QueerDOC Shorts

QueerDOC Shorts

Tue
25
Tue 25 Feb 6:20 PM

Ritz Cinemas, Randwick
Wheelchair
General Admission
Unclassified 18+
97 Mins
February
Tue 25 Feb

From activists to artists and beyond, these short documentaries put a human face to an array of remarkable true stories.

The Callers
Anonymous documentary testimony and dramatic reenactments combine to tell the story of the oldest queer support line in the UK, the LGBT Switchboard established in 1974. Australian Premiere

Orgy Every Other Day
Ready, sex, go: go beyond the well-documented world of gay male sex parties, in this dive into NYC‘s diverse queer underground sex party scene. Sydney Premiere

Amma’s Pride
A supportive mother hopes for a miracle as she watches her trans daughter Srija fall in love, and fight for state and societal recognition of her marriage in a traditional small town in South India. Australian Premiere

Empress
An intimate exploration of a Sydney-based artist Dyan Tai’s quest to create and celebrate queer Asian spaces through the transformative power of their art. World Premiere

Poisoned Well
Slovakian LGBTIQ+ participants in a self-defense course reflect on the fear that motivated them to join, after a terrorist attack on a Bratislavan gay bar on 12 October, 2022. Sydney Premiere

Jamie
Pioneering alpinist Jamie Logan has climbed some of the most dangerous climbs in the world, but nothing felt as frightening as admitting that she wanted to live openly as a woman at age 69. Sydney Premiere

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Screens with:

Ritz Cinemas, Randwick

45 St Pauls St Randwick, NSW, 2031