Goodbye yellow brick road: the post-Mardi Gras blues
The post-Mardi Gras blues are real and they are being felt more than ever this year. Travis de Jonk reflects on why.
Queer Screen
The improbable anarchist
The Sentinel meets the world’s most controversial and polarising gay activist, Peter Tatchell, ahead a screening of the Hating Peter Tatchell documentary at the Mardi Gras Film Festival.
Queer Screen offers accessible LGBTQI+ films at $10 Community Screenings
Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival is offering specially curated $10 Community Screenings which facilitate easy attendance, factoring in considerations such as cost, locations, dates and times.
Mardi Gras Film Festival: how Queer Screen’s Completion Fund helps get films over the line
The Queer Screen Completion Fund was established to provide support to Australian LGBTQI+ filmmakers and storytellers. Tileah Dobson explores how it helps get new productions over the line.
Mardi Gras Film Festival announces special youth event
Queer Screen’s 29th Mardi Gras Film Festival is offering a range of youth-oriented films this year, headlined by the Australian premiere of Hetero, a film created by queer teenagers for queer teenagers.
Mardi Gras defies Covid to unveil mammoth entertainment line-up
A diverse range of artists and performers are joining together to ensure this year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival is one to remember.
Parade, Fair Day and other key Mardi Gras events to proceed despite Party cancellation
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has confirmed its 2022 Party has been cancelled due to Covid-19 – but key events such as the Parade, Fair Day and Mardi Gras Film Festival will proceed.
First Nations in the spotlight at Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival
Tickets to the Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival are on sale now, with this year’s festival putting a spotlight on First Nations stories, as well as queer community rebels.
Out & About Sydney: March 2021
Sydney is positively packed with events in March – which is officially Art Month and the month of Mardi Gras, the Greek Festival, St Patrick’s Day, International Women’s Day and much more!
The dedicated volunteers who make Queer Screen happen
Rita Bratovich interviews three of Queer Screen’s dedicated volunteers – the fabulous pink-shirted individuals who help make Queer Screen such a huge success.
Queer life in the reel world
Rita Bratovich previews a selection of cinematic delights at this year’s Mardi Gras Film Festival.
Pregnant with possibilities
Rita Bratovich reviews hot new indie film Milkwater, which will be presented by The Sydney Sentinel at the Mardi Gras Film Festival.
The Queen of Queer Screen
The Sentinel interviews Lisa Rose, the woman behind Australia’s largest queer film festival.
Queer Screen 2021: LGBTQI lives through lenses
The 2021 Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival takes place from 18 February to 14 March and features over 90 films.
The art of authenticity
Film and TV actor Zoe Terakes is on the brink of major stardom, writes Clare Hennessy, who interviewed the actor exclusively for the Sentinel.