2023 Feature Films
Unlucky-in-love martial artist Juniper has hit rock bottom. She's working at her ex-girlfriend's MMA studio by day and crashing on her couch by night. Needing something to call her own, Juniper steps into a local thrift store and buys a painting. What was a spur-of-the-moment purchase turns into a life-changing adventure when two masked thieves try to steal the painting.
Introduction and Q+A with the director, Cinder Chou (Thurs 12 Oct 7.30pm )
Showings – select to order tickets:
Thu, Oct 12th, 7:30 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 2
2023 Feature Films
Over the course of a single hectic day in New York City, three people from Feña's past are thrust back into his life: his foreign father, his straight ex-boyfriend, and his 13 years-old half-sister. Having lost touch since transitioning from female to male, Feña must navigate the new dynamics of these old relationships while tackling the day-to-day challenges that come with living a life in-between.
Showings – select to order tickets:
Wed, Oct 11th, 2:30 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 2
Sun, Oct 15th, 4:30 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 2
2023 Feature Films
Jamie’s dream camping trip is ruined before it even begins when he finds out that his beloved cousin is bringing her new boyfriend. However, Jamie’s initial jealousy of the competent and confident Dan quickly turns into a friendship, as they bond over cooking, games and both being “big boys.”
Showings – select to order tickets:
Sat, Oct 14th, 2:30 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 2
Sun, Oct 15th, 12:15 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 2
2023 Feature Films
A young priest is intent on denying his homosexuality, and he's not doing a very good job. Meanwhile, his alien ex-lover is plotting to turn the Earth into a homosexual planet during a cosmic event and Captain Faggotron is caught in the middle. Clashing ideologies culminate in an orgy of gay demons and a love that no longer has to hide.
Introduction and Q+A with the director Harvey Rabbit (Fri 13 Oct 9.30pm)
Showings – select to order tickets:
Fri, Oct 13th, 9:30 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 2
2023 Feature Films
A 19-year-old Polish immigrant working at a fish factory in Norway has feelings for his colleague. A strike begins among the Polish workers at the factory testing their relationship, and with their fellow workers.
Introduction and Q+A with the lead actor Hubert Milkowski (Thurs 12 Oct 12.15pm).
Showings – select to order tickets:
Thu, Oct 12th, 12:15 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 2
Fri, Oct 13th, 6:00 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 1
2023 Feature Films
In a youth correctional facility, Joe is preparing his return to society. But William’s arrival turns his desire for freedom into desire of another kind. Behind fences and cell walls, passions begin to play havoc with the need for liberty. To love each other, they will have to break the law.
Introduction and Q+A with the director, Zeno Graton (Wed, 11th Oct).
Showings – select to order tickets:
Wed, Oct 11th, 8:00 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 1
Sun, Oct 15th, 2:30 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 1
2023 Feature Films
When the city’s Gay Pride Parade celebration is shattered by a sudden act of violence, friends Guy and Joy take cover at Guy’s apartment, en-route picking up a fellow parade-goer, Dan. Though in shock at the day’s events, but bolstered by a stash of recreational drugs, Guy is determined to carry on partying and get close to the mysterious and handsome Dan.
Showings – select to order tickets:
Sat, Oct 14th, 9:30 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 2
2023 Feature Films
Training the incoming young recruits who serve their time at the Austrian military is a very particular job, but vice lieutenant Eismayer likes it. Anyone in his company who believes he’s smart enough to have a bit of fun in the midst of all the drills will be encouraged by him, the toughest instructor in the army, to think again. Styrian actor Gerhard Liebmann coolly nails his character study of the eponymous hero, who reaches a crossroad in his life and career when he falls in love with one of the new soldiers (Luka Dimić).
Showings – select to order tickets:
Sat, Oct 14th, 7:30 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 2
Sun, Oct 15th, 2:30 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 2
2023 Feature Films
Following a stunning performance as drag persona Aphrodite Banks, Jules (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) is violently attacked by a gang of young men, whose ringleader Preston (George MacKay) was making eyes at Jules mere minutes before. The homophobic attack causes Jules to retreat into himself, until a chance encounter with Preston points him in the direction of revenge. But as their relationship develops, so do the complications.
Showings – select to order tickets:
Sat, Oct 14th, 6:30 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 1
Sun, Oct 15th, 8:00 PM @ Chapter (Screen 1)
2023 Feature Films
In 1999, the sudden death of her father Hassan (Hamza Haq) sends queer Muslim grad student Azra (Amrit Kaur) flying back to her ancestral home in Pakistan, where her stern mother Mariam (Nimra Bucha) demands she play the role of the perfect grieving daughter. But through flashbacks to Mariam's own life in Karachi 30 years before, we see the connections uniting mother and daughter, starting with their shared love of the Bollywood star Sharmila Tagore.
Introduction and Q+A with the director, Fawzia Mirza (Wed 11 Oct 7.30pm).
Showings – select to order tickets:
Wed, Oct 11th, 7:30 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 2
Sat, Oct 14th, 12:15 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 1
2023 Feature Films
A divorcing couple fight over the custody of their 8-year-old son. Starring Luke Evans (Nicky) and Billy Porter (Gabriel). Both workaholic breadwinner Nicky and former actor/devoted stay-at-home dad Gabriel feel entitled to full custody, as the former partners struggle to redefine their lives post-separation.
Showings - select to order tickets:
Thu, Oct 12th, 8:00 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 1
Sun, Oct 15th, 6:30 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 1
2023 Feature Films
Helen (Louise Brealey) lives with her ex-husband, his 20-year-old girlfriend, their new baby - and his dying mother Gwen. Her life is a grind, and like all the other women she toils with at the local chicken factory, is spent in service of the clock. She lives only for laughing with her friends at work, caring for Gwen, and music. When Joanne, the girl she secretly loved at school, comes back to town, Helen's world is turned upside down.
Introduction and Q+A with the director Janis Pugh (Fri 13 Oct 8pm)
Showings – select to order tickets:
Fri, Oct 13th, 8:00 PM @ Vue Cinema - Screen 1
Sun, Oct 15th, 5:30 PM @ Chapter (Screen 1)
