Queer cinema could benefit from specific funding: Farrant
Melbourne Queer Film Festival winner Kim Farrant believes queer cinema could benefit from special government funding, but also has to stand on its own merits.
“Perhaps a ‘queer strand’ of specific funding would be beneficial to make it less competitive for such projects,” Farrant told Encore. “But at the same time, it might reinforce a notion that queer films are not in the same league as mainstream films.”
Farrant won the City of Melbourne Emerging Filmmaker for Best Australian Short Queer Film at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival for the short film Bombshell, which has been sold to SBS and will continue to play at international festivals.
“My experience has been a good one with our TV market. Yes, it was a queer film, but it was also a film about the codes of acceptable behaviour between families. It was about the devastating effects of secrets. I think anyone can relate to that, whether it’s a queer story or not,” explained Farrant.
