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Queer cinema on show at the Powerhouse

From a new Australian doco about gay surfers to classics such as Victim, the Brisbane Queer Film Festival has plenty to offer.

11 Feb 2014

Richard Watts

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Image: The new Australian documentary Out in the Line-Up opens this year’s festival.

Now in its 15th year, the Brisbane Queer Film Festival (BQFF) is an annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender culture on screen. Hosted by the Brisbane Powerhouse, the festival faces the challenge of balancing representation with entertainment, politics with passion, a task which festival producer Troy Armstrong embraces with gusto.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts

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