No astronaut will refuse to look at the stars… In this romantic comedy from Argentinian Teddy Award Winner Marco Berger (one of Queerguru’s very favorite queer filmmakers) Javier Orán and Lautaro Bettoni are Pedro and Maxi, friends from childhood reunited years later at a beach house with a group of friends, during a weekend. While … Continue reading
Queer Screen (from Sydney Australia) ‘Goes to Cannes’ for a second year and will be packing five productions to represent at the acclaimed Marché du Film, occurring in conjunction with the 77th Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera this month. Seven festivals from across the globe were invited by the Marché du … Continue reading
Queerguru are so excited to send our heartfelt congrats to Queer Screen, producers of our favorite antipodean queer film fests: Sydney’s Mardi Gras Film Festival and Queer Screen Film Fest. They are the first Australian and the very first LGBTQIA+ festival invited to the prestigious 70th annual Cannes Film Festival. Each year the … Continue reading
Australian/Macedonian queer filmmaker Goran Stolevski ‘s sophomore movie OF AN AGE is being hailed as an ‘achingly beautiful coming out/coming of age story that compares with Francis Lee’s God’s Own Country and will become a queer classic ” This heart-string-pulling tale initially takes place over 24 hours in a beach town in Australia in 1999 and which makes for a life-changing experience for Kol and Adam. Ten years later when they meet again we discover if this was more than just a passing moment.
In 1993, a group of queer Sydney filmmakers, students, and supporters approached Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras to establish an independent organization whose focus would be queer film and screen culture. This organization was Queer Screen. (One of those pioneer filmmakers was Stephen Cummins who died in 1994, and now is … Continue reading