Lesbian Space Princess (Animation)

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Director: Leela Varghese,Emma Hough Hobbs
Producer: Tom Phillips
Screenwriter: Emma Hough Hobbs,Leela Varghese
Composer: Michael Darren
Editor: Ben Fernandez
Key Cast: Aunty Donna,Bernie Van Tiel,Madeleine Sami,Jordan Raskopoulos,Kween Kong,Gemma Chua-Tran,Demi Lardner & Reuben Kaye,Shabana Azeez,Richard Roxburgh

Set in a gaylaxy far, far away, this is the multi-award-winning Australian animated musical rom-com of your rainbow alphabet dreams.

Introverted and anxiety-ridden, Saira’s only escape from the burden of being heir to her planet’s throne is her thrilling new love: aggressively extroverted bounty hunter Kiki the Destroyer. Unfortunately for Saira, Kiki’s just dumped her … and unfortunately for Kiki, she’s just been abducted by a gang of marauding incels known as the Straight White Maliens, and only her now ex-girlfriend can save her! But to win Kiki’s freedom, and hopefully her love, Saira must face an even scarier enemy: her own self-doubt.

Following its Adelaide Film Festival Audience Award win by landing with a bang at the Berlinale, where it scooped up the prestigious Teddy Award for Best Feature, this independent debut feature from South Australian writer/directors and real-life girlfriends Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese has cult classic written all over it. Not only a vibrantly animated, rapid-fire joke cannon with a terrific local voice cast including Shabana Azeez, Gemma Chua-Tran, Richard Roxburgh, Aunty Donna, Madeleine Sami and Jordan Raskopoulos, Lesbian Space Princess is also a heartwarming inter-gay-lactic journey of self-discovery, self-acceptance and self-love.

“Frequently hilarious, the film also has a lot of heart … This is the queer animated sci-fi musical comedy you’ve been looking for.” – The Queer Review


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Writer/directors Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese are guests of the festival and will be in attendance at the Friday 15 August and Sunday 17 August sessions.

Feel lost looking for love in a vast and empty gaylaxy? Worry not – a one-off collaboration between MIFF and Bar Flippy’s is here to save the day! We cordially invite lesbians of all genders to our Lesbian Space Princess Speed Dating event on Friday 15 August, 7.30pm, at the MIFF Festival Hub. Tickets are free, but bookings are essential.