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SAVE THE DATE - MARDI GRAS FILM FESTIVAL 2014 QUEER SCREEN FILM FEST Thank you to everyone who attended the inaugural Queer Screen Film Fest and made it a wonderful success. We're so proud that six out of seven of the sessions SOLD OUT. We will be back in Newtown next year with an even bigger lineup of great queer films.

MARDI GRAS FILM FESTIVAL 2014 Planning is underway for the 21st Mardi Gras Film Festival to be held 13 23 February 2014. We are looking forward to screening the best in queer film from around Australia and the globe, including the next round of My Queer Career. Save the dates now!

DONATE FOR OUR 21ST BIRTHDAY This year Queer Screen is turning 21 and we need your help to mark our coming of age in suitable style! So far we have raised just over $19,000 and are very close to our goal of $21,000. THANK YOU to everyone that has donated so far. Please click here to donate and keep the love flowing and the film reels spinning. Queer Screen is a registered charity with DGR status and every donation over $2 is tax deductible. No amount is too small or too great. With LOVE, Queer Screen. We accept donations v ia EFT, Paymate, ov er the phone or via post. A digital e-receipt will be sent to you by email, or post if preferred.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Submissions are now open to Mardi Gras Film Festival 2014 and My Queer Career 2014. Calling all AUSTRALIAN FILMMAKERS who are queer or have made a queer film. My Queer Career is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for queer short filmmakers and is only open to locally produced work. The major prize includes $3,000 cash and automatic inclusion in the international queer shorts competition, the IRIS PRIZE. Other prizes include in-kind production facilities and support to the value of $10,000. Submissions to My Queer Career close on 15 November 2013 The Mardi Gras Film Festival, the number one queer film event south of the equator, is open for submissions. Queer themed features, shorts and docos, from anywhere in the world are encouraged to submit to the festival. The festival runs during mid February, and feature films and documentaries selected for the Mardi Gras Film Festival are eligible for a Jury Award and Audience Award. Submissions to the Mardi Gras Film Festival close on 15 November 2013 More details

STRANGER BY THE LAKE IN CINEMAS OCT 17

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STRANGER BY THE LAKE sold out during the recent Queer Screen Film Festival. This fantastic film opens in cinemas October 17. Summertime in France. At a cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake, Franck falls for Michel, but Michel has a regular lover there. When Franck witnesses Michel killing his lover, he is shocked, but nonetheless his passion for this dangerous man overrides any sense of personal safety, and the two men begin an affair. Whilst waiting for Michel to arrive at the lake each day, Franck befriends Henri, an older man, who doesn’t fit in with the ‘scene’, sitting on the outskirts of the cruising area, observing all the comings-and-goings. Their friendship is not based on sex, but on conversation and a shared observation of their world and situation. As Franck and Michel’s liaisons continue with reckless abandonment, a policeman arrives at the lake as the body of Michel’s murdered lover has been discovered... Winner of the Queer Palm, and Best Director (Un Certain Regard) awards at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, STRANGER BY THE LAKE is the controversial and sexually daring new film from acclaimed filmmaker Alain Guiraudie. STRANGER BY THE LAKE is in cinemas October 17, and thanks to Madman Entertainment we have three in-season double passes to giveaway. Email [email protected] before 5pm Thursday 17 October for the chance to win. Watch the trailer now More details

GLRL 25TH BIRTHDAY

Queer Screen would like to wish the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby a Happy 25th Birthday. Congratulations on your achievements for our communities. We look forward to continuing our shared path to GLBTIQ visibility and acceptance. Tickets are now on sale to GLRL's 25th anniversary celebration 'Reflections' held at NSW Parliament House on Wednesday 23 October. Guests include the Governor of NSW Marie Bashir, Lord Mayor Clover Moore, Senator Penny Wong, David Marr, and Matthew Mitcham. Buy Tickets

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MARRICKVILLE MONEY FOR QUEER SCREEN FILM FEST

Queer Screen is excited to announce that we've secured funding from Marrickville Council for next year's Queer Screen Film Fest. After the success of this year's inaugural festival in Newtown this support from Marrickville Council ensures we'll be back with more great cinema in Spring 2014. Queer Screen President Giovanni Campolo-Arcidiaco will accept a cheque from the mayor of Marrickville at a special ceremony at Petersham Town Hall this week. We'll be using this money, awarded as part of Marrickville's Community Grants program, to fund two screenings in the Inner West - one targeted at our youth audience and another of appeal to the older LGBTIQ community. We'd like to thank Marrickville Council for its support of queer cinema in the Inner West.

NSW GOVERNMENT YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL The NSW Government is currently seeking applications from young people aged under 25 for a position on its’ Youth Advisory Council. The NSW Youth Advisory Council plays an important role in guiding NSW Government youth affairs and raising the views of young people. If you have experience and a keen interest in youth affairs, nominate yourself to become a member of the Council. The twelve young people on the Council advise the NSW Government, through the Minister responsible for Youth Affairs on all matters concerning young people. The council meets regularly throughout the year to discuss a range of relevant topics, as well as monitoring and evaluating youth-related policies and legislation which affects young people. Applications close at 5pm on Monday 4 November, 2013. More details

PERV FILM FESTIVAL

Join Perv Film Festival for a four-day showcase of risqué queer films and talks at The Red Rattler Theatre. Alongside a seriously sexy lineup of films, festival guests Courtney Trouble (US), Jack Sargeant, Zahra Stardust and others will be discussing the ever-expanding world of alt queer porn. Thursday 31st October - OPENING NIGHT: Perv International Shorts Competition. Hailing from across Australia and around the world, the finalists in this year’s shorts competition bring you some of the hottest, funniest and most frank depictions of queer sex and sexuality produced in the last 2 years. Doors 7pm/Start 7.30pm

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Friday 1st November - Panel: Feminist Porn in Australia. Leading Australian feminist pornographers, Anna Brownfield, Ms Naughty, Gala Vanting and Zahra Stardust will discuss feminism, the adult industry, and the ins and outs of making feminist porn in Oz. The panel will be chaired by Kath Albury. Doors 7.30pm/Start 8pm Saturday 2nd November - Talk: Jack Sargeant on Transgressive Sexualities in Underground Film. Author, curator and cult film guru Jack Sargeant discusses bodily fluids and sexual transgression in the underground. Doors 2pm/Start 2.30pm Saturday 2nd November - An Evening with Courtney Trouble. International festival quest and queer porn icon Courtney Trouble will screen scenes from some of her award winning films and sit down with Anna Brownfield to discuss her work within the alt queer porn scene. Doors 6pm/Start 6.30pm Sunday 3rd November - CLOSING NIGHT: In Their Room London (above). Fresh from the success of Interior. Leather Bar Travis Mathews brings us the latest installment in his acclaimed In Their Room series, inviting viewers into the rooms and (sex) lives of gay men living in London. Doors 6pm/Start 6.30pm Tickets all sessions $15/$10 Tickets available soon. For ticketing information visit pervfilmfestival.com More details

CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Former Queer Screen Director Lex Lindsay has just released his first Canberra International Film Festival program and it is packed full of great films, including some exciting queer titles. A highlight is KILL YOUR DARLINGS (above), a star-studded film about Allen Ginsberg's (Daniel Radcliffe) days at Columbia University, where he meets William S. Burroughs, David Kammerer, and Lucian Carr. Ginsberg is instantly smitten with Carr, but Carr only has eyes for a rugged Baseballer named Jack Kerouac. Those who saw the powerful documentary CALL ME KUCHU at Mardi Gras Film Festival 2013 will be aware of the debate about the role of American evangelical missionaries in modern Africa. Documentary GOD LOVES UGANDA dives in and asks whether an invasion of homophobia is taking over the country, and where is it coming from? This highly acclaimed documentary has claimed the lion’s share of awards on the international documentary circuit this year. Other queer titles are ANY DAY NOW starring Alan Cumming, and Queer Screen Film Fest titles AROUND THE BLOCK and STRANGER BY THE LAKE. The Festival runs from Wednesday 30 October to Sunday 10 November in our nation's capital. Tickets are on sale now. More details

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