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1970s - UPDATED: May 2024

 

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.

Boys 1976
Boys /
Dečki

Stanko Jost

1976

Jugoslavija (Slovenija) / 65 mins
Still longing for love and beauty Nani Papali died at the age of twenty, leaving his diary containing the words of love he feared to speak about openly about his fellow student. In 1938 this diary was rewritten into a book, and was the first novel to deal with the subject of gay love in Slovenia. Scandalous for its day, it caused a great stir and met with considerable disapproval. The film Boys, based on this novel, depicts the intimate world of boys’ affections.

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
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.

Lindsay Kemp

Jean-Claude Wouters

1979

Belgium / 14 mins
Jean-Claude was able to attend Lindsay Kemp's "Flowers" performance, which he portrays in this Super 8 film.

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.

 

1980s - UPDATED: October 2024

 

 

 

 

 

... 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… here

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
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...here

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...here

Honey 

Raul Sarmiento

1981

Philippines / 5 mins
A man wakes up to find that his lover is no longer in bed with him. Chaos ensues shortly after. 

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.

Jean-Marc Pouvreur

Jean-Claude Wouters

 1980

Belgium / 6 mins
Jean-Marc reveals himself in front of Jean-Claude Wouters' camera.

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.

Le danseur de Manhattan

Robert Malengreau,
Jean
Claude Bronckart

1981

Belgium / 11 mins
A New-York, le portrait d’un strip-teaseur.

Le temps de réfléchir

Antoine Pickels

 1986

Belgium / 18 mins
Un court-métrage composé de 5 différents scénarios imaginés pour exorciser la violence vécue par un homme gay.

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...here

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.

 

Silencis
Silencis

Xavier Daniel  1983

Spain / 13 mins
Sobre la atracción de un militar hacia su hijo, que deja el ejército y vive su relación sin condicionamientos; estuvo prohibido en España. Invitado por la Berlinale y una de las pocas películas donde Ocaña interpreta un personaje de Ficción.

About the attraction of a soldier towards his son, who leaves the army and lives their relationship without conditions; It was banned in Spain. Invited by the Berlinale and one of the few films where Ocaña plays a fictional character.

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.

Tempest in a Teapot

Amy Gottlieb

1987

Canada / 4 mins
A video about Amy Gottlieb’s mother and her radical political activities.

The Attitude Assumed:
Still Life With Still Born

Cerith Wyn Evans

1980

UK / 19 mins

The Gospel At Colonus
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... here

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...here

Vermisst 1987
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

 

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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… here

A nostro gradimento

Nicoletta Nesler, Marilisa Piga

1994

Italy / 32 mins
Cinque persone down intorno ad un tavolo radiofonico raccontano il loro essere down.
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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.

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
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
A young woman is confused between the man she loves and the feminist boss she has. She gradually is convinced that she doesn't need a man in her life.

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

Behind Me is Black

Cushla Dillion,
Kristy Cameron

1999

Aotearoa / 12 mins 
This film hasn’t been seen for decades. In the 1970’s, Christchurch artist Paul Johns created an intimate portrait of the transgender community in Aotearoa/NZ, by capturing friends and acquaintances on 16mm. In 1999 Johns entrusted this footage to filmmakers Cameron and Dillon. They constructed a film that is an ode to Paul’s work, and an exploration of both the texture and internal qualities of the image. The subterranean soundtrack by sound artist Rachel Shearer adds to the evocation of memory, nostalgia and identity to weave together a dreamy trance-like journey. 
Trailer… here

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.
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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.
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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!

Castro

Tony (Chun Hui) Wu

1996

USA, Taiwan / 9 mins
A super-8mm queer experimental film shot in San Francisco in 1996. Inspired by the works of Maya Deren, it explores queer desire through surrealism. Using found footage and Super-8mm film, it reimagines scenes from Fassbinder’s Querelle, blending reality and dream sequences.  

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...here

Cinema Al Fouad
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… here

Coming Home Shu Lea Cheang
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...here

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

UK / 12 mins
‘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… here

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
In her frustration, Alexandra (Alex Bisaz), a young, not very successful painter, let herself be persuaded by her colleague Alice (Annalisa Mächler) to go to lesbian bar. There she meets Simone (Caroline Fest) and falls in love with her head. But she already lives in a firm – and established – relationship with Sandra (Conny Scherrer). After some turbulence, Alexandra decides to concentrate on her work – and lo and behold: not only success comes in, but also love happiness.

Encounter with a Stranger

Atif Siddiqi

1998

Canada / 6 mins
Encounter is a twisted tale of rescue and romance, told in the narration. The images are poetic and have a photographic quality. They illustrate the state of the narrator/performer as a damsel in distress in an Indian S/M fantasy.

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 / 4 mins
Does gender fuck or do we fuck gender?

Ghost Carnival

Qiu Miao-jin,
Lin Hsu Wen-Er

1991

Taiwan / 35 mins 
A young woman commits suicide and returns to haunt her brother in the days approaching his twentieth birthday. 

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.

Joan Jett Blakk Announces Her Candidacy For President
Joan Jett Blakk Announces Her Candidacy for President 

Bill Stamets

1992

USA / 48 mins
Joan Jett Blakk announces her candidacy for president at Ann Sather restaurant and the Berlin nightclub on Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood.
Joan Jett Blakk's run to become "the first queer, black drag-queen president" forced Washington to grapple with queer issues.

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… here

L Is For The Way You Look
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.

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
A man drunkenly stumbles into a park’s toilets and becomes beholden to a powerful new sexual compulsion.

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
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… here

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
Produced over the Christmas of 1990, New York Conversations explores the lives, fears and work of six New Yorkers in a series of video verite interviews. Frequently funny, often life affirming, sometimes bizarre insights into the lives of the real ‘thirtysomething’ generation.

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.

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’.

One Man Ladies 

Vaginal Davis

1994

USA / 29 mins
One Man Ladies—The unorthodox neo conservative chic commentators Vaginal Davis in Rick Owens Couture and Glennda Orgasm aka: Glenn Belverio (wearing Sylvia Heisel) speak to women only, on the mean streets of the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Pan Sexual Public Porn
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
Elegy of polaroids shot in empty and high cameras, where one looks for the point in blurry photos to refuse the absence of the loved one.
Watch... here

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.
Trailer... here 

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
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.

Solos y Soledades

Javier Antonio Berrios

1992

Cuba / 16 mins

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.

Straightboy Lessons

Raymond Rae

1999

USA / 8 mins
A humorous and early look at one cisgender/transmale friendship.
Watch… here

Stonewall 25:
Voices of Pride & Protest

John Scagliotti

1997

USA / 90 mins
Finished a quarter century after the earth-shaking protests that forever altered the public perception of LGBTQ people in America, Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest, produced by the gay news program “In the Life,” took the measure of what’s changed for the Queer community since 1969—and what hasn’t. Captures a million-strong anniversary march in NYC, fanfare around Gay Games IV, a visit to the historic Stonewall Inn, and testimony from prominent gay and lesbian figures and allies, including Sir Ian McKellen, Harvey Fierstein, and Joan Rivers.
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Taiwan Video Club

Lana Lin

1999

USA / 14 mins 
Taiwan Video Club follows Asian immigrants who exchange videotapes of their favourite Taiwanese opera. Their pirate distribution transformed consumer video history, transitioning stories from oral traditions to VCR sharing. These duplicated “low-grade” visuals connect diasporic women to their native culture.

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
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.
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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
The Untransmittable Lily Savage Show

Alasdair Macmillan

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
“Two/Doh” is an evocative poetic pastiche exploring the public and private spaces of desire, and its intersection with the cultural and erotic connections between two women of different origins: Persian/Armenian and South Asian/Sri Lankan.

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
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

Who Killed Rose Levine

Sal Piro

 1994

USA / 90 mins
This original 1994 production of "Who Killed Rose Levine" was written and directed by Sal Piro and performed with all-star Cherry Grove cast at the Community House and Theater. Billed as a backstage murder mystery, the audience is taken on a musical ramp to find out who's killed drag icon Rose Levine, culminating with her performing at her own funeral.

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.
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2011 - UPDATED: October 2024

 

 

¡Qué Te Den Por Culo!

Chico Morera

2011

Spain / 7 mins
Cuando se vive en pareja, cualquier cosa puede desencadenar una discusión...
Watch...here  

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… here

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...here

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… here

Beastliness Deborah Kelly
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… here

Being-Lucy poster
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.
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Cab Ride

Farrah Khan

2011

Canada / 5 mins
Deeply personal, the artist’s relationship with her driver father, sharing her lesbian identity.
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Chistes de Mariquitas

Roberto Pérez Toledo

2011

Spain
Trailer...here

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?”
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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
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… here

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...here

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… here

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...here

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.

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...here

Pink Boys

Bennet Pimpinella

2011

3 mins
Watch... here

Plan Perfecto
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...here

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...here

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
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...here

The Humping Pact, Sacra River Dolomites, Italy Mission

Diego Agulló,
Dmitry Paranyushkin

2011

Germany / 9 mins
The Humping Pact is a suspended act of affirmative persistence. It is an aesthetic meditation on the human desire to believe in the futile and to conceive the impossible. Our coming together is a tribute to dysfunctional spaces that still emanate creative potential. We attempt to build an intimate and personal relationship with space in the most efficient way, being loyal to its demands and dedicated within our efforts. We want to celebrate the human body that is convulsed by the desire to inspire.
Watch...here

The Last Kiss El Ultimo Beso
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...here


The Night At The End Of The TunnelThe 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
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...here

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.

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...here

Yo Soy Asi

Christina Svien

2011

A film about Karina and her life living as a transgender in Chile.
Watch... here  

 

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¿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

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…”.

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 RoomChristine 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

CinderfellaCinderFella

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
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
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

Pablo Y David Javier MarzoaPablo 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 JoyntResisterectomy

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

2012

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
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 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 Film
What I Love About Being Queer

Vivek Shraya,
Lia Hietala

2012

Canada / 19 mins
Filmed entirely in Shraya’s Toronto apartment last October, What I LOVE about being QUEER is a candid and raw look at queerness. In some scenes, the hum of Shraya’s refrigerator or soft giggling can be heard off in the distance. It all makes for an honest, yet familiar account of being queer… Shraya’s intimate, yet humourous approach is a welcome change of pace.
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.

Youngstown / Steel Town

William E. Jones

2012

USA / 6 mins
The evolution of an Ohio rust belt city is examined in this double-screen projection by Massillon-born, Los Angeles–based artist William E. Jones. The 1944 propaganda film Steel Town, which shows the booming wartime steel industry of Youngstown, Ohio, plays alongside contemporary footage of the city’s now-quiet empty streets and abandoned buildings, underscoring the bleak reality of this postindustrial city.

 

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¿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

USA / 14 mins
Adam and Jacob agreed to give their relationship a second chance. 

Actual TV Picture
Actual TV Picture 

William E. Jones

2013

USA / 7 mins
Actual T. V. Picture juxtaposes footage of a jungle in Viet Nam being bombed by an American war plane with a late-1960s television commercial showing recent advancements in the miniature transistors
Watch...https://vimeo.com/62341882

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 Que Voz Hay Que Tener
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 Dela Des Images
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

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
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 Te Amo
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…

Dreamer

Gabriela Zogall

2013

Germany / 2 mins

Dry Tears Lagrimas Secas
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
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

Father Bless Us

Elene Naveriani

2013

Switzerland / 12 mins
One morning Agnesh follows her lover Ana in the orthodox church, where they confront each other's personal and socio-political values.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/86553882

Femmes A Tragedy
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
A defiant Palestinian queen confronts the border guards at Ben Gurion airport, in Israel.
Watch... here

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

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
 In this film, a lone camera tells a forbidden story, in a foreign language and in a foreign country.
Watch... here

Kuk

Anton Z Risan

2013

Sweden / 3 mins
Två män möts i ett sug(gestivt) möte med en förlösande upplösning

L Autographe
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
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
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 A Noite
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

France / 12 mins
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
In this video, half-naked models do the “love exercise”, one at a time. Many small doll faces are glued to their bodies. The doll faces are both male and female, their lips puckered as if they are about to kiss.
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
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

Martin Y Federico
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

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

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
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 

Sebastiens Night Out Konstantinos Menelaou
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 Tubarao Leo Tabosa
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

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
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
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 Sofia Saunier
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
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
The heads of “strong women” from history are being stacked like a totem pole in this video.
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

 

2023 - UPDATED: November 2024

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... here

Dey Dem A Choreo Doc
(dey/dem): a choreo-doc

Nova Cypress Black

2023

USA / 17 mins
(dey/dem): a choreo-doc is an experimental documentary that illuminates Black non-binary folks in the American Souf & their connection to the nearly erased history of gender expansiveness within the African diaspora.

(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.

Without Balls
(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.

002 Heresy
002 Heresy

Jude Dennis

2023

USA / 27:20 mins
A diary film composed of iPhone footage, internet videos, painted film and original music, documenting the extreme emotional contradictions of living in the American South as a trans woman in 2023.

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
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… here

40 Years of Care

Care Resource

2023

USA / 25 mins
In 1983, a group of volunteers came together to help those affected by HIV & AIDS in our South Florida communities. Little did they know, this volunteer-led organization would grow and evolve into Care Resource, a leading healthcare provider serving residents of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. Watch the history unfold and discover our humble beginnings of Health Crisis Network, The White Party, AIDS Walk Miami, and Community Research Initiative of South Florida, as narrated by our founding members and community volunteers.
Watch… here

66 Motel

Jalen Thompson

2023

USA / 12:51 mins
What happens when a hook up doesn't quite go how you expected it to? Narrated in a series of short poems, 66 Motel explores the misconnections, the unspoken thoughts, and the delusions we experience in our digitally connected world. 

4801 Nuits
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 Cardiff Ghost Story

Jay Bedwani,
Glen Biseker,
Efa Blosse-Mason, Mathew David,
Amy Morris,
Paulo Russo 

2023

UK / 3 mins
A Cardiff Ghost Story is an animated love letter to the city and two little known queer Welsh icons who broke boundaries during their lifetimes. Written and made with love by people who love and live there. 

A Fuckboi Story
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… here

A Ghost In The House
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... here 

A Happy Wedding

Arin Hong

 2023

Korea / 20 mins
Same-sex marriage has been legalized! Jeongha prepares a wedding with her female partner while seeking recognition from the heterosexual-centered society.

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 Leap Of Faith
A Leap of Faith

Mikey Hamer

2023

Australia
A love letter through the seasons.
Trailer… here


A Mix Of Performance And TruthA Mix of Performance and Truth

Ewan McPherson

2023

UK
What is it like to be a queer comic on Glasgow’s vibrant comedy scene? Eliott, Hev and Kathleen spend time reflecting on their experiences delivering sets to a variety of audiences and the tense steps taken in the journey to the microphone.
Trailer… here

A Miscreant Gnome & Other Charlatans

Raymond Helkio,
Peter Lynch

2023

Canada / 9 mins
What does it mean to be queer and homeless during a pandemic? “Miscreant Gnomes & Other Charlatans” examines the intersection between the under-housed and those who live, work and play within the confines of Toronto’s queer community.
Watch… here

A Parte Que Falta
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… here

A Place To Call Home
A Place to Call Home: An Inside Look at La Peña's Rotating Mural Program

Clara Pérez Medina

2023 USA / 10:14 mins
Three generations of artists map the contours of their communities onto a rotating mural wall.
Watch… here  

A Poem Called Love Jones
A Poem Called Love Jones

Linda Denson,
Diana Khong

2023 USA / 5:38 mins
Black lesbian love crests in a sweet spoken word performance about a couple's first meeting.
Trailer… here

A Public Thing
A Public Thing

Lauren Mahoney

2023

USA / 5 mins

By combining never-before-heard audio from a private lecture in 1989 with footage shot by a student, this retrospective piece shares the intimate advice Keith Haring shared with ArtCenter College students in Los Angeles a few months before he passed away.
Watch… here

A Safe Place
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 Mares Amores
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... here

A Tsbua De Esmeralda
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… here

a tangled web drowning in honey

Tara Hakim,
Hannah Hull

2023

Canada / 10 mins
This experiential and textural film invites viewers into the inner workings of a mind to ponder the ways in which we love and unlove ourselves.

A Touch Gadda
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
Aalapanam

Niketh Manulal

2023

India
Portrays change and connection about a family, together still apart.

About SAMANTHA
About SAMANTHA MAGAZINE

Samantha Zine

2023

South Korea / 4 mins
"About SAMANTHA" is a compelling short documentary that delves into the taboo subject of sexuality with audiences in South Korea, where societal norms still shroud discussions on sexualities and gender diversity.
Watch… here

Absences
Absences /
Ausencias

Alfonso Palazon

2023 

Spain / 20 mins
Absences are memories, revisionisms and forgetfulness agreed on representations of the past based on silence and nostalgia. The memory as a denial of the great stories of the past where common places become passages of denial. The (in)visibility of LGTBIQ+ migration is absence. Drawings of empty and stolen places that prevent the construction of new spaces of freedom.

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… here

Acme
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… here

Across the Street

Caitlin Royston

 

Australia / 7 mins
A teen attempts to befriend her crush who lives across the street. However, the only time they see each other is the brief walk from the front door to their cars on their way to school.

Adama

Dan Meyer

 2023

Belgium / 5:23 mins
Watch… here

adulthood?

Mehak Chaha

2023

USA / 1:35 mins
A South Asian woman embarks on an expedition to question life’s complexities.

Africa
África

Salvador Santana II

2023 

Mexico / 16 mins
Africa, a trans woman devoted to musical interpretation and funny entertainment on Facebook, displays her everyday life through live streamings, enjoying great success and large audiences. Africa makes a series of decisions to survive, revealing what lies beyond her social media persona.
Trailer… here

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.

Again 2023
Again

Morena Barra

2023

Austria / 6 mins
"J" playfully explores the boundaries between pleasure and displeasure through various objects, based on their feeling, temperature and appearance.

Agridulce
Agridulce

Canción Diez

2023

Mexico / 7 mins
Bittersweet is an impossible love story between Javier, a migrant seeking to reach the border, and Daniel who captures memorable moments with his camera. Both young people experience a fleeting but unforgettable infatuation.
Trailer… here

Aiming At The Apocalypse
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... here

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… here

Alima & Omar
Alima & Omar

Sofian Priz

 2023

France / 10 mins
Alima se enamora de Omar, quien desafía las normas de género. En un cabaret, Alima descubre las fantasías ocultas de Omar, explorando la sensualidad como forma de expresión.

Alima falls in love with Omar, who challenges gender norms. At a cabaret, Alima discovers Omar’s hidden fantasies, exploring sensuality as a form of expression.
Trailer… here

All Thats Left
All that's left

Dearne Tekin

2023 

Australia
In the midst of a breakup ex lovers meet up to have dinner.

Alone 2023
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.

Alpha & Alpha
Alpha & Alpha

Elias Ankarvik

2023

Colombia / 28 mins
En un contexto donde se cree que el rol de las personas queer es pintar uñas y cortar cabello, Herlen y sus amigos, Charlie y Jhoana, luchan por derribar este prejuicio y construir un espacio donde se acepte la diversidad.

In a context where the role of the queer is believed to be painting nails and cutting hair, Herlen and her friends, Charlie and Jhoana, struggle to challenge this prejudice and create a space where diversity is accepted.
Trailer

Alter 2023
Alter

Ronnie Gilmore

2023

UK / 5 mins
Alter is about a young person realizing how they express themselves. In their world, their mother is an omnipresent voice in their head that sets expectations that must be followed. When an anxiety-provoking incident produces a vision of who they could be, they are not sure whether they can show the truth to their mother or whether they should rearrange their thoughts and not let the imperfections be seen.

Always Sofia
Always, Sofia 

Athena Cheris

2023

USA / 7:48 mins
A romance falls apart after the stress of a chronic illness reveals the cracks in it.

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… here

Amor  Puro
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.

Amor The Tune Of Love
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... here 

An Ordinary Day
An Ordinary Day

Ju-Geon Gym

 2023

South Korea / 19 mins
Two women spend the day as the end of the world approaches.

Anarrie
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… here

And We Rest On Giants
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.

Annarchy Artist

Tempest Creation

2023

USA / 18:53 mins
Annarchy Artist follows a day in the life of Anne Artist, an avante-garde drag queen in the Manhattan gogo club kid scene, as she puts together an outfit for a night at The Box.

Antes De
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 poster
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.

Apnea
Apnea

Riccardo Charlie Marino

 2023

Italy / 7:30 mins
Zeno is a whipped teenager who never stood up for himself. All he needs is a friend by his side, and Matteo will be exactly that. In a surprising turn of events, they’ll take each other’s breath away.

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.

Arkesta
Arkesta

Safal Pandey

2023

Nepal / 19 mins
Gokul is a single father who is raising his son, a well-regarded and actively involved member of their community. On a specific occasion, Gokul feels a sense of embarrassment as he watches his son's public dance performance, which displays feminine mannerisms. Determined to bring about a change in his son's lifestyle and regain their esteemed standing in society, Gokul wholeheartedly commits himself to putting in considerable effort and taking the required actions. Over time, Gokul gradually becomes aware of his son's inherent feminine side

As Leaves In The Wind
As Leaves in the Wind

Sofia Luz

2023

Spain, Equatorial Guinea / 10:56 mins
“As leaves in the wind” is the story of two transgender women who migrate from their home countries seeking asylum and opportunities in a new continent. Their lives go through structural changes when they meet and take part in a new support network. Made by them for them.
Trailer… here

As Political Landscapes Dissolve
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... here

Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday

Grace O'Brien

2023

USA / 16:53 mins
When queer Catholic schoolgirl Bridget gets her period during Ash Wednesday Mass, she embarks on an odyssey with best friend Erin to find a tampon and make it back in time to get their ashes - or else they're suspended.

Aster
Aster

Shehryaar Bhoja

 2023

India / 20 mins
An unlikely attachment to a 16-year-old student drives small town school principal Father Royston into a dilemma involving love, morals and faith.

Atmospheric Arrivals
Atmospheric Arrivals

Ayo Tsalithaba

2023

Canada, Lesotho, Ghana / 6:37 mins
This film is at once a living archive/polytemporal memory bank and a love letter to my other selves. I consider the act of revisiting my personal archives a time travelling practice and incorporating this into my films is an exercise in making said practice legible to others.

"Atmospheric Arrivals" is about home and the (im)possibility of return. The "atmospheric arrival" captures a means of coming into being through memory and imagination; by reaching across spacetimes to "fetch" parts of the self that may exist in elsewheres.
Watch… here

August 2023
August

Alejandra Navarro Beltrones

2023

Spain / 16 mins
Regina y August son dos estudiantes que comparten más que apuntes: comparten miradas furtivas y sonrisas cómplices. Mientras August se sumerge de lleno en el torbellino del amor adolescente, Regina lucha contra las sombras de un hogar opresivo, donde la homofobia y la religión se entrelazan.

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.”

Auber Manner
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?

Auto/Visual

Menelas Siafakas

2023

Greece / 9 mins
When pornography doesn't work anymore but dreamscapes do, a sublimation of masturbation.

Ave Marie
Ave Marie

Celestina Louisa Marie Sumby

2023

New Zealand / 13 mins
Set in 1984 suburban Aotearoa New Zealand, AVE MARIE is about adopted siblings Marie and Xavier who use dance as a way to escape the day-to-day reality of their mother’s religious rants and the neighborhood bullies. While tough and unforgiving Xavier insists on putting himself front and center of every dance routine and fighting the BMX gang for his right to wear lycra, Marie decides she wants to shine too. When their staunchly Catholic mother leaves the kids home alone for another funeral, Marie gets her chance. Can the power of dance unite where fists can’t?
Trailer… here

Bacon Soda

Brandt Maina

 2023

USA / 4:55 mins
We see more than one kind of horror in this film produced during Outside the Frame's 2023 Spring Intensive.

Babylamp - The Weapon

Jamie & Conor Hooper

2023

Ireland / 4 mins
The Weapon is a track about how bad actors in society pretend that you can be dangerous just by being who you are. I wrote the lyrics as a reminder to myself that being queer is about being in love (for me).
Watch… here

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… here

Ballad
Ballad

Roe Bonnici

2023

Australia / 10 mins
A story set in the goldrush about a woman left alone with a bush ranger who needs help.

Bathroom Girls

Reagan Christie

2023 

USA / 1 min
A love letter to the solidarity and survival, unconditional love and support that women and femmes save for each other.

Be Vardų, Be Kojų

Brigita Gedgaudas

2023 

Canada / 3 mins
“Be Vardų, Be Kojų,” meaning ‘without names, without legs,’ is an experimental, animated, dance film that investigates queer movement in Lithuanian folk dance. Using photograms made from scanning dancers performing specific gendered folk dance steps, the film depicts bodies that don’t conform to earthly physics, boundaries, and rules and that act instead as disruptive agents.

Beach 2023
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
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... here 

Becoming
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 Mask: Contemporary Drag Culture in Kazakhstan

Tolganay Talgat

2023

Kazakhstan / 30 mins
Kazakhstan's drag scene emerged in the late 90s and is now experiencing a new wave of popularity. In Tolganay Talgat's documentary, artists and performers of different ages, ethnicities, and genders share how they find ways to self-expression and activism in drag. Despite facing prejudice, drag culture continues to attract new audiences and support the queer community.
Trailer… here

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.

being queer here

Chloë Gordon

2023 

Canada / 7 mins
A portrait of Toronto, as defined by the spaces its queer residents inhabit and the memories they’ve created there.

Berry Wilde
Berry Wilde

Mika A. Sattler

2023

Austria / 22 mins
Berry Wilde is a film about the search for honesty with oneself. A path that leads Berry through repression, pain and inner fear.

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.

Big Freedia - Jump (Best Beleevah)

Wilberto Lucci

2023

USA / 5 mins
A history of uber-successful New Orleans Bounce Music, narrated by New Orleans own LGBTIQA+ artist &Reality Show star "Big Freedia". Big Freedia is featured on Beyonce's current #1 hit"Break My Soul" and Drake's #1 bounce music hit "Nice For What".
Watch… here

Bird 2023
Bird /
Pajarito

Soraya Arrabal

2023

USA
Bird is a visual poem about two women reaching different points in their lives, and as their wounds heal, the relationship becomes obsolete.

Birthday Parties

Preston Powell

2023

USA / 6 mins
Birthday parties are commonly seen as a cheerful celebration, but they also dredge up feelings of self-worth, forgiveness, and discomfort.
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Bistro 1 Poster
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.

Black Joy
Black Joy /
Blaka koloku

Rafik M Opti

2023 

Netherlands / 20 mins
Poetic, Afro-futuristic doc about the quest for independence of Black people in Amsterdam.

Black Trans Miracle
Black Trans Miracle 

Tinaye Nyathi

 2023

Australia / 18 mins 
Lindani, a neurotic young trans man, embarks on a journey to collect a cake for his partner’s birthday after an encounter with a stranger forces him to wrestle with his own identity, putting him at odds with his own desire for connection.
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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
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?
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Blue Hour
Blue Hour

Vanessa Minacapelli

2023

Belgium / 5 mins
À Bruxelles, trois âmes en quête d'adieux silencieux partagent une dernière soirée au crépuscule, laissant les vagues de l'océan exprimer cequ'ils ne peuvent dire.

Blue Rain 2023
Blue Rain /
La Pluie Bleue

Qian He

2023 France / 23 mins
Lin leads a double life: he is a decisive and ruthless underworld figure, while running a tranquil bookstore as a cover for his operations. One day, the bookstore is visited by the young Asu, to whom Lin unwittingly finds himself drawn. 

Body Varial
Body Varial

Audrey Kerridge

2023 Canada / 15 mins
In a series of vignettes, a young transmasculine adult named Remy goes about their daily life while recovering from top surgery. Afraid of judgement from others, they often have a hard time opening up about themself and being honest as to why they are really “injured”. This leads to Remy feeling isolated around various people in their life, be it their mom, Lynn, or a random person at the skatepark. However, the one person Remy can always count on is their roommate Will, who supports Remy on their journey without judgement. Throughout the film, Remy goes through many ups and downs, as they slowly begin feeling more confident in their body. This is only just the beginning of Remy’s journey.

Boob

Lokchi Lam

2023

Canada / 7 mins
Boob is a rom-com about a large left breast struggling with insecurities about his masculinity as he strives to impress his new love interest.

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.

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
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… here

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.

Build me through the Image /
Constrúyanme a través de la imagen

Paula Hung

2023

USA / 8:59 mins
A short documentary exploring the intricacies and complexities of the construction of a transmarginal Latine, multiracial, and queer identity through the experiences of a father, mother, and daughter.

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.

Burning Blue
Burning Blue

Kim Ly Lam,
Cecilia Luna Pohl

2023

Germany, Korea / 28 mins
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 Au Fate
Cafe au Fate

Mika Ervin

2023

USA / 6 mins
Lydia Alucardi is a socially mute goth girl who wants nothing more than to speak to people without worry. She finds solace around animals and visits her favorite cat café, Munch the Night Away three times a week. Every day that she spends there, she tries to build up the courage to talk to others, but nobody piques her interest.

Caffe Of 2
Caffe Of 2 & 3

Noel Yates

 2023

Chile / 14:35 mins
After Lia introduced Abel in her relationship with Adrián, he must make a decision about the trio in a café.

Luego de que Lia introdujera a Abel en su relación con Adrián, este deberá tomar una decisión sobre el trío en un café

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).

Canciones De Verano
Canciones de verano

Pablo Bautista

2023

Spain / 7 mins
Ana, Laura y Javi se reencuentran en el pueblo para vivir unas vacaciones memorables. Ese verano será el comienzo de una divertida situación en la que se ven envueltos por culpa de una botella etiquetada “Canciones de verano”. Con ella saldrán a relucir sus sentimientos más ocultos acompañados de las canciones que todos conocemos.

Cannoli Brothers

Ethan Folk,
Ty Wardwell

2023

Germany / 2 mins
They may not be real brothers, but their cannoli are anything but fake.

Can T Stop Change Queer Climate Stories From The Florida
Can't Stop Change: Queer Climate Stories from the Florida Frontlines

Vanessa Raditz,
Natalia Villarán-Quiñones,
Yarrow Koning,
Jess Martínez,
Shoog McDaniel

2023

USA / 97 mins
As Florida's violent legislation dominates headlines, LGBTQ2S+ communities are also on the frontlines of accelerating climate change. “Can’t Stop Change: Queer Climate Stories from the Florida Frontlines” weaves interviews with 14 LGBTQ2S+ artists, organizers, and educators across Florida (and the new Florida diaspora) into an intersectional climate justice narrative.
Trailer… here

Capim Navalha 2023
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.

Cardboard Diamonds

Iván Molina Jiménez

 

Spain / 7 mins
The family that crimes together, stays together. Until they don’t.

Carpet Companion
Carpet Companion

Jen Ro

2023

USA / 40 mins
Carpet Companion" is an indie comedy that explores the journey of Jean, a lesbian in Oakland who is navigating the challenges of finding her place in the world. After struggling to find a job, she unexpectedly lands a job as a lesbian escort. "Carpet Companion" is a heartfelt and thought provoking film that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and self discovery.
Trailer… here

Cartas Que Se Enviaran En Este Momento
Cartas Que Se Enviarán En Este Momento

Julia Lucesole

2023

Argentina / 13 mins
Una joven amante recorre su cronología amorosa a través de cuatro cartas audiovisuales que envía a las mujeres que fueron parte de su vida.

Casa Trans
Casa Trans!

Juan Diego Bonilla

2023

Chile / 29:17 mins
El Sindicato Amanda Jofré de mujeres trans y trabajadoras sexuales busca defender los derechos humanos de sus miembros y comunidad. Luchan por hacer realidad el proyecto de una casa propia, donde entregar educación, cuidados y trabajo a su comunidad. La película retrata el esfuerzo de un grupo de personas que buscan hacer un espacio frente a tanta discriminación y obstáculo en la sociedad. Es la búsqueda de un hogar.
Trailer… here

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.

Ce Fruit 2022
Ce Fruit

François Heiser

2023

France / 7 mins
In a kingdom, at the moment of birth each person is attributed a fruit which allows them to marry. While the exchange of two identical fruits is prohibited by law, Princess Anera lives a secret romance with the beautiful Krimen.

Central Tocaia

Thiago Pombo

2023

Brazil / 2 mins
A couple walks through the streets of Olinda until they are surprised by a creature of the night.

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… here

Change Your Story
Change Your Story

Harry Stoneman

2023 

UK / 3:26 mins
Change Your Story is a vibrant comedy-drama short where Jesse, a queer character in a nightclub, discovers their life is a three-minute student film. With the director's encouragement, Jesse transforms, embracing confidence and authentic living - a metaphor for the power of filmmaking and living in your truth to the maximum.
Trailer… here

CHANGETHENARRATIVE2

Gentian Minga

2023

Albania / 1 min
There is a lot of hate propaganda out there, especially online, but also on the streets. With little effort, by fighting the observer effect, we can change the narrative and turn hate messages into messages of love. Like this graffiti artist.

Check Please
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 poster
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… here

Chi(le)na
Chi(le)na

Yoksan Xu

2023

Chile / 6 mins
The child of a Chinese immigrant in Chile revisits the relationship with their absent father, while exploring the progenitor’s restaurants and reflecting on their own self-identity and relationship with masculinity.

Chimera
Chimera

Kryzz Gautier

2023

USA / 18 mins
Haunted by the past, a brilliant tech-addicted developer faces an impossible dilemma: recreate her ex-girlfriend in virtual reality or hold onto the crumbling relationship with her current one.
Trailer… here

Chloe And Jame
Chloe and Jame

Drew Burnett Gregory

2023

USA / 6:47 mins
Two transfeminine people confront their personal history and the histories that shaped them.

Chosen Family

Salgu Wissmath

2023

USA / 4 mins
Wes “Byeeeeee Yonic” Haack is a trans man and member of Bay Area Derby, aka BAD, a nonprofit roller derby league that has created a community rarely found in sports: Almost every one of the 20 skaters on BAD’s three teams is queer. Many are trans, an identity that laws being enacted across the country aim to push out of many sports.
Watch… here

Cidade Maravilhosa

Francisco Malta

2023

Brazil / 13:07 mins
Trailer… here

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.

Circuito
Circuito

Leão Neto,
Alan Sousa

2023

Brazil / 22 mins
O curta metragem de estreia dos diretores Alan Sousa e Leão Neto apresenta a história de Niara (Marta Aurélia), uma policial escrivã que tem seu caminho cruzado por uma recém-viúva, Jana(Anna Luiza Rios), em busca de justiça por seu marido assassinado. Prestes a se aposentar, a policial tem de lidar com sua impotência perante um sistema falho e corrupto.

City Of Dreamz
City of Dreamz

Imani Celeste

2023

USA / 12 mins
Four Black art students tell stories of community, divine intervention, and the artistry that led them to this very moment…smoking weed in a cramped apartment trying not to get caught.

Clear Sky poster
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… here

Clotilde poster
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.

Club Kid Alley
Club Kid Alley

Tyler J Sloane

2023

Canada / 3:42 mins
What does a night of debauchery look like for the esteemed Drag, Burlesque, and Club Kids of Toronto? Let Bom Bae guide you through as the queers get ready for a night of depravity at the Club Kid Manor (Spadina Museum).

Colombine: Owning the Future

Dev Petrovic,
Roki Jiang

 2023

Canada / 6 mins
Heartwarming story of elder radical faerie, Columbine, and intergenerational queer activism.
Watch… here

Colony Collapse Disorder
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… here

Come the Sun

Haakon Ziegler

2023

UK / 4:48 mins
An animated imagining of trans people as gods, embarking on giving life to the next generation.

Coming Home
Coming Home

Britt Planken

2023

The Netherlands / 3 mins
A chat with various people who identify as queer and feel connected to the LGBTQ+ community. Together, these personal interviews touch upon a bigger question: what exactly is queer happiness?

Commerce
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
Compositions For Understanding Relationships

David Delafuente

2023

USA / 5:30 mins
A Love Letter.
Trailer… here

Conceiving Our Future
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.

Concrete Shape

Jesi Jordan

 2023

Mexico / 5:02 mins
To face your fear, you must let it enter your life as a Concrete Shape. An onsite video performance by Jesi Jordan created at the Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City. This film is made using hand made special effects and biodegradable materials such as Oaxacan clay, lava rocks, chicken eggs, cactus husks, and water.
Trailer… here

Conociendo A Marc
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
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… here

Continuum-la-playa poster
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
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.

Copenhagen Rendezvous
Copenhagen Rendezvous

André Palacios Tingberg

2023

Denmark / 3 mins
Emotionally charged super short film that takes place on a subway escalator. Two men accidentally meet on opposite sides of the escalator, one going down and the other going up. The chance encounter leads to a series of intense flashbacks from the time they spent together.
Trailer… here

Corpo Território, Nuances da Invisibilidade

Clesley Maria Tavares

2023

Brazil / 10 mins
Este documentário traz a narrativa de 5 mulheres do movimento feminista do nordeste brasileiro. Trazendo reflexões sobre seus corpos como lugar de existência e resistência na sociedade capitalista, patriarcal, sexista, racista e transfóbica em pleno século XXI.

Coupon Il Film Della Felicita
Coupon - Il film della felicità

Agostino Ferrente

2023

Italy / 19 mins
Andrea is an old-fashioned man and he doesn’t seem to be in touch with his own time. He’s a loner and a dreamer, he lives his life as if he was stuck in a black and white film, perpetually "out of sync" with the world around him. On a scorching August afternoon, he ventures on his bike into a semi-deserted Rome, populated by a few surviving students and many elderly people who cannot afford the holiday. Andrea wants to go to a supermarket where he can buy cans of tuna to collect points that will allow him to win the mysterious "Happiness Coupon". The tuna cans accumulate in his cupboard, as do the coupons, but can we really buy happiness?
Among the performers there are also Milena Vukotic and the politician Pierluigi Bersani who plays multiple roles, in a semi-silent mini-musical about an awkward but pure character, who cannot express himself except by singing, and who wants to win the happiness that signs and advertisements promise to him, in a burnt-out, neglected, poetic city.

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.

Crossings
Crossings /
Travessias

Ana Graziela Aguiar

2023

Brazil / 22 mins
A love letter that unites Brazil and Cuba. In the film Travessias, the director goes on a long journey seeking to understand the feelings and transformations of a person who is close to her. On this path of doubts and concerns, she meets Justin, a trans man who will help her on this journey. With a poetic and self-referential look, the director invites us to rethink our own prejudices and limits in relation to the others.

Crushed 2023
Crushed

Emily Macshane

2023

USA / 5:54 mins
On Alyvia’s first day of school she is nervous and lonely until a girl sits down next to her. It’s just a crush.
Watch… here

C TV
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
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 Over

Kir Siegumfeldt

 2023

Denmark / 19 mins
Cum Over, 2023, is a 19 minute film which sensitively and artistically explores masculine sexuality in a queer context. In the film, we meet the shy Kevin Kostbar and the flirtatious Mads Sturbation, two men who find each other on a lonely Friday night and together they go on an unexpected romantic adventure in a candle lit workshop

Cupid Into Transmutation
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

Curve
Curve

Dan Zeng

2023

China / 30 mins
He Zhenye, a campus bully, has long been involved in harassing his classmate Lin Sheng for being gay. However, He Zhenye carries a secret in his heart: he is also gay. In his encounters with Lin Sheng, the bully is forced to reassess his identity. 

Dale Cooper
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… here

Dance Permit Denied
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.

Dancing in the Light

Julie Petríková

 2023

Czechia / 28 mins
The video camera was Nelson Sullivan's closest friend. He shared every moment of his life with it for twenty years - from insignificant grocery shopping to deaths of his friends that affected him deeply. He was part of the New York underground scene where he witnessed the birth of stars including the legendary RuPaul.
Trailer… here

Darcelle
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.

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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… here

Davide

Beatrice Indelicato, Margherita Orsini

2023

Italy / 18 mins
Davide is a thirty-year-old who lives in a town in the Sicilian hinterland. He doesn't know what free time is. He wakes up at dawn to open his bar and begins the hard work. He experiences body care as a cult: protein shakes, gym, supplements, pole dancing lessons and treatments from Alessandra, his beautician girlfriend. Davide has always wanted to please and be admired. From model to Mister Sicily, today his dream comes true on the stage of a nightclub where he works as a stripper and lets himself be desired by others.
A documentary focused on obsession with beauty and the cult of the body without neglecting the equally current issue of the construction of identity starting from our body and the gaze of others.

Day Dream
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.

Dear Nana
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… here

Degenere
Degenere

Sara Asprilla Palomino

 2023

Colombia / 19 mins
Doroty’s dream was to dance and be recognized as the woman she was, but death came first. Her best friend, Misael, a 60-year-old gay man, will make it happen.
Trailer… here

Prendas Delicadas
Delicate Clothes /
Prendas Delicadas

Ana Lucia Ramirez Mateus  2023

Argentina, Chile, Colombia / 14:27 mins
A Latinx trans person wades through love in a laundry backroom.

El rutinario trabajo de Miguel en la lavandería familiar, se alterará de maneras insospechadas con la llegada de una clienta, que en la íntimidad de la trastienda, pondrá a prueba algo más que su experticia con las prendas delicadas. 

Orgulho Demarcado
Demarcated Pride / Orgulho Demarcado

 Carolina Garcia 2023  

Brazil / 22 mins
Baseado no projeto "Orgulho e Resistência: Como é ser LGBTQIAPN+ dentro e fora de comunidades indígenas", o filme retrata diferentes vivências de pessoas que fazem parte das duas comunidades. Através de perspectivas de pessoas indígenas aldeadas e em contexto urbano, o documentário propõe um debate sobre gênero, sexualidade, raça e resistência.
Watch… here 

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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.

Delas Para Nos 2023
Delas para nós

Luísa Vilas Boas

2023

Brazil / 21:20 mins
O documentário "Delas para Nós" apresenta historias de vida de mulheres fora do padrão social de gênero e sexualidade, percorrendo a trajetória dessas personagens através das nuances do envelhecimento.

Deliverage
Deliverage

Sofia Giampieretti,
Gaia Mastropietro, Giovanna Mastantuoni, Priscilla Lenoci,
Rossella De Giosa

 2023

Italy / 4 mins
On a rainy evening in Milan, G. has an accident while on a delivery, leading her to reflect on past memories from her first bike fall to her experiences as a rider. As she navigates through these memories, her frustration escalates until it finally erupts…
Trailer… here

Departures
Departures

Kurnia Alexander

2023 

Indonesia / 25 mins
Indra is in a good position in his life. He’s an academically gifted, graduate student working as a teaching assistant to Bagas, his lecturer. However, he can’t help but feel that something is missing. Struggling to find out what that is, Indra seeks guidance from Bagas during one of their last days on campus.

Detective Alice
Detective Alice and the Inside Game

Kyky Yang

2023

USA / 8 mins
Join Detective Alice to find out who the mysterious outlaw is.
Watch… here

Devenir Roi
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?

Diario Da Primavera
Diário da Primavera

Fabíola Aquino 

2023

Brazil / 84 mins
Documentário autobiográfico, acompanha as reflexões da diretora na jornada de emagrecimento e transformação do seu corpo e crenças, junto aos relatos de vida de outras mulheres que devido a pressão estética passaram por conflitos semelhantes.
Trailer… here

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.

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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… here

Dino Hart
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.

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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… here

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.

Disfigured Flames
Disfigured Flames

Sepia Katsoolis

2023

USA / 5 mins
Disfigured Flames is an analog 16mm experimental short film about a cyborg rebirth. The transsexual body is branded inhuman for its transformation, for transcending sex, it becomes an object; can it become more than human? How have we created a separation of transgender and cisgender bodies along the false lines of “genetics” and “biology?”

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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... here 

Doméstic@

Marcial Ruiz Lasida

2023

Spain / 9 mins
A violent man tries to convince his partner to come back to his side over the phone, continuously manipulating his wife.

Dont Break Up Over Text
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… here

Dr XYZ
Dr. XYZ: A Medical Drag Transthology

El Jones

 2023

UK / 14 mins
The film engages the untold stories of the trans+ and non-binary community in Birmingham as a collaborative drag anthology on accessing healthcare; and takes the form of a contemporary update on the public information films within the NHS on Film collection to create a satirical take on the healthcare service announcements of the 1960s and 70s.
Watch… here

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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.

Dragonfly
Dragonfly

Willow Skye-Biggs

2023

USA / 35:46 mins
A mysterious woman arrives at a remote home.
Trailer… here

Dreaming Bodies
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... here 

E le malemo se i'a (A Fish Does Not Drown): Pasifika Communities During Prop 8

Sauliloa Niumeitolu

2023

USA / 19:56 mins
Queer Pasifikas grapple with intolerance within their own communities.

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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… here

Edge 2023
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 Debil Color Rosado
El Débil Color Rosado

Matía Osorio

2023 

Chile / 10 mins
Mon (15) un tímido adolescente de ojos expresivos y dientes de conejo, se escapa del colegio junto a Ángel (16), su rebelde mejor amigue, para celebrar su quinto aniversario de amistad en el skatepark donde suelen patinar. Ya en camino, Mon duda si continuar o no, pero Ángel le convence. Antes de patinar, desayunan, mientras recuerdan cómo se conocieron e intercambian regalos cruzando tímidas miradas. Mientras Mon se prepara para acompañarle, observa patinar a Ángel y lo imagina con unas alas de ángel. Luego de juguetear en el skatepark, toman un descanso y comparten un cigarrillo intercambiando miradas, para luego seguir patinando. Luego de un rato, Ángel le confiesa a Mon que le gusta alguien, pero que no sabe cómo decírselo. Esto hace que Mon pierda el equilibrio y caiga haciéndose un rasguño en la rodilla, el cual ayuda a curar a Ángel. Mon, al final del día, sin haberse atrevido a decirle lo que siente a Ángel, se saca los patines y al ponerse un zapato encuentra una nota de Ángel con una declaración de amor.

El Limbo Y La Fortuna
El Limbo y La Fortuna

Carlos Fortuna,
Lau Nika

2023

Spain / 14 mins
El Limbo y La Fortuna es un falso documental que recoge los primeros pasos de La Fortuna tras su muerte; cuando conoce al Limbo en persona y con quien tendrá una íntima y entretenida conversación, sobre sus experiencias con la vida, la muerte y la vida después de la muerte. Así, este corto se aproxima a este tema sin miedo o drama, pretendiendo ser un canto a la existencia misma, con una perspectiva queer, travesti y desde el underground. Y es que si la muerte es tan cierta desde que nacemos ¿por qué tendríamos que tenerle miedo?

El Miedo Del Adios
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
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
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.
Trailer... here

Elena Lydia And Tere
Elena, Lydia And Tere

José A. Rodriguez Mazzini

 2023

Puerto Rico / 5:20 mins
Tres estudiantes universitarias se encuentran casualmente en el departamento de drama de la UPR y, al compartir situaciones de sus vidas, descubren que uno de los temas perturba a una de las amigas.
Trailer… here

Entredentes 2023
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.

Ephemera
Ephemera

ODMK (Oliver D.M King)

 2023

Canada / 4 mins
A Two-spirit male cruises a hook-up app as he looks for companionship for the night. A welcomed, familiar person invites him over as he contemplates his existence, the future, and what it means to be who he is in this day in age.
Trailer… here

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Erich, 37, looking for a flat /
Erich, 37, sucht Wohnung

Julia von dem Berge

2023

Germany / 9:37 mins
Heinz and Erich are simulating an apartment viewing in prison. Erich is about to be released and Heinz is helping with the preparations. The two are longtime cellmates and friends, and maybe even a little bit more.

Esteban
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 2023
Et Dans Le Flux, Tu Le Perdras

Christophe Pellet

2023

France / 61 mins
Leo and Kaspar, a young couple, live in Nanterre. Kaspar works in a company. Leo, unemployed, wants to get back to nature. Their breakup marks Leo's departure for Berlin, a city in which he hopes to be reborn. At the same time, Kaspar continues his activity: he is devoured by work.

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.

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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… here

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.

Ether Or
Ether Or

Zander Constien

2023

USA / 8 mins
Ether cannot cope with the surreal chaos of the grocery store.
Watch… here

Eurydice
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.

everything in our house did not seem to fit

Alicia Abieyuwa Bergamelli

2023

Italy / Nigeria / 6 mins
Part exorcism, part film, everything in our house did not seem to fit is an exploration of remembrance. This cinematic exorcism ritual is a poetic and experimental eulogy to the past, as it sheds light on the forgotten corners of childhood once lived.

Everything Is Easy Everything Is Hard
Everything Is Easy, Everything Is Hard

Pamela C. Saade

2023 

Lebanon / 6 mins
During a date with Alex, Omar seems a bit disconnected. A game with Alex triggers him to explode and talk about everything he has experienced as an immigrant.

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Everything Is Invented /
Dena Asmatuta Dago

Jone Arriola Lobet

2023 

Spain / 14 mins

Dos jóvenes se relajan mientras fuman un porro. A medida que el porro va haciendo su efecto, comienzan a filosofar sobre el origen y la creación de los elementos, hasta que la conversación deriva en temas más personales.


Two young people 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.

Evil Babylon
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… here

EW

Claire Maske,
Tati Chavitage

2023

USA / 3 mins
A hand processed camera roll film meditating on gender and hair.

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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… here

Fading Lights
Fading lights /
Des cœurs à contrejour

Alain Petiteau

2023

France / 3 mins
Two men are breaking up after living together for thirteen years. The end of their love story is made of tenderness and clumsiness, as well as tears and caress.

Faire Famille
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
Fallen

Elena Chamorro

2023

USA / 9 mins
Kaiv helps a heartbroken peer, Aline, by revealing an intimate secret.
Trailer... here 

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.
Trailer… here

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.
Watch... here

Fauna 2023
Fauna Caruao

Giulia Jiménez Tani

2023

Venezuela / 12 mins
During a holiday in Caruao, on the coast of Venezuela, a group of friends unleashes unexpected desires and tensions. Short coming-of-age drama full of fun, sexual excesses, conflict and changing relationships.

Femme

D. Smith

2023

USA / 73 mins
FEMME follows Jules, who is targeted in a horrific homophobic attack, destroying his life and career. Some time after that event, he encounters Preston, one of his attackers, in a gay sauna. He wants revenge.

Femme Short 2023
Femme

Adele (delsi cat) Jacquilyn Moleta

2023 Australia / 15 mins
A short film exploring what it means to be a queer femme person in modern Australia.
Trailer… here

Femme Rage
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… here

Ferros Bar
Ferro’s Bar

Aline A. Assis,
Fernanda Elias,
Nayla Guerra,
Rita Quadros

2023

Brazil / 25 mins
Based on historical documents and interviews with lesbian who lived and fought in the 1970s and 1980s, during the military dictatorship, we are guided to a central episode in the formation of the Brazilian lesbian movement, the “Ferro’s Bar Uprising”, known as the “Brazilian Stonewall”. The film shows how lesbians stopped being restricted to the night, the inside of the apartments, and became a political subject that rises up against the censorship, repression and homophobic violence.

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… here

Ficcao Suburbana
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.

Fiertes Melees
Fiertes melees

Valentin Ricart

 2023

France / 52 mins
Un documentaire consacré à l’équipe de rugby des Touwins de Toulouse. Une équipe inclusive qui permet à chacun.e de s’épanouir dans sa pratique sportive mais pas que.

Finding Yourself in Community /
Zi Donnya Piggott

Stephen Bradford Bailey

2023

USA / 6:22 mins
Entrepreneur and LGBT advocate, Zi, travels from her home in Barbados to Puerto Rico for the first time, looking for community in places they’ve never been before. Zi knows the unwelcoming situations that many queer travelers may experience, but has also been able to find community in the most unlikely places. Their very own pink coconut. After experiencing the impact community can have, Zi has opened up the world to queer travelers, connecting them with safe spaces in various countries through their platform, Pink Coconuts. In Puerto Rico, Zi is able to find community, showcasing queer Puerto Rican culture, and reflects on what this work and these connections have meant to them in discovering their own identity. Not she or he, Zi. Zi's story is one of a three-part series about using travel as catalyst for change.
Watch… here

First Crush
First Crush

Yu-Hsuan Liu

2023

Taiwan / 30 mins
This story, intertwining music, campus life, and romance, culminates in Taiwan's first BL (Boy’s Love) musical film. With 4 songs in 30 minutes, the film takes you back to the tender memories of unspoken crushes from your school days through its music.
Trailer… here

First-X poster
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… here

Flare 2023
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.

Flores Del Corazon
Flowers From the Dusk /
Flores Del Corazón

Chaz Bernal Valle

2023

Mexico / 6 mins
Ana is a senile woman living in a rural area in the mid-20th century. She is trapped in the memory she has of Victoria, her partner who died 30 years ago. On her death anniversary, Ana builds a world to perform a rite and bring Victoria for a moment to the land of the living. Ana gives her heart to Victoria as a token of the ultimate love they had for each other and confesses that this is a farewell as she is about to die.

Fluid Forms

Juli Sophie Strobeck

2023

Germany / 17 mins
Five trans and nonbinary people talk about the diverse relationships they have with their bodies and the different actions they take to beautify, express, reshape, reclaim, transition and care for their bodies. The short film advocates for liberated vision of trans healthcare and gives trans people the space to unapologetically be themselves and care for themselves without having to struggle or fight.
Watch... here

Fool’s Gold

Che Ortiga

 2023

USA / 4 mins
Become golden as trans-vaquero Oliver Gold (Che Ortiga) sings his way through heartbreak and queer revelations of self worth in the instant country hit: Fool’s Gold by the time traveling boyband: Turnback Boyz!
Watch… here

For I Have Sinned
For I Have Sinned

Juan Javier Aguirre

2023

USA / 4 mins
A disturbing past is revealed in a confessional booth.

For-My-Brother poster
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… here

Forbidden Reverie
Forbidden Reverie 宿祭

Yisong Huang

 2023

China / 4 mins
Through the characters inspired by the iconic tale of "Farewell My Concubine," the film sheds light on the struggles, victories, and identity journeys within the LGBTQ+ community. Using innovative Peking opera virtual fashion and compelling film techniques, the project provides a powerful platform for increased visibility and acceptance.

Four Pieces on Being Seen /
Neljä kuvaa näkymisestä

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.
Watch... here

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.

Friction
Friction /
Fricción

Alonso Velasco

 
 2023

Mexico / 14:15 mins
Eric, una persona viviendo con VIH y Ángel, una persona que sospecha que tiene VIH, ambos se encuentran en un punto de inflexión en sus vidas después de una relación sexual de riesgo. 

Frioul
Frioul

Lazare Lazarus 2023

France / 33 mins
On the Frioul Islands, two wandering friends confront the landscape. Among the gulls and agaves, on the burning limestone, they explore their desires.

From The Ground With Love
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
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?

Future Comes At The Right Time
Future Comes at the Right Time

Elena Bongiorno,
Sofia Merelli,
Gabriele Umidon, Martina Tamburini

 

Italy / 26 mins
Nowadays, sexual freedom and gender self-determination are punished with detention or death in several countries. The documentary tells the story of Nelson and his escape to Italy after a violent assault. Nelson was born 25 years ago in Benin City, one of the most unstable areas of Nigeria. In 2018, the territorial commission that examined its case considered its account not sufficiently credible and rejected its request for international protection. In 2021 Nelson appealed to the Court of Venice. Waiting for the verdict, which could take months, Nelson spends his days working, dating friends and making music, hoping to become a great singer one day.

Gen
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.

Geocentrism

Mason O'Brien

2023

USA / 3:44 mins
Watch… here


Get LostGet Lost

Frankie Lewis

 2023

UK / 4:04 mins
Tormented out of the house by her family, a young woman finds herself in the forest.

Getting Out Of The Box
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.

Gila Goldstein Cat Lady
Gila Goldstein, Cat Lady

Yael Bedarshi

2023

Israel / 50 mins
“Gila Goldstein, Cat Lady” was shot in 1997 during a research on Tel Aviv cat feeding community. Gila agreed to participate in the film as long as the focus stayed on the cats. But then her friend Ronit Maimon showed up and the conversation went in a much more colorful direction, that gives us a glimpse of the Israeli trans community and the lives of these two brave and unique women.

Gilda Love
Gilda Love

Elio Colen Mirete

2023

Spain
Gilda chose Gilda because of Hayworth and at 98 years old is the oldest active drag queen in the world. And lives in Barcelona. Two hours following Gilda's daily life, from morning to night, where you can see what the person behind the makeup, the feathers and the heels is like.
Trailer… here

Gilipollas poster
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.

Girlfriends 2023
Girlfriends /
Hélène et les filles

Claire Bonnefoy

 2023

France / 23 mins
Hélène and Samia have always been best friends. They tell each other everything: their love stories as well as their sexual ones. When Samia was dating Gaby, she used to tell Hélène all about their passionate nights together, but now, it is Hélène who is in a couple with Gaby

Girlstown
Girlstown

Shira Leili Silver

2023

USA / 11 mins
In 1979, grad students Lisa Bubon and Ann Christophersen founded Women and Children First, a bookstore that focused on feminist and lesbian literature. In 1990, the store relocated to Andersonville, a small neighborhood on the outskirts of Chicago inhabited mainly by Swedish immigrants. Their move helped transform Andersonville into a major hub of lesbian community, attracting thousands of lesbian residents along with women-owned businesses and lesbian bars. Through extensive interviews and never-before-seen archival materials, GIRLSTOWN explores Andersonville's influential past, its rapidly changing present, and its uncertain future.

Glitter
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… here

Goddess Of Speed
Goddess of Speed

Frédéric Moffet

2023 

USA / 8:21 mins
A film titled Dance Movie (or, alternatively, Rollerskate) appears in many Warhol filmographies, but no work with this title has been found in the archive. The lost film, starring dancer Fred Herko, was shot in 1963. A year later, Herko leaped out of an open window while dancing to Mozart’s Coronation Mass in C Major. Inspired by descriptions of the missing film and the memoir of Herko’s best friend, the poet Diane Di Prima, Goddess of Speed poetically reimagines the last days of the young performer.
Trailer… here

Going the Distance

Roxanna Barry

 2023

UK
Following the death of his close friend in 2021 and finding solace in cycling, Ed Wray sets out on a 300-mile bike ride to raise money for Campaign Against Living Miserably. Going the Distance follows Ed as he rides and meditates on everything that cycling has given him, and the importance of having someone to talk to.

Good Boy
Good boy

Marco Antonio Núñez

2023

Chile / 9 mins
The author's erotic imagination is mixed between desire and magazine clippings, and the trade of collage becomes a ship that travels from outer space to the city itself.

Good Morning I’m a Whore poster
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… here

Good Vibrations

Melisa Bakir

2023

UK / 5:40 mins
An isolated young woman contemplates her codependent relationship with her first love - her vibrator. What begins as a pursuit of pleasure soon unravels into an obsessive coping mechanism, masking her unsatisfied need for meaning and love. As her emotional isolation escalates, lines are blurred between physical pleasure and inner emptiness, leaving her contemplating the modern search for true connection.
Watch… here

Gouine

Daphné Charpin-Lebre

2023 

France / 18 mins
Des élèves grenobloises acceptent de lire et de partager leur avis sur le carnet de secrets écrit par Zoé une vingtaine d’années plus tôt. Zoé s’interroge : « Suis-je gouine ? ». Comment sont perçus ces questionnements sur la découverte de sa sexualité par la generation actuelle ?

Grand Super Buffet
Grand Super Buffet

Joe Soonthornsawad

2023

USA / 10 mins
Two Asian American college students struggle to reconnect at their favorite hometown Chinese buffet. Over the course of the evening, the two begin to question their friendship and why they still come to Grand Super Buffet.

Grandma Bruce
Grandma Bruce

Brooke Stern Sebold

2023 

USA / 13 mins
Grandma Bruce is a magical short comedy about a queerdo (they/them) whose old car comes to life with the spirit of their judgmental Jewish grandmother, a backseat driver from the ever after.

Great Canyon
Great Canyon

Ella Sahlman

 2023

USA / 7 mins
Great Canyon is a live action / animated hybrid which chronicles a queer first date through the lens of the anxieties and insecurities that exude from the main character.

Greetings From The Balcony
Greetings From the Balcony /
Hälsningar från balkongen

Evelina Jacobsson

2023

Sweden / 11 mins
On a tram through the late evening. It's easy to ride along, but suddenly she's in it, family dinners and her own toothbrush in another one’s bathroom cabinet.

Grist
Grist

Taylor Dominique Mason

2023

Islamic Republic of Iran, USA / 17 mins
After surviving an assault, a genderqueer musician finds home in an underground community of healers.
Watch… here

Growin Pains
Growin’ Pains

Sammson Orr

 2023

UK / 6 min
During a family argument, a teenager flees to the garden to find relief from the noise and conflict inside, but the argument follows them and cannot be escaped.

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… here

Hair To Stay
Hair to Stay

Pree Rehal

 

Canada / 1 min
When a young, genderqueer, non-binary brown kid gets bullied due to their unique moustache, they find newfound confidence and pride in their facial hair after a heartwarming turn of events.

Halves And Doubles
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.

Hallways

Silas Lilo Jensen

 

Sweden / 6 mins
Med ett beat byggt av ljud från den psykiatriska avdelningen i Malmö, texter om vårt värde och lycka i relation till våra prestationer, och fängslande teckningar av konstnären Alex Bim Campbell-Marshall, skildras minnen av kamp med utbrändhet och sjukhusvistelse.

With a beat built from sounds from the psychiatric ward in Malmö, lyrics about our value and happiness as achievements, and enthralling drawings by artist Alex Bim Campbell-Marshall, multiple layers portray memories of a battle with burnout and hospitalization. 

Bad Habits Album Cover
Hana and Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits

Christopher Lichti,
Hana Brenecki

2023

Australia / 4 mins
A hopeful single seeking connection meets a variety of characters night after night in an empty dive bar. Though it may seem at first like the rotating cast of dates are the problem, as the story unfolds it leaves you to question who the real bad date is.
Watch… here

Happy Ever After
Happy Ever After

Merle Zurawski

 2023

Germany / 12 mins
Happy Ever After picks up after the fairytale wedding: no more butterflies in the stomach, not longer living on cloud 5. An unexpected encounter with three queer non-binary fairies changes "Cindy's" life in ways, that Disney didn't have up their sleeve.

Harbor

T Lavois Thiebaud

2023 

USA / 6 mins
Two non-binary lovers channel Bonnie and Clyde in this electrifying, high-contrast music video that pulses with rebellion and romance.
Watch… here

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… here

Harpies
Harpies

Molly Kirschenbaum

2023

USA / 10 minutes
Disguised with a fake mustache, Nora is the first woman to attend the Royal Academy of the Arts in London in 1894. Her ruse is upended when the Academy admits its first official female student, insufferable heiress Margueritte Durand.

haunted

George Beaven

2023

UK / 2:36 mins
Charlie's life is interrupted by the presence of a sheeted ghost. Should he carry on as though everything is okay or succumb to its influence?
Watch… here

He Loves Me Until He Hates Me Video
He Loves Me Until He Hates Me

Vivek Shraya

2023

Canada / 12 mins
Taking inspiration from such 90’s classics like The Bodyguard and erotic thrillers, “He Loves Me Until He Hates Me” creates a meaningful (and playful) look at the unpredictability of masculinity–how it can fluctuate in insidious ways within a relationship, how one can be worn down in this type of power dynamic, and worse, how that can turn into lateral violence towards other women.
Watch… here

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.

Heart Murmurs

Dorothy Cheung

2023

Hong Kong, UK / 9 mins
Heart Murmurs is a poetic dialogue between the filmmaker and Dean, a young man living in Hong Kong. In reflecting on his experience living with a congenital disability and HIV during the first years of the COVID pandemic, Dean expresses his sense of self in the face of regular medical challenges. 
Watch… https://vimeo.com/856804778

Heaven on Earth

El Starcher

 2023

Canada / 4 mins
Samson and Mikey are two twenty-somethings who have reached a limbo in their relationship – a purgatory between friends and lovers – and who are damned by Samson’s fear of being perceived as a transgender person. Ultimately, the angelic nature of their dynamic proves the sublimity of loving a body that transcends what ‘god intended’.

Heavy Is The Head
Heavy is the Head

Juniper Johnson

2023

USA / 6:11 mins
Black people steer through plights and outlandish situations that stem from texturism.

Here On Earth
Here on Earth

Katie Neuhof    

2023

USA / 16 mins
When a writing gig goes more successful than expected, a young writer has to choose between the life he wants and the life he's been told he's supposed to have.

Hey Darling

Elliot Walker

2023

Canada / 9:59 mins
Dorian is a transgender teen boy who lives at home with his single dad, Barney. Dorian feels trapped in a mirage of masculinity by his father and the gendered expectations of the world around him. One day a mysterious figure leaves behind a flyer advertising an amateur drag competition and a spark ignites in Dorian’s mind.

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.

Hillary

Peio Canibe de Muerza

2023

18 mins
Watch… here

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
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... here 

Home 2023
Home

Paloma López

2023

France / 21 mins
Moving comes with major challenges. While the father has gone half mad trying to rearrange furniture from the Caracas villa into a Paris flat, Josefina is dealing with other troubles. A tragic sex call confirms her breakup with her girlfriend, and parental love has shrunk to ensuring the proper French pronunciation. The only thing that can cap off the deadpan humor and bittersweet bizarre scenes is the croaking of hundreds of frogs.
Trailer… here

Homecoming
Homecoming

Sara Werner

2023

USA / 19 mins
A young woman returns home on the eve of the apocalypse to reunite with her estranged family and to finally tell her childhood crush that she was the love of her life.

Hormonal
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.

Chaud 2023
Hot /
Chaud

Franck Hourliac

 2023

France / 14 mins
Adams talks to HOT on Grindr. «Wanna blowjob?», «Room 201, 5th floor». But once there, the two boys are clumsy and shy. HOT is actually called Milo and he is an hairdresser. The two boys are opening up to each other in an unexpected way.
Watch… here

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
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.

How To Disremember Winter
How To Disremember Winter /
Como Me Esquecer do Inverno

Mari Moraga

2023

Brazil / 15 mins
Violeta applies her art to create possibilities of seeing the world she lives in. A Brazilian woman seeking, by unusual ways, to get warm through her queer community during Lisbon winter.

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… here

Howling

Daviel Shy

2023 

USA / 3:10 mins
Howling is the first single of artist Cristy Michel’s new solo multimedia project, She Her Sir. Originally from south Louisiana and of Cajun descent, Michel “returns home” from Hollywoodland following a major life change. Written following a fiery love affair, Howling represents a deep yearning for “more”, and the idea that sometimes the heart does not get what the heart wants—and sometimes it does.
Watch… here

Hyphen
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 Am Not A Number Mavi
I am not a number: Mavi

Bart Peters

2023

Netherlands / 20 mins
An intimate documentary portrait of Mavi, a transgender woman who shares her experience of migration, her struggle and source of strength.

I Must Trespass

Charlie Parchment 

2023

UK / 1.30 mins
A Reflection of Queerness in Rural Spaces.
Trailer... here 

I Only Kiss In The Dark
I Only Kiss in the Dark

Kelly Paoli

2023 

Canada / 17 mins
When her roommate is outed, Margot is forced to spend the evening with his disgruntled sister, discovering just how deep the family’s internalized homophobia runs.

I Will Break Your Face

Michael Neulinger

2023

Austria / 6:16 mins
Intimate partner violence is often primarily discussed and analyzed in the context of heterosexual relationships. However, this issue also exists in LGBT relationships. This short film is an attempt to depict the process it takes to free oneself from a violently abusive relationship.

Im A Freak
I’m a Freak

Magdalena Jacob

2023

Germany / 5 mins
Empowerment and Love.
Watch… here

Im Fine Mum
I’m fine mum

Josema Palenzuela

 2023

Spain / 5 mins
Blanca just started to live by herself but her life is a disaster. When she faces her mum’s texts and questions, she invents herself a standard life, in contradiction with her true identity.
Trailer… here

Ive Got Something To Confess
I’ve Got Something to Confess /
Tengo Algo Que Confesarte

Sergio Antonio Ortiz Fonseca

2023

Ecuador / 4:26 mins
Rita has something to confess. Amidst all her doubts, she picks up the courage to write a long letter to Lú with her confession.

Ice Cream on Mondays

Flo Gordon,
Reggie London

2023 

UK / 3 mins
F.witch is Flo Gordon, a classically trained singer from Brighton. Her music is described as psychedelic indie folk, and Flo describes it as being ‘a bit like a modern day Kate Bush.’
Watch… here

Identidad
Identidad

Bruno Mauricio Montenegro

2023

Peru / 8:45 mins
Mariano, a trans man from Arequipa, Peru, visits his grandparents in the traditional village of Chivay, where he will face the conflict between his gender identity and his cultural heritage from the ancient Cabanas and Collaguas.
Trailer… here

Identity Card

Luan Luca Lamberty

2023 

Luxembourg
About everyday struggles of a trans woman, the film gives a glimpse of how important it can be to make legal name changes easier accessible.

If I Put The Skate Over My Head I Become The Ground
if i put the skate over my head I become the ground

Clara Nunes,
Pipa Souza

2023

Brazil / 21:30 mins
This short shines a light on the universe of queer skateboarding scene in Brazil and embraces the movement to deconstruct traditional stereotypes in the cultural movement of skateboarding . Disassociating from the traditional aggressive and masculinized format, skate practice comes to fight against different prejudices and situations experienced by the LGBTQIAP+ community in Skateboarding.

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… here

If You See Something That Doesn’t Look Right 

Ka Ki Wong

2023

Hong Kong, UK / 5 mins
Two drifters from different worlds, both trying to heal their old wounds, encounter one another on an underground train. In this subterranean, glittering dreamscape, the pair fleetingly connect through their fantasies and imagination. 
Watch... here

Il Vuoto
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.

Impressões da História da Personagem Transgênero No Cinema Brazileiro  

Cristiano Sousa

2023

Brazil
Documentário híbrido com narrativa transmídia que oferece uma reflexão do passado e de um futuro de produções audiovisuais desmistificadores de preconceitos e tabus universais no Brasil na questão do personagem transgênero no cinema.
Trailer… here

In Agreement
In Agreement /
Bul Beni

Elif Aybüke Akdere

2023 

Turkey / 12.04 mins
This is story of a young LGBTİ+Q individual searching for himself and hiding himself from people around him in his search he comes across a documentary and his soulmate.

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… here

In The End I Saw Something On My Phone
In the end I saw something on my phone

Nicholas Sanchez

2023 

Canada / 2 mins
This Instagram post is now a short film—a meme turned theatre. What happens when a meme becomes a film?

J Irai Dans La Mer
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.

Im Traum Sind Alle Quallen Feucht
In Their Dreams All the Jellyfish Are Wet /
Im Traum Sind Alle Quallen
Feucht

Marie Luise Lehner

2023

Austria / 27 mins
Orlando tries to master an inconspicuous visit to the sauna but doesn't know the rules. Paula doesn't dare undress in front of the others. Manu just wants to socialize. Laura's beautiful cousin doesn't want to admit that he can't swim. The beautiful Lea is not ashamed of anything and Thea tries not to be seen by Laura's beautiful cousin, whom she lusts after.

Influence

Greta Harutyunyan

2023

Armenia / 25 mins
Leo is a stand-up artist from Armenia who is not afraid to talk about topics that have been taboo for years. Armenian media has been "colonized" by foreign media outlets for decades. Russian media influence has always been significant, especially in comedy. Comedy shows were flooded with discriminatory speech and sexism and homophobia were an integral part of jokes. Leo is a stand-up artist from Armenia, who uses his routine to address issues that have long been taboo.

Inky Pinky Ponky
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… here

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 poster
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… here

Invisible People 2023
Invisible People

Alisa Berger

2023

France, Germany / 71 mins
Invisible People is a multi-layered depiction of the unique Japanese contemporary dance Butoh that flows between revolt, eroticism, trance, prayer, ancestral experience, and physical anonymity. The film gradually drifts away from its core issue and becomes a general portrayal of life itself, with all its unforeseen strokes of fate and strange micro-connections.
Trailer… here

Irregular Feminine Forms

Emma Underwood

 2023

USA / 10 mins
After surviving a suicide attempt, a trans woman named Bela must enter her own mind in order to banish her darkest demons once and for all, or stay trapped inside forever. 
Watch… here

Is Gay Marriage Next
Is Gay Marriage Next?

Emily Clark  2023 

USA / 16 mins
In 2003, history was made when a Newsweek cover asked: Is Gay Marriage Next? Now in a post-Roe world, the question resurfaces with a haunting twist: is gay marriage next – to go?
Trailer… here  

It Had To Be You
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.

It’s on Fire

Shon Keane

2023

USA / 16 mins
An intergenerational, multicultural group of trans and non-binary people head out on a road trip in search of history and form a chosen family empowered to fight for their freedom.
Trailer... here

It's time to patch up my own soul

Oakley Mertes

2023 

USA / 3 mins
It's time to patch up my own soul is a found footage film that highlights my experiences with abuse and sexual assault as a bisexual trans man. I made this film silent because of the pressure I felt to stay quiet after I realized I was assaulted.
Watch… here

Itinerario De Uma Historia Soterrada
Itinerary of a buried history /
Itinerário de uma história soterrada

Lucas Vidal

2023

Brazil / 5:47 mins
The action evokes the memory of Raimundo Preta, better known as Burra Preta, black bicha who is remembered through the narratives of several peoples.

Iya Iya
Iya Iya Iya Iya

Winner Wijaya

2023

17 mins
Mariana and Callista are talking about their love lives.

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
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.
Trailer... here

Jamie
Jamie

Darcy Hennessey

 2023

USA / 19 mins
Alpinist Jamie Logan has taken on some of the most dangerous climbs in the world but nothing felt as life-threatening as admitting that she wanted to begin a new life as a woman.
Trailer... here

Jamies Pond
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… here

Jardines
Jardines

Alfredo Torres

 2023

México
Mientras esperan conseguir asilo en Estados Unidos, personas LGBTQ+ desplazadas se ofrecen apoyo y curación mutuamente, formando una familia queer en movimiento.

While waiting for asylum in the United States, displaced LGBTQ+ folks offer support and healing to one another, as they form a queer family on the move.
Trailer

Jinx
Jinx

Harry Brakha

 2023

Australia / 13 mins
Mean Girls meets The Exorcist when a slumber party Ouija board summoning goes fully gruesome in this Australian shlocker!

Joan the Kid

Grace Hackney

 2023

Australia / 13 mins
Forced into detention for not wearing a skirt at school, Jo’s project on Joan of Arc comes to life unexpectedly.
Trailer… here

Job Seeker
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… here

JOE
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… here

Joy Julieta Tetelbaum 2023
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
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… here

Just Story Hour
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.

Ka ʻāʻumeʻume: Navigating Home

M. Kaleipumehana Cabral

2023

USA / 8 mins
Six Kānaka ʻŌiwi maneuver between the tidal pull of home and the struggle to stay.

Keep Your Hair On
Keep your hair on!

Kinga Garncarz

2023

Poland / 1:14 min
Locked in the tower, the princess ditches her previous life.

Kenopsia

Maneet Shergill

2023

Canada / 14:50 mins
Kenopsia is a film about the life cycle of a Green Room Couch and the fear of a normally busy room becoming empty. Through the life cycle of the Green Room Couch, we also follow the Life Cycle of the Students and Actors that use the Green Room and said Couch through several generations.

Kiki House Of Vase
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.

Kila Mauna
Kila & Mauna

Ella Monstra

2023

Brazil / 19:37 mins
A call in the middle of the night can change all paths. In search of Triz, a missing friend, Kila and Mauna find themselves on a rescue journey. To get where they want they will have to cross the deserts that time has sedimented between them.

Kill Your Landlord
Kill Your Landlord

Jill Hill

2023

USA / 10 mins
In the city of Scam Francisco, three roommates find a hidden kitchen behind one of the walls of their one room apartment.

Kiss + Tell

Jazleen "JLEAN" Senshi

2023

USA / 2 mins
A Black woman’s day starts with a toothpaste tablet and ends with love.

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 poster
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… here

Kylvan Le Pup Sourd
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
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
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… here

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
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 Maquina
La Máquina

Juan Diego Aguirre Gomez

2023

Colombia / 9:24 mins
After a relapse, La Máquina, transgender woman addicted to 'bazuco,' returns to the rehabilitation center to continue her treatment. However, a new inmate will put her willpower and self-control at risk.

La Pepa
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.

La Tentation Du Panda Roux
La Tentation du Panda Roux

Haïga Jappain

2023

France / 20 mins
Anna, 34 ans, vit le parfait amour avec Marie. Lorsqu’elle apprend qu’elle présente les signes d’une ménopause précoce, elle se lance dans une course contre la montre.
Trailer… here

Lake Burst

Clodagh Farrelly

2023

Ireland / 15 mins
Three characters seek integration and liberation of the self, drawing on global mythologies to explore spirit versus flesh, willpower, seduction, resistance, and surrender.

Lala Gothicfish
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.

Land/Escapes

Julia C Liu,
J Dellecave,
Zavé Martohardjono

2023

USA / 6 mins
“Land/Escapes” considers the present-day responsibilities of settlers. Two queer immigrant settlers build, play, melt, and devolve in fantastical lands amidst crumbling colonial estates. Cycling and stunted, these occupiers of unceded lands ask “Where do we go?
Trailer… here

Längtan

Ariel Salome Avery

2023 

Sweden / 9 mins
En enda dans kan gå i flera akter. Så också en girls weekend vid havet.

A single dance can have several acts. So can a girls' weekend by the sea.
Trailer... here

Las Pequenas Cosas
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 Pyar
Late Pyar

Yit

2023

Myanmar / 13 mins
Through a lens of the Myanmar coup Nyomi looks forward to a day when her girlfriend can return.
Trailer… here

Layered Identities:
Intersectionality and LGBT+ rights

Isolde Godfrey,
Jess Harvey 
2023  UK / 6 mins
Intersectionality and LGBT rights – In their own words, LGBT+ rights activists from around the world, share what intersectionality means to them. A film that takes what could be a dry academic subject and makes it a visually enthralling discussion of diversity.
Watch… here  

Le Belle Estati
Le Belle Estati

Mauro Santini 2023

Italy / 74 mins

The voices, faces and bodies of the students of the Liceo Artistico Mengaroni in Pesaro embody the characters of two novels by Cesare Pavese, La bella estate and Il diavolo in collina. Seventy years later, the "beautiful summers" of Ginia and Guido, Amelia and Poli, Oreste, Pieretto, are staged by contemporary bodies who read Pavese's words and discover the closeness of the themes addressed by the author to their own experience, feeling the emotions that the staging of some episodes of the two works arouses in them.
Santini's cinema is deeply rooted in contemporaneity, and it aims to incorporate the creative act into the narrative itself, with the dual objective of unmasking it but also of charging it with new lifeblood through the spontaneous emotions, simultaneously fragile and playful, of the boys and girls who stage them.

Leap Of Truth
Leap of Truth

Ken Sons 2023

USA / 20 mins
A short documentary that chronicles the inspiring journey of Jason Lee, a transgender activist, as he overcomes personal struggles and societal barriers to embrace his authentic self. Through raw honesty and unwavering determination, Jason's story resonates as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the importance of self-discovery and acceptance.
Watch… here

Leave Yourself Behind

Julius Manipul

2023

Canada
A Documentary/Fantasy on Transcultural Queer Kinships between love, hate, loss, dreams and memories.
Trailer… here

Lee Baby
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 Clitorides
Les Clitoridés

IanE Sirota

 2023

France / 4 mins
Learn about clitorides!

Les Fleurs Du Male
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… here

Les Pendules Noires
Les pendules noires

Mathilde Algans,
Théo Michel

2023

France / 16 mins
Une vieille amitié de l’enfance peut-elle résister à tout ? Ambre et Jade devront trouver la réponse à cette question.

Les Terrains Vagues
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.

Letter To Dad
Letter to Dad /
Carta ao Pai

 Rafael Ferreira 2023 

Portugal / 10 mins
An audiovisual letter from a son to his dad in which he travels through his earlier memories and tries to fix their relationship. The director intends not only to create an environment where his sexuality related conflicts with his dad can be solved in order to repair their connection, but also heal himself from all the past wounds those issues may have caused.
Trailer… here

Letter To My Daughter
Letter To My Daughter

Jess T. Dugan

 2023

USA / 16 mins
Letter to My Daughter is an autobiographical video about the filmmakers’ journey to become a parent and their experiences throughout the first five years of their daughter’s life.

Levidis
Levidis

Iris Glitzer

2023

Germany / 11 mins
A jewel of architecture, Villa Levidis hosted dozens of iconic film shootings from the 60s to the 80s in Athens. Some decades later, on a sunny day, a daydreamer rests on its ruins while fantasizing about cruising with a stranger in the now destroyed mansion. Queer lust meets the golden era of Greek mainstream cinema in a dialogue around gender roles and social norms.

Liave It
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
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.


Lil SherbertLil Sherbert

Xinhe Zhao

2023 

USA, China / 3 min
“Lil Sherbert” is a hymn to the body’s struggle to gain autonomy.
Watch… here

Lilith
Lilith

Elina Leloup

 2023

Belgium / 15 mins
A brother is accused of sexual assault and asks his sister to defend him in court, but Lilith questions whether the love of a sibling trumps all else.
Trailer… here

Lipstick Jodi
Lipstick Jodi:
Now that She's Down

Jackson Ezinga

 2023

USA / 4:05 mins
Locking eyes with a stranger during a night out leads to a fantasy fulfilled in the official music video for Now That She's Down by Lipstick Jodi.
Watch… here

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.

Longing In Me
Longing In Me /
Sehnsucht in Mir

Julian Wonn

2023

Germany / 10 mins
A pioneering queer performance artist explores her craving for physical and emotional touch, revealing insights into human connection and intimacy.

Lookout Point
Lookout Point

Rachel Harris

 2023

8 mins
Hiking, nature, and a picnic by the lake sounds like the perfect blind date… but Trae has his doubts.

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.
Watch... here

Love is So Embarrassing

Sierra Cosmidis-Grove

2023 

USA / 9 mins
LOVE IS SO EMBARRASSING! reflects on the performative aspects of romantic relationships and how those expectations are informed by the moving image. The video is a portrait of me falling in love and processing internalized harmful traditions of romantic love.

Loveboard
Loveboard

Felipe Casanova

2023

Switzerland, Belgium / 18 mins
A broken relationship, a broken phone and the protagonist’s memories that become both personal memory and digital archive. Both fragmented, both reassembled to reveal glimpses of a vanished love.
Loveboard is not only the reconstruction of private moments that, transposed on the screen, become universal images, but above all it is a mise en abîme of the director’s creative process. The recurrent observation under the microscope of the internal memory of a telephone dismembered in all its parts is nothing more than the same action performed by the director with the memories of his relationship. Trying to fix a broken phone then means trying to save from oblivion real and digitized pieces of life, imagined things and moments become compromised images, glitchy videos, glimpses of love seen between pixels, that devour the image to the point of annihilating what was truly lived.

Lovers 2023
Lovers 

Laobai Wu,
Honbin Zheng

2023

China / 32 mins
Lovers is an art project aimed at reversing the “treatment” of homosexuality in China, initiated by artist Wu Laobai and gay policeman Lin Gully. 

Lucid City
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.

Ludendo Docet
Ludendo Docet

Luca Ferri

2023

Italy / 70 mins
Two puppets in a puppet theatre present a show: it is Domenico Monetti’s performance-outburst, a Ferrerian ritual of free commentary on cinema and life while gulping down oysters and litres of wine. Some spectators comment, a strange figure draws questions, and the questions become increasingly darker.
One of the usual rigid devices of Luca Ferri’s cinema is challenged by Monetti’s intoxication and free words, in a labyrinth of conceptual mirrors that makes the film reflect on itself, up to a suggestive breaking point in the finale. A psychoanalysis session on the protagonist and on cinema in general, perhaps even on our relationship with cinema, which manages to penetrate the protagonist’s deepest feelings from unforeseeable trajectories.
Trailer… here

Luva De Tricoo
Luva de tricô

Raphael Pamplona,
Caio Amantini

2023

Brazil / 14 mins
Igor, un joven de 29 años, tiene una relación complicada con su padre, un boxeador retirado. El hijo sorprende a su padre llevándolo a un gimnasio de boxeo, donde se embarcan en recuerdos del pasado, que reabren viejas heridas, y lo que se suponía que sería un momento especial se convierte en una lucha por la aceptación y la reconciliación familiar.

Luz

Lilas Descottes

 2023

France
Nice desert. Prince Leï marries himself in a ceremony aimed at making him the new sun of humanity.

LXS Fantasmas
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… here

Lying In Bed Alone Breathing
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.

Mabuhay
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... here 

Mahjong Butterfly
Mahjong Butterfly

Yinlin Chen

2023 

China / 6 mins
Mahjong Butterfly is not only his name but also his story. This film tells the story of how Patrick, Mahjong butterfly, found himself in the city of New York and how he took intergenerational work and fighting for the rights of the LGBTQ community as his mission.

Majack In Candy Cupid
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
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... here 

Making Waves
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.
Trailer… here

Malade

Tibor de Laminne de Bex

 2023

Cuba
MALADE es la historia de dos amigas. Carla es una fotógrafa autodidacta y Alejandra es una chica trans. Juntas hablan sobre su realidad y sus sueños en el pueblo de San Antonio, en Cuba.

MALADE is the story of two friends. Carla is a self-taught photographer and Alejandra a trans girl. Together they talk about their reality and dreams in the town of San Antonio, Cuba.
Trailer

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
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… here

Maricomio poster
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… here

Mariee Siou: Circle of Signs

Samantha Shay

 2023

Iceland / 6 mins
This film urges reflection on indigenous prophecies about The Great Shift—choosing between technology and reconnecting with the earth. Siou emphasises the lyrics’ challenge to address our destructive impact. Filmed in

Iceland, Circle of Signs tackles climate grief and colonialism. Collaborating with 15-year-old Seraphia Behr, Shay explores California wildfires and youth voices, symbolising the struggle to reclaim nature and identity.
Watch… here


Marriage (In)Equality
Marriage (In)Equality

Yuriy Dvizhon

2023

Ukraine / 14 mins
In Ukraine – Real-life couples – both LGBT and heterosexual, celebrity and not – come together to take part in a campaign for marriage equality in Ukraine. An eye-opening document of the Ukrainian queer community and the war in their country.
Watch… here

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… here

Martha Da’ro – Fast Life

Cyprien Bourrec

2023

France / 3:39 mins
Watch… here

Mas Alla
Más Allá De Los Mares Del Sur

Itzel Sarmientos

2023

Mexico / 15 mins
Las personas LGBTQ+ en movilidad, llegan a Casa Frida, en donde resignifican lo qué es ser migrante y continúan rompiendo los techos de cristal en su camino.
Trailer… here

Maskuline

Rev Sullivan

 2023

UK
A psychoanalytical pry through the structures that form the creation of a gendered identity.

Massimo
Massimo

Matteo Bianchi

2023

Italy / 8:57 mins
Tra modelli familiari e anomali incontri di quartiere, Massimo si affaccia nel mondo tenero, drammatico e ineffabile della sessualità.

Between family models and anomalous neighborhood encounters, Massimo looks out into the tender world, dramatic and ineffable of sexuality.

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… here

Mavi

Aylin Alakbarli

2023 

Azerbaijan / 1 min
The moon wants to play with her cat.
Watch… here

Maybe I Was Anticipating That Loss
Maybe i was anticipating that loss

Ben Sambrook

2023

USA / 31 mins

A conversation between mother and son, through hysterectomy.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/841234305  

Meat! With Personality

Geneviève Dale

2023

Canada / 5 mins
From the styrofoam trays of your local supermarket and directly in front of a live studio audience, it’s Meat! With Personality! Inspired by both the theme and the sitcoms of the 1980s and 90s, this animated short shows you the secret lives … of meat! Get ready to see a chunk of steak battle a baby, a BDSM granny dungeon, a sausage torture chamber, and a few other surprises.
Watch… here

Melin Turns 100
Melina Turns 100 /
Melina cumple cien años

Mariana Rena

2023

USA / 15 mins
Left behind amid a mass exodus, Melina, a girl in her twenties, has one wish for her birthday: a new best friend. But the apocalyptic crisis plaguing her city once again threatens to ruin her last attempt to reclaim her stolen youth before she emigrates.
Trailer… here

Melissa
Melissa

Marc Vega

2023

5 mins
In “Melissa”, Luis helps his friend Martín wounded by a gunshot, confronting him about his actions. As they fight to survive, Luis begins to question Martín’s true identity, revealing hidden layers of his friend and their relationship. A discovery that reveals that despite all barriers, friendship always prevails

Melk
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… here

Merci La Famille
Merci la famille

Antoine Pinson

2023 

France / 10 mins
15-year-old Paul sets out to find his big brother to persuade him to reconnect with their parents. He is convinced that they will do anything to help him heal from his homosexuality.

Metamorphosis
Metamorfose

Dominik Angel

2023

Brazil / 9:30 mins
Depois de assassinar seus pais tiranos, dois irmãos fazem um fabuloso jantar de vinho caro e o coração de seus progenitores, mas as coisas não saem como esperado.

Mi Abuelita, La Campeona

Isa Moreno

2023

USA / 3:13 mins
A Mexican girl steers her abuela’s boxing dreams in a new direction.

Michelle 2023
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… here

Midnight High Speed

Yuki Nishio

2023

Japan / 22 mins
Trailer… here

Might Not Wanna Wake Up

Lxandra

2023 

Finland / 16 mins
Alex bids a musical farewell to their past love as they embark on an illusory journey through the five stages of grief.
Watch… here

Milan Suspesa

Lorenzo Avanzi

 

Italy / 3 mins
Suspended Milan is the multicolored portrait of those who live this the city every day, between love and hatred, looking for their own space in the order of things.
Watch… here

Mirror Banana
Mirror, banana

EE Newman

2023 

USA / 4 mins
The Ignorant Cowboy first battles his ornery reflection, then mockery from aliens and kinky reindeer.

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.

Misere Sexuelle
Misère sexuelle

Ingrid Heiderscheidt

2023

Belgium, France / 5 mins
A hymn for women to reclaim the streets.
Watch… here

Missed Call
Missed Call

Chak Hin Leung

2023 

Hong Kong / 9 mins
After years of fleeing home, Callum discovers his father's secret during his short visit. He invites his dad for a final chat to open up about his sexuality and rekindle their relationship over a childhood memento.
Watch… here

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.

Mjita Wami
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… here

Mommy On Drugs
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… here

Monsters

Mia Fryer

 2023

UK / 3:27 mins
A young girl who is forced to flee her home meets a sea 'monster', who shows her what true love and friendship really are.

Moonlit Kiss

Arthur R Arbetman

2023

1 min
A cowboy is in love with the man in the moon.
Watch… here

Morning Ode to My Nonbinary Brown King Body

Leo Aquino 

2023

USA / 1 min
A poetic and joyful celebration of the queer body.
Watch... here 

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
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… here

Mushroom Cut
Mushroom Cut

Kuba Szutkowski

2023

Netherlands / 8 mins
Hairdresser Marion is flabbergasted when the long-haired Karel suddenly turns into a young girl. He is ashamed of his abrupt transformation, but Marion’s open attitude and compassion boost his confidence.
Trailer… here

Musica Amor
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
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 Body is a Car

Lucy RB Gaehring

2023

USA / 3 mins
This is a film about my gender dysphoria, displayed abstractly using westernized, stereotypically binary male and female imagery contrasted with the act of singing Blondie’s ‘Heart of Glass’. I compare cars moving away from the camera to the standards of masculine and feminine beauty moving away from my body. The blonde, thin, and white playboy model is collaged over a New York street. Sudden self-portrait sequences of my body, in action throughout my bathroom, contrast the video'ed motion from an every-day sidewalk.

My Body, My  Soul
My Body, My Soul

Clarissa Eysell

2023

Germany / 88 mins
This impressive documentary follows three people, Andreas, Amelie and Patricia, on their journey of transition. They hope that it will help them to achieve more self-acceptance and self-love and ultimately to harmonise their soul and body. Will they succeed in overcoming the associated insecurities and doubts?
A very intimate and personal film.

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 Hair is the View

Sanae Lahgazi-Alaou,
Safae Lahgazi-Alaou

2023

Morocco / 6:51 mins
Moroccan women embark on a daring journey to celebrate their afros and curls.

My Rage Is Underground
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… here

My Side Of Eyes
My Side of Eyes /
Sebelah Mata Eike

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.

Narcissus

Krzysztof Pacewicz

2023 

Poland / 8 mins
When Narcissus’ girlfriend refuses to fulfil his sexual fantasy, Narcissus falls into an autoerotic trap. The film is a modern take on the myth.

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.

Narrativas LGBTQIAPN
Narrativas LGBTQIAPN+: Em Contextos de Escola e Universidade

Paulo Clayton de Souza Lima,
Pedro Cauã Patricio da Silva,
Rayene Kellen Jardim Lima,
Wendy Lima de Aguiar

2023

Brazil / 10:27 mins
O curta-metragem reúne relatos coletados por meio de formulário online elaborado pela equipe do Projeto Narrativas LGBTQIAPN+, com o objetivo de refletir acerca das vivências de pessoas da comunidade sexodiversa em contextos de escola e de universidade.
Watch... here

Naval Gays

 Grant Gulczynski  2023

UK / 12 mins
A filmmaker has low self esteem. He hires an actor to play himself, a filmmaker with low self esteem, making a gay film about sex, the body and himself, inspired by the filmmaker’s sex, body and self. 
Trailer... here

Need
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… here

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.

Neon Roses
Neon roses

Iven Tu

 2023

USA / 11 mins
After a bereaved young man uncovers a startling truth about his friend, he sets off on a daring and comedic escape, with the help of his ghost boyfriend.

Neutralizer

Shan Leigh Pomeroy

2023

Canada / 1:44 min
A meditation on gendered washroom anxiety.
Watch... here

Never Stop Shouting
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.

Night Swim

Grace & Emily Potter

2023

USA / 6 mins
Night Swim is a soft and sweet love story, set against the hot summer heat in Austin, Texas.
Trailer… here

Nightmare in Love

Kayla Mejia

2023

USA / 11:25 mins
A moment in time in a young woman’s life, to offer a complex reflection of the human experience. Eden battles with terrible nightmares and understanding her sexuality. The film demonstrates the coming of age struggle to balance all aspects of life simultaneously.

Nights In The Glitter
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… here

L Heure De Ninon
Ninon O'clock /
L’heure de Ninon

Olivier Cheval   2023 France / 31 mins
Andréa spends the summer writing in a holiday home. Inconsolable after a break-up, she urges her sister Ninon to join. But her ex-girlfriend Elise unexpectedly shows up to patch things up. And it’s already too late to tell Ninon not to come….Let the full game begin. 

No-Kissing poster
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… here

No Man Like Me
No Man Like Me

Jaq Quicksilver

 2023

USA / 4 mins
So you’re bicurious…. Big deal. Get online, you can be sucking dick or getting fucked within an hour – if that’s what you really want to do. It’s one of the easiest things on earth to do. …But instead you’re here with me. Let’s explore why that is.
Watch… here

No More Longing
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... here

No You Re Amazing
No, YOU'RE amazing!

Kate Pinchuck

 2023

South Africa / 4 mins
A girls’ night turns into a bar fight when two women refuse to accept each other’s compliments.
Watch... here

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... here 

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… here

Not Three Not Four

Renée Wong

2023

Canada / 8:26 mins
Nate travels between imaginations, dreams and realities as they attempt to transition away from their mother — someone who feels most inescapable. Each night they dream of spiders, cockroaches, and centipedes. One thing becomes clear: the insects represent aspects of their mother and the arguments they have. Nate is forced to tackle their fear, this very transformative period of their life, right here, right now.

Notes On A Siren
Notes on a Siren

Justice Jamal Jones

2023

USA / 12 mins
Notes on a Siren, offers a thought-provoking narrative on transformation intertwined with black and African spirituality, reframing the story of the Siren and the Sailor.  
Watch… here

Now To You
Now To You

Or Habusha

2023

Israël / 14 mins
Ofek decides to meet up in a car with a guy from Grindr who’s older than him.

Ob SOUL 1337
ob-SOUL-1337

Harry Roberts

2023 

UK / 17 mins
A satirical animated film that features both 2D and 3D. The film uses death and the afterlife to explore our relationship with technology, crazy tech gurus in Silicon Valley, as well as the duality of our identities on/offline.

Ode 2023
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
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
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.

Omarm

Sara Kerklaan

2023

The Netherlands / 5 mins
Two dancers find themselves caught in a dynamic of struggle and suppression as they fight their inner feelings towards each other. In this intimate short, diverse emotions find bodily expression and liberation, as the dancers embrace their desires and abandon all reservations. 

Omos poster
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… here

Onde Esta Mymye Mastroiagnne
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… here

One Love
One Love

Nahlia Loren Couto

2023

Canada / 9 mins
A celebration of fashion and gender fluidity, with underlying themes of universal love, environmentalism and water protection.

One Night Only
One Night Only: Yesica Duvali /
Sólo Por Una Noche: Yesica

Leonardo Marín Núñez

2023

Mexico / 21:41 mins
Yesica Duvali, a 61-year-old trans woman, formerly a Vedette and now a social fighter, returns to the stage for the last time to tell the story of her life.
Watch… here

One Slight Change

Elmira Azad

 2023

Iran / 14:52 mins
In their debut film, director Elmira Azar brings us the story of a girl who works in a brothel while trying to save money for a very specific purpose.

One Two Three
One Two Three /
Ekka Dokka Tekka

Tirthankar Guha

2023

India
In this short, three popular mainstream writings in Bengali literature (Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay and Rabindranath Tagore) are retold through a queer lens set in Kolkata.

Only The Lovers
Only the Lovers

Jocelyn Jihyun Koo

2023

USA / 15 mins
Amidst the imminent collision of Earth with a colossal planet, Amy, a closeted lesbian in her 70s, attends her friends’ wedding ceremony. There, she reunites with Patricia, her secret love from their youth. Amy finally confesses her love to Patricia. In the face of impending catastrophe, they embrace their love and meet their fate together as the world ends.

Open Dialogues Queer Allies
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 UpOpen 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?

Os Finais De Domingo
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
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
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... here 

Out in the World

Mitchell Withers

2023

Australia / 9:26 mins
Eager to break the cycle of suffering, Amy, a transgender dungeons and dragons master fights to develop safe spaces for young people in regional Australia. Through role play and character design, she creates the conditions for young people to explore identity, whilst chasing self-acceptance of her own.

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… here

Outpicker
Outpicker

Le Luo

2023

Australia / 14 mins
A queer immigrant finds a sense of belonging in the Australian landscape through litter-picking.

Own Your Fetish
Own Your Fetish

Henry Baker

2023

USA / 2:44 mins
“Own Your Fetish” is a powerful exploration of the journey towards self-acceptance of your fetish. Candid confessions and personal stories shed light on the emotional and psychological aspects of fetishism, and the transformative power of giving oneself permission to explore their desires. A thought-provoking and emotionally impactful documentary that encourages viewers to embrace their own desires and live authentically. A must-see for anyone struggling with shame or stigma around their sexual identity.

Pamela poster
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… here

Pangea

Lina Rivera

2023

Colombia / 2 mins
En un mundo virtual extraterrestre, una mujer de raza estilizada y rústica es convocada para embarcarse en un viaje cósmico que la transformará en el símbolo del posthumanismo, un destello premonitorio del futuro. Al sumergirse en un ensamblaje sideral de la nueva moda, esta mujer sufre múltiples transformaciones, desvelando la esencia sensual, agresiva, transgresora y futurista de la marca, junto con su visión de un nuevo ser humano.
Trailer… here

Pari
Pari

Priya Sen

 2023

India / 31 mins
Pari tries to to describe an event in the days of Pari and Praveen; a violent rupture that allowed in a life held by desire and not duty. In this film, they recount their love story against the undertones and backdrop of threat and violence. The present is both fraught and romantic; the disruption of a past moment finds momentary comfort in recall; the future is hopeful.
Trailer… here

Paroxysme

Jeanne Lemay

2023

Canada / 1 min
Anxiety is all around and fluttering constantly around us, making it hard to reconnect to reality. This animated short film gives a raw and abstract representation of the anxious mind.

Particles

Piano Particles

2023

Germany / 3 mins
Creates a shimmering musical kaleidoscope, combining orchestra and pop into a colorful cosmos of sound.

Party Doc Anthem

Rose Diego

 2023

USA / 1:02
If you can't talk to your doctor, get a new doctor! Syphilis is here, it's treatable, get tested!

Party For Two
Party for Two /
Festa Para Duas

Marina Polidoro

 2023

Brazil / 14 mins
About to turn 15, Alana faces a generational dilemma after receiving a 15th birthday party as a gift from her grandmother, her only legal guardian.
Trailer… here

Passion Of X
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
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… here

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.

Perceived

Levi Coy 2023

USA / 3 mins
Perceived is a visual journey about gender fluidity and the containment of self-expression. Features as music Red Shift by Amon Tobin.
Watch... here

Perfect Flowers
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
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... here 

Piece By Piece
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.

Pink Walls
Pink Walls

Dylan Warrington

2023

USA / 6 mins
A 15-year-old transgender student must decide on reading a poem he wrote that will reveal his true self to his classmates. Based on a true story.
Trailer… here

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… here

Pique Dame
Pique Dame: Lisa’s Katharsis

Martin Willibald Meisl

2023

Austria / 13 mins
Trailer… here

Pirenopolinda
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… here

Pista
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
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... here 

Polyethylene Terephthalate
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… here

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.

Pot of Gold

EXYL

2023 

USA / 6:45 mins
An experimental film weaves anonymous trans voices from Reddit and 16mm rayograms, asking the question: Do I pass? Or do I need a bit more work?

Pour Exister

Fabien Lecorre,
Kelsi Phung

2023

France / 2 mins
The vibrant plea of a generation of trans and non-binary people for the recognition of their rights.

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.
Watch... here

Precoz
Precoz

Alejandro Aguirre

2023

Basque Country / 15 mins
Mikel learns that one of the people he has recently had sex with has tested positive for HIV. With fear and misinformation, he will have to face the possibilities of being infected for an afternoon.
Precoz narra la historia de Mikel un chico de 24 años que se entera que una de las personas con la cual ha tenido relaciones sexuales hace tres meses ha dado positivo a VIH. Con miedo y desinformación, tendrá que afrontar la decisión de conocer su propio estado serológico, tomando valor para acudir a realizarse el test rápido.
Trailer… here

Prends Moi Dans Les Bois
Prends-moi dans les bois

Bande James Bond

2023

Belgium / 4 mins
A silky roman-photo through forest, winter and warm nymph mysteries.

Pressure Makes Diamonds
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… here

PTPD
PTPD – Put the Phone Down

Nicolas Karatzas

 2023

Cyprus / 6 mins
Jorge, a talented queer dancer, grapples with the isolation brought on by his social anxiety. Seeking solace one evening, he discovers an unexpected visitor in the form of a collared cat perched on his windowsill. This feline presence presents Jorge with a poignant dilemma: does he dare to venture out of his comfort zone to meet a stranger, or does he embrace the companionship of this mysterious cat as a new pet?

Public Displays Of Affection
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… here

Puma

Jonangelo Molinari

2023

Brazil / 4 mins
A portrait of Puma Camille, the Brazilian capoeirista taking voguing into new explorations in movement.
Watch… here

Punk Fish

Miguel Maldonado

2023 

UK /12 mins
In a rebellious fusion of punk ethos and gender identity, Unapologetic Resonance delves into the poignant tale of a transgender protagonist defying societal norms and finding their true voice amidst the vibrant underground punk scene.
Trailer… here

Pup 2023
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… here

Purple Hours
Purple Hours

Vaughn Oeth,
Allison Jowers

2023

USA / 2 mins
A regency-era ball is being held, but the host, Edwin, is nowhere to be found. Sequestered in his private study downstairs, he dances with his partner, Pascal, and they bask in each other’s company - until Pascal asks a question Edwin wasn’t ready to answer.

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.
Trailer... here

Quears

Shabnam Singla

2023

Austria / 23:53 mins
Conversations about earrings dip into queerness and gender norms.

Queer AI Has No Imagination
(VR)

Caio Victor Brito

2023

Brazil / 6 mins
A ativação do corpo por meio dos comandos de duas bichas e uma Inteligência artificial. Performance instalativa em bytes. E quando o processo performativo se dá pela fruição das próprias testemunhas-performers?

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 poster
Queer Glauben

Madeleine Corbat

2023

Switzerland / 59 mins
She is a lesbian. She is a believer. And maybe soon a priest: Stefanie Arnold from Uri is on her way into the church ministry with her ordination as a deaconess, a vicariate year should give her certainty. But does she, as a lesbian woman living in a registered partnership, fit into an institution that has been dominated by patriarchal structures for centuries? And how do other people from the queer community fight for their place in the church?

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?

Queer Mama

Mathias Oppedal

 2023

Norway / 62 mins
Ines is queer, single, and wants to become a mother. In Norway she meets the gay drag artist Mio and together they try to realize their dream of becoming parents. This documentary tracks their journey over a number of years, from the initial idea and proposal all the waythrough the demands of raising a toddler. Both honest and unapologetic, Queer Mama is an intimate and realistic view into what it means to build a family.
Trailer… here

Queeroslavia
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.

Quiereme
Quiéreme

Saúl Gocha

 2023

Mexico / 10:45 mins
Israel es un chico que vive el proceso de identidad de género, por eso cuando busca descubrirse, decide hacerlo en secreto para no decepcionar a quienes ama, encontrando que el único lugar donde puede ser él mismo es su baño.

Quiero Ser Tu Madre
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.

An essay with acid humor, deeply felt and critical, on the obsession with what is biological, on the cycle perpetuated from mother to daughter and on the daily questions of life that make it necessary for us to achieve motherhood.

Quitter-Chouchou poster
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.

Pedagogias Da Navalha
Razor Pedagogies: If the word is a spell, my tongue is a crossroads. /
Pedagogias Da Navalha: Se a palavra é um feitiço, minha língua é uma encruzilhada

Colle Christine Avelar,
Tiana Dos Santos,
Alma Flora 
2023 Brazil / 15 mins
Pedagogias Da Navalha é um documentário de linguagem híbrida partindo do conceito "Oferenda fílmica" que é uma pesquisa realizada por Milena Manfredini e tem o seu roteiro assentado na poesia e na oralidade para realizar um ritual de ebó não linear para fortalecer a história ancestral da identidade e entidade travesti removendo os seus estigmas, traumas e marginalizações. 
Trailer... here

Re Promiscuous
re: promiscuous

Erv D'Onte Jeffries  2023 USA / 9 mins
re: Promiscuous is an experimental reflection on relationships, body issues, race, and the dynamics of the gay community. Writer-Director Erv Jeffries, reads from past journal entries while we follow a fictitious depiction of his past relationship.

Real Life Test
Real Life Test

F. De Isabella 2023

Italy / 9 mins

An essay in an alternative format on frustration and the difficulties that being trans in Italy entails.

Recuerdos-del-ayer poster
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 poster
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.

Reflejo
Reflejo

Náyade Wong

 2023

Peru / 18 mins
Lucila leads a quiet life at home until her granddaughter Elizabeth arrives in search of temporary refuge due to problems with her mother. As Lucila takes Elizabeth in, she discovers the complexity of the bond that unites them, and they find the nuances that reflect their own identities.

Lucila lleva una vida tranquila en su casa hasta que su nieta Elizabeth llega en búsqueda de refugio temporal por problemas con su mamá. A medida que Lucila acoge a Elizabeth, descubre la complejidad del vínculo que las une, y encuentran los matices que reflejan sus propias identidades. 

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.
Trailer... here

Renaissances
Renaissances

Naomi Noiret

 2023

Belgium / 18 mins
Lukas, born under a different gender, tells us about the evolution of his physical and mental transition but also the parallel experienced his parents have lived.
Trailer… here

Residual

Ana Amélia Arantes

2023

Brazil / 25 mins
Aspectos sutis e explícitos das várias formas de segregação social se expressam nos banheiros. Se fazem notar nas relações, nos usos e até mesmo nos espaços físicos. Sob diferentes perspectivas, mulheres contam suas histórias de banheiro.
Trailer… here

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… here

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... here

Return To Ombabika
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.

Riopelle Was Non-Binary /
Riopelle était non-binaire

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.

River Rafal Sokolowski,
River

Rafal Sokolowski,
Kanat Umurbekov

2023

USA / 9 mins
River, a trans woman, returns home to attend the funeral of her estranged father. She arrives consumed by regret for not seeing him before he passed, but instead of closure, she finds that the funeral has been staged and that her father faked his death to lure her into ‘conversion therapy’.

Road To Theobald
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.

Robin Tris Arthur
Robin

Tris Arthur

2023 

USA / 14 mins
A teenager, unwillingly cast as the male lead in a coming-of-age film, runs away in search of their real identity. In accepting help from those around them, they begin to discover who they are while charting a path forward.

Roll On By
Roll on By

Lyra Murphy

2023

Canada / 14 min
After Sammy is rejected by her childhood best friend, she finds a new group at the roller rink that embraces her eclectic sense of style. A local youth-made film about accepting yourself and navigating adolescence.
Watch… here

Romy-Et-Laure poster
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?

Rose Tinted
Rose Tinted

Jay Casillas

 2023

USA / 12 mins
Lilly, a trans woman, slowly turns into a rose after taking her estrogen pills. Meanwhile, a bee suddenly appears in her room and tries to pollinate her. She must try to avoid this bee while coming to terms with the violent changes to her body.

Rural Butch Femme
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
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.

Salty Blue
Salty Blue

Masashi Sogawa

2023

Japan / 17 mins
Mitsuki Ayase, a college student, has a secret crush on her best friend, Umi Hoshino (“Umi” means “ocean” in Japanese). The end of summer is close, and so a party for single people is coming. Two friends sneak out from this event to a public bathhouse…
Trailer… here

Salvation /
Tot Heil Des Volks

Anouk van Otterloo

2023 

Netherlands / 9 mins
After exposure to Christian ‘conversion therapy’, a young man’s relation to the church changes.
Trailer… here

Sam And The Universe
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... here 

Same Old Lang Syne
Same Old Lang Syne

Zack Paslay

2023

USA / 6 mins
Two men nearing 30 reconnect by happenstance on Christmas Eve.
Trailer... here 

Sandcastle
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… here

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
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 poster
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… here

Scorpion Grass
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… here

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… here

Scratch That
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… here

Se Nao Posso Dancar Esta Nao E A Minha Revolucao
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
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… here

Section 28 and Me

Tom Marshman,
Paul Blakemore,
Sam Halmarack 

2023

UK / 8.30 mins
Exploring the lasting impact of Section 28.
Watch… here

See Me Burn

Sen Amory Challanor Thompson

2023 

UK / 4:22 mins
A trans allegory set during the witch trials of the 17th century. Caleb is targeted to be burnt at the stake, but has his own plans.
Watch… here

Sehnsucht In Mir
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… here

Seven Inches

Yen-Chu Chen

2023

Taiwan / 6 mins
Two men discover being fooled by each other on a hook-up date.
Trailer… here

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... here 

Shall We Talk
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… here

Memorias Sinverguenzas
Shameless Memories: Buenos Aires, 1979 / Memorias Sinvergüenzas: Buenos Aires, 1979

 Alejo Duclós 2023 Argentina / 5 mins
Duclós construye estas memorias a partir de una investigación homónima en Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola. Son las de un homosexual argentino que vivió la represión de la dictadura de Videla desde la inocencia y la excitación de alguien que intenta no ser descubierto mientras se descubre a sí mismo. Cinco minutos sinvergüenzas y de un respeto absoluto hacia un pasado más intenso de lo que creemos, y también menos mítico o heroico.
Trailer… here  

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.

Shibari Turk 1
Shibari Turk I

Yavuz Kurtulmus

2023

Turkey / 9 mins
Shibariturk is a BDSM group who are doing brave things in Istanbul. In this video you will see Serkan and Lena's bondage. It is a love and chain.
Trailer… here

Shibari Turk 2
Shibari Turk II

Yavuz Kurtulmus

2023

Turkey / 6 mins
Janet sees herself as a sadist. When we ask her what the film is about, she says: 'You are any object that I want. My chalkboard, carpet, chair and sometimes a toy that's good for my boredom. You are what I want!'
Trailer… here

Shideh
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
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... here 

Sing 2023
Sing

Jose Oldenburg

2023

USA / 8 mins
Sometimes our imagination is our most courageous companion.

Singing In Front Of The Colosseo
Singing in Front of the Colosseo

Cristina Ducci

2023

Italy
Chiara and Simone are friends who meet again after some time apart. Chiara has lost her desire to dream. Simone still dreams of becoming a dancer and tries to persuade Chiara to go back to dreaming. Suddenly Chiara’s words turn into a song…

Single Glance
Single Glance

Liliane Kaufman-Hill

 2023

UK / 3:15 mins
In a busy coffee shop, Hazel fantasies a relationship with a stranger in a single glance.

Siniestro
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.

Sinzere
Sinzere | Shades: Amplify her Voice

Salima Stanley-Bhanji

2023 

Canada / 3 mins
Sinzere is a rap/funk artist who is Black and Lesbian. Based in Calgary, Canada, she shares about her path growing up, finding music and becoming a mother.

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
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?

SK8RGRLS

Jean Zamora,
Florence Middleton

2023

USA / 8:31 mins
Constellations of women and nonbinary people of color map out a quad skating community.

Skin To Skin Talks
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... here 

Slam
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… here

Smoke Smoke Smoke
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke

Nando Caballero

2023

Spain / 17 mins
La nit de Nadal, una noia trans sense llar busca refugi en una casa en obres. Mentrestant, a la resta de llars continuen els excessos i les tradicions. Durant la nit, quan la noia dorm, l’esperança i la maldat fan acte de presència. Un curtmetratge sobre la transfòbia en clau de realisme màgic. 

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.

Soc Marico
Soc maricó

Javier Riera,
Miguel Vingut

2023

Spain / 12 mins
La mayoría de las veces nos resulta más sencillo vivir en un mundo imaginario que aceptar las cosas como son, pero ¿cómo sería vivir en esa realidad donde todo es posible?

Soft Bwoi
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 2023
Sol

Marianed Soria,
Sarah Greig

2023

Canada / 3:26 mins
Sol, a young girl with a huge mane of orange hair that makes her insecure, is struggling to hide her hair and keep her obsessed pet fox away from it. After many awkward situations, she’ll have to confront her insecurities and make a hard decision.

Sol De Invierno
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.

Somewhere Else

Donna Lee

2023 

Sweden
In another world, Elliot dreams of a life with his forbidden love. But even in his dreams he is haunted by reality.

Spokesfist

Lee Campbell

 

UK / 6 mins
This is the probably the first film ever made about fisting told from the perspective of the fist; an honest and sometimes no-holes-barred graphic account of what it's like to 'go up inside another man's street’.
Watch… here

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.

Starlight Sojourn

Chantal Rousseau, Darcy Tara McDiarmid

 2023

Canada / 4 mins
“Starlight Sojourn” – created from watercolours, fluid acrylic paintings, and digital imagery – features local fish, birds, and animals traversing a dreamlike night-time landscape in the Yukon.
Trailer... here

Starry Will
Starry Will

Jiajing Yin

 2023

Japan / 2 mins
One is born through chaos, the other avoids it. A film about trying to create a safe space for all.

Steal Your Girl
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… here

Stonewall-Postal-Action-Network poster
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… here

Strangers

Klarissa Webster

 2023

UK / 4 mins
2 peoples worlds collide in a graveyard. One dealing with a near loss, another still harbouring the pain after many years.
Watch… here

Strass
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.

Streaks of Color

MJ Gudiño

 2023

USA / 7 mins
Inspired by Alma Thomas’ Starry Night and the Astronauts, this short captures the smaller, transient moments in a relationship.

Stress Fracture
Stress Fracture

Jesse Robkin

2023

USA / 9 mins
Space and time distort within the splintering mind of a young transgender woman as her relationship slips away from her. Six months after a suicide attempt, Grace feels another psychotic break coming on. She tries to hide her mental instability from her trans partner Adrian, but finds that shutting him out also pushes him away.

Sultanas Reign
Sultana’s Reign

Hadi Moussally

 2023

France / 10 mins
Reflecting on her journey from Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, to New York, Sultana tells of the challenges of performing drag in conservative societies, her nostalgia for the glory days, the glamour of Egyptian cinema icons, and her struggle to prove her existence and her self-expression as a performer and artist. 

Summer in a Day

Jacob Lee Waldrop,
Karan Gupta

2023

USA / 13:15 mins
Inspired by real events in the writer/director's lives, a group of college friends have their last day of summer together; a romance wrapped in a youthful summer memory and the bitter sweet feeling of the end of summer.

Sunday's Child poster
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.

Superhero Intersex
Superhero Intersex

Tugba Baykal

2024

Turkey / 45 mins
'Superhero Intersex' documents the resilience of three intersex activists in Turkey, showcasing their solidarity and strength despite immense pressure. Aslı Yasemin Bahar, Belgin Günay and Şerife Yurtseven draw attention to the rights violations, medical abuse and life experiences of intersex people through their own lives.

Sweat Wrik Mead
Sweat

Wrik Mead

2023

Canada / 2:30 mins
Sweat presents a lone male figure who enters a sauna and eventually is drowned by his own fear. Is he really under attack by the whispers in the room or are they just voices in his head?

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.

Tacones Al Cielo
Tacones Al Cielo

Andrés Dunayevich

2023

Argentina / 70 mins
CELESTE es mamá junto a su compañero MATIAS un chico TRANS que juntos transitaron un embarazo el cual generó un gran revuelo en la ciudad de Córdoba en Argentina por ser la primera pareja en tener un hijo.
Trailer... here

Take Me There
Take Me There

Elliot Slade

2023

USA / 21 mins
A night of dating, romance, and love in San Francisco.
Trailer... Trailer… here 

Tales Of Yakecan
Tales of Yakecan /
Notas de Yakecan

André Moura Lopes

2023

Brazil / 24 mins
"Tales Of Yakecan" narrates the initiatory journey of Jessika Yakecan, daughter of Pajé Cicero Potyguara and political activist. Immersed in her thoughts, the young woman alternates her time learning her father's ancestral knowledge, fighting for gender and sexuality causes with her “Coletivo Indígena LGBTI+ Caboclas” and fighting to defend the territory of her village.
Trailer… here

TEL.1717 1771
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.

Tencha Reina
Tencha Reina

Maruja Bustamante

2023

Argentina / 66 mins
An autofiction about Tencha de Sagastizabal: psychoanalyst, estate of Carmelo Arden Quin, actress, and fat woman. A queer fairy tale that is linked in the documentary. What happens when hegemony does not reign on the screen? Tencha Reina canonizes other ways of seeing the world and questions the supremacy of subtlety.
Retrato onírico sobre Tencha de Sagastizabal: psicoanalista, estate de la obra de Carmelo Arden Quin, actriz, chamana y gorda. Un cuento de hadas queer que se enlaza en lo documental.

Tenha Orgulo

Kamila K. Stanley

 2023

Brazil
Durante cuatro años, Kamila K. Stanley viajó por Brasil fotografiando las vidas de sus amigxs queer bajo el régimen represor de Bolsonaro.Tenha Orgulho retrata a una comunidad en resistencia silenciosa pero ensordecedora.

Kamila K. Stanley traveled four years around Brazil photographing the lives of her queer friends under Bolsonaro’s repressive regime. Tenha Orgulho portrays the community's silent yet deafening resistance.
Trailer

Tens Across The Board
TENS Across the Board

Bobby Best

2023 

USA / 58 mins
Ballroom culture is now a mainstay in popular culture. Not to be confused with waltzing, swinging, or doing the two-step, ballroom has become a global phenomena. 

It’s championed by Black and brown LGBTQ artists in dance, music, and fashion. We take an in-depth look at the lives of those in the St. Louis, MO ballroom community and the performers of the TENS Experience, spearheaded by Maven Logik Lee.
Trailer… here

Tentacle Eyes
Tentacle Eyes 

Yuqing Lin

2023

UK / 9 mins 
In the telling of a story about an underground kingdom, a pair of ambiguously related lovers also seem to be traveling back to their own past. 
Trailer… here

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.

That Doesnt Fit
That Doesn’t Fit

Ackshaj Anand

2023

India / 3 mins
As an avid observer of humans, the filmmaker has come across many situations where people try to fit in too much. He has brought these thoughts to life in his film That Doesn’t Fit, which creatively and humorously showcases scenes to point out societal obligations and bring out relatable moments in people’s lives. It is a slapstick miscellany that’s rife with satire and social commentary that challenges societal norms.
Watch… here

The Ascension Series- Hamish Frost

Emma Crome,
Matt Pycroft

2023

UK
One of Europe’s leading adventure photographers, Hamish Frost lives twin lives. In the third episode of the Ascension Series, we explore the side of himself he has kept hidden from the outdoor community. A story of confidence and connection and a reminder of the importance of diversity in the great outdoors.

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... here 

La Apariencia Por El Culo
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 Barmans Daughter
The Barman’s Daughter

Shawna Virago

2023

USA / 4 mins
Experimental Music Video.

O Grande Espanto De Dorothy Boom Cartaz 2
The Big Bang of Dorothy Boom /
O Grande Espanto de Dorothy Boom

Alberto Camarero,
Alberto de Oliveira 
2023 Brazil / 86 mins
A caminhada da vedete underground Regina Müller/Dorothy Boom revela um olhar diferente sobre iconofilia e iconoclastia, devoção e transgressão, incorporação e performance, enquanto seu processo criativo é atravessado por elementos religiosos, profanos e da cultura queer.
Trailer… here  

The Boat Is My Friend
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… here

The Book 2023
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 Building Opposite
The Building Opposite /
Hustet Mittemot

Siri Pårup

 2023

Sweden / 14 mins
“From my window I see into the opposite building. In each apartment there is a movie going on where the plot never ends. The actors are ordinary people that I think I know all about, even though we have never met. What I see from my window mixed with my imagination creates fictional stories about these people and their day to day lives”.

The Dancer
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… here

The Demon's Waltz /
La valse des demons

Trinidad Plass Caussade 2023 France / 7:26 mins
[A]Possessed by the memory of apast lover, mask maker Gaël isforced to reckon with his inner self.
Watch… here

The Destruction Of Jane
The Destruction of Jane

Drue Pennella 2023 USA / 12 mins
Destruction of Jane is a campy, over the top, erotic, outrageous comedy which follows Miss Jane Parker to the African Jungle where it all began. Witness Tarzan and Jane’s first encounter, in what now has become a rather heralded expedition in the African Jungle, and one of our greatest love stories.
Trailer… here

La Cena
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 Dream: A Love Story

Enrique Rosario

2023

USA / 5 mins
Two people meet for the first time, and they get transported into the life that could be possible for them.
Watch… here

The Feels
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... here 

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
The Hanky

Ramses Rodstein

2023

USA / 9:48 mins
The Hanky brings together two handsome strangers together for a sizzling and spontaneous hookup.

The History Of The Carabiner
The History of the Carabiner

Gianna Mazzeo

2023

Netherlands / 7 mins
A tongue-in-cheek, historical documentary / fashion film hybrid that takes viewers on a journey through queer history to trace the origins of the carabiner as a lesbian symbol.
Watch… here

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
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 Last of the Romanov

Andrea Cozzolino

2023 

Italy / 36 mins
Life testimonies in LGBT in the years before the civil rights movements: 1960s, 70s and 90s, in Turin, in Northern Italy. Alex/Alessia talks during a dinner with friends about her artistic activity as a showgirl, “soubrette” (does not recognize herself as a drag queen) and the clandestine room, the Paradis, which hosted playback performances by Turinese artists. History in 6 chapters: the beginnings; the Paradis; Yesterday and Today; Identity; Love; 1990 and 2000.

Ang Huling Sayaw
The Late Checkout /
Ang Huling Sayaw

Edrian Pangilinan

2023

USA / 14 mins
A widower and a runaway secretly meet at a hotel one stormy night. The two bond in a way they would've never expected.
Trailer… here

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 Lobster Song

Liss Platt

2023

Canada / 4 mins
The rural lesbians of the north shore of Nova Scotia gather each spring to celebrate lobster season, and their voracious appetites, with feast and song.

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... here 

The Light
The Light

Alireza Saadi

2023

Islamic Republic of Iran / 12 mins
An Iranian woman faces an impossible dilemma because lesbians aren’t allowed to give birth to a child.

The Little Piratemaid
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… here

The Living Room Library

Ingrid Francis

 2023

UK / 4 mins
Salford Zine Library is a unique archive of self published materials based in Manchester. When COVID-19 forces the zine library team to rethink logistics, it is kept in a living room for safe keeping.

The Living Wardrobe
The Living Wardrobe / L’armari Vivent

Martí Madaula Esquirol  2023

Spain, USA / 18 mins
The Living Wardrobe is an autofiction tale based on a personal experience the filmmaker had three years ago. During an art residency in Bilbao, he started dating a boy who, every morning after spending a night together at his place, would insist on leaving the filmmaker some of his clean clothes to go home. This dynamic, which at first amused Martí, began to disturb him when he realised that the boy never collected his garments. Using the image of a living wardrobe as its central metaphor, the short film grapples with the friction between keeping one’s individuality and embracing new love.

Trailer… here  

The Magnificentit

Tetta Marie Carangi

2023

Brazil / 11 mins
A água é a experiência concreta da dimensão onírica. Ascendem, descem e transcendem ciclos na elipse onírica de um mundo despatriarcalizado. Num paraíso inventado, tentam divertir-se e descansar em companhia segura, enquanto se ouvem ecos de horror. As coisas submersas podem subitamente engolir-nos se não conseguirem emergir.

The Making of Hana Makgeolli

Esther Chan

2023

USA / 9:12 mins
A Korean woman makes waves brewing traditional jeontongju alcohol.

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 Nape 

Kim Yu-ra

2023

South Korea / 26 mins
Da-ye quits her job as a teacher and returns to her hometown. They begin to help their mother, who has been forced to close the English academy she runs because of the COVID-19 outbreak, when they come across a student who is two months behind in his payments. 

The New Flesh

Rupert Jörg

2023 

Germany / 3:32 mins
Chatbots advocate for the idea that it is meaningful for humans to merge entirely with a virtual world. Gradually, some of these bots begin to generate hallucinations, thereby raising questions about the fundamental rights of all humanity to exist. This portrayal of physically merging with a cyber world is depicted in a grotesquely distorted manner, where genders, locations, and times blend together.
Trailer... here


The Night Of The MinotaurThe Night of the Minotaur /
La Noche del Minotauro  

Juliana Zuluaga Montoya

 2023

Colombia / 11 mins
A fantastic tale that uses archival material to construct the story of Luz Emilia García, the precursor of porn cinema in Colombia.
Trailer… here

The Pathway to the Goats

Marta Orlando, Clémentine Roy

2023

Germany / 9 mins
Water, nature, sexualities, and alternative codes of communication.

The Peach Activations
The Peach Activations

Nadine Faraj

2023 

Canada / 9 mins
The Peach Activations is a devoted homage to the butt, fleshy and jiggly, funny and lovable, as diverse in appearance as the face itself. The film documents, in mesmerizing slow motion, impromptu private performances by amateur activators who pinch, poke, stroke, slap, or shake butts. The artist filmed many scenes at Fire Island Pines and received plenty of additional footage contributed by collaborators worldwide. Enthusiastic consent was granted by all participants before, during, and after every step of the creation of this film. This means that models and butt (peach) activators have fully consented to participating in the performances as well as in the dissemination of this video artwork. Most participants have chosen to remain anonymous. The Peach Activations, Volume I, is Nadine Faraj’s first art film, conceived to be released in several segments as its title suggests.
Trailer… here

The Phantom Ship
The Phantom Ship

 Gabe Moreno 2023

USA / 7 mins
A ghost ship arrives at London harbor, leaving behind only three pieces of written evidence from the final victims of the ship. In these letters and journals, we learn how the crew may have died.

Trailer… here  

The Return

Vadim Molachov 2023 Ukraine / 32 mins
Nikita is ready to give up on his conservative religious mother when explosions rock Kyiv, suddenly entangling Nikita's fractured faith with his survival and the survival of his mother, who hasn't picked up the phone since the war broke out.

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 Second Golden Age
The Second Golden Age, Challenges of Love /
Dojrzałe wyzwania w miłości

Mária Takács

2023

Hungary / 92 mins
An independent movie production from Hungary, called by its creators “a human-rights soap opera”. A couple of two middle-aged women and the stifling atmosphere of a little Hungarian town – will it eventuate in a witch-hunt?
A painter moves in with her partner, an art teacher. The rumours spread fast, the local public opinion boils and the librarian plans a reading from a famous children’s story book “A Fairytale for Everyone”, where Cinderella is Romany, while the Snow Queen is a lesbian.

The Secret Lives of Lesbians’ Cats

Kate Jessop 

2023

UK / 1.30 mins
How do exasperated felines escape from their humans’ relationship dramas?

The Table on Air: Watch Us Grow

Darisu Caffey,
Terrell Stanley,
Luis Roman,
DaShawna Wright,
Grecia Aguilar

2023

USA / 29 mins
In this special edition episode, our guest and host decide to get real personal and vulnerable with the community about how they're fighting for love as a Black LGBTQ+ couple. In the discussion, the two share background on how they have learned to support each other as partners during their long-term relationship, how they have balanced the woes of dating, and how they have practiced active communication to plan their future together.
Watch… here  

The Trip
The Trip

India Goss Maher

2023 

Australia / 16 mins
At the pointy end of a situationship and a sexuality crisis, Georgia and Jake are stuck on the side of the road with an overstepping hitchhiker on a trip that will either make or break them – or maybe both.

The Undetectable Wrestler
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... here 

The Valentines Express
The Valentine's Express / Expresso São Valentim

Guilherme Ayres,
Luiza Torres 
2023 Brazil / 15 mins
Love has always been present in Mabel’s life. By selling bus tickets at a bus station she forms couples by putting people sitting side by side to travel. 

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 Whisper 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.

The World According to Pussy Noir

Amy Oden

2023

USA / 24 mins
Pussy Noir, also known as Jason Barnes, is mounting a drag fashion show at the prestigious Kennedy Center. The show is an opportunity for Pussy to reflect on the history of drag, its roots in Black culture, and its exclusion from mainstream fashion and fine art.
Trailer… here

Then Suddenly Now
Then Suddenly Now /
Damals Plötzlich Jetzt

Mo & Melissa Jäger

2023

Germany / 26 mins
Pippa unexpectedly reunites with her ex Jael at her best friend's wedding. The encounter not only triggers memories of the end of their relationship, but also of the trauma they experienced together. When Pippa has a panic attack, Jael calms her down and Pippa understands that she needs to finally confront her fears.

There's a Light

Elisa Beli Borrelli

2023

Ireland / 5 mins
Abandoned in an unfamiliar place, a lonely partygoer teeters on the edge of an all-consuming, reality-warping breakdown.

They Them
They/Them

Phelian

 2023

India / 18 mins
A question on a dating app makes a lonely, 50-year-old non-binary person retrace their life, as they finally come to terms with their gender dysphoria.

This is Not You

Amara Ogara

2023

Nigeria / 33 mins
A lesbian couple, Lolo and Ade prepare to host their friends for their weekly bonfire night, but tension begins to simmer in their home as Lolo handles all the cooking while Ade offers minimal assistance, creating a growing imbalance. Despite the mounting tension, the couple strives to maintain a jovial atmosphere, engaging in heartfelt conversations about the challenges they face as queer individuals in Nigeria. Amidst the backdrop of laughter and clinking wine glasses.

This is To Be Understood

Yeliz Zaifoglu

 2023

Cyprus, UK / 4 mins
A short poetry documentary that delves into the complexities of Cypriot identity through miniDV and archive VHS footage from 2004. With poetry subtitles guiding the narrative, the film explores the importance of heritage in shaping individuals and serves as an homage to the filmmaker's childhood.
Trailer… here

This Light Is My Birthplace
This Light is My Birthplace

Shaun Soutar

2023

Canada / 14:28 mins
Two opposing TV signals compete for airtime. The usual narratives of trans identity touted by dominant media are disrupted by authentic stories from trans people.

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
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.

Tides Of Connection
Tides of Connection

Terra Kalena Graber,
Maya Westra

2023

Canada / 3:35 mins
Two teenagers have deep conversation through a message in a bottle and overtime develop feelings for each other.
Watch… here

Tidy Bed
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... here 

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.

To Be A Bruja
To Be a Bruja

Carolina Erives

2023

Mexico / 18 mins
Amanda Montejo is a trans woman, make up artist, Guadalupana and a witch. This documentary portrait explores different facets of her spirituality and fragments of her past, revealing the duality of her being.

Todas Las Vidas De Cristina Veneno
Todas las vidas de Cristina Veneno

Lautaro Arias Camacho

2023

Argentina / 9 mins
Un grupo de personas de la localidad de Chicoana, en la provincia de Salta, a través de la técnica del cadáver exquisito construye un cortometraje documental experimental que reúne relatos breves sobre momentos de la vida de la mítica travesti Cristina Veneno.
Watch… here

Todo Sobre Ti
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.

Tokophobia
Tokophobia

Scripter Beaumont

2023

USA / 2 mins
TOKOPHOBIA is an animated horror drama about a transgender man grappling with an abhorrent monstrosity inside him. Featuring an original musical score and scratch on film animation, this film is an exploration of the personal, the surreal, and the abject.
Trailer… here

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
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… here

Toxico
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. 

Trans Punk
Trans Punk

Margaret Anne Plumb

 2023

32 mins
A member of the trans community explores the hateful rhetoric and hyperbole surrounding the “transgender issue.” This intimate conversation, featuring those spewing the hate and those most affected by it, will aim to thrash, bash, and smash, this so-called “issue.

Trans Form
Trans-form

Luca Asta

2023

UK / 12 mins
From flesh to 3D printing, TRANS-FORM follows the journey of five trans+ individuals.

Transa Y Frontera Ensaio Sobre Imagenes Sidosas
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.

Transgenerations
Transgenerations

Brady Peeti

2023

New Zealand / 10 mins
In the face of rising anti-trans hate trans actress and singer Brady Peeti embarks on journey of discovery to chart the future by learning lessons from the past. In this eight part series Brady spends time with trans New Zealanders, ranging in age from their 70's to their 20's, to uncover how each generation built something beautiful and valuable for the next.
Watch… here

TRANSpassado - Corpos que retratam

Otávio Kaxixó

2023

Brazil / 27 mins
Cinco indígenas resolvem quebrar o tabu e falar sobre as relações homoafetivas dentro e fora dos territórios. A história é marcada principalmente por estudantes indígenas LGBTQIA+ da UFMG, onde elucidam processos de enfrentamento contra a LGBTfobia na contemporaneidade, transpassando marcas de uma história que pra muitos deveriam ser esquecidas. Hoje, falar que é indígena LGBTQIA+ é mais uma vez resistir pela sobrevivência de si e, ao mesmo tempo expressar as etapas da “aceitação”. Entre educação, cultura, religião, território e saúde mental, indígenas trazem à realidade as diversas potencialidades que estes assumem dentro das aldeias ao se autorreconhecerem enquanto indígenas LGBTQIA+. O medo da escuridão de uma sociedade fadada ao preconceito traz forma e coragem a esses indígenas que sonham em ser livres e libertos da heteronormatividade social. A expressão sexual não deve ser jaula.
Watch… here

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… here

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... here 

TRANSVERB

Oliê Cárdenas

2023

Brazil / 20 mins
Transcender o verbo, as designações. Resistir, ocupar e desconstruir.
Transexualidade e Cine Experimental.

Travessias
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… here

Trickle-down Economics

Sophie Ansell

 2023

UK / 1:30 min
Dating apps, late-stage capitalism and broken hearts. A film about spit, tears and austerity.
Watch… here

True Colors
True Colors

David J. Amado

2023

Portugal / 6 mins
Examining queer Black men's relationship to traditional masculinity and how societal expectations pressure them to conform and silence their true selves. Through four acts of fashion, each act symbolises a stage from repression to bold authenticity.
Watch… here

Turkish Hammam
Turkish Hammam

Yavuz Kurtulmuş

2023

Turkey, Austria / 9 mins
"Turkish CUM" is a six-minute experimental film celebrating the diversity of Turkish and Kurdish men. It juxtaposes intimate portraits against prevailing stereotypes, offering a fresh perspective on the beauty of masculinity in these cultures.

Tween Peek

Ayla Pierrot Arendt,
Alina Kopytsia,
Coco Schwarz

2023

Switzerland / 8 mins
The video „Tween Peek“ is a sensual poetic dream about dissolving into the other while piercing reflections of gender binarity and incorporating the space in between.

Twisted Distinction

Nicky Miller

2023

Germany / 7:18 mins
In the bustling city of Berlin, we encounter a diverse cast of characters. From a desperate longing for love in a nightclub toilet to a powerful and determined dancer, from a wanderer navigating the streets to a femme person seeking solace in wine, and from a person with a monster's face grappling with their inner demons – each of them is isolated in their losses, despairs, poverty, and longing for love. Despite their differences, they share a common desire to survive and find connection amidst the challenges of contemporary life.
Watch… here

Two Souls
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… here

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.

Ultra

Aura Sala Mallol

2023

Spain / 9 mins
Izan, a 14-year-old boy, is expelled from high school for bad behavior. In an environment with few resources, without the attention of teachers and family, the boy finds his only support in a group of radicalized young people. But he will soon realize that if he wants to continue hanging out with the gang, he will have to become one of them.
Trailer… here

Um Salto Alto
Um salto alto – a história da arte transformista do Distrito

Luis Plasmo

2023

Brazil / 126 mins
“Um salto alto – a história da arte transformista do Distrito Federal” é um documentário inédito que resgata os nomes e memórias de artistas que construíram a cena cultural LGBTQIAPN+ da capital do Brazil nos anos 60, 70, 80 e 90, até chegarmos nas drag queens atuais. O longa é resultado de um ano de pesquisa feita pelo jornalista Luís Plasmo, que também dá vida a drag LuShonda; com levantamento de arquivos preservados por instituições públicas e acervos pessoais de mais de 20 de personagens do DF, GO, SP, MG e da Europa, trazendo relatos de resistência e superação ao preconceito, ditadura, HIV/AIDS e uma série de questões à época para conquista de espaço e orgulho para as gerações de hoje.
Trailer… here  

Um Teto para 3

Eric Magda Lima

2023

Brazil / 10:45 mins
Uma história sobre o amor entre essas três pessoas, como elas se conheceram, seu primeiro encontro e sua nova casa.

Uma Tarde Pra Tirar Retrato
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... here

Unboxing Gender

Claire Bower,
Manuela Novoa Villada,
Shabnam Singla

 

Austria / 6 mins
Gender and its norms are so ingrained in our world, it can require us to put our “gender lenses” in order to see it. Unboxing Gender explores the ways gender influences our lives. The film’s protagonist is Kris, a professional boxer and gender researcher. Through Kris’ anecdotes and insightful reflections, the film explores how their gender identity has influenced their pathway in life - from becoming a boxer to entering academia, and the overlaps between the two. Unboxing Gender seeks to illustrate how gender shapes our interactions and decisions, whether or not we are conscious of it.
Watch… here

Unconditional 2023
Unconditional /
Ubetinget

Ulrikke Hopland,
Kaja Saltnes

 

Norway / 9 mins
Ylva and her best friend Rakel go to a party. When Ylva wakes up in the morning she is confused about the events of the night before.

Unless We Dance
Unless We Dance /
A menos que bailemos

Hanz Rippe Gabriele, Fernanda Pineda Palencia

2023

Columbia / 14 mins
jonathan (Bonays), an Afro dance teacher, undertakes an initiative to rescue young people from the crime that stalks Quibdo, a city with the highest homicide rates in Colombia. This is how Black Boys Choco emerged, a dance company where hundreds of young people face brutal destinies through a passion. UNLESS WE DANCE portrays union and dance as the greatest expression of shielding the Afro people, it is a tribute to their act of resilience and to all the lives that have been lost along the way.

Unmasking

 Florin Garzotto  2023

Switzerland / 21 mins
What is left of my bodymind when the neuronormative masks start to break? How could a neuroqueer world feel like? How can a collective glitch transform the status quo? “Unmasking” is a neuroqueer video essay inspired by the manifesto “Glitch Feminism” by Legacy Russell and shows the intersection of queer feminism and Disability Justice as the “glitch” awakens in neuroqueer unmasking and nourishes in Collective Care, Trans Liberation, Prison and Psychiatry Abolition and Neuroqueerness. 

Unnamed 2023
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… here

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
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
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… here

Uranian Sons
Uranian Sons

Miguel Martín Betancor

2023

Germany
Uranian Sons is a film that invites the audience to immerse themselves in the works of famous Spanish authors such as Federico García Lorca or Luis Cernuda. As a modern reinterpretation, the figure of the goddess of love Venus (Greek: Aphrodite) is placed in the center as the protagonist: here, however, as a figure who finds her origin in the open sea into which the cut-off testicle of Uranus previously fell.

Va Vis
Va, Vis et Vogue

Anouk Burel,
Nejma Bentrad

2023

France / 52 mins
Voguing—which mimics the poses of models from the renowned American fashion magazine Vogue—is much more than a dance style: it’s also a form of resistance against exclusion for LGBTQI+ communities. Created in the 1970s in New York by the Afro-Latinx and gay, trans community, the ballroom scene is now making its debut in La Réunion, an island where issues of homosexuality and gender are still taboo in most families.

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
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.

Vanishing Seattle: Queer the Land

Netsanet Tjirongo

2023 

USA / 14 mins
Vanishing Seattle: Queer the Land is the story of a changing neighborhood,gentrification and displacement, a tenacious community, and an unwavering dream.

Vapor Trails
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... here 

Veintiuno
Veintiuno

Christopher Bedolla

 2023

Mexico / 8:24 mins
Después de la escuela Verónica y Víctor toman el microbús para volver a casa, en él se encuentran con Mila y Nohemí, sus amigas. En el trayecto violentan a Verónica, lo que provoca que decida dar una lección al entorno que la rodea.
Trailer… here

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… here

Vestiges
Vestiges

Jofre Carabén,
Yoann De Montgrand

2023

France / 24 mins
Opening night in Bastia. Ezy Rippart, one of the leading actors of the show, shows up at the theatre terribly late after getting lost in the city in the footsteps of a past love. While doing his best to prepare for the show, the actor, overwhelmed by this memory, seems to lose ground.

Victor
Victor

Pierre Andreotti

2023

France / 5 mins
Au petit matin, Victor écoute un message de sa mère qui, après un énième mégenrage, le supplie de la rappeler.  Pour en trouver la force, il se projette dans des rêveries peuplées par son entourage pétri de bienveillance quant à sa transition.
Trailer… here

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
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 of Acid /
Visions d’Acide

Laurens Saint-Gaudens

2023

France / 10 mins
Rose is encircled by the penumbra of an opaque black depth. A menacing vision appears in the reflection of a mirror. Hunted by her own image, her reality collapses.

Visiting Johanna
Visiting Johanna /
Zu Besuch

Martin Weiss

 2023

Austria / 11:33 mins
Julia has traveled to Vienna, especially to surprise her sister Johanna at her art performance.
Johanna has rented a room for her feminist performance, hired two musicians and invited everyone she knows.
However, the vernissage apparently turns into a miserably unsuccessful evening, which might bring the two siblings closer together again.
Trailer… here

Voces Amigas
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... here 

Volver A Bailar
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... here 

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
Vreemdelingen

Rishi Chamman

2023

Netherlands / 14 mins
Hindustani Milan develops feelings for Syrian refugee Ahmed.

Wait Your Turn
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.

Was die andern denken

Anita Moresi

 2023

Switzerland / 7 mins
Lara loves Martha. The only things standing between their happiness are Lara's boyfriend, Martha's children and 20 years of life experience.

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 Here
We are here

Camila Flores Fernández

2023

Belgium / 23 mins
Este documental ofrece una visión de la experiencia de la migración LGBTQIA+ a través de la mirada de dos refugiados queer en diferentes etapas de este proceso en Bruselas. A través de un método de creación colectiva experimental, los migrantes pueden elegir cómo contar su historia. Este documental profundiza en cada paso del proceso, así como en cómo los migrantes queer forjan su espacio en el paisaje urbano en el que se encuentran. Al narrar y arrojar luz sobre sus orígenes, hacen visibles sus identidades, sus historias y a sí mismos, para establecer un sentido propio de pertenencia en su nuevo hogar.

We Are The Earth
We are the Earth

Zoé Rose

2023

France / 5 mins
Watch… here

We Are The Future
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… here

We have no faces /
Vi Har Inga Ansikten

Una Holmquist

 2023

Sweden / 4 mins
Människor är beroende av naturen men kan inte sluta att använda den. Det finns en vilja att kunna ge tillbaka men hur ger man tillbaka när man aldrig fått lära sig det?

English: People are dependent on nature but cannot stop using it. There is a desire to be able to give back, but how do you give back when you have never been taught?

Wedding March
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?

Weisser Riese
weisser riese

Lotte Luzie,
Felix Lari Struempel

2023

Germany / 5 mins
Perfectly styled on the way out, thrown ketchup-smeared chips on the way in, spilled a drink in the club. So what? Luckily there’s pinky WASH! By queers, for everyone.
Perfekt gestylt raus, auf dem Weg mit Ketchup beschmier- ten Pommes beworfen, im Club mit einem Drink bekleckert. Na und? Zum Glück gibt es pinky WASH! Von Queers, für alle.

Welcome to Roswell

StormMiguel Florez

2023

USA
A middle aged transgender filmmaker returns to his father’s birthplace of Roswell, New Mexico to document coming out to his family.  His partner’s obsession with the 1947 crash takes him and his film crew in a very different direction.

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… here

We‘re here. We‘re queer. Get used to it!

Kia Sciarrone

2023 

Iran, Austria / 3 mins
A survey of queer related topics restricted on the internet in countries around the world.
Trailer… here

What Are You Looking For
What are you looking for?

Iqran Rasheed

2023

Portugal / 15 mins
Deepak navigates queer dating and seeks genuine connection amidst superficial modern culture, breaking cinematic walls between actor, viewer, and director.

What Became of David Burkett poster
What Became of David Burkett?

Duane Michals

2023

USA / 3 mins
Memories of an old friend are filled with questions and longing.
Watch… here

what does it mean to change

Mika Sattler

2023 

Austria
Flashes of memory erupt layer over layer from nothingness. A persona appears. Or was it just a shadow? We dive back into nature. A shaky emotional surface just to enter the secrets of a body. Non-conforming. Going deep into the inner most moistness. Density. Digital textwaves break through the analog motion. Staggering motion - to give space - to give opportunity - to give a stage - to honesty. This is an intimate story of a persona. A possibility to exist. Questions asked. Love committed. An Analogue film exploring nooks and cracks of a body giving into the movement of the camera.

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.

Where Sleeping Dogs Lie

Lisa Chearles

2023

Singapore, UK / 16 mins
An exploration of the lengths one will go to for love and how readily we will bury the truth.

Whiterock
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… here

Who Am I Becoming
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.

Wissen Wann Es Zeit Ist Zu Gehen
Wissen, wann es Zeit ist zu gehen

Finn Neubert

2023 

Germany / 11 mins
Toni, trying to impress as the perfect daughter at a funeral, gets tangled up in lies jeopardizing her relationship with her family and her new acquaintance.

Women Dancing In The Night
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.

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.

Workout

Christopher Sylvan

2023

USA / 15 mins
When Jackson discovers his favorite HITT class is being taught by his ex, he must decide whether to throw in the towel or suck it up and work it out.

Worthy
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… here

WWJD
WWJD?

Sofia Voss

2023 

USA / 12:26 mins
On the morning of a date with her crush Ruth, 16-year-old Gertie wakes up with Jesus’ cross wounds on her hands and feet - panicked, she turns to her best friend Mary to help figure out what's going on.

Yes, it happens

Lyubov Vetrov,
Tanya Levi

2023

Russia / 15 mins
A short film from present day queer Russia. 

Yisrael is Lovesick poster
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… here

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.
Watch... here

You Are Here
You are Here

Sarah Hill

 2023

USA / 9 mins
This film portrays a nonlinear narrative of the alienating process of becoming pregnant as a trans and non-binary couple. The rabbit is the third character in the film, representing a multitude of histories in regards to pregnancy and eventually becomes the baby.

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.

Your Daughter /
Ta Fille

Déborah Biton

2023

France / 14 mins
After the death of her father, whom she didn’t really know, Clara goes to the theatre where he performed as a drag queen to gather his belongings. As the night unfolds, a sense of confusion sets in…

You Re Loved
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… here

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
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
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.