terms the wonderful program listing of the forthcoming Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and applaud the range of films to be shown and the reflection of positive changes […] http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_beentheredonethat/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2019/02/BTDT-2019_02_19-MQFF-PODCAST.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:17 — 38.7MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Eye Candy on the screen and on the streets … appeared first on Been There Done That.

Clayton and Alan from Outtakes review what’s on offer at the 2018 Melbourne Queer Film Festival. A diverse array of films, topics and themes are explored in this years lineup, exploring many themes on gay […] http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_stand/p/joy.org.au/standupstraight/wp-content/uploads/sites/240/2018/03/JOY-2018_03_22-edited.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:47 — 58.9MB) The post Melbourne Queer Film Festival reviewed with Clayton and Alan, but where’s Michelle……. appeared first on Stand Up Straight.

Daniel and Christian chat to our guest host Erin Dick about what it's like to intern at Australia's longest-running queer film festival, as well as movie banter and what's important about connecting to community with or without labels. Plus, some news from the world of professional wrestling! This episode originally aired 18/03/2018. Find out more about the Melbourne Queer Film Festival on their website: mqff.com.au Find the tracks from the show on our continuously-updated Spotify mixtape: https://open.spotify.com/user/jaikek/playlist/7I7ansiZ26Boe00GqgTYeB?si=6R0fwEUyRoSNfWzpwYRyeA Stream and purchase our podcast music from Acsiidental on Bandcamp: acsiidental.bandcamp.com

This week Benjamin sits down with renowned New Zealand filmmaker, in town presenting his documentary “100 Men” at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Paul Oremland. Word For Word airs midday (AEDT) Saturdays on JOY 94.9 […] http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_word/p/joy.org.au/wordforword/wp-content/uploads/sites/135/2018/03/2017-03-17-WordForWord-PaulOremland.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:49 — 25.6MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Paul Oremland appeared first on Word for Word.

We reflect on tack-ons to Acknowledgements of Countries, criticism of mainstream feminism for International Women's Day and changes to Visas for migrants. We then review two films for the Melbourne Queer Film Festival which is on the 15th to 26th of March: Signature Move and Saturday Church.You can find more information on submissions for the trans and gender diverse Myriad Collective's next art and performance showcase 'Transpire'  here.

Charlie, Jess, Brent and Jake discuss the week's films, go in-depth for the drama, the intrigue and the outrage of the 90th Academy Awards, and take a look at some of the most useless yet intriguing facts about Hollywood and its stars.Reviews▸ In The Fade▸ 12 Strong▸ The Mercy▸ Westwind: Djalu's Legacy▸ Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird HamiltonNews▸ It was Hollywood's night of nights, with much on the menu. SWITCH was there for the (almost) four hours bringing you the happenings live - but to save you time, Jess has put together a handy little two-minute summary of the winners plus the less obvious highlights.▸ Did you know that the “real mafia” did not allow the producers of 'The Godfather' to use the word mafia in the movie? And that the 40th President of the United States was denied the role of a president because he didn’t look presidential enough! There are so many useless yet endlessly entertaining facts about famous personalities - so we decided to share a few amongst ourselves.Competitions▸ Win one of 10 double passes to the Melbourne Queer Film Festival▸ Win one of 10 double passes to see 'Human Flow' in cinemas▸ Win one of five copies of 'Only The Brave' on Blu-ray▸ Win one of five copies of 'A Bronx Tale' on Blu-ray▸ Win one of ten $20 Dendy Direct vouchersStay Up-To-Datefacebook.com/maketheswitchAUtwitter.com/maketheswitchAUinstagram.com/maketheswitchAUmaketheswitchAU.tumblr.comThe hoststwitter.com/Charlie_Davidtwitter.com/MissJess_SWITCHtwitter.com/BrentCDavidsontwitter.com/JakeChattyNext week's episode▸ Reviews of 'Tomb Raider', 'Human Flow', National Theatre Live's 'Young Marx' and 'That's Not My Dog!'For more episodeswww.SWITCHCast.com.auEnjoy the episode?We'd love if you took a minute to vote for us in the Australian Podcast Awards!

This week Richard is joined in studio by Play On: The Art of Sport'sCurator Jacqueline Doughty in celebration of 10 years of the Basil Sellers Art Prize, Alison Croggon and Robert Reid chat about the launch of arts journalism websiteWitness Performancelaunch; Program DirectorSpiro Economopoulos spruiksthis years' Melbourne Queer Film Festival.

Derek Dodge and Will C. Sullivan are filmmaking husbands. They specialise in making "improv" films. Their latest dramatic collaboration "The Ring Thing" is showing at Queerscreen's 25th Mardi Gras Film Festival and at Melbourne Queer Film Festival in 2018. Here we talk about filmmaking, creative and life partnerships. My favourite piece of advice is "Don't wait for someone to give you permission" if you want to make a film (or any creative pursuit).

In this episode, Lisa, Christian and Daniel take a look at some of the offerings of this year's Melbourne Queer Film Festival, producer Jai chats to Thomas Murphy, curator of Mardi Gras' "Queer Thinking" series, and we have a fresh chat about misogyny in the gay community. This episode originally aired 18/02/2018. Find the tracks from the show on our continuously-updated Spotify mixtape: https://open.spotify.com/user/jaikek/playlist/7I7ansiZ26Boe00GqgTYeB?si=6R0fwEUyRoSNfWzpwYRyeA Stream and purchase our podcast music from Acsiidental on Bandcamp: acsiidental.bandcamp.com

As the Melbourne Queer Film Festival comes to it’s conclusion, Steph, Clayton, Bec and special guest Gina delve in to their favorite MQFF  films and discuss the community and structure of this years MQFF. To find […] http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_stand/p/joy.org.au/standupstraight/wp-content/uploads/sites/240/2017/03/SUS-23-3-17.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:00 — 43.9MB) The post Melbourne Queer Film Festival Review appeared first on Stand Up Straight.

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In this week’s podcast we go to the Melbourne Queer Film Festival. First, we look at Chemsex, the VICE media documentary peering into the “party and play” scene among gay men in the UK. Then we go to the crumbling Euro-chic mansions of Peter Strickland’s critically acclaimed The Duke of Burgundy, a Sapphic, sadomasochistic psychological romance. And finally we experience The New New Queer Cinema of Closet Monster, the much hailed debut from Canadian newcomer Peter Dunn, which combines queer coming-of-age, Cronenbergian body horror and a pet hamster voiced by Isabella Rossellini.

Australia's largest and longest-running queer film festival, MQFF presents more than 100 films from across the world, showcasing the best in LGBTI features, shorts and documentaries over 12 days each March at Melbourne's world-class Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) located in Federation Square. Executive Director Dillan Golightly joins Adam and Tex in the studio to discuss the festival's history and what we can expect to see this year.

Interviews, news and reviews ranging across the arts. Today's program features curator Margaret Kernich, and artists Hayley Scilini and Ignacio Roja, discussing 'ART-Town 2016' at Chapel St Precinct. Poppy Stockwell, Director of SCRUM, featuring at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and Laura Davis discussing 'Marco Polo' showing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

On this podcast of Smart Arts we have The Melbourne Queer Film Festival program manager Spiro Economopoulos followed by Ingrid Wood and two students, Tom Habal and Mahalia Kluwer from the NGV's annual "Start Up: Top Arts. Finally we talk to Hannah Gadsby - Dogmatic.

This week we’re joined by Emmy Award winning director Elizabeth Rohrbaugh. Elizabeth spent ten years as a director, writer and editor at MTV Networks and is now the creative director of Outer Borough Pictures. Her latest short film “Dylan” premiered at the St. Louis International Film Festival 2014, and screened at the Boston LGBT Film Festival, Queer Fest, and the Melbourne Queer Film Festival. Highlights: - Being vegetarian/vegan IS a competition - Elizabeth and Marcio have way too much in common - Bridge The Atlantic is a non-romantic matchmaking service - We hear about Elizabeth’s time at MTV and the experience of working with household names - Elizabeth’s career highlights have been the most creative ones - We hear about Elizabeth’s feature documentary “The Perfect Victim” which has been picked up by The World Channel - Elizabeth tells us about her latest short film Dylan which arose from an interview with a childhood friend - We hear how Elizabeth had to turn a 2 hour long interview into an 8... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On todays show Richard had a chat to Sean and Seamus from the Lords of Strut performance Chaos, he also had a chat to curators Juliette Hansen and Nilgun Goven about the exhibition Gelibolu: A Turkish-Australian Perspective on Gallipoli. He also had a chat to Shelley Lasica about the Dance Massive performance Solos For Other People. He also spoke to high-school students Ashleigh Newman (Mt Erin Secondary College) and Bonnie-Jane Mantz (Mullauna Secondary Scollege) about StArt Up: Top Arts 2015. He also had a chat to Maika Isogawa and Paul Matthew Lopez from the Spiegleworld production Absinthe and finally he had a chat to film director Dean Francis about the Melbourne Queer Film Festival production Drown.To find out more information on todays guests please follow the links provided below (in order of appearance):Chaos www.lordsofstrut.comSolos For Other People www.dancehouse.com.auStArtUp: Top Arts 2015 www.ngv.gov.au/exhibition/start-upAbsinthe www.spiegelworld.comDrown - www.drownthemovie.com

In this week’s podcast we look at the NBC’s redo of the ABC’s adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas’s The Slap. Then we take at a look at Drown, the new film from Dean Francis playing at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival. And finally we say goodbye to summer with a look at the new Australian literary project The Longer Light series from the Chart Collective

Jack, Carlos and Anthony are in the studio today along with a number of guests including Craig from the Melbourne Chargers rugby team and Disco from the Melbourne Surge water polo team. Simon Ruth, the CEO of the Victorian AIDS Council, is also filling us in on the next hypothetical event happening, Does Dracula Have AIDS? as part of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.

All The President's Minutes is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. Each show we use the seminal and increasingly prescient 1976 film All The President's Men as a portal, to engage with the themes and the warnings of the film resonating since its release. For minute 34, I join a film fanatic, freelance arts journo, political dork, the rip-snorting Stephen A Russell. Stephen and I discuss Superman, the Henriad, the Cigarette Smoking Man, and SO MUCH MORE. About Stephen A Russell (via MIFF 2017)Imported from Glasgow, Stephen A Russell is a writer and critic who has called Melbourne home for more than a decade. After a spell working at the sadly departed Fairfax Community Network, he has been crafting a freelance career for the previous five years. Stephen regularly contributes film-focused content to SBS Movies and SBS Sexuality as well as Metro magazine, The Music, The New Daily, Fairfax, and The Lowdown Under.Stephen's musical Scottish brogue and the odd rogue snort can be heard on his Friday spot on Noosa FM 101.3, as well as occasionally popping up on Radio National and queer radio station Joy 94.9 FM. He also conducts Q&A sessions with visiting directors and actors for the likes of Palace Cinemas, Nova, the Lido and the Classic, as well as for film festivals including MIFF and the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.Twitter: @SARussellwordsOutlets: SBS Movies, SBS Sexuality, The New Daily, Fairfax, TimeoutSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/donations