Our Opening Night film has almost sold out.  A limited number of seats remain for purchasers of Rainbow and Kaleidoscope passes.  Due to popular demand, a second screening of Cloudburst will be shown at 6:30 on Saturday 21 April.  Given how quickly the first session has sold, we’d encourage anyone who wants to come along and see Cloudburst to book as soon as possible. 

We’re back for another year, and as in past years, Lisa Daniel, Director of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival who has once again selected a great package of films.  We’re particularly looking forward to our opening feature Cloudburst.

Putting the festival together each year takes a lot of work, chiefly from the committee of volunteers, but also with the great support we get from our sponsors, and our partners.  They help us to keep the prices of our tickets down, and ensure that we can have a festival. 

Following on from the success last year, we’ll be screening another retro session this year.  With our 10th anniversary coming up next year, we’ve been a bit nostalgic, and selected DEBS.  We screened DEBS at our 2005 festival, and it’s still the most popular film we’ve screened, ever. 

Queer Country will, once again, open over three weeks.   The exhibition will open on Saturday 31 March, separately to opening night film.  So if you’re in the area, come and join us for a relaxing Saturday afternoon, and see some fantastic works from regional Queer artists.

This year our silent auction is expanded to include some other great prizes in addition to the fabulous work by Darren Casey.  Don’t forget to put your bid in over the festival weekend to win one of the wonderful prizes we have.

The importance of an event like this in a regional city should never be underestimated, and we’d like to thank everyone that’s came along and supported us in the past, and we look forward to seeing you again this year.

2012 Festival Conveners, Daniel and Vikki.