Melbourne Queer Film Festival Unveils 2014 Program
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Melbourne Queer Film Festival Unveils 2014 Program

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Hosted over 11 days, MIQF will celebrate all things lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transsexual (and all things sexual, to be honest). Opening this year’s festival will be Travis Fine’s (The Space Between) newest work, Any Day Now, starring Alan Cumming (The Good Wife, X-Men) and Garret Dillahunt (12 Years a Slave, Raising Hope). Set in the 1970s, Any Day Now illustrates the true story of a gay couple who wish adopt a neglected boy with Down Syndrome.

Other festival highlights include the 20th anniversary screening of iconic musical, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and the screening of recently remastered classic, Victim, one of the first films to directly address homophobia. Closing this year’s festival will be Reaching for the Moon, starring Miranda Otto (Rake, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) as Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Elizabeth Bishop and Glória Pires (The Inheritance) as renowned architect Lota de Macedo Soares, who both become embroiled in a passionate love affair.