Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2012

This year I saw six films at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a 100% increase on 2011 (my first year).

Films, from most favourite to least favourite:

1. Wish Me Away
2. The Cure
3. Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same
4. With Every Heartbeat (Kiss me)
5. Daphne
6. Circumstance Stats:

• 2 documentaries, 4 features
• 5 with lesbian themes, 1 general (with predominantly male subjects)
• 1 Australian, 2 USA, 1 Swedish, 1 English, 1 Iranian
• 4 with positive endings/resolutions, 2 with negative – a big improvement on my selection last year

Favourite quotes (paraphrased), from The Cure:

Don’t heterosexual men admire the strength of a man’s legs … I mean, I’m heterosexual too.

and Wish Me Away:

I’m so happy to say I’M GAYYYY!