A diverse showcase of LGBTQ+ stories and a celebration of local filmmaking talent. 

This collection of films showcasing Australian filmmaking talent is presented in partnership with Melbourne Queer Film Festival. These exciting voices and stories take on subjects as diverse as coming out and running away from a dangerous cult, a confidant that is very ‘fishy’, a feminist protest in a small country pub and a young man grappling with an evangelical church and his emerging desire for men.

Sammy the Salmon Dir: Jake Shannon, 2018, 6 mins

Cherry Season Dir: Joshua Longhurst, 2018, 13 mins

Joy Boy Dir: Stef Smith, 2018, 9 mins

Great Again Dir: Kirrilee Bailey, 2018, 6 mins

Shepherd Dir: Clay Waddell, 2018, 11 mins

Ladies Lounge Dir:  Monique Bettello, 2018, 8 mins

Broken Dir: Stevie Cruz-Martin, 2018, 10 mins

Bodies Dir: Laura Nagy, 2018, 15 mins

Jupiter Dir: Michael Zito, 2018, 13 mins

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Sammy the Salmon

Sat 6 Apr 3:00 PM

The Pivotonian Cinema

6 Mins mins

Unable to pluck up the courage to come-out to his girlfriend, Spencer comes across Sammy – a talking salmon who offers to get his love life back on track.

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Cherry Season

Sat 6 Apr 3:00 PM

The Pivotonian Cinema

13 Mins mins

Summer has arrived in Shantelle’s hometown of Young, NSW. Between stacking the shelves with cherries and scrolling through women on her feed, there doesn’t appear to be much going on in Shantelle’s...

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Joy Boy

Sat 6 Apr 3:00 PM

The Pivotonian Cinema

9 Mins mins

Based on a true story, Joy Boy revisits pivotal moments in the life of Jonny, a young man caught between his conservative family, an evangelical church and his emergent sexuality.

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Great Again

Sat 6 Apr 3:00 PM

The Pivotonian Cinema

6 Mins mins

Jordan, a queer non-binary person, visits their conservative family in the country, only to be greeted by their mother sporting a rather unambiguous cap.Great Again Dir: Kirrilee Bailey, 2018, 6 mins

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Shepherd

Sat 6 Apr 3:00 PM

The Pivotonian Cinema

11 Mins mins

Directed by Clay Waddell, Shepherd follows Darcy, an awkward 17 year old boy, on a drunken night out with his brother and team mates where he finds himself pressured to be the very type of man he...

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Ladies Lounge

Sat 6 Apr 3:00 PM

The Pivotonian Cinema

8 Mins mins

In 1965 rural Victoria, a woman chains herself to the foot rail of her local pub to protest the gender segregation laws of the time. Dir: Monique Bettello, 2018, 8 minsDirectors Statement“I came...

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Broken

Sat 6 Apr 3:00 PM

The Pivotonian Cinema

10 Mins mins

When it becomes clear to a gay man that his disability has ruined his sex life with his boyfriend, he grapples with how the relationship can continue.

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Bodies

Sat 6 Apr 3:00 PM

The Pivotonian Cinema

15 Mins mins

Bodies is a 15-minute drama exploring a toxic friendship between two teenage girls - both seeking to master control of the world around them, their relationships, and their own bodies through...

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Jupiter

Sat 6 Apr 3:00 PM

The Pivotonian Cinema

13 Mins mins

Two young men make a bid for freedom from the confines of a mysterious rural commune.Dir: Michael Zito, 2018, 13 mins

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