Lesbian Space Princes

Cinema Australia can exclusively reveal that Lesbian Space Princess will make its Western Australian premiere at this year’s Revelation Perth International Film Festival.

This incredible animated film marks the debut feature from directors Leela Verghese and Emma Hough Hobbs.

“Perth, here we come! We can’t wait to bring Lesbian Space Princess to the Revelation Perth International Film Festival and share it with our friends in WA. We hope you like lesbians, and space, and princesses,” Verghese tells Cinema Australia.

Awarded LGBTQIA+ cinema’s highest honour at the Berlin Film Festival, this rip-roaring comedy centres on Saira, an introverted 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 pop star and a cantankerous boomer spaceship and launches a mission to rescue Kiki—and, she hopes, win her back.

The love child of Adelaide’s Verghese and Hough Hobbs, and featuring a stellar voice cast including Shabana Azeez (Birdeater), Richard Roxburgh, and the Aunty Donna boys, Lesbian Space Princess is a one-of-a-kind, out-of-this-world triumph that Perth audiences should not miss.

“For a festival director, a film with the title Lesbian Space Princess is like a gift from the gods—you may only get that once in a lifetime,” Revelation Film Festival director Richard Sowada tells Cinema Australia.

“When it’s also an awesome film… well, there’s some heavy cinematic artillery that’s really fun to fire at audiences right there.”

The full program for the Revelation Perth International Film Festival will be available online Thursday, 29 May. You can find more details here. 

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