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Lesbian Space Princess + Q&A Sydney Film Festival

7 June 2025

In the Playhouse

Cinema

Australia | 2025 | English | Comedy, Sci-Fi | U15+

Introverted lesbian space princess Saira goes on an inter-gay-lactic mission to rescue her ex from evil incel aliens in this riotous, Berlin Teddy Award-winning Aussie animation.

This special screening will also include a spoken introduction with Justin Martyniuk and a live Q&A with Justin Martyniuk alongside Directors Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese.

A heartfelt candy-colored love letter to lesbians in a galaxy far, far away.

David Opie, IndieWire

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An outrageously funny, subversive, kinky, gory, gooey and touching trip through space like you've never seen before

Awarded LGBTQIA+ cinema’s highest honour at Berlin, this rip-roaring comedy centres on Saira, introvert heir to the throne of planet Clitopolis. She’s still reeling from being dumped by her hot bounty hunter girlfriend, Kiki, when Kiki is kidnapped by the “Straight White Maliens”. Steeling herself, Saira recruits the help of an enby popstar and a cantankerous boomer spaceship and launches a mission to rescue Kiki and, she hopes, win her back. The love child of Adelaide’s Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs, complete with a stellar voice cast including Shabana Azeez (Birdeater, SFF 2023), Richard Roxburgh, and the Aunty Donna boys, Lesbian Space Princess, is a one-of-a-kind, out of this world triumph.

Presented by Sydney Opera House and Sydney Film Festival

Credits

Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese
Directors

Tom Phillips
Producer

Leela Varghese, Emma Hough Hobbs
Screenwriters

Ben Fernandez
Editor

Umbrella Entertainment
Company Credits

Cast

Shabana Azeez

Gemma Chua-Tran

Bernie Van Tiel

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