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
Stephen Cummins was an Australian filmmaker, photographer and curator who left an indelible mark on the independent queer film scene. He made groundbreaking experimental homoerotic films and was part of B Ruby Rich’s 1992 Sundance panel that came up with the concept of NEW QUEER CINEMA. He died in 1994 of AIDS aged 34, now Queer Screen – Mardi Gras Film Festival (of which he was one of the founders ) are mounting a Retrospective of his work: we spoke with Cummins’s creative partner Simon Hunt about his legacy.
Every queer movie fan should be heading direct to Ritz Cinema in Sydney Australia for the biggest cinematic treat of 2022. They are mounting PEDRO ALMODÓVAR: A COMPLETE RETROSPECTIVE of the entire catalog of the work of one of the world’s greatest queer auteurs. It will feature 22 films from the two-time Academy Award … Continue reading