Geelong Pride Film Festival


Thank you to everyone who attended this year's Geelong Pride Film Festival events.

The countdown is officially on - we're turning 10!
Join us next year as we celebrate a decade of LGBTIQA+ cinema, stories, and community connection for our 10th Anniversary.

Save the Dates
15 April – 18 April 2027

Film Submissions
Submissions are currently closed, but 2027 submissions will be opening soon! Keep an eye out for updates and bookmark our FilmFreeway page to submit your work once we open: https://filmfreeway.com/GeelongPrideFilm   


About Geelong Pride Film Festival 
The Geelong Pride Film Festival (GPFF) is an LGBTIQA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans & Gender Diverse, Intersex, Queer and Asexual) film festival in Geelong, Australia.

Our non-profit community-run festival screens contemporary and classic LGBTIQA+ themed films in Geelong through an annual film festival and a series of special screenings and events.

GPFF also supports local filmmakers through prizes and commissions.

Classification
The Classification Board grants GPFF special customs and censorship clearances that mean all audience members must be 18 years or over except where indicated.
Concession
Full-time students, pensioners, unwaged, seniors.
Access
The Pivotonian and Platform Arts and Village Geelong are wheelchair accessible.

The Pivotonian and Village Geelong have assisted listening via an audio loop.

Please contact GPFF if you have personal accessibility requirements. Assistance dogs welcome. Companion Cards are welcome. To book a companion card ticket please contact GPFF directly via tickets@gpff.org.au

GPFF Sponsors and Supporters
The festival would not be possible without our sponsors and partners.  The City of Greater Geelong support the festival through the Creative Communities grant program, the Victorian Government has supported GPFF since 2019 with a Pride Events and Festivals Fund grant.   

EnergyAustralia is our Platinum Sponsor. 

Provincial Media our Gold media partners design our posters and program booklets which are printed with support from Snap Printing Geelong.  WorkSafe Victoria, Meli, Thorne Harbour Health, Geelong Arts Centre, Platform Arts, Post Lab IO,  Leura Park Estate are Gold Sponsors. MacKillop Family Services, Great Ocean Road Gin, Mt Pleasant Rd Brewers are Silver Sponsors. Ballroom Baby, Valley Road Nursery, Splatters Cheese Bar are Community Sponsors and Supporters. Deakin University are Bronze Sponsors.

The Pivotonian Cinema, is the home of the Geelong Pride Film Festival showing diverse and high-quality independent cinema year-round.  Platform Arts and Village Cinemas Geelong are also our venue partners. Beav's Bar Geelong is the official bar of the festival.  

Auslan Stage Left and Access Media are our accessibility partners.


GPFF Founding Committee Members: Stephen Ryan, Andrew Coon, Jodie O’Connor, Laura Lorcane Deriu, Lisa Gleeson, Simone Farnsworth

 

Acknowledgement of Country
GPFF wishes to acknowledge that the Geelong Pride Film Festival is held on the traditional lands of the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation. We respectfully acknowledge them as Traditional Owners and pay respect to their Elders, past and present and their emerging leaders. We recognise their continuing connection to land, water, culture and community. Geelong Pride Film Festival supports all the elements of the Uluru Statement From the Heart - Voice, Treaty and Truth.