Mardi Gras Film Festival Popping at the Seams

With 20 additional screenings, 4 new venues, 9 international guests, countless Australian premieres and an increased cash prize for the My Queer Career winners, the 23^rd Mardi Gras Film Festival presented by Queer Screen is set to be the biggest year yet in the Festival's history. The full program and all tickets are now on sale at queerscreen.org.au or through the Mardi Gras Film Festival app.

Running from 18 February to 3 March, the Festival will feature 75 screenings at Event Cinemas in George Street and new-to-festival venues the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Cremorne, the Golden Age Cinema and Bar in Surry Hills and The Harbour. From mid-March to early April the Festival will travel to the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta and for the first time, the Carrington Hotel in the Blue Mountains.

'Every year we aim to be bigger and better than before and this year we have nailed it," explains Festival Director Paul Struthers. 'We have more diversified content including a lot more lesbian films, more transgender films, more documentaries, more international guests, more masterclasses and more screenings at more venues including two free community screenings. There is absolutely something for everyone in this year's line-up and we are really excited to launch the full program today".