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Geelong Pride Film Festival
Thursday, 01 May 2025 until Sunday, 11 May 2025
The Geelong Pride Film Festival (GPFF) in an emerging LGBTIQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans & Gender Diverse, Intersex and Queer) film festival in Geelong, Australia. Our non-profit community-run festival screens contemporary and classic LGBTIQ+ themed films in Geelong during an inclusive film festival for the whole community. In addition to our annual festival we host special one-off screenings throughout the year.
We screen a diverse mix of LGBTIQ+ feature films, short films, feature documentaries, short documentaries from across the world.
Geelong Pride Film Festival includes venue-based screenings in cinemas and theatres and selected online screenings. Cinema screenings are presented at The Pivotonian Cinema in South Geelong, Village Cinemas Geelong. Feature screenings are presented at Platform Arts theatre in central Geelong. Online screenings use the CineSend platform for secure, location and time restricted viewing.
Occasional prizes and commissions may be awarded. Past awards have included:
- Best Short Film Concept
- Best Short Film Screenplay
- GPFF Uplift Award
- Best Production Design
- Student Filmmaker Award
- Best LGBTIQ+ Documentary or Non-fiction Short Film
2025 films...
A Culinary Uprising: The Story of Bloodroot
In The Meat Rack is a documentary on Fire Island's infamous gay male outdoor cruising spot. The history of the Meat Rack is about more than simple sex. It was birthed from repression and persecution and it speaks to the need to find safe spaces to explore gay sexuality.
Director: koitz, United States, 2023, 72 minutes, Language, Unclassified 18+
Presented together with a special collection of 25 x 1 minute mostly gay and steamy short films curated by BUTT Magazine. Fixations -The One Minute Series.
Bottas, Felipe Andrat, 2024, Brazil
Henk, Ruben Duijst, 2024, Netherlands
Wedgies, Benjamin Fredrickson, 2021, United States
Cum Rags, AnonChudai, 2024, Australia
Boxes, Wall & Yero, 2023, Argentina
Sparkle, Kári Thayer, 2024, Iceland
Mew Mew, Anima, 2024, United States
Nighttime, Berke Yazicioglu, 2024, United Kingdom
how to eat pasta pussy in 4 steps, Yola Camilleri & Lokin, 2024, Netherlands
Ceilan, zinecalzon, 2018, Mexico
"cruising for a scent", Mario Scavezzon, 2024, Italy
Darkroom Diaries: Jorge The Obscene, Matt Lambert, 2024, Germany
Cowboys, Michal Dobrucki, 2024, Poland
SPF, Jessica Römer, 2024, Netherlands
Pocket Raincoat, Cathal O'Brien, 2024, United Kingdom
Tools of Depth, Alefi & Angelica Paci, 2024, Italy
The Beast, K. G. Helm & Ms Carlisle, 2024, Germany
Untitled, Jeff Sermon, 2024, Belgium
Party of three, Diego Barriga, 2024, Colombia
F.I.L.F (Finder. I Like Fucking), Lee Campbell, 2024, United Kingdom
Manos, Nicolas Santos, 2024, Germany
Wrestlers' feet, Nadir Sönmez, 2024, Turkey
Demasked, Djordje Živković, 2022,
Serbia Where the Garment Gapes, Ethan Roberts, 2024, United States
Sick Horny Stomach, Bully Fae Collins and Hayley Garrigus, 2019, United States
A diverse collection of gay shorts from around the world.
Boyfriends
Billy gives his boyfriend Kevin a passionate welcome home, but all is not what it seems.
Director: C.J. Arellano, United States, 2024, 9 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
Embrasse-moi
A young guy, named Alex, and Philippe, a charming man in his fifties, have a date. It is supposed to be just a quick hook-up, but things will turn out unexpectedly.
Director: Hristo Todorov, France, 2024, 12 minutes, French with English Subtitles, Unclassified 15+
My Bear Path
What is a bear? Through his art, photography and films, Albert Koomen explores what it personally means to him to be part of the big, wide and furry bear community.
Director: Albert Koomen, Australia, 2024, 10 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
On Sundays
Domingos, an elderly man with fragile health, follows his solitary routine on a Sunday afternoon, until he receives a visit from a love from the past.
Director: Olavo Junior, Brazil, 2023, 8 minutes, Portuguese, Unclassified 15+
The Hidden Dimension
The film is an intimate portrait of queer photographer Leo Maki. A dreamlike journey into his mind that explores the artists life in Poland, the creative process behind his work and the embrace of his own sexuality.
Director: Ben Galster, Germany, United Kingdom, 2023, 5 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
Great Deliverance
When an elderly gay man visits a young loner in 1950s Adelaide, they both must reconcile their opposing beliefs before a traumatic event seals their fate.
Director: Guy Henderson, Australia, 2024, 10 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
Belonging and the Scene
Breaking boundaries, demystifying stereotypes and highlighting the lesser-known facts around the fetish community through the intimate story told by Dutch Pup Momo.
Director: Monica Dhaka, United Kingdom, 2023, 14 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
Park Life
Noah and Medhi weren't expecting to make any real connections when cruising in a park. What starts as a transactional hook up, soon blossoms into something unexpectedly romantic as they wander the quiet streets of London one remarkable morning.
Director: Marco De Luca, United Kingdom, 2024, 13 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
Gender Frontiers Short Films 2025
Gender Frontiers Short films is a collection of films that explore and celebrate the lives and experiences of transgender, gender diverse and nonbinary people.
Seasons Passing
Tan, a trans teenager, experiences the highs and lows of transitioning in an Australian high school.
Director: Ash Dhanu, Damain Lieu, Cal Spencer, Country, Year, Duration minutes, Language, Unclassified 15+
Nim and the Butterfly
A short documentary about a Transgender woman who moved from Thailand to Darwin when she was a teenager. It follows her story of strengthening her relationship with her mother and finding love.
Director: Sarah Hope, Australia, 2023, 14 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
Divine Affirmation
A short experimental film celebrating and reaffirming Trans beauty, joy, and bodies.
Director: Stella Vincenza Racca, Theodore Zachariah, Canada, 2024, 3 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
Honeymoon
After a traumatising event involving the cops, Fay is leaving Greece for good. Sandra accompanies her to the bus station, taking this time as a chance to say goodbye. As they are travelling by bus across the country, a transphobic attack by two co-passengers leaves them stranded on a highway in the middle of nowhere.
Director: Alkis Papastathopoulos, Greece, 2023, 25 minutes, Modern Greek with English Subtitles, Unclassified 15+
Kings
A short documentary on a diverse group of drag kings at a bar in the borough of Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Juliana Pamplona, Brazil, 2024, 15 minutes, Portuguese, Unclassified 15+
Sperm Donors Wanted!
Follow Krishna Istha, a transgender performance artist, as he interviews hundreds of potential sperm donors live on stage—a quest to find the perfect connection, one that will enable him and his partner to start their family.
Director: Joseph Logan Rea, United Kingdom, 2024, 12 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
A collection of short films from around the world that have positive, uplifting, cheeky or humorous outcomes for LGBTIQ+ people.
Gender Reveal
When a people pleaser and their two partners end up at a thoroughly obnoxious gender reveal party, the gathering goes in a direction no one could've anticipated.
Director: Mo Matton, Canada, 2024, 13 minutes, English and French with English Subtitles, Unclassified 15+
Orgy Every Other Day
Bodies of diverse genders come together to relish in play, always careful to act consensually while respecting one another’s boundaries. For many genderqueer people, queer sex parties are of great importance when it comes to feeling comfortable in their own skin, discovering themselves anew.
Director: Samuel Döring, Germany, United States, 2024, 13 minutes, English, Unclassified 18+
Closet
Pablo suffers from sleep paralysis every night and always sees a monster coming out of his closet to torment him. The only way to defeat it will be for Pablo to muster up the courage to face it.
Director: Felipe De Vecchi, Mexico, 2023, 5 minutes No dialogue, Unclassified 15+
A.I. Love You
Two women meet online and don't know what to say to each other, they turn to the AI helpers on their phone for assistance.
Director: Michal Malek, South Africa, 2024, 7 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
Dance with Pride - A Journey of Identity Through Movement
Colombian dancer Wendy Nedd embarks on a journey where movement becomes both refuge and revelation. Alongside fellow immigrants in Melbourne’s Latin American and Hispanic Rainbow Community, she finds strength in dance, embraces her queer identity, and shares her heritage on the stage.
Director: Javier Cataño-Gonzalez, Australia, 2024, 15 minutes, English, Spanish, Unclassified 15+
Greendr
Giorgio and Davide meet in a dating chat, they start talking, they seem to understand each other straight away, but nothing is as it seems, and behind their infatuation lies a huge misunderstanding.
Director: Luca Taiuti, Italy, 2024, 4 minutes, Italian with English Subtitles, Unclassified 15+
Pietra
The flower - as delicate as it is revolutionary - represents an act of love amidst the suffocation and embrace of a classic Portuguese neighbourhood.
Director: Cynthia Levitan, Portugal, 2024, 13 minutes, Portuguese with English Subtitles, Unclassified 15+
A newly curated collection of Lesbian short films from Australia and around the world.
Ladies Night
During a girl’s night clubbing with her best friend Fiona, Viv spots her ex, Remy. Determined to keep the night going, Fiona helps score Viv a hot new babe to move on.
Director: Shayla Han Nguyen, Lucy Diane Bubalo, Australia, 2024, 3 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
Dead Lesbians
As she prepares for a first date, Isabelle is pestered by the apparition of Dorothy Ainsworth, a chain-smoking, well-spoken, long-since deceased author of 1950’s lesbian pulp novels.
Director: Eva Justine Torkkola, Australia, 2023, 13 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
The Untitled Story of a Dreamer
This film explores the personal journey of Caitlin Bianca Robson uprooting her life and moving to a new country to pursue her dreams. Faced with the daunting task of creating a new life from scratch, she delves into the fears, the obstacles encountered, and the invaluable lessons learned along the way.
Director: Caitlin Bianca Robson, Netherlands, 2024, 11 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
Who Wants to be Normal
Aunt Chelo comes back to Spain to bury the ashes of her husband and Cristina and Inmaculada need to decide to come out to her or maintain a pretense.
Director: Chus Gómez, Spain, 2024, 11 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles, Unclassified 15+
An Ex in Provence
Provence is the best place to break up, as lavender helps one sleep. Yet lavender has been banned due to allergies when Therese and Reggie arrive, seeking culture and to rekindle their relationship.Director: Sofia Chapman, Australia, 2025, 26 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
Borrowed Hands
A young woman with cerebral palsy decides to hire a sex worker to experience her first sexual encounter, but it does not turn out as expected.
Director: Adrián Monroy Molina, Mexico, 2023, 16 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles, Unclassified 15+
Best Before
Helena and Lainie are feeling the stress of entering their final round of IVF treatment while juggling farm life. Helena can’t help comparing herself to their chicken, Shakira, who lays eggs every day.
Director: Lisa Service, United Kingdom, 2024, 14 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+