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Lorne MacFadyen for On The Sea, Louis Flanagan for Flirt and MQFF Festival Director Louise Lever
Monday, 19 October, 2026
For this Out Takes, we shared three interviews for you that highlight some of the great talent and queer films on offer here and abroad this October and November. We recently reviewed the beautiful drama ‘On The Sea’ which is screening exclusively at Cinema Nova which is set in a remote fishing community in Northern Wales. The film begins with us meeting Jack, a mussel harvester, who expects his son to continue the family trade. Tensions arise when his son resists this expectation, and the arrival of Daniel, a new deckhand further complicates relationships within the community. Daniel is played by Lorne MacFayden who we had the pleasure of speaking with recently from London for a chat about the film, the importance of telling these late in life coming out stories and more. We also recently featured some of the great LGBTQ films on offer in this years Irish Film Festival which is on now across Australia in cinemas and online. One of the short film highlights is ‘Flirt’ which is written and co-directed by Louis Flanagan which follows a young man’s debs night which is turned on its head when a secret threatens to devastate his relationship and future plans. We caught up with Louie from his home base of Dublin to discus how he got started in filmmaking, his career in TV production and his wonderful film. We rounded out this show by speaking with Louise Lever, the recently appointed Festival Director for the Melbourne Queer Film Festival. With the MQFF program launch held recently, we got to see the fantastic line-up of feature films on offer this November for the 36th edition of the festival so who better to speak about the line-up then the person who helped pull it all together. As a filmmaker and film lover it was great to speak to Louise about her new role, the theme for this years festival and of course some of the many highlights on offer for MQFF 2026. The post Lorne MacFadyen for On The Sea, Louis Flanagan for Flirt and MQFF Festival Director Louise Lever appeared first on Out Takes.
