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2026 - UPDATED: April 2026

Most of these films are doing the festival circuit and haven't yet been entered into IMDb. And, a staggering amount will receive only one public screening.

Due to the massive quantity of short films being made and, sadly, the low quality of too many...only films with a poster will be included in this list. If filmmakers do not want to promote their films...then, neither do we!

Alice My Alice
Alice, My Alice

Léo Bernard

2026

France / 20 mins
Alice and Vincent seemingly have nothing in common. She's outgoing, radiant and adventurous, while he's morose, grumpy and withdrawn. From their strange encounter spawns a passionate, intense, almost visceral chemistry... A few years later, Alice ends their romance. Unable to come to terms with the end of the relationship, Vincent gradually begins to transform... 

Arlington
Arlington

Freddie Paull

2026

USA / 18 mins
After surviving a tragic act of violence, Arlington retreats to a remote cabin in Vermont, hoping to disappear into the quiet. His reclusive neighbor Owen carries his own unspoken grief, and their uneasy connection begins to blur the line between refuge and reckoning. As winter closes in, the two men are forced to confront the weight of what they’ve lost—and what it might take to return to the world. Arlington is a stark, intimate drama about trauma, guilt, and the fragile possibility of healing between strangers.

Baby Talk 2026
Baby Talk

Lizzie Cater

2026

Australia / 13 mins
In the summer of 1992, Leo and Amy drive the final leg of a road trip together. Taking the journey to openly be themselves, the spectre of Leo’s husband-to-be haunts their get away, as the closet looms on the other side.

Bestiaire
Bestiaire

Clara Monnain

2026

France / 21 mins
In a remote French village nestled in the mountains, Maxence is the last crystal blower in the village. But these crystals are slowly disappearing due to the construction of a highway. While Maxence relentlessly searches for the last blue crystal, the arrival of the mysterious Lana breaks her routine and brings to light an ancient, enigmatic bond. Relying on magical realism, Clara Monnain portrays the emergence of a deep relationship, shaped by ideals and dreams. Love becomes the place where an alternative world can be built, a world that stands in contrast to the decaying reality.

Bless Me Father
Bless Me, Father /
Benção, Pai

Ed Lopes

2026

Brazil / 17 mins
The film follows the story of Antônio (Ed Lopes), a gay evangelical man married to Sandra (Ayala Rossana), an equally devout housewife who lives under the silence and emotional control imposed by her husband. While Antônio brings male sex workers into their home during Sandra’s absence, as she attends religious services, she finds herself trapped in a reality where she has no voice or space to confront the psychological abuse she endures.

Canvas
Canvas

Max van Wijgerden

2026

Netherlands / 2:24 mins
Two transgender individuals reshape themselves, using creative tools to sculpt the bodies that feel right for them.

Coexist
Coexist

Angie Panganiban

2026 

USA / 11 mins
Jamie and Alicia, a former couple, meet in the recording booth in 2017 to discuss the rise and fall of their relationship. As their conversation progresses, they analyze the root problems of their separation and how being closeted in a new city caused codependency and identity issues. 6 years after this conversation, Jamie and Alicia meet back in the recording booth to share where they are now and what they have learned from each other.

Daphne And Pol
Daphne and Pol

Sergio Checa

2026

Spain / 17 mins
Dafne and Clara are two classmates in high school who are bullied because of their sexuality. Clara tries to stand up to her classmates’ homophobic criticism by normalizing her relationship with Dafne. However, the bullying doesn’t stop. 

Echoes Of Us
Echoes of Us

Sharik Atkinson

2026

USA / 10 mins
More than a breakup story — a meditation on memory, healing, and what it means to move forward. A rare, intimate glimpse into Black queer love in all its complexity.
Watch… here

Fetish 2026
Fetish

Malga Kubiak

2026

Sweden, Poland, Ukraine, France, Germany / 132 mins
An uncompromising manifesto of anger and anti-war resistance. The film dismantles the mechanisms through which violence circulates within systems of power, revealing how submission becomes spectacle and how the boundaries between witnessing, desire and control blur in the murky light of contemporary politics.

It is a wild, trashy ride from the legendary princess of the underground, Malga Kubiak. Punk camp, VHS grime, and an exaggerated, deliberately tacky aesthetic pulsing in direct opposition to bourgeois taste. In this orgy of images, aggression meets intimacy, lust flirts with politics, and a community of queer artists transforms a personal scream into a collective manifesto against imperialism and war.

Flirt 2026
Flirt

Aisling Kane,
Louis Flanagan

2026

Ireland / 12 mins
Flirt is an LGBTQ+ coming-of-age short film that explores first relationships, heartbreak, isolation and the social dynamics of late secondary school years. It focuses on Kev, whose debs night is turned on its head, when a secret threatens to devastate his relationship and future plans.

From Male And Female
From Male and Female

Bassem Ben Brahim

2026

Tunisia / 12 mins
Salima, 15, accidentally discovers that she is intersex. A young ballerina, she escapes into an imaginary world where the Buraq — a mythical creature — becomes her guide. Together, they travel through a parallel universe in search of a buried truth: her identity, and the essence of who she is.

Heavy Metal Dream Police
Heavy Metal Dream Police

Neel Shah

2026

USA / 14 mins
A surreal sci-fi love story about two queer physics students who bond over a love of an action movie franchise - and how badly they want the two main characters to kiss.

Hell Is Cool
Hell is Cool

Baby Boudwin

2026

New Zealand / 4:20 mins
This story follows Blue, a human who lives in a Christian Nationalist world. When they unexpectedly die, they fall into a void where they receive God's Judgement.  Once in Hell, Blue is greeted by the Grim Reaper and upon being given a tour, they start to notice that nobody, in fact, is being tortured or punished in this version of Hell. Turns out it's actually pretty cool and eternity is just one big party.

I Wanna Feel
I Wanna Feel

Coco Bond

2026

UK / 3 mins
A trans drag queen navigates the end of a relationship that has suppressed their creative spirit, finding their way back to the stage and to themselves. Filmed in Plymouth's queer district at Vault72 nightclub, 'I Wanna Feel' is a celebration of self-acceptance, emotional rebirth, and the quiet defiance of choosing yourself. Dripping with queer culture, the video blends intimate cinematic storytelling with soulful, transformative performance. A love letter to anyone who has ever lost themselves and found their way back.

Inheritance
Inheritance

Mohammad Awad

2026

Australia / 15 mins
After the news of his father’s passing, Ameen must face old demons when he returns to the family home he was kicked out of as a teenager – his kind-of-sort-of boyfriend (Zoe Terakes, Talk to Me) in tow.

Joshua Tree (part 2)
Joshua Tree (Part 2)

Tiffani Marie,
Gelli Pascual

2026

USA / 7:22 mins
Death teaches us the meanings of love. Centered on two Black queer lovers, it reimagines Black death as a beautiful dark portal, a sacred return shaped by how one has lived. Time moves like memory and spirals as the lovers share their first and last conversation, a single six-minute exchange that feels like a lifetime. Joshua Tree is an elegy, and it is our offering, a remembering of Black death as beautiful and of love as a reverent act.

La Liga
La Liga

Guillermo Rodriguez Duran

2026

Spain / 5 mins
Paco y Dani son pareja de pádel. Durante la pandemia del COVID reflexionan si tan solo están juntos por la liga o por algo más.

Mirror Mirror
Mirror, Mirror /
Espelho Meu

David E. Teixeira

2026

Portugal / 5 mins
Reality doesn't always live in the mirror.
Trailer… here

Mishas Girl
Misha's Girl

Isabel G. Afonso

2026

Spain
A lesbian teenager proposes to a classmate in front of her boyfriend.
Trailer… here

Phobosplunker
Phobosplunker

Bee Mulvihill

2026

Ireland / 4 mins
A hungry inventor must traverse the inside of her own mind in order to track down the source of sudden, wormy hallucinations.

Quinn
Quinn

Gianluca Mangiasciutti, Stefano Usberghi

2026

Italy / 20 mins
After surviving a sexual assault, Quinn, a young person exploring their identity, decides to track down their attacker. A tense story about anger, reclaiming agency, and pushing beyond the boundaries of fear.
Trailer… here

Eclats
Shards /
Éclats

 Lorette Nyssen 2026 

France / 14 mins
Lou spends her summer locked up in a clinic specialised in eating disorders. When her doctor refuses to grant her a day pass, she lets the pretty Esther convince her to sneak out in the middle of the night.

Takapapa
Takapapa

Briar Rose,
Jordan Walker

2026

Aotearoa / 12 mins
TAKAPAPA is an indigenous queer short documentary that shares the personal story of Jordan Walker navigating what it means for them to get puhoro as takatāpui.
Trailer… here

Take It Or Leave It
Take it or Leave it

Alex Chacon

2026

USA / 3 mins
This music video speaks to the all-too-common matter of people dealing with rejection simply because they have decided to be true to themselves, to be authentic and be who they are. It is a project designed to bring hope, energy and resilience to those who are marginalized and minimized by others who choose to, nor cannot accept them or make any attempt to understand and love them. Our target audience it turns out to be the emerging generations.

The Love Train
The Love Train

KWABE

2026

USA / 10 mins
Two young Black queer men cross paths during a quiet night and form an unexpected connection. A soft, intimate film about presence, possibility, and Black love.
Watch… here

Tiao Personal Dancer
Tião Personal Dancer

Aristótelis Tothi

2026

Brazil / 23 mins
TGIF! There is forro all over the city. Tiao, a professional dancer, works in ballrooms around the city. While Reginaldo and Cida hit the dance floor waiting for the night to bring a little something extra.

Understanding Myself As An Amphibian
Understanding Myself as an Amphibian

May Caroline Matchim

2026

Canada / 63 mins
Understanding Myself as an Amphibian is a Queer ecology documentary that explores the sexual diversity of the wildlife around us. Director May Matchim draws connections between these incredible species and her own journey accepting her Transness.

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Voice Shift

Roberto Duque

2026

UK / 25 mins
Voice Shift follows trans women as they seek a voice that reflects their gender identity. Guided by a trans vocal coach, the film weaves together stories from different stages of people’s journeys. But this film is more than an exploration of vocal technique, this is a social commentary on the power and politics of voice. This documentary was commissioned by both Aesthetica Magazine and Audible after winning The Listening Pitch 2025, by answering this year’s programme question: “What can we hear if we listen right now?”
Trailer… here

We Keep Us Safe
We Keep Us Safe - Qween Jean

Shawn Angela Batey

2026

USA
Profiles Qween Jean, a trans activist fighting for trans visibility in the Black Lives Matter Movement. WE KEEP US SAFE provides a personal journey of activism in the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

We Kissed Once
We Kissed Once

Sharik Geneve

2026

USA / 5 mins
Best friends TJ and Toshi are on the hunt for a kiss in NYC.
Watch… here

 

The Ultimate Lesbian/WLW Film Survey 2026!

Sapphic Iff

 SapphicIFF is inviting audiences and filmmakers to take part in a short survey that will help shape the future of lesbian and sapphic film.

Across the world, hundreds of lesbian and sapphic films are made each year. Many are hard to find, only available at festivals, or disappear entirely after a short window. We have big plans to improve access, sustainability and long term availability, but before moving forward we want to better understand what people actually watch, where they find films, and what gets in the way.

This survey is part of a wider piece of research that will feed into a 2026 report on lesbian and sapphic film, combining audience insight with filmmaker experiences and industry data. The aim is to identify challenges, highlight gaps, and support better outcomes for both viewers and creators.

The survey explores topics including:

• What kinds of lesbian and sapphic films people watch
• Preferences around short films and feature films
• Where films are discovered and accessed
• Awareness of why some films are not widely available
• Pricing, value and sustainability
• Future models for supporting access and distribution

It takes around 15 to 20 minutes to complete. Responses are anonymous and will be used in aggregate. At the end of the survey there will be a small gift available as a thank you for your time and insights.

If you would like to take part, you can access the survey here:

https://airtable.com/appr7AshhBjYaI0Cj/pagmYf20WvLJmdLN3/form 

The survey is open through end of May 2026.

Your voice matters. Whether you watch films, make them, or both, your experience will help inform future plans and practical improvements across the lesbian and sapphic film landscape. We also appreciate if you can share this; as the size and breadth of recipients is key to its success. We’re hoping to reach lesbian and bisexual film audiences and creators around the world so we can maximise the impact of this report.

Thank you for taking the time to contribute.

Five Films For Freedom 2026

Five Films For Freedom 2026

We're excited to announce the programme for this year, with films come from Brazil, France, UK, USA/Mexico and Vietnam. 

Watch the trailer and read about the programme below, and look out for the launch on 18 March across our channels.

I Hate Helen

Directed by Katie Lambert (UK)

Priya hates Helen. She hates her in the canteen. Hates her in science. Especially hates her at swimming. Mostly, Priya hates the way Helen makes her feel. A short film about the tidal wave of gay lust some girls feel in school and letting those feelings just wash over you.

Rag Dolls

Directed by Amy Adler (USA/Mexico)

Married couple Rosalinda (born with spina bifida) and Diana (who has cerebral palsy) navigate life in Puebla, Mexico, where disability intersects with discrimination and poverty. Abandoned by family, underserved by government support systems, and facing persistent homophobia, the women have built a life centred on mutual care and protection. Observing a single ordinary day, the film follows their routines, a romantic date, and moments of reflection on their enduring love.

Room 206

Directed by Laurie Bisceglia (France) 

After undergoing gender-affirming surgery, Clair no longer cares what the world thinks. Reclaiming his body becomes a path toward self-recognition for the first time in his life. This documentary accompanies him not only through physical change, but towards emotional renewal and a new beginning.

Sweat (Mô Hôi)

Directed by Edward Nguyen (Vietnam)

On the eve of leaving rural Vietnam, farm worker Hung prepares to illegally cross the border in search of refuge abroad. Defined by routine and labour, his final day with Hoang, a fellow worker, reshapes his understanding of desire, intimacy and selfhood.

Theo

Directed by Monica Palazzo & Jo Galvv (Brazil)

Brazil, 1986. During the World Cup, seven-year-old Theo quietly navigates school life while defying rigid gender expectations. Between silence and rebellion, they begin inventing their own way of existing.

TEDDY AWARD - THE WINNERS

40. TEDDY AWARD – The Queer Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival
THE WINNERS
The five members of the international jury view films of queer interest within all sections of
the Berlinale. Films are nominated and one wins for each of the categories: best feature
film, best documentary/essay film and the best short film. The jury furthermore presents the
TEDDY Jury Award.

The TEDDY for the Best Feature Film goes to:

Ivan & Hadoum

Ivan & Hadoum - Ian de la Rosa
Jury statement:
For showing us a love story whose boundaries can only be defined by those brave enough to
tear them down. For showing us a love story that rises above social and moral barriers,
capturing the essence of human feeling in a moving, provocative, and unforgettable story.

The TEDDY for the Best Documentary Film goes to:

Barbara Forever

Barbara Forever - Brydie O’Connor
Jury statement:
This compelling documentary traces the evolution of a visionary filmmaker for whom living a
lesbian life and finding adequate representation thereof were inseparable from her
experimental practice. Weaving interviews with segments of her work, filmmaker Brydie
O’Connor vividly evokes the life and legacy of Barbara Hammer. In doing so, the film carries
forward her enduring commitment to opening her art to a new generation of filmmakers.

The TEDDY for the Best Short Film goes to:

Taxi Moto

Taxi Moto - Gaël Kamilindi
Jury statement:
Forbidden to tell the love story between two men in his own country, a filmmaker embarks
on a transformative journey to reclaim his narrative. As reality and fiction blurrs this short
film celebrates the boundless imagination of cinema.

The TEDDY Jury Award goes to:

Trial Of Hein

Der Heimatlose / Trial of Hein - Kai Stänicke
Jury statement:
Moving Between certainty and doubts, between who we are and who others believe us to
be, a thought-provoking work, which explores the fragile nature of identity and the elusive
terrain of memory. Precise in its vision and confident in its storytelling the film lingers as a
compelling meditation on the enduring mysteries of who we are.


 

John Waters' Best Movies of 2025

New York City is the only place you might have been able to see all of my top ten this year. Thank the higher and lower powers (and maybe even the film gods) for the New York Film Festival, revival houses that often do better business with crackpot art films than supposed commercial blockbusters, and all the film nuts still out there who commute to the city to worship at the altar of alternative cinema. Just think, Jim Jarmusch, Richard Linklater, Gus Van Sant, Kathryn Bigelow, Spike Lee, and Paul Thomas Anderson all got their signature-style films financed and distributed — amazingly wonderful! Here are my fucked-up favorites; they need all the help they can get.

1. Eddington (Ari Aster)

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Photo: Richard Foreman/A24/Everett Collection

My favorite movie of the year is a disagreeable but highly entertaining tale as exhausting as today’s politics with characters nobody could possibly root for. Yet it’s so terrifyingly funny, so confusingly chaste and kinky that you’ll feel coo-coo crazy and oh-so-cultural after watching. If you don’t like this film, I hate you.

2. Final Destination: Bloodlines (Adam B. Stein, Zach Lipovsky)

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Photo: Warner Bros./Everett Collection

The best sequel to the coolest cinematic franchise ever. Ferocious, fractured, and filled with so many scary, twisted surprises—this picture goes beyond trash into a new realm of exploitation art.

3. Oslo Trilogy (Dag Johan Haugerud)

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Photo: Strand Releasing

Three terrific Norwegian films directed by the newest heir to Ingmar Bergman’s throne concerning how complicated yet hopeful and similar all homo and hetero loves and lusts really are. The smartest dialogue about romance in a long, long time.

4. Sirāt (Oliver Laxe)

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Photo: Neon

Move over, Mad Max. Hurry up, The Wages of Fear. This jaw-droppingly exciting new cinematic road trip to a rave party in the deserts of war-torn Morocco makes those classics look like slowpokes. Tragedy after tragedy of unspeakable intensity make this script the best feel-bad acid adventure ever filmed. It’ll blow your mind … [spoiler alert] literally.

5. Sauna (Mathias Broe)

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Photo: Breaking Glass Pictures

Like a modern-day Andy Warhol’s Trash, this sexy and well-acted first feature is about an affair between a hunky, hip gay male who works in a Copenhagen bathhouse cleaning out glory holes and a trans man who now identifies as gay. Cockeyed cunnilingus — a whole new frontier to consider?

6. Room Temperature (Dennis Cooper, Zac Farley)

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Photo: Anna Sanders Films

A purposely tedious and tender poetic head-scratcher of a film focusing on a family setting up their neighborhood home for a Halloween horror house. Just when you begin hating this film, you’ll suddenly realize—huh? I love it. It’s weird, creepy, and maybe … just maybe, great.

7. Misericordia (Alain Guiraudie)

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Photo: Janus Films/Everett Collection

An impossibly perverse thriller where murder, closet incest, and the inappropriate attraction to one guilty man collide, leaving the audience stunned by sexual plot twists and a lulu of an ending. Yikes! This one’s off the rails!

8. When Fall Is Coming (François Ozon)

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Photo: Music Box Films

A touching (and when have you ever heard me use that word?), nonjudgmental drama about a retired whore and her kind but rage-filled, down-low gay grown son, who gets out of prison and teaches her that maybe murder is the right thing to do.

9. My Mom Jayne (Mariska Hargitay)

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Photo: Alamy/HBO

A top rate documentary that reveals secret after secret about Jayne Mansfield and her family that will push you to the edge of your seat and possibly make you cry.

10. The Empire (Bruno Dumont)

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Photo: Kino Lorber

I’m not a fan of science fiction, but when a brutalist spaceship lands in northern France in this film, I fell to my knees to worship the mutant deities onboard. I didn’t realize this script was supposed to be funny until I read the press notes after viewing. It is. Sort of. Not funny ha-ha. Not funny peculiar. But funny ha-ha peculiar, just like the director.

2025 - UPDATED: April 2026

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

Due to the massive quantity of short films being made and, sadly, the low quality of too many...only films with either a trailer and/or a poster will be included in this list. If filmmakers do not want to promote their films...then, neither do we!

Film festivals ought to be more discerning when they choose the short films they screen.


TwoMoms
#TwoMoms

Satoko Nagamura

2025

Japan / 89 mins
This documentary follows four female same-sex couples in Japan as they build their families through assisted reproductive technology. Each couple faces discrimination and legal challenges, and the film portrays the common joys and struggles of becoming parents, as well as the additional trials of being an LGBTQ+ family in modern Japan. Uniquely, this film is shot by a lesbian mother who is also navigating her own journey through parenthood. It invites viewers to reflect on the hidden diversity of families within Japanese society.

20 15 Mexico
20:15 MEXICO DF (fleeting nature of time.)

 Alejandro Di MeglioIn 2025 

Argentina / 6 mins
In the vibrant heart of Mexico City, two women meet and begin a tender, reflective journey together. Through intimate conversations, they explore themes of memory, love, and the passage of time. Their connection becomes a window through which they gaze not only at their present but also at the infinite possibilities of their past and future.  

4 Better Or 4 Worse
4 Better or 4 Worse

Ronjay-C Fernandez Mendiola 2025

Philippines / 17 mins
Trapped in an abusive home and desperate to live as her true self, Jennifer risks everything to transition using unsafe black market hormones. When she reaches the verge of death, her chosen family, Barbara, Tintoy, and Bianca, step in, joining beauty pageants to raise money for her survival.

6f Deceit
6ft Deceit

Lucy Turner Sparrow 2025

UK / 8 mins
Brutally attacked on their anniversary, as two women bury their attacker in the woods, they reminisce on last night’s events.

A Dolls House
A Doll’s House

José Rafael Vélez,
José Antonio Alameda
2025

Puerto Rico / 23 mins
Documentary short film that unveils the work of Alfonso Muñoz Alma: a queer artist who, from childhood, transformed dolls and everyday finds into worlds of imagination and resistance. Forged in New York’s Puerto Rican diaspora, his work challenges heteronormative visual culture and boldly brings Puerto Rican women and the LGBTQ+ community into artistic spaces historically dominated by men.
En esta reflexión sobre identidad, memoria e imaginación, el artista Alfonso Muñoz Alma reimagina la cultura visual desde una infancia queer marcada por la complicidad materna. Usando casas de muñecas y objetos reciclados, su obra inserta figuras LGBTQ+ y mujeres puertorriqueñas en espacios tradicionalmente masculinos.

A Dream Fulfilled
A Dream Fulfilled

Kaia Egritepe 2025

Ireland / 4 mins
A protagonist struggling with inner turmoil spirals into isolation before a reflective journey with their younger self reveals new perspectives.
Watch… here

A Few Pieces Of Us
A Few Pieces of Us /
Quelques Morceaux De Nous

Adèle Dobin 2025

France / 17:33 mins
Before moving out, three roommates spend one last evening in the flat they shared. These last moments bring back memories of the good and bad times spent within these walls, their fears for the future and a reflection on the traces we leave in the places we inhabited.

A Furry Tale
A Furry Tale

Kir Siegumfeldt 2025

Norway / 19 mins
We are invited into the intimate world of a queer couple within the Furry fandom – a subculture where individuals embrace anthropomorphic animal personas through art, costume, and community. 

A Glimmer In The Maw
A Glimmer in the Maw

Camren Missimer 2025

USA / 4:40 mins
In attempt to prove their bravery, two young mice venture into an (allegedly) abandoned dungeon.

A Kin Sin
A Kin Sin

Gulzar

2025

Canada / 6 mins
While giving an oiled scalp massage to a friend, filmmaker Gulzar seeks to understand their gender amidst their familial and cultural wishes.

A Microphone In The Head
A Microphone in the Head /
Mikrofon Peas

Robert Raska Ly

2025

Estonia / 13 mins
Joonas is dead. But through a haunted karaoke mic, he asks his heartbroken fiancée to take him to his mother… so he can finally come out to her – a secret the fiancée never saw coming.

A Night On The Footpath
A Night on the Footpath

Bharat Duvvada

2025 

India / 28 mins
A thought-provoking story about the struggles and strength of a transgender individual navigating life through challenging circumstances.
Trailer… here

A Thousand Waves Away
A Thousand Waves Away

Helena Wittmann

2025 

Germany / 10 mins
There is worry in the air. The earth trembles in a garden, some people feel it with their touch, with their hearing, and suddenly they are lost. The world becomes a fan of clues, but they all seem inane, empty. Sensations carry us far away with the force of thousands of waves.
An enigma signed with the very recognizable style of Helena Wittmann, a use of film that is the more tactile the more the senses become deceptive, the more touch sight and hearing say nothing but the happening of things, and the parameters with which we evaluate reality are lost, depending on the point of view, in a world of possibilities or in an abyss.
Trailer… here

O Ultimo Cigarro De Uma Mulher
A Woman's Last Cigarette /
O Último Cigarro de uma Mulher

Lia Fortes

2025

Brazil / 15 mins
A young adult woman decides to quit smoking after her ex, during their breakup, accuses her of not being able to control her impulses. Confronted with her own decision, the Woman faces unexpected challenges, as the absence of pleasure gives way to questioning her entire lifestyle.
Uma jovem adulta decide parar de fumar quando sua ex, durante o término, a acusa de não saber controlar as suas vontades. Frente à sua própria decisão, Mulher se depara com impasses inesperados, à medida que a abstinência do prazer abre espaço para o questionamento de todo seu estilo de vida.

Aca Arriba
Acá arriba

Carlos Castro

2025

Puerto Rico / 19 mins
Una semana después de su ruptura amorosa, Venecio decide regresar al bar que solía frecuentar con su expareja. Mientras se sumerge en la melancolía y el alcohol, conoce a un joven que transforma el rumbo de su noche. Acá arriba es un drama íntimo sobre el duelo, la conexión inesperada y la posibilidad de un nuevo comienzo.

All American Ruins
All-American Ruins: Universal Atlas Cement Plant

Angel Gates Fonseca

2025 

USA / 12 mins
Follow multidisciplinary artist Blake Pfeil as he recounts the bittersweet end of a relationship while exploring the abandoned Universal Atlas Cement Plant that overlooks the banks of the Hudson River. HUDSY Original All-American Ruins: Universal Atlas Cement Plant explores the healing power of human forgiveness through fantastical, queer storytelling. Using personal journals about his experiences exploring modern ruins, Blake shines a light on the cultural, historical, and spiritual underbelly of America. This is the third installment of the HUDSY Original Anthology All-American Ruins.
Trailer… here

Alyssum
Alyssum

Alex King

2025

USA / 6:26 mins
Alyson is trying to craft the perfect bouquet for her wife, Lilith. Overwhelmed by anxiety and self-doubt, she battles her inner critic. As she spirals deeper into self-doubt, she must decide: will she push forward and embrace imperfection, or will her fears consume her?

American Mamas
American Mamas

Tony Ferraiolo

2025 

USA / 9 mins
In the aftermath of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, three Connecticut mothers discuss their fears and share their outlook for the future with trans-activist Tony Ferraiolo. For anyone feeling helpless or scared right now, this discussion is meant to inspire hope. 
Trailer… here

Americana
Americana

Agarb Braga

2025

Brazil / 20 mins
At the Marambaia Police Station, Bryanna, better known as Americana, waits with her friends for questioning by the detective who must piece together what happened at the city playground, where chaos and confusion erupted in a fight that ended with the police getting involved.

Cinco amigas são detidas após uma briga em praça pública motivada por uma traição. Na delegacia, durante os depoimentos, segredos vêm à tona, revelando verdades inesperadas.

An Act Of Love
An Act of Love

Stephan Stelman

2025

USA / 14 mins
Imagine you have discovered that your husband is not straight, but actually bisexual; however, instead of feeling betrayed or hurt, you decide to open the marriage by adding another man to the mix? Molly, David’s wife, comes to this very realization, and as An Act of Love, she is helping their love grow stronger rather than dividing them. This short puts a different perspective on a common story.

An Ex In Provence
An Ex in Provence

Sofia Chapman

2025

Australia / 26 mins
Provence is the best place to break up, as lavender helps one sleep. Yet lavender has been banned due to allergies when Therese and Reggie arrive, seeking culture and to rekindle their relationship.
Trailer… here

An Extraterrestrial Exchange
An Extraterrestrial Exchange

Ash Bieber

2025

USA / 4 mins
An alien student enrolled in an exchange program comes to Earth to experience a real life human school. However, upon arrival they are quick to be othered by the terrible, horrifying beasts known as middle schoolers. An unsuccessful attempt at fitting in later, they are approached by a lone boy that knows exactly how it feels to fall outside of the norm.
Trailer… here

Ancestor 2025
Ancestor /
Dédé

Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume

2025

UK / 4 mins
Examining the divine female figure in West African sculpture through an exploration of the director/animator’s Bété ancestry, drawing upon the spiritual iconography of the Bété people.
Trailer… here

And A Whisper Will Be Heard
And a Whisper Will Be Heard

Yuval Parnass-Mader 

2025

Israel / 22 mins
Adi, 14, was born into a gay co-parenting family. As he grows up, the tense balance at his father’s home begins to crack. When their relationship is put to the test, Adi faces his world, and his home, upended.

Andro
Andro

Dominik Gasser

 

Germany / 27 mins
Andro Dadiani's political performances dissect the oppression by state and church in Georgia. As a queer, non-binary protest and performance art figure, their identity remains a secret. The danger of open resistance is too great.

Anita Louise And The Wild Women
Anita Louise and the Wild Women

 Arena Alamino 2025 

Canada / 12 mins

A beloved photographer reflects on her 50 years documenting the Nova Scotian queer community, including “Wild Women Don’t Get The Blues”—an intimate camping getaway for lesbian and bisexual women in the 80s & 90s.
Trailer… here

Anziety
Anziety

David O Carroll

2025

Ireland/ 10 mins
A frank yet inviting conversation with Ian, as he tells his story of overcoming darkness and embracing self-expression as drag artist Anziety.
Trailer… here

Aqui Donde Soy
Aquí donde soy

Daniel Braga

2025

Spain / 22 mins
Aquí donde soy is an intimate portrait of three LGBTQ+ people from Asturias, whose stories are intertwined with the spaces they inhabit and the desire to go to where everything seems to happen: the big city.
Retrato íntimo de personas LGTBIQ+ del medio rural de Asturias que reflexiona sobre identidad, pertenencia y territorio. A través de entrevistas honestas, el documental explora cómo los espacios que habitamos moldean quiénes somos y cómo el anhelo de la gran ciudad aparece como promesa de libertad, visibilidad y nuevas posibilidades.
Trailer… here

Artifice
Artifice

Theo Rose

2025

USA / 12 mins
A mystic woman oscillates between performance and projection until she meets her shadow at a local coffee shop (or it’s about a girl being haunted by a pronoun, depending on who you ask).
Trailer… here

As If Once Again
As If Once Again /
Encore Désolé

Mert Er  2025 

France / 8 mins
While caring for his mother with Alzheimer’s, Guillaume shares old photographs that trigger memories, forcing him to confront her painful reactions to his sexuality.

At Arms Length
At Arm’s Length

August Broussard 2025

USA / 5 mins
When a neurotic teen asks his best friend to break his arm for prescription meds, what starts as a twisted favor spirals into an absurd test of loyalty — with consequences neither of them is quite prepared for.

Auntie
Auntie
(Ten Poem Project)

Nakoa Taggart,
Gabriel Vazquez
2025

USA / 4 mins
Ten Poem Project is a hybrid dance film that brings together poetry, movement, and lived testimony to explore migration, identity, and artistic resilience. Emerging from a larger practice-as-research monograph, the film weaves choreographic performance with personal narrative, poetic text, and visual storytelling. Rooted in the experiences of migrant dancers in the United States, Ten Poem Project reflects on displacement, survival, and the transformative power of dance as both testimony and archive. The work blurs the boundaries of scholarship and art, creating a visceral meditation on how bodies remember and reimagine home across cultures.

B And S
B and S

Lipika Singh Darai

 2025

India / 30 mins
A personal essayistic documentary that explores the beauty and depths of friendship between B and S. While going through corridors of loneliness, as they struggle with their immediate world that refuses to see them for who they are, friendship becomes the idea of home and family, where the deepest connections and belongingness are found. The filmmaker introduces this tender friendship to her late grandaunt through imaginary conversations that carry in them fragments of shared love and longings, drawing intimate connections between human and non-human worlds.
Trailer… here

Babyspice
Babyspice

 Anouk Rubens 2025 

Belgium / 17 mins
Babyspice is the story of someone caught in the aftermath of a breakup. Rather than running from the pain, she chooses to welcome it.

Bacterial Forest
Bacterial Forest /
Bosque de Bacterias

Enzo Monzón 2025

Argentina / 19 mins
Orchid is the new Adult Sex Education teacher at High School 69. An unexpected position in her final year of teaching.
This isn't a normal school; the evolving diversity and free teaching will transform her life.

Bagua
Bagua

Mish Keating  2025 

Australia / 13 mins
A young Chinese woman’s obsession with feng shui spirals out of control as she tries to protect her girlfriend from an evil spirit.

Ballade En Boite Berlinoise
Ballade en Boîte Berlinoise

Clothaire Hanania

2025

Germany / 4:41 mins
Marlene throws herself into Berlin’s vibrant nightlife to get closer to her crush. Between beats, ecstatic dancing, and an unexpected high, a wild, unforgettable night unfolds with a happy ending.

Bare 2025
Bare

Daniel Tout

2025

UK / 9 mins
A contemporary short film set in Plymouth.
Late into the night, an anxious Kai invites a stranger over for a hook-up. He may be looking for connection, but is he ready for it?

Bazooka
Bazooka /
Lança-foguete

William Oliveira

 2025

Brazil / 16 mins
Set against the backdrop of mysterious abductions across Brazil, a mother and her son struggle with affection and grief when one of their loved ones, the young trans woman Diná, becomes one of the victims.

Levi e sua mãe lidam com o luto de uma pessoa querida depois que Diná, uma jovem trans, ter sido uma das vítimas de misteriosas abduções extraterrestres que ocorreram na cidade do Recife.
Trailer… here

Be Not Afraid
Be Not Afraid

Maxwell Senter

2025

USA / 12 mins
Oliver must either confront his religious fears immortality or succumb to the grim fate of eternal damnation that awaits him.

Bebe 2025
Bebe

 Raphael Pranga,
 Ashcon Nejad
 2025

USA / 5 mins
Bebe follows a trans model’s journey from a small town in Maine to the runaways of Paris, balancing fame, family, and the fight to simply exist. Told entirely in her own words, it’s a raw and poetic portrait of identity, survival, and becoming.
Trailer… here

Because Of You
Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo

Barbara Malaran, Desireena Almoradie

2025

USA / 41 mins
Because of You tells the story of queer Filipnxs who, in 1990s NYC, built a joyful, defiant community against racism and lesbophobia. Through archival footage, it celebrates love, protest, and reunion.
Trailer… here

Better Man
Better Man /
Lepší člověk

Eliška Jirásková  2025 

Czech Republic / 6 mins
Three men use bodybuilding to heal trauma, fight low self-esteem, and cope with the pressures tied to male body ideals.
Trailer… here

Beyond The Mirror
Beyond the Mirror /
Gewoon Renee

Renée Hildesheim  2025 

The Netherlands / 11 mins
A poetic documentary following performer, thinker, and activist Renée on a personal and political journey through Amsterdam and Berlin. As an ongoing project to create layered, multifaceted portraits of individuals living beyond normative gender and sexual frameworks, this short is an intimate meditation on gender, space, and the desire to be truly seen.

Birth Of The Hive Queen
Birth of the Hive Queen

Tempest Creation

2025

USA / 9 mins
Amina, a trans sex worker, gives birth out of her anus. 

Black Shawl
Black Shawl /
Czarna Chusta

Kamila Boichenko

2025

Poland / 26 mins
Lesya and her daughter Anya are living in a refugee camp, grappling with the torment of blackmail related to the disappearance of Lesya’s husband, who went missing during the war a year ago. In the camp, Lesya reconnects with her old friend Maria, a widow who, like Lesya, is haunted by the loss of a loved one. As their bond deepens, the women find solace in each other’s shared grief. However, Anya begins to suspect that her mother’s relationship with Maria is evolving into something more than just a friendship.
Trailer… here

Bodyrebuilding
Bodyrebuilding

Vivek Shraya

2025

Canada / 11 mins
How diversity work led to chronic pain and a journey to healing through weightlifting.

Bones 2025
Bones

Kai Shepherd

2025

UK / 10 mins
Bones is a raw and emotionally resonant short film that dives into the psyche of Ren, a non-binary teenager grappling with their identity in the face of political hostility, internalized doubt, and generational misunderstanding. When a televised anti-trans speech triggers a spiral of painful memories and inner turmoil, Ren is forced to confront the voices, both real and imagined, that question their existence. Within this darkness, a powerful thread of familial love and self-affirmation begins to emerge. Through a surreal blend of memory, mindscape, and grounded reality, Bones becomes a defiant reflection on selfhood and the resilience of chosen truth.
The film offers a timely and intimate exploration of gender, acceptance, and the power of unconditional love, crafted to spark conversation and connection in a world still learning how to listen.

Born At Night
Born at Night /
Ferides / Blessures

 Alba Cros  2025  

Spain / 18 mins

A rebirth in the middle of the night through the first encounter between Saó and Juliana, where vulnerability and seduction intertwine to pave the way for a promising tomorrow.
Une renaissance au milieu de la nuit à travers la première rencontre entre Saó et Juliana, où vulnérabilité et séduction s’entremêlent pour ouvrir la voie à un avenir prometteur.

Break Everything
Break Everything /
Tout Casser

Célia Mebroukine  2025 France / 23 mins
Farah lets a new thirst for justice guide her life after the case against her best friend for rape was dismissed.

Breaking Language
Breaking Language /
Romper el Español

Sofía Castro

2025 

Argentina / 18 mins
Merging Argentinian Sign Language, dance, and documentary, Breaking Language presents the perspectives of four Deaf artists as they examine ideas of identity and resistance within a cultural and linguistic minority, the need for poetic and artistic creation in one's own language, and the importance of feminism within the Deaf community.

Fusionando la Lengua de Señas Argentina, la danza y el documental, Romper el español presenta las perspectivas de cuatro artistas Sordes, mientras examinan las ideas de identidad y resistencia dentro de una minoría cultural y lingüística, la urgencia de la creación poética y artística en la propia lengua y la importancia del feminismo dentro de la comunidad Sorda.

Bugged 2025
Bugged

Kieran Altmann,
Katie Schiller

2025

USA / 20 mins
Kieran and Katie, two amoral queers in their 20s, host an open house at their Bushwick apartment in a desperate attempt to find a subletter. There’s just one catch…the apartment is infested with bed bugs.

Burlesque
Burlesque

Maegan Nader,
Léa St-Denis 
2025 

Canada / 7 mins
Burlesque, a student documentary exploring the world of burlesque as a space for artistic expression and personal liberation, where performers channel their creativity and sensuality. Through their voices, they speak about the power of the stage to reconnect with their bodies and establish a deep connection with the audience. Burlesque is presented as a feminist, inclusive, and supportive environment, celebrating gender and body diversity. The action takes place at the Wiggle Room, located in Montreal. It is the only burlesque cabaret in Canada, known for its warm atmosphere and strong sense of community.

Comida De Caboco
Caboco Food Stories: By the Banks of Rio Negro /
Comida de Caboco: Herança na Beira do Rio Negro

Dante Abner

2025

Brazil / 8 mins
Dante Abner cruza o Rio Negro até Careiro Castanho para reencontrar sua avó ribeirinha. Entre memórias, afetos e receitas, o curta revela a força da ancestralidade cabocla frente às mudanças que ameaçam a Amazônia.

La Audicion
Casting Call /
La audición

Martin Allesandro Migani  2025 

Argentina / 7.52 mins
Santiago, an actor on his way to a crucial audition, is forced to ask Mariano, a stranger, for help when his car breaks down.

Casual
Casual

Kauli Green 2025 

Denmark / 9 mins
'CASUAL' is a sensual short exploring intimacy and monogamy in casual relationships. Two protagonists share the thrill of peeking into a stranger’s private world, then face a deeper question: Is it more vulnerable to reveal sexual desires or romantic dreams?

Cataratas
Cataratas

Francisco Bendomir

2025 

Argentina / 6 mins
It's New Year's Eve, and Catalina is waiting for her girlfriend to pick her up to go to the airport when an unusual incident with a firework threatens to ruin their vacation.

Cd Memory
CD Memory

Kel Delboux

2025

Brazil, Canada / 1:04 mins
When Naoko presses “play” on her CD player, she finds herself face-to-face with a mysterious entity inside of a subway train and reminisces on the meaning of friendships, nature and death.

Ceasefire
Ceasefire /
بِكَفِّي قَهْـر

 Teodor Vladár 2025 

Hungary, Slovakia / 23 mins
Nawras, a Jordanian-Palestinian queer artist, has been living in Bratislava, Slovakia, for the past four years. Living on the boundary between two communities and clashing cultures, she is pushed towards a third goal – to find peace and a place she can call home. Can she reclaim her cultural identity, this time as she chooses to define it herself, and in doing so, form a community she could call her second family?
Watch… here

Cherries
Cherries

Jaimee Poipoi

2025

New Zealand / 9 mins
When two single ladies attend an orgy for the first time, they end up exposing more than they ever could have imagined. Jaimee Poipoi (Māori) is a director/producer whose aim is to tell unique and diverse stories through a comedic lens.

Chhesang
Chhesang:The Untold Story

Rajeela Shrestha

 2025

Nepal / 13 mins
CHHESANG: THE UNTOLD STORY follows 21 year old Chhesang, who is a music lover and works at the cinema hall to sustain his life. While convincing himself as a man, he goes through gender dysphoria every month while he menstruates. The film explores the social and cultural norms; shame and stigma revealing the hidden stories that will put everyone in shock, in tears or give surprises as well as empower with the character’s boldness and bravery.

Chosen /
Escolhidos

Pablo Diego Garcia

2025

Brazil / 9 mins
Behind the innocent game lies silent suffering. Who is watching and who is really seeing? Missionaries become witnesses to a hidden judgement.
Trailer… here

Chronique De La Forteresse Du King
Chronicle of the Fortress and the King /
Chronique de la Forteresse du King

Noah Guardiola

2025

France / 17 mins
Every day, Achraf is followed by a huge knight’s armor, silent and imposing. It’s there when he works, when he sees his friends, and even when he performs as a Drag-King in his music group. No one else notices the Armor. Ach tries to ignore it, but it becomes increasingly present in his life.

Chaque jour, Achraf est suivi d'une immense armure de chevalier, silencieuse et imposante. Elle est là quand il travaille, quand il voit ses ami.e.s, et même quand il performe en tant que Drag-King dans son groupe de musique. Personne d'autre ne remarque l'Armure.

Close To Home
Close to Home

Whitney Skauge

2025

USA / 32 mins
Through the exploration of their personal and shared experiences, four young advocates imagine a world where access to safe, affordable, and reliable housing is not a privilege but an undeniable human right.

Coffee & Lavender
Coffee & Lavender

Allie Morgan

2025 

USA
Two young women meet at a party and enjoy a summer romance that leaves a lasting imprint.
Trailer… here

Color Of My Garden
Color of my Garden

 Roy Oh 2025 

Korea, Republic of / 25 mins
To keep flowers from withering, I paint them." Through polio's despair, bus accident's agony, love and betrayal, Frida Kahlo became a world-renowned painter. To her, life was a garden cultivated in her own colors. From self-portraits begun in bedside mirrors to final "Viva La Vida!" watermelon, 25 minutes through her monologue. In her garden, flowers that never wither bloom eternally today.

Coming Out Polyamorous For Thanksgiving
Coming Out Polyamorous for Thanksgiving

Maren Lavelle 2025

USA / 21 mins
When polyamorous spouses Alex and Don introduce Don’s partner Aly to his Southern parents on Thanksgiving, they must weigh biological family against their chosen one.  Based on Alex Alberto’s real-life story, as told in their memoir “Entwined,” this unconventional holiday drama is brimming with humor, heartache, and uncompromising self-love.
Trailer… here

Confluence
Confluence

 Charlene Moore,
Odmk
2025 

Canada / 9 mins
Transmissions of creation among the echoes of our Ancestors guide new waves of storytelling in this unconventional 16mm film.

Controlled Burn
Controlled Burn

 Peter Howie 2025 

Canada / 22 min.

Reid spends his final day of parole doing all the things that got him there in the first place.
Trailer… here

Cornfed Punk
Cornfed Punk

Zade Mullin 2025

USA / 11 mins
Cornfed Punk explores the surprising hardcore punk scene of Iowa City. Serving as a haven for many who might otherwise find themselves stranded in the middle of a red stronghold, this community proves its commitment to inclusion, acceptance, and kindness, showing that these values exemplify the punk ethos.
Watch… here

Cowboy Dinner
Cowboy Dinner

Bethany Canchola,
Isabel Nixon Klein

2025

USA / 6 mins
Alice is a lonely bookshop owner who decides to bring a community of movie lovers together for friendship and companionship. Her successful weekly movie nights gather more and more diverse attendees enjoying films and potlucks called “Cowboy Dinners.” Along the way, the community finds healing and love, along with a surprise visitor, Alice’s long separated sister.

Cowboy Killer The Collection Documentary
Cowboy Killer: The Collection Documentary

Byron Simon

2025

USA / 85 mins
Byron Simon, the CEO & Founder of Southernly Simon Apparel and Edward by Simon Cosmetics — two of the largest LGBTQ-founded brands in Southwestern Florida — pulls back the curtain to reveal what it really takes to create a clothing and cosmetics collection. This time, however, he didn’t do it alone. Alongside his best friend, Byron teaches both the audience and his collaborator what goes into building a beauty brand. But there are twists and turns as Byron’s personal life and business face obstacles that ultimately reshape both the collection and his life.

Cruising In Gomorrah
Cruising in Gomorrah

Coby Friesen

2025

Canada / 16 mins
Childhood friends Chris and Alex reunite on a camping trip at a haunted creek as Chris’ deep Christian faith clashes with Alex’s worldly desires when a dark gay presence awakens their unconscious desires and forces them to reckon their sexualities.

Daddy Love
Daddylove

Henry Baker

2025

USA / 5 mins
An older American tourist, lost in the chaotic streets of Bangkok, is helped by a handsome young local. As they navigate the city together, their unlikely friendship unfolds. Through shared moments and subtle connections, they find common ground within the unspoken language of gay culture, proving that love can transcend words.
Trailer… here

Dance Of Urgency Kyiv
Dance of Urgency: Kyiv

Bogomir Doringer   2025

Netherlands / 29 mins

Dance of Urgency is a dance that emerges in times of personal and collective crisis — a movement that empowers individuals and communities, serving as both resistance and a coping mechanism. Filmed in December 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine, at Club K-41, the short film brings together people who speak about the power and importance of dance during the ongoing full-scale Russian invasion. In the midst of fear and grief, dance becomes a way to deal with pain, to connect, and to find the strength to keep moving through these hard times.

Dead End
Dead End

Kendall Alex Payne 2025

USA / 13 mins
After one of their friends passes away, a lesbian friend group goes on a cabin trip. They conduct a seance and hidden secrets within the friend group start to surface.

Dead Fish
Dead Fish /
Peixe Morto

João Fontenele

2025

Brazil / 14 mins
Em uma estrada de terra, dois amigos caminhoneiros enfrentam um problema mecânico e são surpreendidos pela ajuda de uma mulher que mora ali por perto. Ela indica uma oficina, leva os dois para sua casa e a convivência vai se desenrolado de forma misteriosa.

Deciso
Decisive /
Deciso

Florencia Amado, Wanda Davenport

2025

Argentina / 15 mins
Plastic artist Leo invites young Dante to his art studio and proposes a peculiar game to leave all tension behind.

Deserter
Deserter /
Trânsfuga

Ana Mendes

2025

Brazil / 12 mins
Aion é uma pessoa não binária cuja performance oscila entre o masculino e o feminino, ainda que tenha sido designada mulher ao nascer. Prestes a participar de uma seleção de emprego, elu se depara com a pressão externa para se conformar a uma expressão de gênero que enquadre como homem ou mulher.

Dextra
Dextra

 Alex Lo,
Dextra Darling
2025 

Canada / 19 mins
A young transwoman searching for her identity spends a week in a trans punk house where she can safely express herself and test how she feels about her new name.

Embalmed
Die Shiny:
Embalmed

 Ryan Margetts  2025

USA / 5 mins
Embalmed is a haunting, satirical anthem that examines themes of capitalism, dehumanization, exploitation, and greed.

Watch… here  

Diffidence
Diffidence

 Shane Cacy  2025

USA / 12 mins
A transgender man surviving conversion therapy.

Dig Up Your Darlings
Dig Up Your Darlings

 Yasi Rehana 2025 

USA / 18:48 mins
Dig Up Your Darlings is a surrealist, lightly comedic take on the internal journey of a trans-masc lesbian confronting their identity. The main character Melly starts on their “before-sunrise”-esque journey after accidentally ordering an explicit item to their parents’ address. The story is uprooted by an unknown Caller calling Melly and claiming they've been buried alive. We follow Melly as they go to pick up their package before their family sees, trying to find the caller on the way, only to discover that the caller is a manifestation of the queer/trans part of Melly they’ve been “burying”.
Trailer… here

Dizzy
Dizzy

 Sam Everett 2025 

USA / 6 mins
Dizzy is a story about struggling to fit in, facing rejection, and finding belonging through chosen family. It speaks to anyone who has felt different, especially those in the LGBTQ+ community. The film’s message is simple but powerful: acceptance and understanding can lead to healing.

Double Bogey
Double Bogey

Janie Gentry 2025

USA / 13 mins
In the fall of 2020, Hayden and Avery's friendship is tested when a hot new e-boy comes to play on the mini-golf course where they work.

Double This Double That
Double This, Double That /
Babalu é Carne Forte

 Xulia Doxágui 2025 

Brazil / 18 mins
Diana returns to the town where she grew up, on the eve of the traditional celebration of Saints Cosmas and Damian. A mysterious child invites her to play.
Trailer… here

Drag Me In Red
Drag Me in Red /
Quando a Noite é Vermelha

Caio Marques,
Nilton Silva

2025 

Brazil / 20 mins
2 de maio de 2024. Em meio a grandes nomes do cenário drag paulistano, um jovem cineasta mergulha na experiência de se tornar drag queen por uma noite.

Dragged To Nowhere
Dragged to Nowhere

Jordan Martin

2025 

USA / 13:50 mins
Late Bloomer, a Native drag queen, has an unexpected nightmare on their trip back home. Caught in a relentless cycle of dislocation and danger, Late Bloomer must navigate a world of shifting realities and sinister forces. Will they find their way back?
Trailer… here

Echoes The B Side
Echoes: The B Side

Mars Storm Rucker

2025

USA / 17:36 mins
This film dissects the different perspectives of how the unconscious mind finds healing through nostalgia and connection to the inner child. The inspiration of this stemmed from the medicalization of gender dysphoria by the ADA. This bred me to interact with the question of the intimate why's behind this incongruence between sex and gender, whether gender dysphoria was inherent to transness, and analyze history and how America medicalizes black people. I wondered about our black indigenous understandings of gender pre colonization and western ideals. This experimental documentary-film ultimately examines the technology of black liberation and healing of trauma through vintage fashion, vintage aesthetics, and the romanization of nostalgia to create afro-futuristic utopias.

Ecology Of The Shipwreck
Ecology of the Shipwreck /
Ecologia do Naufragio

Bruca Teixeira  2025 

Brazil / 3 mins
In a coastal zone inhabited by queer creatures left out of Noah’s Ark, an animated tutorial reveals underwater tactics of resistance.
Trailer… here

El Bosque Me Hablo Sobre Ti
El Bosque Me Habló Sobre Ti

Matías Leiva

2025

Chile / 14 mins
Un hombre perdido en el camino…. En busca de volver a sentir.
Trailer… here

Elegy For The Lost
Elegy for the Lost

William Hong-xiao   2025

UK / 29 mins
Through a kaleidoscopic collection of archives, found footage, and even AI-generated images, a young woman who has left China recalls her memories and the connections she had in her native country. Her intimate and nostalgic voice-over becomes the backdrop for queer struggles, where an underground theatre troupe, the excitement of clandestine festivals, repression, and social pressure to live in silence intersect. Between personal memory and collective history, the film juxtaposes love, resistance, and exile.
Trailer… here

Esperando El Tren
Esperando el Tren

Tavo Ruiz

2025

Mexico, Germany
Un chico latino viviendo en Berlín se re-encuentra con su ex pareja, un hombre Alemán que lo ha llevado a ese país. La noche esta llena de nostálgicas posibilidades, pero su despedida parece inminente.
Trailer… here

Estigma
Estigma

Pilar García Elegido

2025

Spain / 23 mins
¿Sigue existiendo el estigma hacia el VIH? Testimonios de expertos y de personas que viven con VIH responden a esta pregunta. Uno de los participantes es Josep María Tomás que en el año 2000 protagonizó ‘Positivo’, documental nominado al premio Goya y ganador de múltiples galardones. ‘Estigma’”’ retoma el tema 25 años después. Ahora distintas personas seropositivas plasman una visión más coral en éste trabajo. Premios y festivales: ha participado en numerosos ciclos de cine sobre VIH.
Trailer… here

Everything You Want
Everything You Want /
Tudo O Que Quiser

Mariana Machado

2025

Brazil / 20 mins
Magic is people, illusionism is what traps them.” After finding themselves locked out of their house, three queer Brazilian lovers spend a day and night navigating the streets of Brussels.
Este é um curta-metragem de ficção sobre três pessoas kuir brasileiras que se amam e vivem juntas em Bruxelas, Bélgica. Acompanhamos sua jornada por um dia nas ruas dessa cidade e as pessoas que encontram pelo caminho. Esse filme é também um retrato de sua busca por pertencimento em uma terra estrangeira.​​
Trailer… here

Exploitation
Exploitation

Peter Kalisch  2025 

USA / 15:38 mins
A group of escorts are thrust into the world of hedonism, power dynamics, and moral dilemmas after meeting a mysterious stranger. 

Finding Peace In My Body
Finding Peace in My Body

Todd Ford   2025

USA / 19 mins
This film follows the life of Achim Howard and his struggles in becoming the man he is today.

Fine
Fine

Kris von Kleist  2025 

Canada / 3 mins
Xavier insists they’re fine–but, as they struggle to confront buried emotions, the weight of honesty becomes both a burden and a breakthrough.

Flight Risk
Flight Risk

Flight Risk 2025

Australia / 16 mins
When Muhammad is “randomly selected” for airport interrogation—again—they expect the usual racism. But when accused of joining ISIS and questioned for the Milo in their bag, the pressure mounts, and Muhammad is faced with an impossible choice: come out to strangers before telling their own mother or find another way.

Foil
Foil

Sue Suhy 2025

USA / 2:23 mins
In a fantasy world where church and state are one, a high priestess sneaks into the night and stumbles upon a guard practicing fencing. She is immediately enamored.

For Aunt Morgana
For Aunt Morgana /
Tia Morgana

Athena Sofia  2025

Brazil /22 mins
Morgana, is a trans woman who was kicked out of her home at 18 and has since maintained rare contacts with her siblings. After her mother's death, she attends her nephew's birthday party.

For Small Creatures
For Small Creatures

Dylan Jeanette Albertson   2025

USA / 5 mins
An astronaut gets a second chance to say goodbye.

Forbidden Love
Forbidden Love /
Yasak Aşk

Yavuz Kurtulmus 2025

Austria / 12 mins
 Amid fear, repression, and social pressure, two men meet in secret – a quiet, yet powerful film about queer love in a country that denies its existence.

Forbidden Soul
Forbidden soul

Baidar Bakhat 2025

Pakistan / 29 mins
The inner spiritual feelings and emotions of transgender are considered forbidden in the eyes of society.This story is based on transgender Act 2018.when a decision by the Islamic court declared such lewd feelings un Islamic.maina is a eunuch who after castration became a member of the eunuch community and lives with her mentor.

Foreigner
Foreigner

Edigar Martins 2025

Brazil / 17 mins
Kaio is not from this planet. On a Saturday night, he goes out with his Earthling friends and tries to deal with his feeling of not belonging.

Forget Me Not
Forget me not

Henri Delfino 2025

Hungary / 20 mins
One night by Lake Balaton ignites a romance that was meant to be nothing more than a holiday fling – until Alex’s return puts those feelings to the test… Between passion, cultural differences, and their own fears, a question emerges: can love at a distance truly survive everything?

Fourteen And Nine Months
Fourteen and Nine Months

Yvette Turnbull

2025

Australia /10 minutes
Teenager Freya works at the kitchen supply store in her regional town. On her first solo shift, things take an unexpected turn when a local lesbian couple come in looking to buy a turkey baster.

Fragmente
Fragments /
Fragmente

Lisa Jabornig

2025

Austria / 17 mins
Emma works in a film archive and immerses herself in the queer scene of the 1980s in Vienna. Between the past and her present, Emma encounters conflicts, such as her friend Ira's experience of discrimination and her own search for an answer to the question what family means to her.

Free Beer Tomorrow
Free Beer Tomorrow

Julia Applegate,
 LuSter P. Singleton 
2025 

USA / 84 mins
Free Beer Tomorrow is a documentary film project that tells the story of Jack’s/Summit Station, Ohio’s longest running lesbian owned and operated bar. With interviews from Peter Brown-a classically trained musician turned bar owner- to pioneering LGBTQ+ lawyer and legal scholar, Rhonda R. Rivera, and former patrons running the gamut of tap dancers, professional women’s football players, feminist activists, bartenders and drag kings, the film explores lesbian culture in an era where bars were one of the few safe-havens from an oppressive and homophobic world.
Trailer… here

Fronteriza
Fronteriza

Rosa Caldeira,
Nay Mendl
2025

Brazil / 20 mins
With a photograph and a handycam in hand, Lucca travels from São Paulo to Foz do Iguaçu in search of the father he’s never met. When he arrives at the triple border, he meets Diego, a Paraguayan who unveils the secrets of the area.

Fuck It
Fuck It

 Rachel Ben Zaken  2025

Israel / 60 mins
Gal is a girl whose only desire is to be a man.
She feels like a man inside and expresses herself defiantly.
Her dissonance between mind and body is expressed throughout the film.
The film is told through the eyes of Gal, who films and documents everything in her life without any censorship.
Gal meets Shelly, a straight girl who initially does not respond to her advances. Slowly, the two become closer, and an intimate bond develops between them.
Gal tries to move up a level with Shelly and wants to express herself in bed as a man in a way she knows and feels safe in, and Shelly refuses to accept this way.
Gal has difficulty with Shelly’s lack of acceptance and reacts in an extreme way.
Trailer… here

Fucking War
Fucking War

 Ohad Manor 2025 

Israel / 7 mins
Palestinian Iyad and Israeli Maor meet through Grindr for a mix of wild sex and a power struggle. The sudden alarm throws them to the hall surrounded by hostile neighbours. That is when true intimacy sparks between them.

Fulgora
Fulgora

 Mathilde St-Amant 2025 

Canada / 10 mins
Félix, a young actor in the midst of a personal reckoning, finds himself torn between the expectations of the public and the industry, and a deep unease at having to play yet another role that no longer reflects who he is. One night, an unexpected encounter shakes up his world. Drawn to the possibilities of a vibrant world where he could finally be himself, Félix faces a choice: continue performing a role that no longer belongs to him, or take a leap into the unknown to fully embrace his transformation toward a new identity.

Garden Gimp
Garden Gimp

Flynn Shuttlewood 2025

UK / 5 mins
The story follows two housemates Ethel and Hugo awkwardly try and hold a conversation together whilst their little secret lays under the table plotting his escape.

Gay Jesus
Gay Jesus 
Aaron Jin  2025  USA / 5 mins
In this divine comedy, Jesus tries to save humanity and fulfill his purpose on earth–but runs into some unexpected, internalized hurdles. 
Giiwe Bizhiw Bizhiw Giiwe
giiwe πρό bizhiw /
bizhiw πρό giiwe
mystery byrd 2025

Canada / 4 mins
a home video, dedicated to my baby.

Made as part of the Winnipeg Film Group’s “Super 8 Special” film incubator. This picture was captured on super 8 film, drip dyed with a mixture of india ink and water collected from Lake Winnipeg, then digitized and captured on VHS.
Girl 2025
Girl /
Thiếu, Nữ
Cà Rốt Thái 2025 Canada, Vietnam / 15 mins
A trans Vietnamese woman's letter to herself and her family before secretly starting hormone replacement therapy.
Godspeed 2025
Godspeed
Klāvs Liepiņš 2025 Iceland / 10 mins
The short film Godspeed is an introspective and poetic exploration of memory, love, and reconciliation. It tells the story of two men who meet in a decayed post-Soviet landscape. A meditation on the fragile nature of relationships and the beauty of letting go.
Good Boy From Slovakia
Good Boy from Slovakia
Michael Bukovansky 2025

Czech Republic / 25 mins

In Slovakia, Andrej Dúbravský prepares for his Olomouc exhibition GOOD BOY. While creating intimate work in the midst of tranquil rural surroundings, he is facing homophobic criticism from government officials, highlighting tensions between personal expression, societal backlash, and the fight for LGBTQ+ visibility.

Good Game
Good Game

Jezer Serafica

 2025

USA / 8 mins
A homophobic gambler bets big in a series of video game money matches, but finds himself more tangled in the web of sensual competition than the cash he’s chasing.
Watch… here

Grace 2025
Grace

Jana Park

2025

USA / 13 mins
Based on True Events: On a summer evening shortly after Hawai’i’s official statehood is announced, two women attend a dinner at one of their family’s homes. Ruth, a spirited school teacher, and Grace, the pastor’s daughter, hide their love for each other while Ruth’s prim sister tries to set her up with yet another man from church.
Ruth doesnʻt want to be married; Grace doesnʻt want to be American. The two women spend a stolen moment together, considering a life where they don’t have to hide or pretend, even if it’s only imagined.

Guttercat
Guttercat

Aubrey Winslow

2025

Australia / 12 mins
A punk sapphic couple attempt to wipe away their drug debt in Adelaide’s seedy southern suburbs.

Halloween Headliners
Halloween Headliners

Chris Carter,
John Simpson,
Christopher Miniaci

2025

Canada / 13:45 mins
At a remote campground, longtime drag rivals Elvirus and Betty Whitecastle face off as co-headliners of a Halloween show destined to be unforgettable. But when the lights go down, the night takes a deadly turn... and the battle for the spotlight becomes a fight for survival.

Heart Hunter
Heart Hunter

Xhel Moçka

2025

Canada / 1 min
HEART HUNTER follows a bounty hunter chasing after their target somewhere in the West.

Her Dance
Her Dance

Julián Córdoba

2025

France, Argentina / 10 mins
A day in the life of a trans dancer excluded from her prestigious company in Buenos Aires. As her world and landmarks crumble, she feels herself gradually disappearing.

High Tension
High Tension

Candra Aditya

 2025

Indonesia / 27 mins
A happy couple celebrates their six-month anniversary, wrapped in the illusion of a perfect love. But as the night unfolds, buried truths resurface, forcing them to confront whether their relationship is built to last or just a beautiful lie.

Higher
Higher

 Guy Hazam 2025 

Israel / 13 mins
On the edge of the rooftop of the housing block where he grew up, on the eve of its demolition, 18-year-old Ido sits drunk. He waits for Omer, his best friend, who has just enlisted in the IDF, hoping to recruit him for a plan to save the building (or their friendship). 

Historias Positivas
Historias Positivas

 Francisco Jorquera 2025 

Spain / 29 mins
Voces de seis personas que viven con VIH de distintas edades, identidades y contextos culturales.
Sus relatos entrelazados construyen una narrativa íntima, diversa y humana.
A través de diarios personales, grabaciones caseras, reflexiones y fragmentos de su cotidianidad, el documental nos invita a escuchar lo que significa vivir hoy con el virus.

Homme Sick
Homme-Sick

Julian Konuk

2025

UK / 14 mins
Homme-Sick is an experimental short film in which time disintegrates and deconstructs itself; past and present merge to create a new temporality that breaks with linear and rigid narrative impulses. Composed almost entirely of archival footage, both found and from the artist's family collection, the film explores the relationships between toxic masculinity, family, home, and transgenderism, creating precarious spaces that defy the viewer's expectations.

Hunger Olga Prokot
Hunger

Olga Prokot  2025 

Germany / 17 mins
HUNGER is the first installment in a planned, experimental short film series about trans identity and concepts of living outside of big cities. 
In a small town the nonbinary main character Nina seems to be on the run from somebody and has taken refuge in a nail salon. 
In flashbacks they fight their way out of the trauma of domestic violence, attempts at domestication and imposed female performance in their past.
Hunger drives Nina to search for help and a place where they belong. A journey from a nail salon to a police station into a mysterious allotment garden were Nina finally finds a sence of home.

I Can Be Killed
I Can Be Killed

Horatio Allen 2025

USA / 17 mins
Not wanting to die in a body that repulses him, a trans college student resorts to the most extreme measures possible.

I Cant Believe Its Not Valley Of The Dolls
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Valley of the Dolls!

Noah Janssen 2025

Australia
It’s 1963, and the dolls are fighting. Naarm drag artists JENS RADDA and IVA ROSEBUD are Neely O’Hara and Helen Lawson in a lavish act of diva worship, committed to 16mm film.

I Do
I Do /
Glacaim

Joseph Jones   2025

Ireland / 11 mins
In the quiet, windswept Donegal Gaeltacht, Dónall prepares for his wedding day, but his mind is elsewhere - lost in the pages of his journal. Scribbling furiously, he clings to his thoughts as if afraid they'll slip away. But when the journal vanishes, so does his certainty about the day ahead. All is not what it seems.

I Dont Forget
I don't forget /
Io non dimentico

Antonello Murgia 2025

Italy / 13:21 mins
"I Do Not Forget" is a 'Visual Pentalogy' dedicated to all those who have been persecuted for not fitting into a binary sexual orientation, whose very death was mystified, hidden, considered 'second-rate.' A journey through history that seeks to give voice to all those who are still fighting for the right to love and be loved, and to rejoice in the pleasures of the body. A dedication to all the souls whose epitaphs hide who they are and/or even deny their very existence.
Io non dimentico è un "Pentalogo visivo" dedicato a tutti quell3 che sono stat3 perseguitat3, perché non rientranti in un orientamento sessuale binario, la cui stessa morte è stata mistificata, celata, considerata di "serie B". Un viaggio nella storia che cerca di dare voce a tutti quell3 che ancora lottano per avere il diritto di amare ed essere amat3 e di gioire delle gioie del corpo. Una dedica a tutte le anime i cui epitaffi nascondono chi sono e/o addirittura negano la loro stessa esistenza.

I Had Sex But
I Had Sex But…

Ang Li

 2025

UK / 14:44 mins
How would you define intimacy and how would you find it? The filmmaker tried to find it by having his first sexual experiences with strangers. The film shows the interactions between them before and after sex. And after these encounters, the filmmaker had some new thoughts about intimacy and sex.
Trailer… here

I Like The Way You Taste
I Like the Way You Taste

Maya A. Williams

2025

UK / 5 mins
"I Like the Way You Taste" is a short film where our couple, Kaeshelle and Nicholle, embody softness, Black queer love, and the unspoken power of touch. Through intimate moments and the challenges of public affection, they explore how love fosters self-acceptance and growth.
Trailer… here

I See
I See /
Eu Vejo

Maya Boaretto

2025

Brazil / 3:30 mins
“I See” is a poetic documentary that follows a day in the life of a trans woman. Through first-person images and an intimate narration, it reveals the contrasts between care and oppression, showing the world she sees — and that sees her back.

I Was Also A Girl Scout Once
I Was Also a Girl Scout Once /
Też kiedyś byłam harcerką

Olga Malinowska

2025

Poland / 12 mins
It is a story about love – the love between two women, but also love for organisation, for people, and for nature, and about what happens when one is forced to choose between them.

Ice Burns Like Fire
Ice Burns Like Fire /
El hielo quema tanto como el fuego

Miguel Ariza

2025

Spain / 21 mins
Three friends confide in each other inside a car. Afterward, they go their separate ways and search, in the darkness of the night, for other bodies and loves.

If June Never Fades
If June never fades /
Für dich ist immer noch Sommer

Philipp Boukhors,
Theo Carow

2025

Germany / 29 mins
Eighteen-year-old skater Noah faces emotional collapse after his father disowns him for failing to graduate. As his friends move on with their lives, he must repeat his final year, haunted by the fear that this may be their last summer together. His best friend Finn drifts away, and Noah’s relationship with his on-and-off girlfriend Maja falters as she flirts with others. The group’s hot, hazy summer of skating and drinking unravels when a shady photographer lures them into a morally dubious situation. Humiliated and isolated, Noah’s anxieties and longing for connection surface—but in an unexpected twist, he finds fragile comfort in the very man who exposed him, a photographer grappling with his own past losses.

Impulse
Impulse /
Estímulos

Felipe Solino

2025

Brazil / 5 mins
Um homem com impulsos sexuais procura satisfação.

In Another Life 2025
In Another Life

Tristan Blue

2025

USA / 9 mins
Secluded in the coastal forests of Northern California, an elder queer hermit searches for strange frequencies hidden in nature. While manipulating the noise in their makeshift studio, they have repeated visions of a mysterious cave and a person they believe to be another version of themself. In attempt to commune with this being they embark to find the cave and are confronted with a strange and cathartic experience.
Trailer… here

In The Light Of A Miracle
In the Light of a Miracle

OJ Parker

2025

USA / 14 mins
Andre, a pretty boy with dreams of sainthood, is swept into a killing spree with Clint, a hot older voyeur, all while trying to cross the Texas border to evacuate from a hurricane.
Trailer… here

In The Middle
In the Middle

Saba Khatami

2025

Iran / 8 mins
"In the Middle" is a short dance film captured in the streets of Tehran and London, exploring the emotional experience of living between two worlds. In Tehran, where dance is prohibited, movement becomes an act of quiet resistance—a gesture of freedom within restriction. In London, dance is free, but this freedom can feel anonymous and isolating. The film traces a dialogue of the body with two cities, capturing how it navigates urban spaces and reflects the tension between belonging and dislocation. Through shifting cityscapes and expressive movement, it explores the internal push and pull of being caught between past and present, home and elsewhere. It is a personal reflection on what it means to exist “in between,” where nothing fully fits, but everything leaves a mark.

Infect Me Gently
Infect Me Gently

 Can Bora 2025 

The Netherlands / 11 mins
An HIV-positive artist presents work created with his own blood—a visitor recoils, afraid he might “catch something.” This moment opens the door to the surreal, where a haunting figure drifts between exposure and erasure. An engagement with the concept of the Other as a reflection on the tension between contemporary medicine and social attitudes that remain stuck in outdated panic. Which is more contagious: the virus, or fear? 

Inside Me
Inside me

Alessia Buscarino

 2025

Italy / 6:12 mins
Being yourself nowadays is so difficult that we no longer know who we are, we say we are all the same following the mass that pushes us to pretend.
Watch… here

Into The Chutes
Into the Chutes

Jenna A. Rice   2025

USA / 23 mins
Lee Knight struggles to overcome injury and adversity in order to pursue their dream of becoming a bull rider in the International Gay Rodeo (IGRA).
Trailer… here

Is This The Mansion I Will Live In
Is This the Mansion I Will Live in?

Rafaelle Fillastre

 2025

Belgium / 5 mins
In Belgium, queer asylum seekers endure mistreatment, hunger, and homelessness within the first hours of a grueling asylum process.

It Is Not Dirty
It is not dirty

Ulysse Patrick Thevenot   2025

France / 4 mins
Didier remembers.
In the intimacy of his daily life, he recounts his memories of love and loneliness, of what is hidden and what remains.
The film questions how memories build our identity, while raising awareness of the struggles and hardships that LGBT seniors face throughout their lives. It values resilience in the face of discrimination, while offering support tailored to this community.
Trailer… here

It S Just A Fucking Opening
It’s Just a Fucking Opening

Josh Brainin,
Camille Bacon,
Youssef Boucetta 
2025 

USA / 18 mins

Up-and-coming artist Anisa is woefully unprepared for the pettiness and performative antics taking place at the gallery opening for her latest pieces. Everything but the artwork seems to take center stage. With an absent girlfriend and career-oriented bestie focused on their own priorities, Anisa is left to spiral alone at the end of the night. 

Its Nice And Calm Here
its nice and calm here for sure. theres so much i wish i could've done. but now all i can do is this :(

Orla Meyer,
Alex Hickey
2025 USA / 3 mins
Two children find each other under strange circumstances.

Jacha Jigo Jiguera
Jacha, Jigo, Jiguera: Crónicas Disidentas d’Estremaúra

Sara Moralo 2025 Spain / 33 mins
La memoria nos ofrece una base sobre la que reconocernos, pero ¿Cómo recordar algo de lo que nadie habla?. A través de imágenes de archivo cedidas por la filmoteca vasca, Isa Sáez, conversa con su abuela en torno a los tabúes de su relación. Un ensayo en el que conjugar la herencia familiar, con la memoria la "otra" familia, la escogida. Una reivindicación de la identidad familiar.

Jasha
Jasha

Jasmine Hair 2025

Australia / 13 mins

For Sydney’s Waacker & Voguer Jasha, dance is survival—an unbreakable bond of expression, friendship, and hope that held her up through homelessness, culminating in a powerful crew performance.

Jurere Internacional
Jurerê Internacional

 Luiz Fernando Marques Lubi  2025

Brazil / 20 mins
After a traumatic night, a wounded man receives an unexpected visit. As he recounts what he experienced, he dives into a psychological game where desire, violence, and memory intertwine.
Trailer… here

Just Me And The Graves
Just Me and the Graves

Ellison Winterstein  2025 

USA / 12 mins
The last man left after a vampire apocalypse contemplates life after the end.

Just Visiting
Just Visiting

Idan Argov   2025

Israel / 19 mins
On the eve of a holiday, Dor prepares for an orgy when his estranged mother arrives, mistaking his hookup for a boyfriend. Over a tense dinner, they maintain the lie — until an unexpected knock at the door shatters the facade.

Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope

Alex Isom

2025 

USA / 7 mins
In a world where society is conditioned to only see black and white, those who do see color are mocked and considered deviants. After a tarot reading, Jade starts reconsidering how she looks at the world, and is reminded of the times where she was able to see color. 
Watch… here

Karantez Vamm
Karantez vamm

Justine Morvan

 2025

France / 53 mins
Rozenn is one of Riwal's mothers. Lizig, her wife, is the biological mother. Having endured a difficult administrative process for the legal recognition of her first child, Rozenn struggled to assert her position as a mother, yet they have embarked on a second procedure of assisted reproduction.

Justine es una de las madres de Riwal, aunque su esposa Lizig es la madre biológica.Tras un largo y doloroso proceso administrativo para que se reconociera legalmente a su primer hijo, Rozenn sigue luchando por que se valide su lugar como madre.A pesar de las dificultades, el deseo de ampliar la familia crece.Juntas deciden iniciar un nuevo proceso de reproducción asistida para tener un segundo hijo.

Kassandra With A K
Kassandra with a K /
Kassandra com K

Rivanildo Feitosa, Cícero Filho

2025

Brazil / 26 mins
Kassandra com K é uma maquiadora de defuntos trans que tem na colega de trabalho Veronica todo o acolhimento e o apoio afetivo que nunca encontrou na família. Juntas, ela e Veronica de divertem no ambiente de trabalho com os dois ajudantes e dão mais leveza ao ritual da maquiagem, preparando os mortos com sua arte para o “grand finale”.

Kid From Saturn
Kid from Saturn /
Enfant de Saturne

 Ash Julliard,
Jeannette Lavanchy
2025 

Switzerland / 15 mins

James confronts the challenges a normative world poses to him due to his trans identity and disability with resilience and a smile. 

Kin
Kin

Bruce Thomas Miller

2025 

Canada / 3 mins
A man is beckoned by the spirit of the earth in a plea to reconnect with his own spirit. Bruce Thomas Miller is an Anishinaabe writer, director, and producer from Northern Ontario, now based out of Calgary, Alberta. He is passionate about storytelling and uplifting underrepresented communities.
An honest & comedic exploration of the urban queer & trans indigenous experience centred around a group of friends & their social media engrossed lives.
Watch… here

Kippur
Kippur

 Uriya Hertz 2025 

Israel / 13 mins
Aviad, a devout Jewish boy, starts his first fast of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of atonement in Jewish tradition. But a nocturnal incident during the fast shakes his inner world and threatens his identity.

Know Your Place
Know Your Place

Ada Malpractice Heasman,
Ewan Lowe

2025

UK / 5:21 mins
Has this ever happened to you – it’s National Chase Women Home Night and you’ve accidentally flattened your homunculus? Welcome to Jake’s stupid incel world. Still, it could be worse – you could be poisoned by black mould, dreaming about a man who doesn’t exist. Or you could be a woman. Or maybe Jake’s just a construct in an advert made to sell more homunculi.

La Barriga de la Montaña

Lola Clavo

2025

Spain / 21 mins
In Montjuic, a magical mountain and a mountain of death, normativity and monstrosity converge and feed off each other. The belly of the mountain seeks to penetrate the different layers of the urban mountain, understood as a living queer entity, a reflection of contemporary Barcelona and its history, where diverse and often contradictory realities and temporalities coexist.
Trailer… here

La Cerrillana
La Cerrillana

 Andrea Urquiola 2025 

Argentina / 13 mins
When a young trans man visits her kiosk on the side of the road, a mother learns to understand and unconditionally love her trans teenage child.
Trailer… here

Lady Is With Me
Lady is with Me

Saeed Bonardi

2025

Iran, Persian Islamic Republic of / 15 mins
In a remote outpost, Farid, a talkative soldier, entertains his comrades by reading love letters he supposedly receives from a girl named Leily. However, his comrade Gholam uncovers a bitter truth: Leily doesn’t exist, and the letters are a way for Farid to hide his forbidden love.

Last Call
Last Call

Tricia Hagoriles

2025

Canada / 10 mins
A lesbian couple must rely on a jaded bartender to work through their recent-breakup bubble to survive a sudden zombie attack inside a dying Queer bar.

Leather Graves
Leather Graves

 Malic Amalya 2025 

USA / 12 mins
Queerness and death are interwoven in a frayed burial shroud. Through the rips of this tattered fabric, we witness queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people exiled from family units and shunned by their communities, while simultaneously confronting an oblivion of health disparities: AIDS, structural discrimination, state violence, physical assault, suicide, and murder. Though all non-heteronormative individuals face these terrors, trans women of color are the most vulnerable to harm.

Lesbian Custody
Lesbian Custody

Samuael Topiary,
Molly Skonieczny

2025

USA / 18 mins
This essential short reflects on the making of In the Best Interests of the Children, featuring filmmaker Frances Reid and Julie Stevens, the daughter of filmmaker Elizabeth Stevens. It explores Julie’s separation from her mother — who was, at the time, Reid’s partner — after coming out as lesbian and facing a custody battle. Blending archival footage with hindsight’s poignancy, it offers a layered historical perspective on queer family struggles and the fight for parental rights.

Lesbian Mud Wrestling
Lesbian Mud Wrestling

Kirsty Wilson

2025

Australia
Every night, Ziggy dreams of the golden strap — the ultimate prize for the ultimate lesbian mud wrestler. Cheered on by sold-out community crowds, Lesbian Mud Wrestling regularly takes place as a way to raise funds for gender-affirming surgeries for legends like Ziggy. This latest release from Sapphic Flicks, directed by Kirsty Wilson, is an intimate and playful documentary that plunges you right into the mud, capturing Naarm’s young inclusive lesbian community as it is in 2025. God bless lesbians!

Lesbian Vampyres From Outer Space
Lesbian Vampyres From Outer Space

Jules Robinson

2025

USA / 6 min
When a hungry vampires stumbles upon a bands performance, she must choose between her draw to the enchanting lead singer or her otherworldly desires.
Watch… here

Let S Kiss And Find Out
Let’s Kiss and Find Out

Luz Alejandra Perez

2025

USA / 8 mins
Prom becomes an unexpected night to remember when two unlikely friends kiss to find out if they're gay.
Trailer… here

Listen To Your Love For Me
Listen to Your Love for Me / Ecoute Ton Amour Pour Moi

Kai Xu

2025

France / 23 mins
Lu and Christophe are a young gay couple living in Paris. During the French election, Lu, as a foreigner, discovers that his boyfriend is going to vote for the candidate who is not favorable to him…
Trailer… here

Live Large No Shame
Live large no shame /
Buena vida y poca vergüenza

Ana Colato,
Guadalupe Sanz
2025

Argentina / 9 mins
A young trans woman gets locked out of the apartment she's supposed to be watching and has no choice but to ask for help from the building's superintendent, a middle-aged man with Down syndrome who quickly wins her trust and affection.
Live large no shame, is a story about an unexpected encounter, a moment of urban poetry that captures the magic of diversity.
Trailer… here

Living In Pryde
Living in Pryde

 Rob Tokanel,
Emily Judem,
Jack Doyle
 2025

USA / 38 mins
Living in Pryde is a short documentary that follows residents of The Pryde - New England’s first LGBTQ+ welcoming, affordable senior housing community. At a time when LGBTQ+ rights face renewed attack, the film explores the experiences of a generation that came of age with few legal protections against harassment or discrimination. Residents tap into a lifetime of resilience to meet the current political moment as they reflect on surviving the AIDS crisis, fighting for same-sex marriage and coming out as transgender.
Trailer… here

Lockdown
Lockdown

Jadson Borges 2025

Brazil / 19 mins
The story takes place at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when a young man experiences the creation of a solitary cinematography in his daily life and seeks, through ancestry, a connection to his self-esteem and his sexuality.

Piruletas
Lollipops /
Piruletas

Carlos Martínez  2025 

Spain / 12 mins
Víctor, un hombre de sesenta y cinco años, está feliz de vivir con su nieto pero harto de tener que aguantar a su hija y a su yerno desde que se mudaron a su casa. Esta noche vienen los consuegros a cenar e hija y yerno empiezan a disponer todo para que la casa y la vida de Víctor, no parezcan la casa y la vida de Víctor.

Lost In San Francisco
Lost in San Francisco

Brett McCarl Thomas 2025

USA / 7 mins
A story of sex, love, and anger during the AIDS pandemic.
Watch… here

Loving John Copy
Loving John

Robert Rooy  2025

USA / 76 mins
Loving John is a deeply moving and intimate documentary that chronicles the final chapter in the life of John, a vibrant man whose world is irrevocably changed by ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). Through raw footage, personal interviews, and quiet, everyday moments, the film offers an unflinching look at the emotional, physical, and spiritual toll of a terminal illness—not just on the patient, but on those who love him most. 

As John gradually loses his ability to speak, move, and perform even the simplest tasks, the documentary shifts focus to the powerful bond between him and his devoted partner, whose unwavering care and love provide both strength and heartbreak. Their relationship, marked by tenderness, frustration, humor, and grief, becomes the emotional core of the story. Together, they navigate the harsh realities of the disease while clinging to moments of beauty, connection, and meaning. 

Rather than portraying ALS solely through a clinical lens, Loving John invites viewers to witness the full complexity of a life being slowly taken—while still, somehow, filled with love and purpose. With stunning honesty, the film explores themes of dignity, resilience, caregiving, and the challenge of saying goodbye. 

At its heart, Loving John is not just a portrait of decline, but a celebration of humanity in its most vulnerable state. It challenges us to reconsider what it means to live—and to love—when time is running out. Through John’s story, the documentary offers a universal reflection on mortality, and the courage it takes to face it with grace. ~ Rich McGowan
Trailer… here

Lucky Break
Lucky Break

 Oleg Lakovlev 2025 

Israel / 22 mins
After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, my queer family and I left Moscow in a hurry, finding ourselves in revolutionary Sri Lanka. Finding and realising my identity while searching for a new home and trying to keep my family together – is this our lucky break?
Trailer… here

Madre Moderna
Madre moderna

Olga Fernández 2025

Spain / 15 mins
Carmen is a very open-minded mother who seeks to strengthen her relationship with her 25-year-old son, Dani, who is gay, deaf, and whose love life is on hold. She's concerned that despite seeing him often, he doesn't share his personal life with her. She decides to take him out of his comfort zone by secretly setting him up on three dates through an app. After convincing him to go, Dani will experience three very peculiar situations that, with humor, reflect the lack of understanding he experiences every day in a hearing environment.

Carmen es una madre con una mente muy abierta que busca estrechar la relación con su hijo Dani de 25 años, gay, sordo y con su vida sentimental en pausa. Le preocupa que a pesar de verse a menudo, no le cuenta nada sobre su vida personal. Decide sacarle de su zona de confort montándole en secreto tres citas a través de una aplicación. Tras convencerle para que vaya, Dani vivirá tres situaciones muy peculiares en las que, con humor, se reflejará la incomprensión que vive en un entorno oyente día a día.

Maic Nao Quer Cruzar
Maic não quer cruzar

Henrique Filho 2025

Brazil / 20 mins
Maic ya no es un cachorro. Va a cumplir diez años pero no parece que tenga ganas de completar “el ciclo de la vida” y reproducirse. Su familia está preocupada, incluso avergonzada. Prueban a presentarle a Flofinha, a Layka… pero Maic tiene otros intereses.
Trailer… here

Mail 2025
Mail

Isabel Lieser 2025

USA / 20 mins
Olive has had a rough couple of months but then she meets the woman of her dreams. Afraid to mess it up, she does what any sane, reasonable person would do … she pretends to be a mail carrier. Wouldn’t you? 
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Make No Mistake These Are The Glory Days
Make No Mistake: These Are the Glory Days

Texas Smith  2025 

USA / 15 mins
While on tour for their sophomore album, emo band HOME IS WHERE pulls up to venues across the country and provides moments of community, celebration, and freedom for their trans-forward audience as well as themselves. Energetic performances are the bridge between moments of vulnerability for the two trans women who lead the band and the fans lining up to see them.

Make Some Room
Make Some Room: The Rebirth of The Legendary Haus of Marciano

 Trey Sherman  2025

USA / 18 mins
We meet the NYC Chapter of the Haus of Marciano weeks before the highly-anticipated Blond Ball, where the Marcis plan to storm the Kiki ballroom scene with new leaders and talent after a temporary hiatus. The ball marks a new era for Marciano, as they plan to storm the event with both longtime leaders and fresh talent. Experienced figures like Charlie, Carter, and Will have upheld Marciano's legacy, while new leaders like Prince and Ariah declare visions for the future. Meanwhile, friends and house members, Ziggy and Badu, prepare to hit the floor with their house siblings. Culminating in lively performances at the ball, the Marcis set the tone for a new chapter.

Making Space
Making Space

Alan Power 2025

Ireland / 6 mins
Cardboard is trying to create a queer fun night for their friends and the queer community in push against boredom and fascists. This is a film about resilience, community, and the fight against bigotry.
Trailer… here

Man Cured
Man Cured

Kyle Heiner,
Johan T. Anderson

2025

USA / 18 mins
Lucas, an insecure, in-the-closet 22-year-old, is stuck spending his weekends babysitting for a bougie Park Slope family to get by. On any other Friday evening, he arrives to watch Freud, a precocious 7-year-old. There’s only one problem: a new babysitter is already there. What happens as a chance occurrence between two young men spirals into a weekend of self-discovery and acceptance. Being bold doesn’t always mean being loud.

Marcia
Márcia

 Claudia Andrea Escobar  2025

Brazil, USA / 16 mins
Márcia's story is told through never-before-seen archival images and the voices of her lovers and friends, from a childhood saved on the streets of Brazil in the 60s until she became one of the first and most talented capoeira practitioners in the world, paving the way for women and queer people in this art.
Trailer… here

Marrow Of Bones
Marrow of my Bones

 Karly McCloskey  2025

Canada / 2 mins
Marrow of my Bones is a short experimental film that has been created through a mixture of digital special effects, compositing, frame by frame animation, and 16mm hand processed film. Through material-based exploration, this film plays with the concept of post-humanism via the return to nature and the body in a tactile and gritty manner.
Trailer… here

Matamortes
Matamortes

 Thiago Martins de Melo  2025

Brazil / 60 mins
An ode to the union of the spiritual left-hand path and the revolutionary political left, telling the saga of an anti-heroine, the daughter of a syncretized Afro Latino god, from her conception, through her struggles against the patriarchal colonial system, to her necrosophical initiatory journey toward anticosmic liberation in the waters of Chaos.
Trailer… here

Mattress
Mattress

Byeongheon Troy Kwon  2025 

Australia
Carrying both a second-hand mattress and their emotional baggage to their new home, a young queer couple end up on a journey that results in the discovery of one’s infidelity.

Mdb
Mdb

Mila Aquilia 2025

Argentina / 18 mins
The summer of 2005 in Mar del Plata. The Bikini Open and the Ladies Night give warmth to the season. Pilar spends her afternoons at a high class beach resort with her family, and there she meets Camila. The teenagers live their first love secretly in front of a society that does not accept them.
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Medusa Vs The Men Who Want Her Head
Medusa vs. the Men Who Want (Her) Head

Jennifer Marie Cella   2025

USA / 4:08 mins
A modernized take on Medusa, reimagining her as a transgender woman in her mid 20s-early 30s just trying to get by. This is just one of many encounters with strange men she must put up with.
Watch… here

Meet Me
Meet Me.

Jay Najeeah 2025

USA / 11 mins
Meet Me is a soft, romantic drama that follows a queer couple preparing for one of them to reconnect with an absentee parent.

Meet Me Again
Meet Me Again /
Reencuentro

Julio César Silva García

2025 

Mexico / 6 mins

At a wild party, queer teen Almos uncovers a betrayal that forces him to confront his fears to rediscover his identity.
Trailer… here

Mercy Dara Mcmanus
Mercy

Dara McManus

2025

Ireland / 5 mins
Watch… here

Mercy
Mercy
Philip Szporer 2025

Canada / 16 mins

A poetic exploration of Black womanhood, race, place, and identity, delving into the double-voiced discourses of a particular Black literary tradition concerning the complexities faced by enslaved people learning their captor’s language.
Merlyns Beard
Merlyn's Beard!
 Almudena Zúñiga 2025 

UK / 2:22 mins
Merlyn, a transgender wizard, really wants a beard. He and his trusty companion Merp try new and creative ways to make beards.
Trailer… here

Meu Pedaco De Mandioca
Meu Pedaço de Mandioca

Raíssa Castor

2025

Brazil / 14 mins
A portion of yuca triggers Rita's delusions and personal transformations.
Trailer... here

Mi Tia Peque
Mi tía Peque

 Claudia Loredo 2025 

México / 53 mins
La familia de la realizadora recuerda la historia de la escritora y guionista Josefina Vicens, a quien llaman con cariño “Peque”. Su legado contribuyó a construir, a través de textos y activismo, la industria cinematográfica y literaria del país.

Mommy
Mommy /
Mãe

 João Monteiro  2025  Brazil / 20 mins
Maria, a trans woman in Rio Grande do Sul, faces prejudice and the challenges of motherhood alongside Dário and her son Zezim. Her struggle reveals the transformative power of love.
Em um Rio Grande do Sul marcado por desafios e preconceitos, Maria, uma mulher transexual, se vê em uma jornada desafiadora, a maternidade. Ao lado de Dário, seu marido, ela assume a responsabilidade de criar seu filho, Zezim. Enquanto luta para construir uma vida digna e manter sua família unida, ela enfrenta o peso do racismo e da discriminação, desafiando barreiras sociais e pessoais. Sua história revela o poder transformador do amor, da coragem e da luta por um lugar.
Trailer... here

Mood Memory
Mood Memory

Gloria Pritchard 2025 USA / 18 mins
I went most of high school and all of college talking to my camera about some of my most personal and volatile emotions and beliefs.

Murder Me
Murder Me

Pau Canivell 2025

Spain / 15 mins
A novice drag queen is given a golden opportunity to become a star, but she'll have to give up on herself to achieve it. Her decision must be made before the party’s over.

Muses
Muses

Simon Vermeulen   2025

Canada / 8 mins
A dancer struggles to break free from the hold of his choreographer, now attracted to another.

My Dearest Darling
My Dearest Darling

 Vahn Leinard C. Pascual 2025 

Philippines / 20 mins
Overcome by loneliness, an aging trans woman tries to contact the spirit of a lost loved one. An emotionally-rich dark comedy from emerging Filipino filmmakers.
Trailer… here

My Name Is Lilith
My Name is Lilith /
Mon nom est Lilith

 LeoLuna Robert-Tourneur 2025 

Belgium, France / 14 mins
Banished from Eden, Lilith falls into hell. Guided by Eve, she embraces her many identities. Together, they move forward, fire in their eyes.

Narmook
Narmook

Ghazal Zoghi Nia 2025

Iran / 19 mins
 A teenage girl is forced to live as a boy due to an ancient tradition, leading her into a silent identity crisis.

New Acquisition
New Acquisition

Caledonia Abbey 2025

UK / 2 mins
A young lesbian couple debates keeping a painting up in their new apartment.

Next Best Thing
Next Best Thing

 Dexter Froud 2025 

USA/ 2:49 mins
This song and film are about the filmmaker's first homosexual experience, and how he soon learned that it was from someone who had feelings for his brother.
Watch… here

Nice To Meet You
Nice to meet you

Noah Kara 2025

Sweden / 13 mins
Emilio and Mikas are two men in their 30s who have never known true love or embrace from their parents as children. One night in a park, when Mikas is on the verge of taking his life, Emilio sees him and intervenes in an impulsive act. This becomes the starting point of their first meeting. During that night, as they share their wounded memories, an unlikely and deep connection develops between them. They explore their feelings and desires, leading to an unexpectedly intimate experience.
Trailer… here

No Brainer
No Brainer

Jordy Kaltz 2025

UK / 9 mins
Two friends hatch a plan to avoid going to work the next day.
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No Love Lost
No Love Lost

Quintina Lawrence 2025

Canada / 8 mins
The film follows a soft, sensual romance between two queer black women falling in love for the first time.
Trailer… here

No Need To Explain
No Need to Explain /
Pocas pra Entender

 Stheffany Fernanda,
Pedro Miosso
 2025

Brazil / 17 mins
A hybrid short film (documentary/fiction) that plunges into the realities of three independent, marginalized artists from São Paulo, some of whom are members of the LGBT community (including a notable transfeminine performance artist). The plot follows the artists’ subjective journeys rather than a single central conflict. The storyline focuses on self-discovery, artistic creation as a form of resistance, and the search for ways to make a living from art within a context of social and economic limitations. Through interviews, performances, and glimpses into their daily lives, the short film explores how these artists transform their identities—including their queer identities and the challenges associated with them—into powerful artistic expression.

No Sleep For Ice
No Sleep For ICE

Ted Griswold 2025 

USA / 3:51 mins
Community members make noise to resist the federal ICE invasion in Long Beach, CA.
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Non Binary Music Video
Non-Binary Music Video

Lena-Camille Otalora   2025

USA / 4 mins
Non-Binary is a sultry, genre-blending love story that reimagines R&B tropes through a queer, jazz-age lens. Set in a dreamy speakeasy, it follows a cat-and-mouse romance between The Crooner and the elusive Lova Love—paying tribute to icons like Josephine Baker, Marlene Dietrich, and Gladys Bentley.
Trailer… here

Nostalgias Calling
Nostalgia's Calling

 Cody Buesing 2025 

4:20 mins
A hypnotic journey drenched in moody lighting, sensual movement, and the unmistakable allure of a familiar time. With sweeping cinematography, evocative lighting, and intoxicating movement, Nostalgia's Calling is more than a music video-it's a visual seduction & a love letter to longing.
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Nuh Uh
Nuh Uh

Dean Farella 2025

USA
Nuh Uh follows the daily struggles of a queer college student Leif, weaving in and out of his friendships, romantic life, and career goals to paint a picture of one’s early twenties in 2025.
Trailer… here

O Lado Que
O Lado Que A Cidade Não Vê

Thomas Toledo 2025

Brazil / 16 mins
Shows how a transphobic, macho and racist society hinders and excludes trans bodies from the labor market.
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One Day
One Day

Lee Campbell 2025 UK
One Day 'Love the refrain and style of intonation. Mesmerising! 'The most beautiful poem I have ever heard’ ‘Lee, this is a heartbreak of beautiful proportions. My heart swells…’ Lee, a lovely heartfelt piece. Your language mixed with the tone of your voice is very beautiful.' ‘one day’ is a very personal story to me. It is a story about friendship and about queer joy and it speaks about a situation which I've been going through recently and sometimes when you have friendships, sometimes you need distance and you need breaks and that's what this film is about, it's about having a friendship break with someone.

One Minute Is An Eternity
One Minute is an Eternity for Those who are Suffering /
Um minuto é uma eternidade para quem está sofrendo

Fábio Rogério,
Wesley Pereira de Castro
2025

Brazil / 62 mins
Depressive. Virginal. Anti-Bolsonaro. Cinephile. Religious. Porn-theorist. Centripetal. Vegetarian. Literature lover. Proto-suicidal. Indiscreet.

Trailer… here

One Night Cherub
One Night Cherub

Austin King 2025

USA / 7 mins
While Nick waits for his app hookup to show up, a demonic cherub tries to kill him.

One Slight Change
One Slight Change

Elmira Azad 2025

Iran / 14 mins
Maryam is a prostitute who is trying to get money by any means necessary to take care of certain matters. She goes to great lengths to gather the money, and eventually we find out what she truly needed it for.
Trailer… here

Only The Dead Fish Go With The Flow
Only the Dead Fish Go with the Flow /
Seuls les poissons morts suivent le courant

 Christophe Gomes 2025 

France / 10 mins
Camille is a six-year-old boy, but Camille feels like a girl. For Carnival, Camille goes to school dressed as a princess, despite the school's refusal to acknowledge Camille as a girl. The principal summons Camille's mother for a final confrontation.

Or
Or

Guy Ozer  2025 

Israel / 6 mins
Or and Bar are in a secret relationship during a war. While Or is recruited to fight in Gaza, Bar remains at home and discovers Or’s death through a news report on the television. Now Bar must carry the weight of grief and their secret.

Pages Of Protest
Pages of Protest

Devon Jezek,
Leila Marcillo-Gomez,
Lauren Piccone
2025

USA / 19 mins
In the United States, book banning has increased at an alarming rate. This project follows activists on the frontlines of the battle against book bans, exploring the complex fight between censorship and free speech.  Pages of Protest critically examines the history of book banning in the U.S., exploring how politics, religion, and shifting cultural battles shape information control and ideas. Our documentary follows the life of a young, queer, black student activist, Da’Taeveyon Daniels, who is fighting the Texas legislature and radical political groups who aim to ban books that represent BIPOC and LGBTQ+ individuals.

Painting It Pink
Painting it Pink

Lau Zautsen  2025 

Netherlands / 17 mins
In an attempt to get closer to their parents, Lau Zautsen examines their mother’s postnatal depression and the strenuous relationship with their dad. In this poetic documentary, archive footage from the family past is interlaced with performative reconstructions.

How can you get as close as possible to the stories from your parents’ and your own past? Reconstructing memories from shortly after his birth, Lau hopes they will better understand their parents. How did their mother cope with their postnatal depression, and why is the relationship with their dad so troubled? This short, experimental documentary provides insight into how vulnerable, inconsistent and subjective family stories can be. Videos from the family archive and some performative contributions make clear: The past is constantly on the move.
Trailer… here

Pansies
pansies

Jamie Simiele 2025

USA / 12 mins
After Caleb is almost caught in the back of a pickup truck with Logan Balfe, he has to keep things quiet while driving Logan home.

Pansy Boy
Pansy Boy

Gavin Vitale  

USA / 12 mins
Pansy Boy is a short documentary film that considers the archival elements that informed director Gavin Vitale’s perception of what it means to be emotional. Blending performative and poetic documentary modes, the film delves into Gavin’s boyhood through journal entries, home videos, and returns to the locations that shaped him. With each new fragment revealing more of his internal struggles, Pansy Boy captures the beautiful complexity of a boy and his emotions.
Trailer… here

Pas De Deux 2025
Pas de Deux!

Nathan Koranda 2025

USA, UK / 4 mins
The chaos of a flashback is transformed into a visceral performance as two bodies struggle for control in this grotesque dance for two.

Passado Infernal
Passado Infernal

 Richard Pessato  2025 Brazil / 17 mins
Após adquirir um relógio amaldiçoado em uma loja de antiguidades, Susi, uma jovem cuidadora, se vê presa ao passado traumático de sua paciente Ana, que carrega a culpa pela morte do filho, vítima da homofobia.
Trailer… here  

Picture Of Calvin
Picture of Calvin

Giorgia Young 2025 South Africa / 2 mins
This short experimental documentary explores Calvin Plazzatto’s relationship with community and running. Filmed over a few winter evenings in Peckham we look at how living in a city like London can mak eyou feel disconnected from yourself and how movement and shared experiences can bring you back together. I’m very proud of this I hope you can tell. Picture of Calvin is a short experimental doc that was born from a post @calvnism shared about his personal journey as a runner.

Pink Isnt Your Color
Pink Isn’t Your Color

Fatima Diallo 2025

USA / 12 mins
Binta, a secretly queer African-Muslim teen, sells candy with her crush Aminata in Atlanta at the pursuit of buying Aminata her dream bike.
Trailer… here

Pink Marker
Pink Marker

Bianca Persicketti 2025

USA / 4 mins
A reflection of my first, strongest relationship--my queer discovery-- and it's ending. simple as that. my way of shutting the book.
Watch… here

Pink Moon 2025
Pink Moon

YOON Han-seok

 2025

Korea / 76 mins
Yun Suknam, born in 1939, supported her widowed mother and siblings from a young age. By the time she turned 40, she felt suffocated by societal roles and chose to pursue painting, spending all her money on supplies and refusing to quit. As a first-generation feminist artist, she continues to paint in her eighties, proving that art is about perseverance, resilience, and an unbreakable will.
Trailer… here

Pith
Pith

Olivia Tirol

2025

USA / 4 mins
This short film was initially adapted from a student poem. Pith, the white insides of an orange, reflects the author’s personal relationship with the world around them and their own gender expression.

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Elisa Beli Borrelli

2025

Ireland / 7 mins
A young trans masc from a distant country finds a new home in Ireland, but the nation’s own problems quickly start to take a toll on him.
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Play Date
Play Date

William Beachum  2025 

USA / 8:35 mins
Matt tries to reconnect with his first love while fighting his own insecurities about their past.

Pmbc Shapeshifter
PMBC - shapeshifter

Jen Russel 2025

UK / 5 mins
A celebration of PMBC, drag and the queer experience. Take a glimpse into PMBC’s world and discover drag as an act of rebellion and transformation, powered by community and pure queer joy.

Polanco
Polanco

Santiago Sierra Soler

2025 

Mexico / 5:55 mins
Polanco is a deeply emotional and visually vibrant film that explores identity, self-discovery, and the transformative power of confidence. Set in the heart of Mexico City, it follows a troubled young man grappling with a sexual identity crisis. Lost and uncertain, he seeks guidance from a mysterious tarot card reader, who sets him on a journey of self-acceptance and courage.
Watch… here

Polish Film About Abortion
Polish film about abortion

Pamela Porwen

2025

Poland / 91 mins
Six stories. Six voices that have been silenced for years. ‘Polish Film About Abortion’ is not just a record of experiences – it is a cry that cannot be silenced. Pamela Porwen, known for her uncompromising activist photography, this time gives space to the protagonists, whose lives have become entangled in politics. In a raw, almost intimate form, the film interweaves the narratives of people from different backgrounds – a transgender man, a victim of sexual violence, an activist convicted of helping someone have an abortion – to create a brutally real picture of a reality in which decisions about one’s own body are a luxury available to few.

There are no aesthetic filters or glamorous shots here – instead, there are emotions so thick you could cut them with a knife. Silence is no longer an option. This is a film that shocks, teases, opens your eyes and doesn’t let you forget.
Trailer… here

Ponay
Ponay (or You Are Not F***ing Welcome)

Hesome Chemamah

2025

Thailand / 27 mins
Cherry is one bureaucratic checkmark away from obtaining a gender identity exemption for the military draft: they ‘just’ have to travel from Bangkok to their family home in Thailand’s deep south to get a residency document. On this final stretch, not only do they have to deal with their conservative family’s outright rejection and abuse, but even those who do recognise their queerness harbour misplaced expectations towards how Cherry performs their gender.

Popped Or Alive
Popped or Alive

Dani Fevola, 
Megan Staton, 
Carter Hanson, Diya Ali, 
Duda Bulhões, 
Ellie Sykes, 
Julienne Sones, 
Rachel Li, 
Requel Bloom, Zag Cook
 2025

USA / 3:13 mins
In an imaginary world of balloon people, an outlaw and a sheriff find themselves working together to take down a poorly-drawn monster.
Trailer… here

Prom Queer
Prom Queer

Dylan Margarette Fiona Cerio 2025

Filipinas / 5 mins
The film explores themes of LGBTQ+ identity and prom, likely within the context of a queer experience. The title, "Prom Queer," suggests a focus on the challenges and celebrations of LGBTQ+ youth navigating prom, possibly mirroring the experiences of those who feel excluded from or marginalized by traditional prom events. The film's short length likely allows it to focus on a specific moment or internal struggle within Lex's experience

Purgatory
Purgatory

Nikki Shaffeeullah 2025

Canada / 19:56 mins
Zena, a usually confident queer woman with an anxiety-induced supernatural streak, is forced to face off with a meddling relative when she returns to her family’s mosque with her partner in tow to attend the funeral of a beloved community member.

Que Bela Heranca
Que Bela Herança

Henrique Brito 2025

Brazil / 15 mins
Entre silêncios, afetos e cicatrizes, Que Bela Herança mergulha na intimidade de Emily, uma jovem mulher lésbica que revisita memórias, afetos e rupturas em sua trajetória de autodescoberta. Em uma narrativa sensível e delicada, o documentário traça um retrato poético de sua vida cotidiana, suas dores e reconciliações internas, revelando as sutilezas de existir em um mundo que ainda insiste em impor limites ao amor e à identidade. Um convite ao espectador para adentrar, com respeito e escuta, os caminhos da liberdade e da coragem de ser.

Queen 2025
Queen /
Rainha

Raul de Lima 2025

Brazil / 12 mins
On the Amazon’s coast, the Marajó Island celebrates the “Queen of the Forest” festival, a competition that celebrated its fourth edition. This year the theme was “blue carbon: the relevance of mangroves”. Led by trans women and gay cis men, the festival promotes discussions on the environmental and lgbtaip+ community.

Queer And Longing
Queer and Longing

Bear Hanrahan 2025

USA
In the space between reality and dreams, two souls connect.
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Queer Memoirs
Queer Memoirs: Too Queer for Me

 Taja Copeland 2025 

USA / 14 mins
When Lucki's latest fling goes from a masculine fantasy to a voguing nightmare, Lucki must confront his own insecurities if he wants to continue to date Nico.
Trailer… here

Queer Tattoo History
Queer tattoo history /
Queer tatueringshistoria

 Sara Swanson  2025

Sweden / 30 mins

In 2005, Sara Swanson founded StaDemonia Tattoo Stockholm together with her partner and tattoo master Soledad Aznar Rodriguez. It quickly became a hub in the Stockholm queer tattoo world. Since the beginning, Sara has been researching queer tattoo history for several years and now we present the result! Queer Tattoo History / Stories is a short documentary, a memorial work about LGBTQi+ people's experiences around tattooing. Sara has collected memories of tattooing through interviews with LGBTQI+ people who tattooed themselves in the 1970s and 80s.  

Queertawe The Documentary
Queertawe - the documentary

Callum Bruce-Phillips 2025

UK / 26 mins
An up-lifting and heart-warming documentary following the journey of LGBTQI+ people in Swansea as they participate in the inter-generational community arts project QUEERTAWE.

Quien Mato A La Cucaracha
¿Quién mató a la cucaracha?

 Juan Escribano Tamayo  2025

Spain / 7 mins
An unprecedented event takes place in Okania, a planet parallel to Earth where the gender structures and behaviors of the Idiots are meticulously studied. The death of the cockroach marks the beginning of a dark chapter in their own civilization, which ends with an even more unsettling occurrence.

Un hecho sin precedentes acontece en Okania, un planeta paralelo a la tierra donde se estudian meticulosamente las estructuras de género y comportamientos de Los Idiotas. La muerte de la cucaracha marca el inicio de una oscura etapa en su propia civilización que termina con un suceso aún más inquietante.

Ramen For Two
Ramen for two

Sergi Barrasa,
Leni Losantos,
Judith Tarrés
2025

Spain / 4 mins
A young chef is getting ready to make some ramen for a date, but the discovery of a photo of her ex-girlfriend sends her on a journey through their shared past. A film that explores themes like memory and new opportunities. Surprising for the mature way it approaches relationships and captivating thanks to its evocative pictorial art aesthetic. Ingredients that will leave audiences with the lingering taste of something between nostalgia and hope.

Ranch
Ranch

Florence Bass  2025 

UK / 24 mins
Since the 90s Lesbos has been a town where lesbians would gather during the summer. In the early 2020s a new FLINTA festival was born, bringing the tradition forward.
Trailer… here

Rat Cammie Forever
Rat+Cammie=Forever

Marissa Sean Cruz   2025

Canada / 11 mins
Two strangers connect through the BetterHell App and bond over their fears and unrealized dreams. When a paywall threatens their relationship, they risk everything to meet–in real life.


rebel!

Erik Jasaň  2025 

Slovakia / 10 mins
Kamil, a seventeen-year-old teenager, decides it’s time to change his look and cut his hair. However, his mother reacts with strong opposition – in her view, his hair is the key to his appeal, and without it, no girl will want him. What starts as an innocent conflict gradually deepens into an emotionally charged struggle between generations, values, and Kamil’s right to his own identity. As Kamil tries to take control over his life and choices, he begins to realize that sometimes, a simple decision can hold more significance than just a matter of style.
Trailer… here

Red Bay
Red Bay

Jose Cortes Amunarriz 2025

Spain / 29 mins
Hondarribia, 1943. Martin is a young man who works on the family farm. His mother works underground with the Comet Network. Martin's relationship with one of the refugee pilots will forever shape his life.
Hondarribia 1943. Martin es un joven que trabaja en el caserío familiar. Su madre colabora en la clandestinidad con la Red Cómete. La relación de Martin con uno de los pilotos refugiados marcará para siempre su vida.
Trailer… here

Red Light Green
Red Light Green

Eva Wu  2025 

USA, Germany / 6 mins
A hypnotic, sensual 3D animation and love letter to the parents who tried their best, and their children who surpassed them in daring to love more boldly.
Trailer… here

Return To Xanadu
Return to Xanadu /
Regreso a Xanadú

David Pascual 2025

Spain / 9 mins
A young man caught in the vortex of addiction and chemsex through fleeting encounters and endless nights, his life becomes a kaleidoscope of intense emotions and dangerous decisions.
His friend Marcos seeks to intervene directly, confronting him with the reality of his actions and their consequences. Other friends choose to distance themselves, feeling unable to handle the weight of the situation.

Revenge
Revenge

Mari Penteado,
Eduardo Campos

2025

Brazil / 18:56 mins
Virginia is a 43-year-old transgender woman who works as a community health agent in Guarulhos, Brazil. The film follows a day in her life, marked by the exhaustion of work, but also by meaningful encounters, dreams, and, above all, the need to live – and resist.

Rocks Kissing
Rocks Kissing

Micah Goldstein

2025

Canada / 4:34 mins
A dive into disconnection and reconnection - of returning to your sense of self after a long time away.

Rope 2025
Rope

Lucas Manuel-Scheibe

2025

USA / 12 mins
During a night of erotic bondage, Aki begins to recall the story of his grandmother’s disappearance. An “ama,” or “sea woman,” of Japan, she gradually descends into the ocean’s loving arms, reflecting Aki’s drift from the ropes and lover who bind him.

Rosa A Mad Wonder
Rosa: A Mad Wonder

Nazli Yildirim

2025

A film that follows Hediye, a Muslim woman grappling with the conflict between her sexual identity and her faith. Although she views love as a gift from God, she confronts the prohibitions found in sacred texts. It also explores the contradictions between love, fate, and belief, revealing a journey of self-discovery and spiritual struggle.
Trailer… here

Scheherazade
Scheherazade

 Orr Bar Ilan,
Yahel Kabiri
2025 

Israel / 18 mins
A young violinist is trapped between a twisted relationship with his conductor, and his inability to connect with the woman who could offer him an escape.

Scored
Scored

Robert Henry 2025 

USA
SCORED follows Jacob, a Black queer composer in LA, who accepts a new film scoring job - only to find that the project unexpectedly stirs his own unresolved grief. 

As artistic compromise, exploitation, and a fraying relationship with his partner Bae begin to take their toll, Jacob is forced to confront the emotional cost of staying visible - and the quiet unraveling that comes with translating pain into performance.

Seasons Along Rivers
Seasons Along Rivers

Lesley Le Luo 2025

Australia / 20 mins
"I'm rooted but I flow", a queer romance of identity and destiny flowing along mighty Murray and gentle Darling Rivers in rural Australia.

Sebastien Delage Game Boy
Sébastien Delage – Game Boy

Sébastien Delage,
Antoine Presles
2025

France / 3 mins
Une chanson geek au romantisme décalé, où le jeu vidéo devient la métaphore d’un jeu de séduction queer aussi maladroit qu’attachant. Les cœurs se battent en versus, les manettes se débranchent, les connexions lâchent… mais le désir persiste, comme un bug qu’on n’a pas envie de corriger.
Watch… here

Secret Raaz
Secret /
Raaz

 Miraaj 2025 

USA / 3 mins
Secret (Raaz)' started as a song about hidden emotions, but now it's a visual anthem for anyone who's ever felt like a secret or had one kept from them, celebrating love in all its authentic, inclusive forms. This chill-pop anthem blends South Asian influences with modern pop beats and is a celebration of love in all its forms, especially queer love. The music video is also reflection of my journey as an immigrant to a naturalized American recording artist, and a fully manifested love letter to the San Francisco Bay Area community that has supported me from the beginning.
Watch… here

Sentimientos Que No Pedi
Sentimientos Que No Pedí 

 Ángel Abimael Trejo Aguilar 2025 

Mexico
Trailer… here

Service
Service

 Itai Jamshy  2025

Israel / 20 mins
Caught between his mother’s anxieties and a risky romance with his boss, 16-year-old Yonatan is in a desperate search for freedom. As secrets surface, he must navigate love, betrayal, and self-discovery to uncover what truly matters.

Sex In Drag
Sex in Drag

John Mark Hostetler  2025 

USA / 15 mins
_Sex in Drag _is an intimate, unfiltered portrait of Sherry Vine - a performer who’s spent her life straddling gender, sexuality, and the unforgiving streets of New York City. What begins as a bawdy tale of her first hookup in drag with a drug dealer evolves into a deeper meditation on what it means to be desired—not just as a spectacle, but as a person. In Sex in Drag, Sherry Vine reflects on her most formative sexcapades and how defying labels, navigating secrecy, and grappling with hetero norms have led her to a love life in the margins. With sharp wit and aching honesty, Sherry dismantles the binary thinking around sexuality and challenges the shame and rigidity that still cling to queer desire.

Sex Siren
Sex Siren

Máximo Peligro  2025

Argentina, Spain / 12:33 mins
How editorial can fisting be? This project seeks to portray, through an aesthetic and symbolic lens, practices such as fisting, latex culture, and other expressions linked to BDSM—approached in a way that emphasizes care, tenderness, intimacy, and the body’s erotic power.

Shaping A Dress
Shaping a Dress

 Aaren Rackett  2025

Canada / 4 mins
An early 19th century tailor going through the process of making a dress for themselves as a way of coming out to their family.
Trailer… here

Shemergency
Shemergency

Paolo Accogli 2025

Italy / 3 mins
Sher is a transgender superheroine, guardian of the trans* and queer community. Not all of Sher’s missions consist in defeating supervillains; some are more mundane, at times ridiculous, but still with the support and help of her sisters in the times of need in mind.

Shishbarak
Shishbarak

May Drora Sayag   2025

Israel / 20 mins
Zohar is a lazy, closeted bisexual granddaughter who hates magic and lives with her Syrian witch grandmother. When her grandmother is injured because of her, Zohar is forced to inherit the family’s magical powers. Together, they open the first Shishbarak stand in Kiryat Ono, through which Zohar learns that magic—like her sexual attraction—should be embraced as a strength, not a source of shame.
Trailer… here

Silent Night 2025
Silent Night /
Amígdalas

Andrezza Czech,
Laís Catalano Aranha

2025

Brazil / 24 mins
Década de 90. Uma família de mulheres se reúne apenas no Natal. A cada ano, a vida de Emily passa por mudanças, mas algo permanece: sua garganta arde quando está na presença de sua mãe, Norma (Gilda Nomacce).

Silent Pull
Silent Pull

Lamont Nathaniel Gibson

2025

USA / 11 mins
A Black queer man navigates unreciprocated intimacy and the emotional cost of longing, as systemic pressures push his vulnerabilities into transactional spaces.

Singh And Sinha
Singh & Sinha

Mohan Das

2025

India
Singh and Sinha shared a love that seemed unbreakable. For a year and a half, they were inseparable—best friends, partners, and soulmates, living a life full of happiness and quiet intimacy. Singh often expressed how grateful he was for Sinha, the perfect partner he always dreamed of. But in a cruel twist of fate, Sinha suddenly dies, leaving Singh devastated and struggling to comprehend the loss of the person who completed him. As the devastating news sinks in, Singh is hit with the gut-wrenching reality—he, too, is HIV positive.

Small Town Pride
Small Town Pride

Nathan Dyer   2025

Australia
In a remote outback Australian town, a brave queer community rallies to keep their vibrant pride weekend alive. Told through three locals’ stories, this film is a sharp, heartfelt look at resilience, belonging, and hope against the odds.
Trailer… here

Soft Boy
Soft Boy

 Cami Thomas 2025 

USA / 3:25 mins
Paige Alyssa’s “Soft Boy” is a high-energy, joy-drenched music video that turns a retro workout class into a vibrant stage for self-expression. Set in a stylized gym reminiscent of Richard Simmons' iconic fitness tapes, the video celebrates softness, sensuality, and queer liberation through playful choreography, bold fashion, and infectious pop production.

Sofia 2025
Sofia

Camila de Ilhéus 2025

USA / 10 mins
Sofia is a young Brazilian woman, recently immigrated to Baltimore, USA, who suffers from the millennial disease of ‘15-second attention span.’ A fish out of water, she goes on to her waxing session in hopes to have fun on her dates over the weekend. Being more interested in people she doesn’t know than the ones right in front of her, a moment of miscommunication with the aesthetician turns what is to be a quick waxing session into Sofia’s worst nightmare.

Southern Son Shine
Southern Son Shine

Kevin Dapree Anderson 2025

USA / 23 mins
Poetry, modern dance, survival! Southern Son Shine centers Black gay men living with HIV through Southern storytelling, art, and ancestral memory. The film reframes the South as a place of survival, softness, and becoming, where faith, masculinity, queerness, and healing intersect. Through intimate reflection and creative expression, Southern Son Shine honors lived experience as cultural testimony, illuminating joy, resilience, and the enduring light found when Black Southern stories are told with truth and care. Inspirational!
Trailer… here

Spicy Noodles
Spicy Noodles

Sophia Hochedlinger 2025

Austria / 9 mins
Tim and Fino have been friends since their school days. They talk about past relationships and share memories, which are extremely different. Tim asks Fino a question. They make a bet and eat spicy ramen. Fino loses and a secret is revealed.

Stagmite
Stagmite

Sydney Violet Gray

2025

USA / 13 mins
A trans girl moves into an apartment with two cis roommates who will go to brutal measures to push her out.
Trailer… here

Parado Mirando
Standing and Watching / Parado Mirando

Renzo Cozza

2025

Argentina / 15 mins
Rafael is a poet who lives with his best friend, has a sad job in a gray office and a worn-out relationship. The city is collapsing due to a heat wave that makes adults feel sick, but also gives them the opportunity to feel again.

Stardust & Camp
Stardust & Camp

Jayden Van Win

2025

Australia / 1 2mins
A wandering cosmonaut interviews artworks in an abstract art gallery, talking about queerness, identity and the artistic process.

Starting Whistle
Starting Whistle

Eve Sanchez

2025

USA / 5 mins
Starting Whistle explores the intersection of gender, sport, and power through the story of Maren “Nightmaren.” By day, she navigates the demands of work and family; by night, she laces up her skates and takes on the track.

Stay Hot Stay Chill
Stay Hot Stay Chill
小女孩長大了

 Nancy YiYu Chen  2025 Taiwan / 19 mins
“What options do Taiwanese lesbians have for meeting like-minded people and relaxing over a drink and dance? “20 years ago, AJ, who had just returned to Taiwan from San Francisco, started organizing lesbian parties just because of this simple idea. From a few hundred people in the beginning to nearly a thousand people now, she gradually expanded her business to publish Lez’s meeting magazine, establish a brand, and develop cross-border diversity. Along the way, she has accompanied Taiwan’s equal rights leap. LEZS Party has become synonymous with the entertainment culture of lesbians in Taiwan and even Asia. 

Stealing Ash
Stealing Ash

Frances Capel

2025

USA / 13 mins
After their best friend dies, four best friends plan a heist to steal their ashes and take them on a final joyride for the send-off they deserve.

Strange Passenger
Strange Passenger /
Extraño Passageiro

Rafael Vebber

2025

Brazil / 11 mins
On a nudist beach, an unexpected encounter brings changes to a young man’s life. Years later, he returns in search of his memories and someone who might still be there.

Em uma praia de nudismo, um encontro inesperado provoca mudanças na vida de um jovem. Anos mais tarde, ele retorna em busca de suas lembranças e de alguém que talvez ainda esteja lá.

Surajmukhi
Surajmukhi

Ritik Mehta,
Kriti Edwankar

 2025

India / 13 mins
Surajmukhi, a flower of the sun, aches for the night. Drawn to the moonlit world of Parijatika & raatranis, she tastes freedom and desire. But night is fleeting, and dawn is merciless. As light and dark meet, so do love and loss.
Trailer… here

Sweep
Sweep

Chaela Fuentes

2025

Philippines / 9:36 mins
Seven-year-old Anna convinces her trans mother, Joe, to let her tag along as she works as a street sweeper. Their journey leads to a day of quiet revelations and unexpected intimacy on the city’s margins.

Swept By Silence
Swept by Silence /
Odviate tichom

 Andrej Zelenec  2025 

Slovakia / 28 mins

Danka's seemingly peaceful life is disrupted by the bitter announcement from her parents: 'We’re getting divorced.' When they remain silent about the reasons for the unexpected split, she embarks on a personal investigation, sifting through old video tapes captured by her parents' MINI DV camera. As she delves into family archives from her childhood, Danka is drawn into vivid memories of a summer vacation—was it truly just a peaceful cabin by the lake, or does the footage reveal a deeper, untold story? 

Take A Look At Me
Take a Look at Me

Kevin Xian Ming Yu 2025

USA / 25 mins
Zhang, a middle-aged Chinese immigrant, visits the grieving family of his former lover, Ming. Over one afternoon in Queens, he connects with twenty-something Andy, Ming’s genderqueer child.

Talking Walls
Talking Walls

Marcellus

 

USA / 28 mins
Multiple voices reflect on language, sound, touch, history, and choice in public and private, Black and queer spaces.

Talking Walls takes us through the Black queer spaces of Detroit, Philadelphia, and New York City, tracing the architecture of queer resistance and joy.

Through voices and archival fragments, the film pays homage to the remains of hidden homes and places where touch, language and memory preserve stories of survival and belonging.
Trailer… here

Taps
Taps

Louis O. Utieyin

2025

UK / 6:51 mins
When Max accidentally summons a demon on Grindr, he must do whatever it takes to survive.

Tasty
Tasty

Cameron Collett

2025

Australia / 8 mins
A short documentary about the Tasty nightclub raid Melbourne's stonewall which occurred in 1994, where 463 patrons filed a class action against the police for the wrong and indecent behavior.
Trailer… here

Ten Tom Schneid
Ten

 Tom Schneid 2025 

Israel / 3 mins
Music video for the song by Tom Schneid.
Watch… here

Territory In Transit
Territory in Transit / Território em Trânsito

Renna Costa 2025

Brazil / 20 mins
Aracy vive com a sua avó, Dona Iram em uma comunidade do agreste, ela encara uma jornada de encantaria pelo seu próprio corpo-território.

Thank You For Your Love
Thank You for Your Love

Jin Sonnyé Lim   2025 USA / 3 mins
2 dogs timidly grapple to seek intimacy in this gorgeous, bouncy hand-drawn animated short. 

The 2007 Miss Southern Diva Pageant
The 2007 Miss Southern Diva Pageant 

Levi Maxine Johnson 2025

USA / 4 mins
On the night of the 2007 Miss Southern Diva Pageant, Sasha Cunt & her best friend Balls are RUNNING LATE! One dead deer, a car chase, and a gay singalong later can the two drag artists make it on time for the pageant?

Trailer… here

The Bathroom
The Bathroom

Abdo Esper  2025 

Mexico / 13 mins

Inside a bathroom, a young man lives three possible versions of the same encounter, each one exposing how fragile, violent or tender desire can become when fate turns the handle. 

The Beautiful Room Is Empty
The Beautiful Room is Empty /
O Lindo Quarto Está Vazio

Fernando Grisi   2025 Brazil / 40 mins
Victor and João were in love with each other as teenagers, but didn’t really know it. Reunited by chance six years later, they’ll spend one night together to find out what has changed and where they’ll go from now. 

The Cat Sitter
The Cat Sitter

Edie Eberhardt

2025

USA / 20 mins
In search of quick cash, a young professional takes on a cat-sitting job for quirky ladies in Slabtown. Little does she know, these seemingly innocent feline companions harbor a sinister secret.

The Cave
The Cave

Matias Breuer  2025 

USA / 15 mins
An 1850s explorer wanders the California countryside, searching for a cave rumored to have mystical powers. However, Landon had concealed an intimate and profound love with a vampire, who now refuses to accept his loss and seeks revenge against his tormentor.
Trailer… here

The Center Orange County Youth Group
The Center Orange County Youth Group 1982-1986

 Michael Klyde 2025 

USA / 17 mins
The story and importance of the Orange County CA LGBTQ Center's Youth Rap Program, during the 1980s.

The D Word
The D Word

Mya Van Dyk 2025

Canada / 3:16 mins
A butch lesbian is accosted by a manifestation of their Catholic-school-going, homophobic, younger self.

The Daddy Issue Aka Samtalet
The Daddy Issue "Samtalet"

Michaela & Daniela Runesson

2025

Sweden / 10 mins
Systrarna Lou och Ina får ett kryptisk sms från sin frånvarande pappa. Han har något att berätta, men vad?! De två systrarna går igenom varje tänkbart scenario medan Lous flickvän försöker vara den förnuftiga rösten. En film om systerskap och frånvarande fäder.

English: The sisters Lou and Ina receive a cryptic text message from their absent father. He has something to tell them, but what?! The two sisters go through every possible scenario while Lou’s girlfriend tries to be the voice of reason. A film about sisterhood and absent fathers.

The Deep Desire To Get Lost At Sea
The Deep Desire to Get Lost at Sea /
El profundo deseo de perderse en el mar

 Marco Aguilar  2025

Mexico / 28 mins
During World War II, lovers Franco and Jorge reunite at a motel in the Port of Ensenada, but the uncertainty of the visit and some unexpected news will force them to reconsider the future of their relationship.
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The Dinner Ghost

 Christopher David Herbst,
Zachary Allen Kapinos
2025 

USA / 3 mins
Sam, an anxious lesbian, who on the night of her proposal is surprised by the sudden appearance of her Grandpa's ghost!

The Divine Femme
The Divine Femme

Odu Adamu

 2025

Canada / 17 mins
Black. Brown. Trans. Cis. Queer. Immigrant. Full Bodied. Embodied. Femme. The Divine Femme is a conversation between women in Toronto’s ballroom scene. They share their personal identity intersections, and how they bring the presence and power of womanism to the runway! The Divine Femme is part of the documentary short series, GRAND PRIZE.

The Gaymaker
The Gaymaker /
L’Egayeuse

Elliot Delage

2025

France / 2 mins
Désespérément amoureux de son colocataire, un jeune homme fait appel aux services de l’Égayeuse, une femme d’affaires connue pour rendre homo tous les mecs avec qui elle couche. L’homosexualité des uns peut-elle faire le bonheur des autres?

The Gaze
The Gaze

Magda El Bayoumi

2025

Germany / 6 mins
At a swimming pool in Berlin, the beliefs of a young white feminist are challenged when a woman her age enters the pool wearing a hijab. Their encounter creates an unexpected tension that blurs the line between confrontation and attraction.

The Growing Edge
The Growing Edge

Ian Kaler   2025 

Austria, Germany / 17 mins
Blurring the lines of choreography and storytelling, The Growing Edge explores the theatrical and staged, fictional and dreamlike in autobiography, reflecting on the depiction of lived queer and trans experience as personal and political narrative. The film's transmale protagonist recounts a fragmented father and son relationship alongside a journey of re-framing masculinity as an act of reconciliation.
Trailer… here

A Cigana
The Gypsy /
A Cigana

Thiago Furtado

2025

Brazil / 75 mins
A deeply personal documentary that follows Benício Bem, a queer artist from Piauí whose music and identity are shaped by the vibrant fusion of Romani heritage and Northeastern Brazilian popular culture. More than a portrait of a performer, the film is an intimate exploration of gender, self-expression, and resistance. In a society where queerness and regional culture are often marginalized, Benício embarks on a symbolic and cosmic journey of affirmation, challenging binary norms, confronting stigma, and reclaiming space as an LGBTQ+ artist in a conservative landscape. Through his voice, body, and artistry, he navigates questions of visibility, belonging, and the spiritual dimensions of identity.
A Cigana é um longa-metragem documental que apresenta o compositor e intérprete Benício Bem, artista piauiense que tem relação direta com a cultura cigana e a cultura popular nordestina. Em uma viagem cósmica em busca de reconhecimento, Benício perpassa por uma reflexão desde as questões de gênero até o estigma do "artista local".

The Harvest
The Harvest /
Žatva

Tamara Štofková  2025 

Slovakia / 23 mins

Žofa, freshly engaged to the village’s most admired young man, dreams of love and celebration. But when she discovers his secret affair and becomes the target of cruel gossip, her world unravels. Rumors spread, loyalties break, and feelings she never expected begin to surface. The line between truth and lies blurs in a story of desire, betrayal, and the search for one's true self. 

The Healing Animal
The Healing Animal

 Christopher Beeson  2025

USA / 55 mins
The Healing Animal documents animal-assisted psychotherapy as well as the emotional and legal processes of gender transition. Charlee is a 25-year-old transgender college student who moved to Colorado to escape gender persecution in Kentucky. They are attending psychotherapy to secure legal rights to name change, gender marker change, and surgery.
Trailer… here

The Insect Graveyard
The Insect Graveyard

Alex Simões

 2025

Portugal / 20 mins
Where were you when you realized the irreversibility of death? Through grief, Alex recreates their childhood in a mechanic's workshop, transforming memory into a performance space for overcoming loss.

The Invention Of Orum
The Invention of Orum /
A Invenção do Orum

Paulo Sena

2025

Brazil / 18 mins
A drag queen Jéssica revive uma "história para não se perder", rememorada por sua mãe, de quando ela fugiu de Novo Céu para ser feliz e agora volta para entender suas escolhas mais profundas, entrelaçando-se numa relação atemporal de saudade, culpa e redenção.

The Last Goodbye
The Last Goodbye

Ahlaam Yasmin

2025 

USA / 3 mins
A vibrant hum synchronizes its rhythm to the bright life of a Chicago park in the summer. Nic and Kitty laugh alongside each other, seated a familiar distance away on the bench. The two wade between what was and what will be. Why is life so bittersweet? Kitty initiates their final goodbye, marking the end of their romantic connection. Nic sheepishly tries to extend their time together, but Kitty asks for her apartment key back. A quiet understanding: this is the end. Nic hands the key over, and the two embrace. 

The Library Problem
The Library Problem

Mell Packard

2025

USA / 6 mins
A short student documentary examining the history and current status of the ongoing battle over LGBTQ+ content in the children’s section of Alabama public libraries.

The Making Of The Last Anomaly
The Making of The Last Anomaly

Hamish Downie

2025

Japan / 37 mins
I made a kind of documentary for "The Making of 'The Last Anomaly" - which showcases the evolution from my first draft, to Adrian's draft and the first animatic, to the actor's recording sessions, to the final film. It will be exclusive to Gilbert Baker Film Festival

The Man In The Showers
The Man in the Showers /
Douches Pour Hommes

 Hakim Atoui  2025

France / 13 mins
Skander is an eleven‑year‑old, withdrawn, and quiet boy. When his younger sister’s babysitter takes them to the local swimming pool, he drifts on the margins, uninterested in learning to dive and struggling to connect with the other children. His bond with his parents feels distant, and he feels little sense of belonging to the town around him. Yet something unexpected unsettles him, stirring a strange, unfamiliar feeling. Skander must now understand this feeling and make it his own. A gentle portrayal of early awakenings of desire and the natural process of self‑discovery that shapes who we become.

The Metronome
The Metronome

Laura Jean Healey

2025

UK / 3:40 mins
The metronome, an ever-present and indifferent tool designed to help the drummer find her rhythm, becomes her biggest antagonist. It serves as a blank slate onto which she projects all of her negative thoughts and deep-seated fears – of not being good enough, of being an imposter.

The New Creation Stroy
The New Creation Story

Dane Figueroa Edidi,
J Mase III,
Audria LB

2025 

USA / 6:23 mins
Since the ancient world, Creation Stories have been told to help us not simply imagine the way the world was formed, but our divine place within it.

 Blending animation, poetry, music, stories rooted in various cultures and live elements, A New Creation Story celebrates Black Trans community and retells the making of the Universe — taking us on a journey from before the first molecule was crafted until the precise moment where everything has truly come to be.

The Orchestra
The Orchestra

 Carlo Fiorillo,
Brandon Katzer
2025 

USA / 18 mins
Micah, a hopeful romantic, falls for charming Vaughn. As their passion deepens, shifting perspectives reveal a tense psychological struggle, where desire blurs trust and love becomes a dangerous illusion.

The Ozard
The Ozard

 Ciska Meister 2025 

Netherlands / 24 mins
During the rehearsals of the youth production The Ozard of Wiz, the creators walk side by side along the yellow brick road, on their way to a queer utopia under the spotlights.

This debut follows the creation of youth production The Ozard of Wiz. With this queer play, dramatist René Geerlings bases himself on the iconic The Wizard of Oz to tell a coming-of-age story about being different. In this short documentary, the actors and dramatists look back. When did they lose their youthful innocence and when did shame enter their lives? And how did they get rid of it?
Trailer… here

The Palace At The End Of The World
The Palace at the End of the World

 Bradley Innes Wilson  2025

UK / 12 mins
Max's mum is crying into her wine, his dad is refusing to look away from the TV and his nan seems to only be worried about whether she is missing Emmerdale... oh... and there's a comet about to destroy the world. A journey into the night finds Max partying with a bunch of costumed queers. But as the end of humanity fast approaches he must decide where he truly wants to spend his last moments on Earth.

The Pleats Of The Skirt
The Pleats of the Skirt /
Los pliegues de la falda

 Blanca Muñoz Ávila  2025

Colombia / 19 mins
When Linda is offered the lead “male” role in the school play “The Ugly Duckling”, her father tries to forbid it while her mother Maria decides to help her, even if it means swimming against the tide.
Trailer… here

The Queer Box
The Queer Box

Marta Morosi   2025

The Netherlands / 11 mins
What does it mean to be queer in a world that only sees straight? In this exploration of queer visibility, four people who are often misread as straight reflect on their experience navigating heteronormative society, and the bittersweet privilege of being able to hide your queerness while constantly feeling the need to explain why you belong to the queer community. 

The River And The Glen
The River and The Glen:
Camp Trans Scotland

Jules Lacave-Fontourcy 2025

UK / 30 mins
The First Scottish Camp Trans happened in September 2024, near Aberfeldy.  Cradled by the mountains, far from cis-society for a weekend.  Far from being a commodified retreat, Camp Trans was a coming together of trans people to rest and restore strength.  This documentary explores how community care, trans ancestry were the pillars of Camp Trans.
Trailer… here

The School Of Rocky
The School of Rocky

Chloe Niesz Kutsch 2025

USA / 5 mins
"The School of Rocky" is about a Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast and the Queer community built around it.

The Teachers Day
The Teachers Day

Ravendra Kewlani 2025

India / 7 mins
Every Teachers’ Day, retired teacher Asha is reminded of the impact she’s had on her students through the notes and gifts they send her. This year, one gift stands apart—a colorful rainbow saree from Sameer, a former student who thanks her for being the ally who helped him grow into his proud, authentic self.
Watch… here

The Wolf Cut
The Wolf Cut

Addison Wright 2025

USA / 24 mins
A high school student decides to befriend and secretly make a movie about a boy who is rumored to be a werewolf.
Watch… here

The Worst Kind Of Aftertaste
The Worst Kind of Aftertaste

Sam Chang Bravo  2025 

Canada / 9 mins
In this poignant animated short, a film student navigates the shockwaves of hidden trauma and PTSD on a night out with friends.

Things I Wanted To Tell You
Things I Wanted to Tell You

Daniel Toffler Bruski  2025 

Israel / 12 mins
Danny and Ya’ara pretend that everything is fine between them. Ya’ara- an actress, lands an audition and asks Danny for help to prepare, but when they start acting the scene, relationship problems starts to surface and things go downhill.

This Is Everything I Never Told You
This Is Everything I Never Told You

Luz Alejandra Perez

2025

USA / 14 mins
After deciding to move on from their romantic history, life gets complicated when two best friends struggle to navigate their friendship as their journeys to coming out don't align.

This Side Up
This Side Up

Alex J Bledsoe

2025

USA
“This Side Up” is a short film that documents the interior lives of art handlxrs and their experiences in the art world. Set in the Bay Area and contextualized by the voice of contemporary art curator Eungie Joo, this film features Adrian Clutario and Nahkoura Mahnassi as they explore the ways that their identities as LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC people intersect with their roles behind the scenes of museums and art galleries. The film also brings into view the international scale of the art world, with appearances from art handlxrs located in Los Angeles, New York, and Mexico City.

This Woman Is A Man
This Woman Is a Man /
Esta Mulher é um Homem

André Murraças,
Flávio Gil  
2025 

Portugal / 63 mins
Deborah Krystall, Fanny Star, Guida Scarllaty, Wanda Morelly and Zizi Mayer are Fernando Santos, Fernando Paulo, Carlos Ferreira, Alberto Teixeira and João Callati, a group of former (some still active) Portuguese transvestites. Important symbols of our cultural memory, lives that have endured hardship and overcame forbidding times when persecution reigned, their careers illustrate different moments and mentalities in Portugal.

Thoughts And Prayers
Thoughts and Prayers 

Roxanne Manders,
Ella Richie Teresa DeMaria
2025

10 mins
A transgender angel crash lands in the desert and finds her way to Las Vegas, where she is exposed to earthly pleasures.

Threatening Tone
Threatening Tone /
Tom de Ameaça

Dalily Corrêa 2025

Brazil / 18 mins
A fictional short film that mixes reality and dream while telling the story of a fortune teller who challenges the patriarchy.
Trailer… here

Three Act Structure
Three Act Structure

Iona Rose Wheeler 2025

UK / 3 mins
Iona recounts and imagines discussing gender with doctors.

Tiffany Shades Amplify Her
Tiffany – SHADES:
Amplify Her

Cece Chow 2025

Canada / 3:22 mins
Tiffany speaks to the beauty of growing older as a trans person, a subject rarely celebrated.

Travando Lutas
To Fight /
Travando Lutas

Beni Campos

2025 

Brazil / 15 mins
Como a sociedade produz doença em corpos dissidentes? Travando Lutas é um mergulho nos receios, na resistência e nas celebrações de pessoas trans. Nesse curta-metragem documental sensível, a pulsão de vida é o maior grito por saúde e cuidado.

Touch
Touch

Joa Darmansjah

2025

Australia / 16 mins
At a crossroads between an old flame and an unraveling sense of self, Mac is drawn to Kieran, a charismatic photographer who awakens a dormant longing. Tension finally breaks at a crowded house party, leading to a heartfelt confession and their entanglement unravelling.

Transitions In Life
Transitions in Life

 Olivia Sadat  2025

USA / 4:51 mins
Florian Rafalaf, a high school student, talks about his story of being transgender and how it has affected him and his life. He discusses his thoughts and point of view during the time of his gender transition, how others reacted and how it has changed many parts of his life. It is also the story of how he found art, a way to express himself and his thoughts during these tough times in his life.

Trans Vengeance
TransVengeance

Kaye Adelaide

2025

Canada / 4:45 mins
A trans woman dies on the operating table during facial feminization surgery, but death is no match for a determined transsexual.

Tri County
Tri-County

Gerard Shaka

2025

USA / 25 mins
A hot mess Florida gay ignores the warnings of his friends and family, who are all worried about him working on a project with his ex-fiancé, but his lies to them only cover up the puzzling attachment he has to the love of his life.

Trick
Trick

 Rodrigo Ribeyro 2025 

Brazil / 15 mins
Elisa, a worker from São Paulo, decides to skip work to go to the beach.
Trailer… here

True Receiver
True Receiver

Judebird

2025

USA / 4 mins
A work of hand-painted 16mm film evoking the motion of leaving earth, burrowing deep into time and space and coming out the other side.

True Treasure
True Treasure

Cat Saucier

2025

USA / 3:40 mins
Sailing to the treasure, a ship of silver and gold, Bonny quickly learns they are being followed by her rival Captain Jordan. Before the two ships can fight over the riches, a great sea serpent rises from the sea and blocks its course. Bonnie now must choose, should she stay behind to fight with her greatest enemy, or go after the treasure, leaving Jordan and her crew behind to perish?

Tu Maria Luisa Ruiz Monclova
Tu

María Luisa Ruiz Monclova 

2025

Spain / 5 mins
Rosa está en duelo por un amor que no pudo ser.
Trailer… here

Tutti Fruti Cake
Tutti Frutti Cake

Rohit Prajapati

2025

India / 18 mins
Maya, a transwoman, and her chosen family host a vibrant Diwali party celebrating love and acceptance. As tensions simmer beneath the festivities, unexpected transformations and surprises spark healing, joy, and reconciliation – making it a night of true new beginnings.

Tutto Il Resto E Noia
Tutto il resto è noia

Federico Cianferoni

2025

Italy / 12 mins
Lupo is bored, frustrated, and restless. Meri tries to help him, but everything falls apart when he meets Tancredi: he feels inadequate. He knows he isn’t “normal”: normality isn’t a path he can take.

Twinkhood
Twinkhood

Spencer Dorsey

2025

Canada / 7 mins
What happens when a chronically horny twink gets a crush?

Two Or Three Things Before I Go
Two or Three Things Before I Go /
Deux ou trois choses avant de disparaître

Guillaume Le Pape

2025

France / 13:11 mins
In the midst of a crowded funfair, H. isolates himself in a phone booth. He uses the coins he has left to try to reconnect with someone close from his former life.

Two Sides 2025
Two Sides

Mi Ni Ni Aung

2025 

Myanmar / 18 mins
Thit Lwin Htun, a transgender man, lives in the bustling city of Yangon, in a quiet neighbourhood where he runs a barber shop. He is finally happy with his body and loves his job. Now, he must learn to emotionally navigate his past life as a mother of a budding teenage daughter and presence as a recently married man.
Trailer… here

Unanimated Strangers
Unanimated Strangers

Róisín Sinai

2025

Ireland / 5 mins
A young woman takes the daily commuters on a journey through her memories of a past relationship.
Trailer… here

Unburied
Unburied

Ayo Lawson

2025

Nigeria / 13 mins
Unburied” is a haunting exploration of identity and acceptance, set against the backdrop of contemporary Nigeria. The film follows Alex, a non-binary individual from a conservative Yoruba family and a strict Pentecostal community, as they navigate the treacherous path toward self-discovery. Confronted by family rejection, societal transphobia, and religious condemnation, Alex’s journey unfolds in a dark, metaphorical forest where they are both literally and figuratively running from their past. This sinister setting is haunted by a masquerade that embodies the societal pressures and deep-seated fears aiming to erase their identity. Employing elements of suspense and the supernatural, “Unburied” is a poignant narrative that delves into the struggles and resilience required to live authentically. It highlights the challenges faced by transgender and non-binary individuals in Nigeria, advocating for acceptance and the fundamental human right to one’s true self.
Trailer… here

Unfulfilled Dreams
Unfulfilled Dreams

Shwe Yee Oo

2025

Myanmar / 10 mins
While observing a lesbian couple selling naan breads in a street cart, the director struggles with questions of (in)visibility and dreams of partnered life in Myanmar.

Fardado
Uniformed /
FArDADO

 Dan Biurrum 2025 

Brazil / 25 mins
A gay cop, Gustavo lives two irreconcilable realities. In a world where the uniform condemns him to hiding, he feels his true nature being crushed by fear.

Policial militar e gay, Gustavo vive duas realidades que parecem inconciliáveis. Em um ambiente onde estar fardado é também estar fadado a não se assumir, ele vê sua natureza ser esmagada pelo medo. Mas até onde o silêncio protege, e quando ele se torna uma arma?
Trailer… here

Unravelled
Unravelled

Sofia Bianca Chua, Maria Isabella Patricia Manaloto,
Avryll Nartates

2025

Philippines / 9 mins
Struggling with his identity, anxious Rio has always sought acceptance but as his past haunts him, he struggles to see himself as human.

Vanished Season
Vanished Season

KIM Daehan

2025 

Korea / 36 mins
Su-yeon, burdened by guilt over the death of Hye-gyung, receives a letter from Hye-gyung's twin sister, Ja-yeong. While sorting through Hye-gyung's belongings, Su-yeon discovers that the address in the letter was the home they had planned to share. Confronting Ja-yeong, the two women share their grief and begin to heal, each finding their own way forward as time starts to flow again.
Trailer… here

Venus Sucks
Venus Sucks

 Sivan Eyal  2025

Israel / 13 mins
Yana sets out with her sharp, shady friend Sheli for an afternoon adventure at the mall, determined to leave her innocent days behind. In search of a blue movie, fast food, and male attention, the girls drift into a series of unexpected encounters — and an unplanned lesson in the praises of the arts of seduction.

Vertical Storage Solutions For The Recently Bereaved
Vertical Storage Solutions for the Recently Bereaved

 Simone Hile-Bassett 2025 

USA / 12 mins
Strapped for cash from healthcare costs, a trans woman takes a job testing an invasive, empathy-generating brain implant, unaware her childhood friend is the project's lead developer.

Vlinder
Vlinder

Yulai Smits   2025

The Netherlands / 12 mins
In this hybrid documentary, we follow poet, writer, and fashion-icon Vlinder Verouden as she talks about her experiences now that she is in transition. As an ode to being queer, the film captures the feeling and beauty of this process and serves as a reminder that in the end—we are all in transition. 

Vogelaar
Vogelaar

Willemijn Debets  2025 

The Netherlands / 11 mins
A documentary portrait of Martha, a young artist and activist who devotes herself to the intricate study of bird anatomy to create life-sized replicas from materials she finds outside. In this short, her current project, a crow, takes shape right before our eyes as Martha reflects on her process. An ode to the art of looking closely and an invitation for kinship across species.

Vulkan
Vulkan

 Julia Zakia 2025 

Brazil, France / 15 mins
A sensitive 16mm portrait of a volcanic love story between three women, where desire, affection and memory overflow the limits of normative love.
Trailer… here

Walk Me Home
Walk Me Home

 Kaye Adelaide 2025 

Canada / 11 mins
Axis, an anxious enby, braves a late night walk home alone where they encounter a supernatural swelling of fears.

Warm Shadows
Warm Shadows

Aakash Chhabra

2025 

India, Singapore / 15 mins
Weaving personal family archives, reenacted rituals and stories of Priya's girlhood which Raag grew up listening to, Warm Shadows is about a secret between a mother and a son that must be kept hidden, despite the yearning to break free.
Trailer… here

We Ve Come A Long Way
We’ve Come a Long Way

Edgar Flores

2025

USA / 7 mins
A conversation with senior members of the LGBTQ+ community, exploring how the universal need to express our identity can bring us together.

Weaving
Weaving

CHOI Min-zy  2024 

Korea / 27 mins
Soohyun, a solitary professional boxer, is preparing for a match when she spars with Minkyung, an amateur who boxes as a hobby, and takes a solid hook from her. After the hit, Soohyun begins to feel drawn to Minkyung, who suddenly enters her life, causing her match preparation to falter.

Were Sitting At The Lake
we’re sitting at the lake and we’re asking ourselves is it getting dark yet

A.C. Birch

2025

Canada / 4:58 mins
“On April 8th as we sat at the lake, a whole city of there on the rocks and boardwalk, I watched a plane descend towards Billy Bishop while I could still look up.” A poetic experimental short shot during the 2024 eclipse.

We’ve Always Been Here

Khevyn Ibrahim

2025

UK / 11 mins
Growing up in Lewisham.
Trailer… here

Wetboy
Wetboy

Yentl Vlachos

2025

Netherlands / 10 mins
A summer trip to the river turns into a moment no one saw coming. Beneath the water, a tension arises between two friends, surfacing in the form of shock, anger, and questions neither of them is ready to face.

What You Doin
What you doin’?
(Wyd?)

Max Kutschenreuter

2025

Germany / 14 mins
A single brief question on Grindr sets off a date that quickly slips beyond the usual hook-up script. An awkward, funny and surprisingly tender encounter between two men as they confront their own fantasies, masculinity, and what they truly want to say.

When I Run
When I Run

Mauricio Momo Meneses  2025 

USA / 9 mins
When I Run is a magical realism short film that blends humor, surreal moments, and quiet reflection to explore the struggle of getting out of bed and moving forward physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Set in the quiet, open landscapes of rural Raton, in Northeast New Mexico, Mario, a hesitant early-morning runner, grapples with self-doubt, internal contradictions, and everyday temptations as he loops the track, searching for meaning in motion.

Though absurd at times, the film invites viewers to reflect on deeper questions of self-discovery, guilt, escapism, and the nature of progress. Life, like running, isn’t always about speed, but about presence, pace, and the people beside us.
Trailer… here

Where Are You From
Where Are You From?

Stevie Vickery 2025

Australia / 6 mins
A doco-style music film, introducing Melbourne-based musician and debut film maker Naavikaran and her South Asian futurist lore.

Where Should We Go Now
Where Should We Go Now
此刻去哪都在此刻

Linkun Li 2025

China / 25 mins
Between her and her, the unresolved questions send them on a quest for solutions. But they have no idea where they are going. One keeps asking; the other never has an answer. Is it here, or over there? Just like on the path of life, you can never know where you will be the next moment. And they have each other to face the fear and anxiety that comes with the unknown. They will find the answer in the end – this journey, this life, perhaps it is all just a dream. This dream only takes place in one instant – this moment.

Why Did You Invite Me To Your Wedding
Why Did You Invite Me to Your Wedding

Gus Black

 2025

USA / 4.20 mins
When Kevin Atwater gets a bizarre invitation out of the blue from an old friend, he’s met with tumultuous feelings of past love, heartbreak, and grief. Inspired by the true story told in Atwater's acclaimed song of the same title
Watch… here

Wild Mei
Wild Mei
野红梅

Ye Fang

2025

China / 14 mins
Mei is a post-00s transgender woman who loves revolutionary songs and whip dancing. She sees herself as an ancient witch, who because of her “identity” has to give up her mainstream life to work on the streets as a fortune-teller. But at the same time, because of her “identity”, she has gained something different, something more important.

Woman Of Valor
Woman of Valor

 Zehavut Sabag  2025

Israel / 3 mins
Woman of Valor follows the personal journey of a Mizrahi lesbian woman as she tries to find her place within her religious and traditional world. Reflecting on her childhood in a Mizrahi household, where women’s roles were.

Womb Mates
Womb Mates

NOH Heejeong

 2025

Korea / 16 mins
"Seriously? Ugh, my period again?!" Minhee is frustrated because her period cycle doesn't align with her girlfriend's, making sex difficult. Then, Jisoo shows her something. And that is... The app that gives hope to all women: Womb Mates! 'Swipe to choose your ideal womb and enjoy perfect love and sex!' Minhee's wild adventure to find a period-free womb begins now!
Trailer… here

Womankinda
Womankind(A)

Anna Ní Dhúill

2025

Ireland
Womankind(a) follows Aodh, non-binary and experimenting with group sex along with their partner Fran. When Aodh falls pregnant, they must reconcile their feelings about their biology and decide how to move forward. This is an LGBTQ+ drama film about love, identity, and trusting one’s gut.

Xylella Fastidiosa
Xylella Fastidiosa

 Thomas Colineau  2025

France / 22 mins
Simon works in a garden center in the south of France, with his kind but overbearing mother. When Corentin ghosts him, his world as an emo and introverted teenager collapses. Perhaps the comfort of the plants in the greenhouse will allow him to move on.

Simon travaille dans une jardinerie du sud avec sa mère. Ghosté par Corentin, son monde d’ado s’écroule. Les plantes de la serre et Hyacinthe pourront peut-être l’aider à avancer.

Yaga
Yaga

Katy Grossman 2025

USA / 12 mins
When a woman accidentally summons an immortal witch while hiking with her girlfriend, she must learn to stand up for herself or risk losing herself forever.

Yendo A Casa
Yendo a Casa

Mariano Pat Ek 2025

Mexico
¿Qué pasaría si aceptar quién eres significa enfrentar tus peores miedos? Alejandro, un estudiante de preparatoria, experimenta con su identidad de género, entre dudas sobre el mismo, burlas y silencios, Una simple llamada de su amiga Natalia desata una cadena de sucesos imaginarios y recuerdos, donde se enfrenta a si mismo ¿Qué pasará con la vida de Alejandro?
Trailer… here

You Were Not Here
You are not alone /
No Estás Sola

Xelestial Moreno-Luz  2025 

Mexico / 11:47 mins

On January 16, 2022, Mexican sex worker and trans activist Natalia Lane survived an attempted transfeminicidio by Alejandro Sanchez Lopez. Three years later, on the anniversary of her attempted femicide, Natalia organized an action in Mexico City to hold the local Mexican government accountable for allowing Alejandro to await further sentencing on house arrest. She was met with a counter-protest, calling her an opportunist, delinquent, and a liar. During the action, Natalia found a way to repurpose rage and materialize justice through collective and catharsis.Trailer… here

You Are Not Part Of The Cake
You Are Not Part of the Cake

Ting-Jui Chen  2025 

Taiwan, UK / 5 min
A girl faces conflict with her girlfriend’s homophobic and aggressive father. As tensions escalate, she is forced to take drastic action to save herself.
Trailer… here

Your Cookie
Your Cookie

Ryan Harman  2025 

USA / 10 mins
Dustin, an aspiring fashion designer, travels across New York for his demanding boss. A satirical portrait of a privileged yet frustrated man swept up in the frenzy of city life.  
Trailer… here

 

Five Films For Freedom 2025

19–30 March 2025

Dive into the world of LGBTQIA+ cinema from the comfort of your home - wherever that is! In partnership with BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, we celebrate global LGBTQIA+ stories every year, in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people across the world.

Announcing the 2025 programme

This year, we are sharing work by filmmakers from Indonesia, New Zealand, the UK and USA/China. Ahead of the launch on 19 March, have a read about the films in this year's programme below.

Dragfox

By Lisa Ott (UK)

Struggling with their gender identity, eleven-year-old Sam feels alone and confused, not quite sure how to express the way they feel. That is until a mischievous neighbourhood fox (marvelously voiced by Ian McKellen) jumps through their window late one night, taking Sam on an all-singing, all-dancing journey of self-discovery and acceptance. 

If I Make it to the Morning

By Andre Shen (USA/China)

Accompanied by her overbearing mother, Chinese teenager Ziyi spends the final night of her cross-State college tour at her cool aunt’s apartment in New York. But as Ziyi starts to think this could be the perfect place to live and study, an unexpected revelation suddenly brings tension to the group.

NGGAK!!!

By Oktania Hamdani and Winner Wijaya (Indonesia)

As they play an online game together, loved-up girlfriends Sekar and Bebi laugh, chat and send each other memes. But their simple bliss is shattered when Sekar’s mother phones to tell her she is to be set up with a potential partner. Can Sekar make her mother understand that she has already found the one?

We'll Go Down in History

By Cameron Richards and Charlie Tidmas (UK)

The story of TRUK United, a grassroots, proudly trans football club formed in January 2021. Filmed over two years, this heartfelt documentary captures the highs and lows of the pioneering UK team on and off the pitch as they strive to create a safe haven for their community in the face of rising transphobia.

Wait, Wait, Now!

By Ramon Te Wake (New Zealand)

When best friends Alex and Sam are left at home for the night, they do what all teenage boys do: raid mum’s wardrobe, play dress ups, and create a fantasy world where they feel safe and accepted. Well, maybe that's just what some boys do.  But little do they know, the parents are on to them. Is there a safe bubble about to burst?

Longlists, 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards

This is the official longlist for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards.

Ahead of the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards ceremony the following films will advance to the nominating stage of voting. This is the initial longlisting round where a total of 235 films were submitted for consideration.

The films are listed alphabetically by title, with the exception of the director category, listed alphabetically by film title, followed by the Director’s name, and the performance categories, listed alphabetically by the first name of the performer, followed by the film title.

Round Two voting, to determine the nominations, opens today at 6pm GMT to BAFTA’s voting members and will close on Friday 10 January 2025 at 6pm GMT.

You can discover the nominations for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards when they’re announced Wednesday 15 January on the BAFTA YouTube channel with all the winners to be revealed at the ceremony taking place on Sunday 16 February. Stay tuned and follow the action with #EEBAFTAs.  

 

BEST FILM

10 films will advance in the Best Film category. 115 films eligible for this category were submitted for consideration. All film-voting members of BAFTA vote to determine the longlist, nominations and overall winner.

  • Anora
  • The Apprentice
  • The Brutalist
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Kneecap
  • The Substance
  • Wicked

 

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

15 films will advance in the Outstanding British Film category. All film voting members of BAFTA vote to determine the longlist (of which the top five are nominated).  A jury selects the remaining five nominations. In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning film. 63 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

  • Back to Black
  • Bird
  • Blitz
  • Civil War
  • Conclave
  • Gladiator II
  • Hard Truths
  • Kneecap
  • Lee
  • Love Lies Bleeding
  • The Outrun
  • Paddington in Peru
  • Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
  • We Live in Time
  • Wicked Little Letters

 

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

10 films will advance in the Outstanding Debut category.  A jury determines the longlist, nominations and overall winner in this category. 42 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

  • Bring Them Down
  • Grand Theft Hamlet
  • Hoard
  • Kneecap
  • Monkey Man
  • On Falling
  • Santosh
  • Sister Midnight
  • The Taste of Mango
  • The Teacher

 

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM

Eight films will advance in the Children’s & Family Film category.  A jury determines the longlist, nominations and overall winner in this category. 19 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

  • Flow
  • Kensuke’s Kingdom
  • Piece By Piece
  • Spellbound
  • That Christmas
  • Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
  • The Wild Robot
  • Young Woman and the Sea

 

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

10 films will advance in the Film Not in the English Language category. All BAFTA film-voting members were invited to join an opt-in chapter to determine the longlist. This chapter will vote to nominate five films. In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning film. 40 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

  • All We Imagine as Light
  • Black Dog (Gou zhen)
  • The Count of Monte Cristo
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Flow
  • The Girl with the Needle
  • I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui)
  • Kneecap
  • La Chimera
  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig

 

DOCUMENTARY

10 films will advance in the Documentary category. All BAFTA film-voting members were invited to join an opt-in chapter to determine the longlist (of which the top two are nominated).  A jury selects the remaining three nominations, In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning film. 71 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

  • The Bibi Files
  • Black Box Diaries
  • Daughters
  • Elton John: Never Too Late
  • I Am: Celine Dion
  • Made In England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
  • No Other Land
  • The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
  • Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
  • Will & Harper

 

ANIMATED FILM

Eight films will advance in the Animated Film category. All BAFTA film-voting members were invited to join an opt-in chapter to determine the longlist and will vote to nominate four films. In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning film. 16 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

  • Despicable Me 4
  • Flow
  • Inside Out 2
  • Memoir of a Snail
  • Moana 2
  • That Christmas
  • Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
  • The Wild Robot

 

DIRECTOR

10 films will advance in the Director category. Members of the Directing chapter vote for their top 10 to determine the longlist, of which the top women and men directors, and directors who identify as non-binary/gender diverse and any mixed-gender directing teams (within the voting results range of the top 10 women/men directors) will be longlisted to a max of 11, with gender parity upheld between women and men directors. The Directing chapter will vote for the six nominations. In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning film. 189 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

  • All We Imagine as Light, Payal Kapadia
  • Anora, Sean Baker
  • The Brutalist, Brady Corbet
  • Conclave, Edward Berger
  • Dune: Part Two, Denis Villeneuve
  • Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard
  • La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher
  • Lee, Ellen Kuras
  • The Outrun, Nora Fingscheidt
  • The Substance, Coralie Fargeat

 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

10 films will advance in the Original Screenplay category. Members of the Writers chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members will vote for the winning film. 74 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

  • All We Imagine as Light
  • Anora
  • The Apprentice
  • The Brutalist
  • Challengers
  • Civil War
  • Heretic
  • Kneecap
  • A Real Pain
  • The Substance

 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

10 films will advance in the Adapted Screenplay category. Members of the Writers chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members will vote for the winning film. 60 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Lee
  • Nickel Boys
  • Nightbitch
  • The Outrun
  • Sing Sing
  • Wicked

 

LEADING ACTRESS

10 performances will advance in the Leading Actress category. Members of the Acting chapter vote to determine the longlist, of which the top seven are automatically longlisted. A longlisting jury selects a further three performances from those ranked 8-13 in the chapter vote, to create a longlist of 10. Members of the Acting chapter vote to determine the six nominations. In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning performance. 82 performances were submitted for consideration.

  • Amy Adams, Nightbitch
  • Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
  • Demi Moore, The Substance
  • Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
  • Kate Winslet, Lee
  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
  • Marisa Abela, Back To Black
  • Mikey Madison, Anora
  • Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
  • Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun

 

LEADING ACTOR

10 performances will advance in the Leading Actor category. Members of the Acting chapter vote to determine the longlist, of which the top seven are automatically longlisted. A longlisting jury selects a further three performances from those ranked 8-13 in the chapter vote, to create a longlist of 10. Members of the Acting chapter vote to determine the six nominations. In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning performance. 82 performances were submitted for consideration.

  • Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
  • Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
  • Daniel Craig, Queer
  • Dev Patel, Monkey Man
  • Hugh Grant, Heretic
  • Jude Law, Firebrand
  • Kingsley Ben Adir, Bob Marley: One Love
  • Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
  • Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
  • Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

10 performances will advance in the Supporting Actress category. Members of the Acting chapter vote to determine the longlist, of which the top seven are automatically longlisted. A longlisting jury selects a further three performances from those ranked 8-13 in the chapter vote, to create a longlist of 10. Members of the Acting chapter vote to determine the six nominations. In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning performance. 180 performances were submitted for consideration.

  • Adriana Paz, Emilia Pérez
  • Ariana Grande, Wicked
  • Emily Watson, Small Things Like These
  • Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
  • Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl
  • Margaret Qualley, The Substance
  • Michele Austin, Hard Truths
  • Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
  • Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR

10 performances will advance in the Supporting Actor category. Members of the Acting chapter vote to determine the longlist, of which the top seven are automatically longlisted. A longlisting jury selects a further three performances from those ranked 8-13 in the chapter vote, to create a longlist of 10. Members of the Acting chapter vote to determine the six nominations. In the final round all film-voting members vote to determine the winning performance. 271 performances were submitted for consideration.

  • Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
  • Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
  • Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
  • Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
  • Harris Dickinson, Babygirl
  • Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
  • Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
  • Mark Eydelshteyn, Anora
  • Stanley Tucci, Conclave
  • Yura Borisov, Anora

 

CASTING

10 films will advance in the Casting category. Members of the Casting chapter vote to determine the longlist. A jury selects the five nominations and in the final round all film-voting members select the winning film. 119 films were submitted for consideration. A supporting Statement can be submitted and published on BAFTA View.

  • Anora
  • The Apprentice
  • Back To Black
  • Blitz
  • The Brutalist
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Kneecap
  • Wicked

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

10 films will advance in the Cinematography category. Members of the Cinematography chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 155 films were submitted for consideration.

  • Anora
  • The Brutalist
  • Civil War
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Gladiator II
  • Nosferatu
  • The Substance

 

COSTUME DESIGN

10 films will advance in the Costume Design category. Members of the Costume and Makeup & Hair chapters vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 114 films were submitted for consideration.

  • Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
  • Blitz
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • Gladiator II
  • Nosferatu
  • Wicked

 

EDITING

10 films will advance in the Editing category. Members of the Editing chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 170 films were submitted for consideration.

  • Anora
  • Challengers
  • Civil War
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Gladiator II
  • Kneecap
  • The Substance

 

MAKE UP & HAIR

10 films will advance in the Make Up & Hair category. Members of the Costume Design and the Make Up & Hair chapters vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 106 films were submitted for consideration. A supporting Statement can be submitted and published on BAFTA View.

  • The Apprentice
  • Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
  • Blitz
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Joker: Folie À Deux
  • Nosferatu
  • The Substance
  • Wicked

 

ORIGINAL SCORE

10 films will advance in the Original Score category. Members of the Music chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 118 films were submitted for consideration. Music cue sheets are provided by the entrants and published on BAFTA View.

  • Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
  • Blitz
  • The Brutalist
  • Conclave
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Gladiator II
  • Nosferatu
  • The Outrun
  • The Substance
  • The Wild Robot

 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

10 films will advance in the Production Design category. Members of the Production Design chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 131 films were submitted for consideration.

  • Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
  • Blitz
  • The Brutalist
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Gladiator II
  • Nosferatu
  • The Substance
  • Wicked

 

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

10 films will advance in the Special Visual Effect category. Members of the SVFX chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 82 films were submitted for consideration. A supporting Statement and a show-reel of the SVFX work (up to five minutes in duration) can be submitted and are published on BAFTA View.

  • Alien: Romulus
  • Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
  • Better Man
  • Civil War
  • Deadpool & Wolverine
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • Gladiator II
  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
  • Wicked

 

SOUND

10 films will advance in the Sound category Members of the Sound chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 149 films were submitted for consideration.

  • Blitz
  • The Brutalist
  • Civil War
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Gladiator II
  • The Substance
  • Wicked

 

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

Six films will advance in the British Short Animation category.  A jury votes to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members are invited to join an opt-in chapter to vote for the overall winning short animation.

  • Adiós
  • Mee and Burd
  • Mog’s Christmas
  • Plunge
  • Three Hares
  • Wander to Wonder 

 

BRITISH SHORT FILM

Ten films will advance in the British Short Film category.  A jury votes to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film-voting members are invited to join an opt-in chapter to vote for the overall winning short film.

  • The Ban
  • Clodagh
  • The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
  • Homework
  • Marion
  • Milk
  • Rock, Paper, Scissors
  • Sister Wives
  • Stomach Bug
  • Woodlice

 

The next round of voting, to determine the nominations, takes place between Friday 3 and Friday 10 January 2025.

All longlisted films are available for voting members to watch on BAFTA View.

The EE Rising Star Award nominations will be announced on Tuesday 7 January 2025.

The EE BAFTA Film Awards nominations will be announced on Wednesday 15 January 2025 via BAFTA’s YouTube channel.

The final round of voting, to determine the winners, takes place between Wednesday 22 January and Tuesday 11 February 2025.

The EE BAFTA Film Awards ceremony takes place on Sunday 16 February 2025.

John Waters' Best Movies of 2024

The movie business as I knew it is now over. Except in New York City, where feel-bad, risk-taking, ratings-defying art flicks still play and I pay to see them in theaters. Thank you, distributors, from the bottom of my damaged little cinematic heart, for getting these films out there to the perverted public, who still demand to be startled and soothed by troublemaking directors from all over the world. Here they are — my ten best. See them and suffer … joyously.

1.

Love Lies Bleeding (Rose Glass)

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Photo: A24/Everett Collection

This hilarious, bloody film noir is the best movie of the year, one that Russ Meyer might have made if he had been a lesbian intellectual addicted to steroids. Even the pig-men are cute. Sort of.

2.

Queer (Luca Guadagnino)

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Photo: Yannis Drakoulidis/A24/Everett Collection

Daniel Craig may be queerbait for taking on the gay beatnik role of William Burroughs’s alter ego, but I’m all for it. He’s absolutely brilliant and even has a “snowball” scene, a happy reminder of a sex act I had long forgotten. Oh, if today’s homos were this radical, I’d be a much happier queer myself.

3.

The Brutalist (Brady Corbet)

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A cold-as-concrete VistaVision (!) epic about the cruelty of architecture and the agony of being ahead of your time, with Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce butting to the front of the line of Oscars hopefuls. Yes, the running time is 3.5 hours, but the only thing too long is the intermission.

4.

Hard Truths (Mike Leigh)

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A horribly sad and sometimes hilariously funny portrait of the most unpleasant sourpuss woman in the history of cinema. She’s a rotten mother and a terrible wife, and everyone around her is racked with pain except the audience, which slowly begins to root for her. A wretched experience I’ll cherish forever.

5.

Messy (Alexi Wasser)

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A snappy, witty little indie by a new female auteur (who also stars in the film) that brings to mind the best of Woody Allen’s comedies with very different subject matter: hipster women and their sex addictions. It’s sparkling, it’s rude, it’s knowing, and it’s hot. I’m glad young people are still angry and confused about mating.

6.

Joker: Folie à Deux (Todd Phillips)

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Finally, a love story I can relate to. So insane, so well thought out, so well directed, so much smoking! It’s Jailhouse Rock meets Busby Berkeley with a 9/11 That’s Entertainment! ending that will make you shake your head in cinematic astonishment. Stupid critics. Gaga so good. Joker so right. Die, dumbbells, die!

7.

Femme (Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping)

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A twisted S&M love affair between a black drag queen (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) and a white rough-trade gay-basher (George MacKay) that gives new meaning to sexual role-playing. Butch? Femme? It’s all drag when it comes down to being a “top” or “bottom.” Each man kills the thing he loves, indeed.

8.

Emilia Pérez (Jacques Audiard)

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The Rocky Cartel Horror Picture Show: This wildly original musical-drama about the Mexican drug syndicate and its trans crime boss hiding in plain sight proves you can sing about anything in a film if it’s well-enough directed. Right now, I’m belting out, “It’s No. 8 on my list,” and who knows, maybe I’ll make a movie about it?

9.

Babygirl (Halina Reijn)

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Okay, heteros are cutting edge this year, too. Nicole Kidman continues taking big chances in her career, and she deserves our salute. Here, she howls, she moans. She’s a verbal power-bottom cougar at the top of her business-executive career who meets a dominant, lowly intern top who makes her lap up milk from a bowl like … like … well, like a pussy.

10.

Viet and Nam (Truong Minh Quy)

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Who could knock off Pedro Almodóvar, Sean Baker, and Guy Maddin’s terrific new films from my list this year? I’ll tell you who, and they’d probably understand why I’m giving this new (to me) filmmaker the spot. It’s an eerie, surprisingly haunting drama about two young gay coal miners, one of whom licks anal blood off his partner’s stomach and the other eats wax from his lover’s ears before they flee together to foreign shores as immigrants in a doomed floating container. It’s a beaut.

Queer Screen Goes to Cannes in 2024

Queer Screen is thrilled to partner with Marché du Film for the Goes to Cannes program for the second consecutive year. As the sole LGBTIQ+ film festival participating, it is an incredible honour, and we are delighted to showcase some remarkable new queer works.

We have selected five narrative feature projects, three Australian and two international. From All Sides tells a culturally diverse story from Western Sydney. Heart of the Man, brought to you by a First Nations filmmaker, explores a father-son relationship. Experience the Australian landscape in the road trip movie Strange Creatures. Under the Influencer, an ambitious project from the USA, pushes boundaries, while Sabar Bonda (Arms Of A Man) from India offers a tender and personal narrative.

We are immensely proud to play a part in bringing these works to a global audience.

Please see the selection of works we’ll be showcasing in Palais K at 4pm Saturday May 18 below.

Download the Queer Screen Goes To Cannes 2024 Booklet for more info and film project contacts.

And read all about Queer Screen’s showcase for Goes to Cannes at Variety here.

 

From All Sides

 
Two men in bed together
 

A multiracial bisexual married couple and their teenage children find themselves beset from all sides as they navigate work, school, sex, friendships, romances and their colourful neighbours in the outer suburbs of Sydney.

Director: Bina Bhattacharya

Producers: Bina Bhattacharya and Alexander McGhee

Production Companies: Gemme de la Femme Pictures Pty Ltd

Follow the filmmakers on Instagram here:

 

Sabar Bonda (Arms Of A Man)

 
Two men in a field together
 

A thirty-year-old city-dweller compelled to spend ten-day mourning of his father in the rugged countryside of Western India tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, he must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.

Director: Rohan Parashuram Kanawade

Producers: Neeraj Churi

Production Companies: Lotus Visual Productions

Follow the filmmakers on Instagram here:

 

Strange Creatures

 
Two men sit against a painted mural
 

Two estranged brothers are forced back into each others’ lives when they’re tasked with scattering the ashes of their recently deceased mother in the country town where she grew up.

Director: Henry Boffin

Producers: Rachel Forbes & Riley Nottingham

Production Company: Strange Creatures Pty Ltd, Humdrum Comedy Pty Ltd, Sweetshop & Green

Follow the filmmakers on Instagram here:

 

Under the Influencer

 
A woman looks up inside
 

When a struggling digital artist has her work appropriated by a popular art curator, will she remain a victim, or become the perpetrator of an even more villainous crime?

Director: Bryn Woznicki (Director); Lauren Neal (Technical Director)

Producers: Jill Bennett, Katie Hall

Production Company: Lion & Lamb Studio, Team Stillwell, Fair Play Films

Follow the filmmakers on Instagram here:

 

Heart of the Man

 
A man silhouetted against the sun and lake
 

A young boxing prodigy coming to terms with his sexuality must battle between fulfilling his father’s dream and becoming his own man.

Director: David Cook

Producer: Blake Northfield

Production Company: Bronte Pictures

Follow the filmmakers on Instagram here:

Eurovision 2024

The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place in the Malmö Arena on Saturday 11 May with Semi-Finals on Tuesday 7 and Thursday 9 May.

 Eurovision 2024

 

 

Albania

BESA

TITAN

Armenia

LADANIVA

Jako

Australia

Electric Fields

One Milkali (One Blood)

Austria

Kaleen

We Will Rave

Azerbaijan

FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov

Özünlə Apar

Belgium

Mustii

Before the Party's Over

Croatia

Baby Lasagna

Rim Tim Tagi Dim

Cyprus

Silia Kapsis

Liar

Czechia

Aiko

Pedestal

Denmark

SABA

SAND

Estonia

5MIINUST x Puuluup

(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi

Finland

Windows95man

No Rules!

France

Slimane

Mon amour

Georgia

Nutsa Buzaladze

Firefighter

Germany

ISAAK

Always On The Run

Greece

Marina Satti

ZARI

Iceland

Hera Björk

Scared of Heights

Ireland

Bambie Thug

Doomsday Blue

Israel

Eden Golan

Hurricane

Italy

Angelina Mango

La noia

Latvia

Dons

Hollow

Lithuania

Silvester Belt

Luktelk

Luxembourg

TALI

Fighter

Malta

Sarah Bonnici

Loop

Moldova

Natalia Barbu

In The Middle

Netherlands

Joost Klein

Europapa

Norway

Gåte

Ulveham

Poland

LUNA

The Tower

Portugal

iolanda

Grito

San Marino

MEGARA

11:11

Serbia

TEYA DORA

RAMONDA

Slovenia

Raiven

Veronika

Spain

Nebulossa

ZORRA

Sweden

Marcus & Martinus

Unforgettable

Switzerland

Nemo

The Code

Ukraine

alyona alyona & Jerry Heil

Teresa & Maria

United Kingdom

Olly Alexander

Dizzy

 

2024 - UPDATED: September 2025

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

Due to the massive quantity of short films being made and, sadly, the low quality of too many...only films with either a trailer and/or a poster will be included in this list. If filmmakers do not want to promote their films...then, neither do we!

Film festivals ought to be more discerning when they choose the short films they screen.


 

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Carol Resende

2024

Brazil / 19 mins
Marcia, católica devota de 50 anos, enfrenta seus demônios, incluindo alcoolismo, em jornada de autoconhecimento com amizade inesperada com Paula, enfermeira homossexual.

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4.48 Dysphoria

Noah Holtegaard

 

Sweden / 12 mins
Ett kärleksfullt svar på Sarah Kanes 4.48 Psychosis (2000). Kanes pjäs är, delvis, ett tragiskt kärleksbrev till en framtida älskare som ännu inte är född. I Holtegaards video svarar den framtida älskaren och talar tillbaka till Kanes text. Medan Kanes pjäs är en kuslig skildring av mentalvårdens inre mekanismer och hennes egen kamp med kropp och själ som queer kvinna, undersöker Holtegaards verk patologiseringen av transidentiteter, särskilt den bristfälliga behandlingen av transpersoner inom vårdsystemet. Genom att balansera sorg och svårigheter med ömhet och poesi fångar videon både glädjen och smärtan i ett queert liv. Verket bjuder in betraktaren att navigera dess fragmenterade form, vilket speglar hur transpersoners liv ofta följer andra tidslinjer än de normativa.

English: A loving response to Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis (2000). Kane’s play is, in part, a tragic love letter to a future lover not yet born. In Holtegaard’s video, the future lover answers, speaking back to Kane's text. While Kane’s play is a haunting portrayal of the inside workings of the mental health institutions and her struggles with body and mind as a queer woman, Holtegaard’s work looks at the pathologization of trans identities, specifically the ill-treatment of trans people within the healthcare system. Balancing sorrow and hardship with tenderness and poetry, the video captures both the pleasure and pain of queer life. The work invites viewers to navigate its fragmented form, mirroring how trans people's lives often follow timelines different than the norm.

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Osadolor Osawemwenze

2024 

USA / 25 mins
Across Dallas, the Bay Area, and New York City, eleven Blackqueer folks engage in layered conversations and candid everyday moments of joy, melancholy, introspection, euphoria, loneliness, and community-in-active-formation. Their complex minds revel in the journey of becoming Blackqueer and exploring their endless coming of age.
Trailer… here

A Body Transgressive
A Body Transgressive

Charlie Galea McClure

2024 

Canada / 4 mins
A love letter to Frankenstein’s Monster, the Queer Body, Theatre, and Horror Cinema, “A Body Transgressive” is an exploration of subversive existence.

A Conversation
A Conversation

Tre King

2024

USA
Through an intimate series of flashbacks, Levi must struggle with the decision to reconcile his differences with his best friend after a heated argument.

A Different Home
A Different Home

Jules Lacave-Fontourcy

 2024

UK / 15 mins
A Different Home asks what “home” means for queer people who live in a city but grew up in a rural place. Interviews layered on Scottish landscape shots explore the tensions between craving a rural life and thriving in an urban queer community. Interviewees share their sense of belonging to and alienation from both cities and rural spaces. Visually rooted to the land, this documentary reflects on what it means to grieve a space and a home which are still there but do not welcome us as who we are.
Trailer… here

A Game Of Our Own
A Game of Our Own /
Un jeu à soi

Julia Martinez Heimann,
Natalia Laclau

2024 

France, Argentina / 74 mins
A game of our own links the stories of three women from the football world in Argentina, connected with the feminist movement.

AI Love You
A.I. Love You

Michal Malek

2024

South Africa / 7 mins
Two women meet online and don't know what to say to each other, they turn to the AI helpers on their phone for assistance.

A Quick Fix
A Quick Fix

Oran Julius,
April Flores,
Manon Praline

2024

Germany / 7 mins
Housewife April Flores' washing machine breaks down. When dykey plumber Manon Praline arrives, April turns on her bimbo charm, and reveals her real intentions. Soon Manon is sliding into April's velvet robe, and she wants that wrench where?!

A River Overflowed From My Chest
A River Overflowed from My Chest /
Transbordou um Rio do Meu peito

Ricardo Felix

2024

Brazil / 40 mins
"Transbordou um rio do meu peito" é um documentário que explora as vivências de 11 homens negros bissexuais da Paraíba e de outros estados brasileiros. Através da arte, o filme mergulha em relatos que fluem sobre autodescoberta, afetividades, desejos, preconceitos e sonhos. Uma correnteza de sentimentos perpassa a reflexão sobre o desafio de ser quem se é. O amor não coube em mim e transbordou um rio do meu peito.
Watch… here

A Rose In The Mud
A Rose in the Mud

Kailey McComas

2024

USA / 9 mins
Two young women, Thana and Monde, experience a whirlwind romance that highlights their deepest hopes, fears and insecurities. They spend quality time together in unusual spaces that reflect how their relationship feels in a heteronormative world. The strength of their relationship reminds them of the beauty in their differences.
Watch… here

A Volta
A Volta

Anny Stone

2024

Brazil / 16 mins
Mother Returns.

Accepte Toi Comme Je Suis
Accepte toi comme je suis

Emmanuelle Roberge

2024 

Canada / 57 mins
De l’autre côté de l’Atlantique, en plein golf du fleuve Saint‑Laurent, se trouve l’archipel des îles de la Madeleine où 12000 âmes vivent loin du continent. Sur l’une d’elles, une jolie maison balayée tantôt par les vents capricieux et tourmentés, tantôt par des rayons de soleil lumineux et réconfortants. Ici, c’est le cocon d’Elise. Une rencontre intime, un plongeon dans cet espace de vie, où l’on suivra son cheminement d’identité de genre, l’évolution de ses pensées et de son regard pour comprendre l’essence même de ce qu’elle vit et de ce qui l’habite. Un témoignage comme rarement entendu.
Trailer… here

Melvilasam
Address /
Melvilasam

Hariprasad K N

2024

India / 15 mins 
A heartwarming documentary of Parvathi T.S and her arduous journey of becoming the first openly trans postwoman in India, and successfully changing name and gender markers in her government identity documents.

Adult Child
Adult Child /
Voksenbarn

Hugo Francker

2024 

Norway / 24 mins
With humor and vulnerability, the director reaches out to their distant father as they experiment with a more masculine gender identity. A unique and personal film about growing up and longing for closeness. Dressing up in suits and acting out traditional masculine activities, reveals the potential of rebuilding a lost connection.
Trailer… here

Adulting 2024
Adulting

James Duesing

2024

USA / 8 mins
A queer valentine has a fever dream.
Trailer… here

Afterglow
Afterglow /
Astaraag

Rahul Biswas

2024

India / 30 mins
The mystic evening light dwells in the moments of afterglow. This afterglow appears as the messenger of the night to us, it sustains for just a short moment in time but gifts us a reddish heaven’s hue. The protagonist, Aditya, is a sad child of a broken home, love having been created and destroyed in his lonely life. In the islands of his dreams the Mother symbol deepens. After separation from Som (his ex-lover) he binds himself to the illusionary fiction of life. In time those illusions are broken with the presence of Aviraj. In the Akhara of the Vaishnavis, Soma is a new member who has come there after her parents’ death. Here she comes face to face with her past. In the midst of life’s play, Tagore’s song recites the truth ... the illusion ties us to pain, and when we try to get rid of it, it hurts.
Trailer… here

Al Fin Del Mundo
Al fin del mundo

Antonia Sanchez Suarez,
Isaac Brand Zuñiga

2024

Chile / 19 mins
Demian (25) es un joven que vive una vida monótona y solitaria en Santiago, dedicando sus días al trabajo y añorando el pasado que vivió con Azul (28) una joven que conoció en el sur y con quien mantuvo una relación durante un verano. Una tarde, Demian recibe una llamada de Aurora (30), una amiga de Azul, quien contacta a Demian para darle una trágica noticia que lo lleva nuevamente hacia el sur, donde debe enfrentar una nostálgica despedida.
Trailer… here

All Boys Do
All Boys Do

Aaron Lovett

2024

USA / 14 mins
A trans drag queen crosses paths with an old flame on the streets of Los Angeles. Over the course of a weekend, the pair act on their unexplored desire for each other.

All Possible Neighborhoods
All Possible Neighborhoods /
Todos los Barrios Posibles

Matteo Giampetruzzi

2024

Spain, Italy / 10 mins
Starting from archival images (from different eras and formats) of the San Francisco neighborhood in Bilbao — its streets, nightlife, clubs, and discos that no longer exist — this film essay explores the idea of a queer space. It invites a perhaps utopian journey through places of sexual dissidence, sketching a history of cruising and gay desire in the city.

All That Matters
All That Matters /
Tudo que Importa

Coraci Bartman Ruiz

2024

Brazil / 20 mins
All That Matters tells the story of three Brazilian families of trans people and their processes of understanding and celebration of their identities. These mums, dads and grandparents take a step forward and decide to fight for a society that respects and values diversity. Directed by a filmmaker who is herself the mother of a young trans person, the film connects generations by showing stories of love, transformation and learning.

Allergic to

KWON Sumin

2024

South Korea / 27 mins
Haesoo, allergic to lying, experiences her first kiss with Siyeon. However, she feels uncomfortable about the kiss and their sexualised touching. Seeing herself different from others, Haesoo thinks, “Do I not love Siyeon?” and feels confused about her love. Because she is uncomfortable with the word ‘love’, her back is getting more severe allergic reaction.
Trailer… here

Alterous
Alterous

Arwynn Aristizabal

2024 

USA / 3.30 mins
This animated short film explores the concept of Alterous attraction, the feeling of being emotionally drawn to someone in a way that you wouldn’t describe as “just friends”, but also is not romantic. June is a teenager on the asexual spectrum who struggles to put his feelings for his best friend into words. He makes up scenarios in his head to try to understand his emotions, and he realizes that love and emotional closeness don’t need to fit into pre-determined categories.
Watch… here

American Problems, Trans Solutions

Nazenet Habtezghi

2024

USA / 25 mins
Black trans people are among the most marginalized of marginalized Americans. But those closest to the nation’s most pressing problems are often able to craft innovative solutions. Award-winning journalist Imara Jones as she travels across the country to tell the stories of three Black trans leaders on the frontlines of change: housing advocate Kayla Gore; Breonna McCree, a champion for economic empowerment; and Oluchi Omeoga, who fights for the rights of migrants.
Trailer… here

An Afternoon To Take A Portrait
An Afternoon to Take a Portrait /
Uma Tarde Pra Tirar Retrato

André Sandino Costa

2024

Brazil / 24 mins
Três amigos de longa data marcam um encontro semanas antes de um deles mudar-se para outra cidade .A meta é através de uma sessão de fotografias diminuir a saudade e fortalecer o apoio mútuo em um momento dramático do convívio em sociedade e ao mesmo tempo projetar ações futuras com a esperança de que este momento irá passar. Márcio Januário ,Carlos Oxalá e José Roberto Pacheco, homens negros, gays acima de cinquenta anos são os protagonistas dessa história.
Trailer… here

Ana Cecilia
Ana Cecília

Julia Regis

 2024

Brazil / 20 mins
The small town where Ana Cecília lives doesn’t fit her dreams. Caught up between conflicts with her older sister and managing first crushes, she must figure out who she is, both within and outside of her family.
Trailer… here

Anamnesis
Anamnesis

Robson Catalunha

 2024

Brazil / 20 mins
Inspired by genetic and aesthetic interventions that blur definitions of body and identity, “Anamnesis” draws on relationships between humans and hybrids, exploring different dimensions of existence in an immersive virtual reality experience.

And So It Ends In A Tie
...and so it ends in a Tie

Crystal Hou

2024

USA
A rope-wielding martial artist has a fated encounter that will challenge her rigid views of rope. This film is a love letter to the women in the queer kink community through the lens of shibari, which was my own personal introduction to the scene.

And The White Wall
And the White Wall /
והקיר הלבן

Inbal Selah,
Adar Perlman

2024

Israel / 20 mins
In the future state of Israel where a dictatorial regime exists, homosexual relations are illegal. Tomer, a released prisoner, performs service work as a whitewasher. He is about to finish his duties to the state and go free, when an encounter with a person from his past overwhelms him with old feelings and jeopardizes the terms of his release from prison. When the citizens of the country are filmed 24/7 one step in the wrong direction could be devastating.

Andrimeda
Andrimeda

Alejandro Cervantes

2024 

Mexico / 2:04 mins
La historia sigue a Julieta, una joven que, en medio de un intento de escapar de una abducción extraterrestre, se encuentra con Andrómeda, una enigmática alienígena. Desde el primer encuentro, Julieta se siente atraída por Andrómeda, desencadenando una conexión cósmica entre ellas.

Anima
Anima

Fabio Bonvicini

2024 

Canada / 30 mins
A dancer is teletransported to an imaginary dystopian future where robots control the world fighting human and animal emotions. The dancer will be the key to reverse this future where the feelings of animals or human creatures are a damage for the functioning of the robot empire. But our improbable hero will need as well the help of all the animal creatures to fight a lifeless and soulless future.
Trailer… here

Animal Pride
Animal Pride: Nature’s Coming Out Story

Rio Mitchell

2024

Canada / 52 mins
Queer naturalist Connel Bradwell challenges mainstream biology's oversight of queer animal behavior. He discovers the science behind same-sex parenting in seabirds, hermaphrodite slugs, and the hidden history of same-sex penguin behavior. This film challenges conventional wildlife assumptions, celebrates diversity, and demands a rethinking of heteronormative science.
Trailer… here

Annapolis In My Lifetime Ticket Poster
Annapolis: In My Lifetime 

Erica Jaros 2024 USA / 46:37 mins
A look behind the scenes as Annapolis “Comes Out” in 2019 with the capitol city’s first pride parade. Long-time Annapolis residents Jeremy Browning, Mark Hildebrand, Eric Lund, JB McLendon, Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley, and many others share their experiences with the local LGBTQIA community and the founding of Annapolis Pride as they prepare to honor Pride Month and acknowledge the legacy of the Stonewall Riots.

Anniversary 6
anniversary_6

Carmen I. Perez 2024

USA / 14 mins
An aspiring videographer, Christian, takes his long-term boyfriend Mark to the New England Aquarium for their anniversary. His perpetual immaturity wears on Mark throughout the date, which rapidly unravels to disastrous results. Desperate, Christian turns to higher (or lower?) powers in a last-ditch effort to win his boyfriend's love.

Another Go

Elisa Beli Borrelli 2024 3:40 mins
A broken heart, depression, the idea of not making it. And another attempt.
Watch… here

Antes de Falar de Amor

João Carvalho 2024 Brazil / 21 mins
Depois de 10 anos de silêncio, um grupo de jovens universitários no interior de Goiás tenta reviver o movimento LGBT+ na cidade.
Trailer… here

Archeology Of Lesbian Desire
Archeology of lesbian desire /
Arqueologia del deseo lesbico

Camille Zéhenne 2024 Spain, France / 14 mins
Based on testimonies from different lesbian identities, Archaeology of lesbian desire proposes a journey through desire between women, from discovery to revelation, through a dreamy and erotic visual proposal, with nods to the experimental LGTBIQA cinema of the 1970s.

Arrocco
Arrocco

Federico Yang 2024 Italy / 10 mins
A young man, disillusioned with human relationships, moves into a secluded tower. However, his idealised loneliness is shaken by the desire for intimacy, perhaps for the last time.
Trailer… here


As To Not Die In These Places
as to not die in these places /
pra não morrer nesses lugares

Márcia Bellotti

2024

Portugal / 29:39 mins
"as to not die in these places" is a documentary about Brazilian Queer immigration in Portugal. Marginal and dissident subjectivities are presented in a film that combines performativity with reflections on invisibility, resistance, and freedom.
Trailer… here

Asian Btches Speak
Asian Bitches Speak

Janet Chen Ma

 2024

USA / 16:36 mins
After generations of cultural silence, years of pandemic anxiety, and one anti-Asian hate crime, queer filmmaker Janet takes her retired single mom Diana on a mental health discovery road trip. Along the way, they spill the tea about their own family history, and start the journey to healing.

At Least We Had This Moment
At least we had this moment

Joshua de Vera

2024

Philippines / 20 mins
In his quest to capture the aged architecture of Manila, film photographer Dino seeks the company of a local stranger, Vince. But as the city noises grew, their stories stood out.

Atopia
Atopia

Oli De Vos

2024

Belgium / 17 mins
Atopia or the non-place, the space that does not exist, that needs to be invented. A space where the imaginary is embodied as well as the pursuit of gender fluidity.

Aunt Cindy And The Alchemist
Aunt Cindy and the Alchemist

Devin Scott 

2024 

USA / 11 mins
Aunt Cindy and The Alchemist is a short film that revolves around a seemingly ordinary family whose lives take a surprising turn. The story centers on Elena, a spirited woman with a close bond with her father, a retired advertising man who’s claim to fame was promoting the new Ford Mustang convertible. Elena’s life with her husband and son appears idyllic on the surface, but as the film unfolds, subtle hints reveal underlying tensions. The family’s dynamic shifts when Elena takes a road trip through Italy with (The Alchemist) and discovers the true meaning of love. As they delve deeper into the alchemist’s world, long-buried secrets and ambitions rise to the surface, leading to an unexpected and life-altering twist in the final moments. 

Back To Mamanville
Back to Mamanville /
Retour à Mamanville

Stéphane Rizzi   2024 France / 27 mins
Un homme revient dans sa ville natale. Adolescent, il avait tourné des films d’horreur dans la maison familiale avec quelques camarades. Des images demeurent, de ces films, de ses parents, de lui. La ville n’a pas changé. Les spectres de Mamanville y flottent ou s’en évadent peut-être enfin. 

Batucada
Batucada

Sara Lizz

2024

Brazil / 3:34 mins
É sempre assim quando você está por perto
Faz aparecer um mar num deserto
Meu coração não quer calar no meu peito
É batucada até de madrugada

Be Here for the Cure

Ron Frederick

 2024

USA / 4 mins
Let's be here for the cure of AIDS
Watch… here

Because Of You
Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo /
Dahil Sa 'Yo: Ang Storya Ng Kilawin Kolektibo

Desireena Almoradie,
Barbara Malaran

2024

USA / 40 mins
Joyful, raw, revolutionary: once upon a time in the 1990s, against a racist and lesbophobic backdrop, queer Filipnxs came together for the first time in NYC to create a safe and loving community.
Trailer… here

Being Her
Being Her

Maheshkumar Munjale

2024

India
A short documentary that explores a 200-year-old ritual in Ahmedabad’s ‘Saduba-ni pol’, where male members of the Barot community wear female attire and perform Garba during Navratri. It questions whether this act is merely fleeting or a deeper embrace of femininity.

Belly Of A Glacier
Belly of a Glacier

Ohan Breiding

 2024

32 mins
Ice is one of earth’s oldest records of time, storing material memories in its air pockets. Here, an ancient ice archive is put into dialogue with a community-initiated project that literally blankets the Rhône Glacier from rising temperatures, and a queer, speculative glacier funeral.

Between Signs And Tides
Between Signs and Tides /
Entre Sinais e Mares

João Gabriel Kowalski,
João Gabriel Ferreira

2024

Brazil / 16 mins
A story about love that endures, about meaningful encounters, and about memory—pulsing with the kind of remembrance that only true feelings can preserve.
Trailer… here

Beyond Hatred And Power
Beyond Hatred and Power, We Keep Singing

 Ramdas Kadavallur  

Germany / 92 mins
In these times of authoritarian and patriarchal interventions that stifle democratic voices, constitutional rights and personal freedom, this film is about resistance through songs and lyrics. As eloquently put forth by Maya Angelou, these are the ballads of those who raised their voices against the power-wielding forces who spread hatred and animosity. The film has been carved as a collage of many non-hierarchical spaces that exist around us.
Trailer… here  

Beyond The Binary
Beyond the Binary

Sudesh Abeynayaka

2024

Sri Lanka / 5 mins
A middle-class family gives birth to an intersex child. The rural setting of Sri Lanka is contextualized throughout the film. Here, the father and grandmother are talking in the hospital about the child. They are thinking and debating about what to do. The film portrays the father's demand as a genuine culture shock. The father is torn between traditional beliefs and the welfare of the child, highlighting the complexities of navigating social expectations in a changing world. As the story unfolds, viewers are invited to question their perspectives on gender and identity.
Watch… Here

Bienvenido
Bienvenido

Miguel Usandivaras, Martin Jalfen

2024 

Argentina / 14 mins
Miguel, a teenager with low resources and a brilliant future in football, discovers to be entering a homophobic world full of prejudices.

Miguel, un noi de 15 anys, humil i amb un futur prometedor al futbol, descobreix que està entrant en un món ple de prejudicis i homofòbia.
Trailer… here

Bigfoot Forever
Bigfoot Forever

Shawn Ryan,
Colby Loesch,
Morgan Gibson

2024

USA / 11 mins
Fear of rejection propels Scout into the woods, where she finds what she’s really been looking for all along...could it be...Bigfoot? If he's real, then is love real too?
Watch… here

Bindweed
Bindweed

Juliette Leach

2024

Canada/ 12:58 mins
Rae has a deep connection to their garden of puppets, so much so that when Rae flourishes, so do their flowers. When Rae becomes overwhelmed by the demands of adult life - working, cleaning, keeping up with their loved ones - a neglected sprout of bindweed overwhelms their flowers too.

Bingo 2024
Bingo

Fanny Ruwet

 2024

Belgium, France / 21 mins
Fanny is a bookseller by day and a sweetheart the rest of the time. She yearns for Louise and makes up for it with soulless booty calls. Until, at a literary evening she hosts, she might just hit the jackpot. 

Black Ibis
Black Ibis /
Zwarte Ibis

Emma-Lee Amponsah 2024

The Netherlands / 18 min
Black Ibis is a short poetic film portraying a young Black woman’s quest for intimacy in a world where the boundaries between the individual and the collective, the political and the personal, the past and the present, become ever blurrier. The short film is an afro-surrealistic reverie, poetically re-imagining our contemporary conceptions of relationships with the self and with imagined communities through a questioning of historically and culturally imposed views on Black people’s intimate lives in the diaspora.
Trailer… here

Bloodsport
Bloodsport

Kate Brooke 2024

UK / 15 mins
After a protest gets out of control, activists Nell and Esme take refuge in a seemingly empty mansion. But danger descends when an interloper arrives with an unexpected connection to Esme.

Azul Pandora
Blue Pandora /
Azul Pandora

Alan González 2024

Cuba / 12 mins
Pandora, a 40-year-old transgender woman living in a residential neighbourhood in Havana, rejects Roy, the teenager who tries to win her over. While caring for a neighbour’s child, she gets an unpleasant surprise that makes her consider whether or not to give Roy a chance. 
Trailer… here

Body-oddy-oddy-oddy: Destabilizing the Surveilling of Queer Bodies

Benjamin Rosenthal, Eric Souther

2024

USA / 9 mins
Body-oddy-oddy-oddy: Destabilizing the Surveilling of Queer Bodies explores the nature of how we understand our bodies, the ways in which we queer the body, and performative nature of how we explore our identities in mediated space. The work challenges the supremacy of normative human body-to-body contact, by exploring the role that a hybrid human-object-virtual encounter might pose for alternative forms of intimacy and exchange. The use of self-surveillance as a strategy of making and being is critical to our understanding of contemporary bodily experiences in the piece. The lens, the camera, video as both electronic mirror and surveyor, the scanner, generative A.I., and motion capture technology construct the performance of identity - who we are as hybrids and how we exploit our self-awareness and positions. Through the act of making this work, we aim to disrupt the hegemony of stable bodies in search of what might be greater potential. Breaking the intentions of the software and hardware specifications, and revealing the tools of its making, we blast open possibility for new rules and new narratives. The future is undoubtedly queer, and it’s one hell of a party.
Trailer…here

Boi Trans 2024
Boi, Trans

Rivanildo Feitosa

2024

Brazil / 15 mins
“Boi, Trans” apresenta a história de Mahhy Silva, que brilha como cantora e puxadora do boi Mimo de São Jorge, em Timon/MA. O curta fala de sua relação com as águas e conflito familiar com a onipresente figura do pai - o que traz reflexões sobre o universo patriarcal em torno da dança e das famílias tradicionais sertanejas. O filme reflete também sobre preconceito, depressão e religião, mas também fala de acolhimento, abrindo portas para novos personagens da diversidade no bumba-meu-boi. A história tem como pano de fundo a opereta A Morte do BOI, uma metáfora para a fase em que vive a personagem - de transicionamento. “O boi vive e morre. Vive e Morre”.

Both Instrument Sound
Both, Instrument & Sound

Sharlene Bamboat

2024

Canada / 40 mins
In the face of an increasingly individualistic political discourse, this work employs tension as an aesthetic strategy and calls upon the experiences of Tony, an 80 year-old queer elder. In recalling his long life of political activism, it becomes clear that such work requires true intersectionality, solidarity, and collective struggle. Shot on hand-processed 16mm film.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/963202980

Boyilove 2024
Boyilove

Phillip Dean Merritt

2024

USA / 2 mins
"Boyilove" is a mesmerizing journey through the realms of love, desire, and polyamory, set against the tumultuous transition from the popper-fueled dancefloors of the 1970’s to the 80’s embrace of Reaganism and post-modern suburbanism. With pulsating synths and old-school R&B melodies, the song evokes the spirit of an all too fleeting moment marked by designer jumpsuits, scratchy guitars, and new wave attitude. The animated music video for "Boyilove" transports viewers to a liminal world where roller disco reigns supreme, and neon emotions ignite under the twirling mirrorball.

BrainHeart
BrainHeart

Noah Wiseman

2024

USA / 7 mins
Michael shows his strange neighbor around town. A growing obsession leaves Michael spiraling. He must rely on his friend Ava and his thoughts to get rid of his obsession.

Break My Heart
Break My Heart

Ginger Yifan Chen

 2024

USA / 8 mins
Two nonbinary bookstore clerks' intimate relationship is interrupted by a new beau.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/1005603398

Break Out
Break Out /
L'Étape

Tadeo Escalante

2024 

France / 15 mins
Tonight, Hazel, the director of a queer community space, discovers that her new girlfriend Claire has been leading a double life – she’s actually engaged to a man. That same night, the police arrived to evict the residents. As the walls begin to shake, so too does their love story...

Breathe without Water

Christy Tse

2024

Hong Kong / 15 mins
As the swimming pool dried up, the sentiments shifted and the love went missing in sex, how should she conclude that duet on her own?
Watch… here

Br00dm0ther's e-Fable

Zijing Zhao

2024 

UK / 8 mins
Broodmother is a short film that combines simulation and performance. The film is a deconstruction and reimagining of the female monster character Broodmother in video games. The Broodmother is a new species of fully digitised, slimy spider-like creature with the ability to devour, vomit, scream and breed demons. In this work, the Broodmother transforms into a powerful avatar that tells a scientific myth about life, nurture, ecology, and technology.
Trailer… here

Buraco
Buraco

Diego Migliorini

2024

Portugal / 8 mins
Self-portrait for Kino Eyes Movie Mastrers.

Buried 2024
Buried

Asleigh Becker

2024

USA / 12 mins
While looking back on a failed love, a woman tries to make sure that her heart isn’t broken beyond repair. 

Butch Dyke
Butch Dyke by A.S. Valentino

Cai Indermaur

2024

USA / 4:35 mins
A transgender darkwave/industrial artist based in Portland, Oregon, is a tribute to butch dykes throughout history.
Watch… here

Buttati
Buttati!

Manuel Calisti

2024 

Italy / 6.22 mins
Noemi is about to leave her hometown and she’s spending the last days of summer with Erica, her best friend. Their bond grows closer, and with the help of two strange confidants, they find the courage to make a decision that will change their lives

By Hand

YOU Junsang

 2024

Korea / 14 mins
Anchan and Deokwoo are inseparable friends, one helping the other approach girls and write love letters. Yet their feelings are drifting in different directions. This teenage romance movie delicately unfolds the narrative of “you don’t know how I really feel” with a sense of calm and tenderness.
Trailer… here

Cachinhos Laranjas
Cachinhos Laranjas

Rodger Timm

2024

Brazil / 13 mins
Trailer… here

Caha
Cahā

Chak Hin Leung

2024

UK / 10 mins
Intimate documentary capturing two immigrants—Indian and Bruneian—meeting in a London teahouse. Over tea (“cahā”), their casual conversation reveals profound stories of sacrifice, identity, and adaptation. The film explores immigrant experiences and colonial tea legacy, showing how this simple ritual creates unexpected connection and understanding across borders.
Trailer… here

Camp

Dylan Field

2024 

USA / 13 mins
Seeking a fresh start, Brandon enrolls in a conversion therapy group run by Damien, a magnetic but dangerous leader whose insidious influence slowly consumes him.
Watch… here

Cannot Talk
Cannot Talk

Karim Lazaar

 2024

France / 3:44 mins
In the hauntingly beautiful music video "Cannot Talk," we enter the private world of two boyfriends navigating an unspoken distance that looms between them. Set against a backdrop of dimly lit interiors and a melancholic melody, the visual narrative unfolds within the confines of a shared space that echoes with the weight of unsaid words.

Carmen

Carla Forte

2024

USA / 4 mins
Carmen is an experimental short film in which the character tells the story through her body, creating new body language.
Watch… here

Casa Preti
Casa Preti: Carmina 8/10

Enrico Bellenghi

2024

Italy / 8 mins
Something that has the appearance of a traditional family – mother, father, son, daughter – wanders through the rooms of a baronial villa near Monte Pellegrino, in Palermo: looking out the window, reading the newspaper, watering the plants. However, the constant comparison with objects, sculptures and paintings triggers something else, another family portrait, free and different.
A fashion film of ghosts and ideas of coexistence, commissioned by the fashion house Casa Preti. A work that expands the boundaries of formats and restores tactility and passionate moods throughout shooting on film. A meeting place, pictorial and almost metaphysical, an invasion that becomes dialogue, other possibilities for space and bodies in 7 minutes suspended in time.

Caterpillar
Caterpillar

Ella Richie Teresa DeMaria

2024

USA / 9 mins
Watch… here

Celebrating So Many Women At 35
Celebrating “So Many Women” at 35

Zanne D’Aglio

2024

USA / 8 mins
In 1989, The Flame, a lesbian bar in San Diego, California, became the ideal setting for the music video “So Many Women.” This tribute was directed by its singer, who has toured in Switzerland several times. 
Watch… here

Cendre De Lune
Cendre de Lune

Denis Cluchier

2024

Morocco, France / 12 mins
Chahida and her son Tarek, 20 years old, are leaving Marrakech by car. Middle class moroccan family, their son/mother relationship is not easy. The night is falling and the car disappears more and more in the desert. The memories of Tarek’s past buried till now reappear slowly. His father’s sexual violences when he was a child are coming back to his mind. The unspoken secrets hidden since so many years explode between them. Tarek is discovering her mother knew all those years what was happening. Images from the past are flowing his mind. The car is stopping in the middle of nowhere. Mother and son are taking father’s body out of the trunk, and are burning it. The only way to turn the page.
Chahida et son fils Tarek, vingt ans, quittent Marrakech en voiture. Famille marocaine de classe moyenne, leur relation mère-fils n’est pas évidente. La nuit tombe et la voiture s’engouffre un peu plus dans le désert marocain. Les souvenirs du passé de Tarek, jusqu’alors enfouis, refont surface petit à petit…

Chase Me
Chase Me

Sal Ardongde

2024

USA / 3 mins
When runner Tony comes upon a curiously competitive runner, Eva, their encounter turns into a fierce race of athleticism and wits. Who might Eva be?
Trailer… here

Cherry Passion Fruit
Cherry, Passion Fruit

Renato José Duque Cereja

2024 

Portugal, Bélgica, Finlândia, Brasil / 5 mins
A natureza contém tanto a cachoeira fluindo quanto o fogo devorador. Dentro de uma floresta tropical misteriosa, o desejo toma forma entre o amor e a dor. Você enfrentaria seu desejo assombrador? 

Chi Chis Couch
Chi Chi's Couch /
Chi Chi na gauči 

Petra Chaloupková

2024 

Czech Republic / 45 mins
A one-of-a-kind TV talk show with a host who’s got balls and a killer fashion sense. The mother of Czech drag, Chi Chi Tornado, welcomes to her fluffy sofa performers from the new generation of drag (Miss Petty, La Cuntessa). Together, they’ll go into the spicy stories from their performances, high-school traumas, and the fashion and other sins in Czech TV programs. No topic is too personal or taboo on Chi Chi’s couch!Come enjoy a sneak peek of Czech Television’s upcoming series.

Chi Le Na
Chi(le)na

Yoksan Xu

2024

Chile / 5:36 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 2024
Chimera /
Quimera

Gael Jara,
Martín André

 
 

Chile / 11:21 mins

A non-binary person watches the handover of the first non-binary ID in the history of Chile. As they try to do the paperwork, they will face the bureaucracy of the legal proceedings and their own memories.
Una persona no binaria observa la entrega del primer carnet de identidad no binaria en la historia de Chile. Mientras intenta completar los formularios, enfrentará la burocracia del proceso legal y sus propias memorias.
Trailer… here

Claddagh
Claddagh

Sophie Aguila 2024

USA / 4 mins
Two childhood friends on the precipice of adulthood discuss their culturally significant jewelry, however, the room is tense with what is left unsaid.
Trailer… here

Clan 2024
Clan /
Kordh

Jaime Lock

2024 UK / 11 mins
On the Isles of Scilly, trans teenager, Cam, feels awkward and out of place among the community. When Teän arrives, Cam finally feels seen.
Trailer… here

Close Friends
Close Friends

Eleanor “Ellie” Propp

2024

11:11 mins
A young woman comes face to face with a Thing that she hasn't seen since her childhood.

Closet Monster
Closet Monster /
Monstra do Armário

 Bruny Derotzi  2024 Brazil / 10 mins
The Youth must confront the anxieties created by something hiding inside their closet. 

Closet Witch
Closet Witch - My Words Are Sacred

Autojektor

2024

UK / 1 min
Experimenting with trans porn, from a trans-viewer perspective.   
Watch… here

Clover
Clover

Laura Alice

2024

Australia / 7 mins
Meet ‘Clover’ - a young, nonbinary neurodivergent person who is struggling with depression and agoraphobia. Clover is a creative who finds solace in the one thing they seem to have control over - join them through their journey as they realise; ‘you are never alone’.

Cocoon 2024
Cocoon

Holli Xue

2024

UK / 11 mins
Denied mobility and decision-making power, the metaphorical and physical cocoon embodies political depression.

Colour Me Pink

Anika O'Hagan-Ploug

2024

Ireland / 3 mins
A stop-motion music video for the indie-pop song ‘Colour Me Pink’ by K E L, depicting a heartwarming story of young queer love.
Watch… here

Colorful And Empty Chair
Colorful and Empty Chair /
Renkli ve Boş Sandalye

Eren Cakmak

 2024

Turkey / 3 mins
In the documentary, the life of a Kurdish and married secret homosexual person living in Turkey is tried to be described with an experimental form of shooting.

Come Back to What You Know

James Marquez

2024

USA / 2:40 mins
This short animation explores creator James Marquez's experiences of being groomed online happening concurrently with his discovery of his gender identity. With the hazy visuals of his vacant, unfamiliar childhood theme park, the ghosts of his past and present self reclaiming the agency once taken from him, his short film is one of catharsis and retribution.
Trailer... here 

Come Dance With Me
Come Dance with Me

Nwaọ

2024 

USA / 8 mins
A visual archive documenting rhythmic stories of dance in the Black Diaspora across history.
Trailer… here

Commodo
Commodo

Elettra Gotti

 2024

UK, Italy / 26 mins
Fabrizio’s mysterious disappearance sets off a chain of events. On the streets, in the wind farms and in the vast hills of southern Italy, his absence becomes a catalyst for profound changes that send his friends and acquaintances on a journey of self-discovery.

Compass Rose All That Glows
Compass Rose & All that Glows

Celeste Gersten

2024

USA / 11mins
Once upon a time isn’t our start, it repeats itself over in cycles, like a spinning clock. This is the plight of Yaphet and Pallu, unbeknownst to them. In the present, the cycle continues. They are separated, and hope grows dim.

Consume 2024
Consume

Aliyah Knight

 2024

Australia / 12 mins
Suffocated by a religious fundamentalist upbringing, 17-year-old Esther fears her hunger for best friend Alana could be a little too literal…

Corahe
Corahe

Lucía Román Canivell

2024 

Spain / 15 mins
Lola y Julia trabajan como intérpretes de flamenco en Sevilla, España. Sin embargo, su relación y su amor por el flamenco se ven amenazados por las difíciles condiciones de trabajo y la lucha de la tradición flamenca por sobrevivir en los tiempos modernos.

Cornfed Punk
Cornfed Punk

Zade Mullin

2024

USA / 11 mins
Cornfed Punk explores the surprising hardcore punk scene of Iowa City. Serving as a haven for many who might otherwise find themselves stranded in the middle of a red stronghold, this community proves its commitment to inclusion, acceptance, and kindness, showing that these values exemplify the punk ethos.
Watch... here

Cottage Cheese
Cottage Cheese

Liina Luomajoki,
Lena Metzger,
Janina Müller,
Alice Kunz

2024 

Switzerland / 5 mins
When Mika sits down on the toilet, she is horrified to discover something slimy and “cottage cheese-like” in her underwear. In search of answers, she embarks on a bizarre journey into her own vagina.
Trailer… here

Could It Be
Could It Be?

Sandeep Keshari

2024

India / 8 mins
A coming-of-age tale set in the bustling chawls of Bombay, where 17-year-old Kartik’s unexpected feelings for his friend Arjun put their bond to the test.

Cowgirls
Cowgirls

Emily Alegria

2024

USA
A short Western about Evelyn and her father, Jerry, who live and work on a ranch in Montana. Jerry, concerned that his daughter may be lonely, brings on a girl from the town nearby to work for the summer. The two women form a relationship unexpected by all and unknowingly find what they’ve been looking for within each other.

Crave
Crave

Lois Norman

2024

UK / 5:13 mins
a lick away from love now…
Late at night, her bed still warm from her lover leaving, a painter dips her brush into her own imperfect past and parts of her: a lost truth drips through…
Crave explores female queer love and the self-gaze that frees it.

Cuadro
Cuadro

Juan Martín,
Fran Frías

2024

Spain / 2:32 mins
En un estudio impecable y estéril, un grupo de artistas aguarda a su modelo. Cuando este llega, rompe todas las expectativas, desafiando las normas establecidas y dejando fluir sus emociones en un mundo que lo oprime.

Cupbearer

Andrew Child

2024

USA / 2:30 mins
This short explores the mythical figure of Hylas, cupbearer to Hercules, whose death caused the hero to abandon the Argonauts.
Watch… here

Curuk
Çürük

Marion Molinari,
Tugce Karabacak

2024

Turkey / 20 mins
Istanbul, 2023. Nora, a young transgender woman, received the "Çürük Raporu" at the age of 20, a certificate issued by the Turkish State categorizing her as a deviant citizen. Today, she has to sell her body for sex to earn a living. With the presidential elections approaching, Nora keeps hope alive and tries to live.

Cybersex 19
Cybersex 19 /
Cybersexo 19

Chico Ludermir

2024

Brazil / 10 mins
Based on the feature offered by dating apps that allows you to search for partners anywhere in the world, CYBERSEXO19 embarks on an exploration of the gay universe in the nine countries that kept their borders open to Brazilians during the pandemic.

A partir do recurso oferecido pelos aplicativos de relacionamento que permite buscar parceiros em qualquer lugar do mundo, Cybersexo 19 se lança em uma exploração do universo gay nos nove países que mantiveram as fronteiras abertas aos brasileiros durante a pandemia.

Dames Sea Smoke
Dames & Sea Smoke

Aditya Karatagi

 2024

Australia / 4 mis
Deep fires burn in the aching embers of stolen glances, as a stop for water sets off something steamy.

Dancing Dhamaal
Dancing Dhamaal!

Nimisha Sanjeevani-Chandrashekhar Mahatme

 2024

USA / 5 mins
A Bollywood inspired hybrid animated music video about Aadarshini, an anxious Indian-American girl, who feels out of place at an Indian wedding until she learns to make space for herself in her culture through Parvati, a traditional dancer who catches her eye.
Trailer... here

Daphne 2024
Daphne

Nicola Bianchi

2024

Italy / 20 mins
Daphne, a transgender drag queen living in Milan, lives on the edge of two worlds: daytime with friends and dating apps, and nighttime with parties and drugs. We follow her journey to discovering her true self.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/1018922149

Dark Roast
Dark Roast

Mark Marquez

2024

USA / 9 mins
When a small, Queer/Trans-BIPOC Cafe, ran BY the community FOR the community is being threatened to be evacuated by a Monstrous Franchise, it is up to our Baristas to keep their lights and bites in business before construction starts…by any means necessary.

De Princesas Y Piratas
De Princesas y Piratas

Álvaro León

2024

Spain / 8 mins
Una joven nos cuenta a través de un cuento, su historia de amor, y como los traumas del pasado y las heridas, pueden seguir doliendo. Navegamos por un mundo de fantasía en el que la imaginación nos protege de una realidad mucho más dura. Una metáfora que nos deja vislumbrar una realidad mucho más dura.

Dear Georgena

Cat Haines

2024 

1 min
A letter written to Georgena, a transsexual woman who lived in Esterhazy in 1994, and wrote a series of letters and articles I found in archived copies of the Saskatoon-based LGBTQ+ publication Perceptions. This film features Super-8 footage that was hand processed with caffenol.
Watch… here

Dear God Mv
Dear God /
Dear God - Music Video

 Law Artis 2024 

USA / 10:39 mins & 3:32 mins
A short story about a man coming to terms with his authentic self at a later age.
Watch… here
Watch... here 

Dear Money: A Trans Perspective

Fletcher Gibbons 2024

USA / 5 mins
Three trans siblings share about how money has impacted their lives and their gender-affirming care.
Watch… here

Dearly Departed
Dearly Departed

Gabriella Lichtneker  2024

The Netherlands / 3 mins
A queer comedy horror about accidental death, interfering ghost hunters, and how joy can be found despite the hand the (after)life might deal you.
Trailer… here

Décalé-Es: A sports experience by and for queers /
Décalé-Es, Une Expérience Du Sport Par Et Pour Les Queers

Elio Parfait 2024

France / 15 mins
They belong to a handball team “Décalage,” made up of LGBTQI+ members. More than just a sports team, this association represents a true personal and collective revolution! 
Trailer… here

Degenere
Degenere /
Degenerado

Sara J Asprilla Palomino

2024  Colombia / 19 mins
Dorotys dream was to dance and be recognized as the woman she was, but death came first. Her best friend Misael, a sixty-year-old gay man, will make it happen. Misael creates the first diverse folk dance group, questioning traditions that are defended by cultural values in order to erase their queerness.
Trailer… here  

Deliberate Ruins
Deliberate Ruins

Shirine Shah

2024 UK / 11 mins
Shirine Shah’s Deliberate Ruins is a poetic exploration of their first year away from home and the onset of their medical transition. Shot on 16mm Bolex and Mini DV, this experimental diary film weaves together a series of conflicting anxieties—between the self-propulsion of faith and the gravitational pull of returning to one’s origins. Through cryptic and often destructive poems, alongside vocalized diary entries, Shah delves into the complex tensions between choice and the inescapable weight of past histories. Intimate moments of dissonance blend with historical fragments that simultaneously trap and liberate the speaker.

Delincuente
Delincuente

Alba Domínguez,
Nuria Vilán Prado

2024 Spain / 12 mins
A partir de un poema homónimo inédito de Nuria Vil, ‘Delincuente’ recrea una atmósfera inspirada en la vida de ‘La Maradona’, la líder de una banda de delincuencia juvenil en el Vigo de los años ochenta. La autora bebe del cine quinqui y diversos referentes literarios de la época, que la inspiraron para utilizar el arte como medio para reflejar los cambios sociales.
Trailer… here

Denki Keki
Denki Keki

Ángel Jesús Hurtado

2024 Colômbia / 5 mins
A young man becomes obsessed with his birthday, plunging into a spiral of madness.

Desayunamos
¿Desayunamos?

Moiset Pacheco

2024

Spain / 13 mins
Dos amigas se encuentran después de largos años. Tras un café aflorarán sentimientos y secretos bien guardados que tenían que ser confesados. ¿Son felices actualmente? ¿Estarán arrepentidas de alguna decisión del pasado?Trailer… here

Desdemona
Desdêmona

Clara Klaus

2024

Brazil / 19 mins
Quando Zi é atacade por uma praga misteriosa que toma conta de sua casa e de seu corpo, evita encarar a situação – e as mudanças que vem com ela – a todo custo, até que é transformade à força.

Devouring Stones Up Close
Devouring Stones Up Close

Cat Rider

2024

USA / 9 mins
A dance film that serves as an expression of feminine rage and channels the spirits of those whose land we walk, create, and dance on.
Watch… here

Dirt Pride
Dirt Pride

Christina Rosetti

2024

USA / 11 mins
A community of bikepackers sets off in Washington’s Olympic National Forest to make friends, learn outdoor skills, and celebrate Pride their way.

Discolight Vigil
Discolight Vigil

Stuart Blue

 2024

USA / 11 mins
A young man attends the unconventional funeral of a childhood friend.
Trailer… here

Does He Like Me
Does He Like Me? /
Será que ele gosta de mim?

Diego Trevisan

2024

Brazil / 20 mins
Lúcio is a teenager on a journey of self-discovery and gender transition. His friend Ana accompanies and supports him at each stage of this process. However, as Lúcio becomes more confident and comfortable in his new identity, Ana begins to have feelings for him that go beyond friendship.
Trailer… here

Doggone
Doggone

Emelie Claxton

2024

USA / 29 mins
A struggling artist who takes a dogsitting gig to pay rent, but all hell breaks loose when the dog in her care is DOGNAPPED! To get him back, she must face art world jerks, drag queens, murderous dog moms, and the rift that’s been forming between her and her best friend...
Trailer… here

Double Life 2024
Double Life

Mellie Parks,
Trinity Byonie

2024

USA / 5 mins
Max, a 22 year old man leads a double life; working in the hypermasculine corporate world in one life yet performing as a drag queen in another, realizing the duality of both existences.

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Aether Docherty

2024

Australia / 5 mins
Scrolling the dark edges of the internet, Ash finds a strange website that unlocks something within them and begins a cosmic haunting.

Due To Love
Due to Love

Elisa Ward 2024

Lebanon / 12 mins
After living in Europe for some time, a young woman visits her Middle-Eastern family for just one dinner. But the past haunts her with memories of her unspoken lesbian relationship. How much longer can she hold it together?

Dust
Dust

Romy Robbin 2024

UK / 11 mins
During a one-night stand, the discovery of an urn leads two strangers on a darkly comedic journey, navigating grief, intimacy, and the vulnerability of human connection.

Easy Way Out
Easy Way Out

Camryn Garrett

2024

USA / 7 mins
Twenty-something New Yorker Grace frequently lies about being a lesbian in order to deflect catcalls or unwanted pickup-lines. But when a man at a bar doesn’t believe her, she has to pretend to date a random customer, one she might actually develop feelings for.

Eden 2024
Eden

Simone Hile-Bassett

2024

USA / 10 mins
Following the rediscovery and subsequent monetization of the Garden of Eden, as people who can afford it begin migrating back at top dollar, a young woman has to choose whether to follow their brother on the one-way journey or continue to live in a broken world.
Trailer… here

El Buen Gusto
El Buen Gusto

Matías Leiva

 2024

Chile / 24 mins
Marco, un diseñador de vestuario desmotivado, decide una noche salir a cazar sueños y así encontrar nuevamente su inspiración. Cuerpos y anhelos se cruzarán en su camino.
Trailer… here

El Búnker

Sonia Moura

2024 

Paraguay / 13 mins
Tras varios años de silencio de la comunidad LGBTIQ+ a causa de un decreto nacional, un grupo de amigxs organiza un gran ataque para ser libres y recuperar derechos.
Trailer… here

El Perita

Adrián Tienda

 

Spain / 9 mins
José Ramón Perales, el Perita, es un hombre de costumbres arraigadas que pasa sus días entre amigos en el bar del barrio. Pero su mundo se tambalea cuando conoce a la pareja de su hijo y se enfrenta a sus propios prejuicios.
Watch… here

Embrasse Moi
Embrasse-moi

Hristo Todorov

2024

France / 12 mins
In a sporadic encounter between two men and just when one of them is about to leave, he encounters an unexpected detail that leaves him stunned.

Emergency Contact
Emergency Contact

Yvonne Onakeme Etaghene

2024

USA / 10 mins
Haunted by a devastating heartache, an Ijaw and Urhobo Nigerian dyke realizes that grief is an expression of love she can never outrun.

Empezar De Nuevo
Empezar de Nuevo

Coré Ruiz

2024

Spain / 4 mins
Tres almas entrelazadas por el tiempo y el amor enfrentan un vacío difícil de nombrar. En el umbral de la ausencia, los recuerdos se aferran a cada rincón y el eco resuena en el aire.

Encuerados
Encuerados

Orlando Bedolla

2024

USA / 11 mins
Encuerados chronicles the year-long involvement of seven Latino men in the leather scene, primarily focusing on the historical attainment of the first Latino man winning the title of Mr. Los Angeles Leather, Leo Iriarte. By showcasing the legacy of Leo, Encuerados takes a deep dive into the leadership of seven trailblazers, empowered to create representation in leather competitions such as MLAL, IML, and events, such as Up Your Alley, Folsom, CLAW LA, and Pride.
Trailer… here

Erik(a)
Erik(a)

Saioa Miguel

2024

Basque Country / 12 mins
Erik(a) likes to go unnoticed. Also, do not openly answer the question about who you are or how you define yourself. A search process has been allowed that few dare to go through. Through this short documentary film, Erik(a) inhabits different moments of her life through archive images, analog photographs, onlyfans videos, Google Maps and virtual personal diaries.

Espejo
Espejo

Leandra Pascuzzi

2024

Mexico / 6 mins
In this emotional story, an individual tired of living repressed accepts her true identity as a transgender woman, however, she decides to hide it from her partner and when she discovers the truth, both are forced to face society’s prejudices and reevaluate their relationship. Together, they will struggle for acceptance and happiness in a world that is often unkind to those who are different.

Eu Nao Nasci Para Isso
Eu Não Nasci Para Isso

Erik Ely

2024

Brazil / 18 mins
O processo de alistamento militar obrigatório traz consigo uma determinação da qual não se pode fugir, forçando muitos jovens a servirem contra a própria vontade. Mas determinadas convocações são perpassadas por um complexo jogo de forças, que envolve desejos e preconceitos, em relação aos alistados com comportamento fora dos padrões normativos do ponto de vista social, racial e sexual.
Trailer… here

Everything Is Easy Everything Is Hard
Everything is easy, Everything is hard

Pamela C. Saade

2024

France, Lebanon / 6 mins
Omar returns from a date with Alex, and he seems somewhat disconnected. A little game with Alex makes him burst and start talking about everything he experienced abroad.

Exento
Exento

Otto Morales

2024

Cuba / 15 mins
Las “potajeras” son lugares donde la comunidad gay de La Habana se reúne a escondidas. Para el director, son espacios de libertad, pero también de una oscuridad marcada por su contagio de VIH.

Exile 2025
Exile (يا ريت)

Yesmine Fersi,
Lina Hamouda,
Minyar Mrabti

2024 

Tunisia / 45 mins
In Tunisia, a silent HIV epidemic spreads within the country’s repressed queer community, hidden beneath layers of societal stigma and discrimination. The film tells the stories of two individuals who navigate the harsh realities of living in a country where their identities are illegal, and healthcare is inaccessible due to fear and shame. As the virus spreads, so does the isolation, forcing the community to confront not only the epidemic but the deep-rooted prejudice and neglect that fuels it.

F For Freedom
F For Freedom

Arjun Krish,
Ria Dinesh

 2024

India / 29 mins

In “F for Freedom,” the quest for personal liberty and self-expression takes centre stage amidst the complexities of family life. The film delves into the poignant story of Shyama Gauri, a devoted mother who finds herself overshadowed by the bustling lives of her family members. Her husband is absorbed in his demanding career, her daughter is lost in the world of social media, and her son, though understanding, struggles to bridge the gaps between them. Shyama’s only refuge from her loneliness is her close friend Priya, a successful movie director. Through her passions—cooking, gardening, and drawing—Shyama seeks solace and a sense of fulfilment, though these pursuits offer only temporary relief.
Watch… here

Factory

Nivaldo Godoy Jr

2024

Brazil / 3 mins
Short animated film created with Artificial Intelligence tools that explores the intersections of consumption and gender. Set in a near future, affected by the climate crisis and resource scarcity, the film reveals a production line that manufactures both products and identities, as well as gender roles.
Trailer… here

Familiar Touch
Familiar Touch

Ember Haskings

2024

UK / 5 mins
When her boyfriend neglects her, an emotionally broken trans woman has a rebound with her future self.

Familiar Unknowns
Familiar Unknowns /
Retrouvailles inconnues: Les francoqueers à Vancouver avant et après l'an 2000

Amélia Simard  2024  Canada / 15 mins
Amélia, an emerging non-binary filmmaker, has been given 2 months given and a research grant to find out more about francophone queer life in western Canada. As the only participant from (what is colonially known as) British-Columbia and with only 3 weeks left, the pressure is on: Amélia rushes to find any traces of francophone queer people in Vancouver before the year 2000, the year they were born. Amidst this chaotic research effort, they find André, an older French-Canadian gay man that lived in Vancouver for 25 years. Through their conversations, Amélia unlocks André's hidden personal visual archive, that proves that, indeed, francophone queers were alive and thriving years before they were born. This documentary shows how Amélia put together a presentation about their own queer ancestors through screen capture, archival footage, interviews and narration that ends up changing their own view of themself as a queer french-canadian in the west. 

February Fourteenth

Ezri Appel 2024

USA / 6 mins
Vignettes of trans life and love on Valentine’s Day among a close-knit group of partners and friends in Brooklyn, NY.
Trailer… here

Femme Disturbance
Femme Disturbance

Conor Baird  2024

UK / 25 mins
Femme Disturbance investigates a closeted adolescence, its surrounding family dynamic and the empowering figure of the Action Heroine. To tell these stories the Sisters are interviewed and the Adolescent speaks alongside the Critic. Home movie footage and action heroine performances across Hollywood film and video games are reembodied, cut and collaged.

Final
Final

Mel Estaba 2024

Spain, Venezuela / 10 mins
Una habitación, dos chicas. Serían los elementos perfectos para una nueva historia de amor sáfica. Menos para Alex y Pau, que es el final de todo ello. Ambas intentan "hacerlo bien", pero esto nunca fue sinónimo de fácil.

Finding My Voice
Finding My Voice

Rouven Gueissaz 2024

USA / 10 mins
Two transgender women are working on their voices. One of them is Bernie, 67, who has one of the most famous voices in New York: the voice of the subway, heard by millions of commuters every day. 

for Carlos

Carlos Cipriano Gomes Junior

 2024

Brazil / 15 mins
A heartbreaking and honest farewell letter to a partner lost to suicide. Painful to watch at times, but a stirring meditation on grief and loss.
Watch… here

Forbidden 2024
Forbidden

Anelise Salan

2024 

Romania / 98 mins
In Romania, 44-year-old Anelise, a gay woman, faces unexpected legal barriers when her girlfriend proposes. Determined to secure rights for herself and others, she takes their case to the European Court of Human Rights, joined by 20 same-sex couples in the largest LGBTQ+ lawsuit in the Court’s history. As they confront humiliating refusals from officials, the intense pressure affects Anelise’s personal life. Filmed with warmth and intimacy by her partner, who serves as the film’s cinematographer, the documentary captures Anelise’s struggle to balance love and resilience as they await a verdict that could change their lives.

Forest Echoes
Forest Echoes

Eva Grant

2024

Canada / 18 mins
A love story set against the backdrop of the climate crisis and the opioid epidemic, Forest Echoes follows Echo and Wild, two urban Indigenous land defenders.
Watch… here

Freedom Of Movement
Freedom of Movement

Fadl Fakhouri

 2024

USA / 23 mins
A poetry film that draws comparisons between haflat shabab (Palestinian bachelor parties), Oakland California's illegal rave scene, and the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Trailer… here

From Nothing To Everything 2024
From Nothing to Everything

Kai Barakat

2024 

Lebanon / 10 mins
“From Nothing to Everything” is a short documentary about my own journey through depression, anxiety, and the fear of being true to myself, including my exploration of gender identity. It’s a personal story about overcoming tough times and finding the courage to embrace who I really am.

Fruits Of The Spirit
Fruits of the Spirit: a Gathering Film

Georgia Day

2024

UK / 16 mins
When Maddy and Carys get outed to their church worship band, they have to fight to stay together, in the face of an institution that wants nothing more than to see them apart. Can they hold onto faith when it seems that their faith doesn’t want them? 'Fruits of the Spirit' is a dramatic tale of hope, perseverance, and religious intolerance – a tale that is familiar to many.

Full Spectrum
Full Spectrum – A Queer Outdoorsy Film About Autism

Erin McGrady

2024 USA
Full Spectrum is a very personal and vulnerable short film. In it, queer runner Caroline Whatley (she/her) shares a snapshot in time (her first year after receiving a diagnosis) of what it’s like to learn you’re autistic at 46 years old having never known..
Trailer… here  

FuReality
FuReality

Aly Labbé-Hervieux

2024

Canada / 4 mins
A journey into Aly’s world and their personal growth through the eyes of their new furry, Eden.

Gametes
Gamètes

Nova Lov

2024

Belgium / 15:51
To finally start her hormonal transition, Nova needs to go through one last step : the freezing of her gametes. To support her in this difficult masturbatory endeavour in a hospital ward, Matos, Estech and Aimé-es decide to accompany her. Armed with their cameras, lights and colour gel filters, the dream team of CLAP ! infiltrates the ART service to make this trial the most pleasurable as possible.

Gametes is an ode to T4T loves, mixing documentary and fiction to highlight a little-known stage of MtoF transitions.

Gay Beach

Maura James McNamera,
Daniel Fox

2024

USA / 32 mins
A three-day gathering on the Florida panhandle becomes a rollicking party of queer resistance, grief and joy in the face of increasing censorship and division.
Watch… here

Gemini

Jamie Griffiths

2024

USA / 6 mins
Sarah and her two cats go about their separate lives. The cats have strange dreams about their desires, and Sarah develops an unshakable paranoia that something is wrong with them. Sarah’s paranoia bleeds into her social life, and her two cats have their dreams come true.
Trailer… here

Girl Bug 2024
Girl Bug

Lenora Rowe

 2024

USA / 5:37 mins
Exploring the individual relationship with gender, sexuality, and femininity, Gilr Bug explores ideas of self-perception and how we interact with our sense of self. The aim is to explore the uncomfortable feeling of being othered as it relates to growing into your own from the perspective of growing up queer in the American South.

Ghosted

Danni Fenech

2024 

Australia / 7 mins
When a jock and a dork unexpectedly wind up on a ghost hunt in a haunted house, things take a turn for the spookily sweet.
Watch… here

glide by LILY CHOU-CHOU

Bart Seng Wen Long

2024

UK / 4 mins
A rubber gimp and its warden exchange their favourite YouTube recommendations.
Watch... here 

Gloria 2024
Gloria

Nikos Mpouyioukas

 2024

Greece / 6 mins
"Gloria" invites you to experience life through the eyes of its titular character, a trans woman and sex worker navigating the streets of contemporary Athens.
Trailer… here

Go On Rituparna
Go On, Rituparna

Aashish Kumar

2024 

USA / 31 mins
“Xun” to her loving Mother, and “Piku” or “Ritu” to friends, Rituparna Neog has blazed a trail for queer and trans rights, gender justice, and access to free libraries in her native Assam and other parts of India. This film is a tribute to the power of activism, familial love, and community-building. 

Golden Fingers
Golden Fingers /
Des doigts en or

Chryssa Florou

 2024

France / 4 mins
How do we find the words to tell family who we are? A gently humourous take on a coming out story.

Good Ally x MMDA

Sean Sean McGuire

2024

USA / 4:42 mins
Good Ally is the debut video from band MMDA (Peter Kalisch & Aaron December) and is an exploration of homo nationalism and neoliberal approaches to queer and trans rights which favor politeness over liberation.
Watch… here


Good Luck BabeGood Luck, Babe! a dance concept film

Sasha Serdyukov

2024

USA / 4 mins
"Good Luck, Babe!" is a dance visual encompassing a closeted queer experience and the weight of missed opportunities. It follows the connection between two women, one of which is in stubborn denial about the feelings they're experiencing, while the other is open and outright about her yearning. The dancers in the film transform from a fun, supportive ensemble into a physical manifestation of the guilt that comes with missing the opportunity for connection. The film lives in a glamorous, slightly retro prom setting, and is set to Chappell Roan's song "Good Luck, Babe!".
Watch… here

Grand Dandy
Grand Dandy (For Ezra)

The Campbells

 2024

USA, UK / 4 mins
Grand Dandy is a special film based on the poem “For Ezra” about the real life experience of non-binary author Libro Levi Bridgeman and their love letter to their grandson, Ezra. The film follows the playful and tender moments of their daily routines as a queer grandparent with their grandson. And while it captures slices of their everyday life, it also explores the question, how to tell a child you are queer and non-binary? This film also highlights the importance that the common bond of any child with a queer relative is the same and endearing as any family.
Trailer… here

Grounded

Andrea “Andy” Whipple

 2024

USA / 6 mins
A pre-transitioned trans boy is transformed into a harpy and learns the importance of knowing one’s limits. He realizes that although he doesn’t have his ideal body, he can work with his body to create a life that’s worth living.
Watch… here

Guapito Divino
Guapito, Divino

Luis Miguel Ramirez   2024 USA / 5 mins
Miguel St. Michael grapples with criticism over his previous single with Cynthia Lee Fontaine, within the Tejano Market triggering a transformative journey sparked by a flashback to a Juan Gabriel interview. The narrative unfolds in a captivating concert, where the cumbia rhythm sets the stage for a poignant queer Tejano romance. This tale resonates with resilience and love, offering an unexpected twist to St. Michael's narrative of self-discovery and purpose.
Watch… here  

Hands Tied
Hands Tied - Ukulele Death Squad

Sam Osborn-Rassaby

 2024

Australia / 4 mins
The planet's "most dangeous ukulele band" fearlessly explores the chaos of queerness and temptation, featuring a thrilling running-in-heels sequence that rivals Jurassic World.
Watch… here

Happy Solstice
Happy Solstice /
Buon Soltstizio

Werther Germondari

2024

Italy / 4:36 mins
Everything you wanted to know about Santa Claus but never dared ask. 

Tutto quello che avreste voluto sapere di babbo natale ma non avete mai osato chiedere. 

Hatheli Kshitij Mudgal
Hatheli

Kshitij Mudgal

2024

India / 90 mins
This film promises a nuanced portrayal of LGBTQ+ experiences that will stay with you long after the credits roll.

Here In The Bathtub
Here, In the Bathtub

Kris Bublevskaya

2024

Germany, Mexico / 10 mins
Is shared vulnerability a way to feel comfort in a situation which is not seen as normal? The filmmaker talks to people who identify themselves as queer to ask each other questions that help both to ease into the space.

Hermaphrodite
Hermaphrodite

Samuel Bester

 

France / 10 mins
Based on Hermaphrodite from Book IV of Ovid’s Metamorphoses translated by Marie Cosnay.

Hide & Seek
מחבואים

Ran Baruch  2024 

Israel / 19 mins
In a strict and conservative international school in Mexico, an ostracized Israeli boy cuts class and hides in the shadows, facing his attraction to men, and the hatred that grows inside him.
Trailer… here  

Hole Theory
Hole Theory

Mahx Capactiy 2024

USA / 12 mins
Hole expert Ashely Paige and expert hole Corey More star in this visceral meditation on the gloriousness of holes. With interdimensional illustrations by Oona Taper and sound design by Paleo Pony aka Jonah Rosenberg, Hole Theory explores the cosmic unknowability of that which engulfs. “Holes are the original time travel. You come out more yourself than you were when you entered: rearranged, holy, new. Holes make you whole.” Trust us. We know holes.

Home Within
Home Within

 Mehriban Karimova 2024

Azerbaijan / 7 mins
Home Within explores the challenges faced by trans people in politically restricted and queerphobic societies. The film follows Carmen, a young trans woman from Baku, as she struggles to find a safe space while staying true to her identity. It delves into the difficulties the queer community encounters regarding access to housing. Ultimately, the film portrays the universal quest for acceptance and belonging.
Trailer… here

House Casa
House /
Casa

Pablo Padovani 2024

Argentina / 13 mins
Azula is an artist from Venezuela who found a new voice in the Ballroom scene in Argentina, a cultural space that helped them recognize and express themselves as a non-binary trans person. Through the organization Socio Ballroom, Azula supports the LGBTIQ+ community.

Humano Sin Cabeza
Humano Sin Cabeza

Enrique Gimeno

2024

Spain / 70 mins
Es un proyecto entre el documental y la ficción en el que el propio director narra cómo recupera su carrera y la cabeza en tres años. Pseudodocumental de autoficción rodado en Etopía, Zaragoza.

I Am Not A Butterfly 2024
I Am Not a Butterfly

Odeya Laske

2024

Israel / 11 mins
Faith embarks upon a journey of self-discovery, through images of the insect’s life-cycle, alienness, female sexuality, religion, attraction, and repulsion. She hatches as her complete self from the cocoon, in her internal utopia.
Trailer… here

I Am Tejimola
I Am Tejimola

Aditav Dowerah

2024

India / 7 mins
As a sinister presence emerges, our protagonist draws strength from the Assamese folktale Tejimola-he moi, the shapeshifter. This evocative film explores gender expression and the body as resistance against rigid societal norms.

I Cant Do Anything
I Can’t Do Anything

Tiago Tereza

2024

Brazil / 15 mins
The film deals with the relationship between Erika and her mother, who returns to her daughter’s house in the countryside of Minas Gerais, in a region known for intense mining. Sick, the mother suffers from a terminal illness. The days go by, relations become harder, and the cinema operates.

Los Siento
I Feel (For) You /
Los siento

Bella Cintra

2024

Spain / 7:08 mins
Noa, Kim, Izan, Débora, Andra, Kika, Laurent and Lola introduce themselves and recount how their feelings and desires have been marginalized throughout their lives, especially after transitioning. The sounds, the voices, the images… everything envelops us in this display of love composed of the feelings of the couple, two individuals discovering their freedom together.

I Kiss Your Hand Madame
I Kiss Your Hand, Madame /
Kezét Csókolom

Jeremy Luke Bolatag

 2024

Hungary, Portugal, Belgium / 18 mins
After living a heteronormative life for fifty years, Mónika finally goes through with her orchiectomy. The filmmaker follows Mónika’s first steps in her gender-affirmation journey: her new relationship with her body and with her biological 11-year old son, Gabi, as she also navigates the repressive Orbán regime in Hungary.
Trailer… here  

Im A Faggot
I’m a Faggot /
Sóc maricó

Javier Riera,
Miguel Vingur

2024 Spain / 12 mins
It is easier to live in our own imagination than accepting our reality. But, what would it be like to live inside this imagination where anything is possible?
Trailer available here

Im In Love With Mother Nature
I'm In Love with Mother Nature

The Salt and Pepper Collective

2024 Ireland / 14 mins
A wildly joyful exploration of how queerness, nature, creatiivty, spirituality and self-expression evolve and interconnect as we age.

Im So Sorry Baby
I'm So Sorry Baby

Friday Anderson,
Kylee C. Roberts

2024

USA / 22 mins

I'm So Sorry Baby is a short film about love, heartbreak, and what it takes to truly see yourself. The film follows Mars, a black trans person, who is grappling with their identity within their relationship with Jack, a cis heterosexual man.

I Ve Heard A Siren Calling
I’ve Heard a Siren Calling

Dylan Mitro

2024 Canada / 12 mins
A Great Lake Surfer has recently begun her transition as a Trans Woman. She now is having hesitations with putting her wetsuit back on, but something is calling her back. In the isolation of her cabin in a small fishing town, she seeks to find the courage to face her fears.

Ijin
Ijin

Noam Shimashita

2024 USA / 7 mins
This 7-minute documentary film portrays my journey from female to male, highlighting the transformative power of Japanese characters, Kanji, in reshaping my perspective on the past, present, and future.

Ikaros Reborn
Ikaros Reborn

Menelas

2024

Greece / 7 mins
In this poetic retelling of the myth of Ikaros, creators Menelas and The Peacock give us a different interpretation of the story and a much happier ending. Shot on location in Ikaria Island, this ancient cautionary tale about the hubris of youth becomes a BDSM love story.
Trailer… here

Il Presente
Il presente

Francesca Romana Zanni

2024

Italy / 13 mins

Stella is a fading film star who has a brilliant idea that she thinks might boost her comeback: Get a younger woman to have a surrogate pregnancy with her gay son Giovanni and his husband Jonathan. Do Giovanni and Jonathan even want a child? Does it matter? It’s show business!  

Stella (Iaia Forte), diva in calo, propone al figlio e al marito di lui una gravidanza surrogata con Monica: è il suo piano per tornare in auge. Ma i ragazzi questo figlio non lo vogliono o così sembra.

Ila
Ila

Pruthvi Kantha L

2024

India / 29 mins
Pradeep in his mid thirties, with an inherent aversion towards the transgender community. When he is trying to come to terms with the inevitable separation from his wife, a series of events lead him spending a night with a member of the transgender community. As they make a journey together, their impressions and perspectives about each other change. These events also helps Pradeep to take a more confident decision about his life. The movie ends with a question of whether or not Pradeep truly undergoes a transformation with regards to his feelings about the transgender community.
Watch… here

In Case Of Conscious Inhibition
In Case of Conscious Inhibition: Break Glass

 Hadi Ibrahim  2024

Lebanon / 15 mins
At a house party, a young man navigates his sexual identity through a surreal mix of genre and performance, highlighted by a mesmerizing choreographed vampire dance with a mysterious woman.
Trailer… here  

In Drag We Trust

Roberto Ferrara 2024

USA
A drag queen discusses LGBTQIA+ rights and experiencing a violent protest on her Story Hour by an extremist group.
Trailer… here

In Search of Light

Daniel Pinheiro

2024

Portugal / 5 mins
A portrait of the self-deprecating mental processes often connecting guilt with (homo)sexual desire.
Trailer… here

In The Closet 2024
In the Closet

Vannah Smalley

2024

USA / 20 mins
Quinn, while cleaning out their childhood closet, reflects on the keepsakes they associate with their gender identity struggle. We watch, from the closet, a series of flashbacks that results in their decision to identify as trans and achieve that gender euphoria they’ve been searching for.

In The Clouds
In The Clouds

Hongyu Chen

2024 

China / 17 mins
The story follows Kang, who adopts the unconventional disguise of cross-dressing to accompany his boyfriend Du on a visit to Du's grandmother's home.

In The Interval
In the interval

Æryka Jourdaine Hollis O'neil

2024

USA / 24 mins
Both an intimate family portrait and a cinematic collage of Black and trans collective memory and (be)longing, meditating on themes of safety, bodily autonomy and generations of compounding loss across time and media.
Trailer... here

Firman Firman
In the Words of Firman /
Firman Firman

Kurnia Alexander   2024 Indonesia / 18 mins
Firman, a closeted gay actor, tries to maintain his image while being interviewed for his upcoming movie, but his stance on a case involving a fellow queer friend might jeopardise it. 

Inside
Inside

Mahtab Pishghadam 2024 Islamic Republic of Iran / 10 mins
Mahtab unexpectedly has to face his inner reality. 

Into The Bloo
Into The Bloo

 Austin Nunes 2024 

USA / 15 mins
Into The Bloo is a music documentary short film that captures drag musician; Lagoona Bloo (David Brumfield) as they prepare for a show and tell us their story of loss and triumph in the intimate confines of their dressing room.

The untimely deaths of both David’s parents become a precursor for their onstage persona, and a liberation from a traumatic past.
Trailer… here  

Is Gay Marriage Next
Is Gay Marriage Next?

Emily Clark 2024

USA / 16 mins
A woman looks for the lesbian couple on the historic cover of a 2003 Newsweek magazine to thank them for inspiring her.
Trailer… here

Jalsa
Jalsa: The Name Day

Saikat Mondal 2024 

India / 23 mins
Suresh comes to the kinnar household to meet his brother Manish, coincidentally on the day of Jalsa, a day of celebration forty days from the day of Nirvan (castration). Initially Meneka refuses to meet her brother as the former has come after so many years. Latika, one of the kinnars, convinces her to talk to him. Suresh is uncomfortable with the changes in the person he knew as a brother. As the day passes, he slowly understands the essence of the household and their activities.

J Exist
J’existe

Espoir Chokola 2024

Congo / 18 mins
Un groupe de jeunes LGBT+ d'Afrique centrale parle de leur conditions de vie et de leurs espoirs.

Jigsaw
Jigsaw

Jasmine Isela Estrada  2024

USA / 4:41 mins
A teenage bisexual girl “Jules” wants to express herself but is always trying to live up and please her traditional parent’s expectations. She has built up envy and anger for her sister “ Brielle” who seems to be the perfect daughter. Jules finds out things are not what they seem.
Trailer… here

JJ
JJ

Pauline L. Boulba,
Aminata Labor
 2024

France / 71 mins
JJ suit le voyage d’Ami et Popo à New York au printemps 2022. Sur les traces de Jill Johnston (1929-2010), les deux gouinxes enquêteurices rencontrent des personnes qui ont connu Jill critique de danse, Jill lesbienne radicale, Jill performeuse, etc. Les multiples facettes de Jill sont autant d’accès aux héritages lesbiens, à la place des gouinxes dans l’art et aux corps dans les espaces militants.

Juju
JuJu vs The Possibilities of Love, Life & Death

Htet Aung Lwyn 2024 

Thailand / 15 mins
The film centers around our protagonist JuJu, a Burmese trans femme working at an independent cinema in Bangkok. There, she meets another Burmese guy, who may or may not be romantically interested in her. What follows is a series of conversations, and imaginations/scenarios in JuJu's mind exploring the power of queer representation in mainstream media, queer identity, stereotypes, and finding love.

Keyholder 2024
Keyholder

Christian Hendricks 2024

USA / 16 mins
A young man is caught up in a series of strange and invasive events that he can’t seem to escape, but isn’t sure if he wants to.

Kings 2024
Kings

Juliana Pamplona  2024

Brazil / 15 mins
A poetic documentary on a diverse group, identified with the dyke-queer culture, that spends a day experimenting as drag kings at a bar in the borough of Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro.
Trailer… here

Kiss Kiss Wolf
Kiss Kiss Wolf

Lynn T Musiol 2024

Germany / 17 mins
In the ORWO film factory in Bitterfeld-Wolfen is almost exclusively staffed by women, yet patriarchal ideas persist. The hybrid documentary questions the idea of factory work as emancipatory praxis; the darkrooms of ORWO are transformed into a safe space and filming location for lesbian porn.

Kuuk Aah
Kuuk Aah?

MK Abhilash  2024 India / 29 mins
While cooking, Anjali realises that they have run out of salt. She asks Adarsh to fetch a packet of salt. Adarsh is the husband of Anjali. Anjali is the wife of Adarsh. 

L Ultima Cita
L'última Cita

Roger Bayerri 2024 Spain / 10 mins
Los padres de Javi rompen tras probar en el mundo del swinger justo cuando Silvia, su novia, le pide experimentar en pareja. Javi decide romper con ella pero incapaz de hacerlo, contrata los servicios de un restaurante especial.

La Dama
La Dama

Sebastián Cortés 2024 Argentina / 68 mins
Migrar para volver al origen. La película transita, como un acompañante de viaje, el deseo de una trabajadora sexual trans peruana, de trascender su actual condición de vida a través del arte. Siguiendo la historia personal de Kiara Rodríguez, la protagonista, iremos conociendo las fortalezas y debilidades de una constante búsqueda: la de ser actriz, bailarina y tener su propio show, pasando por distintos estados anímicos, paisajes, amistades, fantasías y brutalidades.

La Hemi
La Hemi

Ila Giroto,
Stela Lapponi
2024 Brazil
"La Hemi" is a short performance film that dives into the everyday actions of a hemiparetic body.
Trailer… here

La Otra Orilla
La Otra Orilla

Helena Pérez Barrio 2024

Spain / 12 mins
La otra orilla nos sumerge en las aguas profundas de la historia, donde discurre con fuerza el río de la resistencia de las mujeres lesbianas de Bilbao. Explora el cruce entre las teorías feministas y las experiencias de las lesbianas, analizando el nacimiento y la evolución de su lucha contra las opresiones sociales, políticas y culturales impuestas a lo largo del tiempo.

Landing On Ice
Landing On Ice

Jane Leung 2024 

Hong Kong / 23 mins
Hong Kong figure skater Wing-yee travels to Toronto alone for advanced training, aspiring to compete on the international stage. Despite the warm welcome and encouragement she receives there, very soon Win-yee faces setbacks and realises she is falling behind her peers. It is the friendship and support of warm-hearted Christy that eventually helps Wing-yee through her initial confusion and self-doubt, and she gradually develops a fondness for this beautiful roommate.
Trailer… here

Last Man Standing
Last Man Standing

Calan Mai,
Alvy Willa
2024

Australia / 11 mins
Ron West is the 90-year-old organ player at Pomona's silent movie theatre, The Majestic.
Ron looks back on his life, detailing memories of love, loss and the magic of Hollywood's Golden Era, all seen through the eyes of a young man carrying a secret too dangerous to tell but impossible to keep

Deixa A Boneca No Carro
Leave the Doll in the Car /
Deixa a boneca no carro

João Victor Almeida

2024

Brazil / 15 mins
From an old email written by the director, wishing not to be gay, João Victor modifies his childhood’s pictures using collage to explore LGBTQIAP+ fantasies of dissident identities that clash with conservative society imaginary. The director is motivated by realizing that some feelings are shared among people in the community.

A partir de un viejo e-mail escrito por él, deseando no ser gay, Almeida modifica fotografías de su infancia mediante el collage para explorar fantasías de identidades disidentes que chocan con el imaginario de una sociedad conservadora. A partir de sus reflexiones, el director se entusiasma al darse cuenta de que algunos sentimientos son compartidos entre las personas de la comunidad.
Trailer… here

Les Deseo
Les Deseo

Bella Cintra

2024

Spain / 8 mins
Les deseo es un viaje por la vida de un niño que se cuestiona su identidad desde la inocencia. Él piensa que es un alienígena porque se ve diferente de los demás, pero en realidad es un niño trans. Parte de su historia es vista a través de fotos analógicas y voice-overs de su hermano, que contextualizan el desarrollo del niño a lo largo de los años.

Loitering With Intent
Loitering with Intent

Eve Jablonkay

2024

USA / 88 mins
A deeply thoughtful and intimate look at a group of male dancers and sex workers in West Hollywood.

LOLO
LOLO

Ana Gabriela Gutiérrez Salgado

2024

México / 15:30 mins
LOLO works on a quiet farm in Xochimilco, but their non-binary identity is constantly challenged and questioned. One day while selling produce at the local market, they reconnect with an old friend, KAT. She presents them with some friends, a bit of affection and the chance to be free-spiritedly themselves.
Trailer… here

Louanne Thais
Louanne & Thaïs

Josephine Jeltsch

 2024

Austria, Germany / 30 mins
Louanne is young and hungry for life when the doorbell of the Vienna apartment rings where Thas lives, which will reveal a world to her.

Love Bound
Love Bound

Shanshan Chen

2024

UK / 80 mins
LGBTQ+ activist Qiuyan Chen became an unexpected celebrity due to her courageous legal battle against homophobic university textbooks in the 2010s. However, this newfound fame came at a price: she was outed by her tutor, subjected to conversion therapy by her parents, and monitored by the Chinese government. To escape these pressures, Qiuyan left for the UK, where she met her partner Bling: but her struggles were far from over. Interweaving reflections on Qiuyan’s sexuality and relationships, Shanshan Chen’s documentary examines this inspiring activist’s commitment to building a close-knit community designed to support queer East Asian people in the UK: a solo endeavour that evolves into a movement with a growing support base. Love Bound is a compelling story about love, resilience, and the ongoing struggle for a better world.
Trailer… here

Love in Transition

Warangkana Chomchuen

2024

USA / 23 mins
Jane of Ukraine and Love of Thailand fell hard for each other, unaware of the twists and turns to come. Jane underwent a gender transition from a man to a woman, months into their relationship.
Watch… here

Loving John
Loving John

Robert Rooy

2024

USA / 76 mins
In this quirky film about death and dying, John Godinet, an irrepressible Pacific Islander and ultra-runner, is living with his husband Peter in rural Maryland. He’s outrun abuse and discrimination, but now he has a new adversary: ALS. Fortunately, John has a survival strategy of humor and hilarity that has served him all his life. While life is a ticking clock, and nothing is ever simple, what matters most, ultimately, is the humanity that unites us all. 
Trailer… here

Loverboi

Tyra Sugar Baby Vasquez,
Ciello Mansilla

 2024

USA / 25 mins
An exploration of gender identity and lived experiences as a Two-Spirit individual undergoing gender affirming surgery.
Watch… here

Luminous Matter
Luminous Matter

Bianca Arnold,
Moss Berke

 2024

Italy / 15 mins
Bianca and Moss tell themselves in front of the camera: intimacy, spaces travelled, reflections in the mirror, poses and naturalness. The camera is an extension of the limbs, an extension of their relationship.
Almost in a revisitation of certain works by Barbara Hammer, Luminous Matter is a declaration of love made of glimpses, details, beams of sunlight, plastic material on which the voiceover paints a thousand theories and a thousand colors. The two protagonists film themselves, bounce the film from one’s body to the other’s, look for each other in the glances and in corners of rooms that only they know, finding the space to dress up, comb their hair, put on makeup, and so “dig outward” to find ever greater spontaneity, to bring it to light, while their “lesbotransqueer home video practice” produces the possibility of witnessing their transformations.

Lusco Fusco
Lusco-Fusco

Murilo Ribeiro

2024

Brazil / 5:43 mins
The animation Lusco-Fusco tells the story of two gay characters, who have visions different from the world from their respective realities. But that through the love, show that everything can be more “colored”.
A animação Lusco-Fusco, conta a história de dois personagens gays, que tem visões diferentes do mundo a partir de suas respectivas realidades. Mas que através do amor, mostram que tudo pode ser mais “colorido”.

My Makeup
Make-Up Is My Shield /
Make-up Majhi Dhaal Ga

Kunal Vijayakar

 2024

India / 6 mins
The music video follows an episode of loving banter between a transwoman and her cis-heterosexual brother when he accuses her of using excessive make-up and questions her masked identity. The video has been created within the tradition of Lavani, the Maharashtrian folk style of song and dance.

Macedonia
Macedonia

Pablo Baena

2024

Spain / 14mins
Jose is an extravagant and eccentric sculptor who must create a work of art to captivate the jury to keep his workshop. Alongside will be his son Bruno, a teenager who does not share the artistic view of his father. 

Malfouf
Malfouf

Omar Alqahtani

2024

USA
Henan, ingrained in her ways, confronts her repressed desires when she meets a queer weaving instructor.

Marilak
Marilak

Carlos Mosca

2024

Brazil / 15 mins
Seu Olimpo do Rosário, dono de um circo falido, que vive perambulando pelas terras vazias, um dia volta para casa e encara seus traumas infantis.

Mary Her Journey
Mary: Her Journey from Pain to Purpose

SLA Video Productions

2024

USA / 60 mins
A documentary following Mary’s story of transition and her path through the pain of rejection to a life of hope and purpose.
Trailer… here

Mecha Meraki
Mecha Meraki

Babi Astolfi

2024

Brazil / 4 mins
In a robotic society moved by the consumption of colorful mechanic members, an insecure gray robot faces the pressure to find the perfect piece for himself.

Metrodrama
Metrodrama

Tiziana Cristiano

2024

Italy / 12 mins
A classic girl-meets-girl love story, set in the backdrop of an Italian city metro. Will the middle-aged dyke get the... other middle-aged dyke?

Meu Corpo Me Transcende 2024
Meu Corpo Me Transcende

Raquel Eshilley

2024

Brazil / 25 mins
A short documentary that reveals the stories of three transsexual women who performed sex reassignment surgery. Through intimate and exciting accounts, they share their experiences, the challenges experienced throughout life and the impact of their journeys on the relationship with family and society. With courage and determination to become who are, each of them narrates their struggle and the search for the realization of their dreams, revealing not only the dramas, but also the beauty of transformation and self-knowledge of their identities.

Meu Valor E Nao Te Amar
Meu Valor É Não Te Amar

Daniel Manhães

2024

Brazil / 9:25 mins
Francisco não se sente amado por Rafael e cobra afeto. Rafael incomodado com a cobrança diz que quer se separar. Francisco não querendo perder seu amor, tenta contornar a situação e convencê-lo a ficar.

Midna
Midna

 Denisse Laub,
Francisco Castro Pizzo
 2024

Argentina / 12:26 mins
At a traditional bowling alley in Mar del Plata, Midna is dumped by her girlfriend Dani through a voice message. This triggers in her an episode of anger and violence.

Midna y Dani se separan por mensaje de texto, lo cual desencadena un episodio de ira en Midna.
Trailer… here  

Misery Loves Company
Misery Loves Company

Tom Watts 2024

UK / 5 mins
If you could write your past self a letter what would it say? What if they were alt right? Misery (Eden Davies) is visited by his future trans self, Company (Jarry Davies) at a moment in time to create a catalyst of change. Love in the face of hate. Is that enough?
Trailer… here

Mommy
Mommy

Manon Praline,
Evie Snax
2024 USA / 8:40 mins
Six years after her bottom surgery, Manon Praline shares a moving testimony of the challenges and joys she encountered on that journey. Her story is complemented with beautiful imagery shot by artist Eva Wu in the dramatic landscape of the North American Southwest, and scored by Pride Month Barbie’s musical sensation Josephine Shetty.
Trailer… here

Monad 3
Monad 3

Dana Dawud 2024

Dubai, USA, Spain, France / 26 mins
Monad, situates webcam footage, projection mapping and texting both within the time space of the film and in the real time space outside, reformulating itself with each screening until Monad becomes fully saturated or until submarine internet cables stop working, whichever comes first.

Monument
Monument

Maksim Avdeev

2024

Germany / 15 mins
1.5 years after fleeing Russia for being queer, filmmaker Maksim Avdeev breaks the silence with their nationalist father over the phone.

My Bear Path
My Bear Path

Albert Koomen

2024

Australia / 10 mins
What is a bear? Through his art, photography and films, Albert Koomen explores what it personally means to him to be part of the big, wide and furry.

My Dear
My Dear

Greg Ellis

2024 

USA
Untreated mental health issues disrupt the harmony of what once seemed like a flawless family. Caught in the crossfire is their six-year-old daughter.
Watch… here

My Horoscope Says I Should Go Ahead With What Im Doing
My Horoscope Says I Should Go Ahead With What I’m Doing

Aderet Fishbane

2024 

USA / 5 mins
A personal exploration of trans nonbinary self creation in community, trying to understand the intimacy and intensity of change in the body and in bodies of friends.

My Only Dream is to Be Loved - Chrissy Chlapecka

Mikey Harmon

2024

USA / 3 mins
A waitress stuck singing at the bar before her shift dreams of being a full-blown pop star, then actualizes that dream. Carried by a powerhouse track by Artist, Chrissy Chlapecka and regular collaborators (Diamond Certified) Songwriters and Producers, Alexandra Veltri and Dallas Caton—"My Only Dream Is To Be Loved" is an homage to classic pop video archetypes complete with hard hitting choreography wrapped in a lesbian biker love story.
Watch… here

No es tan difícil

Irene García Torres

2024

Spain / 11 mins
Amanda and Christine have an intimate relationship, but an unexpected visitor interrupts their time together.
Trailer… here

No Man S Love
No Man’s Love

Tullio Lavaysse,
Temim Hammadi

 2024

France / 14 mins
Marc, a young soldier, returns from war. On the way back, he is accompanied by his best friend, Luis, who seems tormented. What should be a pleasant moment becomes increasingly unbearable. His secrets and his past come to the surface.

Non Binary Mission
Non-Binary Mission Play KD-230922-SP

USol Kang

2024

Korea, Republic of / 11 mins
When it's time to perform, I am going to sexualize myself in front of you with my non-binary body. If you agree to participate, Please pick out the mission note. After selecting the mission note, You MUST proceed with the mission. I will become a SUB(Submissive), a tool to carry out the mission and play the mission with you. You can participate with your partner or friends simultaneously, but you must practice one at a time. An alcohol swap is available to clean the SUB(Submissive) before you master it. The mission was based on the archive collection of other people's desires (fetishes, erogenous zones) through research. As you are exercising the mission, you are carrying out the desires of others to me. After a while, I will appear as the image of other people's desires. After completing the mission, Please feel free to use me. Give me a drink, slap me on the cheek, pet me, and adore me. Anything the MASTER wants is fine. Today, by mutual consent, you will be the SUB(Submissive) who carries out the mission I have instructed and, at the same time, the DOM(Dominant) who uses me.

Not Another Fairytale
Not Another Fairytale

Amshu Medapa

2024

19 mins
Princess Layea is cursed into a deep slumber after she rejects a warlock's romantic advances.

Not To Be
Not to be?

Matthew Shoup

2024

Canada
A conversation with a mysterious stranger helps Rowan navigate her feelings for her best friend Emma.
Trailer… here

Novanta Giorni
Novanta giorni

Alice Malingri

2024

Italy / 57 mins
Ninety days to make a life-changing choice. Women of all social backgrounds go to the Cervello Hospital in Palermo for a voluntary termination of pregnancy while the pro-life center ostracizes this practice. Nurse Antonietta guides the women on their path into having an abortion with pills and sanitary pads, while the women of the anti-abortion movement carry on their battle by offering layettes and showing photographs of newborn babies. Two opposing worlds united by a race against time.
The director tells stories, hopes, desires, doubts and fears of some women who are facing a life changing choice. Untangling the difficulties that follow their decision, the women protagonists confront guilt and the whys of their choices. The female body is absent and present at the same time, crossed by tensions and uncertainties.

O Punk Goiano
O Punk Goiano: Vozes Trans

Lucca Brasil

2024

Brazil / 10:35 mins
Goiás is one of the most conservative states of Brazil, still the punk movement resists! But, when it's analyzing this movement closely you can notice something even more interesting: a large presence of trans people, mostly non-binary, who are claiming these spaces.

O Ventre Do Traviarcado
O ventre do traviarcado

Gaia do Brasil

2024

Brazil / 20 mins
Created by drag queen Gaia do Brasil, the film tells the story of a trans woman expelled from home by her family at the rise of the HIV and AIDS outbreak in Brazil and the world.

Objects Of Desire
Object(s) of Desire

Liberty Antonia Sadler

2024

UK / 4 mins
An intimate colour-drenched celebration of queer fat sensuality, ‘Object(s) of Desire’ is a three performer portrait & poem film.

Old Fashioned
Old Fashioned /
Meio Antiquado

 Vini Campos  2024 4 mins
Murilo, a lonely man in his 40’s, participates in a threesome and has no idea that, after this new experience, life has a surprise in store for him. This short film is about the times we live in and the relentless search for our other half.
Trailer… here  

Omedeto
Omedetō

M.A. Cardona 2024

Spain (Mallorca) / 25 mins
Oscar and Iván, two best friends, are having a party for Iván's 25th birthday. During the celebration, they promise to each other that next year they will fulfill the dream of their lives: Traveling to Japan together. That year passes and we see Oscar, completely alone, carrying out the journey they were promised. But a question arises: Where is Ivan?

Dos mejores amigos, Óscar e Iván, durante el 25 cumpleaños del último, se prometen que, en un año, cumplirán el sueño de sus vidas: Viajar a Japón juntos.
Trailer… here

On The Other Side Of
On The Other Side Of

Mia Felić

2024

Croatia, Estonia / 6 mins
The work explores the transgender body in transition through the alternative photographic process Mordançage. The mordançage, using its tremendous chemical pressure alters the silver gelatine prints, causing them to undergo slow, gradual transformation. The tissue of the body and of the print breaks and a new life, new forms are born.

GenQueerZ
Open Dialogue: Generation QueerZ

Freddy Rodriguez

2024

USA / 19 mins
Open Dialogues: Gen QueerZ captures the LGBTQ+ narratives of eight South Florida students who are part of Generation Z. The fourth film in the Center’s Open Dialogues series, Gen QueerZ gives voice to students who are among the first generation to be “out” while attending school and living at home. Their stories reflect a diversity of gender identities, cultural backgrounds, and academic studies while exploring allyship, threats, and the dynamics of being out at home with family.
Trailer… here

Parida Por El Mar
Parida por el mar

Santiago Aldunate

2024

Chile / 18 mins
Los traumas, en ocasiones, resultan imposibles de reconstruir por completo; nuestro cuerpo, como mecanismo de defensa, los borra, dejando huellas en el inconsciente. Jeana nos guía en un viaje por la infancia, en sus palabras ‘la herida más grande que todes llevamos dentro’. A partir de una performance de su propia vida, nos relata los personajes que alguna vez la habitaron, entre imágenes entrecortadas y superpuestas, que se repiten, avanzan o retroceden, ilustrando la complejidad de la memoria cuando se enfrenta a lo inombrable.huella indeleble en el camino hacia un futuro en el que la moda y la humanidad se reinventen.

Pasiphae
Pasiphae

Ron Athey

2024 

10 mins
Hermes interpretation of the enchanted womb of a cow, this myth is truly the earliest reference of a glory hole being used to deceive and coerce, in this case, the seed of Poseidan’s bull. Wherein in a future story, Pasiphäe gives birth to the Minotaur.
Trailer… here

Peach PRC
Peach PRC - Like a Girl Does

Josh Harris

2024

Australia / 2:52 mins
Watch… here

Pedaling With Purpose
Pedaling with Purpose

Alfredo Trejo III

2024 

USA / 24 mins
Can we end HIV/AIDS in our lifetime? In this documentary, Black and Brown queer men discuss how HIV/AIDS has impacted their communities and how a 545-mile bike ride across California has changed their lives. With each pedal stroke, the Papis are amplifying BIPOC voices, fighting to eradicate HIV/AIDS stigma, and advocating for health equity for everyone.
Trailer… here

Perfectly Queer
Perfectly Queer

Carin S Jacobs

2024 

USA / 29:25 mins
Carin Jacobs made a short film of 6 staged monologues by LGBTQ people telling their personal stories. Carin's hope is to share these stories to further understanding and acceptance of the LGBTQ community in our country.

Persian Blue
Persian Blue

Shahrad Shahvareh

2024

Iran, Islamic Republic of / 11 mins
Persian Blue is a surreal narrative of the bitter past and nightmares of an Iranian transgender.

Personal Mythologies
Personal Mythologies

Susan O’Brien

 2024

USA / 4 mins
Painter Dominique Castelano reflects on her trans identity through folklore from her native Philippines in this visually rich portrait.
Trailer… here

Pic Pic

Carol-Ann Belzil-Normand

2024 

Canada / 6:49 mins
Pic Pic is an experimental animated film that metaphorically and conceptually reveals an erotic and exhilarating dimension of touching. The haptic relationship with the pin screen reveals forms and a primitive language that evoke a sensual relationship with the device.
Trailer… here

Pieces

 Nyx Horme  2024

Germany / 4 mins
A confused, two-dimensional misfit, unloved in their 2D home, ventures into the 3D world. Desperate to feel loved and find a safe space, they start losing touch with reality. 
Watch.. here 

Place D Armes
Place d'Armes

Drew Lint 2024

Canada / 20 mins
Jean-Paul, recently injured at work, spends his days praying at churches and his nights performing as a dancer at a strip club. He copes with his pain and continues to find faith in the beauty of life.

Polar
Polar

Phoebe Yemi Ara 2024 

UK / 2 mins
An avalanche changes a polar bear's life, sending him on a journey across a barren fantasy world. A rich narrative exploration of mental health.
Inspired by testimonials on bipolar disorder, this disorienting frame by frame animated short gives life to the experience of millions through fantasy, vivid colour, and metaphor.

Principal Boy
Principal Boy

Maz Murray 2024 

UK / 21 mins
An audition, rehearsal, and performance of the central character in British pantomime, known as the ‘principal boy’.

Principessa
Principessa ² /
Principessa ² (Principessa Alla Seconda)

Alessandra Francesca Coratella 2024

Italy / 7 mins
Once upon a time there was a princess, a prince, and a wicked witch. In short, a fairy tale like many others where the prince may be nice, but our princess prefers his sister.

Project Priyo
Project Priyo

Shoi 2024

India / 30 mins
In our diverse societies, the voices of queer-trans individuals are often pushed to the margins, especially when their identities intersect with class, geographic location, race, and disability—both visible and invisible. Project Priyo digs deep into these intersections, shedding light on the unfiltered reality of what it means to live on the edges of society.

Quando Foi Que Acordei
Quando foi que acordei?

Mariana Corrêa 2024

Brazil / 21 mins
In the near future, Clarice is a young woman who works as an image editor at a company that records dreams. During her work she meets Maria, a photographer who is temporarily in the city, and is surprised to realize that they both had the same dream that night. The two then enjoy the short time together as they engage in two worlds, between shared dreams and reality.
Trailer… here

Queen 2024
Queen

Kai Nealis 2024 

USA / 9:14 mins

While visiting their estranged grandfather in a rural trailer park, a teenager searches for their father's ethos amid socioeconomic, environmental, racial, and gendered binaries.
Trailer… here

Queens In Finisterre
Queens in Finistère

Vanessa Le Reste  2024

France / 63 mins
15 cm high heels, false eyelashes, and a sharp tongue—follow Britany Hart, the Queen of Brittany, and her girls through the wild Breton nights and, more importantly, their daily lives! Drag show, Parties, Friendship, and Commitment. A dive into the heart of the Hart family and the Drag Queens at the edge of the world, in a small town in France. Where they are redefining new ways to live together.

Queer Broke & Amazing
Queer, Broke & Amazing!

C. A. Griffith,
H. L. T. Quan
 

USA / 89 minutes
Queer, Broke & Amazing! is an inspiring exploration of the struggles and triumphs of low-income LGBTQ+ people and their communities in the queer coastal meccas of the U.S. and points in-between—from the Deep South, Midwest, Navajo Nation, and Southwest to the Borderlands. Distilled from interviews with over 200 queer people and their fierce allies, the documentary refreshingly challenges the myth of gay affluence to reveal an extraordinary world of resilient LGBTQ+ people trying to survive, thrive, and get everyone free amidst plenty, and in an era of unprecedented hatred and legislative attacks against them.

Queer (Un)Belongings

Eszter Katalin 2024

Euskadi / Basque Country / 108 mins
Film in two parts consisting of interviews with seven artists who live in the Basque Country, identify as LGBTQ+ and are marked by different histories of migration. In the first part, the participating artists are Gerri Cruz, Atic H. Deba, Camila Téllez and Anaís Córdova Páez, while the second part features Komba Mingomba, Styles Osunde and Leo Bueriberi. The project focuses on the intersections between queerness, artistic practices and migrancy with the intention to create discourse on these issues in the Basque context and to break with linear and simplifying imaginations of belonging, be it in terms of gender, sexuality or geo-political territories.
Trailer… here

Ranger Danger
Ranger Danger

Abigail Grubb 2024

USA / 7 mins
Every urban space has its rhythm, a pulse that underlines its daily chaos. In the sprawling expanse of Inwood Hill Park, that rhythm finds its heartbeat in Ranger Rocksy. As we navigate the leafy trails and spirited playgrounds of this urban oasis, "Ranger Danger" becomes more than just a tale of a ranger and her comedic recruits. It transforms into a reflection on responsibility, adaptability, and the unpredictable challenges city life can present.

Rekindling
Rekindling

Justin Lai 2024 

9:30 mins
Two women with a special bond attempt to rekindle a dissipating friendship, despite hostility from new circumstances.

Release 2024
Release

Lau Zautsen

2024

Netherlands / 22 mins
Young Bo goes on a sexual journey in a gay sauna. His escapades become wilder and darker until he reaches a breaking point.

Remains Of The Film
Remains of the Film

Maral Ayurzana

2024

Mongolia / 13:41 mins
Micheel accompanies her mother to visit her grandmother, whom she has never met. But along the way, she learns the truth about her family. She knows she has another mother.

Remarkable
Remarkable: Voices from the Trans Community

Logan Ward

2024

USA / 34 mins
A scholarly look at trans marginalization and how to combat it ... by listening to and believing the subjective reports of trans people. The interviews and trans perspectives presented here propose that believing trans people's identities is the first step toward trusting one another again. 
Trailer… here

Ressaca
Ressaca

Pedro Estrada

2024

Brazil / 15 mins
Theater and life become confused in a morning routine, when an actress who plays Teuda Bara tries to memorize her text.

Rest Of Our Life
Rest Of Our Life /
Reszta Naszego Życia

Filip Tomczak

2024

Poland / 14 mins
A new flat, an engagement, a future together – Eryk is sure he is about to enter the happiest phase of his life. However, one accidental discovery shatters his sense of stability. When his lover’s true gender identity comes to light, their love is put to the test. Will what they share survive the confrontation with the truth? An intimate story about acceptance, fear and redefining what ‘we’ means. 
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Ride It
Ride It

Xiaotian Cai

 2024

China / 4 mins
“Ride It” is Enema Stone’s second single, and includes a tutorial on how to ride – “laughs” – a giant thing. A metaphor for queer desire.
Watch… here

Rise Up Planet 10
Rise Up Planet 10!

Oke Fijal,
Clau Tatangelo

2024 

Austria / 8 mins
Friends of Planet 10 speak out about why it is an important place for them.
Planet 10 is a cultural association and participatory house project in Vienna. It is part of the HabitAT network.
Purchased in 2009 with the help of direct loans and donations, Planet 10 now offers living space for 4 adults and 3 children in 4 apartments.
Trailer… here

Rituales 2024
Rituales

Alan David Cabrera

2024

Mexico / 60 mins
Arturo Ramírez Juárez defied conventions with his art in the 80s, becoming a pioneer of homoerotic art within the gay movement. His iconic poster of Saint Sebastian, used to lead one of the first marches, remains a visual testament to the fight against LGBTQ+ repression in the country. However, Arturo’s fate, like that of his contemporaries, was drastically altered by a devastating pandemic, reflecting the challenges they faced in their struggle for equality and freedom.
Trailer… here

Rockland Palace 2024
Rockland Palace

Robert Philipson

2024

USA / 5:13 mins
Rockland Palace hosted the largest of the drag balls in not only Harlem but New York City during the Roaring Twenties. This stylized reimagining of the ball contextualizes snippets of conversation actually heard at the drag and published in the scandalous gay novel, The Young and Evil, in 1933.

Ruth 2024
Ruth

Sonia Marti Gallego

2024

Spain / 22 mins
Year 2000. Maya, a young Londoner, travels to the small village of her Spanish girlfriend, Ruth, who has passed away in an accident. She wants to bid her farewell, but the harsh blow, along with the anxiety of presenting herself as the «foreign girlfriend» in front of unknown family and friends who speak another language, turns into confusion when she realizes that nobody knows who she is, and she will find herself completely out of place.

Sagrada Travesti Do Evangelho
Sagrada Travesti do Evangelho

Júlia F. Cândida

2024

Brazil / 18:49 mins
Manuela anda tendo pesadelos terríveis. Ela suspeita que sua alma esteja morta. Talvez fazer um filme sobre isso resolveria?

Saint Remi
Saint-Rémi

Simon Vermeulen

2024

Canada / 4 mins
Abandoned in the debris of a mine, a dancer is revived by the celestial energy pulsating within him.
Trailer… here

Same Gender
Same-Gender /
Samlingi

Mohan Singh Aulakh

2024 

India / 37 mins
This story is about those LGBTQIA++ people of Punjab, who are not seen with respect in Punjab. They are made fun of because they look different. Due to this, they have to go through big problems many times. Through this documentary, the challenges faced by those people have been talked about. Their voice against it is also a part of it.

Santa Fe Esmeralda
Santa Fe & Esmeralda – Crossroads

Christel Veraart

2024

USA / 16 mins
In the transformative backdrop of Argentina’s evolving democracy and vibrant art scene from 1987 to 1996, “Santa Fe & Esmeralda – CrossRoads” chronicles the profound and enduring friendship between Kita, a young Dutch woman, and Lorenzo, the gay son of a prominent Argentine family. United by their love for music, they navigate complex family dynamics and the harsh realities of AIDS, with Kita becoming Lorenzo’s caregiver and preserving their bond through storytelling after his death, celebrating a love that transcends boundaries.

Savtoosh
Savtoosh /
סבתוש

Gal Primack Najari   2024

Israel / 9 mins
I have been meeting with my grandmother several times a week for eight years. We eat together, talk about life, watch telenovelas and take a nap together. I documented our special relationship and combined it into a short film. 

School Birds
School Birds

Quentin Corker-Marin

2024

UK / 6 mins
Burnt out by the pressures of conforming to an isolating world, a primary school teacher is unable to find meaningful connection in life. At breaking point, he gives into his inner desires and begins to dance. Will the school's janitor accept him? Can he find the strength to accept himself?
Trailer… here

Scrapped Fabric
Scrapped Fabric /
Retaso

Jake Muñoz Consing

2024

Philippines / 11 mins
Fearing her mother’s disapproval, a teenage trans girl secretly sews a prom dress from her mother’s scrap fabric.

Seahorse
Seahorse /
Cavalo Marinho

Leo Tabosa

2024

Brazil / 22 mins
On the eve of the Feast of St. John, a son arrives home in São Paulo to find his mother on the verge of exploding like fireworks.

Segregats
Segregats

Pau Gelabert Juan

2024

Spain (Mallorca) / 7 mins
Una tarde Mateu espera a Gabriel para despedirse en la estación, Gabriel se va a estudiar fuera. Cuando llega el momento de la despedida, una discusión intensa hace aflorar un conflicto entre el amor, las decisiones personales y el peso de las raíces.

Shame 2024
Shame (عيب)

Hadi Moussally

2024

Lebanon / 4 mins
In the 19th century, in the Levant region, Salma Zahore, along with her parents and neighbors, participated in a photoshoot using a long exposure technique. At the end of it, Salma decided to take off her coat, revealing her body. Unaware of the chaos this gesture could cause within her circle, she did not know it could lead to shame (عيب).
Trailer… here

Shoreline Frontrunners
Shoreline Frontrunners, 40 Years, Presidents Look Back

Michael Klyde

2024 

USA / 20:32 mins
Shoreline Frontrunners is an LGBTQ running club in Long Beach. The club celebrated 40 years in 2024. This film is a short documentary of the club history from the beginning to 2024.

Shortened By A Curve
Shortened by a Curve. The Journey to Reversal

Mark Corey

2024

USA / 24 mins
Shortened by a Curve: The Journey to Reversal is a riveting and enlightening documentary that follows the journey of Mark, a gay man diagnosed with Peyronie’s disease.

Show Up
Show Up

Maria Zakhodiaichenko

2024

USA / 11 mins
Friday evening. Coney Island, New York. Russian- American drag artist Maxim and his mom Ilona separately tell us the history of their family back in Russia and during their immigration to the US while getting ready for the Maxim’s performance. Soon they will reunite, just it should be.
Trailer… here

Silent Queer
Silent Queer

Florenci Salesas

2024

France / 80 mins
A selection of silent films from the early 20th century with live music by Florenci Salesas.

Skin Beneath Sand
Skin Beneath Sand

Katy Alberdingk Thijm

2024

Netherlands / 6 mins
Two young women are lying on an empty beach, where a silent battle ensues. Boundaries between tenderness and aggression, jealousy and admiration fade in a choreography, shot in black and white.

Slay
#Slay

Ray de Mesa

2024

USA / 18 mins
Beauty influencer wannabe Tan Deliciosa must battle murder allegations when a social media celebrity dies suddenly. The film follows Tan on a desperate mission to clear his name in the eyes of the fans. One makeup brush stroke after the next, he invites death threats and adoration in equal measure, as his battle against online hate transforms his social status in just one post.

Sombra
Sombra

João Pedro Rabelo 2024

Brazil / 23 mins
Two metalheads go on an after-dark adventure.

Someone Who Treats Me Better
Someone Who Treats Me Better

Carlos Alberto Patterson Fadanelli 2024 

Canada / 2 mins
PomBe, the lonely pumpkin kid, yearns to join the fun and treats of Halloween festivities and befriend three children in the neighbourhood. He imitates their actions in hopes of being included, unaware that genuine friendship awaits him elsewhere.

Spiral Juliet Belisario
Spiral

Juliet Belisario  2024

Canada / 2 mins
Experimental and documentary techniques converge to paint a dreamy picture of two twenty-somethings on a night out.

Split Ends
Split Ends

Hannah Koselj Marušič  2024

Slovenia / 14:54 mins
Špela (26), who has undergone chemotherapy due to lymphatic cancer, and her friend Hannah (26) are casually socializing in Špela's college dormitory room. Through their conversation, we become aware of our own fragility and insecurities, even when it comes to the most mundane matters, such as visual appearance.
Trailer… here

State of mind

Max Skaff 2024 

USA / 3 mins
State of Mind is a dance of bodies in black and white. This aesthetic gem is as erotic as it is delicate.
Trailer… here

Stori Strong
Stori Strong

Laura Zaylea 2024

USA / 72 mins
 An imaginative, donor-conceived girl loves telling everyone about her two-mom family in this episodic series for kids in LGBTQ+ families! Protagonist Stori Strong has two moms… and a donut! Well, that’s what she thought when she was little. It turns out she has a “donor,” not a “donut,” and a “donor” is someone who helped her parents create their family. Stori thinks her donor might have superpowers. Her moms support her creative vision. While hosting a bake sale, gardening, and celebrating her 10th birthday, Stori is fiercely proud to share her story: Stori’s story!
Trailer… here

STP

Brook Lee Karner,
Pat Shafer

 2024

USA / 7 mins
3 boys, Lil D, Cam, and Egg strut around LA recording a day of  shameless perversion, debauchery and castration.
Trailer… here

Straight To The Bottom
Straight to the Bottom

Christian Alexandrov Varbanovski

2024

Czech Republic / 9 mins
When relationship issues push Alex into finding a job, he ends up in the Czech gay porn industry.
Trailer… here

Stuck
Stuck

Emma Grace Lukens

2024

USA / 13 mins
A couple’s ambiguous relationship becomes slightly more clear as they lie on their living room floor, discussing their dating lives.

Due Volte Su
Su Twice /
Due volte Su

Agnese Làposi

 2024

Switzerland / 19 mins
Su, a young Italian gardener, works in Switzerland. One morning she is summoned by her boss to defend herself against an accusation of theft at work. Su recounts the day’s events, in which she became familiar with her older and mysterious colleague Lore. As the interview with the boss proceeds, Su realises that in order to protect herself she has to tell a different version of the actual events.

Sweet Beginnings
Sweet Beginning /
Inithey Aarambam

Amal Allesse

2024

India / 19 mins
In a small private school nestled within the vibrant city of Chennai, two remarkable individuals are quietly revolutionizing the classroom experience, shattering the glass ceiling by becoming transwomen educators.

Sweethearts 2024
Sweethearts

Rainer Sellien

2024

Germany / 20 mins
Suse and Ulla are happy together. Together with Ulla's son Karl, they live in the country and enjoy the summer. One day, Tom comes by. Tom is Suse's ex - and he is on his way to a rehab clinic. But as the morning progresses, it becomes clear that Tom is not really happy with the fact that Suse has broken up with him. And Suse's hope that Tom will have grown up a little as a result of the planned rehab is soon dashed.
Watch… here

Talking Walls
Talking Walls

Marcellus Armstrong

2024

USA / 28 mins
Talking Walls moves through Detroit’s Black queer spaces, tracing the architecture of resistance. Through local queer elder Alfred Johnson’s voice and archival fragments, the film honours the remnants of homes and hidden places where touch, language, and memory hold defiant histories of survival and belonging.

Tampon
Tampon

Carla Adell

2024

Mexico / 10 mins
In a school’s bathroom, two young women will start a conversation triggered by a tampon. As they interact, they will share personal experiences, discuss about what it means to be a woman, and the difficulty of acceptance regarding gender identity issues. The conversation highlights themes of personal acceptance, gender identity, and the importance of empathy and mutual support.

Tapage
Tapage

Joséphine Madinier

2024

France / 24:59 mins
Nemo, 20, has just found out that he will soon be deaf. At the hospital, he catches the mischievous Lou stealing pharmaceuticals. Determined to escape this new reality that he can’t process, he decides to follow Lou through the night. As Nemo’s hearing disorder worsen and desire awakens between the two boys, Lou will teach him to let go in order to accept his condition.

Te Separas Mucho
Te separas mucho

Paula Veleiro

2024

Spain / 65 mins
Realizado con material de archivo íntimo, este documental, primer largometraje de su directora, es un diálogo entre dos separaciones: la de Paula y su novia Joy, con la que había vivido 10 años en Francia; y la de José Luis y Luz María, padres de Paula que se divorciaron en 1989.

Telehealth Top Surgery
Telehealth top surgery

Liam Coerr

2024 

USA / 15 mins
This video piece explores (psychic) surgery, body modification, and other gender affirming procedures as a site of trans healing and identity building. It embraces the visceral nature of surgery (not shying away from the blood, guts, or horror) but also the agency that access to surgical transition procedures gives trans patients over the fate of their bodies. The video was shot in December 2022, two months prior to the director’s top surgery in February ‘23, after over a year of planning, preparation, waiting, and schedule changes for the procedure.

Telepathic Encounters
Telepathic Encounters

Henfil

2024

Brazil / 5 mins
Love at first sight between two young women reveals an unusual telepathic community in the midst of a silent library.
Trailer… here

Tengamos Un Kiki
Tengamos un kiki

Daniel Morán

2024 

Spain / 15 mins
"Tengamos un kiki" es un cortometraje documental que explora la escena del ballroom en Panamá. Sigue a Seven y Jupiter, líderes de la escena panameña, mientras comparten consejos y experiencias, y se preparan para un evento importante llamado "parthners in crime". El documental muestra cómo el ballroom impacta en la vida de las personas y busca incentivar la participación y el conocimiento sobre este arte.

Thank You 2024
Thank You

Nicolle Marquez

2024

USA / 6 mins
Tony lives in a plastic-free Brooklyn apartment. She invites her date Dre to come over for a dinner night. Dre shows up with groceries and wine that are inside two Thank You plastic bags. Tony panics when she sees the bags, but decides not to make a big deal out of it. She steps away for a second and goes to the bathroom to try to shake off. Meanwhile, Dre gets comfortable and starts looking around the apartment until entering Tony's room. When Tony comes out of the bathroom, she sees that the plastic bags are no longer there. Tony gets happy and assumes Dre got rid of the bags, but soon finds out that the plastic bags were still there.

The Appentice 2024
The Apprentice /
La Discípula

Rafael Martínez-García

2024

México / 21 mins
Tamara, una exitosa escritora, se encuentra batallando para escribir su siguiente novela, con la que, además, celebrará sus primeros 25 años de carrera. Mariana, su mejor alumna en la escuela de literatura, podría convertirse en su salida a tan agobiante bloqueo creativo.
Tamara, a successful writer, is struggling to write her next novel, which will also mark her 25th anniversary in her career. Mariana, her top student from the school of literature, might become her way out of this daunting creative block.
Trailer… here

The Beginning Of Identification
The Beginning of Identification and Its End

Philipp Gufler

2024

Germany / 19 mins
Philipp Gufler’s short film is made up of a performance by the artist and film scenes of archive material relating to queer and transgender content. Divided across UNHEARD STORIES, in the 19-minute piece we witness explicit, low-threshold expressions of sexuality that breaks with the norm.

The Butterflies Mariana Posada
The Butterflies /
Las Mariposas

Mariana Posada

 2024

Colombia, Argentina / 6 mins
A transgender girl discovers the butterflies world and goes through a metamorphosis process.

The Butterfly: Victory Lap

Amariah Hardwick

 2024

USA / 12 mins
The Butterfly: Victory Lap is a short documentary that explores the journey of Amariah Hardwick, who made history as the first openly transgender woman to graduate from her HBCU, Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis, MO.
Watch… here

Los Peligros De Pintarse
The Dangers of Painting Your Nails in Bed /
Los Peligros De Pintarse Las Uñas En La Cama

 

Natalia Franco

2024 

Mexico / 11:07 mins
Susana is a young writer who got a good contract with a publishing house. She starts to put pressure on herself when the deadline approaches and she is unable to write anything good enough. In a roller coaster of emotions she will try to remove everything that doesn't let her achieve her objective.

Susana es una joven escritora que consiguió un buen contrato con una editorial. Comienza a presionarse cuando la fecha de entrega se acerca e es incapaz de escribir algo bueno. En un sube y baja de emociones intentará alejar todo lo que le impida alcanzar su objetivo.
Trailer… here  


Quarta De AmalaThe Day of Amala /
Quarta de Amalá

Andyara Miranda  2024   Brazil / 15 mins
On a Wednesday morning, Suiá, a 19-year-old transgender woman, and Rai, an 18-year-old cisgender woman, embark on the journey of preparing the Amalá ritual. After the ritual, they go home together. As they get home, a passionate kiss triggers insecurities in Rai that shakes Suiá. In the next morning, Rai returns determined to make things right.

The Debutante

Nat Moonhill,
Veronica Moonhill
2024

USA / 14 mins
In a bid to avoid her debutante ball, a girl teams up with a hyena and hatches a murderous plan for it to go to the party in her place. Based on a story by Leonora Carrington.
Watch... here 

The Dream with Sofa

NAM Yeon-woo 2024 

Korea / 20mins
Taesan and Dongju are a long-time couple. As they prepare to move, they find an old sofa on the street and bring it home. Their cramped apartment, now filled with the sofa, the couple preparing for their move, and their dreams, are depicted with an air of detachment. The film captures their emotions with a unique rhythm, floating in the air.
Trailer… here

The Flower Duet
The Flower Duet

Eddie Jelinet  2024

USA / 5 mins
Directed by Artist Eddie Jelinet this art visual film is an homage to the musical piece of Leo Delibes “the flower duet”
Trailer... here

The Inescapable Desire Of Roots
The Inescapable Desire of Roots

Mark Chua,
Lam Li Shuen
2024 

Singapore / 6 mins
A man with hair growing wildly over his body is taken by manic expressions of ecstasy and anguish. He struggles with the hair becoming a mode of his subjugation, while being overwhelmed by the explosive jubilance of its sprouting. A bizarre vision of discipline and the body in Singapore.
Trailer… here

The Inner Truth
The Inner Truth

Liran Atzmon 2024

Israel / 45 mins
“The Inner Truth”, led by Hila Alroi, the health correspondent of Channel 13, and directed by Liran Atzmon, sets out to examine how the transgender issue, while indeed affecting a very small percentage of the population, is at the heart of the media attention, discourse on social networks, a matter of dispute for organizations dealing with the subject (both in terms of community rights and in the struggle against its legitimacy), protests, films, and books.

The Job 2024
The Job

Frédéric Moffet 2024

Canada, USA / 15 mins
An exploration of the erotic archive of Canadian photographer and entrepreneur John Phillips who worked in the 1990s for gay male magazines in the USA. The film chronicles the impact of the AIDS pandemic on the photographer’s life at the dawn of the digital revolution.

The Last Supper 2024
The Last Supper /
A Última Ceia

Luly,
Corina Santiago
2024

Brazil / 5 mins
The Last Supper is one of the most emblematic works by Renaissance painter Leonardo da Vinci. In it, the artist depicts the last supper of Jesus Christ alongside his apostles, moments before he was crucified. Santiago’s film subverts the distinction between ​​bodies that are considered holy “endowed with virtues, innocence, piety and purity” and bodies that are considered profane “everyone who practices or commits failure, crime, injustice, evil, corruption, impiety, depravity, rebellion or transgression of the will of God.” in front of society. The Last Supper aims to build a living tableau of da Vinci’s work and counter this historically and socially pre-established idea.

The Legend Of The Dun Cow
The Legend of the Dun Cow

Colm Higgins 2024 Ireland / 19 mins
A camp and luscious exploration of butter and the sensorial experience of agricultural practice. Combining intense documentary footage with tableaus and original music, the film is a playful take on the place of the cow in the Irish consciousness.
Trailer… here

The Martyr
The Martyr /
El Mártir

Alejandro Mathé 2024 Germany, Spain / 30 mins
A young man’s obsession with the half-naked figure of Jesus Christ leads him down a dangerous path of self-harm and masochistic tendencies.

The Notch
The Notch

Mina Sadati

2024

Iran / 20 mins
Despite the love they have for each other, a young Iranian couple are going through a separation because of the different sexual desires and gender identity that the husband has been noticing in the past years.

The One Of The Girl
The One of the Girl

Lucas Salm-Rojo

2024 

USA / 13:23 mins
Sue, a newly out nonbinary person, comes to terms with their situationship.

The Othering
The Othering

Harshit Patil,
Veechika Durga Pingali

2024 

India / 16:35 mins
The documentary talks about the societal phenomenon of "othering" of the LGBTQ community. The film explores the different ways in which individuals identifying as LGBTQ are marginalized, ostracized, and excluded from mainstream society. It sheds light on the systemic discrimination, cultural stigmatization, and legal barriers that continue their marginalization. By amplifying the voices of those directly affected, the documentary aims to bring empathy and awareness, challenging prevailing prejudices and advocating for greater inclusivity, equality, and dignity for all members of society, irrespective of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Watch… here

The Princess And The Peacock
The Princess and the Peacock

Daniel Baker-Wells

2024 

Germany / 13 mins
A portrait of an extraordinary queer trans woman; and a rare and intimate glimpse into the transformative world of FLINTA (femme, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, trans, asexual) freak-show.
Trailer… here

The Shapeshifters
The Shapeshifters /
Festa Infinita

Ander Beça

 

Brazil / 26 mins

An art collective experiments with ways to breach time and space and enter the infinity within the possible. But the instant is fleeting, and these moments quickly vanish. They must return to the political reality to which they are chained – bills to pay, a home to keep, jobs to hold, a possible play to produce.

Um coletivo experimenta formas de abrir brechas no tempo e no espaço para adentrar a infinitude dos possíveis. Mas o instante é breve e logo esses momentos acabam. É preciso voltar à realidade a qual estão presos. Contas pra pagar, uma casa pra cuidar, um trabalho pra se manter.
Trailer… here

The Sound Of The Stonewall Uprising
The Sound of the Stonewall Uprising

 Sian-Pierre Regis  2024 USA / 6 mins
To commemorate the opening of the Visitor Center, Honey Dijon has curated a recreation of the Stonewall jukebox from 1969. Honey selected songs that capture the rebellious spirit and collective joy of the Stonewall activists. Her thoughtfully selected tracks reflect life for LGBTQ+ people in 1969, and touch on themes of love, joy, and rebellion. She explains her approach to the project in this film.
Watch… here  

The Spirits Of Penge
The Spirits of Penge

Steven Lancefield 2024 UK / 19 mins
Documentary following a paranormal investigation at a house haunted by multiple spirits in London.
Watch… here

The Voice Of Fear
The Voice of Fear

Henrique Arruda

2024

Brazil / 6 mins
In how many worlds has your fear trapped you? This film may not give you an answer, but it'll show you some of mine.

The Weaver
The Weaver

Mistress Iris,
Paul Flé

2024 

France / 9 mins
In Mistress Iris & Paul Flé's atmospheric short film, "The Weaver," an alluring dance takes an unexpected turn, blurring the lines between passion and peril. The narrative begins innocuously enough with two women, Melissa (Lara Mistretta) and Iris (Mistress Iris), returning home, presumably from a date. At the outset, Melissa appears to take on the role of seductress, choosing music and initiating a provocative dance for Iris.

These Kids Dont Get It Ma
These Kids Don't Get It, Ma.

Elle Jung

2024

USA / 6:28 mins
A trans woman attempts to translate a poem to her mother over the phone. Subtitles escape containment. Diegesis explodes.
Trailer… here

They Shoot Horses
They Shoot Horses

Ryan Harman

2024

USA / 7 mins
A determined athlete faces a grueling rooftop gym class, pushing his limits to secure his name at the top of the board, but at what cost? As he battles physical and emotional exhaustion, this workout becomes a test of his willpower and resilience.
Trailer... here 

Thing 2024
Thing

Ori Di Vincenzo

2024

Israel / 11 mins
Thing” is a movie about the relationship between Mistress, a latex fetishist, and her furniture slave, Thing. It explores their day-to-day and the struggle they face once Mistress decides to buy a black rubber couch that threatens Thing.

Threaded
Threaded

Naaman Azhari

2024

UK / 5 mins
From a young age, Faisal has been marked by his indecisiveness. Each birthday, his mother would lovingly knit him a sweater in a different color, symbolizing the various paths he could take in life. These colorful threads tell a story of a boy growing up under the warm and watchful eye of a mother who wishes only the best for her son.
Trailer… here

Three Vendors Of Ipanema
Three Vendors of Ipanema

Jonathan S. Lee

2024

USA / 24 mins
These words cap a mural in a favela high over Rio De Janeiro. Epictetus’s words frame the lives of three street sellers descending from the hills to sell their homemade foods on the “Farme” section of Ipanema Beach. The independent dignity of these vendors embody entrepreneurship and lives well lived. The three have been known and loved by the LGBTQ+ community on the Farme Beach, for decades.
Trailer… here

through the bushes and the trees, you'll find me

Morgan Sears-Williams

 2024

Canada / 3:38 mins
through the bushes and the trees, you’ll find me intertwines the personal and political histories of Hanlan’s Point Beach, the site of Canada's first pride gathering in the early 1970s. A strategically placed hole punch serves as a symbolic peephole, reflecting the cruising areas on the beach that invite both spectatorship and participation. This work was made by hole punching frame by frame using a cricut machine, then manually taping together 10,000+ frames.
Trailer… here

Time Before Kevin
Time Before Kevin

Raine Gado

 2024

Philippines / 9 mins
Set in a near future, Kevin, a young scientist haunted by his childhood memories, attempts to construct a time machine that brings him back to his past. After numerous setbacks, the machine springs to life! But to his surprise, the machine takes him to a realm saturated with pictures of his adolescence, where his memories had become toxic to the core of his true self. Kevin attempts to enter each memory, but cannot bare seeing his younger self burdened with the suppression of his true identity. With a new way to assure and be the hero to his younger self, he is determined to change the story that had already been written.
Trailer… here  

Time Capsule

Constanze Brodbeck

2024 

USA / 5 mins
Through interactions with a self who has yet to exist, Constanze creates a time capsule for herself in 10 years exploring themes of aging, transition, and consciousness.
Trailer... here 

O Tempo E Um Passaro
Time is a Bird /
O Tempo é um Pássaro

Yasmin Thayná

2024 

Brazil / 18 mins
Zuri lives in a place where her sense of belonging hangs by a thread: her relatives no longer speak her language. After several attempts, she gathers the courage to embark on a journey to build her own place of comfort and sets out to find her true family.

Zuri vive num lugar onde seu pertencimento está por um fio: seus parentes não falam mais a sua língua. Depois de algumas tentativas, ela toma coragem e inicia uma jornada pela construção do seu espaço de conforto e vai ao encontro de sua verdadeira família.

Todo Lo Que Se Transforma
Todo lo que se transforma

Fran Caffarel

 

Argentina / 24 mins
Un joven trans se enfrenta a su familia y a la violencia médica al confesar su embarazo. Solo y deprimido pasa la noche con una mujer trans que lo acompaña a tomar una decisión.
Trailer… here

Trans
Trans

Alan Joseph Chriest

2024

USA / 15 mins
A precious life is born. Innocent and beautiful. Assigned at birth a gender based on their anatomy. But the phrase born a boy or girl may not be correct.

Transition To Death
Transition to Death

Nate Newman

2024

Vietnam / 20 mins
With the help of a strange witch and an armoury of deadly sex toys, an undead trans stripper seeks gory, grindhouse revenge.

Tusi Taxi
Tusi Taxi

Omar Beretta

2024

Argentina / 11 mins
Postcards from a bourgeois family: Joel, his dealer, his mother and his guardian angel. A taxi ride to a destination they don't want to escape from.
Trailer… here

Twenty Something
Twenty Something

João Nunes

 2024

Portugal / 14 mins
After the end of a 3-year relationship, João writes a letter about the past, the future, love, friendship, fears and personal growth.
Trailer… here

Two Hours 2025
Two Hours

LEE Jaewon

 2024

Korea / 24 mins
To pay off his father's debts, Chang-han works as a driver. One night, he picks up a drag queen named Joon-seo, who enters his house and never returns. When Chang-han visits to collect his payment, he meets Joon-seo's roommate, Yul-ha. With bank transfers halted due to maintenance, they spend two hours together.
Trailer… here

Two Little Mice
Two Little Mice /
Hai Con Chuột

Nguyen Anh Thach

2024

Vietnam / 16 mins 
In an old apartment in Saigon, a 25-year-old man named An has a close friend, Chuột, over to hang out and spend the night. An has secretly loved him for a long time, but tomorrow Chuột will be getting married. An knows that this is the last night they will be close to each other.
Trailer… here

Ultimo Mexico
Último México

Alejandro Schonfeld

2024

Argentina / 19 mins
Mariano y yo nos separamos. Habíamos estado juntos nueve años. En estos videos estamos promediando nuestra relación. Estamos de viaje, estamos enamorados, sabemos que el amor se acaba pero no que se nos va a acabar también a nosotros. Yo quería hacer un documental, un diario de viaje. Hoy en estos videos encuentro otra cosa. Una intimidad que ya no existe, detenida en el tiempo.

Under The Cherries
Under the Cherries

Frida Retz

2024

Denmark / 16 mins
In an absurd landscape where the grass is alive, and flowers grow out of asses, a goat and a goddess explore gender, sex, and power.

Unexplored
Unexplored

Bryn Woznicki

2024 

USA / 13 mins
Digital artist Lex Carre documents her struggle with anxiety through work that she posts anonymously online. Her pieces capture the attention of cunning curator Andrea Caulfield, who offers mentorship in exchange for control of Lex’s career.
When Lex’s mental health starts to spiral from the pressure, Andrea assumes ownership of her work—prompting Lex to plot a psychological showdown against the exploitative mentor who stole her art and nearly destroyed her mind.

Upstage
Upstage

Sahara Sheikh

2024

USA, 3 mins
Two dancers with contrasting styles clash in spectacular fashion, but when they come face to face their contention is overcome with a powerful sensation.
Trailer… here

Urmi
URMI - My Life as a Hijra

Michael Schmidt-Olsen,
Akul Tripathi

2024

Denmark, India / 14 mins
A poignant portrait of Urmi Jadhav, a trans activist and member of India’s ancient Hijra community. Urmi recounts her upbringing and journey of self-discovery and acceptance, in a society that often marginalizes transgender individuals.

Vafanila
Vafanila

Arjun Prema Surendran

2024 

India / 26 mins
Vafanila is the heartfelt story of Vafa and Nila, whose teacher- student bond blossoms into love. The film explores their deep bond through shared moments of intimacy and companionship, culminating in a heartbreaking twist of fate. It’s a touching tale of love, loss, and the enduring power of memory.
Watch… here

Valeria Gerard Gery
Valeria, Gerard, Gery

José Aragón

2024

Spain / 7 mins
An overview of Gery’s gender transition and how she and her family handled it. Through family home films and interviews.

Gery es una adolescente trans de 13 años, cuya transición para algunos podría ser precipitada, pero en este corto podemos ver cómo junto a su hermana melliza Valeria, viven una infancia juntas sin conflicto. A pesar de eso Gery no deja de ser consciente de la suerte que tiene y reivindica por las demás personas que no pueden vivir sus vidas siendo quienes son.

Velipadu
Velipadu:
“The Revelation”

 Jijo Jessy Kuriakose  2024

India / 26 mins
Against the sensory landscape of Kottayam, Johnny, a soon-to-be priest, must navigate his way out of his dissonant life and towards self-discovery. The film reanimates Malayali gay desire through an expressionistic use of Christian music, intimate tastes and unabashed touches, while depicting delicate specifics of same-sex fondness. Resisting the popular narratives, the film discusses plural possibilities of romantic relationships. Interspersing semi- autobiography with fiction, Velipadu: “The Revelation” is a bitter-sweet rhapsody that sings of love and faith, both lost and regained like some Miltonic Paradise.
Trailer… here  

Veneralia
Veneralia

Kate Canning,
Abi Welch
 2024

UK / 5:17 mins
An erotic retelling of the Last Supper, with a touch of lesbian vampirism thrown in too!

Volver Un Dia
Volver un día

Catalina Torres 2024

Uruguay
Adela una mujer de 83 años vive con su joven nieta Lara. Todas las mañanas se queda en la cama sin motivación para levantarse, fumando cigarrillos y viendo programas de televisión. Pero un día suena el timbre. Y alguien regresa.

Walk
Walk

Beth Ashby

2024

USA / 6 mins
A fashion designer with social anxiety conjures an imaginary dominatrix to force her to face a career-defining presentation and move forward.

Watsonville Drag Story Time
Watsonville Drag Story Time

Rita Carmona

2024

USA / 10 mins
Watsonville Drag Story Time follows the first official bilingual drag story time in Watsonville, CA. After an anonymous hate letter was published in a local newspaper, security and support for the queer community and this debut event becomes more important than ever. Local organizers work together to curate a powerful family friendly event.

We Will Not Go Away
We Will Not Go Away

Gloria A. Downey

2024

USA / 9:49 mins
Women's March 2017: a marcher's view of DC's pinkest day.

What Ales Us
What Ales Us?

Cathy van Ingen

 2024

Canada / 22 mins
Two women reckon with a broken beer industry in Canada and start a movement to change it.

What We Have Done
What we have done What we have left undone

Catherine Crouch

2024

USA / 75 mins
Examining the racial history of All Saints in Indianapolis and exploring how racist policies and actions continue to impact the congregation in uneven ways, this film combines stories from community members historicized with archival footage documenting neighborhood changes that impacted the racial make-up of the congregation and the internal dynamics of the church.
Trailer… here

Whats Left Fade Away
What’s Left Fades Away /
Todo lo demás se borra

Julia Cohen Ribeiro, Sofia Lanaro

2024

Argentina / 15 mins
Andrea is going through an awakening of her Afro identity, which strains her relationship with her white girlfriend Valentina. She finds refuge in her new circle of black friends. Andrea and Valentina feel trapped in their differences and wonder if a new connection is possible.
Trailer… here

Whats In A Name
What's in a Name?

Saanvi S

2024

India / 10 mins
A heartwarming mockumentary about a trans woman navigating everyday microaggressions and bias in the workplace. With humor and relatable moments, it highlights how small acts of respect can lead to meaningful, transformative change.

When Cigarettes Taste Like Blood
When Cigarettes Taste Like Blood

Kyle Walker

2024 

USA / 13 mins
At a boarding school for young adult male orphans, the affectionate bond between two friends turns brutal when their peers accuse them of homosexuality.
Trailer… here

Where To Piss
Where to Piss

Karter Masuhara

2024

UK / 8 mins
A trans man wants to use the men’s bathroom for the first time, however, he’s hindered by his own fears and insecurities. He shares these fears to his friend shown through imaginary scenarios.

White Noise
White Noise
רעש לבן

Etai Epstain   2024

Israel / 20 mins
Adam is 18 years old, in the closet, and afraid to go to the army. He uses his brother’s illness to try and evade it, against his mother’s wishes. 

Whitewash
Whitewash

Jerry Hsu

2024 

USA / 13 mins
After being accepted into the Ivory Estates, a queer Asian man moves in with his new fiancé and discovers that he’s the only person of color in the neighborhood and soon uncovers the estates' secrets.
Trailer… here

Wintering
Wintering

Jang Jun-young

 

Korea / 66 mins
Yeon is an ordinary woman in her mid-30s who is ambiguous everywhere: this is a story about things coming up to her.
Trailer… here

Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here /
Si Estuvieras Aqui

Isa Moreno

 2024

USA / 5 mins
Upon receiving a message from his estranged daughter one day, a lonely space cowboy reflects on moments of her childhood... both beautiful and painful.

Y Por Si Fuera
Y Por Si Fuera Poco, Godard

Jose Luis Campos Javier 

2024

Spain / 15 mins
Julio, a young man caught between societal expectations and his own desires, maintains simultaneous relationships with Gladys, an older woman obsessed with appearances. Through surreal situations, Julio navigates the complexities of modern love while grappling with his identity and the weight of his decisions. Everything comes to a head when the four characters cross paths in an unexpected encounter, revealing uncomfortable truths and unmasking the facade that they have all built. 

You Don T Have To Apologize
You Don’t Have to Apologize /
Não precisa pedir desculpa

Franco Cavezale

2024

Brazil / 16:48 mins
Rafa is a young transgender gay man living in a small town. He has resigned himself to the belief that he will never find another guy who accepts him, until he meets Henrique, a boy from São Paulo who seems to see Rafa for who he truly is. However, after the events of one night that lead to Rafa’s death and subsequent return as a supernatural being, he realizes that he will never be accepted by cisgender society. Fueled by this realization and the circumstances of his death, he seeks vengeance.

You Were Not Here
You Were Not Here /
No Estabas Aquí

Joaquín "Chabata" Zavala

 2024

Peru / 19 mins
Mariella, gravemente enferma, recibe la inesperada visita de su hijo menor, Gabriel, tras 7 años de distancia. La incomodidad entre ellos crece a medida que conversan, revelando sentimientos reprimidos y viejas discusiones no resueltas. Atrapada por sus propios prejuicios, Mariella aún lucha por aceptar la sexualidad de Gabriel, y aunque ella revela que morirá pronto, Gabriel no puede asegurar que la visitará de nuevo.
Trailer… here

you who were loved, like no others 

Finnur Kaldi

2024

9 mins
you who were loved like no others is an experimental short film that traverses through various moments and memories in transition. The film is made from both shoot footage and personal archives which the filmmaker has gathered through their life. It is a journey that delves into unrequited grief.
Watch… here

 

Winners of the 38. TEDDY AWARD...

Ten days of Berlinale. Ten days full of spectacular and creative queer films and ten days of anxious waiting for the decision of this year’s jury. Once again, prizes will be awarded in the categories best feature film, best documentary/essay film, best short film and the TEDDY Jury Award, as well as the Special TEDDY AWARD for lifetime artistic achievement to outstanding personalities.

But the wait is now over. The jury of the 38th TEDDY AWARD has made its choice and selected the winners.

The TEDDY AWARDs go to…

Best Feature Film

All Shall Be Well

Director: Ray Yeung

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When her partner Pat unexpectedly dies, Angie is left to worry about the flat in which the couple lived together for over 30 years. Supported by her chosen family, Angie begins a later-life journey into emancipation.

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Best documentary/ essay film

Teaches of Peaches

Directors: Judy Landkammer und Philipp Fussenegger

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Seamlessly weaving together exclusive archival gems with dynamic tour footage, this documentary captures the transformative journey of Canadian Merrill Nisker into the internationally acclaimed cultural powerhouse that is Peaches.

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Best Short Film

Grandmamauntsistercat

Director: Zuza Banasińska

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Created from archival materials from communist Poland, the film tells the story of a multispecies matriarchal family through the eyes of a child grappling with the reproduction of ideological and representational systems.

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TEDDY Jury Award

Crossing

Director: Levan Akin

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Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever.

Special TEDDY AWARD

Lothar Lambert

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Oscars 2024

Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees

Bradley Cooper

Maestro
 

Colman Domingo

Rustin
 

Paul Giamatti

The Holdovers
 

Cillian Murphy

Oppenheimer
 

Jeffrey Wright

American Fiction
 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees

Sterling K. Brown

American Fiction
 

Robert De Niro

Killers of the Flower Moon
 

Robert Downey Jr.

Oppenheimer
 

Ryan Gosling

Barbie
 

Mark Ruffalo

Poor Things
 

Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees

Annette Bening

Nyad
 

Lily Gladstone

Killers of the Flower Moon
 

Sandra Hüller

Anatomy of a Fall
 

Carey Mulligan

Maestro
 

Emma Stone

Poor Things
 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominees

Emily Blunt

Oppenheimer
 

Danielle Brooks

The Color Purple
 

America Ferrera

Barbie
 

Jodie Foster

Nyad
 

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

The Holdovers
 

Animated Feature Film

Nominees

The Boy and the Heron

Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
 

Elemental

Peter Sohn and Denise Ream
 

Nimona

Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary
 

Robot Dreams

Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz
 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal
 

Cinematography

Nominees

El Conde

Edward Lachman
 

Killers of the Flower Moon

Rodrigo Prieto
 

Maestro

Matthew Libatique
 

Oppenheimer

Hoyte van Hoytema
 

Poor Things

Robbie Ryan
 

Costume Design

Nominees

Barbie

Jacqueline Durran
 

Killers of the Flower Moon

Jacqueline West
 

Napoleon

Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
 

Oppenheimer

Ellen Mirojnick
 

Poor Things

Holly Waddington
 

Directing

Nominees

Anatomy of a Fall

Justine Triet
 

Killers of the Flower Moon

Martin Scorsese
 

Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan
 

Poor Things

Yorgos Lanthimos
 

The Zone of Interest

Jonathan Glazer
 

Documentary Feature Film

Nominees

Bobi Wine: The People's President

Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek
 

The Eternal Memory

Maite Alberdi
 

Four Daughters

Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha
 

To Kill a Tiger

Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim
 

20 Days in Mariupol

Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath
 

Documentary Short Film

Nominees

The ABCs of Book Banning

Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic
 

The Barber of Little Rock

John Hoffman and Christine Turner
 

Island in Between

S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien
 

The Last Repair Shop

Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
 

Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó

Sean Wang and Sam Davis
 

Film Editing

Nominees

Anatomy of a Fall

Laurent Sénéchal
 

The Holdovers

Kevin Tent
 

Killers of the Flower Moon

Thelma Schoonmaker
 

Oppenheimer

Jennifer Lame
 

Poor Things

Yorgos Mavropsaridis
 

International Feature Film

Nominees

Io Capitano

Italy
 

Perfect Days

Japan
 

Society of the Snow

Spain
 

The Teachers' Lounge

Germany
 

The Zone of Interest

United Kingdom
 

Makeup and Hairstyling

Nominees

Golda

Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue
 

Maestro

Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell
 

Oppenheimer

Luisa Abel
 

Poor Things

Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston
 

Society of the Snow

Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé
 

Music (Original Score)

Nominees

American Fiction

Laura Karpman
 

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

John Williams
 

Killers of the Flower Moon

Robbie Robertson
 

Oppenheimer

Ludwig Göransson
 

Poor Things

Jerskin Fendrix
 

Music (Original Song)

Nominees

The Fire Inside

from Flamin' Hot; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
 

I'm Just Ken

from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
 

It Never Went Away

from American Symphony; Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson
 

Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)

from Killers of the Flower Moon; Music and Lyric by Scott George
 

What Was I Made For?

from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell
 

Best Picture

Nominees

American Fiction

Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers
 

Anatomy of a Fall

Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers
 

Barbie

David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers
 

The Holdovers

Mark Johnson, Producer
 

Killers of the Flower Moon

Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers
 

Maestro

Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
 

Oppenheimer

Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers
 

Past Lives

David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers
 

Poor Things

Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers
 

The Zone of Interest

James Wilson, Producer
 

Production Design

Nominees

Barbie

Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
 

Killers of the Flower Moon

Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
 

Napoleon

Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff
 

Oppenheimer

Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman
 

Poor Things

Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek
 

Animated Short Film

Nominees

Letter to a Pig

Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter
 

Ninety-Five Senses

Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess
 

Our Uniform

Yegane Moghaddam
 

Pachyderme

Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius
 

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko

Dave Mullins and Brad Booker
 

Live Action Short Film

Nominees

The After

Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham
 

Invincible

Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron
 

Knight of Fortune

Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk
 

Red, White and Blue

Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane
 

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Wes Anderson and Steven Rales
 

Sound

Nominees

The Creator

Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
 

Maestro

Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
 

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
 

Oppenheimer

Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell
 

The Zone of Interest

Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn
 

Visual Effects

Nominees

The Creator

Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould
 

Godzilla Minus One

Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima
 

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek
 

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould
 

Napoleon

Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould
 

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Nominees

American Fiction

Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson
 

Barbie

Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach
 

Oppenheimer

Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan
 

Poor Things

Screenplay by Tony McNamara
 

The Zone of Interest

Written by Jonathan Glazer
 

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Nominees

Anatomy of a Fall

Screenplay - Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
 

The Holdovers

Written by David Hemingson
 

Maestro

Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
 

May December

Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik
 

Past Lives

Written by Celine Song

Longlists, 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards...

BaftaFriday 5 January 2024, 12.00 GMT: The following films will advance to the nominating stage of voting. This is the initial longlisting round.

The films are listed alphabetically by title, with the exception of the performance categories, listed alphabetically by the surname of the performer, followed by the film title.

Round Two voting, to determine the nominations, opens today at 18.00 GMT to BAFTA's voting members and will close on Friday 12 January 2024.

The nominations for the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards will be announced on Thursday 18 January and the ceremony will take place on Sunday 18 February.

BEST FILM

10 films will advance in the Best Film category. 234 eligible films were submitted for consideration. All film voting members of BAFTA vote to determine the longlist, nominations and overall winner.

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

15 films will advance in the Outstanding British Film category. All BAFTA film voting members were invited to join an opt-in chapter to determine the longlist (of which the top five are nominated).  A jury selects the remaining five nominations. In the final round all film voting members vote to determine the winning film. 76 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

10 films will advance in the Outstanding Debut category.  A jury determines the longlist, nominations and overall winner in this category. 52 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

10 films will advance in the Film Not in the English Language category. All BAFTA film voting members were invited to join an opt-in chapter to determine the longlist. This chapter will vote to nominate five films and will vote for the overall winning film. 59 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

DOCUMENTARY

10 films will advance in the Documentary category. All BAFTA film voting members were invited to join an opt-in chapter to determine the longlist (of which the top two are nominated).  A jury selects the remaining three nominations, In the final round the Documentary opt-in chapter votes to determine the winning film. 60 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

ANIMATED FILM

Eight films will advance in the Animated Film category. All BAFTA film voting members were invited to join an opt-in chapter to determine the longlist. This chapter will vote to nominate four films and will vote for the winning film. 17 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

  • The Boy And The Heron
  • Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
  • Elemental
  • Nimona
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
  • Wish

DIRECTOR

16 films will advance in the Director category. Members of the Directing chapter vote for their top 16 to determine the longlist, of which the top female, male, and directors who identify as non-binary (within the voting results range of the top 10 female/male directors) will be longlisted to a max of 11, with female/male gender parity upheld, and of which the top two are nominated regardless of gender. A longlisting jury selects the final places from the next 8 placed female, male & non-binary directors (placed within this voting results range). A nominating jury selects four Directors from the longlist to make-up a nominee list of six Directors. In the final round all film voting members vote to determine the winning film. 206 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

10 films will advance in the Original Screenplay category. Members of the Writers chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members will vote for the winning film. 100 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

10 films will advance in the Adapted Screenplay category. Members of the Writers chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members will vote for the winning film. 61 eligible films were submitted for consideration.

  • All of Us Strangers
  • American Fiction
  • Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
  • Dumb Money
  • The Killer
  • Killers of The Flower Moon
  • Oppenheimer
  • Poor Things
  • Wonka
  • The Zone of Interest

LEADING ACTRESS

10 performances will advance in the Leading Actress category. Members of the Acting chapter vote to determine the longlist (of which the top three are nominated). A longlisting jury selects a further three performances to create a longlist of 10. A nominating jury then selects three performances from the longlist to make-up a nominee list of six performances. In the final round all film voting members vote to determine the winning performance. 94 performances were submitted for consideration.

LEADING ACTOR

10 performances will advance in the Leading Actor category. Members of the Acting chapter vote to determine the longlist (of which the top three are nominated). A longlisting jury selects a further three performances to create a longlist of 10. A nominating jury then selects three performances from the longlist to make-up a nominee list of six performances. In the final round all film voting members vote to determine the winning performance. 108 performances were submitted for consideration.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

10 performances will advance in the Supporting Actress category. Members of the Acting chapter vote to determine the longlist (of which the top three are nominated). A longlisting jury selects a further three performances to create a longlist of 10. A nominating jury then selects three performances from the longlist to make-up a nominee list of six performances. In the final round all film voting members vote to determine the winning performance. 224 performances were submitted for consideration.

SUPPORTING ACTOR

10 performances will advance in the Supporting Actor category. Members of the Acting chapter vote to determine the longlist (of which the top three are nominated). A longlisting jury selects a further three performances to create a longlist of 10. A nominating jury then selects three performances from the longlist to make-up a nominee list of six performances. In the final round all film voting members vote to determine the winning performance. 338 performances were submitted for consideration.

CASTING

10 films will advance in the Casting category. Members of the Casting chapter vote to determine the longlist. A jury selects the five nominations and in the final round all film voting members select the winning film. 128 films were submitted for consideration.

CINEMATOGRAPHY

10 films will advance in the Cinematography category. Members of the Cinematography chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 186 films were submitted for consideration.

  • Barbie
  • The Creator
  • Ferrari
  • Killers of The Flower Moon
  • Maestro
  • Napoleon
  • Oppenheimer
  • Poor Things
  • Saltburn
  • The Zone of Interest

COSTUME DESIGN

10 films will advance in the Costume Design category. Members of the Costume and Makeup & Hair chapters vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 129 films were submitted for consideration.

EDITING

10 films will advance in the Editing category. Members of the Editing chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 197 films were submitted for consideration.

MAKE UP & HAIR

10 films will advance in the Make Up & Hair category. Members of the Costume Design and the Make Up & Hair chapters vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 124 films were submitted for consideration.

  • Barbie
  • Ferrari
  • Golda
  • Killers of The Flower Moon
  • Maestro
  • Napoleon
  • Oppenheimer
  • Poor Things
  • Priscilla
  • Wonka

ORIGINAL SCORE

10 films will advance in the Original Score category. Members of the Music chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 131 films were submitted for consideration. Music cue sheets are provided by the entrants and published on BAFTA View.

  • American Fiction
  • Barbie
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
  • Killers of The Flower Moon
  • Napoleon
  • Oppenheimer
  • Poor Things
  • Saltburn
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • Wonka

PRODUCTION DESIGN

10 films will advance in the Production Design category. Members of the Production Design chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 151 films were submitted for consideration.

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

10 films will advance in the Special Visual Effect category. Members of the SVFX chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 73 films were submitted for consideration. A supporting Statement and a show-reel of the SVFX work (up to five minutes in duration) can be submitted and are published on BAFTA View.

  • Barbie
  • The Creator
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
  • Napoleon
  • Oppenheimer
  • Poor Things
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • Wonka

SOUND

10 films will advance in the Sound category Members of the Sound chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members will vote for the overall winning film. 172 films were submitted for consideration.

  • Barbie
  • Ferrari
  • Killers of The Flower Moon
  • Maestro
  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
  • Napoleon
  • Oppenheimer
  • Poor Things
  • Wonka
  • The Zone of Interest

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

Six films will advance in the British Short Animation category.  A jury votes to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members are invited to join an opt-in chapter to vote for the overall winning short animation.

  • Crab Day
  • Sweet Like Lemons
  • The Smeds and The Smoos
  • Visible Mending
  • Wild Summon
  • World to Roam

BRITISH SHORT FILM

Ten films will advance in the British Short Film category.  A jury votes to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members are invited to join an opt-in chapter to vote for the overall winning short film.

  • Essex Girls
  • Festival of Slaps
  • Finding Alaa
  • Gorka
  • Jellyfish and Lobster
  • Jill, Uncredited
  • Mighty Penguins
  • The One Note Man
  • Such A Lovely Day
  • Yellow

 

John Waters' Best of 2023...

Haven't seen them all...but, as usual, a bizarre selection!

1. Beau Is Afraid (Ari Aster)

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Photo: A24

A superlong, super-crazy, super-funny movie about one man’s mental breakdown with a cast better than Around the World in 80 Days’: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Parker Posey, Nathan Lane, and Amy Ryan. It’s a laugh riot from hell you’ll never forget, even if you want to.

2. A Prince (Pierre Creton)

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Photo: Directors’ Fortnight/Directors’ Fortnight

You’ve never heard of this one, but I’d never heard of Super Mario Bros. when it came out either, so there. A most unlikely gay movie about a gerontophilic hot male farmer and his two old-man lovers who drop dead for no apparent reason other than being “embarrassed by youth and beauty.” It’s dirty in a soil-like way. Dicks turn into mythic creatures; men howl like dogs. Slow, spooky, and poetically fucked up. In other words, perfect.

3. Master Gardener (Paul Schrader)

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Another erotic movie featuring gardening, this time an S&M one with stud-muffin-Nazi overtones and Sigourney Weaver in the best performance of the year as a sugar mama with a heart for vengeance. Dig it. Dig it deep, sir.

4. Full Time (Éric Gravel)

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An exhausting thriller, as exciting as The French Connection, about a normal single-mother hotel worker and whether she’ll get to work on time in Paris during a transit strike. Trust me—it’s brilliant.

5. Last Summer (Catherine Breillat)

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A devastatingly pernicious tale of a French lawyer for abused minors who falls in lust with her own fawnish but nasty underage stepson, played by Samuel Kircher, who gives the lead kid in Death in Venice a run for his money. Not since Paul Morrissey and Joe Dallesandro has there been a director-star connection this hot and unconsummated. She gets it. He gets it raw.

6. Sparta (Ulrich Seidl)

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Are Romanian children better off with a closeted male pedophile who never acts overtly but shows them love or their real nasty hetero adult fathers who force them to act “mean” and “tough”? No wonder controversy rages about the making of the film. All I know is two things: The movie’s fantastic, and I’m glad I’m not a chicken queen.

7. Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismäki)

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Another deadpan Finnish kitchen-sink melodrama from one of the world’s greatest auteurs. An alcoholic factory worker and a lonely supermarket clerk meet by chance and struggle to fall in love. It’s drab, it’s short, it’s beautiful, and it lacks nothing. Just call it Unmagnificent Obsession. Shut up and love it.

8. Strange Way of Life (Pedro Almodóvar)

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A refreshingly unironic new look at gay-cowboy memory, lust, family, and guilt that proves blood is thicker than semen.

9. Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)

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Deserves the Oscar for being a big-budget, star-studded, intelligent action movie about talking.

10. Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World (Radu Jude)

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A maddeningly radical, tedious, shockingly repetitious, brilliant two-hour-and-43-minute Godard–meets–Harmony Korine Romanian masterpiece in which we spend way too much time locked in the car of a confident, trashy, gum-chewing workaholic PA for a movie company as she does her chores. When I finished watching the movie, I was pretty sure I didn’t like it, but when I woke up the next morning, I realized I loved it. Suffer for cinema! Sometimes it’s worth it!

Going Back Into The Care Closet

In the 1970's & 80's many people fought for equal rights for women, as well as decriminalising homosexuality. For the next two decades these people fought hard to not only decriminalise being Gay or Lesbian , but fought to criminalise discrimination on the grounds of gender, race ,sexuality and to give equal rights to marry for all, no matter what their sexuality.

Now in the 2020's, the first wave of these brave and passionate activists are reaching their 70's and 80's and instead of being cared for with compassion, they are finding themselves having to de-gay or go back into the closet because of the rampant homophobia in the care system.

Raga D'silva talks to Ted Brown, a veteran of the UKs 'Gay Liberation Front' about his experience with his long term partner being abused in a care home. Also, Eileen Chubb who Founded Compassion in Care an organisation that helps whistleblowers in the elder care sector and Stephanie Fuller, CEO of the LGBT Switchboard London who also shares insights on how elder Trans People are treated.

95th Academy Awards Nominations...

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The 95th Academy Awards ceremony will be on Sunday, March 12th at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood - broadcast live by ABC. This year's ceremony will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

The nominations:

PICTURE:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

DIRECTOR:
Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Steven Spielberg - The Fabelmans
Todd Field - Tar
Ruben Östlund - Triangle of Sadness

ACTOR:
Austin Butler - Elvis
Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser - The Whale
Paul Mescal - Aftersun
Bill Nighy - Living

ACTRESS:
Cate Blanchett - Tar
Ana de Armas - Blonde
Andrea Riseborough - To Leslie
Michelle Williams - The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Brendan Gleason - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway
Judd Hirsch - The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau - The Whale
Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All at Once

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once - Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans - Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
Tar - Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness - Ruben Östlund

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
All Quiet on the Western Front - Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Rian Johnson
Living - Kazuo Ishiguro
Top Gun: Maverick - Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie
Women Talking - Sarah Polley

ANIMATED FEATURE:
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots
The Sea Beast
Turning Red

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE:
All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
Close (Belgium)
EO (Poland)
The Quiet Girl (Ireland)

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
All Quiet on the Western Front - James Friend
Bardo - Darius Khondji
Elvis - Mandy Walker
Empire of Light - Roger Deakins
Tar - Florian Hoffmeister

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
The Elephant Whisperers - Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
Haulout - Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
How Do You Measure a Year? - Jay Rosenblatt
The Martha Mitchell Effect - Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison
Stranger at the Gate - Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

ANIMATED SHORT:
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
The Flying Sailor - Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Ice Merchants - João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
My Year of Dicks - Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It - Lachlan Pendragon

LIVE-ACTION SHORT:
An Irish Goodbye - Tom Berkeley and Ross White
Ivalu - Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
Le Pupille - Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
Night Ride - Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
The Red Suitcase - Cyrus Neshvad

VISUAL EFFECTS:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick

PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Dune - PD: Patrice Vermette; Set: Zsuzsanna Sipos
All Quiet on the Western Front - PD: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set: Ernestine Hipper
Avatar: The Way of Water - PD: Dylan Cole & Ben Procter; Set: Vanessa Cole
Babylon - PD: Florencia Martin; Set: Anthony Carlino
Elvis - PD: Catherine Martin & Karen Murphy; Set: Bev Dunn
The Fabelmans - PD: Rick Carter; Set: Karen O'Hara

COSTUME DESIGN:
Babylon - Mary Zophres
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Ruth Carter
Elvis - Catherine Martin
Everything Everywhere All at Once - Shirley Kurata
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris - Jenny Beavan

MAKE-UP & HAIR:
All Quiet on the Western Front - Heike Merker & Linda Eisenhamerová
The Batman - Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Mike Fontaine
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Camille Friend & Joel Harlow
Elvis - Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, Aldo Signoretti
The Whale - Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, Anne Marie Bradley

FILM EDITING:
The Banshees of Inisherin - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Elvis - Matt Villa & Jonathan Redmond
Everything Everywhere All at Once - Paul Rogers
Tar - Monika Willi
Top Gun: Maverick - Eddie Hamilton

SOUND:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick

ORIGINAL SCORE:
All Quiet on the Western Front - Volker Bertelmann
Babylon - Justin Hurwitz
The Banshees of Inisherin - Carter Burwell
Everything Everywhere All at Once - Son Lux
The Fabelmans - John Williams

ORIGINAL SONG:
"Applause" from Tell It Like a Woman
"Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick
"Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
"Naatu Naatu" from RRR
"This Is A Life" from Everything Everywhere All at Once


 

2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards: The Nominations...

BAFTAWinners will be announced at the EE BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday 19 February at 7pm on BBC1 and iPlayer, and @BAFTA

BAFTA announces the nominations for the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards, celebrating the very best in film over the past year. A total of 45 feature films received nominations today.

Highlights include:

  • 14 nominations for All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Ten nominations for The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • Nine nominations for Elvis
  • Five nominations for Tár
  • Four nominations for Aftersun; The Batman; Good Luck to You, Leo Grande; Top Gun: Maverick and The Whale
  • Three nominations for Babylon; Empire of Light; Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio; Living and Triangle of Sadness
  • Two nominations for Avatar: The Way of Water; Decision to Leave; The Quiet Girl; Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical; She Said and The Woman King
  • One nomination for each of the following: All That Breathes; All The Beauty and the Bloodshed; Amsterdam; Argentina, 1985; Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Blonde; Blue Jean; Brian and Charles; Corsage; Electric Malady; The Fabelmans; Fire of Love; The Good Nurse; Marcel the Shell with Shoes On; Moonage Daydream; Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris; Navalny; Puss in Boots: The Last Wish; Rebellion; See How They Run; The Swimmers; Till; Turning Red and The Wonder

 

BEST FILM

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Malte Grunert

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh

ELVIS Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang

TÁR Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan


OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

AFTERSUN Charlotte Wells, Producer(s) TBC

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin

BRIAN AND CHARLES Jim Archer, Rupert Majendie, David Earl, Chris Hayward

EMPIRE OF LIGHT Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE Sophie Hyde, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski, Katy Brand

LIVING Oliver Hermanus, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Kazuo Ishiguro

ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Matthew Warchus, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn, Luke Kelly, Dennis Kelly

SEE HOW THEY RUN Tom George, Gina Carter, Damian Jones, Mark Chappell

THE SWIMMERS Sally El Hosaini, Producer(s) TBC, Jack Thorne

THE WONDER Sebastián Lelio, Ed Guiney, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue


OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

AFTERSUN Charlotte Wells (Writer/Director)

BLUE JEAN Georgia Oakley (Writer/Director), Hélène Sifre (Producer)

ELECTRIC MALADY Marie Lidén (Director)

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE Katy Brand (Writer)

REBELLION Elena Sánchez Bellot (Director) Maia Kenworthy (Director) 


FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Malte Grunert

ARGENTINA, 1985 Santiago Mitre, Producer(s) TBC

CORSAGE Marie Kreutzer

DECISION TO LEAVE Park Chan-wook, Ko Dae-seok

THE QUIET GIRL Colm Bairéad, Cleona Ní Chrualaoí


DOCUMENTARY

ALL THAT BREATHES Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann

ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons

FIRE OF LOVE Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, Ina Fichman

MOONAGE DAYDREAM Brett Morgen

NAVALNY Daniel Roher, Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae


ANIMATED FILM

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON Dean Fleisher Camp, Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH Joel Crawford, Mark Swift

TURNING RED Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins


DIRECTOR

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh

DECISION TO LEAVE Park Chan-wook

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

TÁR Todd Field

THE WOMAN KING Gina Prince-Bythewood


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

THE FABELMANS Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg

TÁR Todd Field

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Ruben Östlund


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell

LIVING Kazuo Ishiguro

THE QUIET GIRL Colm Bairéad

SHE SAID Rebecca Lenkiewicz

THE WHALE Samuel D. Hunter


LEADING ACTRESS

CATE BLANCHETT Tár

VIOLA DAVIS The Woman King

DANIELLE DEADWYLER Till

ANA DE ARMAS Blonde

EMMA THOMPSON Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

MICHELLE YEOH Everything Everywhere All At Once


LEADING ACTOR

AUSTIN BUTLER Elvis

COLIN FARRELL The Banshees of Inisherin

BRENDAN FRASER The Whale

DARYL McCORMACK Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

PAUL MESCAL Aftersun

BILL NIGHY Living


SUPPORTING ACTRESS

ANGELA BASSETT Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

HONG CHAU The Whale

KERRY CONDON The Banshees of Inisherin

DOLLY DE LEON Triangle of Sadness

JAMIE LEE CURTIS Everything Everywhere All At Once

CAREY MULLIGAN She Said


SUPPORTING ACTOR

BRENDAN GLEESON The Banshees of Inisherin

BARRY KEOGHAN The Banshees of Inisherin

KE HUY QUAN Everything Everywhere All At Once

EDDIE REDMAYNE The Good Nurse

ALBRECHT SCHUCH All Quiet on the Western Front

MICHEAL WARD Empire of Light


ORIGINAL SCORE

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Volker Bertelmann

BABYLON Justin Hurwitz

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Carter Burwell

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Son Lux

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Alexandre Desplat


CASTING

AFTERSUN Lucy Pardee

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Simone Bär

ELVIS Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Sarah Halley Finn

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Pauline Hansson


CINEMATOGRAPHY

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT James Friend

THE BATMAN Greig Fraser

ELVIS Mandy Walker

EMPIRE OF LIGHT Roger Deakins

TOP GUN: MAVERICK Claudio Miranda


EDITING

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Sven Budelmann

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Mikkel E. G. Nielsen

ELVIS Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Paul Rogers

TOP GUN: MAVERICK Eddie Hamilton


PRODUCTION DESIGN

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Christian M. Goldbeck, Ernestine Hipper

BABYLON Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino

THE BATMAN James Chinlund, Lee Sandales

ELVIS Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Curt Enderle, Guy Davis


COSTUME DESIGN

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Lisy Christl

AMSTERDAM J.R. Hawbaker, Albert Wolsky

BABYLON Mary Zophres

ELVIS Catherine Martin

MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS Jenny Beavan


MAKE UP & HAIR

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Heike Merker

THE BATMAN Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Zoe Tahir

ELVIS Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas

ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Naomi Donne, Barrie Gower, Sharon Martin

THE WHALE Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot


SOUND

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Lars Ginzel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil, Markus Stemler

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

ELVIS Michael Keller, David Lee, Andy Nelson, Wayne Pashley

TÁR Deb Adair, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Steve Single, Roland Winke 

TOP GUN: MAVERICK Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor, Mark Weingarten


SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Müller, Frank Petzold

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon

THE BATMAN Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Benjamin Brewer, Ethan Feldbau, Jonathan Kombrinck, Zak Stoltz

TOP GUN: MAVERICK Seth Hill, Scott R. Fisher, Bryan Litson, Ryan Tudhope


BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy, Cara Speller, Hannah Minghella

MIDDLE WATCH John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden, Giles Healy

YOUR MOUNTAIN IS WAITING Hannah Jacobs, Zoe Muslim, Harriet Gillian


BRITISH SHORT FILM

THE BALLAD OF OLIVE MORRIS Alex Kayode-Kay

BAZIGAGA Jo Ingabire Moys, Stephanie Charmail

BUS GIRL Jessica Henwick, Louise Palmkvist Hansen

A DRIFTING UP Jacob Lee

AN IRISH GOODBYE Tom Berkeley, Ross White


EE RISING STAR AWARD

AIMEE LOU WOOD

DARYL McCORMACK

EMMA MACKEY

NAOMI ACKIE

SHEILA ATIM


 

JOHN WATERS’ BEST FILMS OF 2022...

Peter Von Kant1. PETER VON KANT (François Ozon)

By far the best movie of the year. Fassbinder’s classic lesbian melodrama is appropriated and remade as a gay Frenchman’s love letter to the original version. Hilariously stilted, often overwrought, but always highly entertaining, this cock-eyed tribute will make you swoon when Hanna Schygulla finally makes an appearance and Isabelle Adjani soon follows. My God, it’s just plain Douglas Sirk perfect.

2. EO (Jerzy Skolimowski)

Another tribute film, this time Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar meets Old Yeller. Can a donkey remember? Just ask Isabelle Huppert, who pops up in this movie for no apparent reason except that she’s the best actress in the world.

Everything Went Fine3. EVERYTHING WENT FINE (François Ozon—AGAIN!)

Assisted suicide for the elderly has never been so madcap. So I Love Lucy. So feel-so-bad-you’ll-feel-good. With a cast to die for—literally. Hanna Schygulla (AGAIN!), Jacques Nolot (my hero), and Charlotte Rampling as the nastiest ex-wife in the world.

4. SICK OF MYSELF (Kristoffer Borgli)

A pair of narcissistic Norwegian lovers can’t stop competing for the public’s attention. He’s a sculptor who uses furniture he steals as material, and she takes recalled poison medication on purpose to make her skin break out in rashes and boils so she can become a model with disabilities. No, it’s not Female Trouble, but it’s just as nuts. Pretty? Pretty? Pretty fucked up!


Bruno Reidal5. BRUNO REIDAL, CONFESSIONS OF A MURDERER (Vincent Le Port)


The boy can’t help it. Killing people. Jerking off. More jerking off. And the sight of meat made him do it! Yep, it’s true crime, Gallic style. One critic wrote, “If ever there was a movie tailor-made to appear on the annual list of the year’s best films that John Waters compiles for Artforum, it’s this one.” Boy, was he right.

6. DETAINEE 001 (Greg Barker)

John Walker Lindh, the American Taliban. This doc examines the hysteria of this case and asks the question I’ve been wondering about for years—was he an overhyped traitor or just a well-traveled kid caught in the wrong place at the wrong time? Oh, yeah, he’s really cute, in a grunge kind of way.

7. DINNER IN AMERICA (Adam Rehmeier)

A wonderfully nasty, politically incorrect punk-rock romantic comedy with great performances that somehow got canceled when it was screened at Sundance in 2020. Finally it was released this year, and nobody in the US seemed to notice except director Sean Baker, who sent me a screener, for which I’m eternally grateful.

Will O The Wisp8. WILL-O’-THE-WISP (João Pedro Rodrigues)

A racially risky, raunchy Portuguese musical about class and pyromania that will light you on fire. Facials! Fake dicks! A real arty head-scratcher of a film that makes Titane seem tame.

9. SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING (Quentin Dupieux)

Can a movie be both stupid and effete yet unironic? Only the French can pull that off, and this moronic auteur of ignoramuses does it again. Brilliant performances and dumbbell dialogue equal a superhero movie for idiots that surpasses all the tedium of Hollywood blockbusters.

Bones And All10. BONES AND ALL (Luca Guadagnino)

Is there such a thing as a butch twink? Yes, there is, and Timothée Chalamet goes all Larry Clark on us here, a soft-trade hetero cannibal who kills an evil closeted gay trick so he and his flesh-eating girlfriend can feed. Is that gay-bashing or cannibally correct love? Just asking. 

BFI London Film Festival 2022...

London 2022

Words by...
David Anderson Cutler 


It's that time of the year...

Sadly, I can't be there this year...but, we have been given access to quite a few films and screeners have been requested.

As per usual, there is a mighty selection of films with LGBT themes, stories and characters...watch and enjoy.

Just click on the film poster...


Day 1...

 


Day 2...

JoylandWinter BoyComa


Day 3...

The WonderFragments Of ParadiseHorseplay

A Spy Among Friends


Day 4...

Casa SusannaWhere Is This StreetBones And All


Day 5...

LivingBlue Jean
Peter Von KantAttachment


Day 6...

PiaffeClose
I Love My DadAll The Beauty And The Bloodshed


Day 7...

High SchoolThe Damned Dont Cry


Day 8...

The Passion Of RemembrancePacification

The Whale


Day 9...

Kamikaze HeartsCrows Are White

100 Ways to Cross the Border

Pretty Red Dress


Day 10...

The Blue CaftanCall Jane
BrosInland


Day 11...

BrainwashedThe Stranger
My PolicemanA Room Of My Own


Day 12...

The InspectionMini ZlatanThe Origin Of Evil


Shorts films...

An Avocado PitAribadaCzechoslovakia
GroomHoneyOutdoors
Nant
The Dependent VariablesThe Pass

I Have No Legs, and I Must Run

Mono No Aware

Staging Death


 

SPOILER ALERT - Official Trailer...

They wanted a rom-com. They got a love story.

Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, and Sally Field star in #SpoilerAlert, from the director of The Big Sick.

Only In theaters December 2.

Based on Michael Ausiello’s best-selling memoir “Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies,” the film is a heartwarming, funny and life-affirming story of how Michael and Kit’s relationship is transformed and deepened when one of them falls ill.

Let You Go...

Stunning...

 

Let You Go from Jodeb on Vimeo.

Diplo & TSHA - Let You Go (feat. Kareen Lomax)

Written and Directed by: Jodeb
Produced by PRETTYBIRD & COLOSSALE
Creative Director: Lola Son (Mad Decent)

Edinburgh Fringe 2022...

...by David Anderson Cutler

Fringe LogoWe've combed through the programme...here are the LGBT shows on offer! And...what a delicious menu it is!

Impossible to see them all...but, we'll give it a damn good try!

Just click on the title for the review...and, if there's anyone out there who wants to write a review...write it, send it in and we'll publish it with your name!


Jinkx Edfringe

Jinkx Monsoon: She’s Still Got It!

RuPaul’s Drag Race legend (fifth season and seventh season of All Stars, airing May 2022), actress, comedienne, and singer. Jinkx has toured all over the world, gaining a huge fanbase and superstar status. She’s bringing a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year: She’s Still Got It! With Major Scales (her long-time musical collaborator) – a musical comedy cabaret show, packed full of Jinkx’s trademark improv and sensational musical ability. 

Venue: Assembly George Square – Spiegeltent Palais du Variété / Box Office: assemblyfestival.com

Ania Magliano

Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not

Ania Magliano is bringing her debut show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, combining storytelling, snappy observations, silliness and some surreal tangents she delves into her background as a half Polish, half Italian bisexual 24-year-old, who has spent her whole life in England. Touching on themes of family and her sexuality, she navigates the complicated interpersonal relationships with your parents, and wonders whether she’ll ever be good enough at communicating to confront her hairdresser about her terrible haircut, or get through her early 20s without ending every sentence with ‘absolutely no worries if not’.

Venue: Bunker Three, Pleasance Courtyard / Tickets: pleasance.co.uk

Camille O’Sullivan: DreamingCamille O Sullivan

The Queen of the Fringe – an established alternative/indie musician. Camille has been wowing audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for over 18 years, earning her worldwide acclaim for her magnetising stage presence and entrancing vocals. She is returning to the stage this August with her new show Dreaming, alongside long-time collaborator Fergal Murray. Dreaming is an honest, intimate response to the isolation of the pandemic, and the joy of being connected to the rest of the world again.

Box office: underbellyedinburgh.co.uk

James Barr

James Barr: Straight Jokes

The multi-award-winning comedian returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with his sophomore show Straight Jokes. People constantly tells James that he is “too gay” – Straight Jokes is his fabulous reply to this pool of haters. An out-of-control hour of jokes from the utterly hilarious, nearly national treasure. James exposes his previous employers and navigates the absolutely exhausting admin of pretending to be woke for “fame”. This is an exploration of James’ experience in the comedy industry, as well as a revolt against the elitist media industry, that constantly silence and shame people for their differences.

Venue: Daisy, Underbelly Bristo Square / Box office: underbellyedinburgh.co.uk

Sophie Duker: HagSophie Duker

Comedian and star of Taskmaster. Co-writer of Riot Girls on Channel 4. Previous credits include Frankie Boyle’s New World Order and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Sophie is bringing her new show Hag to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, a self-assured hour of comedy centred around Sophie’s personal metamorphosis into a more confident, spectacularly cantankerous person.

Tickets: pleasance.co.uk

Joseph ParsonsJoseph Parsons: Equaliser

Football fanatic and comedian. An advocate for LGBTQI+ issues in the sporting world. His new show Equaliser will be debuting at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August. Equaliser is about Joseph’s own experience growing up as gay and football mad in the West Country – a celebration of the beautiful game, as well as an examination of it’s issues.

Tickets: edinburgh.justthetonic.com 

Larry Dean: FudnutLarry Dean

Hot on the heels of his national tour Larry Dean returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his show ‘Fudnut’ at the Monkey Barrel. Fudnut is an hour of authentic storytelling at its funniest, touching on some recent events in Larry’s life, from accidentally importing illegal substances into a middle eastern country, to the prominent events that followed a little closer to home, and what his therapist has to say about it all.

Venue: Monkey Barrel Comedy – 3 / Box Office: monkeybarrelcomedy.com

Sam LakeSam Lake: Cake

A comedian, writer, presenter, and podcast host. He’s written for Mock the Week (BBC2), Breaking the News (BBC Radio Scotland), and Newsjack (BBC Radio 4 extra). Originally set to debut in 2020, Sam is unveiling his comedy hour in 2022, titled Cake. Sam’s wedding was also supposed to happen in 2020, but sadly it was also postponed due to the pandemic – Cake is about learning to get comfortable when things in life don’t go as originally planned.

Tickets: pleasance.co.uk

Sarah Keyworth: Lost BoySarah Keyworth

Award-winning comedian, podcast host and rising star in the UK and Australian comedy circuits. Her show Lil’ Keys: Big Jokes will be premiering at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August, touching on themes of loss and how to rediscover your silliness. 

Venue: Pleasance Courtyard – Cabaret / Tickets: pleasance.co.uk

SeayonceSéayoncé: Res-Erection

Cabaret drag star and a hysterical spiritual medium helmed by comedian Dan Wye. Check out their bewitching new show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, titled Res-ErectionStep into the unknown and experience a show unlike any other – complete with theatrics, musical numbers, audience interaction and innuendo.

Box Office: assemblyfestival.com

Shelf: HairShelf

The fresh-faced musical comedy duo of Rachel WD and Ruby Clyde. One musical, one tone-deaf. They’re bringing their debut hour to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August – an exploration of gender expression and identity, called Hair.

Tickets: pleasance.co.uk

The Tiger LilliesThe Tiger Lillies: One Penny Opera

The award-winning godfathers of alternative cabaret. Magical, steampunk-y, and Grammy-nominated. They’re returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with their show One Penny Opera to celebrate their 30th anniversary.

Tickets: underbelly.co.uk

I Wish My Life Were Like A MusicalI Wish My Life Were Like A Musical

Composer and lyricist Alexander S. Bermange (he/him) is back with his award-winning musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical.  From voice-straining high notes to limb-spraining high kicks, via on-stage smooches and off-stage feuds, reveals everything that you could want to know about being a musical theatre performer… if only there were any who would dare to admit it. Booking

Le Pain(le) pain 

Jean-Daniel (JD) Broussé’s (he/him) first solo show offers a similar tantalising temptation.  A play on the French word for bread and the English word for suffering, in (le) pain JD is forced to choose between continuing the family legacy or pursuing his dreams as a performer. Booking

No Place Like HomeNo Place Like Home

Fusing spoken word, original music, dance and video art, No Place Like Home by Alex Roberts (he/him) & Co. (winner of Les Enfants Terribles Award 2022) is a tragic odyssey into gay club culture and the places we can call home.  This highly relevant production takes a nuanced look at the politics within gay communities exploring how victims of violence can also be perpetrators of violence.  Despite heavy themes, No Place Like Home offers an empowering call to look inward for the affirmation we all so desperately crave. Booking

Please Feel Free To SharePlease, Feel Free to Share 

Please, Feel Free to Shareis a dynamic, darkly comic, one-woman show by Rachel Causer (she/ her)  about our personal addictions and our growing desire to share all. Causer’s play looks at the blurring between lies and likes.  Please, Feel Free to Share explores what happens when the obsession with self-editing bleeds into real life. Booking

Something in the WaterSomething In The Water 

Stunning video projections, puppetry and physical comedy combine in this absurd exploration of identity, gender and growing up ‘normal’.  Inspired by performer/creator S.E. Grummett’s (they/ them) experience coming out as transgender, Something in the Water (main picture) parodies the masculine and feminine and shows how absurd our rigid gender binaries can be. Booking

Sticky DoorSticky Door

Sticky Door is a personal, honest and funny look at sex, stigma and cystitis, produced by Beccy D’Souza (she/ her/ they/ them). Katie Arnstein’s (she/ her) trademark ukulele-spun storytelling show examines sex, shame, struggles and isolation.The show asks why are women facing a series of sticky doors in work, sex and life and how do we overcome the challenges we are continually met with. Booking

A Gay and a NonGayA Gay And A NonGay

James Barr and Dan Hudson present the UK’s funniest LGBTQ+ podcast live, with iconic special guests. A Gay and A NonGay started when Dan's girlfriend friend Talia moved abroad leaving he and her gay friend James to fend for themselves. Expect audience interaction, a safe space for Dan to ask questions to the LGBTQ+ community in Things That Dan Cannot Say and a laugh-out-loud look at the differences between Gay and NonGay people. An absurdly simple but hilarious night out; one is gay, the other one isn't. Booking

The Gay TrainThe Gay Train

'They said it’s your fault. All of this happening to people like us. But it isn’t. It was happening already.' A dark comedy. When non-binary student Lin is attacked in a pub bathroom, they’re propelled to fame for all the wrong reasons. Chased between TV studios and Parliament, hounded by journalists and activists, everybody wants to know: will the gay agenda prevail? Or is it all just woke, virtue-signalling nonsense? Yellow Mug Theatre returns to the stage with a vicious love letter to the middle-class horror that is weekday morning TV. Booking

Let’s Try GayLets Try Gay

Two friends, Jack and Phil, meet in a hotel to shoot a gay adult movie between two straight guys: an “art project” to send to an independent movie festival, but they now feel uncomfortable. Their attempts to even just kiss or hug are clumsy and awkward. As time goes on, they prolong their problems. Jack is struggling with his life as an artist while Phil reveals his doubts about his sexual identity. Freely inspired by the independent movie Humpday, this unlikely comedy turns from a goofy, relaxed, funny situation into a deeper analysis of human nature. Booking

Simon David White GaySimon David: White Gay

Comedian Simon David belongs to the most toxic, self-destructive (and annoying!) demographic there is: the white gay. From racism to body image, porn addiction to gay Tories, Simon has a catchy song for just about everything wrong with the community he loves to hate! Booking

I just like you | a gay mythI Just Like You

An intimate two-hander about the messy complexities of the contemporary gay dating experience. When these two find themselves drawn to one another, they find that they are looking for different things. One, recently out of a LTR, just wants sex; the other, after a years-long string of hook ups, just wants a LTR again. So they decide to do that progressive thing that gay people do – you know, have a meaningful friendship while also having loads of sex, but without catching feelings. There’s no way that could go wrong, right? Booking

Oy GayOy Gay! The Queer Jewish Comedy Show

'Oy Gay! is hilarious, clever and filthy! These talented comedians charm and entertain whilst exploring faith, community and life, with some classic material that still makes me laugh. Booking

Andrew White (But Not in a Gay Way)Andrew White

Sex. Spreadsheets. Revolution. Andrew White promises it all in an uplifting, hilarious show about discovering, loving, and expressing yourself. Join the flamboyantly repressed young stand-up as he tells stories of accidental orgies, BLM protests, charity shops and how they all kickstarted his ambition to become a gay icon (but not in a gay way). Booking

Chris HallChris Hall and Mark Bittlestone: Two Sour Gay

Yuck! A stand-up comedy show about being gay! And about being vegan (Chris), getting piles (Mark), collecting crystals (Chris), getting piles (Mark), being in love (Chris) and getting piles (Mark). Join social media "sensations" (they have 300k followers, fewer than most cats) Chris Hall and Mark Bittlestone for an hour of jokes, then follow them @chrxstopher.hall and @poofsrus or find them selling their underwear for money on Grindr. Booking

Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay ManSex Tips

A Romantic Comedy. With Benefits. Direct from sell-out seasons Off-Broadway NYC and Las Vegas! Voted Best Comedy for Couples, @SexTipsPlay has been sharing its interactive, upbeat brand of comedy with audiences all across America for a decade, taking audiences on a hilarious ride where no topic is taboo and tips come straight from the source: a gay man. Booking

Russell ArathoonRussell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time

Russell's mum believes the whole pandemic is one huge elaborate excuse to get Bradley Walsh more airtime on British TV and Russell is just grateful for a chance to catch up on the Jurassic Park franchise on ITV2. Booking

The MP, Aunty Mandy and MeThe MP

A bittersweet tale of political campaigns, sexual consent and steam trains. Dom wants to be an #InstaGay and #Influencer but it’s hard in a small northern village five miles from the nearest gay. One day, a chance meeting with his MP turns his life upside down. Booking

GayboysGayboys

Two gay men are here to perform for your pleasure. They sigh, pout and flirt, caressing each other and objects from corporations that claim to adore them. Is this simply an intimate session for these boys and their fans, or is something more being consumed? Exhilarated and bewildered by what they are doing, the boys go through the motions, posing and selling themselves, trying to give you exactly what you want. But who's it all really for? Both the celebration and exploitation of queerness take centre stage in this cheeky exploration of contemporary gay male identity. Booking

Sam Morrison: Sugar DaddySam Morrison

US comedian Sam Morrison (The Drew Barrymore Show) grapples with the death of his partner. He makes grief hilarious through tales of love, diabetes and seagull attacks. Sugar Daddy is the highly anticipated follow up to his debut hour that met critical acclaim and was listed as part of the Best Jokes of the Fringe in The Independent. Booking

Why I Hate My PenisWhy I Hate My Penis

Because Grindr hookups never quite go to plan. Because your sister has the perfect boyfriend. Because nobody fucks harder than God. Why I Hate My Penis is a new monologue about the experience of growing up Black and gay from exciting young writer Sam Spencer. Jumping between past and present in a story of family tension, Grindr hook-ups, and closeted romance, Why I Hate My Penis spotlights the experience of growing up Black and gay in a refreshing take on the monologue form from exciting young writer Sam Spencer. Booking

Sam See: Government-Approved SexSam See

During the pandemic, the conservative Singapore government messed up and got a gay comic to run a series of sex and love panels in the National Library. Sam See (Comedy Central, MTV) returns to the Fringe to share what he's learnt in the politest show about sex that you can find. BDSM, men vs women and even stats and facts. Don't worry, it's all government approved. Booking

Soho BoySoho Boy

Young, trendy Spencer leaves home and hits Soho like a whirlwind in a journey of love, laughter, heartbreak and happiness. Working in a clothes store, partying at the weekend and busking on the streets. But all that glitter fades when Spencer finds love and stumbles into the darker side of the neon lights and tight white t-shirts. This modern tale of the gay scene which can be harsh and lonely surrounded by glamour, sex and songs. Booking

Ada Campe: Too Little, Too SoonAda Campe

Variety artiste Ada Campe decided to do some research into her family history during lockdown – and was delighted and intrigued by what she found! Join her for a show about wonderful women, surprising secrets and amphibian water ballets. Booking 

Avenue QAvenue Q

The cast are back and raring to bring this puppet extravaganza to life again. With songs including Fine Fine Line, If You Were Gay and My girlfriend Who lives in Canada! This is a foot-tapping, laugh-out-loud show performed with perfect timing and richness of performance. Booking

Becoming ChavelaBecoming Chavela

Iconic Mexican singer Chavela Vargas – a trailblazer who constantly broke the mold – was edgy in the 1990s and is totally relevant today because her story pushes so many hot topic buttons: gender issues, gay rights, immigration and Mexican culture. Songs of lust and longing and stories of her friendships with Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Liz Taylor and Pedro Almodóvar will intrigue and entertain you. Definitely a woman of substance. Becoming Chavela is a docu-cabaret performance of Chavela’s life and music, set within the art world and social milieu of mid-century Mexico City. Booking

The Chosen HaramThe Chosen Haram

An award-winning queer circus show from an Edinburgh-born artist. The Chosen Haram tells the story of two gay men and the barriers they must overcome. Expect a heady mix of love, drugs and Islam in this unique and complex take on circus. Performed on two Chinese poles this show is emotionally candid with moments of humour and joy. There is no traditional dialogue here – It does not need it. Booking

CottageCottage

One man walks into a public bathroom. Another follows. The play deals with one of the most shameful yet thrilling parts of queer history, setting the dilemma of public sex against the intricacies of private connection. It rejects the modern trends of sanitised queer stories by returning to examine authentic relationships and characters in an unflinching gaze at aspects of gay culture the twenty-first century may prefer to ignore. Booking

Dan Tiernan: CherubDan Tiernan

Dan Tiernan is a gay, Mancunian, dinner lady with dyspraxia but he's also the sweetest little angel that ever lived. After a sell-out run in 2021 Dan has had a big year winning multiple comedy awards whilst constantly resisting the urge to spontaneously join the Royal Marines. Expect 45 minutes of daft, high energy, gag heavy stand-up comedy. Booking

Existential QueerExistential Queer

An hour of raucous queer comedy hosted by award-winning comedians Kate Martin and Daniel Foxx. Join two of the UK’s most exciting new acts as they cover topics from growing up gay to bravely embracing oat milk. And with special guests hand-picked from the best LGBTQ acts at the Fringe, this is a show not to be missed. Whether it’s being mistaken for a man (Kate) or an elderly woman (Daniel), they’re here, they’re queer and they’re doing their best to overcome a deep sense of existential fear. Booking

Fabulett 1933Fabulet

A queer one-person musical featuring music, ideas and lives classified as 'degenerate' by the Nazis as well as original songs. Written and performed by Michael Trauffer and set at the transition from one of the most liberal societies of its time to one of the biggest tragedies in human history, Fabulett 1933 deals with the fragility of society's achievements and the struggle of visibility. Booking

The LOL WordThe LOL Word

Love queer comedy? Bored of cis male comedians? Don't worry, the queer women, trans and non-binary stand-up sensation is back with another epically gay show featuring incredible LGBTQ+ line-ups, absolutely no cis male comics and plenty of punching the patriarchy! The LOL Word is Chloe Petts, Jodie Mitchell, Shelf with special guests every show. Booking

Menkind LIVEmenkind LIVE

There'll be chat about masculinity: what it is, what it does. Straight-vs-gay badinage. Queerness. Profundity. Occasional filth. Sometimes, all of this at once. There'll also be at least one bit where Mark has to explain some dated reference like Sesame Street to his friend. Booking

Nancy Clench: If Your Symptoms Aren’t Life-Threatening, Please Hold!Nancy Clench

She’s back, the 6'5" towering Scottish drag legend Nancy Clench, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe. Expect tales from the pandemic, including her recent sabbatical working as a receptionist at her local doctor’s surgery. She's putting the agony in agony aunt, with her own medical woes involving gout, and as usual, this diva is ready to bestow some wisdom on to you to solve your problems. Booking

Ode To JoyOde to Joy (How Gordon got to go to the nasty pig party)

Gordon is homonormative and fears he might be pathologically boring until he meets Cumpig and Manpussy at a sex party in Leith. When they tell him about Europe's biggest gay sex party in Berlin, Gordon obviously wants to go, but can he really transform into a sex pig? A new LGBTQ play about love, friendship and Schokoladenkuchen. Booking

This Is Not Swan Lake…This Is Not Swan Lake

There is a long way from the love story between Prince Siegfried and the swan princess Odette in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, to the real-life marriage between Tchaikovsky and his beleaguered wife, Antonina. She was his devoted student at the Moscow Conservatory of Music and madly in love with him but Tchaikovsky was unable to confess that he was gay. In This Is Not Swan Lake..., we meet four dancers in a beautiful, touching and comic show. Dark, strange, unforgettable and with samples of the great score played live. We stand with Ukraine. Booking

Tom DeTrinisTom DeTrinis: I HATE NEW YORK

I HATE NEW YORK is a gay-tastic solo debut from self-professed rage-a-holic, Tom DeTrinis, that offers up a non-stop, hilarious litany of grievances. DeTrinis unmasks his singular views on everything from NYC to his huge family to cheese and finally, to himself. DeTrinis is angry and he wants you to know who, what, where, when and why! Booking

For Queen and CountryFor Queen And Country

Major Denis Rake MC was an actor recruited by Churchill's Special Operations Executive to spy on the Nazis in occupied Paris during WW2. Denis was told to be discreet, so he became a drag queen entertaining Nazi officers in a Parisian nightclub! Writer/director Paul Stone discovered Denis' story while making the BBC TV programme Secret Agent Selection and shines a light on the contribution of the LGBT+ community to WW2. Booking

Abby WambaughAbby Wambaugh and Bronwyn Sweeney

Funny Women finalist and runner-up share the hour in this split bill. Abby tells you all the truthful truth that Abby kind of understands about parenting, gender, fruit and furniture. ‘Tackles what could be a thorny, complex subject of identity with grace, underplayed charm and some great jokes’ (Chortle.co.uk). Bronwyn endeavours to be unforgettable and unskippable unlike the advertising she creates in her day job (everyone’s favourite thing to hate). 'Expect a set packed with natural charisma and full of gags… the finished package’ (Chortle.co.uk). Booking

Aidan Sadler: TropicanaAidan Sadler

Join queer cabaret icon Aidan Sadler as they take you on the award-winning journey to Tropicana! Nothing is safe from ridicule so be led on an exploration of body image, heteronormativity and sometimes wearing a dress round the house on a muggy day. Here, you'll experience belting 80's synth-pop nostalgia punctuated with world class stand-up comedy. Featuring electrifying 80's hits from Spandau Ballet to ABC, Tropicana returns to Fringe from its sell-out, extended run in 2021 to explore, bend and abuse the gender binary. Booking

AlokALOK

ALOK (they/them) is an internationally acclaimed writer, performer and public speaker. This is their new comedy and poetry show. A mixed-media artist, ALOK’s work explores themes of trauma, belonging and the human condition. Booking

And Then The Rodeo Burned DownAnd Then The Rodeo

The rodeo is the best place in the world. Why would someone burn it down? Anyone would be lucky to work there, especially Dale, who’s totally perfectly content with being a rodeo clown. He wouldn’t do a thing like that. Unfortunately, rodeos don’t burn down on their own. More unfortunately, everything is expensive: becoming a cowboy, finding the culprit, and even keeping the lights on. This alleged tale of arson fractures into the story of two clowns desperately trying to afford to put on a show. After all, we don’t have money to burn. Booking

Andrea SpistoAndrea Spisto: El Dizzy Beast

Are you just a teenage dirtbag, baby? Wanna watch weird vids and drink morning coffee with me, maybe? This is a show about a queer, autistic, Latinx, caterpillar on the edge. The edge of ultimate supertransmorphosis? Or the edge of the bed? Booking

Angela Bra: Life LessonsAngela Bra

Singer/songwriter, rising star on social media and part-time primary school music teacher, Miss Angela Bra invites you to share in her words of wisdom as an international online super sensation in the making. An hour of pop tunes, parodies and puns, it’s a shower of silliness in a world all too consumed with what other people think. Booking

Annie And AngelaAnnie and Angela’s Disco Divorce Party

Forty, single and ready to mingle; join lifelong friends, Annie Sup and Angela Bra, for a drag-infused comedy of musical mirth celebrating friendship and new beginnings on a bar crawl full of O-M-Gosh moments you’re unlikely to forget. With original tracks influenced by everything from hip hop to early nineties rave you’ll visit a cocktail bar, meet the local DJ and witness this try-hard party pair’s vision for the future. A new production from the creators of Andy Quirk and Anna J’s First World Problems. Booking

birthday girlBirthday Girl

This is a play about birthdays. It's also about growing up, the future and the inevitability of ageing – a prospect that you are finding increasingly unnerving. At its heart, birthday girl confronts fears of the future and how scary it can feel to grow older. Mixing together various anecdotes of birthdays past, it highlights how important these milestones are. For 45 minutes, we see inside the head of the otherwise unnamed birthday girl. We only know her age and that it is her birthday – other than that, this girl could be anyone, possibly even you. Booking


 

BEAUTY | Official Trailer...

A gifted young Black woman struggles to maintain her voice and identity after she’s offered a lucrative recording contract, setting off a fierce battle between her family, the label, and her closest friend to determine who will guide her as she makes the journey to become a star. Starring Niecy Nash, Giancarlo Esposito, Gracie Marie Bradley and Sharon Stone, BEAUTY is written by Lena Waithe and directed by Andrew Dosunmu.

Watch BEAUTY only on Netflix June 29

My Policeman - Teaser Trailer...

My Policeman, coming to select theaters on October 21 and Prime Video on November 4.

A beautifully crafted story of forbidden love and changing social conventions, My Policeman follows three young people – policeman Tom (Harry Styles), teacher Marion (Emma Corrin), and museum curator Patrick (David Dawson)– as they embark on an emotional journey in 1950s Britain. Flashing forward to the 1990s, Tom (Linus Roache), Marion (Gina McKee), and Patrick (Rupert Everett) are still reeling with longing and regret, but now they have one last chance to repair the damage of the past. Based on the book by Bethan Roberts, director Michael Grandage carves a visually transporting, heart-stopping portrait of three people caught up in the shifting tides of history, liberty, and forgiveness.

Cannes 2022 Awards...

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Here are all the winners, the jury were either divided or a bit confused...too many ties!

Palme d'Or (Golden Palm):
Triangle of Sadness directed by Ruben Östlund

Grand Prix (Runner Up):
Close directed by Lukas Dhont
(tied with) Stars as Noon directed by Claire Denis

Jury Prize:
The Eight Mountains (Le Otto Montagne) dir. by Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch
(tied with) EO directed by Jerzy Skolimowski

Best Director:
Park Chan-wook for Decision to Leave (Heojil Kyolshim)

Best Screenplay:
Tarik Saleh for Boy From Heaven (Walad Min Al Janna)

75th Anniversary Prize:
Tori and Lokita directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

Camera d'Or (First-Time Filmmaker):
War Pony directed by Riley Keough & Gina Gammell

Best Leading Actress:
Zar Amir-Ebrahimi in Ali Abbasi's Holy Spider

Best Lead Actor:
Song Kang-ho in Hirokazu Koreeda's Broker

Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard Prize:
The Worst Ones (Les Pires) directed by Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret

Jury Prize:
Joyland directed by Saim Sadiq

Best Director:
Alexandru Belc for Metronom

Best Screenplay:
Maha Haj for Mediterranean Fever

Best Performance:
Vicky Krieps in Marie Kreutzer's Corsage
(tied with) Adam Bessa in Lotfy Nathan's Harka

«Coup de Cœur » Prize:
Rodeo directed by Lola Quivoron

MOONAGE DAYDREAM - Official Teaser Trailer...

A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie’s creative and musical journey.

From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.

Five years in the making and featuring never-before-seen footage, experience it in theaters and IMAX this Fall.

Bros | Official NSFW Trailer...

Only In Theaters September 30

This fall, Universal Pictures proudly presents the first romantic comedy from a major studio about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They're both very busy.

From the ferocious comic mind of Billy Eichner (Billy on the Street, 2019's The Lion King, Difficult People, Impeachment: American Crime Story) and the hitmaking brilliance of filmmakers Nicholas Stoller (the Neighbors films, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Judd Apatow (The King of Staten Island, Trainwreck, The Big Sick), comes Bros, a smart, swoony and heartfelt comedy about how hard it is to find another tolerable human being to go through life with.

Queer Palm 2022 Nominees...

Queer Palm 2022Some very interesting film:

LONGS METRAGES / FEATURES

SELECTION OFFICIELLE / COMPETITION

LES AMANDIERS de Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

CLOSE de Lukas Dhont

ZHENA CHAILOVSKOGO de Kirill Serebrennikov

PACIFICTION de Albert Serra

 

SELECTION OFFICIELLE / UN CERTAIN REGARD

BURNING DAYS de Emin Alper

JOYLAND de Saim Sadiq

LE BLEU DU CAFTAN de Maryam Touzani

RODEO de Lola Quivoron

 

SELECTION OFFICIELLE / SEANCE SPECIALE

RIPOSTE FEMINISTE de Marie Perrenès et Simon Depardon

 

SELECTION OFFICIELLE / SEANCE DE MINUIT

MOONAGE DAYDREAM de Brett Morgen

 

SELECTION OFFICIELLE / CANNES PREMIERE

DODO de Panos H. Koutras

IRMA VEP de Olivier Assayas

CHRONIQUE D’UNE LIAISON PASSAGERE de Emmanuel Mouret

 

QUINZAINE DES REALISATEURS

FEU FOLLET de Joao Pedro Rodrigues

UN VARON de Fabian Hernandez

LES 5 DIABLES de Léa Mysius

LA DÉRIVE DES CONTINENTS (AU SUD) de Lionel Baier

 

COURTS METRAGES / SHORT MOVIES

Sélection officielle

LE FEU AU LAC de Pierre Menahem

GAKJIL de Sujin Moon

 

La Cinef (ex-Cinéfondation)

FENG ZHENG (The Silent Whistle) de LI Yingtong

THE PASS de Pepi Ginsberg

MUMLIFE de Ruby Challenger

 

Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

ARIBADA de Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau et Natalia Escobar

Des Jeunes Filles Enterrent Leur Vie de Maïté Sonnet

 

Semaine de la Critique

LAS CRIATURAS QUE SE DERRITEN BAJO EL SOL (Les Créatures qui fondent au soleil) de Diego Céspedes

Will You Look at Me (Dang Wo Wang Xiang Ni De Shi Hou / Regarde-Moi) de Shuli Huang

On Xerxes’ Throne (Sur le trône de Xerxès) de Evi Kalogiropoulou

SWAN DANS LE CENTRE de Iris Chassaigne

HIDEOUS de Yann Gonzalez


 

Iris Prize Documentary Film Fund shortlist 2022...

IRIS PRIZE DOCUMENTARY FILM FUND

Organisers of Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival have today (Wednesday 4 May 2022) announced details of the five shortlisted projects through to the final stage to be the first film commissioned by the new Iris Prize Documentary Film Finance Fund.

The Film Fund is sponsored by FROOT and Aberystwyth University who have committed to invest £20,000 in the final film. The purpose of the fund is to support queer British documentary filmmakers – with a particular emphasis on those from underrepresented groups.

THE FIVE SHORTLISTED FILMS ARE:

The Urban Wolf
Cherish Oteka

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Creative documentary that follows a Black and queer person as they challenge society’s and their family’s conditional tolerance of them.


A Chinese love story (working title)
Shanshan Chen

A Chinese Love Story - Iris Prize Documantary

Qiuyan, a Chinese LGBT+ activist in London, fights David’s battle against the goliath of bureaucracy to bring her girlfriend Bling from China while trying to reconcile with her estranged family.


The Cashmere Kids
Tin Vlainić and Brian Mullin

The Cashmere Kids

Long before Queer Eye, the ‘Cashmere Kids’ were a carefree cleaning company run by gay men in the 1970s, redoing London’s finest interiors whilst improvising new lives of sexual liberation.


Sibling
Jay Bedwani

Jay - Documentary Fund

A character led observational documentary following three LGBTQIA+ skate enthusiasts as they navigate male dominated skateparks in the UK.


Some Girls Hate Dresses!
Somina ‘Mena’ Fombo

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A nostalgic look into the black British tomboys from yesteryear told through the lens of queer black women who wore the label with pride throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s.


 

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