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 2024 Melbourne Queer Film Festival will run from Nov 14 to Nov 24.

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.

Rules & Terms

Films submitted for the annual Melbourne Queer Film Festival should be of interest to the LGBTQIA+ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual/aromantic).

Films submitted, if selected, may be programmed at the festival's discretion not only as part of MQFF's extensive in-cinema program, but also as part of its on-demand streaming offering, MQFF+.

MQFF+ will only be accessible to Australian audiences.
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  • Ryan Paige

    A brilliant event - very well organised, clear and thorough communication. Whilst we couldn't attend in person we were thrilled to be selected and included. Thank you!

    April 2024
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  • Lily Ashton

    We were thrilled to have the world premiere for our film Roses at Melbourne Queer Film Festival - we sadly weren't able to be there in person as we are based in the UK but the programme looked brilliant, we hope to be able to attend the festival someday.

    March 2024
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  • Alejandro Ayala

    Although I couldn't attend the festival because of the traveling costs, I know from people who were there that the projection of my short film "For Queen and Country" went beautifully. I'm very happy and honoured to have been part of the festival and I hope my work can be a part of future editions.

    December 2023
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  • Angie Black

    MQFF is an incredibly well respected, run and attended international queer film festival held in Melbourne Australia. We were extremely proud to have our film WEEDLING (2023) selected as a Finalist Film and screen in the beautiful Capitol cinema. Can not recommend more highly.

    November 2023
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  • Richard James Allen

    Here at The Physical TV Company in SYdney, we were honoured that Samuel Lucas Allen's CUT was a Finalist at MQFF's Australian Shorts & Awards. Congrats to all the nominees - it was an impressive lineup!

    November 2023
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