Melbourne Queer Film Festival Announces 2020 Award Winners
The Melbourne Queer Film Festival was cancelled due to the current health crisis. However, the 2020 awards were still announced, according to ArtsReview.
Taking home the top award, for best director, was Laura Nagy, who directed the film Hook Up.
Check out the full list of winners below!
The City of Melbourne Award - Best Australian Short: Black Lips - directed by Adrian Chiarella
Film Victoria Award - Best Director: Laura Nagy - director of Hook Up
ME Bank Award - Emerging Filmmaker: Tommy Hart - director of Kids on Fire
The Pride Foundation Award - Best Australian Feature: Unsound - directed by Ian Watson
Shaun Miller Lawyers Award - Best Documentary Short: Belonging - directed by Matt Scholten
The Melbourne Queer Film Festival showcases the best in new and retrospective LGBTIQ+ cinema with a wide array of features, shorts and documentaries to make you laugh, cry and think.
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Saplings - Art Centre Melbourne The Show Room (7/31-8/01) |
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PAW Patrol™ Live! "Race to the Rescue" Margaret Court Arena (8/22-8/23) |
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Dance Palace Luna Park (8/20-9/12) |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest - Preview Athenaeum Theatre One (11/13-11/15) |
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The Music and Life of Barbra Streisand starring Melinda Schneider Hamer Hall (8/07-8/07) |
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Cut Chilli by Chenturan Aran Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre (8/12-8/23) |
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Play In A Day: Volpone, Or, The Fox The University of Melbourne (11/18-11/18) |
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Menopause The Musical Athenaeum Theatre One (9/02-9/06) |
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PAW Patrol™ Live! "Race to the Rescue" MyState Bank Arena (7/25-7/25) |
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Steel Magnolias The Athenaeum (7/23-8/09) |