For this Out Takes, we showcased the diversity of our local cinema scene with a new queer independent release from a Sydney art collective and the return of one of our favourite film festivals. First up was our review and interview with Andre Shannon and Jen Atherton, the team behind ‘Grape Steak’, which is described as a “…wishfully ambient portal, a love-poem of trauma and humiliation set in Sydney, a slow comedy for a come-down, made resourcefully and communally over five years.” Then we caught up with Benjamin Zeccola, Palace Cinema CEO and curator of the HSBC Spanish Film Festival which is celebrating its 26th year of presenting a superb selection of the finest new and classic films from Spain and Latin America to Australian audiences this June and July.