January 2010

IN THIS ISSUE:

Festival Update

Carnival and 60 Prizes in 60 Days!

MUTS

Giveaways Galore

Lesbian Love

Perfect Partners

Sponsors Thanks

Festival Update

Things are roasting up like you cannot imagine. There are hysterical phone calls abound, film reels spewing from their canisters, unidentified objects flying around the office and random interns running up and down the corridors with gay abandon. But don’t be fooled; our calm, professional chic helps to maintain complete control. Honest.

So…..who’s going to spice up their life and volunteer for us this year? You will be guaranteed an amazing experience like no other. Just listen to these testimonials:

‘Volunteering for MQFF gave me the ride of my life’ – John, St Kilda
‘I saw lots of free films and got a sexy new t-shirt – my life is complete’ – Ann, Ivanhoe
‘I don’t think I’ll ever be the same again’ - Anonymous, Northcote

This could be YOU! New friends, new adventures, new lovers…..or perhaps old ones so you can finally get that closure you’ve always needed. Either way – we need you!

How to become a MQFF Vollie: Registrations open at Carnival, then after that all you need to do is hit our registration page online at our website. Registrations will be open until 22nd Feb. All your vollie info is located here as well.

Speaking of Vollie - the festival would like to welcom Ross Larkin as the festival's Marketing Intern. His imprint is all over this edition of 'buff'.

Carnival is SO this Sunday. And we KNOW you will be there in all your Midsumma glory, ready to visit the MQFF stall and chat to our vollies while learning about our unbelievable 60 prizes in 60 days competition. So remember to sign up for membership, ideally BEFORE Sunday so you don’t have to wait, and you can enter straight into the prize pool online from Sunday!

Speaking of prizes – there are so many give aways in this edition of buff, that you may need to sit down, regain your composure and wipe yourself off. But they didn't just fall out of the sky, so a big thanks goes to Love Films, ACMI, Madman Films, Pernac and Pink Sofa for their generous support.

Until next time,
Rowena, Alex and Ross.

(this edition of buff is so big it needed 3 editors!!)

Carnival and 60 Prizes in 60 Days!

Just when you thought gift-giving season was over, here at MQFF we’re giving away more prizes than you can fathom.

Volkswagen is celebrating the Melbourne Queer Film Festival’s 20th Anniversary by giving you the chance to win one of 60 double movie passes.

Every day, between Midsumma Carnival on 17th January and MQFF Opening Night on 17th March, Volkswagen will be giving away a double pass to any session at the 2010 Festival (excluding Opening and Closing Nights). Only MQFF Members are eligible - so make sure you join or renew for your chance to win! With your membership number go to our '60 Prizes in 60 Days' page on the website after 17 January and register. You only need to enter once: you will be automatically entered in the daily draw every day.

In even more exciting news, everyone who enters is in the draw for the major prize worth over $2000 which includes a weekend for two at Melbourne’s newest luxury hotel, The Cullen, Dinner at Hoo Haa, a pack of fine wine from Train Trak Winery, free parking for the whole festival thanks to Secure Parking Flinders Gate and VIP Closing Night film and party tickets for 4 people (to which you'll be chauffeur driven by Volkswagen! The winner will be announced at the Opening Night Gala.

MUTS

Melbourne Queer Film Festival in partnership with City of Yarra presents 4 warm and romantic nights of queer film favourites on the banks of the Yarra. BYO picnic hamper and cushions. Domestic Goddesses should note there are prizes for best hamper.
 

Beautiful Thing - 22nd Jan
"Immensely touching and truly genuine. A little gem of a film" - Flixster

I Can't Think Straight - 23rd Jan
"A glossy contemporary cross-cultural romance" - Rotten Tomatoes

Chutney Popcorn - 29th Jan
"Hollywood could learn a thing or two from Chutney Popcorn" - New York Times

Patrik 1.5 - 30th Jan
"One of the most amusing and humane films you'll see this year" - Toronto International Film Festival
For more information and to book tickets simply click here and look forward to some fun, food and film by the river.

Gates open at 7pm . Film screens at dusk. Tickets at the door. For more information go to our webpage.

Giveaways Galore

"WRANGLER:Anatomy of an Icon" DVD GIVEAWAY

Come on boys, who wouldn’t want a free DVD of tasty ‘70’s porn star Jack Wrangler, rippling with muscles of every kind? We have five sealed copies to give away! And you can’t just get it anywhere, y'know.

A crowd-pleaser at both Melbourne Queer Film Festival and Mardi Gras Film Festival this year, Wrangler: Anatomy of An Icon traces the life and career of 70s gay porn star Jack Wrangler.
Jack defined the 70’s muscle man aesthetic. He became a major brand name in adult entertainment, as well as a hero to the newly liberated gay population, which was just starting to come out of the closet.

With piercing blue eyes, unruly blond hair, a chiselled physique and cocky swagger, Jack Wrangler was beautiful, but he wasn’t the typical object of homoerotic desire. He was an intelligent, full-bodied, self-confident stud, and his career took him down a wild and unpredictable path. Packed with rare footage, celebrity interviews, and witty commentary by Wrangler himself, this is an unflinching portrait of a gay legend that broke all the rules.

To win one of 5 copies of Wrangler:Anatomy of an Icon, simply email your name, membership number and 'WRANGLER' in the subject line to info@mqff.com.au. Entries close 5pm on Monday January 18. All entries will go into a draw with the winners chosen at random and notified. If you don't win you can always buy the DVD from Hares & Hyena's and while you're there you can check out the rest of the titles from Love Films.

DENNIS HOPPER AND THE NEW HOLLYWOOD

This major exhibition of original artworks by the likes of Dennis Hopper and Andy Warhol is not to be missed. And up for grabs is not one, not five, but ten double passes. Get in quick!
A unique insight into the life and times of a living legend - his films, his art and his exceptional private collection.

Dennis Hopper & the New Hollywood takes you on a trip through the art and film that came to define a generation, a cultural storm ignited by Hopper’s own startling directorial debut Easy Rider (1969), inaugurating the ‘New Hollywood’ and elevating him as an icon of American counter-culture.

Universally recognised for his film work as an award-winning actor and director, Dennis Hopper’s prolific talents as an artist, photographer and art collector are less well known. Dennis Hopper & the New Hollywood is an exclusive showcase of Hopper’s own work – his films, his art and photography. It is also a unique opportunity to view part of his expansive private collection of contemporary art, including paintings, photographs and sculptures never before seen in public by artists such as Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ed Ruscha and many more.

Open until Sunday 25 April 2010 at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Melbourne. www.acmi.net.au for details.

To win one of 10 double passes to Dennis Hopper & the New Hollywood, simply email your name, membership number and 'DENNIS HOPPER' in the subject line to info@mqff.com.au. Entries close 6pm on Monday January 18. All entries will go into a draw with the winners chosen at random and notified.

"IN THE LOOP" GIVEAWAY

"In The Loop" is a foul-mouthed comedy that draws on non-specific events to create a world that is terrifyingly familiar: The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war, but not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. US General Miller certainly doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development.
Soon, the Brits are in Washington, where diplomatic relations collide with trans-Atlantic spin doctors, quickly spiraling into a mountain of conflict.

To win one of 5 double passes to In the Loop, simply email your name, membership number and 'LOOP' in the subject line to info@mqff.com.au. Entries close 6pm on Monday January 18. All entries will go into a draw with the winners chosen at random and notified.

A big thanks goes to our lovely friends at Madman Films for this one.

PERNAC OFFER

PERNAC.com.au is revolutionising the way men dress, making the finest quality tailor-made clothes at ready-to-wear prices. Choose from over 600 fabrics with suits from just $449 and shirts from$129. Let yourself be carried away by the flood of colours, the multitude of fabrics, and all the tiny details that will set you apart from the crowd. Visit their showroom in Melbourne where you can have your measurements taken and view their entire fabric collection.

We've organised for MQFF members and BUFF subscribers to receive a special festival offer of $108 of extra value that includes a free measurement appointment, silk tie and suit slipcover. To take advantage of this offer simply mention MQFF at time of purchase.

Level 5, Causeway House, 306 Little Collins Street in the Melbourne CBD. Call (03) 9016 3410 for any enquiries.

 
PINK SOFA OFFER

Find Love on Pink Sofa NOW! Special offer for MQFF members, subscribe for 1 month and get 1 month FREE.

Go to www.pinksofa.com and just enter the promo code 1vic1 when you join. Find friends, events and dates. Hurry, offer ends 31/1/2010. (This offer is available to selected pink sofa members and is not transferrable.)

Lesbian Love

Wishing Well Productions are presenting A Narrow Time for Angels, a new Melbourne-made musical, and they're generously throwing a fundraiser performance for MQFF, Thursday 4th Feb @ 8pm.

A Narrow Time for Angels is an irreverent comedy; fast paced and sexy, with more than a hint of dark humour and a sprinkling of songs.

It is midnight at the morgue and Sam’s working overtime. When her routine autopsy is interrupted by Magnolia Ternback on a mysteriously morbid mission, they find themselves on a roller coaster ride of lost love, desperate acts, bubbling desire, betrayal and murder. Between love and hate, between midnight and morning, between death and heaven’s door…it’s a narrow time for angels.

Thursday 4 February, 8pm. Studio 2, Northcote Town Hall, 189 High Street Northcote. For information and tickets head to www.northcotetownhall.com.au or call (03) 9481 9500 and mention MQFF. For more information about the production contact wishingwellp@gmail.com or call 0417 161 098.

Sponsors Thanks

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