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August Events...

  • aGLIFF: Prism Film Festival
  • Antwerp Queer Arts Festival
  • Atlanta Black Gay Pride Film Festival
  • Beyond the Blue Sky LGBTQI+ Film Festival
  • Birmingham SHOUT Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  • Cinekink NYC
  • CinemaQ Film Festival
  • East Village Queer Film Festival
  • Edinburgh International Film Festival
  • F.A.Q. - Feminist and Queer International Film Festival
  • Fantasia Festival
  • Festival de Cine LesBiGayTrans de Asuncion
  • FilmOut San Diego
  • Flame Con
  • Gaze LGBT Film Festival
  • Gilbert Baker Film Festival
  • International Women's Film Festival in Seoul
  • Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival
  • MICGenero
  • OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival
  • PRISMA - Queer Film Festival Cork
  • Queer Film Festival Utrecht
  • Queer Lion
  • Queer Screams
  • Queer Screen Film Fest
  • Reel Desires
  • Reel Queer
  • Rhode Island International Film Festival
  • SF Queer Film Festival
  • Sidewalk Film Festival
  • Stamped: Pensacola LGBT Film Festival
  • Taos Pride Film Festival
  • Venice Film Festival
Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Thursday, 13 November 2025 until Sunday, 23 November 2025

The Melbourne Queer Film Festival is the oldest, largest and most successful queer film festival in Australia. Our main festival screens over 100 sessions of LGBTQIA+ films over 11 days running through November.

The 2025 Melbourne Queer Film Festival will run from 13 Nov to 23 Nov.

MQFF supports local and international filmmaking talent through our various jury and audience choice awards. In total, MQFF offers more than AUD $15,000 in prize money. This includes the AUD $5,000 City of Melbourne Award for Best Australian Short, which automatically qualifies the recipient for our nomination in the Iris Prize - the largest prize for a LGBTQIA+ short film in the world.