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Melbourne Queer Film Festival celebrates 30 years

09.07.2020 - 01:52

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Now is the time for us to reflect on the fact that many other LGBTIQ communities around the world are yet to be afforded the same rights that we in Australia have fought so hard to win.

Portraying these other realities is unquestionably queer cinema’s strongest virtue. Last month, Star Observer reflected on 30 years of MQFF history.

This month, we speak with festival director, Spiro Economopoulos, a man hell-bent on queer cinema, about his personal highlights from this year’s program, and what it means to ‘open up’ a festival – to give local audiences the opportunity to engage with stories outside their own canon. “My background is as a film programmer and maker, and for a short time I also worked as a film reviewer.

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