'' The Adventures of Priscilla , Queen of the Desert '' had originally been conceived by filmmakers Stephan Elliott and Stuart Quin , who were at the time in production of a film called '' Frauds '' . They and producer Andrena Finlay initially tried to pitch '' Priscilla '' to various financiers at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival , but were unsuccessful , and so instead took the film 's concept to PolyGram and , with the backing of the Australian Film Finance Corporation , were able to begin production of the film on a relatively low budget of 3.123 million Australian dollars
1991 Cannes Film Festival
1991 Cannes Film Festival
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert