For the first time, two Australian festivals have been chosen for the prestigious Goes to Cannes program.
A few hours before flying out, Western Sydney filmmaker Bina Bhattacharya still can't believe she's going to Cannes Film Festival."It's also terrifying – it's the longest I've been away from my two small children. I'm going for 11 days, and I had to buy a new wardrobe. I'm a Westie filmmaker who doesn't put much effort into my personal appearance, and I actually had to go buy some decent clothes.
"That's where the plot came from, of people that have an alternative lifestyle, but kind of have to keep it on the down-low because they're ethnic and live in suburbia. I thought, 'Alright, I'm going to write a film that only I can write, about suburbia and my day-to-day life.' Queer Screen festival director Lisa Rose says the Goes to Cannes selections speak to "the spectrum of gay, lesbian, pansexual, bisexual and transgender experiences"."It's a really fantastic event, particularly for Australians to come to because it makes you feel connected to the global film industry," says Lisa Rose, Queer Screen's festival director.
Rose notes that, beyond any one deal, Goes to Cannes boosts the international eyeballs on Australian queer filmmakers and also on Queer Screen itself, a not-for-profit with funding programs for filmmakers. Adelaide Film Festival's picks include: Kangaroo Island, a drama about a flailing Hollywood starlet returning home; fantasy animation Lesbian Space Princess; Mockbuster, a mockumentary about a parody film's chaotic set; The Iron Winter, a documentary about herders in Mongolia's Tsakhir Valley; and With or Without You, a drama about a mother-daughter road trip across Australia
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