An intriguing satirical 'soap opera-within-a-soap opera', PRISONER QUEEN is about a number of lonely and desperate characters living on the fringes of society who are all linked through the bizarre odyssey of Alex (Tim Burns), a dumb waiter who lives his life through his favourite Australian cult television show, Prisoner: Cell Block H. Whilst nursing his eccentric mother (Jude Kuring) through a bone marrow transplant, Alex escapes by stalking the streets at night dressed as a sadistic prison officer. It is during these offbeat midnight strolls that he becomes captivated by a mysterious and wise old drag queen Miss Chrissy (Matt Thomas) who is obsessed with Chrissy Amphlett. Together their parallel lives collide in a mixed bag of fantasy and reality.

Writer/director Timothy Spanos has made a total of 15 short films across a wide variety of genres, including Sacred Place, Psychedelic Playboy, Vicious Mink, The Little White Boat, Crayfish, Nicholas Dickmuncher and Chrysalis. In just under five years, his short films have accumulated screenings in sixty festivals throughout Australia, France, UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Korea, Brazil, Germany and Italy. PRISONER QUEEN is his first feature film, which is an adaptation from his novel Mirror Balls & Prisoner Queens. He is currently post-producing his second feature, Nancy Nancy.