Watch the 2021 Geelong Pride Film Festival for free!
The Geelong Pride Film Festival is back! Now one of the largest regional LGBTIQ+ film festivals in Australia, the 2021 event will showcase nine feature films and more than 50 short films from across Australia and around the world.
From Thursday 22 April to Sunday 16 May, the festival will present a series of cinema screenings at the Pivotonian Cinema and Village Geelong. There’s also online streaming options available from now until Wednesday 28 April. Check out the full program.
Grab your free ticket now
As a Platinum Sponsor of the festival, we have a limited number of passes to give away to Deakin students. You can choose either cinema or on-demand online screenings. Register now to secure yours – you’ll need to use your Deakin email address and indicate your preference for feature films or short-film packages.
You can also buy a festival pass for unlimited access or purchase extra tickets online.
Festival highlights
Here’s some of the films not to miss!
Happy Endings
A collection of short films from around the world that have positive, uplifting or humorous endings for LGBTIQ+ characters. (Cinema and online)
Breaking Fast
Mo, a practising Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life after breaking up with his long-term boyfriend. Enter Kal, an all-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to breakfast with him during the holy month of Ramadan. (Cinema and online)
Rūrangi
A touching film about the power of embracing your identity in all its forms. A decade since he skipped town without warning, gay transgender activist Caz returns to his isolated hometown of Rūrangi, where no one has seen or heard from him since he transitioned. Although former best friend Anahera is quick to embrace him, the same can’t be said of his estranged father, while his reappearance raises more questions than answers for ex-boyfriend Jem. (Cinema only)
Ahead of the Curve
A documentary tracing the power of lesbian visibility and community from the early ’90s to the present day through the story of Franco Stevens’s founding of Curve, the bestselling lesbian magazine. (Cinema and online)