Cee Gee Triple Eye

26 Oct2017

1970s - UPDATED: October 2023

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7-70 Mm/F1,4	Lluis	1977	Spain Un realitzador aficionat s'obsessiona amb un bell noi a qui persegueix amb la seva càmera nit i dia. Curtmetratge que reflecteix la recerca incansable de la perfecció i la bellesa per part del cineasta. .
Black Box	Beth B, Scott B	1979	USA / 20 mins A terrifying allegory of societal repression, as we follow the plight of an innocent youth abducted and tortured without any culpability.
Bussotti par lui même di Carlo Piccardi	Sylvano Bussotti	1975	Switzerland / 74 mins
Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day 1971	Kate Millett, Susan Kleckner	1971	USA / 15 mins Filmed by women, this on-the-street documentation of one of New York’s early Gay Liberation marches is notable for its foregrounding of lesbians in the struggle for sexual freedom.
Fuck You, Santa Claus	Robert Opel	1978	USA / 19 mins Sometimes the title literally says it all. In this erotic film, one man gets his ultimate Christmas wish.
Glad to be Gay	Tom Robinson	1978	UK / 3 mins – Music Video Watch...https://youtu.be/zHG2LJGfEdw
Hats Off to Hollywood	Penelope Spheeris	1972	USA / 22 mins Continuing the story presented in I Don’t Know, this mix of documentary and recreations was decades ahead of its time is challenging audiences assumptions about heteronormality.
I Was/I Am	Barbara Hammer	1973	USA / 6 mins One of the first 3 16 mm films made by Barbara Hammer. The filmmaker changes from a damsel in gown and crown to a leather jacket motorcycle dyke. Symbolic references to Maya Deren underscore her inspiration for Hammer.
Maricones Hasta El Final / Aranprunyà	Ramón	1976	Spain Alfonso de Sierra, Lluis Escribano, Ramón Massa, Ces Martí and Enric Bentz were Els 5 QKs, a group of filmmakers who, in 1975, teamed up to create a unique, avant-garde, transgressive cinema that broke with the social, religious and political conventions of the time, making “fags” (maricones in Spanish; words like gay and homosexual were not much used in those days) the protagonists, the heroes: proud, shameless, above good and evil… Absolute pleasure as identity.
Misunderstanding / Nieporozumienie	Piotr Majdrowicz	1978	Poland / 20 min Piotr Majdrowicz’s 1978 film tells the story of a young photographer in love with an athlete he photographs. Forced heterosexuality proved to be a barrier blocking homosexual fulfillment and as such became a sign of the repressive and alienating system of communist Poland. Watch… here
Still Life with Phrenology Head	Cerith Wyn Evans	1979	UK / 15 mins
Tea Room Scene	Richard J. Silverthorn	1975	USA / 8 mins A popular USC jock with a doting girlfriend explores the underground male sex network in a university campus bathroom.
The Modern Image	John Maybury	1979	UK / 13 mins
Underground	Peter de Rome	1972	USA / 11 mins A trip in the New York subway ends up in a chance sex encounter. Trailer… https://youtu.be/3sZJGphA-wY
Vindu mot vår tid: Om homofile	?	1972	Norway / 13 mins Special screening of excerpts from this NRK-produced documentary shown in January 1973. The documentary consists of two parts, we show Kim Friele in conversation with an NRK journalist where she explains what homosexuality is and entails, and it is striking how little has changed in the argument over the course of 40 years.

26 Oct2017

1980s - UPDATED: October 2023

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... ist mein ganzes Herz	Verena Moser	1985	Switzerland / 12 mins
17 Rooms (Or What Do Lesbians Do in Bed?)	Caroline Sheldon	1985	UK / 10 mins What do lesbians do in bed? with a star-studded soundtrack, we’re shown women doing everything in bed from knitting and drinking tea to having raucous pillow-fights.
1984 – The Year of The Rat Woman	Del LaGrace	1984	UK / 10 mins Filmed the morning after the night before a gaggle of dykes descend on Portobello Road in London to perform for Della Disgrace’s dystopian Super-8 sci fi fantasy about “the end of the world, when only the females of two species survive, rats and womyn”.
An Invitation to Marilyn C	Jacqui Duckworth	1983	UK / 12mins This short drama is a humorous exploration of a woman regaining power as she challenges male supremacy in culture, the porn industry and film.
Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra	Kate Horsfield, Nereyda Garcia-Ferraz	1987	USA / 49 mins Performance artist and sculptor Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) used the raw materials of nature: water, mud, fire, rock, and grass. Drawing upon the raw spiritual power of Afro-Cuban religion, Mendieta used her art as a ritualistic and symbolic activity to celebrate the forces of life and the continuum of change. A silhouette of her own body inserted in the land emphasizes the relations between the two bodies: female and Earth. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/162467734
Are We Free?! / Somos Libres!?	Miguel Ángel Cárdenas	1981	The Netherlands / 22 mins To what extent are gay men 'free'? There are many countries in the world where they are oppressed and discriminated against both legally and illegally. Somos Libres!? (which is Spanish for: 'Are we free!?') tells the story of two young homosexuals who flee the repression of their native country to seek their freedom elsewhere. The main characters appear in various scenes that sound out their new-found freedom and which are enacted in a humourous mixture of performance, theatre, music and video techniques. Barcelona proves to be a big disappointment despite the fact that this harbour city has a traditional tolerance of homosexuals (it's no coincidence that it's the location of Jean Genet's 'The Thief's Journal'). Their freedom is far from being realized, as it till is in much of the world of 1995.
Blue Movie	Stephen Cummins	1984	Australia / 4 mins The somnambulist caressed by shadows disappears into light. Doppelgänger in blue.
Breathbeat	Stephen Cummins	1984	Australia / 6 mins A rhythmic study of the geography of the body. Flesh reduced to diagonals in frame. Tension, intent and the beat of the body.
Bungalow Depression	Grayson Perry, Jennifer Binnie	1981	UK / 4 mins
Danny	Stashu Kybartas	1987	USA / 20 mins A moving and personal documentary about Danny, a friend of Kybartas who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1986. This powerful work explores the reason for Danny’s return home and his attempts to reconcile his relationship with his family, who had difficulty facing his homosexuality and his imminent death.
Deadpan	Stephen Cummins	1985	Australia / 5 mins A pan through the labyrinth of time and space, ever decreasing circles of focus, words, conversation. Who is this man, what does he want?
Die Braut erstarrt	Hella Böhm	1985	Germany / 12 mins
Dyke After Dyke / Francha con Francha	Maria Angelica Lemos	1989	Brazil, Canada / 3 mins Two women sing a passionate duet about love, girls and the inevitable.
East End Underground Movement	Bev Zalcock, Sara Chambers	1985/95	UK / 4:30 mins
Els Ocellots Agafen L’últim Tramvia	Els 5 QK’s	1982	Spain Una de les obres cims de Els 5 QK s. Dues heroïnes terribles, Alexandra del Llac (Dolç ocell de joventut) i Blanca del Bosc (Un tramvia anomenat desig), brillantment interpretades per Luis i Ces, coincideixen gràcies a un accident de cotxes i s'uneixen per portar a terme un joc macabre en el qual semblen voler acabar amb tot el que aquests cineastes odiaven: les regles estilístiques, les normes socials i els convencionalismes sexuals.
Evi erzählt Klartext zum ersten Mal	Muriel Utinger, Tina Z’Rotz	1989	Germany / 3 mins
Frankly, Shirley	Margaret Moores	1987	Canada / 22 mins A one-night stand that continues. The affair is wistfully recounted by one of the lovers. She recalls the last time they made love and chronicles their amorous adventures. They never made love in bed and the narrator surmises that their relationship ended because of a dearth of conversation and a lack of locations. Where some lesbians hesitate to hold hands, this work places sexuality in the public domain. Against a backdrop of tourist attractions, their passion rules.
Fun With A Sausage	Ingrid Wilhite	1985	15 mins A playful butch tests the waters by cruising Castro Street with a sausage stuffed down her Levi’s, but finds redemption among San Francisco’s sometimes-fractuous lesbian community.
Gay Black Group	No info	1983	25 mins Magazine programme
Gay Liberation Week, Gothenburg	No info	1984	Sweden / 8:30 mins Community radio was important for dissemination of LGBTQ news during the 1980’s and 1990’s, and Gay Radio broadcasts were set up in Borås, Gothenburg, Halland, Malmö, Norrköping, Umeå, Örebro – and Stockholm. In the following clip Stockholm Gay Radio mentions a report from a public inquiry on the situation for homosexuals in Swedish society. The report argued for, among other things, anti-discrimination laws, strengthened asylum rights and domestic partnerships for same-sex couples. Many politicians, however, weren’t convinced.
Gay Liberation Week, Stockholm	No info	1981	Sweden / 1:45 mins During the summer of 1981, while preparations for the Gay Liberation Week in Stockholm were underway, the first cases of HIV/AIDS were reported in USA. In Stockholm, one of the themes for the Gay Liberation Week was international solidarity. The first case of HIV in Sweden would be diagnosed in the fall of 1982, and the fight against the virus and new stigmatizations would set its mark on the LGBTQ movement for decades.
Gayblevision: A Celebration of 2 Years on Air	No info	1982	Canada This tape is a celebration of two years of regular programming by Canada s only Gay produced television show - Gayblevision. It covers the entire spectrum of the gay experience: everything from the Mr. Leather Contest to an interview with lesbian novelist Jane Rule. Watch...https://vimeo.com/117339217
Gravity	Wrik Mead	1987	Canada / 3 mins When you wake up and you have so much to do that you just want to go back to bed. The illusion of a reverse shooting schedule emphasizes the entire cycle of life. Watch...http://www.wrikmead.com/films/gravity.html
If I Had a Dollar to Spend	Marion Scemama	1989	USA / 3 mins David Wojnarowicz’s performance at King Tut’s Wha Wha Hut, East Village, NY May 1989.
Keep Your Laws Off My Body	Catherine Gund	1989	USA / 13 mins Intimate scenes of gentle sexuality and domesticity set to the mechanical cadence of a projector (evoking a feeling somewhere between the repetitive labour of a sewing machine and violence of a machine gun) are juxtaposed with images of police and sirens to highlight the alarming intrusion of America’s laws on queer people and women’s bodies in healthcare, sexual expression, and desire.
L’Usure	Jeanne Crépeau	1986	Canada / 8 mins Who said breaking up was beautiful? A quickie melodrama by one of Québec’s leading lesbian directors.
Lesbians	Pam Walton	1986	USA / 5 mins Filmed as a Stanford class project, three politically incorrect lesbians discuss the competing definitions of the “L-word.”
Liberty’s Booty	Vivienne Dick	1980	USA / 48 mins An investigation into prostitution from a female perspective under a late capitalist economy. Also, a document and a celebration of a New York subculture in the late seventies. With a dense mix of real testimonies, verité footage and acted out scenarios, this film examines power relations and the commodification of the body.
Locale	Charles Atlas	1980	USA / 29 mins Locale was designed to explore the possibilities of moving cameras and moving dancers in a film. Filmed at the Merce Cunningham Studio, Westbeth, New York NY, Jan - Feb 1979. First public screening at City Center Theater, New York NY, 24 February 1980. The camera movements are choreographed as precisely as those of the dancers. Three kinds of cameras were used: Steadicam, Movieola crab dolly and an Elemac dolly with a crane arm. "Locale" was structured in four parts based on use of specific cameras, dancers, and time. Filmmaker Charles Atlas also designed the costumes, choosing the same hues as are seen on the television adjustment color-bars and comining these with the gradations of the corresponding gray-based tones used in tuning black and white television monitors.
Mirror, Mirror	Paula Levine	1987	USA / 3 mins
Crime Tales	Robert Burden, Dictelio Cepeda	1982	Accompanied by the tag line "hard facts and hard humor about a hard way of life," this newly resurfaced public access tv short documentary from 1982 interviews Manhattan's diverse male street hustler population about their stories and struggles. Watch...https://youtu.be/dQrPGSDvWdU
Rediscovering the Magic of Norm Bruns: THEATRE OF THE HORSE AND MOON (c.1980-81, 13 Mins, silent) SWIM (c.1980-81, 7 Mins) BED DESERT (c.1980-81, 5 Mins, silent) FIGURE WITH 14 TRAINS (c.1980-81, 7 Mins) BINGO (c.1980-81, 6 Mins, silent) BLUE AURA (c.1980-81, 4 Mins) DUCK (c.1980-81, 3 Mins, silent) THE POET AND THE POND (c.1980-81, 6 Mins) SCREEN TEST (c.1980-81, 3 Mins, silent) THE UNUSUAL BOOK (c.1980-81, 10 Mins)	Norm Bruns	1980 - 1981	USA / 64 mins Reflecting on Reeling’s roots in the 1980s on the occasion of our 40th anniversary, we proudly reintroduce to Chicago audiences the recently rediscovered films of Chicago queer experimental filmmaker Norm Bruns. Brun’s work was first shown publicly at Chicago Filmmakers at an open screening in 1980, he was given a one-person show in 1981, and then a retrospective at the Chicago Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (later named Reeling) in 1989, the year before his death of AIDS. Working with a home movie camera he bought at a garage sale and with no film training nor familiarity with the artists to whom film critics would later compare him, Bruns created a unique and personal body of work in less than a year––work that is astonishing, bold, and other-worldly. With a decidedly queer sensibility infused with subtle homoeroticism, his films have been compared to those of Jean Cocteau and George Méliès for their dreamlike fantastical qualities. Largely shot in grainy black-and-white, the films are whimsical, featuring elaborate hand-made set pieces and costumes. After remaining unseen for more than 30 years since his death, Bruns’ films have been recently located, and the magic of his vision can once again light up the screen. The program will feature ten of Bruns’ films from 1980-1981. Special thanks to Josh Mabe for tracking down Norm’s family and Norm’s family for the safekeeping of his films.
Solitude	John Maybury	1981	UK / 13 min
Some Aspect of a Shared Lifestyle	Gregg Bordowitz	1986	USA / 22 mins Reframing the debate from one of moral calumny to a matter of the Constitutional right to privacy, Bordowitz successfully portrays the complexity of issues surrounding the HIV/AIDS epidemic, forcefully arguing for the need to confront AIDS as an equal-opportunity threat to all members of society.
Taste the Difference	Stephen Cummins	1989	Australia / 1 mins Referencing the then-current debate over the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Western Australia, the commercial aimed to “sell” gay sexuality, but was banned by the TV station manager. One of ten TV commercials commissioned for the “Personal Ads” group art project in Perth.
The Attitude Assumed: Still Life With Still Born	Cerith Wyn Evans	1980	UK / 19 mins
The Gospel at Colonus	Lee Breuer, Bob Telson	1985	USA / 90 mins The Gospel at Colonus is a gospel version of Sophocles's tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus. The show was created in New York City in 1985 by the experimental-theatre director Lee Breuer, one of the founders of the seminal American avant-garde theatre company Mabou Mines, and composer Bob Telson. The original script was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The show had a brief run on Broadway from March to May in 1988. Breuer was Tony-nominated for his book. Breuer and Telson handed the storytelling duties to a black Pentecostal preacher and the choir of his church, who in turn enacted the story of Oedipus's torment and redemption as a modern parable. They employed the unusual device of casting The Blind Boys of Alabama to collectively portray Oedipus as well the Chancel Choir of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. While the traditions of Greek theater as religious ritual are unfamiliar to modern audiences, Gospel at Colonus reaffirms those possibilities by its use of call-and-response and ecstatic, sung re-enactment of a culturally important story. PBS televised the original BAM production from Philadelphia in 1985 as part of the Great Performances series, with Morgan Freeman as The Messenger, Carl Lumbly as Theseus, and Robert Earl Jones as Creon. Watch... https://youtu.be/8ZyQP_zrD2U
The Miracle of the Rose	Cerith Wyn Evans	1984	UK / 25 mins
The Private View	Neo Naturists	1984	UK / 13 mins
The Technology of Souls	John Maybury	1981	UK / 11 mins
Thresholds / Umbrales	Marie Louise Alemann	1980	Argentina / 19 mins A threshold can be a site of initiation or a moment of passage into a different condition or experience. Shot in Paris and in Buenos Aires during Argentina’s last dictatorship, this film provides a rare point of access into queer experience under a repressive regime.
Untitled	Michael Brynntrup	1987	Germany / 7 mins Photo, film, and TV images from September 22nd, 1981. Corner of Potsdamer Strasse and Bülowstrasse. Watch...https://vimeo.com/218718680
Vermisst: I. Merx, Privatdetektivin	Dagmar Heinrich	1987	Switzerland / 35 mins
Videonachrichten	Maria Lang	1989	Germany / 30 mins
Who is Richard Jay Silverthorn, Anyway?	No info	1980	USA / 8 mins Fulfilling the dreams of many artists, the USC student filmmaker turns the camera inward, giving us access to his vibrant and twisted inner world.
Women Like Us & Women Like That	Rosalind Pearson	1989 & 1991	UK / 55 mins & 30 mins First screened in 1989 as part of Channel 4’s groundbreaking TV series ‘Out on Tuesday’, these two documentaries explore and revisit the lives of older lesbians in the UK from different cultures, classes and backgrounds from the 1920s to that present day (1989). Their stories incorporate ideas about lesbianism, the changing image of lesbians, love and romance, the pressures that led some of them to marry and the later discovery of their lesbian identity with the subsequent coming out stories to their children. Putting this in context, only 6 years earlier Channel 4 had launched ‘One in Five’, a weekly programme for the gay and lesbian communities which led to call for Channel 4 to be scrapped!
Tenderness / Zärtlichkeiten	Maria Lang	1985	Germany / 28 mins Women love other women in Berlin.
Zwei Frauen	Maria Lang	1984	Germany / 3 mins

26 Oct2017

1990s - UPDATED: October 2023

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24th Michigan Womyn's Music Festival	Natalie Williams	1999	USA / 22 mins This documentary has never been publicly aired on television, or in theaters. Take this opportunity to view what was, and to dream about what still can be. Nat & Michelle lived in Manhattan and went to Michfest almost every summer during their 28 year relationship. This documentary expresses their love for the womyn's community that was created there. Watch… here
A Boy’s Life (1996-2018)	Mike Hoolboom	1996	Canada / 8 mins 1996: the protagonist of this short film (seemingly Hoolboom himself) is a thirty-five-year-old HIV-positive man who, for the past 8 years, has been reflecting on his condition of patient observing the changes which his body is subjected to. And there, where language runs aground, dismissing the images as childish and trivial, a gap begins to opens up where desire creeps in and where life continues to flow. Choreographic movements, visual rhymes, synesthetic juxtapositions and kaleidoscopic efflorescences manifest on screen until they dilate the image and its alleged sense. Because, if “any man who expresses his true feelings is a drag queen”, all that remains is to try to reconcile with the body, to ensure that his own suffering does not transform it into an object disconnected from his inner self. Watch… https://vimeo.com/280951680
A nostro gradimento	Nicoletta Nesler, Marilisa Piga	1994	Italy / 32 mins Cinque persone down intorno ad un tavolo radiofonico raccontano il loro essere down. Watch… https://youtu.be/jhhT-G8Y6Ps
A Skinny Little Man Attacked Daddy	Vivienne Dick	1994	UK / 23 mins “The films I make are about my life and the people around me. I want to awaken the fearless self. A Skinny Man Attacked Daddy takes a look at the family and the place where I grew up. So much of what is ‘me’ comes from attitudes, expectations, fears, habits, beliefs that I inherited from my parents (and they in turn from theirs). The video is about separation from the family. My work is to try to know myself – the only way to change inherited patterns.” VD
A Supernatural Premiere	Kevin Kelly	1995	Canada / 6 mins Memories of the artist’s relationship with his brother, told through clips of 1960s TV shows they enjoyed together.
Absence / Ausenci	Jaime Humberto Hermosillo	1998	Mexico / 75 mins To spy on the consequences of his premeditated absence, a man hides for a long time in the basement of his house and places video cameras and microphones in strategic places. Hermosillo used the digital format to compose an essay on perversity, voyeurism and the labyrinths of the matrimonial home.
After Morning	Kelly O’Brien	1999	Canada / 5 mins Things the filmmaker forgot and learned about birth control on her trip to America.
Airport	Silke Dunkhorst, Manuela Kay	1994	Germany / 33 mins Silke Dunkhorst and Manuela Kay made the no- budget film “Airport” on borrowed S-VHS cameras and with the support of many friends from the Berlin lesbian community in 1994. The idea for this lesbian porn came after a video project on the subject of lesbians, safer sex and HIV. “Airport” was a first in Germany and the mere fact that lesbians have sex at all :-), a sensation. Manuela Kay will introduce the film and show a classic lesbian porn made in San Francisco in the 90s that was the inspiration for “Airport”.
Aku Perempuan dan Lelaki Itu	Aria Kusumadewa	1997	Indonesia / 45 mins
Alphabit Land: The Backyard Tour Featuring Wigstock 89	John Canalli	1990	USA / 28 mins John takes his cousin on a tour of his Manhattan neighborhood. A search for the coolest party in town leads them to the annual Wigstock drag festival.
B.U.C.K.LE.	Catherine Gund	1993	USA / 10 mins Bargain, undress, caress, kiss, lick and entice with the women of New York's legendary Clit Club, which lit up the scene from 1990 to 2002. A lesson in cruising and busting a move, told with humour, affection and intimacy.
Bad Girls	Krista Beinstein	1990	Germany / 30 mins Auch Krista Beinstein feiert 2019 ihr 30-jähriges Jubiläum als freischaffende Künstlerin und Fotografin. Daher zeigen wir noch einmal ihren Avantgardefilm von 1990: sexuelle Obsession in bizarren Wechselbädern zwischen Minus 10 Grad und glühender Überhitzung.
Bad Teacher's Equation / Kusatta Kyoushi no Houteishiki	Kazuma Kodaka	1994	Japan / 30 mins Atsushi Arisawa enrolled at Jougaouka High School in order to reunite with his childhood crush; Ma-chan, who is now the school's nurse. Strangely, Ma-chan's previously sweet personality seems to have radically changed beyond all recognition. Things are even more complicated when Atsushi's friend, Kouji, tries to put the moves on him. Atsushi just wants Ma-chan though, so perhaps if he gets to know the new, adult Ma-chan, he will find he is not so bad after all. But wait a minute...his name isn't Masami, but Masayoshi?
bed	Evie Leder	1999	USA / 14 mins bed offers a playful new look at female desire and queer sexuality. Raw, edgy and sexy. Stunning black-and-white images of two women making love are juxtaposed with dreamy scenes of city life, illuminating the contrast between public and private life that many women, lesbian in particular, share.A rich soundtrack incorporates original vocals and ambient elements with sexy, funky trip-hop music. “This well-crafted work of art turned me on, made me wet and stimulated my good taste in art.” – Annie Sprinkle
Beyond Queer: Voices From Bohemian New York	Penny Arcade, Steve Zehentner, Anna Margarita Albelo	1999	USA / 60 mins Former Warhol Superstar and creator of the seminal sexual politics performance spectacular Bitch!Dyke!Faghag!Whore!, Penny Arcade, washed up on the shores of the Lower East Side of New York as a teenager in 1967. After decades in the Downtown art world, Penny’s personal relationships with dozens of outrageous characters, from the world famous to the fascinatingly obscure, led to the creation of the Lower East Side Biography Project, an oral history of New York’s Bohemian culture from the 1950s to the present. These half-hour biographies have broadcast weekly on Time Warner Manhattan Cable Television for 20 years. Beyond Queer is a feature documentary compiled from these television interviews.
Bhangra Jig	Pratibha Parma	1990	UK / 4 mins A young Asian woman walks through the city of Glasgow, once the second largest city of the British Empire. Her eyes reflect on the wealth symbolised in the concrete textures of the city’s architectural icons. Signs of Empire ever present in the stone freizes, imposing cast iron statues of dead colonialists, ornate pillars and the opulence of the marble interiors of Glasgow’s City Chambers. Against histories of colonial carnage, Asian people build our communities and cultures forging identities of self-affrimation. Against echoes of colonial memories is the living memory of today’s cultures of resistance … through dance and music, young Asian people celebrate desire and self pride.
Bodily Functions	Jocelyn Taylor	1995	USA / 14 mins Exploring the notions of body image and sexual expression as they intersect with family and society, this short interweaves three narratives: first, a “naked fugitive on the loose” as she runs, walks and leaves traces of her “alien” existence throughout the city; second, a butch lesbian persona who is the naked woman’s secret cohort; and third, a young girl who is just understanding her own sexuality.
Borborygmus	Rob Churchill	1994	UK / 13 mins Slapstick comedy about two rivals trying to complete a difficult crossword puzzle. Things get out of control as this battle of wills becomes a full-on physical assault. Reminiscent of the Marx Brothers. Watch... https://youtu.be/QrjK-CoG3nA
Butch Femme Polka	Maureen Brownsey	1997	USA / 3 mins In this uproarious musical medley, a trio of lesbians sing and dance their way through a laundry list of do’s-and-don’ts for their ideal lady lover. It’s like Lawrence Welk on acid!
Chow Down	Allyson Mitchell	1997	USA / 3 mins A chubby girl tries to find the perfect outfit for the big concert. Trouble is, nothing fits. Rather than being frozen by body image badness, the star of Chow Down finds the perfect outfit then ventures down to the kitchen where a kick ass band serenades her from the fridge. Trailer...https://vimeo.com/88960549
Cinema al Fouad	Mohamed Soueid	1993	Lebanon / 41 mins A documentary on the life and ambitions of a young Syrian cross-dresser in Beirut’s old downtown. The video follows her journey from soldier to cabaret dancer in an effort to raise funds for her sex-change operation. Shot in Beirut, Cinema Fouad weaves a complex and multi-layered story of sexuality, identity and desire and paints a compelling portrait of its subject. Watch… https://youtu.be/fwANQ0jLH1Q
Coming Home	Shu Lea Cheang	1995	5 mins The short film, allegorically dramatized, constitutes a pressing appeal for lesbian rights. In a game of hanafuda (flower cards), the terms of lesbian domesticity are played out according to such legalities as joint property, social security, and pensions.
Compromised Immunity	Andy Lipman, Andy Kirby	1991	UK / 47 mins A male nurse on a terminal ward develops a close relationship with an AIDS patient. One of Britain's first AIDS plays, written by Andy Kirby for the Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company in 1986. Adapted by Craig Warner. Starring Michael Cashman as Gerry, Phil Daniels as Peter, Emma Fielding as Marie, Ann Windsor as Miss Coates and Richard Sandells as Hugh/Ian. Producer: Turan Ali First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991.
Cupcake	Allyson Mitchell	1998	3 mins Cupcake is Girl as chubby eye candy. She takes us on a quest for the perfect dessert. She is proof that eating is sexy. Cupcake talks without shame, about desserts that she loves. Trailer...https://vimeo.com/88960551
Cuz It’s Boy	Catherine Gund	1994	USA / 14 mins A rare time-capsule of the attitudes and opinions of queer women to ideas about trans-masculine identity and immediate reactions after the death of Brandon Teena.
Deliliah	Tanya Syed	1995	‘Located in the darkness, a place of no boundaries, Delilah is a ‘meditation on violence’, love and survival. Interchangeable elements of the warrior, the Sorceress and the lover weave a ritual, creating a dialogue of forces that shifts boundaries. This conversation of gesture and sound moves through tension and release, power and abandon. “The outside is within us. You moved like a warrior but I could not hold you.”
Deviant Beauty	Tina Keane	1996	UK / 12 mins ‘An androgynous woman’s surreal journey through the carnivalesque. Deviant Beauty embodies spectator, erotica, sexuality, death and decay. It questions our expectations of, and pleasure in, the image, against the death and emptiness that lies beneath the alluring surface.’
Diva TV: Like a Prayer	Catherine Gund	1991	USA / 29 mins DIVA TV was founded in 1989 as a video-documenting affinity group with ACT UP AIDS COALITION TO UNLEASH POWER, an activist group famous for its direct action against bureaucratic neglect and drug company profiteering in the AIDS crisis and widely acknowledged as re-energizing civil disobedience tactics in the United States. DIVA TV * documents public testimony, the media, and community activism to motivate the fight against AIDS. Watch… https://vimeo.com/127200464
Drag on a Fag	Nick Stagias	1994	Canada / 5 mins An experimental essay about queer slang, language and semiotics, playful and subverted.
El fascinante mundo de los lepidópteros	Alberto Passolini	1994	Argentina / 10 mins Video realizado en 1994, durante los meses en los que pintó el cuadro que articula la narrativa: “Martirio de Santa Rubén de Panamericana”, pintura que inicia a la serie “Panamericana”, que se extendió hasta el año 1999 y que toma esa autopista como escenario de una mitología personal donde aparecen sus primeras citas a la historia del arte. En esa época, Passolini conoció a un grupo de chicas trans con las que coincidía en los viajes de provincia a Capital en colectivo donde conversaban, y que entre esos relatos le cuentan de la muerte de una de sus amigas, La Rubén. En medio de esa tragedia se debatían por el destino de su tapado de piel de leopardo, que la identificaba. Sobre la suerte de esa prenda se dirime la narrativa del video, que fantasea sobre la vejez trans, vista como una posibilidad casi ilusoria.
Elle Pour Elle	Conny Scherrer	1993	Switzerland / 60 mins
Encounter with a Stranger	Atif Siddiqi	1998	Canada / 6 mins
Erotic Exotic	Atif Siddiqi	1998	Canada / 19 mins A video essay-performance of gender fluidity: mingling the intolerance of South Asian religious heritage towards sexual/gender difference with the rich materials of fabric, makeup, voice and dance.
Fat Chance	Anne Golden	1994	Canada / 7 mins The starting point of Fat Chance was sexual fantasy. It was featured as both an installation in Fantasmagoria: Sexing the Lesbian Imaginary, produced by the Lock Up Your Daughters Collective. Fantasy? Well, yes. But Fat Chance is also about a big girls’ struggle to insert her own body into a series of tableaux.
Fingers and Kisses	Shu Lea Cheang	1995	5 mins The short film offers (mostly, by a non-verbal language) a glimpse of lesbian’s public manifestation of sexuality. Fingers and Kisses subverts the cultural invisibility of Asian and lesbian women in Tokyo. The music by Chu punctuates the narrative as it begins in the streets and continues under the sheets.
Genderfuck	Sveta Gilerman	1994	Australia
Hazy Days of Summer	Mike Esser, Stephen Bulfield	1997	UK / 55 mins Gay drama directed by Mike Esser. Filmed at a series of locations in the garden of England, and taking 'Brideshead Revisited' as its inspiration, a group of young men enjoy raising their passions in a range of sensual encounters in the sun.;;
I Like Dreaming	Charles Lofton	1994	USA / 6 mins Lofton muses on the pleasures of cruising “straight-acting, straight-appearing” men.
I Never Danced the Way Girls Were Supposed To	Dawn Suggs	1992	USA / 7 mins Suggs meditates on Black lesbian subjectivity, exploring the connections between daily rituals and sexuality.
Internal Combustion	Alisa Lebow, Cynthia Madansky	1995	USA / 8 mins Internal Combustion breaks many silences surrounding lesbians and HIV/AIDS. Interweaving the voices of two friends — an HIV+ Latina lesbian and an HIV- Jewish lesbian —, the video juxtaposes two very different yet overlapping experiences. The piece points to the often unspoken tensions occurring within this epidemic: survival and power, mourning and loss.
J oan Jett Blakk Announces Her Candidacy for President	Bill Stamets	1992	USA / 48 mins
Journey Intersex	Del LaGrace, Cara Lavan	1999	UK / 26 mins Del travels to Seattle to meet their long lost cousin Heidi. Although Del has been warned to NOT reveal the family secret, that Heidi was thought to be a boy when she was born, Del ultimately decides it is immoral to keep the fact that Heidi has and intersex variation from her. Journey Intersex invites us to become part of the cousins process of discovery about what it means to have a body does not easily conform to either female or male.
Kissing Doesn't Kill	Tom Kalin, Gran Fury	1990	USA / 4 mins Part of a campaign initiated in 1989, this video is a component of Gran Fury’s plan to raise consciousness and advance medical and federal reform on HIV/AIDS policy. These ads ran on TV as a counterpart to controversial bus posters, which generated some intensely negative reactions. Trailer… https://youtu.be/mcr4CZs5Ciw
Lesbian Cult: L is for the Way You LOOK	Jean Carlomusto	1991	USA / 4 mins A short documentary that brings lesbian history together using bits of gossip and memories, weaving a humorous portrait of a community's struggle for visibility.
Letter to My Father / Lettre à Mon Père	Michel Langlois	1992	Canada / 13 mins Deeply personal, the artist’s voice addresses his late father and updates the departed on family and identity.
Listen to This	Tom Rubnitz	1992	USA / 16 mins The film is a fragment of collective memory that finds critical relevance in contemporary queer discourse. Rubnitz weaves narration, image, and a form of temporality, dislocated from ‘real time’, into a video where artist and HIV/AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz’s loss and anger is palpable.
LUST Plenary	Catherine Gund	1994	9 mins This sharp, funny introduction to the organisation and aspirations of the Lesbians Undoing Sexual Taboos conference in reaction to the essential need for a (missing) space for women-loving-women to discuss everything from fisting to cats. Still sound familiar?
Magic Cottage	Joe Orr	1993	UK / 30 mins
Mein Vater Frau Hiller	Till Passow	1998	Germany / 33 mins A 98 year old transvestite called Frau Hiller lives in Berlin and has a 65 year old daughter.
Memory Tracks	Jamika Ajalon	1997	UK, USA / 10 mins A woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown follows the afroed spirit of a revolutionary past through London's streets: Brixton and Portobello. I used the camera as the means for reflexive analysis of black female subjectivity and performances of resistance in urban spaces, specifically within the context of London's Portobello and Brixton. Watch… https://youtu.be/vCkD8d71EBI
Mr. B.	Cathy Sisler	1994	Canada / 7 mins A short drag video about becoming a businessman in public for a day.
Museum	Arnoud Holleman	1998	The Netherlands / 8 mins People cruising in a fictitious museum. A choreography of gazes.
My Anus Hates the Discursive Acts That It Tends to Associate with Hegemonic Forms of Its Cultural Analysis	Jonah Groeneboer	1999	Canada / 3 mins
My Clients call me Gilles / Mes Clients M'appellent Gilles	Stéphane Aucante	1998	France / 16 mins Il s'appelle Yves le jour et Gilles la nuit, quand il tapine. Une manière de ne pas mélanger les clients et les amis. Des clients, Gilles en a beaucoup ; des amis, beaucoup moins.
My Family A Work in Progress aka A Prodigal Son	Del LaGrace	1999	California / 15 mins Del journeys back to the Central Coast of California for the first time since coming out as both intersex, gender-queer and trans in the mid 90s. The matriarchal family seat includes cousins, sisters, an adoring nephew and well as Del’s late mother and step-father. Hans Scheirl (from PPP) comes along for moral support and flirts with my mother!
Natten är min – en film om Eugene Jansson	Olle Holm	1997	Sweden / 13 mins Natten är min är en bit svensk queer historia om konstnären och ”Blå-målaren” Eugene Jansson av Olle Holm, som även filmade kultfilmen ”Bögjävlar” från 1977. I filmen medverkar även nu bortgångne Greger Eman, uppskattad redaktör på RFSLs tidning Kom Ut!
New York Conversations	Vivienne Dick	1990	UK / 21 mins The lives, fears and work of six New Yorkers in a series of video interviews.
No Use Walking When You Can Stroll	Penelope Spheeris	1998	USA A short documentary about the director’s mother – married 10 times, carny, bartender – a charming woman who lived a life, often marred by tragedy, to its fullest.
Nomades Afghans	Ella Maillart	1992	Switzerland / 37 mins
One and the other time	Sarah Tuner	1990	UK / 5 mins An exploration of the dynamics between intimacy and violence, in the context of one’s continual desire to reconcile psychical and external reality; that is the nearer one gets to that essentially, the further one is literally pushed away from ‘it’.
Pan Sexual Public Porn AKA The Adventures of Hans & Del	Del LaGrace	1997	UK / 12 mins Del leads Hans and other queer friends into several gay male cruising grounds in southern England as they explore their newly gendered, trans-masculine bodies and see who they can persuade to have sex with them on camera, then and there. Seized by Customs in New Zealand in 1999 they released it the following year with a glowing recommendation that ‘this is a film New Zealand queers should see”!
Portrait d’une Présidente	Brigitte Tijou	1995	France / 88 mins Portrait de Cleews Vellay, président d’Act Up-Paris, mort du sida en 1994, qui évoque son enfance, sa famille, son homosexualité et ses engagements. Se dessine à travers ses anecdotes personnelles une histoire du sida et de l’homophobie. Et surtout, l’histoire d’une colère. Avec les témoignages de Philippe Labbey, Didier Lestrade, Philippe Mangeot et Jacques Martineau.
Prowling by Night	Gwendolyn + Co	1990	Canada / 12 mins Produced as part of the National Film Board’s Five Feminist Minutes, this collaborative work between Gwendolyn and fellow sex trade workers is an examination of police harassment, safe sex education and sex worker’s rights. Well received by the public and the critics, the film also won the award for Best First Short Film at La Mondiale de films et vidéos réalisés par des femmes in April 1991.
RV, mon ami	Lionel Soukaz	1994	France / 28 mins Watch... https://vimeo.com/74105607
Sadomaoistan - Gym Noir	Torkel Gjørv, Christer Hellen, Halvard Haldorsen	1995	Norway In the nineties, the band Sadomaoistan became synonymous with everything that was hard, raw, wild and gay in Oslo's music scene. With rock-hard techno and legendary stage shows, they created their own niche before disappearing into the darkness of history. Their discography is short with a single album release; Retroscopy. Gym Noir is from there and became the band's only official music video. The video was a volunteer project and most of the people you see in the video were key players in Oslo's queer nightlife in the mid-90s. Party organisers, artists, clubbers and not least the HIV/AIDS activist Kalle Mannes turn this into a life-affirming video postcard from a period where activism and hedonism went hand in hand.
Save Sex	Barbara Hammer	1993	USA / 1:14 min A brief, rhythmic play on words, Hammers safe sex film makes a compelling case for no glove, no love.
Scent UVA Butch	Shoshana Rosenfeld	1998	USA / 35 mins A treasure trivia of butches deconstructs their own butchness in this nuanced colloquium about inventing and celebrating gender. The 20 female subjects discuss the power of the femme, butch-on-butch bonding, menopause, eating pussy, the joys (and travails!) of the body, and the problems and small victories of growing up as gender dissidents. Also included for the novice is a helpful step-by-step guide on packing. By the end you won't be sure whether the original butch was a boy or a girl.
Sex Bowl	Shu Lea Cheang	1994	7 mins The short film –edited like a music video– is celebratory of eroticism through bowling scenes and sexually explicit content. Sex Bowl represents, narratively and aesthetically, the fetishes and the promiscuity of various sexual encounters.
Sex Fish	Shu Lea Cheang	1993	6 mins In Sex Fish, water is representative of nature imaginary and sex. In this sense, water signifies the relation between the sexualization of nature and the naturalization of sexuality. The short film constitutes a representation of lesbian eroticism and explores the relation between nature, women and power
Shame	Steve McBride	1994	UK / 17 mins Closeted lovers and stars of the American series 'Starting Out' Aiden Forrester and Joe Diskoff arrive in the heart of the North of England for some PR work, unaware that Newcastle based journalist Mike Salmon it out to OUT their special relationship in the hope of career advancement thereafter. Only such a sexual exposé requires evidence. And boy does Mike find it, when in sneaking his way into their hotel room, he comes to witness more than he bargained for, as the boys get down to some business of their own - man-on-man style! With the goods on our boys, Salmon is soon to hit the keyboard, knowing that his dream of becoming the premier North East entertainment reporter is but a deadline away. Or so it would appear. For with a spoiler warning firmly in place, fate has a way of changing things, given Aiden and Joe have the last laugh when thanks to their televised coming out interview, Mike finds himself with a dead article on his hands and a career move - in the backward direction!
She-Male by Choice	Marc Antonio	1993	USA / 60 mins
Shirley Temple and Me	Barbara Hammer	1993	USA / 3 mins A meditation on Barbara Hammers relationship to the celebrated child actor whose high-profile career dominated her childhood—and her parents highest hopes.
Single Double Doubt / Dúvidas Entre Ficar só ou Não	Linda Sternö	1999	Sweden
Solos y Soledades	Javier Antonio Berrios	1992	Cuba
Soy Travesti	Marisol Soto Rodríguez	1998	Cuba / 90 mins Un joven con deseos distintos a la enseñanza de su padre decide tomer su verdadera personalidad. Se enfrenta a un mundo distinto al de él y entrará a la historia del odio, el desamor y el desprecio. Enfrentará el amor que quiso tener siempre y el desprecio de un padre que no quiere aceptar el destino de su hijo.
Speaking in Riddles	Mark C. O'Faherty	1994	UK
Splash	Thomas Allen Harris	1991	USA / 7 mins SPLASH is a fable-like tale of memory and emotion. Using a range of techniques, it deftly explores the interplay between identity, fantasy, gender, homosexual desire and pre-adolescence. These forces are but narrowly defined masculinity–particularly Black masculinity.
Stonewall 25: Voices of Pride & Protest	?	1997	USA / 90 mins Watch… https://youtu.be/w-EUHLvWM_Q
The Daisy Chain	Kevin D’souza	1998	Canada / 15 mins This project brings together five South Asian men from across Canada. Each of the men express in a short video-vignette a particular experience of their carnal body in relation to queer ‘male’ sexuality. This video-chain-letter originated in Calgary where Kevin d’Souza recorded a short message and then passed it on to the next participant who in turn recorded his own message and then circulated it to the next participant.
The HIV Gameshow	Stephen Cummins	1995	Australia / 1 mins Drawn from a fragment of Stephen’s unfinished film script Status – a film about HIV and disclosure – this project was developed by Simon Hunt and Brad Miller for screening in the “Big New Sites” cinema project but was banned by cinema advertising company Pearl & Dean.
The Male Gayze	Jack Waters	1990	USA / 11 mins The Male GaYze presents an individual’s observation of sexuality and power relations between men, a young African American dancer’s reminiscence of his encounter with a famous Dutch choreographer. Watch… https://vimeo.com/113547900
The Mirror	Matthew Moore	1999	USA / 75 mins
The Mister Sisters	Ingrid Wilhite	1994	USA / 12 mins Two dykes vent about mistaken gender and the power and perils of presenting as butch, while hilariously fantasizing about turning the tables on the gay bachelor scene.
The Untransmittable Lily Savage Show	?	1999	UK / 60 mins La Savage is at her most outrageous in this straight to video offering that is simply too rude for the television. A host of television celebrities risk embarrassment at the wicked tongue of the glamourous Lily in a series of sketches. Those willing to subject themselves include Martine McCutcheon (Tiffany from 'Eastenders'), Anthea Turner, Linda Robson and Janet Street-Porter.
Those Fluttering Objects of Desire	Shu Lea Cheang	1992	60 mins This tape was originally an installation at the Whitney Museum of American Art, part of which included the video collaboration Channels of Desire. Recreating coin-operated porno booths, Channels aired one photo image on seven TVs, interrupted only by the viewer inserting a coin and choosing a segment. The concept behind it was the construction of desire in categorical ways, the form of the piece speaking to sexual desire as something that is constantly evading the viewer. The images present women’s experiences with interracial, lesbian, and heterosexual encounters. Those Fluttering Objects of Desire also investigates the different construction of sexuality among white and black women, as well as multicultural readings.
Two/Doh	Michelle Mohabeer	1996	Canada / 5 mins
Untouchable	Thirza Cuthand	1998	Canada / 4 mins Pedophiles, teenage stalkers, and innocent little girls! Cuthand explores the struggles between inter-generational partners and the powerlessness felt by youth.
Visione di gioco	Nicoletta Nesler, Marilisa Piga	1995	Italy / 33 mins On the occasion of the finals of the Italian football championship for the blind four teams compete: Naples, Lecce, Rome and Ferrara. It tells of the deep passion for sport and the freedom that comes from practicing it. In occasione delle finali del campionato italiano di calcio per non vedenti assoluti quattro squadre si sfidano: Napoli, Lecce, Roma e Ferrara. Si narra della profonda passione per lo sport e dalla libertà che deriva dal praticarlo.
Water into Fire	Zachery Longboy	1994	Canada / 10mins The Final piece of the trilogy Stained Glass Windows, the artist continues his search for identity and placement in Canada's Multi-Cultural and First Nation arena. Longboy outs himself as a first Nations FAG, who is living with HIV and abruptly severs attached preconceptions of two spirited peoples, forcing the First Nations community to address him rather than the disease. In a contemplative and meditative search, Longboy recollects how HIV/AIDS has affected himself and the community around him, revealing a strength through loss. Stained Glass Windows is comprised of: From Another Time Comes One..., Eating Lunch, & Water Into Fire.
Welcome to Africville	Dana C. Inkster	1999	Canada / 15 mins This short film gives a glimpse into the hearts and minds of four Africville residents on the eve of destruction of their commun3ity. 1999, the year the film was made, marked the 30th anniversary of the destruction of the Halifax community known as Africville.
When a Kid Is Gay	?	1995	USA / 60 mins From its title, When a Kid Is Gay sounds like a self-help guide for stressed-out parents of gay kids, a step-by-step program on what to do ('(1) do not panic, (2) stop panicking'). In actuality, this sensitively but realistically made special is a testament to the strength and determination of teens and young adults who are slowly but surely finding their way out of the closet. Profiling a gay and lesbian youth group in Worcester, Massachusetts, the program offers different looks at various group members who are all dealing with different aspects of coming out: Jason is wrestling with his religious beliefs, Chris is dealing with a hostile family environment, Jeremy is adjusting to being out in the real world, Amy feels she can't bring her girlfriend home to meet her parents, and such. What makes this quietly affecting special topnotch is that these kids are real, articulate, and honest, easy to identify with--this isn't some glossed-up Beverly Hills 90210-style video. They're going through all the pain and pressure of coming out and admirably wrestling with complex issues at a very young age. Kids who are just starting to explore their sexuality would do very well to watch When a Kid Is Gay, if only to see that the solitary experience of coming out is something that's universally dealt with by all members of the gay community. It won't offer any answers to specific questions, but When a Kid Is Gay does offer courage and hope to kids who are wrestling with their homosexuality. --Mark Englehart
Zap	Vincent Martorana	1995	France / 87 mins « D’Act Up-Paris on connaît les actions médiatiques… D’Act Up-Paris je connais quelques militants, amicalement ou pour les avoir accompagnés à plusieurs reprises lors de manifestations. Ce film est la chronique d’une quinzaine de jours passés avec certains d’entre eux. » Vincent Martorana. Watch... https://vimeo.com/48544555

26 Oct2017

2011 - UPDATED: October 2023

Written by CGiii Editor.

¡Qué Te Den Por Culo!	Chico Morera	2011	Spain / 7 mins Cuando se vive en pareja, cualquier cosa puede desencadenar una discusión... Watch...https://youtu.be/vU6-MWBK8n4
Able	Sandra Alland	2011	6:20 mins In "Able," Sandra Alland uses stop-motion photography and recorded voice to create a metaphoric and literal vision of barriers to access. The text mixes poetry with benefit applications, border control terminology, and medical and blood donor questionnaires. Notions of disability, race, class, gender identity and sexuality intersect to ask the question: Who gets to be "able"? Part of Tracey Moberly's Tweet-Me-Up at Tate Modern, 2012. Watch… https://vimeo.com/72506820
Ain’t I a Woman	Kebo Drew	2011	USA / 9 mins This film celebrates the luminous enduring beauty of Black Femmes and Black transgender women.
Am	Lala Miñoso	2011	Cuba / 13 mins Lala Miñoso nos muestra a través de este corto algunos sujetos que pueblan el mapa de lateralidades sociosexuales: el proxeneta, la(el) prostituta(o), el foráneo que llega en busca de paraísos sexuales, y la doble moral del supuesto «macho a toda prueba» que abunda en tales ambientes.
Amor a Primera Hora	Nacho Gil	2011	Spain / 5 mins Video ganador de la III Edición del Concurso "safe REC&PLAY safe" organizado por stop sida que promueve el sexo más seguro entre hombres y utiliza Internet para implicar al colectivo homo/bisexual en la creación de mensajes preventivos. Watch...https://youtu.be/QHDSNERt_uY
At Least You Know You Exist	Zackary Drucker	2011	USA / 16 mins At Least You Know You Exist is a site-specific exploration of a fixed space where everything is in a state of change. In this 16mm film, totemic mystical objects act as a collection of mysterious sculptures in different states of mutation, and rich layers of feverish history interface with a new vision of transgender performativity. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/207668938
Beastliness	Deborah Kelly	2011	Australia / 4:25 mins 'Beastliness' 2011 is an animated video made from photomontage works in which a fantastic bestiary of creatures and women dance and morph, becoming each other and consuming each other. Kelly re-mythologises the feminine into the hybrid creatures that have lurked within the human imagination over millennia and through doing so questions the assumptions and fears that have swirled around gender roles and rules in western culture. She does so through the hyper-contemporary visual language of digital media while also referring to early 20th century photo-montage pioneers such as Hannah Hoch and the Dada movement. In moving from the natural to the unnatural and the supernatural, Kelly makes the point that nothing may be what it seems and that how we view each other is always mediated through cultural and social conditioning. Watch… https://youtu.be/nP02KcZrKuw
Being Lucy / Essere Lucy	Gabriella Romano	2011	Italy / 68 mins The Lovers Film Festival's tribute to Lucy Salani shortly after her death. Based on her autobiographical book (Il mio nome è Lucy. L'italia del XX secolo nei ricordi di una transessuale), this documentary gives us an intimate portrait of the author herself, who endured the years of Fascism and the dreadful experience of being interned in Dachau. The only Italian trans woman who survived the horror of Nazi-Fascism. She became a symbol of the Italian Transgender movement thanks to the inestimable political value of her life.
Boyfriend	Rithea Phichith	2011	Cambodia / 14 mins "Boyfriend" is a short fiction film about a strange relationship between an elderly lawyer and a young university student. This relationship doesn't go without confusion or prejudice of people around them. Watch... https://youtu.be/XLow6Mj0o5I
Cab Ride	Farrah Khan	2011	Canada / 5 mins Deeply personal, the artist’s relationship with her driver father, sharing her lesbian identity. Watch... https://vimeo.com/32244606
Chistes de Mariquitas	Roberto Pérez Toledo	2011	Trailer...https://youtu.be/DOXwSKNuAE8
Code A	Burak Karacan	2011	Canada / 1 min This piece was inspired by my curiosity of the probable patterns the ayran* would make on the inner surface of the bottle after I shook and put down a half-full ayran bottle on my desk. (* Ayran is a popular cold beverage of yogurt mixed with water and often salt.)
Code E	Burak Karacan	2011	Canada / 2 mins Burak Karacan’s Code E was inspired by the question, “Can I obtain a moving image from a single photograph?” Watch… https://youtu.be/BW5I4kub08Q
Disease of Manifestation	Wu Tzu-An	2011	Taiwan / 9 mins This work is an argument initiated by Wendy Brown’s article Resisting Left Melancholy. There is the thingness of the thoughts that can be seen as the lost object. Extending this idea, the thingness of thoughts that comes from one’s personal or collective memories could become a pathological fixation.
I lived in the absence twice / J'ai habité l'absence deux fois	Drifa Mezenner	2011	Algeria / 24 mins Drifa Mezenner films the weight of the absence of his brother Sofiane, who illegally left Algeria for England in 1992. He recounts Algeria, a stagnant present and a past that is forcefully removed, under the illusion of thus being able to move forward, instead exposing to the risk of making the same mistakes again. And it also recounts absence, the two different forms of exile: the externalized one of the brother who has been away for thirty years, and the inner one of those left waiting, watching the younger ones lose faith and flee. Two forms of exile that speak of a missing country which can come into a fuller existence again only when Algerians will no longer be forced to leave. Watch… https://youtu.be/HWtLEw7ViPo
Ki SS	Thunska Pansittivorakul	2011	Thailand “Farang” (foreigner) consider lips-to-lips kissing as good and Thai-style kissing as bad. The fact of one preference over another is a sign of lack of understanding between people. “KI SS” is a video installation that interprets this quote from a Thai book on kissing traditions by Sathirakoses. Watch...https://vimeo.com/92194670
Killer Plastic-o. Tu ti faresti entrare?	Stefano Pistolini	2011	Italy / 50 mins A full immersion in one of the most famous club of Milano and maybe of Italy: Plastic through the words of its founders, DJs, goers and celebrities. Trailer… https://youtu.be/yVUqk5quRGk
Kissing Frogs	Christina Svien	2011	Denmark, Turkey / 14 mins Kissings Frogs is a documentary about gay life in Beyoglu, Istanbul. Represented of two generations, each sharing their story. Watch...https://vimeo.com/19781958
Knotty Boy	Chelsea Downs	2011	USA / 10 mins Rik realized at a young age that he had a fascination with the fetish-kinky, which was not so much accepted by his English-German parents. Never the less, the world around him needed to be explored. At the age of 16, with his first car and a girlfriend, he had the freedom needed to find out more.
Loss	Benjamin Guibault	2011	Lifes painful lessons
Love Without Borders	Max Anatskaya	2011	Belorussia / 3 mins The video perfectly shows the harmonious love of heterosexual and homosexual couples. Primarily intended for the Belarusian audience to make aware of the supposed rights of equality for the members of LGBT Community.
Many Classic Moments	Fuyuhiko Takata	2011	Japan / 3 mins
Michael’s Coming Out Story	The Youth Panel	2011	Michael’s story is that his family is in crisis. Their lives have been on hold since the death of his brother twelve months ago. They have never properly dealt with it as a family and now everyone is walking around with their feelings bottled up inside. The situation comes to a head when Michal’s father finds out that Michael is gay and suddenly a years’ worth of painful truth comes rushing out. Watch...https://youtu.be/7kll6IIkYYE
Pink Boys	Bennet Pimpinella	2011	3 mins Watch... https://vimeo.com/30148360
Plan Perfecto	Tavo Ruiz	2011	Mexico / 8 mins Alejandro has a perfect plan for ending his relationship with Manuel, but not everything seems to be as it looks. Watch...https://youtu.be/HBsJ4Su8XeY
Scripts	Hieu Tran	2011	USA / 10 mins Hunter, a punctual hopeless romantic, subconsciously juggles the rules he has for dating on a blind date. However, hiS expectations are contradicted as he spends his night with laid-back Taylor. Hunter listlessly does his hardest to impress his date but continues to maneuver through instances of the evening where his social rules of dating are not applicable. Watch...https://youtu.be/7r-OwhdooZI
She is my Son	Irene Nduta	2011	Uganda / 5:12 Mins When a father realizes that his son is an intersex child, he seeks the guidance of his own father who advises him not to tamper with his child's sexuality. 24 years latter his son wants to be a man without fully grown female breasts.
Shoga Yangu	Hissan Muya	2011	Tanzania
Susana	María Eugenia Prieto	2011	Chile / 19 mins Susana is a transvestite who begins to make a living in the sex industry. She accidentally sees her father take the services of a companion, who later appears to have been beaten. Susana decides to open up to her mother. Trailer...https://vimeo.com/58556445
Tenso	Dácio Pinheiro	2011	Brazil / 5 mins Baseado no movimento “Tenso” da Sonata para piano de Camargo Guarnieri, o curta do pianista Antonio Vaz Lemes explora a relação entre a tensão musical e a tensão física. Watch...https://vimeo.com/49652423
The Humping Pact, Sacra River Dolomites, Italy Mission	Diego Agulló, Dmitry Paranyushkin	2011	Germany / 9 mins Watch...https://vimeo.com/54519760
The Last Kiss / El Último Beso	Nico Aguerre Garbarino	2011	Spain / 4 mins Ricardo y Antonio disfrutan de una romántica jornada de playa, hasta que uno de ellos se echa a llorar. Watch...https://youtu.be/jH_NN5VXatU
The Night at the End of the Tunnel	Toby Ross	2011	USA / 63 mins The fascinating connection between darkness and sex is discussed by several panels made of experts and intellectuals. Meet and hear what the hottest men from the Toby Ross Films have to say. Why do closet cases make for such good cinematic subjects? Is it okay to be turned on while being afraid for your life? Why do some choose a life of sleaze?
The Same 4 Letters	Phil Cramp	2011	UK / 15 mins A short documentary film that provides an insight into the LGBT community in the UK, their fight for equality and how they are perceived by society.
The Straight Gay Ying Yang	Toby Ross	2011	USA / 63 mins What is it about straight guys that drive certain gays gaga?
Three Drops of Holy Water / Tres Gotas de Agua	Jose Alfaro, Marco Castro-Bojorquez	2011	Interviews of 3 different immigrant mothers and them coping up with their child’s sexuality... Watch...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLtHcbmvjAg
Tiras de mi Piel	Ayoze Cabrera	2011	Spain / 11 mins Esta pieza documental pretende proporcionar soporte a una autobiografía ácida, honesta, controvertida, y vital y manifiesta con claridad lo perteneciente al mundo de lo sombrío, de lo velado, al mundo de lo invisible... En un simple acto de valentía sin precedentes, el protagonista aprovecha una fecha clave en su vida para compartir, ante la cámara, sus facetas más susceptibles, más desconcertantes, estigmatizantes y humanas.
Tomorrow Everything Will Be better / Mañana Todo Sera Mejor	Javier Acha	2011	Spain / 7 mins Watch... https://vimeo.com/27186979
Where We Were Not: Feeling Reserved, Alexus’ Story	Jessica MacCormack, Alexus Young	2011	Canada / 6 mins In Feeling Reserved Alexus shares her story of a ‘starlight tour,’ a practice of police brutality against First Nations peoples in Canada where individuals are driven out of town, stripped of their coats and shoes, and left to freeze to death. In Alexus’ case, a couple happened to drive by her and she was saved. Nonetheless, the emotional scars remain, and many people were not so lucky. The realization that these murders are a continuation of the genocide of First Nations peoples today is horrifying for all. This work highlights the systemic violence at play and the silencing effect it produces. Watch...https://youtu.be/65odUpYQpNM
Yo Soy Asi	Christina Svien	2011	A film about Karina and her life living as a transgender in Chile. Watch... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwLph0o53Qk

26 Oct2017

2012 - UPDATED: October 2023

Written by CGiii Editor.


¿Cuál es la Diferencia?	Fernanda Sanjurjo	2012	Uruguay / 20 mins Una muestra de cómo no tener en cuenta un enfoque de diversidad de género puede llevar a diagnósticos de salud erróneos, lo que puede afectar a la salud de las personas LGTIB.
Adonis	Eliezer Pérez Angueira	2012	Cuba / 6 mins
Aimlessly / Sin Rumbo	Soledad Mariel Fernández	2012	Argentina / 6 mins Watch...https://vimeo.com/45676883
Allone	Luigi Cataldo	2012	Italy / 8 mins A woman locked on the body of a young artist. Watch...https://youtu.be/wJIKFYaRwoU
Axel & Peter	Rosa von Praunheim	2012	Germany / 41 mins A four-day-long clash of titans starring Axel Ranisch and Peter Kern with an off-the-cuff duet about diets and a sex scene featuring two pointing fingers… Nervously nibbling on a sausage and equipped with a red plastic rose, German director and actor Axel Ranisch waits for his Austrian counterpart, Peter Kern, at the airport in Berlin. The account of their very first meeting turns into a self-ironical, bitchy satire on the ‘rhythm of fat’ and gay desire.
Balls / Couilles	Mihee-Nathalie Lemoine	2012	Canada / 2 mins “Couilles” is the French expression for having “guts” or “balls”. A brave woman. A raw and queer body filmed “à nu…”.
Bellboy	Blacky Mendez	2012	UK / 19 mins Plagued with a bunch of personal issues that he is overwhelmed with, an attractive young stud named Jake flees his hometown and heads north to get to away. To help him survive in the new city, he becomes a bell boy — though he is instructed to not play with guests, some rules are meant to be broken… Can he let go of the past and make room for a new love interest before he leaves town forever?
Boi Oh Boi	Thirza Cuthand	2012	Canada / 10 mins After a long period in life identifying as a Butch Lesbian, Cuthand considers transitioning to male. This experience involved a six month period of her life during which she went by the name Sarain, which she would have been called had she been born a boy, and asking to be called by male pronouns. Complicated by mental health crises, Cuthand found themselves in a mental health group home for women, having to hide their gender dysphoria. After a considerable amount of thought and discussion, Cuthand changed her mind and decided to remain a Butch Lesbian. Explaining her decision, she touches on the desire to maintain a connection to the Lesbian community, as well as the sexy genderfucking that happens when one is a masculine woman. Shot partially on location in Hamburg, Germany, riding back and forth on the UBahn is a metaphor for her eventual acceptance of fluctuating between a masculine and a feminine gender. In a nod to her two spirited ancestors, she mentions that she would have been able to make up her own gender had colonization not happened. Watch...https://vimeo.com/54810927
Boy's Period	Mei-yi Lam	2012	Hong Kong / 20 mins
Buffalo Boy: Don’t Look East	Adrian Stimson	2012	Canada / 7 mins Buffalo Boy is outrageous and excessive. But going too far is about taking audiences out of their comfort zones and reflecting their prejudices back at them, refusing to legitimize them. In recreating the Wild West as a camp spectacle, Stimson’s work is in dialogue with and indebted to artists such as Lori Blondeau and Kent Monkman, among others, in whose work we see the same love of twisted elegance, parodic exaggeration and elaborate staginess. Mixing satirical spectacle, camp aesthetics and anti-colonial critique, these artists depict the West as high-camp theatre, in which everything is done “in quotations” and nothing is what it seems to be. Watch… https://vimeo.com/370143244
Candle-manifestation, Gothenburg	Varg Holmdahl	2012	Sweden / 9 mins Questions around police presence at Pride events have been debated since the earliest days of the Pride movement, in the wake of the police raid on Stonewall Inn in 1969. In 2012, a change of the Gothenburg Pride organizers policy on violence prompted activists to creatively highlight what seemed like a double standard. In the film there is a brief clip of a police intervention in the Pride park a few days earlier, where queer protesters were taken into custody.
Christine in the Cutting Room	Susan Stryker	2012	USA / 4 mins This nontraditional reimagining of Christine Jorgensen, who in 1952 became a celebrity after sex reassignment surgery, sets in-your-face archival footage to an electronica soundtrack. Trailer… https://youtu.be/erNy3Mh41gQ
CinderFella	Colin H. Duffy	2012	USA / 6 mins Watch... https://youtu.be/F9ZA7bn5ujk
Cóctel de Gambas	David Rodríguez	2012	Spain / 11 mins El padre facha, la madre histérica, el tío gracioso, la tía "progre", el abuelo senil, el hijo borracho y el gay. El cóctel de gambas está servido esta Navidad. Watch...https://youtu.be/VyZMoHEzLIE
Crunch Pop	Grace Raso	2012	USA / 6 mins Move your body to the sounds of hip 1980s aerobics music. This colorful and upbeat video clip is filled with glitter, snacks, wigs, and flashy outfits. Watch...https://youtu.be/Rp9mdEh0SKY
Da Alegria, Do Mar e de Outras Coisas	Ceci Alves	2012	Brazil / 13 mins The transvestite Nem Glamour, which does shows by night in Salvador de Bahia, saw her best friend Joy, also a transvestite, get murdered by military policemen. Nem accused them and now pays the price for it: Persecuted and reviled, she is forced to run away from the country, but only after her last show. Watch... https://youtu.be/5nP4QPmV8dc
Do you, Andy...	Arvin Chen	2012	Taiwan / 4 mins After 4 years, 8 months and 10 days, my best friend, are you ready? Watch... https://youtu.be/Wv65Avng6zg
Dukes and Barons / Duques e Barões	Kiko Alves	2012	Brazil / 18 mins A vida às vezes nos coloca em caminhos estranhos e nos leva a lugares que questionam nosso modo de perceber o mundo. Quando nos condicionamos sempre a seguir em frente esquecemo-nos do que temos no presente, no agora. Verônica sente que algo ficou perdido. Watch...https://youtu.be/LaXO4MFjVzs
Elicriso	Alessandro Antonaci	2012	Italy / 19 mins A young man reads a diary of the future
Fuck My Life	Xandra Ibarra	2012	USA, Mexico / 4 mins Fuck My Life, named after Ibarra's full-length performance work of the same name, follows a sordid and fatigued showgirl as she sluggishly awakes to make up with yet another day.
Gay in a Day	Yair Hochner, Anat Salomon	2012	Israel / 60 mins These materials construct this film and portray a rich mosaic of voices and experiences in the LGBT community in Israel. The objective of this project was to enable its participants to present their individual point of view showcasing the different meanings of lesbian, gay, trans or bi identity in Israel. Watch… https://youtu.be/kHOaAOVbmCU
Gay Pride	Pierre Primetens	2012	France / 1 min Une spectatrice de la Gay pride confie ses impressions à la caméra de Pierre Primetens.
Gloucester City, My Town	Krissy Mahan	2012	USA / 3:57 mins In typical Fisher Price style, Mahan depicts the continual encounters of what “being a daughter” means in my working class town, even for a butch lesbian.
God is love	Edward Lyon	2012	UK / 10 mins a man in his new home is delighted to receive an invitation to attend a church service on the local cliff top. He isn't nearly so delighted when he gets there.
Gone with the Smoke	Junny Zhu Ni	2012	Macao / 14 mins Instigated by Ar Dick and a bunch of friends, Ka Ming takes on the habit of smoking during college. A year after graduating, Ka Ming realizes that whenever he smokes, he cannot help recalling his college life and the guy who taught him to smoke. Trailer...https://vimeo.com/46956138
Google Chrome: Yours Truly	Hieu Tran	2012	USA A guy also uses the web to save his long distance relationship.
Hairy	Mihee-Nathalie Lemoine	2012	Belgium, Canada / 2 mins “Many trans men affirm their masculinity with beards or moustaches,” byol asserts. In this video, “I am performing masculinity by transferring 100 grams of my own hair to my face to become a realistic Asian man”.
I Love My Skin	Terry Haines	2012	Canada / 4 mins A quirky conversation about the affects of colonialism on the minds of First Nations children.
In & Out	Carol Montealegre	2012	6 mins As to the actual representation of the image is always, partially, phantasmatic. Peggy Phelan This proposal was an action to be seen online. The body is the central theme. The body in interaction with Other bodies, establishing a dialogue with other bodies, with themselves, with the camera, the political body, the social body, the human body. Watch… https://vimeo.com/52391512
Invisible Parents	Mike Buonaiuto	2012	UK Imagine if your family wasn’t legally recognised in the majority of Europe. That’s the shocking scenario examined in a new online short film, which is the first of its kind to use Facebook and Twitter to raise awareness of the alarming inequalities facing gay parents throughout Europe. Trailer... https://youtu.be/aeBy_q4i40s
Invisible Picture / Retrato Invisivel	Denise Soares	2012	Brazil / 18 mins Monica takes care of her grandfather who is in a coma. An unnexpected visit of a friend breaks her routine. It’s Lara, and she will reveal secrets that even Monica does not know. Trailer...https://vimeo.com/67735515
Keep Breathing	Orr Sigoli	2012	Israel / 14 mins A young man’s strong feelings for his ex turns into an obsession when he starts stalking him and even turns up at his girlfriend’s house. Better sense prevails and he is back to reality with support of his best friend. Watch... https://youtu.be/1g8AnGc71hI
Keep It Straight!	Vinicius Salles	2012	UK / 20 mins In London, a gym offers a specific training: the Gay Boxing Club. This film take a close look at the steps of its founder Ben Day and Scott Valentine, one of its members. These two characters have broken the rules by fighting the roles that society forges for man to play whether straight or gay.
Kinsey	Karmen Wessels	2012	South Africa / 12 mins James, supposed to be straight, falls for his best guy friend Nico. Trailer...https://youtu.be/wGq3O0oLRX8
Making Peace with the Wind	Kyrahm, Julius Kaiser	2012	Italy / 4 mins Watch... https://vimeo.com/46495865
Murr: My Best Dress	Calvin Hudson Hwang	2012	Canada Watch...https://vimeo.com/38675357
Pablo y David	Javier Marzoa	2012	Spain / 14 mins The story of a couple and their difficulties to normalize their situation. Watch...https://youtu.be/pc-aZfbkasM
Parole Rosette	Katrina Daschner	2012	Austria / 8 mins Trailer...https://youtu.be/HCC3W4kHi5A
Por lo Que se Ve...	Emmanuel Duprez	2012	Mexico / 42 mins Un joven es víctima del acoso de sus compañeros por ser homosexual y decide suicidarse porque no aguanta la situación, su mejor amiga se hace pasar por lesbiana para comprobar que en su escuela hay homofobia.
Porn Again, Vol. 1: Mutation of a Transsexual	Sofia Moreno	2012	USA / 7 mins A personal account of the artist’s body as raw material for alteration and as a medium for refusing fetishization.
Prayer That Works / L’orazione Efficacissima	Renato Muro	2012	Italy / 7 mins A priest asks a young man to help him make the necessary preparations for a procession.
Resisterectomy	Chase Joynt	2012	USA / 8:54 mins Resisterectomy is a 4-part multi-media moving image, picture and text installation that challenges the boundaries of a gendered body through the examination and infiltration of, in and on various medical procedures and spaces. Watch… https://youtu.be/nPLdJMm0TPA
Road Movie	Elle Flanders, Tamira Sawatzky	20212	Canada Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky’s powerful and beautifully nuanced installation, Road Movie, examines contemporary life in Palestine. Palestinians living in the West Bank are confronted with a segregated and impossible road system made all the more problematic and unpredictable by shifting political currents. The subjects of the films, from Palestinian ambulance and taxi drivers to Israeli settlers and human-rights activists (who were all filmed while Flanders and Sawatzky travelled the segregated roads) offer a unique and unconventional glimpse into the human landscape of this volatile land. Filmed in stop-motion animation, with a screen set-up suggesting the foreboding wall surrounding Palestine, Road Movie is full of arresting and vibrant images, from the deserts of the Jordan Valley to the circumference of Jerusalem. The piece serves as an elegy for people and places that are rarely seen and heard. And for those who no longer see one another.' Trailer... https://vimeo.com/63464962
Scandal	Gilbert Mayo	2012	The Philippines Watch...https://youtu.be/WDSgvqRslew
Seminal	Bren Ryder	2012	Canada / 10 mins A queer couple documents their journey to become pregnant. From the trip to the sperm bank, interviews about their experience, to the explicit sexual encounter and subsequent sperm injection, this film uses simultaneous images and subtitle text for a unique viewing experience.
Sin Envoltura	Roberto Mares	2012	Mexico / 16 mins Dos enamorados juegan con sus vidas poniéndolas en riesgo... Trailer...https://youtu.be/a-BgaJ_1_i0
Stacey	Elissavet Chatzicharalampous	2012	Germany / 22mins
Te Amo	Juan M. Fernández Chico	2012	Watch...https://youtu.be/o1Q8BRX8BXk
The Casting	Jason Bradbury	2012	USA / 3 mins A short film featuring the boys of AMCK Models. Inspired by the banned Larry Clark CK ads of the 90s. Watch... https://youtu.be/tmBOPoW8H7A
The Jeweller / Il Gioielliere	Kyrahm, Julius Kaiser	2012	Italy / 7 mins Watch...https://vimeo.com/37236015
The Moment of Truth	Oliver Valente	2012	USA / 12 mins A story about an Iranian ultra-religious family who have immigrated to the US, that are about to learn that their son is a homosexual.
The Right Time	Hamish Steele	2012	UK When is the right time to tell a secret to your best friend? Watch...https://vimeo.com/43620513
Things are Different Now	Ryan Conrad	2012	Canada / 4 mins How do younger queers who have never known a world without AIDS, including the accompanying prevention and treatment strategies that have been popularized over the last two decades, relate to the history of the epidemic and to those that managed to survive its earlier conditions? Watch...https://vimeo.com/55874290
Tram-Pa-Ram	Anya Stetsenko	2012	Russia / 1 min Amusing gender joke. Watch...https://youtu.be/WYYXK3gahE0
What I Love About Being Queer	Vivek Shraya, Lia Hietala	2012	Canada / 19 mins 34 beautiful queers. One big question. Trailer...https://vimeo.com/41154481
Wielandstrasse 20, 3. OG	Jan Soldat	2012	Germany / 2 mins Ein klassischer Jan Soldat: Der unaufgeregte und unaufdringliche Einblick in Jörgs und Karstens Beziehung in ihrer Berliner Wohnung.
Wired4Sound	Atong Atem	2012	Australia / 5 mins A celebration of evolving technologies as tools for performance and their parallels with the evolving queer body, the evolving sick body and the evolving black body. Technology as puppetry and the screen as praxis for our desires and our imagined selves.
With love, your children	Okvir	2012	Bosnia Herzegovina / 15 mins With love, your children depicts personal stories of LGBTIQA persons on building parent-caregiver-child relationship in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It explores the narratives of queering the borders of biological and chosen families through the prism of experiences of unconditional love, closets, understanding, support, courage, rejection, erasure and migration of LGBTIQA persons. This documentary movie invites every parent, caregiver and child to rethink the persona/political way of how we build our relationships and communities within patriarchal society of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

26 Oct2017

2013 - UPDATED: October 2023

Written by CGiii Editor.


¿Quién Mató A Shirley?	Andrés Bastidas	2013	Una mirada profunda del director a un día en la vida del artista drag queen Mauricio Erazo (Shirley Stonyrock), donde surgen varias preguntas, pero lo principal es saber Quien mato a Shirley? Watch...https://youtu.be/j3YKPJNpa-w
20	Baek Ingyu	2013	Gay teen Candy can’t seem to make friends at high school. He is drawn to Cheolsoo, who is also a loner, but neither has the ability to save one another. Candy, now an adult, is living with Cheolsoo. He goes to meet his First Love, so he can get rid of an older man who is annoying him, but the former eventually deserts him. In the end, it is Cheolsoo who accompanies Candy to meet the older man, but Cheolsoo cannot help Candy.
28 Days	Emily Pelstring	2013	Canada / 3:09 mins This video pays stylistic homage to girl punks and 1960’s rock and roll girl groups. Camera moves and mise-en-scene are inspired by the 1963 music film for “He’s Got the Power” by the Exciters. The video responds to the song’s theme of menstruation by presenting a series of celebratory images of female solidarity. Watch… https://vimeo.com/70876926
A Boy / En Pojke	Alkis Papastathopoulos	2013	Greece / 5 mins En pojke deals with masculinity as a regulatory identity that still manages to suppress the way a person creates, falls in love or has sex. Under the power of patriarchy every other, subversive, gender behavior seems sometimes like it is bound to suffocate.
A Hundred and Eleven	Hieu Tran	2013
Actual TV Picture	William E. Jones	2013	USA / 7 mins Watch...https://vimeo.com/62341882
Amor	Giles Lovell-Wilson	2013	Chile / 8 mins A crazy love triangle… Watch...https://vimeo.com/52488099
Andiamo in Pace	Ruggiero Cilli	2013	Italy / 30 mins A number of interviews taken in the province of Piemonte, Italy, at the time when the former pope announced his resignation. Several people express their views on themes like gay rights. Trailer...https://youtu.be/hGt3oqwrvFQ
Andrea. Un Melodrama Rioplatense	Edgar De Santo	2013	Argentina / 28 mins ¿Qué voz hay que tener? "Poco podría contarles de particular acerca de mi historia si no fuera por los cambios que tuve a partir de mi pubertad. Cambios que en parte todos conocemos, que todos vivimos. Pero a veces la biología hace sus bromas. Y nuestra sociedad tiene bastante poco sentido del humor con ciertas cuestiones." Con esta frase se nos presenta Andrea que nos llevará por un viaje diferente, por un paisaje actual, espeso. Los estereotipos, las citas, el humor ácido, la reflexión, la identidad, el amor, la muerte y los sueños construyen una obra donde el concepto de género, en sólo 30 minutos, arma un nuevo contrato con el espectador. Andrea: una voz imborrable para escuchar...como un mar. Watch.. https://vimeo.com/92667809
Animal de Fantasía	Olivia Portillo Rangel	2013	México / 29 mins En este filme producido por el Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos. nos acercamos a Rivera cuando decide tomarse la danza de manera personal, de denuncia, transgresión, provocación e irreverencia, desarrollando una de las propuestas con más calidad en el activismo mexicano. Trailer...https://youtu.be/QQKWxqWe33o
Are you gay? Bigma Got Some Good Advice!	Stephanie Harris	2013	USA / 13 mins Bigma explains in a loving way Sodom and Gomorrah to her gay son Troy and his friends. Her straight son Rocki doesn't want to listen, but for 20 dollars he does. Bigma lays down the law, but she explains that some people are born with gay tendencies, but others chose to be gay from great pain and sorrow growing up. She also advises them on what God expects from them being gay. In the end, Rocki comes to understand that God loves gays too, he gets his 20 dollars, and everybody’s happy. Watch... https://youtu.be/1xQ63rrizLg
At First Sight / A Primera Vista	Oscar Lullaby	2013	Chile / 2 mins A primera vista cuenta como se puede dar una situación donde tus sentidos desafían la realidad y te pueden hacer tropezar. Watch... https://youtu.be/eewn_GWzQzw
Attention! Trans at School / Dikkat! Okulda Trans Var	Barış Sulu	2013	Turkey / 25 mins What six trans men were exposed to during school years in a country where heterosexuality is sanctified and being an LGBT individual is perceived as an ‘illness’ by the majority. Watch... https://youtu.be/dnl3UNU3OwU
Au-Delà des Images	Laurent Maurice Lafontant	2013	Canada / 20 mins Dans les communautés noires il peut-être difficile de parler d’homosexualité. Et si on découvrait le revers de la médaille et donnions enfin la parole à des hétérosexuels ? Une mère d’origine haïtienne, un jeune camerounais à la maîtrise et une étudiante rwandaise racontent leur cheminement vis-à-vis de l’homosexualité, et la façon dont ils ont choisi d’aller au-delà des apparences et des étiquettes pour découvrir les personnes qui se cachent derrière. Poetic documentary about three heterosexuals with different background who talk about the stereotypes they once had toward homosexuality. In this short film, they also share with us how they chose to overcome these prejudices in order to discover the real people behind these pre-conceived labels. Watch...https://vimeo.com/84973921
Balcony Beers and Black Plastic	Myrtle Boys	2013	Watch... https://youtu.be/i6u42U07Q5U
Bars	Christine Bylund	2013	Sweden / 8 mins No one would ever guess, no one would ever imagine. Not girls like you and me, not in a place like this. Ever.
Billy & Alan	Vicki Nantz	2013	USA / 37 mins When Orlando Weekly writer, Billy Manes, lost his partner, Alan, he nearly lost everything he owned to homophobic "in-laws" who swept in to claim Alan's body and his earthly possessions. In anti-gay Florida, where same-sex relationships are not recognized or afforded any legal protections, Billy had to fight to keep his home and the wedding ring on his finger. For gay couples in the still unequal South, what happened to Billy Manes is all too common. Can it happen to you? Watch...https://vimeo.com/226980354
Black Glitter Collective / Daddie’s Plastik	San Cha, Tyler Holmes, Vain Hein	2013	Persia, USA / 3 mins I just wanna wanna be white! Anti-gentrification drag in a music video.
Bright Sparks & Darkness	Tom Stock	2013	USA / 6 mins Inspired by Hollywoods great silent shorts and the expressive actresses featured within them, Bright Sparks & Darkness pays explores those themes within a contemporary setting. Peter Dillon plays a man who is pensive about his plans for the evening. As he smokes excessively, he begins to create a persona that helps him cope and allows him to earn the money he desperately desires. The thing he does for love may surprise you. Watch... https://vimeo.com/83496966
Brontez and Rick	Travis Mathews	2013	USA A late-20s gay black punk and sometimes drug dealer forms an intimate bond with a middle-aged white photographer who lives a wildly different life.
Cafune	Kim Head	2013	UK / 8:26 mins An engaging montage and split screen follows Sarah and Phil as they separately prepare for a night out. Tonight their paths are destined to cross and there is an instant attraction – even if it was not quite what they thought they were looking for.
Cellula	Mathieu Sanchez, Hélène Barrier	2013	France / 13:48 mins Watch...https://vimeo.com/69531486
Che amore potrebbe popolare questo luogo?	Valentina Pellitteri, Jean Elia	2013	Italy / 58’ At the third edition of the Sicilia Queer filmfest, held in 2013, one of the mornings was dedicated to a discussion among some of the guests. Paul Vecchiali – president of the jury of that edition – Vincent Dieutre, Arnold Pasquier, Cosimo Terlizzi, gathered around a table with Éric Biagi and Andrea Inzerillo who invited them to dialogue starting from a simple question: what is independence in cinema? The conversation, filmed by Valentina Pellitteri and Jean Elia, was then published in two parts in issues no. 640 and 641-2 of the magazine Filmcritica directed by Edoardo Bruno, between December 2013 and January 2014.
Coming Home	Alex Roman	2013	USA / 6 mins Jessie is returning home after being kicked out of his aunt’s house for being caught having sex with his boyfriend. Jessie is met at the train station by his childhood best friend Jacob. Sensing that his friend is troubled, Jacob tries to get Jessie to open up to him. Faced with outing himself to his best friend, Jessie has a decision to make. Watch...https://youtu.be/2sezIWRp2CA
Creo que te amo	Miguel Ibarra	2013	Mexico / 80 mins Una película de temática gay mexicana, acerca de dos amigos íntimos, uno de los cuáles se enamora del otro, ya que es homosexual. Watch... https://youtu.be/KzoRmtdYwjM
Dear Jiz	Ms. Naughty	2013	USA / 2 mins Genderqueer porn star Jiz Lee of the Crash Pad series quotes favorite fan mail in this experimental short. Setting: the bathtub. Watch… https://vimeo.com/389129934
Des Tics et des Tocs	Jonathan Caouette	2013	5:17 mins Watch...https://youtu.be/Hc-BMMa3NeA
Deux/Two	Lauren Brim	2013	France Trailer... https://youtu.be/sNu3V5Hkzew
Double Dosage	Brad Hammer	2013	USA / 12 mins Introduction of an erotic movie…
Drako	Francisco Brives	2013	Spain / 74 mins Una historia sobre un hombre homosexual de una banda punk que maltrata a su novio. Próximamente estará la ficha. Watch... https://youtu.be/xUC9s6m-Z-g
Dreamer	Gabriela Zogall	2013	Germany / 2 mins
Dry Tears / Lágrimas Secas	Gregory Mata	2013	Venezuela / 5 mins "Cuando la Ignorancia se vuelve dolor no queda otra que llorar Lagrimas Secas" Watch...https://youtu.be/aDzOkT4xqkM
E Quem é O Pai?	Daniel Diniz, Luana Miguel	2013	Brazil / 16 mins Daniele is together with LamLam, Caroline with Manuela. Each of these couples raise one of Dani’s children, while Caroline is expecting her first baby. But who is the father? Watch...https://youtu.be/CRWG8LhgMOk
El Ojo de Dios	Sebastián Freire	2013	Argentina / 7 mins
Elza Forever / Eternamente Elza	Alexandre Figueirôa, Paulo Feitosa	2013	Brazil / 17 mins “Eternamente Elza” acompanha o cotidiano e as memórias de Elza Show, travesti recifense dedicada a cantar as grandes divas brasileiras do rádio. Watch...https://youtu.be/Y1rVcP8c3lM
Ending the Straight World Order / Hetero Dünya Düzenini Alt Etmek	Mads Ananda Lodahl	2013	Turkey / 16 mins There is a 90% risk that you will get in trouble with the straight world order at some point in your life. It is a system that puts masculinity, traditional gender roles and men at the top of the chart, and not only homosexuals, bisexuals and trans*people are at risk. If we can find ways to end or weaken the straight world order we would all have something to win. But of course some would have more to win than others. Mads Ananda Lodahl has spend the last 10 years writing articles and books and giving lectures at schools, universities and festivals with the purpose of destroying what he calls the straight world order, and making life easier for everyone in conflict with it. Watch...https://youtu.be/eosTHMwVhyk
Enfine Marièes	Gaetano D’Auria	2013	France / 15 mins Non è il classico video di matrimonio. É un matrimonio tra 2 donne, Giuseppina e Raphaelle, che sono convolate a nozze dopo 35anni di vita insieme. Questo matrimonio rappresenta il lieto fine di una storia d’amore, ma anche il culmine di una battaglia sui diritti civili, politici e sociali delle coppie omosessuali. Trailer...https://vimeo.com/76610152
F3cked Up / F3deu	Bettencourt Leonor Loureiro	2013	Portugal / 6 mins The problem. Such a yearning, that along the way you forget what you wanted and find something else not entirely fulfilling. The solution? Wanting less, or else… you F-uk up. Trailer...https://vimeo.com/73805868
Facial Weaponisation Communique	Zach Blas	2013	USA / 8 mins Protests against inequalities surveillance technologies propagate, using "collective masks that are modeled from aggregated facial data, resulting in amorphous masks that cannot be detected as human faces by biometric facial recognition technologies. Watch...https://vimeo.com/57882032
Femmes: A Tragedy	Gina Young	2013	USA / 113 mins A contemporary lesbian adaptation of Claire Boothe Luce's 1936 play The Women. Watch...https://youtu.be/IithUimbPa8
Final Moments	Shadi Amin	2013	UK / 25 mins This groundbreaking documentary production shares proof, provided by more than 200 victims and witnesses, of the sexual torture of virgin girls prior to their execution at the hands of Islamic Republic prison authorities since 1979. Watch... https://vimeo.com/193466509
Fitrah: Engaging with Islam, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity	Muhsin Hendricks, Latheem Nair	2013	South Africa / 50 mins This documentary explores the dilemma queer Muslims face when negotiating the troubled space between sexual orientation, gender identity and Islam. For the first time we have a documentary that not only explores the narratives of Muslims who are marginalized based on sexual orientation and gender identity, but also have professional psychologists, anthropologists, theologians and gender experts sharing thought provoking insights around the narratives; touching on critical issues of condemnation and how the story of Sodom and Gomorrah is always used as a blanket condemnation for homosexuality in the Abrahamic faiths. Trailer...https://youtu.be/c--1DfP4u1s
Franz	Elizabeth Ramírez	2013	Dominican Republic / 4 mins Franz, un joven que tras la ausencia de Tom, cae en una profunda depresión.
Freddy & Jay	Orvel Markovich	2013
Getting Over Him	Alex Roman	2013	USA / 4 mins Matthew Keading is dealing with a break up by hanging out with BFF Jamie Sanders. The outing takes an interesting turn when Matthew and Jamie decide to take their friendship to the next level after getting cozy during a scary movie…
Hermaphrodite	Marie Losier	2013	France / 3 mins Clip musical de Marisol Limon, tourné façon scopitone. Watch… https://vimeo.com/82475141
Hetero	Lasse Persson, Lisa Tulin	2013	Sweden / 5 mins A man and a woman are having sex in paradise. The man leaves for work while the woman heads for the hair salon. A quirky animation of a symbol-laden story about gender, power and sexuality. Watch...https://vimeo.com/80381915
Homecoming Queenz	Elias Wakeem	2013	Palestine / 11 mins
Howard	Caroline Wang	2013	Canada / 19 mins “Howard” is a documentary about the filmmakers’ estranged Uncle Howard who was murdered in Yonkers in 1995. The film uncovers his complex and conflicted life as a gay man troubled with piety and self worth, which drove him to success, yet, ultimately led to self-destructive behaviour and death. The story is intertwined with the filmmaker’s musings about the life/death of the Uncle she did not know in an attempt to comprehend what it means to have an estranged relative murdered.
I Feel Love	Brad Pruitt	2013	USA Watch...https://vimeo.com/55638588
I’ll Dance For You / Pra Você Dançar	Ana Paula Olentino	2013	Brazil / 22 mins When a composer falls in love with a dancer, they forget to ask for names and addresses. But Julia, the composer, finds the school where Alessandra teaches and they start dating. But how far do they dare to go? Watch...https://youtu.be/sOY153Q6u4Q
Il m'a Dit Qu'il Était Sero-Negatif	Stéphane Ly-Cuong	2013	Dreaming about the prince charming… A young gay man chats online several times with another man and before even meeting him, he makes great plans for the future of the two. Watch...http://dai.ly/x12j0qm
In May / Al Maig	Eloi Biosca	2013	1 min Several boys calmly stripping in front of the camera. The title corresponds to the troubador song of the 12th century, “Calenda Maia”, the music of which features in the soundtrack. Its meaning is connected to the beginning of the month of May, which is the season in which nature begins to be luxuriant and sensual and, as such, refers to the moment of the consecration of spring and the awakening of love. Watch... https://vimeo.com/382280812
Insideout	Wayne Hobdy	2013	USA / 31 mins InsideOUT is the story of a talented, ambitious, and inquisitive teen who after relocating to Atlanta becomes homeless and finds refuge in the home of a same-gendered couple. Trailer... https://vimeo.com/19259259
J’ai Habité Cette Rue… Ou T’es Pas Mal en Niqab	Mehdi-Georges Lahlou	2013	Belgium / 8:53 mins Watch...https://vimeo.com/161925994
Joan	Florian Richaud, Daniel Varotto	2013	France / 8 mins Joan c’est quelques minses dans la vie d’un jeune escort. Joan, c’est le parler franc. Joan, c’est sensible. Mais « Joan c’est un bonhomme ».
Knowing	John Saint Denis	2013	From Impulse Group and The Advisorie, comes this artistic and educational short, a sexy portrayal of a couple taking the next step in their relationship, and the influence that knowledge, communication and compassion has on their deeper connection. Watch...https://youtu.be/-QK-2GtjGAM
Kooky Haring	Chloe Tse	2013	Australia / 2 mins This animation played in front of hundreds at Club Kooky’s 18th Birthday, a LGBT party held at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Sydney Vivid Festival. Watch...https://vimeo.com/69538848
Kry	Ylvaa Johansson	2013	Turkey / 15 mins
Kuk	Anton Z Risan	2013	Sweden / 3 mins Två män möts i ett sug(gestivt) möte med en förlösande upplösning
L’autographe	Arnold Pasquier	2013	France / 10 mins An exchange, between Palermo and Paris, between a director who signs an autograph and his recipient who receives it, while listening to an excerpt of his favorite film. Shot on the sidelines of the Sicilia Queer Film Festival of Palermo where Paul Vecchiali was president of the jury, L'autographe is a meditation on trespassing, on cinema and its images that continue to reverberate in the heads and hearts of those who love it, even when the screening is now over. A heartfelt tribute to Paul Vecchiali, who passed away in January this year, and to the imperishable power of cinema. "Nobody dies", says the protagonist of Drugstore Romance, and it is death that makes it clear to her, just as the memory and work of a great filmmaker will never die. Watch… https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7opcyj
La Importancia de Llamarse Satya Bicknell Rothon	Juliana Khalifé	2013	Ecuador / 63 mins La cinta de Khalifé retrata el caso de la pareja de lesbianas Helen Bicknell y Nicola Rothon de origen británico y residentes en Ecuador, quienes tuvieron dificultades para inscribir a su hija Satya con sus dos apellidos. Satya nació en el campo, en la mitad del mundo. Helen y Nicola querían que ella naciera allí, en la paz de su hogar; querían que fuera ecuatoriana. Cuando Satya cumplió dos semanas, Helen y Nicola fueron a la oficina del registro civil ecuatoriano a inscribirla con el primer apellido de cada una de ellas. Su petición fue negada. Esta es la historia de cada una familia establecida en un país con una constitución que reconoce sus derechos, un estado que no los garantiza, y una sociedad dónde muchos aún lo niegan por completo. Trailer...https://youtu.be/i6fwJwI_-qo
Laio	Daniel Grinspum	2013	Brazil / 15 mins Leandro is a teenager who wants to enjoy the night out with his friends. But tonight, all the hate accumulated by small daily aggressions is directed onto a fragile target. The film is a fictional reconstruction of a homophobic attack occurred in São Paulo, in which a group of teenagers used fluorescent lamps as their weapons. Trailer...https://youtu.be/J2doXQ5-V28
Last Night / Ontem à Noite	Henrique Oliveira	2013	Brazil / 22 mins O filme narra a história de dois personagens que aparentemente ocupam espaços e posições contrapostas, mas que se tocam pelo viés do desejo. Sujeitos que escapam da vida planejada, Felipe e Vivian extraviam-se, põem-se à deriva e tem sua condição de vítima evidenciada por uma fatalidade. Watch...https://youtu.be/jnXmcGZEHE0
Léo	Anthony Bessonnier	2013	Watch... https://youtu.be/K-0wjVAdORE
Les corps d’amour de Pasolini	Lionel Soukaz	2013	France / 34 mins Watch... https://vimeo.com/74909148
Les Toilettes	Jimmy Salinas	2013	Iceland / 17 mins In the actual rhythm of our postmodern societies people live their lives in a state of constant anxiety with almost no time to cultivate an intimacy with themselves. Perhaps one of the few places where people can be without external expectations or pretentions is the bathroom. This short film presents a glimpse of what different persons do in the bathroom when there are alone and unmasked. Exploring their behavior, we discover how they deal with their miseries and desires, always in a search for releasing their anguish of life.
Living Dangerously: Gays and Lesbians in Uganda	Deutsche Welle	2013	Germany / 12 mins Same-sex relationships are illegal in Uganda, punishable with up to 14 years in prison. Parliament has even discussed the possibility of introducing tougher sentences. A DW reporter accompanied a group of homosexual activists who are fighting for their rights despite the dangers. Watch...https://youtu.be/Q_NeVLd0Sjo
Lot's Wife	Anna Okrasko	2013	Germany / 5 mins "Lot's Wife" (2013) is a fictional documentary depicting a selection of public sculptures located in the former East Berlin. Through the work of the camera, portraying statues depicting naked women, the video narrative explores notion of belonging and distance. The film is conducted by a poetic voice-over commentary: a female voice speaking English with a very noticeable German accent.
Love Exercise	Fuyuhiko Takata	2013	Japan / 13 mins Trailer… https://vimeo.com/438845243
LSB The Series	Geraldine Ottier, Floriana Buonomo	2013	Italy / 60 mins LSB The series is an Italian webseries. The show depicts a group of lesbians living in Roma. We follow the daily life of roommates and friends who try to come to terms with society, prejudice and sometimes with doubt about their identity. LSB è la prima web serie Italyna dedicata alle ragazze lesbiche di ultima generazione. Roma, università, vita tra coinquiline, amori che cominciano a fare i conti con la società, il pregiudizio e spesso anche con il dubbio sulla propria identità. Watch... https://youtu.be/7gaVpUp5__0
Ma Dove Vivi? (2’50”) Purple Rain (3′04”) Intolleranza Elementare (4′55”)	Badhole	2013	Italy Spot realizzati nell’ambito del Progetto IMMAGINA. Finanziato dal “Bando per la diffusione della cultura di parità e del principio di non discriminazione nel sistema educativo e nel mondo del lavoro”.
Madonna and Child	Iqrar Rizvi	2013	Canada / 3 mins In Madonna and Child, the director and co-performer swap genders and engage in the action of breast-feeding. Featuring Rosalie H. Maheux. Trailer… https://player.vimeo.com/video/268288064
Mario Wirz	Rosa von Praunheim	2013	Germany / 15 mins Six weeks before his death from cancer, poet Mario Wirz takes a walk with his friend Rosa von Praunheim during which he candidly shares his final thoughts on, among other things, the power of love and positive thinking: ‘Let’s live!’ Watch... https://youtu.be/JIEAQ4nTCM8
Martín y Federico	Juan José Gaviria Arias	2013	Colombia / 15 mins Federico takes his boyfriend of 5 years Martin on a roadtrip to Santa Fé de Antioquia to further explore their feelings and discuss their future. Watch...https://youtu.be/vC3RXd_yAJY
Memoramdun in Memoriam	Luis Arellano, Carlos Maldonado	2013	El 14 de octubre del 2009, se presenta en el Parlamento de Uganda la The Anti Homosexuality Bill, una ley que criminaliza todavía más la homosexualidad, algo ya contemplado y penado en el Código Penal de origen colonial. Las Draconianas sanciones contempladas en la nueva ley por practicar la homosexualidad o promocionarla incluyen la Pena de Muerte y la Cadena Perpetua. Watch...https://vimeo.com/50904287
Michelle	Estefany Aceves, Rocke Killingan	2013	Mexico / 12 mins Michelle es un joven con trastorno de dismorfia sexual.
Mindtease	Iris Moore	2013	Canada / 4 mins The audience gets more than they bargained for in this playful animation about gender and sexuality. Watch...https://youtu.be/NrnOlnJQaj0
Moments of Solitude / Momentos de Soledad	Emmanuel Ramos Barajas	2013	Trailer...https://youtu.be/G1h504uEgCc
Mucho Gusto, Senora	Daniel López Romo	2013	Mexico / 8 mins A widow 50 y.o. faces the fact that her only son is gay to know your partner in preparing a meal for them. A story about the confrontation between the unconditional love of a mother for her child and personal morality that prevents him from accepting present situation however much she try. Watch...https://youtu.be/IZkcUMxyfos
My Name Is / Yo Me Llamo	Eduardo Aguilera Pinto	2013	Bolivia / 5 mins Victor knows what he wants and will do anything to get it, whatever that may bring along. Watch...https://youtu.be/-tnrIoiFjzg
Neighbors from behind / Os vizinhos de trás	Arthur Leite, Rafael Saar	2013	Brazil / 16 mins The neighbors from behind, the kittens of Peter, the substance of illusion. For example, the art of Luís Capucho, misplaced and immeasurable. Watch... https://youtu.be/CUm2QwJSKPY
Neil & Bob	Orvel Markovich	2013
Niño Bien	Wincy (Edwin Oyarce)	2013	Chile / 10 mins Marta, lleva a su hijo José de 14 años, hasta un peladero en donde los esperan Aníbal y Victoria, una pareja aristocrática de apariencia conservadora y religiosa, quiénes pretender comprar al adolescente con el fin de educarlo Watch...https://youtu.be/n5qIXMX9LeU
Ordinary Life / Život običnog tempa	Aleksandar S. Kalezić	2013	Serbia / 7 mins A story of a secret love between two girls and hiding one's sexual identity.
Peaches and Jesper are on a boat, who stays afloat?	Marie Losier	2013	France / 5 mins À la Biennale de Venise, Peaches et son doux compagnon sont sur une gondole... Watch… https://vimeo.com/85081708
Pedro	Dário Pacheco, José Gonçalves	2013	Portugal / 12 mins Pedro is the base, the rupture and the passage. Pedro is what lasts from the turned bodies, is the encounter. Pedro is who’s longing, who desires or rejects. Pedro is a politic body. Pedro is the going and the arriving name. Pedro is the defeat and the victory. Trailer...https://vimeo.com/70053912
Pitstop	Jim Sütter	2013	Netherlands / 7 mins A tourist has a heated encounter with a stranger during a stopover at a gas station.
Plan B / Contraplano	Gus Stevaux	2013	Brazil / 15 mins Two guys get together in an apartment. It looks like they’re having a romantic evening. But this also looks like a mere illusion. Between ‘me’ and ‘another one’, there’s the paradox: how to care for a relationship in a world designed for individuals? Watch...https://youtu.be/bwDNoeDCuLc
Planeta Tierra	Quiela Nuc	2013	Spain / 13 mins Planeta Tierra son Berta y Leonor, protagonistas de esta historia. Cuerpos celestes cubiertos por una coraza que se agrieta y resquebraja cuando las fuerzas acumuladas en su interior alcanzan la superficie.
Platero	Marco Berger	2013	Argentina / 14 mins Después del almuerzo, un chico adolescente descubrirá el interés que le despierta el novio de su hermana, mientras éstos se encuentran descansando en la cucheta de abajo durante la siesta. Watch... https://vimeo.com/37143075
Radical Faeries	Danielle Levitt	2013	USA Definitively speaking, The Radical Faeries (also Faeries and Fae) are a loosely-affiliated, worldwide network and counter-cultural movement seeking to reject hetero-imitation and redefine queer identity through spirituality. Figuratively speaking they are a group of the most creative, energetic, and mystical men Danielle has ever had the chance to photograph. Their chameleon aesthetic alone was enough to wow for hours. Couple that with their intensely positive nature, and this shoot was truly one of the most unique of Danielle’s journey. Watch...https://vimeo.com/44284870
Robert Frank	Lasse Långström aka Antiffa Vänsterfitta	2013	Sweden / 6 mins Penetrating the male genius, filling up the void inside him. The void inside the male art professor is finally filled.
Roma	Wu Shang-Yu	2013	Taiwan / 14 mins He makes up a place that doesn’t exist, ROMA, and invites him to go on a journey for it. It is the beginning of summer. Two guys ride a scooter. Mostly in silence, sometimes accompanied by one’s humming. What will they eventually discover about ROMA? Trailer...https://youtu.be/1UO2eN85iZc
Scene	Eloise Sherrid	2013	USA / 4 mins A stream-of-consciousness study on sensuality and trust in a queer rope kink scene. Trailer... https://vimeo.com/89162451
Sebastien’s Night Out	Konstantinos Menelaou	2013	UK / 3 mins Sebastien is haunted by a voice that confesses betrayal. He reluctantly grooms himself, getting ready for an evening of sex. The short film is about the numb post-relationship space, a melancholy caused by regret or disappointment. Trailer... https://vimeo.com/44509818
Sex, Medicated, Rock&Roll	Anatoly Belov	2013	Ukraine / 11 mins The film depicts the story of a love triangle that forms between a pair of young Ukrainian hipsters and a little older than them foreigner - an artist who came to Kiev for the Artist-in-Residence program to complete the project Happiness, dedicated to the study of what is happiness for the citizens of Ukraine, what it means to them, and in what manner they are trying to achieve it. The love arrangement turns into a closed group of friends – researchers, who support each other in quests, during which they meet different people with whom they share their ideas of happiness, explore their sexuality, and exceed all kinds of cultural and social taboos. Watch...https://vimeo.com/85984646
Shark / Tubarão	Leo Tabosa	2013	Brazil / 13 mins The film covers one day in the life of Dale Marshall, American, 62 years old, homosexual, who has been living in Brazil for 25 years. He has to cope with the loss of his partner of 15 years, who passed away after a shark attack.
Shrine	Dan Fry	2013	Australia / 14 mins A story about a witch, her husband and his gay lover. When religiously raised Kate decides to deviate away from her stringent, religious and conservative upbringing to allow her husband’s gay lover to move into their home so that they can work through it, little did she know that some strong regrets would start to prevail through her new liberal approach on such matters. In a desperate bid to find a solution, she turns to her peculiar concoction of a shrine to teleport, converse and meditate her way to the end of the tunnel, and in the process finds herself embarking on a course of very strange rituals to lure her man back. Watch...https://youtu.be/I8tmznWcnvY
Some Days Before and Others After / Alguns Dias Antes e Outros Depois	Nicolas Thomé Zetune	2013	Brazil / 7 mins ”Primeiro de dezembro do ano passado, meu amigo me ligou falando que ia se matar.” ”Last year, December 1st, my friend called me saying he was going to kill himself.” Watch...https://vimeo.com/65738188
Spiderman Tango	Felipe Hsieh	2013	What happens in Malevos Tango School when no one is around... Watch...https://youtu.be/fEVmXVesofc
Stitch	Leo Correia De Verdier, Roger Ericsson	2013	Sweden / 5:18 mins Leo plays music on her sewing machine. Stygn is a kind of music video for the song of the same name. From the concentration of everyday work comes music and through it the doors open to a reality where unicorns might exist and look at you with serious eyes, even if they look a bit homely. Since its invention at the end of the 18th century, the sewing machine has become one of the world’s most common instruments. Millions of people play their sewing machines every day, but, perhaps because of the low status of the instrument, few of them have taken their musicianship to a professional level and presented it to an audience.
Taking Our Chances	Matthew Feliss	2013	USA / 54 mins The film is comprised of 20 very personal interviews with gay men living in San Francisco—all of them 32 or younger - who Matthew either knew personally, had met online, or just out on the street. The first part of the film is set up as a kind of sexual cartography which tries to “map out the rough contours of sex,” what turns these guys on, who they have sex with, why do they have sex, etc. And then it moves on to explore how HIV fits within that map, how the picture gets complicated, where fear and ignorance enter the picture, where HIV is close in proximity, and what the circumstances around some folks’ seroconversion were. Watch...https://vimeo.com/66503754
That Friday / Ese Viernes	Luciano Barreda	2013	Argentina / 9 mins Muy pocas veces sentimos, desde el preciso instante en que abrimos los ojos, que el dia sera diferente. Eso me paso a mi ese viernes. Ahora ya nada sera igual. Watch...https://youtu.be/arF5qbATLDc
The Bravest Knight Who Ever Lived	Ida M. Schouw	2013	8 mins Raised on a pumpkin farm, Cedric grows up to be a knight and must complete some difficult tasks, like battle a fire-breathing dragon and save the prince and princess. When Cedric is honored by the king and queen, the princess offers herself up (because that’s just the polite thing to do when a knight saves you). But Cedric has other plans — plans to settle down with the prince.
The Cake Factory - Hummingbird Cake / La Fábrica De Tortas - Pastel De Colibri	Jessica Praznik	2013	Argentina / 9 mins Trailer...https://vimeo.com/92673889
The Choreopornography Trilogy Quintet (2013 - 22 min) Sonata (2015 - 10 min)	David Bloom	2013	A group of professional contemporary dancers in Berlin, who are also explorers of conscious sexuality, are invited by the choreographer David Bloom to use their experience making dance pieces to research and question the border between pornography and art in this short film. How much sexual explicitness is allowed into a “serious” artistic dance piece? And how much time and space are allowed in pornography? This is also a tribute to the experimental and sex-positive atmosphere of Berlin in the early 21st century, Quintet and Sonata bring together work with dance, movement & conscious sexuality to create a unique erotic visual experience. Watch...https://vimeo.com/user8978572
The Gift / Eidi	Pradipta Ray	2013	India / 30 mins Set in the world of the transgender community of Calcutta, the story traces the upheaval caused in the life of a transgender activist, Ranjita, when a close friend, Shouma, comes calling. Struggling to come to terms with his own identity as a homosexual man, Shouma lets loose the demons of his insecurities onto Ranjita and her community. Watch...https://vimeo.com/100478627
The Grindr Project	William Means	2013	USA / 34 mins A short documentary about the wonderfully taboo little app known as "Grindr" and the people who use it. Watch... https://youtu.be/1mjOffjXUoY
The Irreducible Difference of the Other	Vivienne Dick	2013	Ireland / 27 mins What it means to be human in a world orientated towards war, terror, and consumption? Franco-Irish actress Olwen Fouéré tries to answer this by inhabiting the personas of Antonin Artaud and Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Key historical moments are referenced, including opposition to the Iraq war, the Arab Spring and recent anti-austerity protests, proclaiming the desire for a world which is more balanced, and which focuses less on exploitation and destruction.
The Reborn	Nazanin Golban	2013	Italy / 16 mins The Question is the first episode of a trilogy which talks about a Statue revive & tries to communicate with the others. She tries to talk with them by her singing but No one talks! She is disappointed but keeps searching and at the end of this episode gets out of the place she came to life, from… Watch... https://vimeo.com/87651943
The Strangest Nest / Um Estranho Ninho	Matheus Heinz	2013	Brazil / 15 mins Ciça Cyborg e Rúbia Mutt só queriam ter uma boa noite de sono, mas acabaram conseguindo algo a mais, tornaram-se mães… ou pais? Ciça Cyborg and Rúbia Mutt just wanted a good night’s sleep, but ended up getting something else, they’ve become mothers… or fathers? Trailer...https://youtu.be/EtvN_PXS9jU
The Sugarcane / El Cañaveral	Samuel López	2013	El Salvador / 58 mins Fearing for his life, Joaquín, a member of the HIV+ gay community and a Salvadorian political activist, sets in motion a desperate attempt to seek asylum in Canada. With a deportation order hanging over him, Joaquín is given a reprieve by a Federal Judge who orders a judicial review of his case. Six months later, Joaquín receives a letter in the mail summoning him to a meeting with an immigration officer at the Border Agency on Airport Road. They have a response for him and he must come in person. On the way to the meeting, Joaquín is not so sure he’ll get a positive answer. Trailer...https://youtu.be/cZygbZZGA0s
The Turkish Boat	Chris Belloni	2013	The Netherlands / 56 mins
The Unheard Voice	Santa Khurai	2013	India / 30 mins Watch...https://vimeo.com/114317356
They	Mitch Mitchell	2013	USA / 2 mins A young person’s struggle with self images.
Times Change	Matt Wood, Gregory Vannoy	2013	USA Watch...https://vimeo.com/58434264
Training / Entrenament	Eloi Biosca	2013	Spain / 10 mins Two men practicing. Watch... https://vimeo.com/249369199
Trans-Ur	Sofía Saunier	2013	Uruguay / 29 mins Watch... https://youtu.be/MUiBCWOCDUc
Two Boys / Dos Chicos	Juan Manuel Fernandez Torres	2013	Spain / 16 min Watch...https://youtu.be/vFVFQAPhTp0
Two Cameras	Matthew Fox	2013	UK / 2 mins Two Cameras is an experimental short that uses split-screen and ultra-wide aspect ratios to frame the story of a photographer who becomes the target of another photographers interest.
Ubi Tu Gaius Ego Gaia	Matteo Tortora	2013	Italy / 17 mins During the nineteenth century, in a village not far from Florence, a catholic priest used to celebrate marriages between all kinds of couples, also same sex couples.
Una Especie Vegetal	German de Diego	2013	Spain / 4 mins Mario feels different from his own species and has created an alternative world with some very special beings. Trailer...https://vimeo.com/127044068
Unexplained As Yet	E. Hearte	2013	Canada / 3 mins
Venus	Hinni Huttunen	2013	Sweden / 4 mins Eine Nachahmung von Edgar Degas Kunstwerk La Toilette. Eine Frau bürstet konzentriert ihr Haar - jeder Haarstrich ist durchdacht.
Vorrei Ma Non Posso	Enzo Facente	2013	Italy / 60 mins I matrimoni al Pride di Torino, le cartoline per il Presidente Napolitano, le associazioni coinvolte, le spose e gli sposi, le interviste ai politici, le conferenze stampa, i tanti Pride Italyni. Il documentario si apre con le immagini della prima manifestazione svoltasi in Italy (1980) nella quale, sulla pubblica piazza, si sposarono provocatoriamente tra uomini e tra donne.
Want Some Oranges	Goodyn Green	2013	Denmark, Germany / 14 mins Pregnant performer/artist/sex worker Sadie Lune teams up with sexy ginger Zoë Challenger for a heated encounter of two bodies. Trailer... https://vimeo.com/312683050
We Are the Women	Fuyuhiko Takata	2013	Japan / 5 mins Watch… https://youtu.be/Qk_sB2DctCQ
We Live in Fear	Katherine Fairfax, Malika Zouhali	2013	South Africa / 12 mins Watch... https://youtu.be/9aiufq04dp0
Work Out	Jonathan David Smyth	2013	USA / 3 mins A silent, experimental presentation that is every relationship you've ever had. Trailer...https://vimeo.com/112993307
X3Y	Eliezer Pérez Angueira	2013	Cuba / 13 mins Adriano, Rafael and Rosa seem to find the partner of their dreams, but it is not what happens in reality; another will be the end of these three stories that are linked by the desire of the protagonists
You Don’t Become What You Already Are / Le Deuxieme L D’emilie	Sabine Kuentz	2013	France / 48 mins

19 Apr2023

2023 - UPDATED: December 2023

Written by CGiii Editor.

Most of these films are doing the festival circuit and haven't yet been entered into IMDb...

(510) CALL ME-CHELLE	Juliana Nguyen, Andy Briseno	2023	USA / 11 mins A queer Bay Area transplant develops an unexpected friendship with her witty next door neighbor who helps her navigate the myriad of identity politics at work. Trailer... (510) Call Me-Chelle on Vimeo
(Fluid) Mosquito	Carleen Maur	2023	USA / 7 mins (Fluid) Mosquito is a film centered on a body losing another body through a winding pathway of forests two cyclists chance one another. It thinks about the naturalized camouflage along side ones own agency to not be seen.
(with[out] balls) / Met Zonder Ballen	Luca Meisters	2023	Netherlands / 66 mins A moving and hilariously honest portrait of a transgender son and his mom. based on the successful eponymous play. We see a kid who’s becoming more and more clear and a confused mom who can barely keep up with him. Creating space for addressing the wrongs, concerns and clichés, this film provides a loving insight into the reality of a kid in transition. It shows the impact that ‘becoming who you are’ has on a family, but at the same time addresses universal themes like growing up, becoming an adult and the art of raising a kid and letting them go.
4 Walls	Mahlatse Nare	2023	South Africa / 11 mins Nathi’ & ’Karabo’ played by Tshepiso Jeme and Kamohelo Sebudi, share a bond that seizes to exist outside these 4 walls. The characters take us on a journey of exploration, touching on complexities surrounding identity, freedom, and desire as black queer South African Men today. 4 Walls speaks to the navigation and exploration, of a particular shared experience amongst the LGBTQI+ community.
14 Years and a Day	Ayo Lawson, Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim	2023	Nigeria / 21 mins In a riveting tale of love and self-discovery, a restless young woman finds herself embroiled in a passionate conflict with her partner of 14 years. Fuelled by frustration, she seeks solace in a solitary dinner, unaware that fate has something extraordinary in store. As the stars align, she encounters a captivating stranger whose mere presence ignites a storm of doubt within her heart. In a single encounter, the foundations of her relationship tremble, compelling her to question the very path she once thought secure. Trailer… https://youtu.be/fqKyXCacyYI?si=YcxQzq0MNDsV4gs8
4801 Nuits	Laurence Michel	2023	France / 38 mins Abstinence is refraining from satisfying a craving. Teetotalism is the total, definitive abstinence from alcohol. In other words, a life sentence! 4801 nights documents an introspection and a wandering, a fall and a rise, during a trip to the polar circle. Legend has it that the polar night can drive those who venture there to sanity or madness
A Friend of a Friend / Ami d'ami	Simon Gualtieri	2023	Canada / 15 mins Jules is bi. Bi as in bisexual. Bi, even though he’s only slept with women. Bi and ready to try his first experience with Samuel, a friend of friend. Trailer... Ami d’ami (2023) - teaser on Vimeo
A Fuckboi Story / Despide a tu fuckboi	Carlos Jiménez Lucas	2023	Spain / 10 mins Have you ever heard of a fuckboi? Well, Ulises has one. Trailer… https://youtu.be/PsHdtVZJ66Y
A Ghost in the House	Tom Mcvey	2023	USA / 8 mins When Victor reveals to his husband that he’s been communicating with a ghost named Louis, the couple decides to welcome the ghost into their relationship. Louis has other plans. Trailer... https://vimeo.com/844766624
A humanidade que me resta	Kieza Fran Nascimento	2023	Brazil / 6 mins Escutando seu diário gravado, Kieza tenta se levantar da cama para mais um dia de luta, mas se depara com pensamentos intrusivos, angústias e disforias.
A Parte que Falta	Nicole Nasser	2023	Brazil / 18 mins Como último desejo de sua mãe doente, Teresa volta ao interior para buscar seu pai, Francisco, que não o vê há anos devido a uma briga que separou a família. Na viagem de volta, os dois têm dificuldades para se relacionarem e vão descobrindo coisas novas um do outro. Mas em dado instante, o passado vem à tona e não há mais como fugir dele. Trailer… https://youtu.be/NypMZvYwIuY?si=myXrBRC815Ozx_YD
A Safe Place / A L'abri	Nicolas Lincy	2023	22 mins Alain lives locked up in a large house with his husband, Raphael. They were about to renovate the place and turn it into a bed and breakfast. A new virus, still unknown, poisoning the air, stops them in their dream. Alain is now obsessed with the idea of protecting Raphael, whose health is fragile. But the latter is suffocating, for him it is the house that is unhealthy, as if haunted
A Sea of Love for Us / A mares amores	Arturo Nicolás Dávila Zelada	2023	Perú / 14 mins A partir de encuentros diarios con amantes trans, se genera un diálogo entre el hogar, el cuidado y la memoria. Las imágenes que se construyen revelan el amor, las costumbres y la espiritualidad que se teje en esta intimidad. Trailer... A MARES AMORES de Arturo Dávila on Vimeo
A Tábua de Esmeralda	Felippe Moraes	2023	Brazil / 7 mins Bianca Exótica encontra um objeto mágico que a transporta para dentro de si. Nessa viagem alquímica ao som de house music, se depara com saberes que a transmutam na versão iluminada do seu ser. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/877626633
A Touch	Sahil D Gada	2023	India / 28 mins When Miril downloads the dating app for the first time, he comes across a profile of Gandhar and swipes right. Receiving a match after ages, Gandhar, who is craving for a human touch, gets excited and the conversation turns out fruitful. In this excitement, Gandhar forgets to tell Miril, that he’s confined to a wheel chair, because of an unfortunate accident. After a few days of chatting Gandhar agrees to meet Miril. He is ready to face the fate and invites Miril to his place. How does Miril react to Gandhar’s condition? Do these desperate souls depart or touch each other?
Aalapanam	Niketh Manulal	2023	India Portrays change and connection about a family, together still apart.
Acmé	Agustín Montangie	2023	Argentina / 16mins Este documental retrata la vida e intimidad de dos personas con VIH que habitan en la Patagonia Argentina, con las características socio-culturales y limitaciones propias de la región. Acmé pone en tensión la calma cotidianidad de los personajes, su rutina, su profesión, sus paisajes, con la voz reflexiva de sus pensamientos y sus experiencias vividas en torno a la enfermedad. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/458321265
After Bed	TT Takemoto	2023	USA / 3 mins Pulsing flashbacks from the summer of love reawaken a queer California classic.
After Work	Jan Soldat	2023	Germany / 5 mins After work, Holger and Lutz hook up for sex. But actually the two are tired and not the youngest anymore.
Aiming at the Apocalypse	Shireen Mccormack	2023	UK / 15 mins “Aiming at the Apocalypse” explores religious futurism in a triptych of three parts; before, during and after leaving religion, using the phobic mirage of a motorcycle as an anchor throughout. Emotions are imbued on the object, one that is already a symbol of strength, desire and freedom. Throughout the film, the motorcycle evolves from an object of transportation to one of transformation, a mode of navigating gender and sexuality upon leaving religion. The film reckons with difficult memories, the effect of religion on the body in the present and the grief of what is left behind as it looks towards the future. Trailer... Aiming at the Apocalypse (2023) (Trailer) on Vimeo
Alba	Juana Gonzalez Posse, Carmen Lanzi Giannoni	2023	Argentina / 6 mins Luca e Milán atravessam as diferentes fases do amor e da desilusão, com a árdua tarefa de saber como dizer adeus. Gerando um espaço comum entre a realidade, a memória e a fantasia. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/797059139
All that You Could Be / Tudo o que Você Podia Ser	Ricardo Alves Jr.	2023	Brazil / 83 mins It’s Aisha’s last day in Belo Horizonte. We follow her farewell in the company of her best friends: Bramma, Igui and Will. Through the everyday life and encounters between the characters, the film weaves an affectionate portrait of a family that is built by choice, through the value of friendship.
Alone / Sola	Séneca Claudia Dávalos	2023	Peru / 15 mins After showing herself as she is, Luisa, who’s dedicated to crest traditional Andean textiles, is rejected by her nephew and her whole town. This leads to a series of events that will make her choose between recovering the only family bond she’s got left or choose herself in the process.
Amar	Anshul Kumar	2023	India / 10 mins The story of the film revolves around the protagonist Amar who is blind from birth and who has graduated from a blind school. Amar’s mother passed away in his childhood and he now lives with his father in a small apartment. The film takes the viewer along with Amar as he wanders here and there– sometimes on populous streets and sometimes in solitude playing his harmonica. Watch… https://youtu.be/Kw7ORy60moY?si=yKUbhf8GJfuMy87i
Amor Puro	María José Jiménez	2023	México / 5:55 mins Darina es una joven con distintos pensamientos a los de su padre, el es algo anticuado y con otro concepto de amor. Darina y Alison llevan una relación escondida de ya un año medio y necesitaban ayuda de alguien para que el padre entendiera y aceptara o situación.
Amōr - the Tune of Love	Jijo Kuriakose	2023	India / 5 mins Amor - the tune of love, is a Malayalam music video which carries the emotional elements of gay romance, the enticing feel of belongingness and missing. The music video is a dedication to everyone who believes in the power and love and campaign for human rights of the LGBTIQ community. Trailer... https://youtu.be/KUdm9Q7tg3I?si=X6I9nTXlmThEs6Qo
Anarriê	Neto Astério	2023	Brazil / 14 mins Follow friends Renan and Alana as they rehearse anxiously for their upcoming performance at Brazil’s local Anarriê festival. Trailer… https://youtu.be/YqrZ-x2HaTw?si=FyZ19LxdaCc2vQIm
And We Rest on Giants	Kevin Anderson	2023	USA “And We Rest on Giants” is an exploration into the lives of BIPOC aging and long-term survivors of HIV. As stigma continues to ravish communities of color, this short explores the daily walk of those thriving unapologetically and provides a first-hand account of the HIV journey. Layered with spoken word, these stories ignite the importance of honest discussion.
Antes De	René Cabrera Morales	2023	México Diego, un chico de 18 años, en medio de la pandemia del COVID, se entera del inevitable próximo fallecimiento de un ser querido, pero la llegada de un misterioso ser lo hará dudar de su presente, lo que le dará otra perspectiva de su vida y de la persona que lo impulsa a seguir adelante.
Antics	Leslie Wool	2023	USA After calling a phone number found on the street, Pinbone Malone get the chance to experience the joys and menaces of masculine friendship.
Arc-en-noir	Eric Plamondon	2023	Canada Beatnik contemporary revival in the voice of a francophone queer métis gives voice to thoughts, desires, and struggles of a queer indigenous Manitoban.
Artistes en Zone Troubles	Stéphane Gérard, Lionel Soukaz	2023	France / 39 mins Portrait expérimental de l’artiste Hervé Couergou, mort du SIDA. Amant de Lionel Soukaz, Hervé a été son compagnon pendant les douloureuses premières années de l’épidémie de VIH. Des années de vie commune que Lionel Soukaz n’a cessé de documenter avec sa caméra. Ce film, construit en archives, dresse le portrait de Hervé, tout en parlant d’une époque et d’un fléau.
As political landscapes dissolve	Zora Ottink	2023	Netherlands / 7 mins What is my identity in times of climate change and political upheavals, filmmaker Zora Ottink wonders, in this political picture story full of sweeping associations that starts in her bathroom. Is a stable identity really feasible in the current political climate, filmmaker Zora Ottink wonders in this short surrealist picture story, which she shot on 16 mm. The film sets off stably in Ottink’s bathroom where she is having a shave, but when she subsequently steps into a melting snowy landscape, ideas start to change meaning in associative ways: razor blades, snowploughs, gender relations and identity politics. Everything is in a constant flux of permanent change, decay and remanifestation. Trailer... Trailer \| As Political Landscapes Dissolve on Vimeo
Aunt Valeria / Che buffa, la zia Valeria	Marta Specolizzi	2023	Italy / 5 mins "Che buffa, la zia Valeria" is a short film that tells the story of Valeria Specolizzi, a lesbian woman who grew up in Salento - a region in Southern Italy - in the seventies and eighties. The film works with memory and queer genealogy while exploring the social environment of Salento in that time period. The narrator, Marta Specolizzi, is Valeria's niece and through the film, she recounts her memories with and of Valeria.Watch… https://vimeo.com/767581104
Auntie Chris Signs of Rivers	Marrok Sedgwick	2023	USA / 5:43 mins Auntie Chris Smith performs an ASL adaptation of Langston Hughes’ “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”
Außer Männer hatten wir nichts zu verlieren	Hanna Marie Hocker, Leila Fatima Keita	2023	Germany / 30 mins Hanna and Leila, two feminist filmmakers, have only read about their pioneers in books. The pair's cinematic quest begins after they find an old VHS tape. In 1975, the first women's bookstore opened in Munich: For the first time, men are not allowed in. Even after all these years, the owners demonstrate their militant stance. We are too prudish and too well-behaved for them - can we learn from each other? What unites and what separates our generations?
Ausencias	Alfonso Palazón	2023	Spain / 26 mins Ausencias son memorias, revisionismos y olvidos pactados sobre representaciones del pasado basados en el silencio y la nostalgia. El recuerdo como negación de las grandes historias del pasado en donde los lugares comunes se convierten en pasajes de la negación. La (in)visibilidad de la migración LGTBIQ+ es la ausencia. Dibujos de lugares vacíos y robados que impiden construir nuevos espacios de libertad. Trailer... https://youtu.be/8QAnU-YXJMQ?si=xDMVWo5TZicLdOsg
Auto/Visual	Menelas Siafakas	2023	Greece / 9 mins When pornography doesn't work anymore but dreamscapes do, a sublimation of masturbation.
Bad Behaviour	Bhavana Rajendran, Rency Philip, Sharanya Ramprakash	2023	India / 5 mins Bad Behaviour is a street performance exploring Brigade Road and surrounding neighbourhoods that gave Bangalore its moniker ‘the Pub City’ in the 80s and 90s. Today, Brigade Road is more of a commercial street than the ‘cool, hip and happening’ area it used to be with iconic places like NASA, Pub World, Galaxy Theatre, Rex Theatre, Brigade Gardens, Time ‘n’ Again, Black Cadillac, FoxTrot, Spin and other has-been spaces that were for drinking, dancing, and cruising. Watch… https://youtu.be/k3PC37inyiE
Beach	Anisha Sharma	2023	India Karan is a transman, who recently had a gender affirmation surgery and something as trivial as going to the beach shirtless has been a dream and an act of liberation for him.
Beauty Within	Carrie Miller	2023	USA / 5 mins This abstract film is driven by colors, imagery of flowers, voice overs, and portrait shots of the characters. Skylar and Arbor meet in a beautiful garden, reflecting the radiant energy of the characters. There is a voice over of Arbor reading a letter to Skylar that describes how they met, their friendship turning romantic, and Arbor’s self discovery of their gender. As the letter is being read, they are seen meeting at the same spot, slowly getting closer. There is beauty and growth around them with blooming flowers and sunny weather. Skylar keeps going back, hoping Arbor will show up. Arbor’s voice over ends, saying, “I am sorry I never showed up, I had to find myself first.” Skylar finds the written letter from Arbor in their meeting spot, which is the voiceover that is happening throughout the film. She reads the letter, but the last few lines she reads out loud, “But when I am ready, I want to grow with you in the garden forever.” Watch... https://youtu.be/DeV0nObYZ0Q?si=DDJ0mrkiaM1PpbPv
Becoming	Tramaine Raphael Gray	2023	USA / 25 mins An imaginative queer teen weaves in and out of his own fantasy world while struggling to connect with his older brother.
Bedtime Story	Maty Grznár	2023	Slovakia / 8 mins In the performance, the author primarily deals with the topic of queer identity, growing up and memory. He harkens back to his childhood experiences in character of protective figure that we as queer children lack during growing up. The narrative is conceived from a personal point of view, but it focuses on the bigger picture, which everyone can relate to somehow.
Behind the Numbers	?	2023	Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Thailand / 30 mins An intersex person from Zimbabwe, a lesbian couple from Bangkok and a trans person from the Netherlands; they all encounter the same barriers of heteronormative society for different reasons.
Behind My Drag Queen	Leonardo Oliveira	2023	Ireland / 14 mins This short documentary tells the story of Chantelle Perez, a Brazilian drag queen who discovered a new life for herself in Ireland through the art of drag.
Beware	Wrik Mead	2023	Canada / 3 mins A hacking of glitchy intimacies, set to sound extracts from the 1961 homophobic propaganda film Boys Beware, that makes the fag monster very lovable.
Bistro #1	Kiana Thienkim Nguyen	2023	USA / 10 mins A young woman keeps the sales of her family’s food booth alive while navigating her sexuality.
Bixas Pretas: entre o amor e os afetos	Diego Roberto Silva Cavalcante Barrera	2023	Brazil / 25 mins Quatro “bixas pretas” discutem, através das suas experiências, como o racismo e a homofobia afetam o campo do amor.
Blinds	Shir Green	2023	Israel / 9 mins A short queer film about the complex experience of a bisexual woman in the closet, who desires her lesbian neighbor that she spies on from her balcony and then fantasizes about while pleasuring herself. She wants to be her and to be with her at the same time, but can only live it through the fantasy.
Blue Flower	Sunil Babu Pant, Pradhumna Mishra	2023	Nepal / 40 mins A gay Nepali man in a rural setting is forced to marry a girl by his family. How do the couple navigate social pressures as well as take care of their needs? Watch… https://youtu.be/gppzN-9mH5g
Boom Boom Chao	Pau(La) Chaves Bonilla	2023	Netherlands / 4 mins “Glitches of a marica in self-exile” is this film’s subtitle, ‘marica’ being a Spanish derogatory term for gay or queer. In Boom Boom Chao, the artist reclaims the term while reflecting on what it means to live a queer lesbian life. In this glitchy spoken word piece (glitchy both in image and sound), she muses on the idea of this queer lesbian life being a sort of self-exile, an alienated life.
Born on a Sunday Morning / Nés Un Dimanche Matin	Thierry Sorlini	2023	Canada / 15 mins Le jour précédent le départ de son frère pour l’université, Massimo découvre un secret qui pourrait changer sa famille pour toujours.
Bound	Biz Young	2023	USA / 4 mins In 'Bound: A Film on Liberation Through Rope Bondage,' Sakina Sins uses shibari (rope bondage) as a way to process pain and desire. As a queer, disabled, transmasc person born to immigrant parents — his body was often a site of pain and restriction, but getting to choose the pain he endures is what frees him.
Boundless	David Chai	2023	USA / 10 mins Through a series of animated vignettes ranging from everyday scenes to abstract ideas, a group of trans and nonbinary people define their genders through their surroundings, families, cultures, and imaginations.
Boxed In / Le Poids des Cases	Coline Stell	2023	France / 17:32 mins Lou a 28 ans, elle est lesbienne et heureuse. Le jour où elle se réveille à côté d’un homme, c’est le monde à l’envers!
Boxes	Wall & Yero	2023	Argentina / 2 mins A young man recovers his collection of red cars only to realise that the scale of his fantasies has changed. Un joven recupera su colección de autos rojos para darse cuenta que la escala de sus fantasías ha cambiado. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/833072892
Boys in the Water / Les garçons dans l'eau	Pawel Thomas Larue	2023	France / 39 mins It's late summer on the Brittany coast. Oscar invites his group of friends to spend a week's holiday at his grandparents' house. He hasn't been back to where he grew up since he came out as a trans boy. On the beach, the gang meet Malo, a handsome local boy who is also trans.
Brief Encounter	Alex Matraxia	2023	UK / 4 mins With a soundtrack like Bernard Hermann running a techno night, Brief Encounter is a short erotic neo-noir about chance meetings, absent fathers, cigarettes, shaving foam, and eye contact on public transport.
Bubble / Bolha	Leandro Ricardo Wenceslau	2023	Brazil / 15 mins “BOLHA” is a short film that tells the story of João, a 13-year-old boy who has just moved with his mother to Belo Horizonte. João faces the challenge of adapting to a new home, school, and family structure after his father’s death. He needs to figure out how to make friends in a world where people group themselves into bubbles.
BunnyXGator	Shoog McDaniel, Ian Clotz	2023	USA / 9 mins At first meeting, Evie Snax aka Bunny knew there was something special about Swamp Daddy, but it was years later when they saw eye-to-eye. Soon after finally sniffing each other out, they organically became Gator and bunny. Gator’s bossy power a perfect compliment to bunny’s willing receptiveness, fantasy role play became the drug of choice. We watched in awe as our sex opened up portals, drawing us into a twisted tale of carnal lust between two animals in a Florida swamp. Together we indulge in our magical alternative world, captured here by videographer Ian Clontz wearing our own papier-mâché costuming. Furry primal play gave us a window through which to explore Dominant/submissive play by giving into desire freely and without judgment. Running feral and feeling limitless, we fuck in the dirt and under the stars.
Burn My Skin / Queima Minha Pele	Leonardo Amorim	2023	Brazil / 19 mins These men are dripping with sweat, but it doesn't matter. Trailer... https://vimeo.com/867027237
burning blue	Kim Ly Lam, Cecilia Luna Pohl	2023	Germany, Korea Pilgyu Shin has a dream: As a gay activist, he wants to enforce the anti-discrimination law in South Korea. In Seoul, he encounters a parallel society in which many queers hide and pretend to be heterosexual. The reason: Christian churches are gathering thousands of members around them in order to threaten the LGBTQ+ community. With their money and influence, they can steer politics. "burning blue" portrays twelve people who stand up against these authorities. It is a battle against time, as they lose more and more members of their community to suicide. Yet dividing barriers keep growing bigger and bigger within their own circle.
Cafe Pamplemousse Cacao	Dominique Preusse	2023	France / 23 mins Samuel used to be in a relationship with Laetitia before she left him for Gaëlle. Today he has been invited to his home. Together, they will try to perform an act of love.
Camille, Marc, Michel & Me	Jonathan Lemieux	2023	Switzerland / 23 mins On May 9th 2022, Michel, my mother's husband, died of pancreatic cancer. Unbeknownst to me, his death became the catalyst for my mid-life crisis in that it reopened wounds related to my father's abandonment (Marc) and my grandfather's suicide (Camille).
Cannoli Brothers	Ethan Folk, Ty Wardwell	2023	Germany / 2 mins They may not be real brothers, but their cannoli are anything but fake.
Capim-Navalha	Michel Queiroz	2023	Brazil / 90 mins Capim-Navalha é um documentário que retrata as questões vividas de seis personagens transgeneres que moram na Chapada dos Veadeiros. Pessoas diferentes entre si, complexas por suas trajetórias retratadas em seus territórios corporais, geográficos, decoloniais, interseccionais e suas vivências LGBTQIAPNB+. O filme apresenta narrativas de gênero dissidentes, elaborando fricção e alteridade, com análises sobre biopolítica e a necropolítica sobre esses personagens que lutam nesse cis-tema.
Catch A Star If You Can	Tanya Liu Choi Ying	2023	Hong Kong / 33 mins Two swimming team members decide to escape their training camp for one night to watch the Leonid meteor shower. But the road trip is full of surprises bringing them more than the twinkling stars above.
Change Minority	Tomoya ASANUMA	2023	Japan / 8 mins Yuki, an office worker, and his female partner are heterosexuals living in a minority’s world and thinking about marriage. They live in a society where heterosexuality is not accepted and they suffer from the inability to legally start a family. They come out to their parents, their workplace enforces homosexual norms upon them, and they live their lives interweaved with troubles and sufferings, and finally find their way, in a society where homosexuality is the norm. Trailer… https://youtu.be/FJZHe1w0kWk
Check Please	Victor Mignatti, Scott T. Hinson	2023	USA “Check Please” is a truly short comedy about the easy come, easy go nature of sexual attraction between strangers.
Chica	Juan Yactayo Sono	2023	Perú / 25 mins After being attacked by the police, Katya, a trans sex worker, is given the opportunity to publicly denounce the assault in a television report. She decides not to do so, despite her desire to make a change, to prevent his mother from learning about her true occupation. However, the sudden death of her best friend at the hands of the same policemen changes her decision and finally denounces the aggressions. This will totally change the relationship with her mother. Trailer… https://youtu.be/ZbZ6eS9YLZo?si=YlTuFRoApi8lN7FE
Chlorine / Cloro	Pablo Borges	2023	Spain / 14:38 mins Miguel and Diego are on the same water polo team. Little by little, they will discover that there is more than just chlorine between them. Trailer... https://youtu.be/MxJsAqGmrZo?si=6ei1mEWmBJvClnPM
Cineffabuleuses depuis 35 ans!	Chriss Lag	2023	France / 92 mins For the 35th edition of the Paris International Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival, Cineffable asked Chriss Lag to make a documentary about the association and the festival. The idea is to show what Cineffable has been for 35 years, as a feminist and lesbian festival, showcasing women directors from all over the world, organized by women, united in an association operating 100% voluntarily, with no hierarchical structure and no gender mixing. Over the past 1 year, Chriss Lag and volunteers from the association have delved into the festival's archives and conducted over 25 interviews to track the evolution of the festival from its inception to the present day, as well as changes in society, in lesbian visibility and in feminist and LGBT struggles in general.
Clear Sky	Milica Mitra Cvetković	2023	Serbia / 26 mins Nina arrives in Belgrade after hearing the news of her ex-boyfriend’s death. When she meets with once close friends, she realizes how much those relationships have changed. Amidst a series of turbulent emotions, she tries to cope with nostalgia and guilt, surrendering to a long-forgotten feeling of freedom. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/VedroNebo
Clotilde	Maria João Lourenço	2023	Portugal / 4 mins On a planet where reproduction is mandatory in the daily life of its inhabitants, there is an alien who just wishes to pleasure herself.
Collective Resistance	Isak Vaillancourt	2023	Canada / 17 mins Told from the perspectives of 2SLGBTQ+ Afro-Indigenous leaders and activists, this short documentary reimagines new possibilities in the relationship between Blackness and Indigeneity, which is rooted in solidarity and joy.
Colony Collapse Disorder / Hafra'at hitmotetut hamoshava	Amos Holzman	2023	Israel / 15 mins Between forest and city, two ambiguous lovers' journey to preserve their togetherness. Trailer… https://youtu.be/Nn2pdPL5YwQ
Como Me Esquecer do Inverno	Mari Moraga	2023	Brazil, Portugal, Hungary, Bélgium / 15 mins Violeta usa sua arte para criar possibilidades de ver o mundo em que vive. Uma Brazileira que busca, por formas incomuns, se aquecer através da sua comunidade queer durante o inverno em Lisboa. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/869276200/c430f58e83
Commerce	Daniel Mcintyre	2023	Canada / 7 mins Through the use of artificial intelligence with analogue 16mm hand processing, Commerce explores the minds of leaders that exploit human labor, aroused by the technology poised to replace it. Who cares about the workers; a CEO should never have to choose between getting laid, or getting laid off.
Community	Dean Leetal	2023	Israel / 6 mins According to scholars such as Hil Malatino, trans people survive in transphobic societies thanks to mutual community care.
Compositions For Understanding Relationships	David Delafuente	2023	USA / 5:30 mins A Love Letter. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/575121413
Conceiving Our Future	Annie Pancak Vogt	2023	USA / 9 mins Some view having children as a necessary chapter in the human experience; others are concerned the decision is self-serving.
Conociendo a Marc	Carlos Eduardo Espinoza Velazquez	2023	México / 13:9 mins Marc es un chico trans el cual durante un viaje vacacional junto a su madre y hermano se embarcan en una aventura, durante su aventura Marc conoce a una chica muy linda la de la cual queda flechado al instante, cosa que es mutua durante este viaje a lado de Marc podremos experimentar junto a el lo que es el amor, la aceptación de la gente de su entorno ante su cambio, y como su hermano poco a poco va apreciando y aceptando a su hermano Marc ¿podrá marc en estas vacaciones descubrir quien es el de verdad?
Consuella	Alexandre Figueirôa	2023	Brazil / 23 mins Nas décadas de 1980 e 1990, Consuelo foi a travesti mais famosa do Recife. Tempos depois foi morar na França, onde fez sua transição e se tornou vedete nos cabarés Carrossel de Paris e Madame Arthur. Trailer… https://youtu.be/zALdcIA_Bio?si=ukPQmENsYYoXH5It
Continuum, la playa	Mariana Bomba	2023	Argentina / 6 mins Historia de amor entre dos mujeres a comienzos de los años 90, que pronto se transforma en una gesta desbordante de experimentación, goce y vínculos en una de las generaciones de mujeres cineastas más feroces de la Argentina. Treinta años después, el hallazgo de una valija con más de mil negativos fotográficos, películas en 16 mm y cintas VHS preservadas por Vanessa Ragone, una de las protagonistas, revela una década fundacional en la vida y en la trayectoria de las grandes artistas de esa generación.
Conversation With Albert Knoll / Gespräch mit Albert Knoll	Philipp Gufler	2023	Germany / 25 mins Albert Knoll has dedicated a large part of his life to commemorating the crimes against humanity committed during the Nazi dictatorship and what this archival work has done to him.
CrashPad Quickies: Zuri Love & Knotty Rell	Ava LaPrima	2023	USA / 5 mins The erotic tension between Knotty Rell and Zuri Love can be cut with a cane. Throughout this sexy BDSM scene, our guests share sweet communication and tender moments in-between soft thuds.
Creating Space	Ariel Robbins	2023	USA / 2:06 mins Cal Calamia prepares for his run in the Presidio. As he makes his way through several, iconic San Francisco neighborhoods, he tells an intimate story of his life as a trans runner.
C-TV (If I tell you I like you...)	Eva Egermann, Cordula Thym	2023	Austria / 30 mins Onscreen, we see wild hamsters with X-ray eyes, a zombie soldier on the telethon phone, a grandiose performance in a song contest, and at the center, a talk show offering an alternative to the heteronormative TV mainstream.
Cuando vuelva, en verano	Alberto Prados	2023	Spain / 12 mins Año 1987. Rubén es un niño de diez años que crece jugando a las chapas en el pueblo. Vive junto a sus padres y a su abuela, con la que pasa las tardes. Rosa intenta que su nieto siga siendo un niño y no sea consciente de la dramática situación que se vive en casa y de la que se habla en voz baja.
Cum As You Are	Hanna Schaich	2023	Germany / 13 mins Sex can be felt with all senses, naturally with body and mind. All scenes are carried by poetry that sounds like the threat of a new world order, accompanied by metallic-raw music. What if in supposedly individually experienced mental and physical wounds lies the collective energy for resistance? What if we squirt, dance, eat, whip away a society cramped in shame and norms? Or even abolish it? Fasten your seat belts on this horny ride through Wild-Wild- Witch-Clity-City. And: CUM AS YOU ARE Trailer... CUM AS YOU ARE TRAILER on Vimeo
Cupid into Transmutation	Dexter Boldewijn	2023	Netherlands / 13 mins The edgy and personal graduation film Cupid into Transmutation follows a transgender boy named Caesar living in a big city. On the run from his traumatic past, he tries to make a living as a camboy, until he is suddenly sent into hysteria as his body starts to violently morph and transform beyond all recognition. Follow him in his search for acceptance and identity in this cruel world, focused on normality
Dale Cooper	Manuel Marmier	2023	France / 4 mins Like a Dadaist poem: two portraits intertwine, depicting the full or hollow characters of these two homonymous characters: Dale Cooper, the detective and Dale Cooper, the porn actor. Watch… https://youtu.be/LsiBJyDLeXc?si=HBaUqxmmxV75N5Rv
Dance Permit (Denied)	Claudix Vanesix	2023	Peru / 10 mins Claudix Vanesix was born female and now lives as a non-binary trans person. This means it is impossible for them to take part in Los Negritos de Sipsa, a traditional Peruvian dance that is passed down in their family from father to son—thereby excluding them from part of their own culture.
Darcelle: On Life, Love and Dying	Christina Carol Dowsett	2023	USA / 14 mins Darcelle, at the age of 91, is the Guinness World Record holder for the oldest working drag queen. On stage Darcelle is harolded as a prominent figure in the Portland, Oregon LGBTQ+ scene but at home Walter Cole is just like anyone else who loves, laughs, and cries. In this short film, friends and family reflect with Darcelle on a long and accomplished life as the end draws near.
Darlo todo	Tano Nieto	2023	Argentina / 66 mins “El drag es política pura”, sostiene una de les artistas que protagonizan este documental sobre el arte drag en Argentina a partir del concurso “Miss Lipsync Battle”, que se realiza en el bar Peuteo en el barrio de Palermo. La competencia es un hito de la noche porteña puesto que muches artistas dan allí sus primeros pasos teniendo la oportunidad de compartir escenario con figuras consagradas frente a un público feroz y un jurado de notables. Al mismo tiempo que se registran las distintas etapas del concurso, siguiendo el pulso emocional de cada participante, la película reflexiona y narra una breve historia del drag local, invocando y convocando a figuras que construyeron mitos en la noche. Este registro de la coronación de la Drag 2019 tiene la intimidad y la espectacularidad de la potencia excéntrica y seductora de batallas donde baile y glamour se convierten en una fiesta del vértigo y el deseo. Trailer… https://youtu.be/RvtM6DQ7WiU?si=mZR6bIlKY3oiafAw
Day Dream	Mael Cabaret	2023	France / 55 mins Drag queen in Quebec, Julien becomes DREAM at night. A job of passion. A difficult life. A world that consumes him. For ten years, Julien will try to distance himself from this universe which nevertheless represents his only reason for existing.
Dealing	Kendall Alex Payne	2023	USA / 12 mins Dealing is a stoner comedy about a depressed lesbian named Kai, who takes a part-time gig delivering weed, where she is forced to reconnect with humans and learns to love life again.
Dear Nana	Han Nguyen	2023	USA / 3 mins In this heartfelt tribute to his late grandmother, a trans man reminisces about growing up queer in a small, conservative town in Vietnam. Watch… https://youtu.be/8VaTdACtivY?si=4ey4wJPzujDzet8y
Dena asmatuta dago	Jone Arriona Lobete	2023	Spain / 14 mins A bathroom with an old aesthetic and pink. In the middle of the bathroom is a bathtub where two young men relax while smoking a joint. As the joint takes effect, they begin to philosophize about the origin and creation of the elements, until the conversation turns to more personal topics
Denis	Zoey Black	2023	South Africa / 8 mins Denis is documentary short that focuses on medical and legal issues facing intersex and transgender people in South Africa, and the ongoing human rights struggles that continue to position the community as second class citizens. We meet Denis Motlatla, who talks through his ongoing struggles with State Departments of Health and Home Affairs, each which had failed him at critical points in his life. Denis’ experience highlights the profound challenges faced by transgender and intersex people when attempting to access basic and crucial civic services. His story is one of overcoming adversity, strength and resilience.
Devenir Roi	Manon Selli	2023	France / 52 mins Cha est Drag King : sur scène, velu, grosse voix, gestuelle virile, il s’appelle PowerBeauTom, s’amuse des codes de la masculinité et joue de son personnage pour approcher au plus près de ce qu’il est vraiment, ni homme, ni femme, mais simplement un peu des deux. Assigné femme à la naissance, aujourd’hui s’identifiant comme non-binaire, Cha (23 ans) a beaucoup cheminé pour devenir King, une vie en zig-zags de genre et d’orientations sexuelles. Son père a suivi, sans tout comprendre, mais avec bienveillance. Sa grand-mère a soutenu, comme elle a toujours soutenu les justes causes. Une autre famille est apparue, celle des Kings. Cha s’envole, enfin, et le chante, guitare en main. Mais Cha est-il arrivé à bon port ? La scène Drag King restera-t-elle le seul espace dans lequel il peut se sentir lui-même au quotidien?
Die Young	Violet Price	2023	USA / 15 mins A hitman spends his last night on earth wandering around LA and wasting time BS-ing with weirdos.
Dig Deeper: Ben McKeown	Mark Street	2023	Australia / 55 mins A deep dive into examining Ben McKeown's connection to his Aboriginality and queerness and how that influences his art leading up to him entering a significant Australian art award. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/796937054
Dino Hart	Lizzie Mayes	2023	USA / 13 mins As a Don’t Say Gay bill passes, 12-year-old Dino confronts a surprising truth about their long-lost father.
Dip	Luciano Perochena	2023	Peru / 7 mins Trans dancer Denisse witnesses the murder of a sex worker; the chase that follows is portrayed through a stunning voguing choreography. Trailer… https://youtu.be/wWYWOAx6R2k?si=XQQc8O371OicumtT
Discipulos de Amor - Luna de Oro	Wilmer Aburto	2023	This short video is inspired by photography series Discípulos de Amor. The portraits from this collection celebrate racialized individuals and all the intersections we represent. Discípulos de Amor photography series aims to create inclusive spaces by bringing visibility and representation to address a history of underrepresentation in media.
Divas in Dollmation	Warren Wright	2023	30 mins Cher and Madonna headline the same program. Warrencito’s Diva Dollmatioon showcases some of our favorite female icons but in doll size format. Barbie is back in the spotlight and this program reminds us that she never really left.
Do I Always Have to Carry My Own Body / Må jeg alltid bære min egen kropp	Hedda Virik	2023	Norway / 4 mins A music video of a home shopping hostess struggling to keep her composure as her product fails horribly. She gets washed out to sea, where her deal of the day keeps haunting her. Watch... https://youtu.be/dU45oLj9ffU?si=5M583SbihE-K95yv
Don't Break Up Over Text	Black LGBT+ Plays	2023	USA / 17:02 mins College student, Ricara, makes every attempt to smoke a blunt and get a free meal before midterms, but after her friend, LaTonya, sends a tactless breakup text to their mutual friend, this sticky-icky Saturday proves more icky than any of them expected. Trailer… https://youtu.be/qKx6QIdcIOU
Dove Ci Porta Il Vento	Giuseppe Capudi	2023	Italy / 13 mins Watch… https://youtu.be/4Im3S2tH6J0?si=S1n8Dw0OByWjY27c
Drag You	Nadia Koro, Hadrien Daigneault-Roy, Sascha Cowan	2023	Canada / 21 mins An amyl-fuelled reverie where dance meets disco beat dirge for a queer scene being swallowed one new apartment complex at a time. Roy Orbison has never hit this hard.
Dreaming Bodies / Traum von Körpern	Vivian Bausch, Ella Knorz	2023	Germany / 4 mins It is dark. A body awakens and explores the room. But suddenly the body starts to change… An experimental short film shot with a thermal imaging camera and written with artificial intelligence. Trailer... https://vimeo.com/814174378
Echemos a Volar	Hodei Baile	2023	Spain / 23 mins A día de hoy, la libertad sexual y la autodeterminación de género están castigadas con la detención o la muerte en varios países. El futuro llega en el momento adecuado cuenta la historia de Nelson y su huida a Italia tras una violenta agresión. Nació hace 25 años en Ciudad de Benin, una de las zonas más inestables de Nigeria. En 2018 la comisión territorial que examinó su caso consideró que su testimonio no era suficientemente creíble y rechazó su solicitud de protección internacional. En 2021, Nelson apeló ante el Tribunal de Venecia. A la espera de su veredicto, lo que puede llevar meses, Nelson pasa sus días trabajando, saliendo con amigos y haciendo música, con la esperanza de convertirse algún día en un gran cantante. Trailer… https://youtu.be/v9Dhq1mPS0I?si=gSN-r1jZLXF47kOh
Edge / Skraj	Edmund Aleksander Krempiński	2023	Poland / 18 mins Based on the true story of Edmund, who deals with various forms of frustration rooted in living as a transgender person in a highly oppressive society. It consists of a series of absurd psychomagical acts leading to the final liberation and allegorical transition into the pearl.
El Miedo del Adiós	Luis Antonio Loya Rosas	2023	México Esteban es un chico a punto de graduarse de la preparatoria, él es un chico gay, y está enamorado de Julián, una semanas antes de graduarse él le cuenta a Javier que está enamorado de Julián pero que es demasiado tarde para confesárselo, Javier lo ayuda a razonar que aún no lo es y el decide confesarse a Julián, pero él no se espera para nada la respuesta de Julián.
El Olvido	Gabriel Esparza	2023	Spain / 8 mins En un pueblo de la España vaciada, la ausencia de un hijo que marchó en busca de oportunidades, deja secretos y reproches entre un padre enfermo y una madre que sufre en silencio.
El Replicante	Martín Sichetti	2023	Argentina El Replicante indaga, dentro las convenciones formales del film noir -sobre todo su raíz filosófica- las preguntas sobre la existencia, las maneras múltiples de ser, acerca de los usos de las máscaras y también sobre las estratagemas mediante las cuales nos hacemos invisibles.
Entredentes	Daniel Souza Duarte de Sena	2023	Brazil / 20 mins Caio espera seu melhor amigo Hugo para sua despedida antes de uma grande viagem, e aquilo que está suprimido vem à tona essa noite.
Esteban	Julián Ulises Peraza May	2023	México / 7:51 mins Bueno, este cortometraje habla de la vida de Esteban un chico que no puede salir del closet, viene de una familia muy religiosa por lo que la ideología de los padres, no van con los gustos y preferencias de Esteban, porque es Gay y no tiene el valor de decirles a sus padres, pero cuenta con el apoyo de su amigo Alex que le dice que el puede y que sus padres lo van a querer tal y como es, la mamá de Esteban desde hace mucho sabe que su hijo es muy diferente por lo que ella sabe que su hijo el gay, esteban al final tiene el valor para decir lo que es y como se siente…
Et Dans Le Flux, Tu Le Perdras	Christophe Pellet	2023	France / 61 mins Léo est lassé des reproches de Kaspar qui le pousse à rejoindre les réseaux sociaux pour rendre publique leur histoire d’amour. Leur rupture acte le départ de Léo pour Berlin, une ville dans laquelle il espère renaître au contact d’un milieu alternatif. Mais la ville gagnée par la spéculation immobilière, rejette Léo dans la marge. Des années après, la fille biologique de Kaspar élevée par un couple de femmes, évoque cette histoire d’amour sur une scène de théâtre.
Et toi tu veux quoi?	Samia Chougrani	2023	France / 2 mins ala : « Faut que je trouve un mari avant qu’elle ne meure. » Souad : « Pourquoi ? » Lala : « Bah, c’est son rêve d’être à mon mariage… » Watch… https://vimeo.com/668441602
Et voguent les navigatrices	Women Collective	2023	Canada / 8 mins Collaborative video designed and realized by six elder lesbian women with the support of artists Sylvaine Chassay, Mathilde Geromin and the support of Suzie Bordeleau, social worker at the CSL. Resulting from a series of cultural mediation workshops, the collective aspect of the narrative is based on the interweaving of the personal stories which, put together, express a collective history of lesbian heritage.
Eurydice	Isabella Cintra	2023	Brazil / 16 mins Two girls who once loved each other meet in the field. Throughout the conversation, they go through memories, emotions, sensations, until they can finally let go. The release of a place that no longer belongs to you and that you no longer belong in it.
Evil Babylon	Tommy Spaghetteria, Jeffrey Ray Kieser	2023	USA / 22 mins Evil Babylon is a sacrilegiousx psychosexual science-fiction movie-musical masterpiece. The story of a sexually-repressed evangelical race driver and the cult-like planet that leads him on a journey towards self-acceptance! Trailer… https://youtu.be/E_MLemOgHdU
Ex You	Milina Trišić	2023	Serbia / 70 mins Through the diverse life stories of three transgender individuals, the film poses the question of freedom, understanding, and acceptance in countries torn between traditional principles and aspirations toward the West. Helena is an early retired major, the first military person in Serbia to change her gender. Kamila is from Bosnia and Herzegovina, still hoping transition in Serbia after years of trying. Vuk was baptized in Montenegro as the first transgender person who did not complete transition at that time. His gender transition unexpectedly saved his life. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/794196551
Exes	Itay Segal	2023	Israel / 20 mins For some time, Roy has been planning what he would say to his ex when he ran into him. He never imagined that it would happen in his one night stand’s apartment.
Faire Famille	Océan Michel	2023	France / 90 mins « Faire Famille » quand on n’est pas dans le schéma traditionnel du couple amoureux hétéro, c’est comment ? Est-ce que deux meilleur.e.s potes qui vivent sur le même palier ça peut devenir une famille ? Océan et sa meilleure amie Sophie-Marie Larrouy vont interroger leur lien d’amitié, leur désir d’enfant et leur capacité à s’engager ensemble, allant à la rencontre de personnes qui ont fait famille « autrement » pour s’en inspirer et inventer leur propre modèle.
Fallen	Elena Chamorro	2023	USA / 9 mins Kaiv helps a heartbroken peer, Aline, by revealing an intimate secret. Trailer... https://youtu.be/jPBvRjTr6XM?si=JGtj2Nd5Zi_0pyUx
Falling for Greta	Gustavo Arteaga	2023	UK / 11 mins To doubt is human. To give in, divine. - When love comes knocking Greta's world is turned upside down.
Fanfarria en Marcha	Fernando Portabales	2023	Argentina / 7:38 mins La Carroza Loca viene a poner en marcha la fanfarria con un acto de magia que hacemos entre todxs.
Femme Rage	Sarah Taborga, Aïma Paule	2023	USA / 3 mins Femme Rage is a rally cry to all QTBIPOC Femmes, across the gender spectrum, to unleash their rage about living, surviving, and thriving within a cishetero-capitalist-white supremacist-patriarchy. Trailer… https://youtu.be/Nv4dTEvP9Z4
Ferro’s Bar	Aline A. Assis, Fernanda Elias, Nayla Guerra, Rita Quadros	2023	Brazil / 25 mins A partir de documentos históricos e entrevistas com lésbicas que viveram e lutaram nas décadas de 1970 e 1980, somos guiadas a um episódio central na formação do movimento lésbico Brazileiro, a “Levante do Ferro’s Bar”, conhecida como “o Stonewall Brazileiro”. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/869258949
Ficção Suburbana	Rossandra Leone	2023	Brazil / 19 mins Entre afetos e tensões, o casal Marcela e Camila se relaciona com o cotidiano de suas raízes suburbanas.
Fighter	Irasj Asanti	2023	Norway / 8 mins Mansour dreams of becoming a professional MMA fighter - and at the same time he dreams of Andreas. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/794792258
First X	Josiah Polhemus	2023	USA / 7 mins Is a groundbreaking short film about two people taking a chance on dating in a post-pandemic world. The story portrays the vulnerability and anticipation of what it was like to experience that once in a lifetime “FIRST”. Trailer… https://youtu.be/X1tYU_6TrhE?si=ap02AVyP6jsItrGy
Flare	Kate Blamire	2023	Germany / 27 mins Flare is a film made in alignment with the tides of artist Kate Blamie's illness and capacities, and is testament to the healing strength of joy, community, and creativity.
For I Have Sinned	Juan Javier Aguirre	2023	USA / 4 mins A disturbing past is revealed in a confessional booth.
For My Brother: The Legacy of Joseph Beam	Joshua X Miller	2023	USA A short documentary about the life of 80s activist, writer, and poet Joseph F. Beam. On a journey to discover more Beam, filmmaker Joshua X. Miller learns more about himself and how he is continuing the legacy of the past. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/704768522
Four Pieces on Being Seen	Hanna Lappalainen	2023	Finland / 11:15 mins A community dance film where participants articulate their experiences on their queer identity and how they would like to be seen.
Fragmentasia	Robin Riad	2023	Canada / 3:57 mins An exploration of the sense of self, through kaleidoscopic imagery, distorted sounds, and a flurry of colours. Fragmentasia is a self-reflexive short, shot on 16mm and Super8, using animation techniques, prisms, and mirrors, to examine the outward self versus the internal self.
Freshwater Bees / Les Abeilles d'eau douce	Emma Kanouté	2023	Belgium / 8 mins
From the Ground With Love	Julian Konuk	2023	UK / 23 mins What is the relationship between horror and queerness? Between pain and pleasure? Between death and erotics? Between a hole and a grave?
Funghi Boost	Bande James Bond	2023	Belgium / 12 mins A strange quest for magical shroomies and extravagant treasures turns into terrific encounters with a mischievous diamond-loving fairy, unscrupulous gremlins and a thundering Vampirella Kinqueen. From desire to desire, how far will the adventure take us?
Gen	Vivian Barton	2023	UK / 10 mins A surrealist journey begins on a dark and mysterious night in this metaphorical expression of self discovery and rebirth.
Gender Euphoria: Trans people in the Bay Area	Alex Sharp, Mia Florendo	2023	USA / 6:53 mins A documentary to showcase the lives of the diverse trans community in the SF Bay Area.
Género Punky	P4uxxx, Gabi Pella, Silvina Suarez	2023	Argentina / 5:19 mins Trailer de videojuego realizado en BITSY, un engine para diseñar en 8- Bits. El juego narra las experiencias que vive Reid, una persona no binaria, en distintos ambientes relacionados a la escena musical y artística. Realizado para la materia Diseño Sonoro de la Especialización en Arte Sonoro, UNTREF. Todos los sonidos son de nuestra autoría.
Getting Out of the Box	Karen Rodriguez	2023	USA / 7 mins Rochester comedian and part-time hockey ref, Amy Stephens returns to reffing hockey after her gender transition.
Gila Goldstein, Cat Feeder	Yael Bedarshi	2023	Israel / 15 mins Gila Goldstein (1947-2017) was an actress, artist, singer, one of the first activists in the Israeli transgender community and a feeder of stray cats. This movie was shot as a part of a project about people who feed stray cats in Tel-Aviv. Gila agreed to participate under the condition that the movie will be only about cats.
Gilipollas	Joan Bentallé, Pol Diggler	2023	Spain / 7 mins Lolo and Dick meet again after a long time in a friendly bar and they catch up. To the surprise of both, feelings that they thought were forgotten arise again.
Girl Blunt	Clementine Narcisse	2023	USA / 11 mins Two young women decide to use their newly found drug-dealing business to get revenge against a conniving man of their past. Watch… https://youtu.be/I34MnmhIUwM?si=yWRxukWnrN8FkB2o
Glitter	Mauricio Sandoval Ron	2023	Argentina / 15 mins The story of Pato, a young drag who lives with his younger brother Tommy, with whom he has a close and warm relationship. Despite this affection, Pato is afraid to show him his world as a drag and to show himself as he really is, so he locks his room when he leaves the house, to prevent Thomy from entering. One night, Pato goes out to perform at a bar, and Tommy embarks on a mission to explore what his brother is hiding in his room to feel closer to him.
Godmother – Heimathass	Paul Scheuffler, Julian Dieterich	2023	Germany / 4 mins Watch… https://youtu.be/_aD3TUg1Xsc?si=CTWWz-6GqWFY8zDo
Good Morning I’m a Whore!	Aleksandar Mijatovic	2023	Germany / 4 mins “Good Morning I’m a Whore!” is an animated music video parody of the beloved song “Good Morning Baltimore” from the musical “Hairspray.” The video stars the fabulous Drag Queen and sensation, Sherry Vine. In this hilarious and vibrant music video, Sherry Vine takes center stage to celebrate sex positivity and empowerment with a humorous twist, while meeting up with other glamorous Drag Queens, including some familiar faces from the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise. Watch… https://youtu.be/fNLFMmgfVkA?si=s0CY1tSsmL4SeaLD
Guilty	Kate Hummel, Rosa Stil	2023	Netherlands / 16 mins When a young woman is raped by a colleague, she is not sure if she wants to tell her girlfriend. After all, if she does not put it into words, perhaps it did not happen. Zana comes home after a party at work. She gets in the shower and scrubs her body in an attempt to rub off the fact she was raped by a male colleague one hour ago. Her hairs still wet, she gets in bed beside her girlfriend Olivia. She decides to say nothing about it and that it never happened. Trailer… https://youtu.be/4zyYNI7ojgg?si=lATh4c-yuCWcYfTa
Halves and Doubles	Adam Mbowe	2023	Canada / 15 mins Adam and her sibling Khadija share unspoken trauma. Traversing a winding road of emotions, they finally find mutual understanding.
Harpies	Tom Chetwode-Barton	2023	UK / 4 mins Go inside Europe’s first LGBTQIA+ inclusive strip club and the community reshaping Britain’s sex industry from within. Watch… https://www.nowness.com/story/harpies
He-She-Devil	Martín Sichetti	2023	Argentina / 2:30 mins En clave fantástica, la protagonista se transforma en otra entidad, que posteriormente se fusiona con el cosmos. El video hace referencia a obras que incluyen una intersección particular entre ‘She Devil’ de 1957 y ‘Lost Highway’ de 1997, que sirven como el punto de partida de una narrativa que trasciende esos contextos y se convierte en algo distinto.
hi ading	Dinaly Tran	2023	Canada / 2 mins “hi ading” is a poetic short that provides a glimpse into a love story. Speaking to their parents’ past selves, Dinaly asks and hopes that these past versions might help them realise that decisions they may not understand are still made out of love.
Him/Hair	Eloi Genrich	2023	Netherlands / 18 mins Two years ago, Eloi shaved off his long, curly hair, and his bald head confronts him with something he had always secretly known: he is not a she. With clippers marking the starting point, a long journey begins. However, what if the final destination seems to keep changing? Or perhaps it doesn’t exist at all? Armed with a camera in his hand, Eloi discovers that he does not have to travel alone. In his chosen family, freedom and friendship reign supreme, providing a safe haven through shared experiences, laughter, and life. Discarding all forms of pigeonholing, the search for self turns out to be not only incredibly bumpy but also simple, loving, and beautiful.
Hola, Santiago	Armando Ibañez	2023	USA / 10 mins Santiago, a Mexican queer migrant who lives happily with his husband in San Francisco, receives a message from Angel, an old flame who reveals that he has written to ask for forgiveness. Santiago must now confront the past to reconnect with the first love who he met when he first arrived in the U.S. Trailer... https://youtu.be/ScGhY9cfNlA?si=VHmXQjs11bdV3vNT
Home Movies: Pervy Pets	Mahx Capacity	2023	Germany / 5 mins Pervy pets Manon Praline and Faiska Meloso can’t keep their paws off each other in this hot, gonzo home movie!
Hormonal	Maz Murray	2023	UK / 12 mins When three trans people in a small town in Essex get ripped off by their DIY testosterone supplier, they must come together to undertake a daring hormone heist in this working-class, neo-noir flight of fancy.
Hotel Orfeo	Julie Helsen, Benjamin Laureys	2023	Belgium Wanneer zijn vriend in het hospitaal belandt, besluit Oliver een hotelkamer in de buurt te zoeken. Zo strandt de jongeman nietsvermoedend op het bal van de Orfeo, een hotel waar de grandeur van weleer nog nazindert. De kleurrijke hotelgasten zijn vriendelijk, maar het is duidelijk dat ze iets verbergen. Waar blijft het personeel? En wat is er met de lift aan de hand? Oliver beseft al snel dat dit geen avond wordt als een andere. Het is zelfs maar de vraag of hij Hotel Orfeo heelhuids zal verlaten… Met "Hotel Orfeo" brengt Spot On een gloednieuw stuk uit eigen huis met suspense, mysterie en vooral veel humor!
House of Enigma	Slade Warnken, Ying Dai	2023	USA / 11:20 mins “House of Enigma” is a short film exploring gender on an international scale.
How Pleasure Feels	Nadav Levy	2023	Israel / 12 mins “The LGBTQ+ person is like an embryo. There is no one to teach them how to survive, there is no one to guide them or direct them on what is right and wrong, how pleasure is supposed to feel.” This film presents excerpts from my personal life, from childhood memories to maturity – as an analogy for a child who learns the world anew. Accompanied by my friends from the LGBTQ+ community, who tell from their points of view the norms, the challenges and the search for a sense of belonging in the community.
Hyphen	May-Lynn Le	2023	USA / 19 mins A second-generation Vietnamese-American teen must navigate the familial challenges of coming out despite being unable to speak the same language as her grandma.
I Must Trespass	Charlie Parchment	2023	UK / 1.30 mins A Reflection of Queerness in Rural Spaces. Trailer... https://vimeo.com/819418539
If There’s No Tomorrow	An-Ting Ta	2023	Taiwan / 17 mins Two best friends, Mugen and Bingjie, are both re-taking the college entrance exam. As comrades, they understand and support each other’s dreams. On this day, Bingjie, as usual, goes over to Mugen’s house. They soon shift from earnestly preparing for the college interview to having a few drinks and having a heart-to-heart talk, cherishing these final days of their struggle together. However, a secret is unveiled under the influence of alcohol. On this stormy winter night, their relationship begins to falter…
If You Say	Yuri Yagibashi	2023	Japan / 25 mins Late-night radio telephone consultation. Tonight's winner is Kotori Kawai, an aspiring actor. The content of the consultation is "Have you ever liked someone you shouldn't like?" At first glance, it should be a common love consultation, but gradually the clouds become suspicious... Trailer… https://youtu.be/UOJWBDYcgYM?si=0Pob9b0IVmUMlVHE
Il Vuoto	Luca e Davide Marino	2023	Italy / 105 mins Giorgio and Marco come from two different worlds: the first is the son of a rich lawyer, the second struggles to emerge from the outskirts of a city in the deep south. Both dream of overwhelming love and the desire to emancipate burns within them. The same force that attracted them will separate them.
In the Basement	Andrew Scot Frink, Claire Sappone	2023	USA / 13 mins A couple tries to salvage their date night while sheltering in place from a supernatural anomaly. Trailer… https://youtu.be/9aHkVs08p_I
In The Sea / J’irai Dans La Mer	Lola Fauveau Merle	2023	France / 11:55 mins Yuna est en vacances près de la mer. Elle se sou- vient de l’été tourmenté de ses premières règles, 10 ans plus tôt.
Inky Pinky Ponky	Damon Fepulea'i, Ramon Tewake	2023	New Zealand / 61 mins When a young fakaleiti falls in love at St Valentine’s Highschool, she must navigate her way through a world of intolerance and bigotry to find happiness - in an unexpected place. Watch… https://youtu.be/7pLjWgiFGTc?si=IcSc4ubTJ3fDx0Mk
Inside Out	Praline Studio	2023	Germany / 10 mins Hold your breath and dive deep into this ritualistic session with Empress Wu and her dirty girl Manon Praline. The Empress stretch Manon’s hole and pierce her skin with needles, until the two femmes melt into each other, moaning in their carnal bath.
Insta Gay	Simon Paluck	2023	Canada / 12 mins A millennial Torontonian is left reeling after breaking-up with a popular gay influencer.
Into the Den	Lovelight	2023	Brazil / 9 mins After a night out, Lux Foton wanders around the city and mysteriously falls into Cyber and Mika’s den. Drenched in drool and candle wax, the trio plunges into not-so-human sexual delusions. Featuring Lux Foton, Cyber and Mika with a soundtrack by av Brisalicia.
Into the Next Tide	Yaya Xi-lin Wang	2023	UK / 10 mins A mysterious castaway is found on the sea shore by a group of musicians and though welcome to play with them, the call of returning to the sea is greater in this lyrical and dreamy animation. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/Intothenexttide
It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This	Rachel Kempf, Nick Toti	2023	USA / 84 mins This found footage horror film blends fact and fiction from nearly 20 years of archival video. Following a decades-long fascination with the horror genre, a married couple buys an abandoned duplex to use as a location for filming their low-budget scary movie. They soon notice that random strangers are drawn to the old building, but never approach it, merely standing outside and staring at it in a sort of trance. Delighted to find themselves embroiled in a real-life scary story, the two team up with an old friend and put their years of horror expertise, amateur ghost hunting, and paranormal obsession to use in the hope of discovering why this building holds such a strange power over people.
It Had to Be You	Juan Barquin, Trae Delellis	2023	USA / 6 mins A couple reminisces on the wild night on South Beach that kicked off their ten year relationship.
It’s Nice That You’re Here	Oriyana Brand	2023	Israel / 10 mins Forteen years old Einav visits her friend Nuri while her parents are away. When Eli, Nuri’s older sister returns earlier from a trip, she disrupts their peaceful harmony, forcing Einav to confront questions about sexuality and what it means to grow up.
Iyaan Paatta	Fabin Thomas	2023	India Based on a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky called ‘White Nights’, the film presents a narrative located in a corner of conservative, traditional India where there is very little room for nonconformity. Amidst it all is the romance of Kalp and Adi, two men who are tied in a relationship that cannot be shared with the world.
Izzy Aman: The Joy of Drag	Isabella Kaya Walton	2023	UK / 12:37 mins A film about Isabel Adomakoh Young, known as Izzy Aman in the drag world. We witness Isabel become Izzy, but more specifically on this occasion, Bob Ross. Through thrusting, painting and mimicry we witness a gender bending revolutionary performance alongside a candid and powerful conversation about the queer experience. Trailer available here
Jakt	Maria Lundström	2023	Sweden / 15 mins Father and son meet for the annual deer hunt while searching for some connection they never had. A hidden enemy forces them to face a harsh reality that none of them wants to face.
Jamie’s Pond	Reid Sandlund	2023	USA / 4 mins A lonely naiad discovers a crying human child at the edge of their pond and tries to cheer him up. They soon discover they have more in common than meets the eye. Trailer… https://youtu.be/vbiBh3YE85M?si=h6EvtXKbkG0sIZUu
Job Seeker / Se Solicita Empleo	Manuel Vargas Moreno	2023	Mexico / 8 mins "Job Seeker" is a short film that tells the story of a young autistic man in desperate search of employment in a challenging economic environment. The film begins with him wearing borrowed clothes and styling his hair with water from a public fountain before setting out to submit job applications. However, despite his efforts, he is continuously rejected, and his stack of applications becomes smaller and smaller. Watch… https://filmfreeway.com/JobSeeker614
JOE (Just Ordinary Everyday)	Bailey Vo	2023	USA / 13:39 mins JOE is a drama/coming-of-age film about a high school boy's complicated relationship with toxic masculinity, friendship, sexuality, & mental health. Watch… https://youtu.be/-lubOtWMpWs
Joy / Alegría	Julieta Tetelbaum	2023	Argentina / 11 mins A journey through the mind of a 65-year-old working-class lesbian who's addicted to sugar and can't stop thinking about her ex-girlfriend from youth. She lives with her partner—a mannequin that she’s built to look exactly like her ex.
Just Friends	Elle Martinez-Olson	2023	USA / 7 mins One year after their mutual split, former partners Carly and Jade, reconnect over their love of techno music. Jade invites Carly to their favorite nightclub together. Unable to resist her curiosity, Carly agrees. It’s just one night, what could go wrong? Watch… https://youtu.be/wd4SDydwi3o
Just Story Hour	Lu Yao	2023	USA / 7 mins Drag queen Harmonica Sunbeam is an affable storyteller at a time where Drag Story Hour is a source of controversy and protests.
Kiki House of Vase	Syrus Sadvandi	2023	USA / 9 mins The Kiki House of Vase is a ballroom house based in Taipei. This is a group of voguers which attend events called "balls." However, ballroom is more than a space to dance -- it's where queer people can find unconditional support and a family regardless of their orientation or gender identity.
Kiss All Summer Goodbye	Tiange Xiang	2023	China / 15 mins A young girl realizes that it is not necessary to have a boy to make her feel like a woman.
Knowing Mario	Emili Ema Sedlar	2023	Croatia / 36 mins Mario Lemešić is a Bjelovar based school cook living with HIV. For years, he’s faced homophobia and HIV-related stigma. The film illustrates his struggled, yet the uncoditional love and support from those that surround him in his everyday life.
Kordovero 22	Gal Primack	2023	Israel / 20 mins Two men, brought together virtually, grapple with the challenges of forging a deeper connection within the confines of an implausible, predetermined reality. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/Kordovero22
Kylvan, The Deaf Pup / Kylvan, Le Pup Sourd	Sylvain Gélinas	2023	Canada / 12 mins Le jeu de chiot dans le BDSM est un jeu de rôle dans lequel les “chiots” se déguisent et se comportent comme des chiens. Kylvan utilise l’humour pour tenter de sensibiliser le public sur la difficulté à trouver sa place dans cette communauté à Montréal en tant que personne malentendante. bande annonce
L*** 404 NOT FOUND	Lyubov Vetrov, Tanya Levi	2023	Russia / 90 mins In December 2022 the law against so-called “LGBT-propaganda” in commercials, books, film and media officially came into effect in Russia. This has changed the lives of the Russian queer community forever. We meet people from different russian cities who, in spite of the homophobic law, chose to stay in the country.
La Fonceuse	Dominique Montesano	2023	Canada / 5 mins The short film “La Fonceuse” is about two queer people, Ratel who is very much in her head, busy reading people and Nisha who is mysteriously familiar with Ratel. The two meet stuck in an escalator which seems infinite. Trailer… https://youtu.be/N8_u6quB-w0?si=cs3dKgP1WRLuPz_3
La hija del Diablo	Elvira Durango	2023	Ecuador, Panamá / 5 mins Ashly vive en un pueblo de Panamá y ha sido campeona tres veces en torneos de fútbol. A pesar de su talento e inteligencia, debe enfrentarse día a día con la discriminación de sus vecinos por ser bisexual.
La Libertad de Ser Quien Soy	Nubia Abi Trejo Aguilar	2023	México / 6 mins ¿Te has preguntado alguna vez lo que algunos sienten al ser mirados? ¿Qué pasa por sus mentes?, relatar por qué algunas veces es necesario, aceptar y tolerar a los demás, poder estar ahí para los que lo necesitan, entenderlos. Esto nos cuenta esta pequeña historia en la que podemos ver una situación similar a la que pasan estas personas.
La Pepa	Claudio Cordero	2023	Perú / 29 mins Relato en primera persona sobre un cineasta peruano radicado en Buenos Aires que conoce a una mujer trans llamada Pepa, un maravilloso personaje que se convierte en protagonista de su proyecto documental. Frente a la cámara, Pepa cuenta su increíble historia de vida, y luego -sin previo aviso- desaparece…
La place est prise	Kay Garnellen	2023	France / 21 mins A funny sex afternoon with a couple of surprises.
Lala Gothicfish	Angelina Nayyar	2023	Canada / 11 mins Set against the backdrop of a city undergoing rapid gentrification, a Toronto teenager struggles to save a youth rave scene plagued by substance use and over-policing.
Las Pequeñas Cosas	German Diaz	2023	Perú / 30 mins Norman y Benjamin, dos peruanos, se reencuentran en Nueva York después de no verse durante años. Las circunstancias los llevarán a quedar encerrados en una casa donde aflorarán sentimientos nuevos y antiguos. ¿Será posible que esta vez logren formar una pareja? ¿O tendrán que huir nuevamente del hilo rojo de su destino?
Late Bloomers	Sarah Ahern	2023	Ireland / 9 mins Sue and Ellie share an unspoken love that is gradually transforming into something much deeper, sweeter and more meaningful. Often when we are the ones closest to the truth, we are the very last people to see it.
Layla	Noa Li Sitbon	2023	Israel / 22 mins Layla lives in the shadow of her own name (“night” in Hebrew ). She wakes up when the sun sets and everyone goes to sleep. This is where she feels alive, in the silent night. But this silence will soon be broken by the arrival of Pauline into her life.
Leave Yourself Behind	Julius Manipul	2023	Canada A Documentary/Fantasy on Transcultural Queer Kinships between love, hate, loss, dreams and memories. Trailer… https://youtu.be/74x8Dfk8HGA?si=GyFtW-V9xyktWqTp
Lee Baby	Leah Raidt	2023	USA / 14 mins Lee, a trans man, and his wife Charlie are smack dab in the middle of creating a family. Insecurities, hormone imbalances, and the exhaustion of new parenthood test the limits of this resilient queer couple.
Les fleurs du mâle	Hadi Moussally	2023	France, Spain / 4 mins "The mysterious creature, Salma, realizes that being herself has repercussions on her life and that she will never be accepted as she is. So she decides to ask the creatress of this world for mercy." The film was shot in super 8 in-camera edited. It was inspired by the letter sent by Charles Baudelaire to the Empress Eugenie after being censored and fined for his book "Les fleurs du mal". The reason of the condemnation: offense to public morals and good manners as well as offense to religious morality. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/Lesfleursdumale
Les Terrains Vagues	Marie-Ève Drolet	2023	Canada / 6 mins A broad conversation about the preconceived models and ideas that impact the way we experience sexuality.
Lessons of Tolerance / Arkasha Nepytaliuk	Edvinas Pukšta	2023	Ukraine / 95 mins Ten uneasy lessons in a tiny apartment in Ukraine. Teacher Nadia launches an EU-funded LGBT+ acceptance programme. A typically intolerant family hesitantly decides to sign up to receive tempting financial supplements. Their task is to spend 24 non-alcoholic days with Vasyl, who is gay but might also be the best friend, long-forgotten relative, good therapist, attentive social worker, or a plumber photographer. Beer-loving mechanic Zenyk, an actress of a never-been theatre Diana, and impatiently aggressive Denys will tame hate and envy. Through amusing games, they will learn about homophobia, equality, empathy, gender discrimination, and self-fulfilment. A provocatively ironic mosaic of anecdotical sketches gradually forms a continuous labyrinth of black humour, tenderness, and witty sarcasm.
Liave It	Jageshwar Ratnakar Dhoble	2023	India / 30 mins It’s about a guy who completely faces two different experiences in a day through a gay dating app. When he met the first guy who treated him like a shit, he used him like tissue paper and threw him out of his house. our protagonists felt completely broken, then suddenly got a message on his dating app about a meeting, when he heard his loving voice and his unique approach, our protagonist decided to meet him. This second guy treated him like a human being, he explained life philosophy through the process of making tea and that is to live in the moment and leave the bad past.
Lifebuoy	Rajitha Hettiararchchi, Kavindu Sivarajha	2023	Sri Lanka / 19 mins Two men, a police lifeguard and a server who works for rich tourists at a beachside resort, share a hidden relationship. A beautiful film that explores homosexual relationships amidst a post-colonial backdrop and culture.
Lines	Hanna Trofimova	2023	Ukraine / 40 mins Three different stories of people from the Ukrainian LGBT+ community, united by one war line.
Living Through	Tsuyoshi SHOJI	2023	Japan / 10 mins This is a documentary film that documented a potluck of middle aged and senior sexual minorities, held at an NPO Purple Hands. Sexual minorities who retire often find themselves in different states of loneliness because of prejudice and inadequacies in laws to protect them. Many feel uncertain about their retirement. The film’s director wanted people to see how happy the Platinum generation live their lives, so that they would have less worries about their future. The director also wants the audience to listen to their stories, and learn that the understanding in society about sexual minorities is changing bit by bit, and that our future is getting better.
Love is a Pitch	Hana Hančinová, Michaela Klanicová	2023	Slovakia / 2 mins A group of quirky thirty-something women with questionable skill sets decide to enter a second-tier football league.
Lucid City / Cidade Lúcida	Adrian Stölzle	2023	Germany, Portugal / 91 mins After Mozambique gained its Independence from Portugal, Benvindo Fonseca and his family moved to Lisbon. Only at the age of 16 he started dancing and in short time made it to the emblematic first dancer category of the Gulbenkian Ballet - the first and only black dancer at the time. At the height of his career, he suffered a severe injury and the doctors predicted that he would never be able to dance again. Reviving the memories of a glamorous yet painful past in the spotlight, the constantly latent reminiscences of colonial history are flaring up in the void of the unspeakable.
LXS Fantasmas De Mi Placard	Agustina Arrative, Malena Miniscalco	2023	Argentina / 20 mins Es viernes 13 en Ezpeleta, conurbano bonaerense. Como todos los viernes, Fer, Juja, Pepo y Robi se juntan después del colegio, a ensayar con su incipiente banda de punk. Diferentes conflictos y preocupaciones les impiden avanzar y el ensayo se disuelve entre tensiones. Pepo intenta estudiar pero no logra concentrarse. Juja lidia con el caos familiar. Fer dibuja mientras se pone al día con sus amigues virtuales. Robi piensa en su ex y se da cuenta que necesita de sus amigues. Todes acuden al rescate y juntes se dan cuenta que la amistad es un refugio. Trailer… https://youtu.be/g_OXFujqExA
Lying in Bed Alone, Breathing	Tris Arthur	2023	USA A documentation of and meditation on the internaland external worlds of gender dysphoria, as experienced by, shot by, narrated by, and written out by the subject at the film's core. Audio description and open captions are implemented throughout the film to create a conversation between the typically inaudible and ineligible voices of the queer body and mind.
MSTURBTION(S)	Le Porn Process 3 avec Clac, Loup, Jamie, Passoir.e	2023	Belgium / 16 mins Hands dive in, experiment, feel, sweat, slide and rub. A narrative with several voices and several bodies telling their own stories.
Mabuhay: Musical Broadway Dream	Fernando Dalayoan	2023	Philippines Joseph Sevillo is a dynamic BIPOC, LGBTTQ* artist who reflects on his dreams and motivations in creating a musical production to represent his diverse community of all-cast Filipino performers. Trailer... Ma-Buhay! Musical Broadway Dream (Trailer) on Vimeo
Maghreb’s Hope	Bassem Ben Brahim	2023	Tunisia / 24 mins Through a fusion of drawing, animation techniques, and real-life footage, these artistic portrayals highlight the experiences of queer individuals from the “BIG Maghreb” region, including Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco. These individuals have courageously shattered societal taboos surrounding their gender and sexuality, defying legal, social, and familial pressures, even among those who have chosen to distance themselves from their families. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/871287200
Majack in Candy Cupid	Mark Janavel	2023	USA / 17 mins A mysterious beach combing drifter in a purple suit named Majack bestows magic candy unto an unsuspecting civilian named May. Told the candy is a love potion, May sprinkles some on the food of her roommate Beth, who subsequently begins to fall in love with May.
Making "She Kills Monsters"	Abigail Donkor	2023	USA / 15 mins A behind the scenes look at how students from Paul Duke Stem High School (Norcross, GA) interpreted the controversial play "She Kills Monsters". Several LGBTQ students played various lesbian/gay characters and they discuss in detail the importance of the play (especially in today's political climate) and specific controversial scenes that were not edited out of the play. Trailer... https://youtu.be/cV_wYkmPehs?si=c9KeYrMAVfz1UkUx
Making Waves	Shane O'Callaghan	2023	Ireland / 11 mins This short documentary was filmed over the course of a weekend gathering on the coast of Co.Clare and explores the experiences, uncertainties and joys of life as an LGBTQ+ person in rural Ireland.
Maman II	Four Chambers	2023	UK / 20 mins Softness and wetness and opening yourself up. About consuming and feeding, being merged and joined. One consuming the other, both folding into each other, temporarily one.
Manchas de Sol	Martha Mariot	2023	Brazil / 18 mins Adriana leva uma vida tranquila depois da aposentadoria com a esposa Paola. A chegada da filha distante, que não sabe sobre seu relacionamento, a faz confrontar sentimentos complicados. Trailer… https://youtu.be/lvAwaUZ8F2M?si=5Hd6PDyfEIBDU3k-
Manting	Shuyao Chen	2023	USA / 16 mins Manting, a mature woman in her early 60s, remeets her childhood sweetheart at the funeral of a schoolmate. The two women continue their encounter, roaming the nocturnal city.
Maricomio	Enzo Monzón	2023	Argentina, Spain / 20 mins Angélica siente que la muerte la está rondando y tiene la loca idea de fingir su velorio para confundirla. Pajarito, su mascota humana, la acompaña en todas sus aventuras, siendo su único cómplice. Los amigos, la familia y acreedores asisten, inocentes, a la extraña farsa, pero la muerte no es tan fácil de engañar. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/859123845
Marta, la musical. Una ópera de Dani Umpi	Diego Leone	2023	Argentina / 36 mins En 2012, Dani Umpi invito a Diego Leone a hacer una película sobre Marta de la Gente, amiga artista, activista, lesbiana de La Plata. Con ese material Dani hizo una Opera en el Teatro Argentino. Después de varios años, Leone recopiló el material registrado y realizó este documental que reconstruye la realización de Opera, los amores de Marta y esa época platense. Trailer… https://youtu.be/jBuZ5XFxK-I?si=kDy10jXVy6zh77qx
Mátria	Catarina Gonçalves	2023	Portugal / 26 mins A sensory journey to the womb of the island of São Miguel, where Natália Correia, poet, writer and Portuguese deputy, was born exactly 100 years ago. The film, made in her honor, follows three women who embody her spirit through an exploration of the female body at different stages of life. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/809405272
Massimo	Matteo Bianchi	2023	Italy / 8:57 mins
Melk	Niek De Leeuw	2023	Netherlands / 4 mins Melk is a movie about my expectations of being gay. Why do so many people focus on the sex between two men. When you come out of the closet do you have to have a lot of sex with a lot of men or is there still a possibility for a cozy life? Trailer… https://youtu.be/KQpr9OTxO5I
Metamorphosis / Metamorfosi	Pietro Porporati	2023	Italy / 12 mins Francesco, trapped inside a blossoming female body, harbors a secret he only shares with his mother. Trailer... https://youtu.be/OAfaNTaykss?si=IlaLkx_x-_pGBwHZ
Mi Sangre	Pablo López	2023	Spain / 9:27 mins
Michelle	Michelle Nou	2023	Argentina / 9 mins Michelle reflexiona sobre su infancia y registra su vivencia en relación con su nueva identidad de género asumida, mientras se prepara para competir en Ballroom, en la categoría Hands Performance. Trailer… https://youtu.be/zceKguOajn8
Midnight High Speed	Yuki Nishio	2023	Japan / 22 mins Trailer… https://youtu.be/CunO1mmEetc?si=tOzQ5f-A9dT3nGvj
Miss Misery	Keely Martin	2023	USA / 18 mins After being broken up with by her girlfriend, a willful nineteen year old must recount her past mistakes during a visit with her estranged older sister.
Mjita Wami	Anathi Siyungu	2023	South Africa / 30 mins The story follows a young boy name Ziki who is at the park by himself, a boy name Junior by himself having a cigarette caught his attention, just when Ziki was about to light his cigarette, he decides to put his lighter in his pocket and approaches Junior, any excuse to interact with Junior, Ziki ask for a lighter, and after he has received it and lit his cigarette, he begins asking questions just so he doesn’t leave his sight, he invite himself in his seat, and the conversation continues between the two. Trailer… https://youtu.be/pE6MVyikVI8?si=VMuheRLg29eAL2y7
Misère sexuelle	Ingrid Heiderscheidt	2023	Belgium, France / 5 mins A hymn for women to reclaim the streets. Watch… https://youtu.be/NWRDKVq2sOo?si=19JQmVqyhczc9Ob1
Mixadxs	Rose Alves	2023	Brazil / 22 mins A rotina de três DJs na cidade de Fortaleza – Ce – Brazil, responsáveis pela programação musical em bares, restaurantes e festas alternativas, onde desempenham seu papel sem o protagonismo dos clubes mais consagrados ou grandes festivais de música eletrônica. Esses personagens nos mostram a complexidade do universo de Djs, revelando suas rotinas, desafios, expectativas e as dificuldades enfrentadas em um universo repleto de padrões e barreiras como etarismo, transfobia e racismo.
Moments I Saw in Red	Penn Balint	2023	UK / 2.30 mins Experimental short shot on 8mm, exploring trauma, PTSD and synaesthesia. Watch… https://vimeo.com/815764636
Mommy on Drugs	David Leo	2023	USA / 9 mins A woman with an addiction to abortions struggles to make ends meet for her next fix. Trailer… https://youtu.be/948B1hSZVtU?si=x9ju8crIwpQ0Bqkz
Monitor	Margo Roe	2023	UK / 16 mins A couple raise a robot baby under observation so that they can receive a license to start a family.
Moonlit Kiss	Arthur R Arbetman	2023	1 min A cowboy is in love with the man in the moon. Watch… https://youtu.be/TCk74Ov69Nk?si=EcuBzv0rAO_fLvdc
Morning Ode to My Nonbinary Brown King Body	Leo Aquino	2023	USA / 1 min A poetic and joyful celebration of the queer body. Watch... https://youtu.be/x_3eF9RFCos?si=AG8SMMttYlMZJRWx
Morphing Into An/Other	Zoltán Baráth	2023	Slovakia / 5 mins People from the slovak and hungarian ballroom scene create a safe/r space between their bodies. A place for self exploration and mutual uncovering of one’s self. For them, voguing is one of their main ways of self-expression and connecting with themselves and others. Morphing Into An/Other is about the power in the possibility of being together.
Mounts Ward the Canoe off	Shiling Xiong	2023	China / 25 mins Chen Ping takes his boyfriend back to his hometown to visit his sick mother. The conflict between him and his lover reveals the unspeakable contradiction with his mother. Trailer… https://youtu.be/HtmOYUPRpJE
Música + Amor + Dança + Sodomia	Leonardo Menezes, Rian Córdova	2023	Brazil / 76 mins O filme aborda a melhor idade LGBT+ e o embate entre gerações, a partir das experiências do La Cueva, considerada a boate mais antiga e ainda em atuação da América do Sul.
Musical Offering / Una Ofrenda Musical	Rogelio Navarro	2023	Argentina / 21mins Una ofrenda musical se comporta de la misma manera que una lista de reproducción o una encuesta: hay una serie de canciones, una serie de preguntas. Hay, también, un aniversario que por algún motivo se celebra. Hay un chico que extraña a otro. Hay varias cosas más que -como en las listas de reproducción o en las encuestas- aparecen de modo lineal pero que en la práctica se dan todas juntas, todo el tiempo y tal vez, de a poco, van conformando la idea de algo más grande.
My Choice	Inbar Prizant	2023	Israel / 14 mins Reem’s love for football is extremely strong, but because he is transgender, the Football Association is not willing to accept him. The movie tells the story of Reem’s journey and his connection to the football team “Transball” that gave him an opportunity.
My Heart Is Going to Explode!	JUNG Inhyuk	2023	Korea / 20 mins After ending a relationship filled with gaslighting, Soojin finds herself feeling conflicted due to the green-haired girl she slept with the previous night while under the influence of alcohol. Amidst the chaotic mess of B-grade humor and clichés, Soojin remains sincere in her love. Even in the midst of complexity, she doesn’t lose her way and races forward, bursting with passion, in this science fiction action romance blockbuster about an alien invasion.
My Rage Is Underground / A Minha Raiva é Underground	Francisca Antunes	2023	Portugal / 13 mins The performer draws a map whilst listening to a composition of city sounds. She creates a new and imagined place where she reflects on trauma and its linking to the city. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/838264321
My Side of Eyes / Meu olhar	Andries Pangestu	2023	Indonesia / 21 mins Yuyun, a drag queen who struggles with self-harm is suddenly attacked by a ghost who makes him slap himself incessantly. However, he still has to carry out a private show devoted to a large family of conglomerates.
Narciso	Alejo Duclós	2023	Argentina 4:57 mins Narciso está encerrado en un hotel luego de volver repatriado por la pandemia de Covid19. Desde allí, recuerda sus orígenes.
Need	Jonnah Bron	2023	Netherlands / 15 mins A sensual film about a world of sexual freedom and safety. Images, sound and movement coalesce in a luscious choreography. need, a stylish film by Jonnah Bron, is about consent, desire, intimacy and experiment. People wander through various rooms, where they meet, explore and touch one another. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/need446
Nem Toda Bagunça é Fuá	coletiva: Oficina Crescendo com a Diversidade	2023	Brazil / 10 mins Crianças de 9 e 10 anos falam sobre as influências da cultura africana no Brazil.
Never Stop Shouting / Ne Jamais S’arrêter De Crier	Abdellah Taia	2023	France /10 mins L’écrivain et cinéaste Abdellah Taia écrit une lettre à son neveu gay, Brahim, pour l’aider à sortir de la peur, le soutenir, marcher à côté de lui. L’aimer fort.
New Threads	Elspeth Vischer	2023	Ireland / 6 mins Imaginative and informative, New Threads combines archival and contemporary footage of Belfast with firsthand accounts of lesbian lives in the Troubles to imagine invisible queer women in the light of day.
Nights in the Glitter UnDojo - KAy’s 119th T-shot	Ann Antidote	2023	Germany / 8 mins KAy Garnellen, a transgender sex worker, gets a special Testo-shot from his friends. Trailer… https://youtu.be/up8KfjDEmFI?si=8TWjq4uUW8yI_hee
No Kissing	Anya Schulman	2023	USA / 9 mins American Anya and British Olivia try to make sense of their relationship but the pandemic gets in their way. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/NoKissing519
No More Longing	Connor Lee O’Keefe	2023	USA / 16 mins Seven years after moving from Brazil to California to pursue his love of music and four years after starting testosterone, Jaime Jobim searches for his new voice.
No puedo tener sexo	Bel Gatti	2023	Argentina / 95 mins El diario íntimo de Bel niñerx, Bel actxr, Bel hijx, Bel nietx. Desde que se separa de Elvis, su novia drag king, Bel construye este video poema: un diálogo epistolar millenial que a su vez es su gran selfie. Bel conversa con Juana, la bebé que cuida y aprende a hablar. Se reencuentra con sus dildos y se transforma en Sandro. Convoca a su terapeuta, a su corrosiva madre que también es actriz y a un actor drag queen poseído por el mismísimo Andy Warhol. Bel ensaya un beso en la vida real, otro más en la ficción; se sumerge en un infinito de performances que también son duelos y su más catártico acto de fe. Aunque no puede tener sexo, Bel cree que a través de esta película sí lo va a lograr. Trailer... No puedo tener sexo - #LINK / FIDBA on Vimeo
Not All Boys Look the Same	Felix Arlo Conroy	2023	USA / 5 mins This is a coming of age story about a young trans boy, who struggles to come to terms with the way he looks, but with the help of friends and trans content creators, he realizes that he is FTM and starts his journey of self-acceptance. Watch... https://youtu.be/szeIRJ3-dI0?si=vuCQ9iskfx4HHx5-
Not Close Enough to You	Lea Haufler	2023	Germany / 3:47 mins Paula and Hannah have been for a long time friends. For Paula will it at some point become more. And for Hannah? Watch… https://youtu.be/xHwOdQygnA8?si=1X0IPKVxcuCDYrCg
Nymphaea	Jenna Heil	2023	USA / 3 mins Nymphaea is a short film that follows an unexpected and magical turn of events at a summer camp, when a lifeguard discovers a mysterious and beautiful creature in the lake while rescuing a camper. Watch… https://youtu.be/K51WWdMuOj0?si=niqHv_2NcExj4gXm
Ode	Diego Lisboa	2023	Brazil / 15 mins After his father puts up a wall between them due to non-acceptance of his sexuality, Ornir becomes the victim of a hate crime and his last breath of life is trapped in a birthday balloon.
Offering	Idan Ohana, Rotem Plitman	2023	Israel / 11 mins Idan, Dor and Rotem gather for a spontaneous ceremony around the fire. It was Idan’s idea, Dor found the place and Rotem brought a camera – you are witnessing the outcome.
Oikonomia	Elora Thevenet, Octave Lauret	2023	France /17 mins Oikonomia, au nom de l’eau: Dans une dimension parallèle, aux êtres non binaires, une guerre éclate entre les pilleurs blancs à l’œil écarlate et les gardiens de l’eau.
Olivia	Francisco José Gallego Expósito	2023	Spain / 10 mins Olivia, a transgender girl, packs her bags to go to town on the eve of the San Juan festival. In an intimate conversation with her mother, she will question the doubts that torment her about her decision to meet her friends at the beach, being a girl for the first time.
OMOS	Rhys Hollis	2023	UK / 20mins In a 1594 performance for King James VI, an unnamed Black performer replaced the originally planned live lion, pulling a chariot through the hall. OMOS is a mystical retelling, an homage to many Black performers known to have entertained the Scottish court. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/OMOS531
Onde Está Mymye Mastroiagnne?	Biarritzzz	2023	Brazil / 17 mins Uma misteriosa e extravagante cabeleireira perde uma amiga em um metaverso repleto de casas noturnas e seres encantados. Para procurá-la e desvendar o desaparecimento, ela consegue a ajuda de uma outra amiga, enquanto conta suas histórias como strippers que ganharam muito dinheiro até ela desaparecer. Trailer… https://youtu.be/8jkcJg2e9Cc?si=SFHbJTXdwulBWwcr
Open Dialogues: Queer Allies	Freddy Rodriguez	2023	USA / 25 mins Open Dialogues: Queer Allies features the stories and lived experiences of people who identify as LGBTQ+ (Queer) and those who love and support them. Through deeply moving interviews and performances that represent a diverse range of allyship perspectives, Queer Allies illustrates the power of human empathy to change lives. With a performance by Dance Now! Miami and a reading by Terry Dyer from his book, Letters to a Gay Black Boy.
Open Up	Amanda Maddocks	2023	USA / 12 mins After drunkenly sending her best friend a love letter, a closeted high school graduate embarks on a frantic mission to get it back. But is it too late?
orgy#004: Fuck Your Friends	Mahx Capacity	2023	Germany / 16 mins Friends that play together, stay together. While getting ready to go out to a play party, Dulce (they/she), Dee (they/he), Oran (they/he), and Priestex (they) can’t help but wonder, “…are there going to be any other Black people there?” Opting for the hotness of a four-way friend fuck, the foursome plays show-and-tell with their favorite toys and end up riding, fucking, beating, sucking, and worshipping each other all evening long. Everyone gets their wishes (and holes) filled…and then some!
Os Finais de Domingo	Olavo Júnior	2023	Brazil / 9 mins Domingos, um idoso com a saúde frágil, segue sua rotina solitária em uma tarde de domingo, até que recebe a visita de um amor do passado.
Our / Their Parade	Gwendolyn Collins	2023	10 mins A seemingly perfect romance of a queer couple is put to the test when the annual ghost parade comes to town.
Our Porch	Zoe Fuller	2023	USA / 15 mins When three roommates discuss their relationships on an autumn night, an abrupt outburst might let outside pressures disrupt their familial safety. Trailer... https://youtu.be/30RXz7CerwQ?si=3OT5tP9cjqudlV9L
Out&Proud: a transman’s story	Mhie Nzima	2023	Zimbabwe / 14 mins “What does a man really make you? The clothes you wear, the beard on your face or muscles on your body?” The voices and struggles of four activists3 against the injustices and discrimination suffered by trans and non-binary people in Zimbabwe. An invitation to know, defend and support the rights of queer subjectivities and to overcome gender stereotypes. Watch… https://youtu.be/5y6R_jMJvGM?si=lQHU9V0AKrc5j1VO
Pamela	Marina Carrasco, Daniel Muchiut	2023	Argentina / 60 mins Pamela es peluquera, chivilcoyana, contadora de anécdotas inagotable, amiga, compañera, hija, esposa y mujer trans. Este documental nos relata su mundo en primera persona, transitando el camino hacia la aceptación de su familia, sus vecinos y su comunidad. Desde que era una niña en los años ́70 y jugaba con su amiga del barrio a las muñecas e iba al mercado vestida de mujer, pasando por su adolescencia donde comienza a juntarse con sus compañeras en la casa de sus padres, antes de ir al baile, porque era ahí donde podían ser quienes eran; hasta su cambio de DNI, su casamiento y su presente. ¿Cómo y por qué nos asombra su vida? Estas preguntas quedan instaladas desde el principio hasta el final del film. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/859833079
Particles	Piano Particles	2023	Germany / 3 mins Creates a shimmering musical kaleidoscope, combining orchestra and pop into a colorful cosmos of sound.
Passion of X	Camille Ora-Nicole Elston	2023	USA / 18 mins Passion of X is a visual poetry anthology highlighting the joy, freedom and expanded understanding of being a trans, nonbinary, or genderqueer person of color. It is made up of five parts, each featuring an original poem created by trans, genderqueer, and/or nonbinary writers. Each part delivers the message through a different medium: animation, photography, narrative film, dance, and performance.
PDV (Punto De Vista)	Hedonistas	2023	Argentina / 6 mins Velva no consigue dormirse y busca a una webcamer para que la acompañe en su insomnio. En la oscuridad de su habitación, encuentra una trasmisión en vivo: una mujer recostada, casi sin ropa, se toca en su pantalla. Luego de acabar con ella, Velva consigue finalmente dormirse. Watch… https://filmfreeway.com/PDV
Pedro y Héctor	Lucas Martinelli	2023	Argentina / 5 mins Pedro y Héctor se conocen un día. Pueden volver a verse, o no. Lo importante es sentir el sol.
Peixe Vivo	Bob Yang, Frederico Evaristo	2023	Brazil / 12 mins Junior aguarda a chegada de sua boia para que possa finalmente entrar na piscina. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/880504104
Peixe Vivos	Bru Fotin, Bob Yang, Frederico Evaristo	2023	Brazil / 16 mins Thamirys e Raphael acompanham as filmagens do curta-metragem “Peixe Vivo”, protagonizado por seus filhos Agatha e Gustavo — duas crianças trans de 8 anos. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/880504803
Perfect Flowers of the Scum Generation	Wilde Davis	2023	USA / 18 mins A queer triptych following a clan of revolutionary femmes inspired to cause chaos by their hatred of this butch hustler named Hollywood. It’s an experiment in degradation, the film degrades and decomposes as it progresses until it bleaches and burns to ruin. It’s a practice of cinema as magick.
Personality Under Construction / Ličnost u izgradnji	Bruno Lovrenčić	2023	Croatia / 11 mins As an actress prepares to step onto the stage, she delves deep into her subconsciousness. She begins to question her own past and reflects on her relationship with a friend, a connection that served as the foundation for the monodrama she is about to perform. Trailer... https://youtu.be/xTr_reJkYVM?si=JtqzXlnB-2el9c5H
Piece by Piece / Stück für Stück	Reza Rasouli	2023	Austria / 9 mins Two teenage friends stroll around the neighborhood, simply passing the time together, but piece by piece new perspectives and identities are revealed.
Pineapple	Sophie Saville	2023	Australia / 15 mins Imagine all the pressures of starting a new school, and now add some further challenges – all the students are from different cultural and language backgrounds, have fled from conflict zones with their families and are at the mercy of pending asylum claims. At this Red Cross school in Denmark, each child has a harrowing tale of adversity and survival. The teacher, Dorte, becomes a champion for the children, etching a safe and nurturing space for them amidst otherwise turbulent existences. AT HOME IN THE WORLD is an intimate and engaging film that provides a vital addition to the global conversation on the current refugee crisis.
Pipás	Lili Tóth	2023	Hungary / 9 mins The notorious assassin is haunted by the murder victims and memories of when he himself was a victim of abuse. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/812064155
Pirenopolinda	Izzi Vitório, Tita Maravilha, Bruno Victor	2023	Brazil / 24 mins In Pirenópolis, Goiás, the Celebration of the Divine has been taking place for 200 years. Tita was born in the small town and has precious memories of the party. Years later, the transvestite multi-artist intends to rebuild and re-traditionalise the party under an affective decolonial bias. Trailer… https://youtu.be/wFat5aqN5pU?si=qYh1JTxcNtZUmK3_
Pista	hiperlinque	2023	Brazil / 14 mins Climax is different! Ledah and Clemix activate the sounds that groove José, Larissa and Luxúria in a seductive dance that transforms the dance floor into a sensual space of lust and affection.
Playout	Alessandro Toscano, Fabrizio Nacciareti	2023	Italy / 22 mins PLAYOUT is a short documentary which, starting from the experience of its five protagonists, takes us inside the team which presents itself not only as a tool for access to sport, but also as a political means for the entire transgender community to claim its identity and all rights denied. Trailer... PLAYOUT \| Trailer sub eng on Vimeo
Please, God, Heal Her	Tzlil Golov	2023	Israel / 16 mins Ruth, a religious married woman “in the closet”, undergoes conversion therapy and prays for a miracle which will heal her heart from her love for a neighbor, a religious woman cello player. What happens when God forces her to confront her passion at a decisive holy moment?
Polyethylene Terephthalate	Hinata Asai	2023	Japan / 15 mins Ryo and Kaoru recently graduated from university. During a party, they recognize their feelings for one another. The two start dating, although they hide their relationship from family and friends. Initially, their romance goes smoothly. Ryo and Kaoru move in together, creating many special memories. Watch… https://youtu.be/L9wXYhgFC9s?si=wFKPzocMxVI9pGIz
Pool	Sophia Hochedlinger	2023	Austria / 20 mins Two unlike groups of friends meet in a billiard pub and seem to get along at first, until Katharina confronts one of the bar's regulars.
Pour Exister	Fabien Lecorre, Kelsi Phung	2023	France / 2 mins Le plaidoyer vibrant d’une génération de personnes trans et non-binaires pour la reconnaissance de leurs droits.
Power	Josh Taylor	2023	USA / 12:09 mins The life of a high schooler in rural Arkansas is uprooted when he discovers that his best friends outed him to his high school as trans.
Pre-Op Liminality	Ileana Lam	2023	USA / 2 mins This stream of consciousness animated short explores emotions before and after top surgery.
Prends-moi dans les bois	Bande James Bond	2023	Belgium / 4 mins A silky roman-photo through forest, winter and warm nymph mysteries.
Present Body / Corpo Presente	Leonardo Barcelos	2023	Brazil / 78 mins ‘PRESENT BODY’ investigates the body as a form of art, expression and identity, creating a contemporary portrait of the possibilities of the body. We closely follow the character's journey, in a kind of subjective diary written on the skin, she registers sensations and reflections, seeking to find and understand her language, as well as that of other performance artists, who lead us to other bodies and other stories. The multiple bodies that make up the documentary are political bodies that create and propose new universes, signaling new ways of being in the world, translating contemporary society in all its complexity. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/PresentBody264
Pressure Makes Diamonds	Stephanie Schleicher	2023	USA Do you ever think maybe you ‘‘made it’’ years ago and just didn’t realize it? When all the other kids in Port Chester, NY went outside to play after school, young Anthony Valbiro raced to his basement rec room…to grab a microphone, turn on the reel-to-reel and croon his heart out. In this film, based on an autobiographical one-man play of the same name, Anthony draws us into the “quest for fame” that was his 1960s childhood. Along the way, we ponder questions about how the people who raise us shape us, what constitutes “success” and at what cost do we pursue our deepest dream. Trailer… https://youtu.be/Idpzsw8qVmg?si=Kus34vzMJKF0hbGS
Public Displays of Affection	Callum Roome	2023	UK / 9:49 mins A short documentary exploring the experiences and opinions LGBTQ+ people have about publicly displaying their love for their partners. Watch… https://youtu.be/lU9NCLwPe3w
Puma	Jonangelo Molinari	2023	Brazil / 4 mins A portrait of Puma Camille, the Brazilian capoeirista taking voguing into new explorations in movement. Watch… https://www.nowness.com/series/they-call-me/puma
PUP	Sarawut Intaraprom	2023	Thailand / 95 mins "Note" is a middle-aged man who is lucky enough to have a good-looking younger boyfriend named "Jean." However, he later discovered that he has a sexual preference for BDSM, specifically pup play. Note doesn't want to break up with Jean, but he can't stop himself from wanting to be a dog. He often secretly plays with a Master without letting his lover know. However, things are not as easy as he thought they would be. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/PUP736
Quando eu cheguei	Romy Huber	2023	Brazil / 6 mins Um arquivo vivo diz que, na praça por detrás da igreja mais antiga da cidade, havia encontros de sapatões e um busto de uma mulher num monólito.
Queer Embodiment	Jon Aagaard Gao	2023	Sweden / 15 mins (as in embodying experiences, as in being gay, do queer, take care, as in creating queer film history without whites with dreads) The idea actually started in frustration with all the whites with dreads I saw in Queer Moving History – part 2 and then I started digging in my own QMH archives and guess what – there were no whites with dreads!
Queer Fire	Clyde Petersen	2023	USA / 2 mins What are the extremes you will pursue to fulfil your desires? Will they push you beyond the capacity of your mortal body?
Queer Glauben	Madeleine Corbat	2023	Switzerland / 59 mins Stefanie Arnold ist lesbisch, bekennende Feministin, gläubig und vielleicht bald Priesterin. Als Christkatholikin kann sie das. Doch wird sie es am Ende auch? Wie kämpfen andere queere Menschen wie Ari oder Mentari für ihren Platz in der Kirche? Finden Menschen, die anders fühlen und lieben, überhaupt Platz in jahrhundertealten Strukturen in Kirche und Gesellschaft?
Queeroslavia	Marija Cupric	2023	Serbia / 6 mins Where is queer culture hidden in Yugoslav cinema? A critical look into the shaping of queer representation in this region. It was always present but in what way and how visibly. Now these motifs and characters are brought into the light so they can finally be seen and appreciated.
Queerying Nature	Aline Magrez	2023	Belgium / 66 mins Poètes et interprètes, éthologues et biologistes : la myriade de perspectives qui donnent voix à la recherche scientifique de ce documentaire pour curieux·ses d’esprit reflète à merveille l’inventivité et l’expérimentation sans fin de la nature. Stimulant par sa foison d’informations, ce film révèle comment toute la biodiversité est animée par l’esprit queer de l’évolution.
Quiero Ser Tu Madre Eba	Guerrero Robles	2023	Spain / 13 mins Un ensayo de humor ácido muy sentido y crítico sobre la obsesión por lo biológico, el ciclo perpetuado de madres a hijas y las cuestiones cotidianas de la vida que nos hace necesitar alcanzar la maternidad.
Quitter Chouchou	Lucie Demange	2023	France / 28 mins Holidays spent at my mother’s. The atmosphere is tense: not only does she find it hard to accept that I’m not the girly daughter she dreamt of having, but she is also in the middle of divorcing my stepfather. The stay promises to be eventful.
Recuerdos del Ayer	Brandon Catalán	2023	Spain Juan is a teenager who is sexually attracted to his friend Jeremy, but he is not entirely sure about his sexual orientation, undecided he turns to a psychologist who will help him find out who he really is. Juan had several problems with his brother who heard him whispering in his room that he was gay, the brother did not take it well, this event makes it reach the ears of his father, Juan turns to his girlfriend, because of his attitude and nervousness decides to confess his attraction to men, his girlfriend who does not take it in a good way leaves frustrated and heartbroken. Juan, having the world against him, decides to put an end to his life.
Reflection of the Cranes	Juan Ballesteros	2023	Venezuela Lucia, a 45-year-old woman, leads a routine life in her roadside inn, when one day Amelia, a young traveler trying to find part of her past in some local waterfalls, shows up at her reception. When an immediate attraction arises between them, the insecurities of one and the fears of the other will hinder the contact between them. It is only through a game of reflexes that one will be able to approach the vulnerabilities of the other.
Reflejos En Un Acto Luis	Enrique Pacheco Arias	2023	Chile / 19 mins Julián, a young Chilean, feels affected by the homophobic crime of a teenager while reliving this sad and stormy situation in his own flesh, receiving continuous threats that lead him to a tragic end.
Retaguardia Marica Juan	Ernesto Artuñedo	2023	Spain / 3 mins 36 people linked to the LGTBIQ+ community are mobilizing to defend our rights, which are gradually being weakened by far-right policies. Watch… https://youtu.be/_Gr6a3Rj-dQ?si=uVnO5gSQAIL3CP2J
Retrieval Loop	Thomas Ellis	2023	UK / 2:34 mins Through movement, the film dissects feelings of anger, separation, courtship and reunification. The two male characters perform dance of rejection, wooing, lust and tenderness; even pushing the boundaries of gravity itself. Watch... ‘Retrieval Loop’ by Thomas Humble Ellis (2023) on Vimeo
Return to Ombabika	Ma-Nee Chacaby, Shayne Ehman, Zoe Gordon	2023	Canada / 22 mins A delicately realized meditation on family history, legacy, and colonization that follows activist, artist, and Two Spirit Oji-Cree elder Ma-Nee Chacaby on their journey home to Ombabika, Ontario.
Ring Around the Orchard	Adar Leventer	2023	Israel / 8 mins Avner, an old man haunted by his past, returns to the orchard where everything happened. Memory ensues and Avner is transported back to the day he left his best friend Bezik amidst the orange trees.
Río	Matías Herrera Córdoba	2023	Argentina / 16 mins Ale is 16 years old and lives with her mother in the mountains of Córdoba, Argentina. Her only friend in town is Diana, a 40-year-old trans girl. Ale gets her hopes up by chatting on a dating app with a man who has been with her for more than 20 years. Is he her mother’s friend? Growing up never ceases to be both painful and pleasurable.
Riopelle Was Non-Binary	Aimé Majeau Beauchamp	2023	Canada / 6 mins Through a fictional dialogue with Jean Paul Riopelle, this experimental film updates the painter’s heritage by seeking to build bridges with today’s generation. Between a tribute and a self-portrait, Riopelle was non-binary is above all an intimate reflection on the courage to be oneself.
Road to Theobald / Camino a Theobald	Ricky Piterbarg	2023	Argentina / 15 mins While waiting for roadside assistance, Ernesto distracts himself by reading a comic book on a famous torero’s queer romance. A psychic offers him a past life reading which will unleash in him the drive needed to start a sentimental affair with the town’s mechanic.
Romy & Laure...	Romy Alizée, Laure Giappiconi	2023	France / 19 mins After years of love, Romy & Laure face a major issue: boredom. Fortunately, every Saturday night, they go to the movies! That Saturday, a mysterious film will change the course of their lives and question their certainties . Is the key to happiness really on the other side of the screen?
Roses	Coral Knights	2023	UK Rosa’s evening plans take a unexpected turn and she finds herself wasting time in her small Cornish town while her daughter occupies her house for a friends only 18th do.
Rural Butch Femme Rap	Krissy Mahan	2023	USA / 3:50 mins In this short, humorous animation, a working class, rural lesbian couple happily plan their upcoming date night, in an ode to the joys of queers living with the land. Sung to the tune of 2008’s “(You Can Have) Whatever You Like” by T.I.
Sainte Sultana	Rita Moll	2023	France / 25 mins Mado, a fierce pistolera, travels the roads of a wild country, a Provençal Wild West, on her bicycle, flanked by her two faithful acolytes. She is entrusted with a new mission: to escort Eisabèu, who has just murdered her husband, on a last pilgrimage where the widow will pray for her victim’s soul. Mado, farouche pistolera, parcourt à vélo les routes d’un pays sauvage, un far west provençal, flanquée de ses deux fidèles acolytes. Elle se voit confier une nouvelle mission : escorter Eisabèu, qui vient d’assassiner son mari, pour un dernier pèlerinage où la veuve priera pour l’âme de sa victime. Prières et repentances faites, Mado devra exécuter Eisabèu.
Sam and the Universe	Alicia Ramirez	2023	USA / 13 mins Sam and The Universe is a queer sci-fi film about a non-binary person named Sam who goes on a birthday trip with friends, despite hating their birthday. The film explores mental health, friendship, and the experience of feeling alienated even around the people that love you the most. Trailer... Sam and The Universe Trailer on Vimeo
Same Old Lang Syne	Zack Paslay	2023	USA / 6 mins Two men nearing 30 reconnect by happenstance on Christmas Eve. Trailer... https://youtu.be/gACr_CTVbAQ?si=KnO9I71e_wu27dgF
Sanai	Akanchha Karki	2023	Nepal / 14 mins Two teenage girls separated by the caste system fight against society to play their favorite instrument Sanai, forbidden to be played by women, while also keeping their friendship alive.
Sandcastle	Idan Argov	2023	Israel / 7 mins In the middle of his fitness training, Dor’s imagination sweeps him into other realms – between fantasy of liberated sexuality and normative family life. A meeting with a child raises the possibility of creating his own alternative way of leaving.
Sangre Mía	Isabel Rosales	2023	Mexico Valeria y Ximena son dos niñas criadas en una familia repleta de mujeres. Con 10 años, Valeria próximamente comenzará a menstruar; no sabe cuándo, pero sí sabe cómo será. Acompañada de la historia de su madre, abuela y tías, el documental explora cómo una niña rompe con una historia generacional llena detabúes y estigmas en torno a la menstruación. Trailer… https://youtu.be/n6Nw1bF33lY?si=vGe-jjPUOzFBRmMq
Sapir’s Story	Sapir Mishell	2023	Israel / 11 mins In the film, I tell about the process I did in my life, my gender transition. How it all started, how I felt, how it progressed and where I am today.
Save the Last Dance for Me	Noah Dolinsky	2023	Israel / 25 mins Two young women cross paths as they each try to chase after their dreams. The friendship that develops leads them to re-evaluate their lives.
Say No to Craft	David Lawrence	2023	Australia / 17 mins Billy’s therapist recommends he dip his toe into the world of arts and crafts; naturally, it sends him to hell. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/SayNoToCraft
Scaffold	Billy Klotsa	2023	UK / 11 mins Fragments of bereavement and collapsing love appear in an isolated house between the land and the sea. Death arrives. The landscape shivers. What holds us close in moments of rupture? Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/Scaffold586
Scorpion Grass	Jamie Chi	2023	Hong Kong / 17 mins A chance encounter between Yan Yan, a local lesbian and Rosario, a migrant from the Philippines, brings back memories of a romance which Rosario has buried for many years. Trailer… https://youtu.be/nQyQPvFFLlM?si=JaCrvpVXjV1dbCU6
Scouts Honor	Benett Holgerson	2023	USA / 11 mins In this documentary and meditation on trans sisterhood, two tight-knit roommates (Mila and Fenyx) get ready for their night out. As they inject hormones, bicker, put on makeup, and smoke a little too much weed, we get an intimate glimpse into their loving, yet flawed relationship. Watch… https://vimeo.com/796361994
Scratch That	Yaniv Lavi	2023	Israel / 19 mins Since his boyfriend left him, Yotam hasn’t slept alone. He developed an obsession for dating apps and spends his nights in the arms of strangers. One day he discovers he’s been infected with an insufferable skin disease and realizes he’s got no choice but to stop his way of living for a while. His journey into the midst of his first night alone will find him and his obsession in very dark and itchy places. Trailer… https://youtu.be/8_KJVDf3PF0?si=Z0MbXQY5k7oZI1p9
Se Não Posso Dançar, Esta Não É a Minha Revolução	Lillah Halla	2023	Brazil, Germany / 23 mins Qual canção mais representa este momento da sua vida? Em seis retratos, protagonistas se encontram com uma câmera-espelho, nos oferecendo uma dança tão íntima como o mundo que as rodeia.
Se Saprai Starmi Vicino	Patrizia Lazzari	2023	Italy / 13 mins Anna lives suffering from Matilde’s absence. Memories, dreams, visions overlap, eliminate the boundary between reality and fantasy, transform absence into presence. The memories of a happy past full of shared projects contrast with the desolate silence and solitude of the present. The narrative does not follow a sequence of events but accompanies Anna on her journey within herself, telling a story of emotions rather than facts. Trailer… https://youtu.be/7hPDQvVWffk?si=nULeEFZ0KaOZ7l03
Sebastien Delage - Dale Cooper	Manuel Marmier	2023	France / 4 mins Comme un poème dadaïste: deux portraits s’entremêlent, mettant en scène les personnages pleins ou en creux de ces deux personnages homonymes : Dale Cooper, le détective et Dale Cooper, l’acteur porno.
Section 28 and Me	Tom Marshman, Paul Blakemore, Sam Halmarack	2023	UK / 8.30 mins Exploring the lasting impact of Section 28. Watch… https://youtu.be/VWcaoCEy5Ck
Seeking Arrangement	Quinn Cavin, Roberto Rodriguez	2023	USA / 9 mins Danny, a young Mexican-American wrestling with his sexuality, is desperate for twenty-five dollars for a mysterious Craigslist arrangement. Standing in his way is his conservative mother, clouded by her concerns for what her son is up to. As Danny pursues the elusive arrangement, he finds himself navigating a deeper journey of self-acceptance and identity.
Sehnsucht in Mir	Julian Wonn	2023	Germany / 10 mins Dita Rita Scholl has been an actor and pioneer of queer performance art since the 1970s. Having experienced frequent rejection throughout life, Rita developed a strong longing for physical and emotional touch. This short documentary provides intimate insight into the search for human connection and how this endless hunger can be satisfied through tantric rituals. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/870014033
Seven Inches	Yen-Chu Chen	2023	Taiwan / 6 mins Two men discover being fooled by each other on a hook-up date. Trailer… https://youtu.be/Ez8tjQ3H5Ig?si=BIuIzG9kIx9RHnxo
Shadi	Moria Rabbani	2023	Israel / 9 mins Nervous and desperate after being kicked out of her apartment, Shadi takes to the lonesome streets of Tel Aviv, looking for a place to call home. Trailer... SHADI TEASER on Vimeo
Shall We Talk?	Yi-Shen Kang	2023	Taiwan / 28 mins I grew up in a broken family, which was fragmented due to my father’s emotional violence. Communication conflicts between my parents affected me and my brother under the same roof. During my upbringing, the four of us in the family became more distant and were unable to communicate properly with each other. As I grew older, I explored my gender identity, but found it difficult to balance my identification with my original family, so I decided to face why my family became like this. With the help of a camera, I opened up my own heart and the hearts of my family members, and found a way for each of us to express ourselves. Trailer… https://youtu.be/nwz1w2q9L0I?si=AbQr0WFm-RrpxSFs
Shee	Lia Campbell	2023	UK / 10 mins Shee and Magnus deal with the aftermath of an unplanned pregnancy in a country where same-sex couples face significant barriers to parenthood.
Shideh	Nazanin Vahed	2023	Iran / 14 mins A young barber boy who is interested in one of his clients decides to reveal this interest and faces challenges along the way.
shifting bodies to fluid fiction	Daniela Gutmann	2023	Austria / 3 mins Sensual Super 8 interventions reimagine the body as an abstracted landscape, adrift of conventional associations.
Shred	Giovanna Trujillo	2023	USA / 12 mins A group of queer Latinx skaters struggle with crippling mental health and societal expectations in Southern California. In their local skate community, they find cathartic release, chosen family and mastery of empowerment. Trailer... SHRED, 2023 Documentary/Creative Non-Fiction Finalist on Vimeo
Siniestro	Canción Diez	2023	México Un joven llega a su departamento para hacer sus tareas frente a la computadora en una tranquila tarde que se verá interrumpida por una serie de sucesos terroríficos que acabarán con la armonía que impera en su hogar.
Sir Valence Presents: Watching U	Sir Valence (Aka G Yi)	2023	USA / 5 mins Log into the hellish Zoomscape of drag dæmon, Sir Valence, and their concussed/concursed post-police brutality exorcism of the masks we wear and the selves we’ve sold to surveillance capitalism.
Sissy	Caleb Harwood, Simon Paluck	2023	Canada / 10 mins An intimate exploration of a child and father navigating grief through gender expression.
Sixteen	Tammy Leviav	2023	Israel / 5 mins Two high school friends who study in the same class, once close friends but now distant, find themselves locked together on the porch and forced to spend time together. But was this an unexpected situation or a deliberate one?
Skin To Skin Talks	Pradeep Mahadeshwar	2023	Ireland / 12 mins 'The dark skin alien landed in the unknown, unfamiliar and unique landscape from the infinite darkness…' Completed as part of the artist's residency at IMMA, Skin To Skin Talks explores themes of alienation, otherness and outsiderness using abstract imagery, prose and sensation-invoking techniques to reflect on the intersections of race and sexuality. Watch... ‘Skin To Skin Talks’ by Pradeep Mahadeshwar (2023) on Vimeo
Slam, from heroin to meth / Slam, Del Caballo a La Tina	David Pascual	2023	Spain / 67 mins The scourge of the 21st century that is taking many people ahead every weekend. A global health problem with testimonials from addicts and professionals in prevention and psychology programs. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/slamfromherointometh
Snugglzs - Occupy All Sheets	Alex Armao	2023	USA / 4 mins "Occupy All Sheets" is the first music video written and directed by Pittsburgh, PA-based singer/musician/producer Snugglzs. Featuring a cast of over 20 musicians and performers from Pittsburgh's queer underground arts scene, the video sees the song's author moving through many different sets and personas before coming to a punishing end.
Soft Bwoi	Danny Bailey, Alizée Ndiaye	2023	UK / 6 mins SOFT BWOI is a short art/experimental film that explores the existence of black males in our society and the restrictive parameters in which they have been given to survive in. Through the creative lens of yardie, dancehall and sound system culture, the film is for black men to observe the negative stereotypes that are associated with them and the toxic traits they have prescribed to. Angling for our community to self define what it means to be black and male by inviting vulnerability and the divine feminine to discover SOFT BWOI.
Sol de Invierno	Ivan Rafael Cruz Figueroa	2023	México / 60 mins On New Year’s Eve, Nahúm faces the rude awakening of heartbreak. Between parties and casual encounters, he wanders the streets of a city where winter is everything but cold. En la víspera del fin de año, Nahúm se enfrenta al crudo desperar del desamor. Entre fiestas y encuentros casuales, recorre las calles de una ciudad donde el Invierno es todo, menos frío.
Spell for a Queer Home	Amanda Madden	2023	USA / 40 mins Director Amanda Madden offers this spacious and beautifully made film as “a spell to conjure a sense of queer home for myself, my community and the collective – to know that we are enough, that we were never meant to do this alone, that queer home is possible, radical, and happening.” Trailer… https://vimeo.com/812154600
Stalking athens	Officer Flower	2023	Germany / 11 mins A Berlin tourist visits Athens. Breaking into an abandoned stadium, they witness the aftertaste of the Olympic Games 2004. After years of desertion, the stadium hosts again a sporty encounter.
Staying Single is Surrendering to Your Ego	Tzlil Golov	2023	Israel / 8 mins A young lesbian girl, a student at the girls’ seminary in Safed, studies Torah and undergoes conversion therapy in an attempt to change her sexual orientation and establish a holy Jewish family.
Steal Your Girl	Kitty Richardson	2023	UK / 4:25 mins In this music video, a heart-broken, queer young woman is pining for the love of a straight girl who is in a relationship with a good-for-nothing man. Watch… https://youtu.be/IsE_VyWxkzI
Stonewall Postal Action Network	Sarah Elizabeth Drummond	2023	UK / 12 mins Austin Allen ran one of the UK's largest postal LGBT action networks from his bedroom in the 1990s. Stonewall Postal Action Network (SPAN), is a short documentary, telling the story of Austin's activism, his letter writing campaign and the packing up of his life work for an archive as he contemplates his legacy from his new home in rural Wales.
Storm’s Show	Teodora Đorđević, Milica Marković, Ana Bašić	2023	Serbia / 19 mins Stefan is an employee of the Leoni factory in Kraljevo, where he works every day, except Sundays. On Sundays, Storm, his alter ego and drag persona, comes to life. Storm isn’t afraid to be who she is: fierce, brave, confident, everything that Stefan is weak at. We follow Stefan during his transformation into Storm, as well as their performance, while he introduces us to what it means to be Storm and what the life of a drag artist in Serbia looks like. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/Stormsshow
Strange	Ken OCHIAI	2023	Japan / 15 mins One evening a shy suburban Tokyo high school student, Odeko, meets a tearful Kuma dressed in drag in a park. As their earnest friendship develops, Kuma’s struggle to live confidently with himself changes Odeko’s timidity as well.
Strass	Julián Lassa Ortiz	2023	Argentina / 7 mins One night Tomás and his boyfriend Piter hide in the bathroom of a run down bar after being attacked on the street. Locked there they feel safe but the tranquility is soon interrupted by a mysterious shadow that Tomás must face.
Sujanth Ravichandran Fluid Forms	Juli Sophie Strobeck	2023	Germany / 17 mins
Summer Within	Summer Minerva, Adam Golub	2023	USA / 83 mins Summer Minerva, an independent researcher, multidisciplinary artist, public speaker, and educator from Staten Island takes us on a journey to southern Italy to connect with her ancestry. On this journey she discovers the Femminielli, an ancient folkloric 3rd gender, and those who are keeping the Femminielli traditions alive and well in Napoli. Life affirming community and power is found in this identity existing and being accepted for centuries.
Sunday's Child	Vanessa Nicholson	2023	USA A female martial artist who supports herself through sex work comes face to face with a violent challenge on the way to an underground fight. Upon arriving home and confiding in the one person she trusts, her girlfriend Reanne, Sunday is faced with a series of flashbacks and internal conflicts as she tries to reconcile her identity as a fighter, sex worker and now a victim of aggravated assault.
Sweet Green	Phillip Vernon	2023	USA / 11 mins A couple on the rocks hopes a simple night out at the movies will smooth things over, but things get dicey when they're hangry and running late.
T4T	Emily M Van Loan	2023	USA / 3 mins Trans folks find comfort, joy, and a new level of intimacy in each other's arms. "T4T" is a term within the queer community for trans folks who seek relationships with other trans folks.
Take Me There	Elliot Slade	2023	USA / 21 mins A night of dating, romance, and love in San Francisco.
TEL.1717-1771	JO Yunji	2023	Korea / 28 mins Anna lived a lonely life until she received a phone call that led her to meet Noa, her meant to be partner. At first, it seems like they are equally happy, but as time passed, their temperatures as lovers begin to diverge. This film is like a melancholic and sad essay for those who experience the feeling of being in love, particularly those who feel more passionate than the other. Although set in summer, the directing powerfully evokes the feel of a cold winter in every scene.
Test Sequence	Anne Golden	2023	Canada / 5 mins Un remix de sons et d’images issus des archives Prelinger qui expose la technologie et les machines.
The Angel	Dorian Wood	2023	USA / 18 mins This heady sex positive exploration of intimacy, self fulfillment and the pursuit of pleasure is an embodiment of queer magic via an interweave of sex-positive rituals. Trailer... https://youtu.be/pmLLJ8Fxmws?si=lefYlZkKhjBZlR90
The Appearances by Ass / La apariencia por el culo	Carlos Cara	2023	Spain / 8 mins What would happen if Erik lost that armor called toxic masculinity?
The Art of Making Simple Complicated	Karla Enriqueta Noriega, Maria Jose Noriega	2023	Mexico / 15 mins Makos, a full grown adult, is visited by her mother from Mexico. She has to decide if it is time to come out of the closet, after almost 30 years in secrecy.
The Barman’s Daughter	Shawna Virago	2023	USA / 4 mins Experimental Music Video.
The Boat Is My Friend / Le Bateau Est Mon Ami	Edouard Trefert	2023	France / 10 mins In 1831, on a british merchant ship, James Franklin dies from a sea accident and leaves behind his lover, Tom. Watch… https://vimeo.com/845724889
The Book / El Libro	Cristian Cabrera	2023	Argentina / 5.30 mins In Buenos Aires in 1985, Tomás, a fifteen-year-old student, took a prohibited book from the school library. Now, her mother, Mariana Montiel, is face to face with the school director. The biggest problem is not the book. But the possibility that Gonzalo, the young man's teacher, has encouraged him to take it. Why would he encourage him to take it? For the school director there are dangerous books, and especially dangerous teachers. But for Mariana, Gonzalo is the person who provides the greatest support for her son and his possible sexual inclination.
The Character / Le Personaje	Samuel Gonzalez	2023	Chile / 22 mins David is given the role of the transvestite in the annual school play. As he prepares for the role, bullying becomes his main enemy.
The Dancer	Ryon Horne, Tyson Horne	2023	USA The compelling story of Gerard Alexander, a professional modern and ballet dancer whose life held incredible promise before he ended up homeless in Atlanta. Trailer… https://youtu.be/QccIL6UL2bQ?si=whR1OvBlTtIMNz4v
The Dinner / La Cena	Jesús Martínez “Nota”	2023	Spain There are some issues which cannot be left for later! A recently out son shares some awkward and unexpectedly hilarious moments at dinner with his parents.
The Electric / Les Electriques	Joy Feldman	2023	France / 2:51 mins The date ends with coffee at his apartment. There Suzanne unexpectedly meets his sister Florence, and suddenly everything is different.
The Feels - An LGBTQ+ Short Film	Destiny Jackson	2023	USA / 19 mins A pessimistic college student gets paired with her crush for an assignment and finds the courage to tell her how she feels with the help of her enthusiastic best friend. Watch... https://youtu.be/TPthWthqA2o?si=JAhemVwig8qXvGtQ
The Flag	Miha Mohorič	2023	Slovenia / 48 mins Every year in Ljubljana, during the Pride Parade, we hang big rainbow flag from the Ljubljana castle tower. Each colour symbolizes a different component of the LGBTIQ+ identity, all of which illustrate the diversity of the LGBTIQ+ community. Film shows eight individuals, through their personal stories and the attitude of LGBTIQ+ people towards the flag.
The Hanky	Ramses Rodstein	2023	USA / 9:48 mins The Hanky brings together two handsome strangers together for a sizzling and spontaneous hookup.
The King Dreams the King	Will Aitken	2023	Canada / 5 mins Un ancien roi met tant de temps à construire son palais qu’il devient son mausolée. Il se souvient de sa vie, des jours froids, d’autres plus chauds, de son désir inextinguible de pouvoir… de son insatiable désir tout court.
The Last Lesbian Library	Christina Isabel Rodriguez de Conte	2023	USA / 11 mins The dystopian film imagines a time in the way too near future when LGBTQ rights and reproductive rights have been radically altered and the younger queer generation no longer has access to the wisdom of the elders that came before. This short film follows two baby dykes as they search for the elusive "Lesbian Baby Making Recipe" and the hope for a queer future.
The Lesbian Darkroom Fisting Operetta on Venus	Lasse Långström & The Homosex Syndicate of Precarious Avant Garde Artists	2023	Sweden / 10 mins From a feature erotic fantasy musical under production. The angels have given the Captain of the Sea Butches the holy assignment to travel to a lesbian bar on Venus to get hold of the strongest vibrator in the whole universe – the weapon needed in the fight to destroy the tall tower of the evil gentrifiers. But to get to the vibrator she first has to offer her hands to the two terrifying and tempting Tentacle Femmes, and they just invited her to the darkroom…
The Lesbian Valley / Den lesbiske dalen	Marin Håskjold, Christa Barlinn Korvald, Io Sivertsen	2023	Norway / 5 mins Sliteneliten's music video about the Lesbian Valley. Watch... Sliteneliten - Den lesbiske dalen (musikkvideo) on Vimeo
The Little Piratemaid	Luke Beatrice	2023	3 mins The Little Piratemaid is about what it’s like to discover yourself as a trans person in a cis-normative world—even if that world is one of pirates and mermaids! This short film focuses on the moments of realization, the initial stages of transition, and the courage it takes for a little pirate girl to simply be herself. Trailer… https://youtu.be/iS9XeEwa5tA?si=RQETcmmp0HHJQ514
The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eisenstein	Mark Rappaport	2023	USA / 27 mins What could have happened – what should have happened – if two giants in film history, like Greta Garbo and Sergei Michajlovič Eisenstein, could have declared their love for each other? The world's most famous actress, an honorary Russian citizen of cinema for her many performances; the world's most radical director, who could have immortalized her face in one of his famous close-ups? Sphinx Garbo did not want to be alone: she just wanted to marry the great Sergei. Perhaps she could have played Trotsky or Pancho Villa in one of his films. Perhaps their friends Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney and Josef von Sternberg would have approved their love. Maybe they could have had a child together. Maybe all this could still have happened, in a Mark Rappaport film.
The Pathway to the Goats	Marta Orlando, Clémentine Roy	2023	Germany / 9 mins Water, nature, sexualities, and alternative codes of communication.
The Sea is a Woman	Tom Talisman Zuta	2023	Israel / 8 mins Mazu, a young, emotionally detached woman, embarks on a journey around town, seeking to physically reconnect with her body. As she feels her body in the sea waves, she discovers new layers of different sensations as well.
The Secret Lives of Lesbians’ Cats	Kate Jessop	2023	UK / 1.30 mins How do exasperated felines escape from their humans’ relationship dramas?
The Treadmill Switcher	LeeAnne Lowry	2023	USA / 7 mins A woman walks on the same treadmill every day becomes fascinated by a person with a unique workout routine, until the person switches treadmills and runs directly next to her. Trailer… https://youtu.be/PdTNICSguxs
The Undetectable Wrestler	Jeremy Word	2023	USA / 27 mins Joshua Simmons retired from professional wrestling after testing HIV+. 7 years later, after maintaining his HIV+ undetectable status, he decides to enter the ring professionally again. This short film shows Joshua's journey, struggles and his relentless path towards redemption. Trailer... https://youtu.be/ZxcwBB8ERZo?si=Z2SFR2RmmMxlimNS
The Way	Odeya Laske	2023	Israel / 7 minds A part of a course on documentary journals in Bezalel Academy. This film talks about self-acceptance in the face of a family that does not accept, a personal and exciting journey with the same camera that photographed me as a child.
The Wisper of Freedom	Anna Ahaliieva	2023	Slovakia / 16 mins The plot of the film takes place in the 80s of the last century in Czechoslovakia. The story shows the necessity of hiding the love between two women, which would have been unacceptable to society at that time. Certain circumstances force two protagonists to keep their shared feelings a secret and adapt to a "traditional" life, which is against what their hearts feel.
Their Own Life / Leaving Life / Uit ‘T Leven	Tim Dekkers	2023	Netherlands / 80 mins The LGBTQ+ community has long struggled with the “scourge” of suicide. Data from the Dutch crisis hotline - 113 Suicide prevention - show that nearly half of all LGBTQ+ adults in the Netherlands have entertained suicidal thoughts at some point in their lives, a figure five times higher than that for the country’s adult population in general. The number of people who have actually attempted suicide is four times higher than average. For transgender people, the figures are even more shocking. Yet within the rainbow community as a whole, the topic of suicide still seems to be taboo. The filmmakers want to break down this taboo. For the past two years, they have been following three individuals as each of them went through a jet-black period. Will they manage to get their lives back on track? Can they set an example for others in mental distress?
There Are Things to Do	Mike Syers	2023	USA / 18 mins Urvashi Vaid, an outspoken immigrant, lesbian and woman of color was an LGBTQ+ superhero who believed in human rights for all people and helped shape the modern day gay rights movement. Trailer... THERE ARE THINGS TO DO (trailer) on Vimeo
Three Attempts of Love	Idan Rubin	2023	Israel / 10 mins Kobi and Oron got married in the city hall in New York, realized that they had a lot of love to give and a real desire for a future generation, and thus found themselves embarking on a journey towards their destination, becoming parents.
Throckadacia	Blake Lucius Griffey	2023	USA / 13 mins Sterling and his co-host begin filming their variety talk show as usual, when an unexpected visitor arrives. The man at the door is Sterling’s ex-lover, flowers in hand. But the show must go on.
Tidy Bed	Danilo Bastos Godoy	2023	Portugal, Germany, Brazil / 15 mins Is it possible to identify the ghosts of our past? In a remote beach house, a young man must deal with his own family who hides his older cousin's suicide attempt. Watch... https://filmfreeway.com/TidyBed
Till This Morning	Anna Maria Hawa	2023	Israel / 7 mins Hoping to “introduce” her partner to her father, Yasmin brings her partner, Lena, to her father’s grave where she finds herself spiraling into a whirlwind of emotions.
Toda Noite Estarei Lá	Tati Franklin	2023	Brazil / 72 mins Impedida de frequentar o culto de sua preferência, Mel não desiste de professar a sua fé. Toda noite, ela prepara cartazes e os leva para a porta da igreja, à espera do dia que poderá voltar a entrar. Ao longo de anos marcados pela ascensão de um governo ultraconservador e pelas dificuldades trazidas por uma inesperada pandemia, o documentário acompanha a luta da cabeleireira transexual por fazer valer o seu direito constitucional à liberdade religiosa. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/881192023
Todo Sobre Ti	Joselyn Martinez Zapata	2023	México / 5 mins Elizabeth no es aceptada por su madre debido a su orientación sexual sin embargo para ella lo único importante en su vida es su pareja sentimental llamada sara.
Tony&Denise: Cinematic Memoir of Denise D'Anne	Brian J Favorite	2023	USA / 26 mins This 26-minute experimental documentary film tells the life of pioneering transgender labor activist Denise D’Anne. Left in a Brooklyn orphanage, then foster care, followed by a reluctant return to his mother, Tony Albanese grew up confused and lonely. Having endured harassment in the army, then ten years as an executive secretary for the Southern Pacific Railroad, Tony decides, in 1968, to realign his gender identity and to start anew in San Francisco. Now Denise D'Anne, she commits her life to furthering labor causes, sexual and gender freedom, and a multitude of women and environmental issues, including the launch of one of the first organized recycling programs through her work with the San Francisco Department of Human Services and city government. Based on Denise's autobiography, GOING THE DISTANCE: THE LIFE OF DENISE D'ANNE, this film is a cinematic-memoir-love-letter about a gender-feminist-social-environmental-justice pioneer and narrated in her own words.
Tous Ces Gens, Toda Esa Gente	Billy Joly	2023	Argentina / 35 mins En un viaje de regreso a Europa, lleno de emotividad y nostalgia, mi padre y yo nos reencontramos con todas aquellas personas que, a lo largo del tiempo, han ido conformando nuestra familia elegida. Toda esa gente, somos las personas en quienes mi padre, Stef, indudablemente, ha dejado una huella. Trailer… https://youtu.be/1jb7NuAng-A
Toxico	François Zabaleta	2023	France / 66 mins Ce sont les derniers mois de la vie d’un homme. Quentin Debeaumont. Soixante-et-un ans. Écrivain célèbre et célébré. Il vit une passion amoureuse et sexuelle telle qu’il n’en a jamais vécue avec un homme de soixante-six ans, Pavel Rădulescu, un ouvrier d’origine roumaine devenu chef d’entreprise, adepte de la lutte gréco-romaine. Celui-ci d’abord refuse ses avances. Il est bisexuel ou homosexuel, la question n’est jamais tranchée. Il finit par les accepter mais sous une forme insolite, ritualisée.
Transa y fronteira, ensaio sobre imágenes sidosas	Nico Luna	2023	Argentina, Brasil / 12 mins En una bitácora de imágenes y sonidos, un joven HIV+ relata su vivencia en la frontera entre Argentina, Brasil y Paraguay
Transformación	Manuel Alejandro Castillo	2023	Perú / 14 mins Óscar, un joven dibujante, se encuentra en un limbo en su vida en cuanto a su sexualidad y la falta de inspiración para su futuro cómic. En este camino de dudas, conoce a Petra, su amor platónico, quien le ayudará a concluir su propia historia.
Transit	Jiz Lee, Vanniall	2023	USA / 4:57 mins Hotel guests discover a room for two…
Transliterar la muerte – Acto I	Francisco Gonzalez Cholaky, Gabrielle Caucota	2023	Argentina / 10:47 mins Gaba es una artista trans no binaria de la ciudad de Córdoba. En un contexto post-pandémico y de re-despertar cultural en la ciudad, reflexiona a través de la música y de la performance sobre la herida de su pasado y la construcción de nuevas identidades en la actualidad. Watch… https://youtu.be/dpuodh0ewN4?si=NuLNO5ePiXjV7PXa
Transmission: Lisa Stephen Friday	Emma Underwood	2023	USA / 7 mins A transgender glam rocker must overcome her struggle of self-acceptance to share her story, a story of hard fought, hard won self-actualization and power in order to preserve an important part of transgender history. Watch... Transmission: Lisa Stephen Friday on Vimeo
Travessias	Ana Graziela Aguiar	2023	Brazil, Cuba, / 22 mins Uma carta de amor que une Brazil e Cuba. Uma viagem para entender os sentimentos e transformações passadas por uma pessoa próxima. Justin, um homem trans, auxiliará nesta travessia. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/870884207
Twin Sparks	Ollie Yao, Heather Yun	2023	USA / 4 mins When a forest child’s inner fire spirit breaks loose, they frantically try to catch it before damage is done. Inspired by co-director Ollie Yao’s experience growing up trans, this is a beautiful tale of radical self-acceptance. Trailer... Twin Sparks - Official Trailer on Vimeo
Two Souls	Myat Noe	2023	Myanmar / 21 mins Two gay lovers, now living as political refugees from Myanmar (Burma) in a Thai border town reunite. But the scars and traumas of their experiences under military coup in their native country, as well as changing sentiments, challenge their relationship. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/TwoSouls271
Two Stories of Dublin, Queer	Alan Power	2023	Ireland / 6 mins Two individuals share their personal stories about living in Queer Dublin through a series of voice messages and snapshots of 35mm black and white film photography, capturing the essence and experience of the city, its people and their stories.
Uma Tarde Pra Tirar Retrato	André Sandino Costa	2023	Brazil / 42 mins Três amigos marcam um encontro com a crença de que uma sessão fotográfica diminuiria a saudade e fortaleceria o apoio mútuo em um momento dramático do convívio em sociedade. Márcio Januário, Carlos Oxalá e José Roberto Pacheco, homens negros, gays acima de cinquenta anos, são os protagonistas dessa história. Trailer... https://youtu.be/KQEAgrY9cv8?si=iFUU0EYtWac9WrEi
Una amiga	Marta Matute	2023	Spain / 24 mins Lucía takes Paloma to her family’s country house for the first time. During the weekend, Rubén, Lucía’s brother, unexpectedly turns up with his boyfriend. As Lucía does not publicly accept her sexual condition, Paloma is forced to pretend, once again, that they are just friends. Trailer... UNA AMIGA - Trailer on Vimeo
Unnamed	Iranmehr Salimi	2023	Iran / 13 mins Zainab is a successful girl who supports her family financially, but considers herself a boy in spirit, and now she has decided to undergo gender transition, but in addition to her family’s opposition and the society’s inappropriate view of this issue, she has more difficulties. There is something more important to come. Zainab, who played in the country’s national volleyball team for a while and is now in the Bartar league, realizes that if she does this, she will be removed from professional volleyball forever due to her short stature compared to men, and not only will she lose her professional future, but also her livelihood and her family, who under her care, will be in trouble.
UnNamed	Ehud Mordehay	2023	Israel / 60 mins 01.08.2009: An armed man bursts into the “BarNoar”, an LGBTQ youth club, and opens fire. The bullet that hit me, turned my life upside down. 13 years later – I embark on a journey where I revisit old wounds, deal with the trauma and talk with my family for the first time about that evening and the secrets revealed in its wake. Trailer… https://youtu.be/fqv1vy0tRG0?si=R6Z9PjlvWLCchWRV
Untitled, Michael	Adam Zvi	2023	Israel / 9 mins Michael, a young trans man, is positive he’s gotten a divine order from an angel that came to him at the Western Wall and commanded him to live as a man.
Unveiling the Rainbow: Long Beach Pride's 40 Year Evolution	Breanna Finch	2023	USA A local documentary about the history of Long Beach Pride!
Up in the Wind	Haoyuan Yang	2023	China / 10 mins In the face of his homosexual identity, the passing away of a loved one, and the changes in his surroundings, Yang holds up his camera to try to find a way out, despite his confusion, frustration, and anxiety. Trailer… https://youtu.be/QGv9_wwpl4w?si=llRLQJoY8thOj6Hk
Vagary	Ross G. Hewitt	2023	USA / 2 mins Through the remembrance of a dream, a teenage boy discovers his attraction to a male college student.
Vale of Summer	Ari Sells	2023	USA / 11 mins Trans and nonbinary best friends Cole (transgender YouTube star Ryan Jacobs Flores) and Asterid (Sol Joun) wrestle with goodbyes during their final summer camping trip together. Vale of Summer is an honest and refreshing ode to queer-trans friendship and self-determination.
Vapor Trails	Willow Skye-Biggs	2023	USA / 11 mins It is 1997 amidst the backdrop of distant violence. Two displaced trans-lesbian lovers find transcendence through connection. Trailer... https://youtu.be/daUSa85vshU?si=K_cPxZcfRclhJfgi
Venus	Bar Fedelman	2023	Israel / 9 mins The film depicts a delusional chase through the streets of Tel Aviv after a successful drag performance by the film’s hero David when he is raped by a fan. David, a well-known drag artist, feels lonely without his home and family. He feels disconnected from his body and in particular from his sexual orientation. The film follows the dark hallucinations he experiences, and the desire for some kind of intimacy even if it means risking his life.
Vestido de mujer	Dalila Real	2023	Argentina / 5:35 mins El título de una noticia sobre un travesticidio decía: «Vestido de mujer para morir de amor.» La frase inspiró una canción y posteriormente este video. Por el derecho a ser quienes somos, a elegir nuestra identidad. Watch… https://youtu.be/VpMnLF7C1Zs?si=_wD5ZHAATu6q6t4S
Videotrash	Nicolás Alvarez, Joaquín Ostrovsky	2023	Argentina / 10 mins Economía circular audiovisual. Serie de video ensayo sobre el archivo-basural de los gif que explota lo queer subyacente en cada desecho cultural acumulado en la nube gris del capitalismo digital.
Violet Purge	Yannis Do Couto	2023	France / 16 mins While a comet is about to put an end to humanity, Adée wants to bring Mélo to the Violet Purges, the last part before the end of the world; Mélo wants to save Adée by taking her to the Bunker. The two will set out together, in the grip of their anxieties and their desires.
Visions of Acid / Visions d’Acide	Laurens Saint-Gaudens	2023	France / 10 mins
Voces Amigas	Canción Diez	2023	México Por años la comunidad LGBTIQ+ ha luchado en contra de la discriminación que sufre en diferentes ámbitos de la sociedad, pero pocas veces se ha hecho una introspección para ver qué es lo que realmente sucede en el interior de la misma comunidad. Trailer... https://youtu.be/RPTU_UwVVBo?si=GoZw6U4jdcFz-mLG
Volver a Bailar	Pamela Simeone	2023	Chile / 10:48 mins Después de haber terminado su relación debido a la distancia, Camila llama a Javiera en su cumpleaños, con la intención de saber si existe la posibilidad de volver a estar juntas. Trailer... https://youtu.be/8z2ukk6w9EY?si=i9Otn5j9fjyEnJEJ
Volver a Lobos	Julia Lucesole, Bel Gatti	2023	Argentina / 14:26 mins Una noche de verano se produce un azaroso reencuentro de un grupo de amigues en su pueblo natal. Mientras recorren las calles vacías, se proponen refundar el lugar y ensayan intentos. El pueblo nunca fue territorio para las disidencias, pero ahora elles vuelven para vivir en comunidad y lo lograrán.
Vorāre	Ella Sombre Pedro Duro	2023	France / 10 mins A merger of flavours in this double menu, seasoned with a splash of BDSM, creates a hybrid physicality in which pleasure and desire develop freely.
Vreemdelingen	Rishi Chamman	2023	Netherlands / 14 mins Hindustani Milan develops feelings for Syrian refugee Ahmed.
Wait Your Turn	João Carvalho	2023	Germany / 14 mins A young man tries to bear with his intense menstrual pains while stuck in the waiting room of an administration. He feels exposed, until his own gaze takes over the screen, turning his need for pleasure and care into a common cause, a collective fantasy. Wait Your Turn is an invitation inside the subjective perspective of a trans man navigating pleasure and pain in public space.
Watching You Without Me	Lia Danon	2023	Israel / 15 mins A story of friendship between two girls, each of whom deals with the difficulties of being a woman. As they attempt to correct the patriarchal reality in which they live, their friendship begins to cross boundaries between sisterhood and sexual attraction.
We are the Earth	Zoé Rose	2023	France / 5 mins Watch… https://youtu.be/6OIiukwQ8D4?si=DULlgK8zuNCX3twX
We Are the Future / Nós Somos o Amanhã	Luffe Steffen	2023	Brazil / 113 mins The 80s. A group of students face discrimination at school. Separated by their differences, they try to survive bullying, pursued by ethnic, gender, sexuality, physical shape, behavior issues. Until one day, music teacher and futurist Clara Celeste lands to show that everything can be different. By experiencing empowerment, such characters come together and are finally able to live their identities with freedom. But the school, normativity and the monster of conservatism are watching. Can our heroes win the battle against bigotry? Trailer… https://youtu.be/prelL7ysMwI?si=HTvqeBZe836Ov6QT
Wedding March	Amir Cohen	2023	Israel / 4 mins A chance encounter between two young guys in the park creates a romantic opportunity, a potential for love. Many temptations whisper around. Will it finally be a successful match? Or just another passing moment?
Wegen Hegel	Popo Fan	2023	Germany / 14 mins Philosophy student Ping’s plan to have a socially distanced hookup mid-pandemic is derailed by a particular book.
Well Read	Emily Friedman, Tori V Bennett	2023	USA / 3 mins Celebrating both literacy and queerness, the video for Well Read playfully explores the notion of sapiosexuality - the attraction to someone based on intellect rather than gender expression. Watch… https://youtu.be/voNW_BzICm0?si=OEpZ_Ca8WMhigL39
What Became of David Burkett?	Duane Michals	2023	USA / 3 mins Memories of an old friend are filled with questions and longing. Watch… https://vimeo.com/827425208
Where do Lesbians Go to When They Get Older?	Andreja Gomišček	2023	Slovenia / 9 mins In a poetic and engaging way, Andrea Gomišček's film interrogates the age of old age through two protagonists. How they experience it as lesbians, how this period changes their relationship to time. Is it defined in memories - as something to have, or is it in looking into the future? And what about ageing on the margins, within the lesbian community?
Where the Birds Cry / Gde ptice plaču	Jakub Andrzej Venda	2023	Poland / 16 mins 14-year-old Szymon lives in a seaside village. The boy is experiencing one of the most turbulent stages in his life – puberty. He spends his holidays traveling with his finger across a globe, looking for a safari, walking on the beach, or meeting his friends. The boy’s monotonous life is being disrupted by an unexpected visit from his childhood friend. From that moment on, the boy develops the need to explore his sexuality. Seemingly ordinary meeting on a cliff turns into his first summer romance.
Whiterock	Kyle Reaume	2023	Canada / 13 mins WHITEROCK is a 2023 experimental documentary that traverses a relationship that outwardly appeared loving, warm, and enviable. But inward, a secret laid in the shadows, growing wings. The film utilizes a technique known as cinemanarrative dissonance - when the cinematic language as a story telling tool is in direct conflict with the story being presented. Trailer… https://youtu.be/IIvdSYfof90?si=7VBOcBj5uctymAhj
Who Am I Becoming?	Odu Adamu, Payton Royce	2023	USA / 12 mins A self-portrait of actor Payton Royce as he looks back on his life from childhood to his transition. Royce's own video diaries alongside home movies and interviews with family offer a glimpse into the life of a man who uses his voice to speak his truth and support others in celebrating who they are.
Word by Word	Lourdes Miere	2023	Canada / 9 mins Word by Word is a short documentary following the creative journey of Robyn Sidhu, a spoken word poet.
Women Dancing in The Night	Yaxin Zhu	2023	UK A poor writer is writing a romantic fantasy book. This film portrays the push and pull between the writer and the woman he is writing about. They both want different things. He wants her image of beauty to be his ‘Big Love’ but she is in love with another female character.
Worthy	Zainab Boladale	2023	Ireland / 3 mins Sewa is a black woman struggling to get over her ex-girlfriend. Through her monologue we experience the emotional rollercoaster of a first break up. Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/Worthy862
Yes, it happens	Lyubov Vetrov, Tanya Levi	2023	Russia / 15 mins A short film from present day queer Russia.
Yisrael is Lovesick	Yisrael Rohn Rigler	2023	Israel / 16 mins When Yisrael came out as bisexual, his ultra religious parents hugged him, but to this day they don’t accept his sexuality. In this film Yisrael is going on a journey following his fantasy – to find true love. Trailer… https://youtu.be/jfPO5XlIt0o?si=muu85KW2oFNaWSmE
Yo en Pasado	Aaron Alessandro Carbajal Diaz	2023	Perú / 20 mins Después de enterarse de que la pandemia ha llegado a su fin, un joven con ansiedad decide reconstruir su vida.
You Belong to Me	Barak Rivkind	2023	Israel / 4 mins After partying all night, 25 year old Ori isn’t ready to face the real world. When leaving the club, he is pursued by a mysterious figure threatening to pull him back to reality and face his previous obligations.
You're Loved	Carys Mullins	2023	USA / 60 mins Three transgender youths, alongside mental health professionals and allies, tell their stories of resilience in an era of increasing injustice to inspire the positive action necessary to protect and give hope to trans kids – something they desperately need to survive. Trailer… https://youtu.be/tGDEgoe7Rcg
Zeke’s Magic Plant Shop	Lucas Marchi, Keaton Hanna	2023	USA / 4 mins In this delightful animated world of wizards and plants, love dares to conquer a magic spell gone wrong!
Zon in de nacht	Anne Vaandrager	2023	Netherlands / 28 mins What if your life is a play? In this formal documentary experiment, Anne Vaandrager probes her grandfather’s secret, which also confronts her with her own identity. When director Anne Vaandrager investigates her grandfather’s secret, she is confronted with her own identity. Can she break free from the shame that was handed down from generation to generation? Playing with the boundary between fiction and reality, Vaandrager personally confronts her father to break the cycle of silence. With the help of theatrical staging, she initiates a conversation about her grandfather’s past, in an attempt to reshape her family history.
Zwart Geluk, Blaka Koloku	Rafik M. Opti	2023	Netherlands / 21 mins A Black angel watches Amsterdam, while documentary filmmaker Rafik M. Opti moves across the city, asking several inhabitants what Black freedom means to them. This yields miscellaneous portraits. What does it mean to live independently as a Black citizen in Amsterdam? And which obstacles have to be overcome in the process? This is the starting point of this poetic documentary, inspired by Afrofuturism, in which filmmaker Rafik M. Opti moves across the capital on foot, asking members of different subcultures about happiness, independence and their vision for the future. The film smoothly strings these miscellaneous conversations together, producing a dynamic portrait of Black identity, when Black freedom is celebrated.