LGBTQIA+ on screen

Set in rural Australia in the 1950s, A PLACE TO CALL HOME is a sweeping drama of one woman’s journey to heal her soul and of a privileged family’s confrontation with a changing era. A romantic saga based in the fictional town of Inverness – home to the Bligh family estate Ash Park - with a landscape as vast and dramatic as the people who live there.

Acute Misfortune

Endurance is more important than truth. The film adaptation of Erik Jensen’s award-winning biography of Adam Cullen is the story of the biographer and his subject, as it descends into a dependent and abusive relationship.

All My Friends Are Racist

Casey and Bell are best friends who come to the conclusion that all their friends suck. When their lifestyles of the rich and the cancelled are tested, both need to make a decision on who and what they are willing to lose to finally grow up.

Alone Out Here

In the moment of catastrophic climate change Jon Wright, a gay farmer, is faced with a dilemma. His 22-year commitment to transform the genetics of his herd are pitted against the attitudes of the beef industry, who hold the future of his families 4th generation farm in their hands. Through his incredible journey of loss and survival, we learn what it takes to be true to yourself, at any cost.

Bad Behaviour

BAD BEHAVIOUR is a visceral ride into the epicentre of our teenage years where the most crucial decision of the day is to bully or be bullied. We've all been there, and we're glad we got out unscathed. Or so we thought.

Barracuda

When 16-year-old Danny Kelly wins a scholarship to an elite boys school, it brings him one step closer to his dream – winning gold at the Olympics. Under the charge of respected Coach Frank Torma and friendship/rivalry with teammate Martin Taylor, Danny is soon on track to Australia’s youngest swimming champion, the beloved ‘Barracuda’. But with all of Australia watching can ‘Barracuda’ live up to their expectations and realize his dream?

Belonging

A parallel story of two generations of gay activism, ‘Belonging’ explores the impact and legacy of LGBTQI+ campaigner Rodney Croome through the lens of a road trip across the state by young Tasmanian Sam Watson. With archival footage and interviews with Sam and Rodney’s families and friends, ‘Belonging’ examines Tasmania’s journey from a place of exclusion to inclusion, from prejudice to acceptance, from hatred to embrace.

Beyond the Mirror Ball

Sheldon B Moffatt wants to start a new life away from the city and the gay scene, but, when you’ve been a naval officer, a ballroom vogue competitor and a fashion designer can you truly feel satisfied with life “Beyond the Mirror Ball”?

Black Comedy series 1

2014 - Completed

A new sketch comedy show from some of the funniest blackfellas in Australia. (Well, they better be.) Following in the footsteps of the 1973 pilot Basically Black, this is the first sketch comedy series written entirely by blackfellas and commissioned by the ABC.

Black Divaz

BLACK DIVAZ goes beyond the glitz, glue guns and glamour of black drag to reveal a fun, fabulous and sometimes fearful place. A sassy, intimate portrait of what it means to be an Indigenous Drag Queen today.

Bowled Over: A Dragumentary

When drag queens first frocked up to the North Ipswich Bowls Club almost nine years ago, the struggling bowlsie was on the brink of closure. But thanks largely to the spectacular success of Taboo – a monthly drag show – the club’s kept rolling on. Now that the queens have helped rescue the club, the next chapter to this charming, inspiring story centres on three drag performers – Crystal Heart, wanda dparke, and 12-year-old Candy Featherbottom - who are now having to save themselves, their careers and their dreams.

Carlotta

CARLOTTA is based on the extraordinary life of iconic Les Girls headliner and Australian transgender pioneer, Carlotta. Spanning forty years of groundbreaking social and sexual upheaval, Carlotta lays bare the life of the sexually confused teenager Richard Byron and his flight from a neglectful and abusive household into the turbulence of the hedonistic Kings Cross of the sixties and seventies. We witness the birth of the transsexual underworld against the threat of criminal prosecution as well as social rejection and with it, the emergence of the all conquering drag queen and performer, Carlotta.

China Dolls

1998 - Completed

CHINA DOLLS is a stylish and moving portrayal of gay Asian-Australians and their often difficult journeys to self-acceptance. In the gay scene, the young and beautiful possess the greatest social power. But what is considered desirable is also influenced by race. From Calvin Klein ads to gay erotica, the dominant image is Caucasian. Asian men are either invisible, or portrayed as soft or 'feminine'. CHINA DOLLS probes the uncomfortable reality of racial stereotyping and discrimination in the gay world through interviews with Asian men who talk frankly, and often humorously, of their experiences of living within a 'double minority'.

Cloudy River

Taking you to the edge of everything you know about young love, sex and romance; Cloudy River is a bold new online series about pansexual artist Emma (aka Cloudy) and her musician lover, River, whose open relationship is put to the test when they move in together.

Club Arak

CLUB ARAK is a queer Arab dance party established in 2002 in order to fill a gap in the LGBTQI dance community - Arab queers did not have their own space and wanted to dance to the beat of their own drum. CLUB ARAK played Arabic music and queers could dance to the songs they only ever heard at family parties and weddings… where it is not safe to be gay. This documentary tells the story of how CLUB ARAK empowered and encouraged Arabs to gather and celebrate their sexual and Arab identity.

Cool Mum series 1

Non-binary teen Pat comes out to their family and Mum Roz's reaction is annoyingly too positive...

Country Town Pride

Trans Mission follows transgender truck driver Holly Conroy in her bid to stage a Mardi Gras in Australia’s No. 1 Christian town: Wagga Wagga. Holly attempts to win over priests, pastors and politicians as she seeks acceptance for the trans community, all while she continues the process of her gender affirmation surgery.

Crownies

2011 - Completed

CROWNIES follows five young solicitors as they face the pressures and endearing madness of modern single life – in a fast paced workplace that highlights the moral dilemmas and big issues facing an apparently civilized society.

Cut Snake

Set in Melbourne in the mid-1970s, CUT SNAKE tells the story of Sparra Farrell (Alex Russell), a very private man in his twenties who is trying to make a life for himself in a new city. He has found honest work and becomes engaged to the beautiful Paula (Jessica De Gouw). But the prospect of his new life is challenged when the charismatic Pommie (Sullivan Stapleton) tracks him down. Sparra finds himself drawn back into a world that he thought he had left behind.

Dance Academy

Fifteen-year-old Tara Webster has grown up on a farm in outback Australia and has dreamt of being a dancer ever since she was a little girl. When she makes it into the National Academy of Dance - the best school in the country - she is sure her life is about to be spectacular. What Tara doesn't realise is how far behind she is in her training, and that there's a whole lot more to surviving the Academy than just dancing.

Dances

‘Dances’ is a 5-minute documentary which explores queer experiences with app culture through dance and animation. Apps like Tinder, Grindr, Scruff, OkCupid are central to the queer community; members of this community pioneered the technology in the late 2000s. Partly due to a lack of acceptance in broader society, LGBTQIA communities have flourished online. Dance has also long held a place of importance in the queer community, too. But it couldn't be further from the online world, the virtual, because it is so physical. It is so real. But by pairing dance with true online interactions sourced from the community, using animated chat bubbles interacting with choreography inspired by these real conversations, this film will show that behind the online personas, the dismissive comments, the endless streams of “hey how u?”, there are real people with real emotions who just want to connect.

Dani Boi

Dani Weber performs as Dani Boi: a radical genderqueer drag king - or ‘dragtivist’ - with a mission to challenge oppressive gender norms. This non-binary artist of Sri Lankan heritage became the genderqueer star of clubs and cabarets from San Francisco to Melbourne, with chaotic performances that push the creative boundaries of drag. But while their onstage party antics celebrate inclusivity and sex-positivity, the realities of openly defying gender in public often invites confusion and insult. BOI intimately follows Dani’s performances and personal life as they negotiate gender politics and bring the art of drag into the now.

Deep Water

When Detectives Tori Lustigman and Nick Manning are assigned a brutal murder case they uncover evidence to suggest the killing is connected to a spate of unexplained deaths and disappearances of gay men that took place in the 80s and 90s. The killer is using THRUSTR to entice his victims and anyone using the App is now at risk. In reopening the cold cases the detectives reveal the hidden truth about the past murders, finally giving closure to the victims' families, and uncover critical evidence leading to the serial killer.

Deep Water - The Real Story

Up to 80 murders, 30 unsolved cases, thousands of assaults. In the 1980s and 1990s a murderous epidemic grips Sydney. The attackers are united by contempt. Their targets united by their sexual identity. All are gay. For the first time, Deep Water - The Real Story presents the full account of the gay hate crime epidemic that bloodied Sydney’s coastline. It stirs up old cases in the hope that new evidence will rise to the surface. So that maybe, after all these years, there will be peace for the dead, and justice for their loved ones.

Desperately Seeking Shavers

A candid and intimate bathroom sink documentary about trans and gender diverse people. "Desperately Seeking Shavers" shines a new light on gender and identity that literally and figuratively ‘goes against the grain’. Emmett Aldred (a trans-masculine film director) walks us through the hair removal process by three gender variant people and discusses the role facial hair plays in expressing and actualising identity. Posing the greater question, how do we all perform gender?

Ding Dong I'm Gay series 1

A high-achieving neurotic seeks to guide his naive, newly-out country cousin through the urban gay experience, but his insecurities blind him to the genuine connection they share.

Downriver

James has served time for the drowning of a little boy in a river. To find the missing body, he defies parole by returning to extract the truth from his dangerous friend who witnessed the crime. With little time and danger at every turn, James must uncover truths if he is to return the boy's body to his grieving mother.

Ellie and Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)

School Captain Ellie is nervous about asking her classmate Abbie to the Year 12 formal. Luckily, her Aunt Tara, a lesbian who died in the late 80’s, appears in the form of a ‘Fairy God Mother’ to help Ellie navigate her first love.

Fez

Fez Faanana is many things - a clown, a drag artiste, a dancer, a prancer, a Samoan, an Australian, a legal immigrant, an orchestrator, the love child of the bearded lady and the co-founder of his all male burlesque theatre company “Briefs Factory”. This short observational documentary presents Fez Faanana’s journey from growing up in a small Queensland town as a gay Samoan boy to representing Australia on the world stage in drag as he opens up to Australian audiences about the realities of Samoan traditions versus the modern world today all while preparing for the next leg of the “Briefs Factory - Close Encounters” tour in New Zealand. FEZ is a visual and musical celebration of love, sex, art, dance and GLITTER honouring Fez’s personal story while showcasing the hardships and triumphs of touring his all male burlesque theatre company.

First Day series 1

It’s Hannah Bradford’s first year of high school. As a 12 year-old transgender girl, Hannah not only has to navigate the challenges that come with starting a new school, but find the courage to live as her most authentic self.

Gayby Baby

Last year saw the largest number of kids being born into gay families in human history. It was also a year which saw the world furiously debate whether gay couples can raise well-adjusted children, and whether they should be allowed to marry. Told from a child’s-eye view, GAYBY BABY is a revealing, intimate and at times humorous portrait of four kids coming of age in this paradigm, all raised in same-sex families. It’s the story of a new generation of kids who are queer by nurture and by birthright.

Girls Can't Surf

The untold story of how a band of renegade surfer girls in the 1980s fought to create their own professional sport, changing the face of international surf culture forever.

Head On

1998 - Completed

Nineteen-years-old. A little confused. A lot pissed off. Ari jams all his energy and defiance, pain and joy into one high velocity night of dancing, sex and drugs. He's running HEAD ON into his own kind of freedom.

Holding the Man

Based on the much loved and hugely successful memoir and stage play of the same name, HOLDING THE MAN is the warm, funny and achingly sad story of the 15-year long love affair between Timothy Conigrave and the boy he fell in love with at high school, John Caleo. Tim was an aspiring actor. John, the captain of the school football team. Their relationship blossomed and endured in the face of prejudice and adversity.

Homecoming Queens

Two best friends reinvent themselves after chronic illness changes their friendship, their future and…their pubic hair.

House Husbands series 1

2012 - Completed

HOUSE HUSBANDS is a comedy drama about four modern families with one thing in common – the men are in charge of raising the kids. A warm, funny and real look at the way we live today, HOUSE HUSBANDS proves that just because you have kids doesn’t mean you stop acting like one.

Iggy & Ace

Iggy and Ace are two gay alcoholic best mates who live, work and play together but after Ace decides to get sober - a rift develops between them as Iggy balks at the idea of recovery.

In Our Blood

When a terrifying new disease starts killing gay men in 1980s Australia, a promising young diplomat and a Federal Health Minister must work together to save thousands of lives in the face of national hysteria and division.

Janet King series 1

In the eight-part legal-political thriller JANET KING, Marta Dusseldorp will reprise her CROWNIES role as the titular senior Crown prosecutor.

Love on the Spectrum series 1

A four-part series that looks at relationships and dating for those with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. The uplifting series draws on relationship coaching to help young people with neuro-diverse conditions find love and shift the public perception of disability.

Monsta Gras

As Mardi Gras approaches it’s monumental 40th anniversary, Monsta Gras, an alternative party held in Sydney’s inner west on Mardi Gras Parade night, approaches its 10th. Held at the community owned and operated, Red Rattler Theatre, Monsta Gras has become a legendary annual event that centres art, politics and performance to create a playground for a truly diverse LGBTIQA+ community of devotees that flock to celebrate. Monsta Gras was born in 2008 out of a desire to create a much needed space for all genders, sexualities and culturally diverse LGBTIQA+ community who felt a growing sense of disconnection from the main Mardi Gras parade and party. It very quickly grew into a vibrant act of rebellion that embodies the spirit of the political roots of the first march in 1978. Created by The Glitter Militia collective, it is more than a party: it is a radical gathering for Queer family, a home for outsiders – a safer space where Queer people of colour, Trans, intersex, gender Queer and non binary humans are living for each other and taking centre stage. It is where art, life, identity and culture collide.

Of An Age

It’s the summer of 1999 in blue-collar Melbourne and school is out forever. 17-year-old Serbian immigrant Kol is preparing for the Australian Dance finals when he receives a distress call from his dance partner Ebony who has woken up on a beach, in an unfamiliar town after a big night out. With the help of Ebony’s older brother Adam, they attempt to make it to the finals on time but when Kol and Adam get stuck in summer traffic on the way to collect Ebony, they discover they have more in common than expected, and over the course of the next 24 hours an unexpected and intense romance blossoms. A decade later the pair meet for a bittersweet reunion.

Only Different

A short autobiographical documentary about growing up with gay parents that challenges the accepted norms by re-imagining the nuclear family as queer. ONLY DIFFERENT will, through a series of interviews and re-inactments, explore the identity of my queer family unit and the choice Amanda Wilson made to come out with the love of her life, Polly. Complimenting the interviews and challenging the accepted norms is a re-imagining of the nuclear families of 1950’s home videos as queer.

Only The Brave

1995 - Completed

Alex and Vicki are wild girls living life on the edge. They share a dream to leave school and go north. But the tensions between them grow and when they find out the truth about each other it's too late - no-one can help them - and events move helter-skelter to a harrowing climax.

Outland

2011 - Completed

OUTLAND is a comedy about a gay science fiction fan club, and the lives, loves and never-ending dramas of its members.

Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door

A story about a boy from the bush whose talent, determination and drive made him Hollywood royalty and an international household name. Peter Allen’s life was fast and furious, he left an indelible mark and Peter Allen – Not the Boy Next Door – aims to do the same.

Please Like Me series 1

2012 - Completed

Life is just kicking off for Josh. He’s living in a share house. He’s doing adult things like drinking wine and eating asparagus. And he’s heading rapidly – if reluctantly – towards his twenty-first birthday. But the events of one day throw his world spinning off its axis, and Josh is forced to move back into the family home to keep an eye on his divorced mother. Inspired by the award-winning stand-up comedy of Josh Thomas, PLEASE LIKE ME is a series about growing up quickly, and about realising that your parents are not heroes, but dopes with no idea what’s going on – just like you.

Queen Biryani

Queen Biryani, explores the intimate and extraordinary story of Muhammad Ali Qureshi, a Pakistani migrant, a new Australian and a Muslim gay man. 2 Boys in Saris is a catering business set up by Ali and his partner Omar, who is also South Asian and Muslim. Both have a passion for delicious South Asian food, a penchant for drama and a love of saris and big bling. Cooking up a storm and serving their food in saris, both the boys find solace in the business, as a break from their daily lives of working and performing heteronormative roles to their families, who do not know the truth about the love shared between them.

Queerstralia

Zoë Coombs Marr wipes away the straightwashing to look into the untold and frankly fascinating Queer (LGBTQI+) history of Australia, a place of gay Diggers, lesbian convict gangs, trans entrepreneurs and cross-dressing bushrangers.

Remembering the Man

At an exclusive Catholic boys school in Melbourne 1976, Tim Conigrave and John Caleo fell madly in love. Their passionate, tempestuous, operatic romance lasted for 16 years, facing disapproval, temptation, separation, and the looming shadow of the Grim Reaper. Their relationship has been immortalised in Conigrave's posthumous autobiography Holding the Man (now a major Australian film directed by Neil Armfield). This is the true story of how Romeo met Romeo and how first love can not only last but endure.

Riot

2017 - Completed

In 1978, when the push to decriminalize homosexuality has stalled, a group of activists decide they must make one final attempt to celebrate who they are. Led by former union boss, Lance Gowland, they get a police permit and spread the word. On a freezing winter’s night, they cloak themselves in fancy dress, join hands and parade down Oxford Street. But they have no idea that angry police lie in wait, and the courage they find that night will finally mobilize the nation.

Scattered

Jules, Sami and Bo have just attended the painfully drab funeral of their best friend Wil. Wanting to honour him in the way he truly deserves, they take his urn for one final night out to all his favourite haunts before his parents scatter him the next day. There's just one problem: they wake up the morning after without Wil’s ashes. Through flashback we learn about their friendship and the unique relationship each had with Wil as they revisit the stops on the previous night's farewell tour. From late night kebabs to spectacular drag king shows, we follow their exploits as they race against the clock to find what’s left of their friend.

Sequin in a Blue Room

After a chance encounter at an anonymous sex party, a sixteen-year-old boy hunts through the world of a hook-up app to track down the mystery man. Favouring the instant gratification of anonymous, no-strings sexual encounters over meaningful relationships, high-schooler Sequin is part of the always logged-on, but never-engaged, hook-up generation. He ghosts ex-partners and remains emotionally unavailable. That's until he finds his way to an anonymous sex party, where a whole new dizzyingly alluring world unfolds before him. In one scene, Sequin connects with a mysterious stranger, but they are separated suddenly. Utterly fixated on this man, Sequin sets off on an exhilarating and perilous mission to track him down. Co-written by Jory Anast and Samuel Van Grinsven, SEQUIN IN A BLUE ROOM is a highly-accomplished queer coming-of-age tale and a breath of fresh air from the Australian independent film scene.

Starting From Now Season 4 and 5

STARTING FROM NOW is an online drama that explores the lives of four inner-Sydney lesbians as they struggle to work out who they are, find a place where they belong, and maybe even find someone to love along the way. Season 4 picks up three months after Season 3 and sees Darcy return, reluctant to talk about where she’s been and determined to reunite with Steph. Having spent much of Darcy’s absence questioning their relationship and her unresolved feelings for Emily, Steph is in no hurry to forgive. Even Kristen appears to have moved on, juggling her drug addiction and penchant for anonymous sex with a new job at Legal Aid. As each character struggles to negotiate the new circumstances in which they find themselves, they’re forced to deal with the repercussions of past decisions and the realisation that no amount of regret will allow you to go back to the way things were.

Teenage Kicks

In the final moments of his seventeenth year, Miklós Varga’s world has come crumbling down. His plans to run away and escape the hold of his migrant family have been brutally undone by the accidental death of his older brother, Tomi. Only Mik knows the events that led to this tragedy and as far as he can see there is only one person to blame. Himself. He is suddenly torn between his desire to head north and start a new life with his best friend Dan and the obligation to his broken family. Can he fill the shoes of his adored sibling or is he toxic and destined to bring ruin upon everyone he loves? TEENAGE KICKS is a journey through the minefield of adolescence as Mik searches for a way to navigate through his guilt and explosive sexuality to find the man he can be.

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

1994 - Completed

Two drag queens and a transsexual leave Sydney in a bus called 'Priscilla', and travel across half of Australia to climb a rock and put on a show at a resort in the middle of the country. Along the way, they break down, paint the bus lavender, dress up a lot, perform where they shouldn't and encounter hilarity, hostility and incomprehension. THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT is a road movie musical about a collision between three people in the wrong costumes and an environment that does not want them.

Clean

CLEAN charts the journey of larger-than-life trauma cleaning business owner Sandra Pankhurst, as she begins a search for her birth mother and reinvents herself as an icon for resilience.

The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone

Spanning 19 years, THE DREAMLIFE OF GEORGIE STONE is a 29-minute documentary that reveals the memories of Georgie Stone, an Australian transgender teen as she changes laws, affirms her gender, finds her voice and emerges into adulthood.

The Family Law series 1

THE FAMILY LAW gives a vivid glimpse inside the gloriously dysfunctional world of a hilarious and heart-warming Chinese- Australian family through the eyes of 14-year-old Benjamin.

The Formal series 2 & 3

A schoolyard mockumentary series following two very different girls as they plan the biggest night of the year, nay, the biggest night of their lives. The Year 12 Formal. While Monique feels pressure to plan the perfect night, Hannah can’t help focusing only on her developing crush on Monique.

The Heights series 1

The series centres on the inner-city neighbourhood of Arcadia Heights, exploring the relationships between the residents of the Arcadia social housing tower and the people who live in the rapidly gentrifying community that surrounds it.

The Heights series 2

The Heights is a ‘slice of life’ serialised drama that explores the relationships, work lives and everyday challenges faced by six families living in an inner-city social housing tower and the leafy surrounding streets of Arcadia Heights.

The Horizon series 7 and 8

THE HORIZON is both Australia’s most viewed online series and the most-watched gay web series in the world. Made in conjunction with ACON (Aids Council of NSW), The Horizon interweaves safe sex messages and also raises awareness around HIV and gay issues in a subtle, sexy and most importantly, entertaining way.

The Newsreader series 1

An ambitious TV reporter and a 'difficult' female newsreader team up to conquer the world of commercial news.

The Rainbow Passage

THE RAINBOW PASSAGE is an intimate documentary that charts the love story of Cadance and Amanda as they embark on their gender affirmation journey. Along with their bestie Hannah, they build a life and community of LGBTIQA+ friends together in regional Australia. Filmed over 7 months in outback N.S.W., Melbourne, Sydney and South Korea, the documentary is a heart-warming story about overcoming hurdles together and growing into, and with, the people of your dreams.

The Secret Life of Us

2004 - Completed

About a group of 20-somethings living in the urban environs of Melbourne's St Kilda. They have yet to make it, but know it's just a matter of time. A one-hour drama series about love, money, friendship, success and anything else that's worth going after.

The Sum Of Us

1994 - Completed

Jeff and his Dad are an odd couple of lonely hearts. One an open-hearted widower, the other a young bachelor of a different persuasion. Both men need some romance in their otherwise boring lives and decide to look for new ways to find it. Dad enrols in a computer dating service to find his lady love. Son Jeff, sick of one night stands and noisy gay bars, wants a real commitment. But when he finds his Mr Right, what will Dad have to say!

TransAthletica

Sport is the new frontier of trans rights. This year has given trans athletes more visibility than ever, as sporting codes and age-old institutions are forced to grapple with notions of gender and equality. And for many trans athletes, this conversation is a brutal match being played out on a very public field. TransAthletica is a TikTok sport documentary series that tackles these issues from a trans perspective. Trans, autistic TikTok creator and former Badminton champion Rudy Rigg, is going to hit the road and talk to trans athletes from grassroots community clubs all the way up to the pro-leagues, to get to the bottom of why trans athletes are so often left on the bench.

Wentworth series 1

We all know Bea Smith ruled Wentworth Detention Centre. She was gutsy and fearless. But who was Bea Smith before prison? How did a wife and mother from the suburbs become a top dog without rival? Where did the confidence and fortitude come from that enabled her to get there, and what injustices and misadventures fuelled her determination to do it? WENTWORTH is a dynamic, often confronting, drama series that begins with Bea’s early days in prison. Set in the present day, it’s a modern re-imagination of Prisoner.

Why Are You Like This (series)

A six-episode comedy following best friends Penny, Mia and Austin, as they plunder through their early twenties in the hyper-divisive, socio-political hellscape that is 2020, leaving a path of destruction in their wake.

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