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July Events...

  • Aomori International LGBT Film Festival
  • Cherry Grove Archives Collection Film Festival
  • GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival
  • Gilbert Baker Film Festival
  • Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
  • Hotter Than July Film Festival
  • LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival
  • New Farm Queer Film Festival
  • OUR PRIDE Shorts & Arts Fest
  • OutfestNEXT
  • Queer Vision
  • Rainbow Reel Tokyo
  • RIO LGBTQIA+
  • WorldPride 2026 Film Festival
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Submission Deadlines | Melbourne | LGBT Film Festival | Australia | November

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

Monday, 03 August 2026
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Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Thursday, 12 November 2026 until Sunday, 22 November 2026

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 10 days running through November.

The 2026 Melbourne Queer Film Festival will be running from 12 Nov to 22 Nov.

Awards & Prizes

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.