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Festival coverage

Inside Out

23 May – 31 May 2025

This year's festival presents an eclectic selection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex films from around the world.

The festival runs from 23 to 31 May.

Other years (4)

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Latest reviews

  • Two Women
    Review preview for Two Women

    It is silly and playful, but there are times when it becomes uncomfortable.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Violette is having a difficult maternity leave. Florence is dealing with depression. Despite their careers and families, they feel like failures. Florence’s first infidelity is a revelation. When having fun is far down the list of priorities, sleeping with a delivery guy could be revolutionary.
  • Baby
    Review preview for Baby

    It is the things taken for granted, as much as the things that stand out, which shape the tale.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    After being released from a juvenile detention center, Wellington finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São Paulo. During a visit to a porn theater, he encounters Ronaldo, a mature man, who teaches him new ways of surviving.
  • Cactus Pears
    Review preview for Cactus Pears

    Although writer/director Rohan Kanawade grew up in the city, there is a deep sense of authenticity about the village setting, and the whole film is handled with a rare degree of sensitivity.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.
  • Lakeview
    Review preview for Lakeview

    Thorne still comes across as being at the stage where many aspects of her work are experimental. She’s yet to settle into her style.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Darcy, a bisexual woman, is divorcing her husband. Her close friends all arrive at her parents’ lakeside house, ready to see her through this major life development. However, everyone is distracted by their own dramas, relationships and personal milestones.
  • I'm Your Venus
    Review preview for I'm Your Venus

    From the start, there is something different about this film.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Documentary considering the unsolved murder of Paris Is Burning star Venus Xtravaganza.
  • Really Happy Someday
    Review preview for Really Happy Someday

    The film hinges on amazing vocal work by Lalama.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Once a rising star of musical theatre, a young man has to find his voice, career and identity all over again after his transition.
  • Sandbag Dam
    Review preview for Sandbag Dam

    Sandbag Dam is powered by stellar, deeply lived-in performances by the young and budding actors.

    Marko Stojiljkovic · 4 out of 5
    In a village threatened by flooding a young man's life is turned upside down by the rekindling of a forbidden romance.
  • 27
    Review preview for 27

    Although Buda makes use of comedy here, it’s always underlined with a recognition of the strain of being unable to be one’s whole self.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Alice lives at her parents' place at the age of 27 with no private life or a relationship. It takes a bicycle accident and a short coma to make her realize that it's time to move out.

Features

  • Time goes slowly
    Rohan Kanawade on telling a different kind of story in Cactus Pears
  • Finding his voice
    J Stevens and Breton Lalama on singing, changing voices and Really Happy Someday
  • Bringing it all together
    Tara Thorne on telling lesbian stories, ensemble filmmaking and Lakeview
  • A difficult age
    Flóra Anna Buda on the challenges facing young adults, and making 27