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The Other Database...

We do strive to include every film that has been screened at the LGBT film festivals around the world.

Life does become a little more difficult when they [the films] don’t have an IMDb entry...therefore, they end up here...films in dire need of publicity/promotion/marketing...

2022 - UPDATED: December 2023

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

 

 

 

 

 

NotMeAnymore
#NotMeAnymore

Kaspersilas Crystallando

2022

Denmark / 4 mins
Based on a true story. Taking the final steps to become her authentic self, a transgendered woman returns to find love lost. Broken and sad, only her true reflection saves the day.

(In)Visible Night

Iwidobo Kollektiv

2022

Germany / 11 mins
Dieser kurze Film aus Hamburg fragt, was passiert, wenn wir uns aus der Gesellschaft zurückziehen und in die Unsichtbarkeit verschwinden.

This short film from Hamburg asks what happens when we withdraw from society and disappear into invisibility.

(para)site

Baiba Sprance

2022

UK / 11 mins
(para)site is an ongoing, multi-stranded artistic project by zack mennell. The project reflects on class, disability, queerness & ecology through the lens of zack’s experience. The (para)site works emerge through zack’s psychogeographic explorations of sites of industrial, working-class history, where they scavenge for materials and undertake strange performative actions.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/802611980

Welcoming
(Wel)Coming In

Emmanuelle Roberge

2022

Canada / 7 mins
(Wel)Coming In is a dance video honouring the process of coming out for LGBTQ+ people while also extending an invitation to openness to others.

3 Giuseppe Capudi
"3"

Giuseppe Capudi

2022

Italy / 12:40 mins
Watch… https://youtu.be/JCQTwGZ1YrQ

23rd September Sombit Naskar
23rd September

Sombit Naskar

2022

India / 11 mins
Dodo awakes at a sudden phone call and acknowledges the same with haste, but soon recognizes the voice and begins the conversation. The man on the other side of the call unintentionally nudges Dodo to question his decision of getting married ignoring his once true love. Suddenly, the phone disconnects leaving Dodo with a hodgepodge of emotions and regrets.

A Bitch of a Race

Danielle Dawn DiVito,
Aubrey Leigh DiVito

2022

USA / 17 mins
Cyclist Anna Lena Kempen gave life to the idea for The Frigid Bitch Race over 9 years ago because there wasn’t a space for her in the male-dominated cycling field. She wanted to create an inclusive space for women (and quickly realized the importance of including all underrepresented genders). The race would be harder, longer, colder and more terrible and awesome than other races, and it would be just for us.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/705795994

A Diarys First Page
A Diary's First Page

Hriday Rao Chauhan

2022

India / 30 mins
An unexpected meeting at a party takes Ahan and Prabhat back to where it all began. They reminisce about the good old times while walking in the park and eventually head to Ahan’s flat for a few more drinks. Flashbacks from the past strike Prabhat as he looks at that corner where the two of them used to hang out before. Meanwhile Ahan discovers the diary that he gave Prabhat a long time ago. Prabhat still carries it.
Trailer... https://youtu.be/1iQldApdU14?si=edhwEoPxBgJOe8_J 

A Dying Dream /
Somnus

Johan Gayraud

2022

France / 18 mins
Three young friends are preparing the end of the year party. They will try to live their last love stories, as tomorrow will never come.

A Flor De Piel
A Flor de Piel

Andor Polgár

2022

Netherlands / 4 mins
An experimental short film shot entirely on an analog 35mm rangefinder camera. The title is a Spanish idiomatic expression that literally translates to “like the flower of skin“. The phrase conveys an overt display of emotion. It is similar to the English expression of “wearing one's heart on one's sleeve“.

A Handbag 2022
A Handbag /
Una Cartera

Daniela Miranda

2022

Chile / 6 mins
A deep dive into the absurdity of gender policing and identity suppression in Latin American as told through the handbag.

A Heart Full Of Black
A Heart Full of Black /
Un Cuore Colmo di Nero

Nero Morabito

2022

Italy / 7 mins
Vittoria is a homosexual girl who is bullied at school for her sexuality.
She writes everything that happens to her in a diary.
Watch… https://filmfreeway.com/AHEARTFULLOFBLACK

A Home For My Heart
A Home for My Heart

Sankhajit Biswas

2022

India / 61 mins
An intimate portrayal of Sudeb Suvana, a transgender, who undergoes Gender Affirmative Surgery in order to negotiate the conflict of body and mind.
This decision creates turmoil in her family, who fear societal backlash. As love remains elusive as always, Sudeb realizes that the surgery could not change her destiny as a transgender, forcing her to reconcile with the reality anew.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/672401647

A Journey to Pride

Christopher Wesley Moore

2022

USA / 57 mins
After a decade of not having a pride in Jackson, Mississippi, a local pride committee is formed to plan the largest and safest pride Mississippi has ever had as the COVID pandemic threatens to cancel the event for the third time.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/w92G7yuGK3U

A Letter to Myself – Valerie

Omar Gabriel

2022

Lebanon, Canada / 10 mins
Valerie Saliba shares her personal battle to embrace her gay son. Through this journey, she finds her own voice as a courageous woman in a conservative country.

A Painfully Obvious Miscommunication in Teenage Romance

Joe Tufte

2022

USA / 13 mins
A quirky, campy, queer rom-com following two best friends in their senior year of high school, struggling to explain their true feelings to each other after a miscommunication.

A Pearl In The Ocean
A Pearl in the Ocean

Vasundhara Jadhav

2022

India / 13 mins
A documentary about Tushar Roy, a confident 19-year old, homosexual boy who likes to belly dance.

A Place on the Edge of Breath

Veronica Rutledge

2022

USA / 29 mins
The relationship between an Anishinaabe trans man and a white trans woman is tenderly documented in this lyrical and intimate expression of love.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/809799511

A Priest Is Not Gay
A Priest Is Not Gay /
Ein Priester Ist Nicht Schwul

Giuliano Spagnolo

2022

Germany / 22 mins
The world of Frank Kribber, a catholic priest, is turned upside when his best friend of many years dies and a letter from the deceased suddenly appears.
Watch... EIN PRIESTER IST NICHT SCHWU | A PRIEST MUST NOT BE GAY on Vimeo

A Revelação

Jaime Queiroz

2022

Brazil
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/688943328

A Space for Us

Seed Meyer Minkin,
Emory Rose Harger

2022

USA / 19 mins
Queer & Trans Youth + Allies summer camp provides life-affirming community and self-discovery in nature.

About them

Bruna Arcangelo

2022

Brazil / 14 mins
An immersion in different female alliances, portraying mutual support movements in which different women participate and strengthen the links and the support network, showing that female liberation is not individual, but collective.

Abundance /
Abondance

Milo Rivard

2022

Canada / 6 mins
The movements of the water unite with those of the dance, moving the filmmaker to finally recognize himself in it.

Acceptance

Mik Stolz

2022

Canada / 9 mins
The film features a group of teenagers at a house party: Kenna is the nerdiest of them all, with her weirdly-shaped glasses. One of her friends tells her that Matt likes her, but her mind is only set on Claire, her best friend. Who has left her too soon.

Accompagne poster
Accompagne

Liam Laurenti

2022

France / 4 mis
Confrontation entre un adolescent transgenre et sa mère lors d’un trajet en conduite accompagnée.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/816491312

Adan Ya No Existe
Adam Is No More /
Adán ya no existe

David Arias Sanguino

2022

Argentina, Colombia / 15 mins
Antonio, after a day’s work in his taxi, receives a call to make the last trip of the day, when the passenger gets in, he discovers that it is a reunion with his past. Antonio will have to decide what to do
Trailer… https://youtu.be/p5eWByeC7KU?si=Rlyz0y-m2ozii45t

Admit One

Vieira Vasco

2022

UK / 3 mins
Charlie’s in love. They go on a not-so-ordinary date, but what’s so good about ordinary anyway?
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/842214639

After Matter Come Energy 2022
After Matter Come Energy

Nicky Lisa Lapierre,
Nour Beetch

2022

Belgium / 19 mins
A multi-coloured and soaring sketch of a loving intimacy that deconstructs more than pornography.

Al Diablo

Bex Nitti

2022

USA / 3:34 mins
Three queer couples in Downtown L.A. have tender moments in their safe place when they are abruptly interrupted by sirens and anti-trans propaganda that fills the air. In this moment, they choose to push past their fear and join their community as they find strength in who they are.

Aldeviar

Eduardo Gabriel Torino Merino,
Esteban Chuytón Sanchez

2022

Perú / 13 mins
El documental «Aldeviar» sigue la historia de una joven drag queen llamada Nia. El documental muestra el proceso creativo de Nia mientras trabaja en su vestuario, ensayos y finalmente su actuación final. El documental invita al espectador a adentrarse en el mundo del drag y descubrir la pasión y el talento detrás de esta forma de arte única.

Alex Jean Pierre Huot
Alex

Jean-Pierre Huot

2022

Canada / 18 mins
A prostitute becomes friends with an old woman who is his complete opposite. This friendship deeply transforms the young man. However, she keeps a grave secret that will upset their relationship.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/9oUguG43vGE

Alfi Raz Bdv
Alfi
שבי

Raz Bdv

 2022

Israel / 22 mins
16 years old Noga is trying to write a speech for the Animal-Liberation demonstration, with the help of Lea, an older activist. Noga imagines a world without oppression, while struggling with her new found desire. 
Trailer... ALFI (Shevi) trailer on Vimeo 

All the Pretty People

Lucky Marvel

2022

USA / 13 mins
Set in the Land of the Freaks and the Home of the Depraved, Sam and Adrian, a young queer couple growing apart, endure a dystopian date night at The Country Club, a patriotic floorshow promoted by Adrian’s enigmatic sugar daddy, Fox.

Allison Wonder, Master of Dolls

Eric Slade 2022

USA / 10 mins
Allison Wonder’s Beaverton, Oregon apartment is a magical fairyland – floor to ceiling shelves filled with dolls and their accessories. “The thing I love most about dolls,” he says,“is that I can do pretty much anything I want, it’s just in miniature.” He creates custom costumes, props and sets for his   dolls then takes them on location for elaborate photo shoots. Growing up in small town Michigan, Allison wasn’t allowed to play with dolls. Today he never leaves home without one.   
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/760492239

Alma, A Worldly Woman of Indomitable Spirit /
ALMA, neuklonljiva ženska

Andrej Kamnik 2022

Slovenia / 11 mins
This short animated film is based on the previously published book by Huiqin Wang, entitled Little Alma on the Great Road (2020). The story is about her peculiar personality, her youth, her staymins in Japan and her work and life there. The film summarizes the personality of Alma Karlin, part of her journey around the world, and shows feelings that we did not know about her. The genre of the animation could be defined as a poetic document by the cosmopolitan and writer Alma Karlin.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/FLAPLRAHXLM?si=VvFxMZda5807DzOc

Alsanar Alo
Alsanar Alo

Koyel Ghosh 2022

India
This is the story of Alsana or Alo - a 15 year old, female bodied individual. Alo is a 9th grader at a co-educational school. The story begins at Alo’s home where everyone is looking for them but they are nowhere to be found. Finally, Alo’s sister finds a letter in their room.
The rest of the story revolves around their gender journey which is encapsulated within the content of a letter written by Alo to their family.

Amazones Dhier Lesbiennes Daujourdhui 40 Ans Plus Tard
Amazones d'hier, Lesbiennes d'aujourd'hui. 40 Ans Plus Tard

Dominique Bourque,
Julie Vaillancourt,
Johanne Coulombe

2022

Canada / 57 mins
Amazones d'hier, Lesbiennes d'aujourd'hui. 40 ans plus tard offers a return in images to the creation of AHLA, Amazones d'hier, Lesbiennes d'aujourd'hui, a lesbian collective at the origin of the video of the same name shot in 1979 and also the eponymous magazine published between 1982 and 2014. Based on interviews conducted in May 2021 as well as archive footage, this documentary highlights the four founding members of the collective.
Trailer... Amazones d’Hier, Lesbiennes d’aujourd’hui: 40 ans plus tard (Bande-annonce) on Vimeo

Amor By Night
Amor By Night

Henrique Arruda 2022 Brazil / 19 mins
Em um futuro próximo, vozes se apaixonam, e amores serão frequências.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/720074298

Amplificadas

Sonia Bertotti,
Veronica Facchini
2022

Argentina / 83 mins
En Amplificadas la música de diferentes generaciones marca un ritmo posible para el cambio social.
En la colonia de rock de “Chicas Amplificadas” infancias y adolescencias arman su propia banda y componen una canción que tocaran en un recital en vivo. Chicas y chiques aprenden en un clima de confianza y de respeto por la diversidad.
En el festival musical Dilda varias y varies artistas se empoderan en el escenario, ganándole espacio al heterocispatriarcado.

An Alarippu

Talin Subbaraya 2022 India / 10 mins
"An Alarippu" is a piece that tries to bind my experiences of sexuality around the city and of learning and performing the alarippu itself. Both these experiences were and are bound by the idea of exploration.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/2gP4qESk648

An Honest Life

Richard O’connor 2022 USA / 2 mins
When Jeffrey Perri was nine years old, his grandfather, Tony Perri, came out to him as gay. At StoryCorps, grandfather and grandson share memories of their respective coming out journeys and reflect on how much they mean to each other.
Watch… https://youtu.be/U49RrJMPB5Q?si=eD79_obIrWGiSMc5

An Ordinary Day
An Ordinary Day /
Un Jour Ordinaire

Afaf El Haddioui 2022

Canada / 1:51 mins
A portrait of a non-binary person living in Montréal and their journey of self-discovery.

Anandros
Anandros

Yanis Crom 2022

Greece / 22 mins
In a Greek town, a gay teen, suffocated within his social surroundings, uses art as a secret escape in order to express himself. However, the unexpected outing of his sexuality leads to a family turmoil letting violence define the limits of freedom.

Anita

Stewart Jeffers 2022

USA / 7 mins
When Levi receives a pressuring phone call from his mother regarding marriage, he is left wondering why he hasn’t fallen in love. In an act of desperation, he follows his roommate Brandi to a mysterious club where he meets Anita. Will this act of desperation lead to love?

Anita Anota
Anita Anota

Carola Arbós 2022 Argentina / 18 mins
Ana, raised in the bosom of a structured family, goes through her adolescence. Between drawings and emotions, she tells us about a Friday in her life, where everything that has been postponed appears and only the truth can save her from herself.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/5Xu8VYrhYqY

Another Sunday poster
Another Sunday /
Un diumenge qualsevol

Eugenia Sampedro 2022

Spain / 11 mins
Júlia experiences sexual affection relationships very differently from Clara, her partner. This fact will cause her to doubt, making them realize that they no longer share the same lifestyle and, moreover, will end up questioning their own relationship.

Antígônadá

Dora Longo Bahia 2022

Brazil / 120 mins
Após a morte de seus dois irmãos, Antígona e Ismênia refletem sobre as leis de “Deus” e as leis do Estado, os direitos dos cidadãos e dos socialmente excluídos. Tomando a obra “Antígona” de Sófocles como ponto de partida, “Antígônadá” trata da situação política atual, e explora o aspecto revolucionário da personagem principal, uma mulher que desafia a ordem social estabelecida.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/869821543

Tout Ce Que Tu Veux
Anything You Want /
Tout ce que tu veux

Faust Lust Smiatek 2022

France / 5 mins
As she struggles to communicate with her girlfriend during sex, a young woman dives back into a childhood memory that troubles her.
Trailer... Tout ce que tu veux - Faust Lust Smiatek on Vimeo 

Aphrodite 2022
Aphrodite
אפרודיטה

Aseel Joron   2022 Israel / 11 mins
Shahd is longing for love. Ziad, her gay best friend, has been there for her, but she always wanted more. After a night of drunkenness and mixed signals, Shahd makes a move, taking them to the verge of vulnerability, attraction and love. 

Arm Wrestling Championship 2022

Rosie Poebright 2022

UK / 4 mins

Get a front row seat at Bristol Butch Bar’s annual arm wrestling championship, celebrating butch strength, solidarity and community.

As Leaves in the Wind

Sofia Luz

2022

Spain / 10:56 mins
Two trans women, one from Equatorial Guinea and one from Honduras, tell their stories of migrating to Spain.

As We Hold Hands
As We Hold Hands

Clementine Narcisse

2022

USA, 7 min
Over the course of one day, a model falls in love with a photographer.

As Velas Do Monte Castelo
As Velas do Monte Castelo

Lanna Carvalho

2022

Brazil / 16 mins
Família, luz, escuro, calor, castelo e velas

Asians Have Feelings Too
Asians Have Feelings Too

The Mollusc Dimension,
Darius Shu

2022

UK / 4:25 mins
A stranded dreamer, a bored typist and a defiant, transqueerian space captain attempt to rediscover joy in a fantastical #StopAsianHate music video propelled by dance and animation.

Ask Me If... /
Chiedimi Se…

Margherita Fiengo Pardi

2022

Italy / 18 mins
Il titolo è già una scelta programmatica: raccontare dall’interno, e non dall’esterno, una famiglia omogenitoriale. Diciannove anni di vita familiare, ma anche un dolce tributo alla storia d’amore tra due donne che hanno scelto di diventare madri.

Assemblé

Cristina Mariné

2022

USA / 6 mins
Isabel, a talented ballet dancer, struggles to prioritize her identity and her love for dance.
Watch... Assemblé on Vimeo 

Assembling Myself

Yumi Maes

2022

Netherlands / 9 mins
How to exist with a society that puts you into boxes.

At His Whim
At His Whim

Jamal Phoenix,
Daddy Anansi

2022

USA / 8 mins
The air is hot and heavy with the smell of sex and leather after Daddy Anansi puts good boy Jamal Phoenix at his service. These two gear-freaks unleash their desire for each other and transform this casual sunday stroll into a kinky playground and space of worship.

At Home Among Strangers

Asya Gorbacheva

2022

USA / 24 mins
his intimate observational portrait of Sasha Smirnov, a gay asylum seeker, explores the steep price of freedom after coming out publicly in Russia.

Ate A Luz Voltar
Até a luz voltar

Alana Ferreira

2022

Brazil / 23 mins
Nino vive na pequena cidade de Nova Canaã. Em meio aos obstáculos da vida, ela busca na religiosidade e nas expressões de sua sexualidade formas de se ver livre da sensação de abandono e exploração.

Aurora
Aurora

Tzu Tung Chen

2022

UK
Aurora bumps into an attractive and passionate photographer, Elaine, who leads her on a journey of finding beauty in life.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/YqrSBjOaDck?si=sfFZ-Qs33bDu4u3f

Ava

Youssef Youssef

2022

Switzerland / 17 mins
Ava recently decided to come out as transgender. With sweetness and virtuosity, she invites us to discover her world. Painter by day and drag queen by night, her creativity has no limits.

Ave Maria Giulia Tomasini
Ave Maria

Giulia Tomasini 2022  Brasil / 7:25 mins
En la búsqueda de encontrarse a sí misma, Alicia es despertada por deseos arriesgados y liberadores que mueven la monotonía de su vida cotidiana en el convento. 

Ave Maria

Hail Mary 2022

Spain / 9 mins
Marie, a devout Christian, goes to church to confess and speak to her priest. Marie tells him that her daughter has adopted a child and that they intend to baptize him. The priest, delighted, agrees to baptize the child until he discovers that the mother is a lesbian. From then on, the priest refused to officiate the baptism and began a discussion with his parishioner.

Ave Maria

Pê Moreira 2022

Brazil / 25 mins
After her father’s early death, Maria spends a year away from her family. On Christmas Eve, she returns and the reunion with her home, her mother, her brothers and her grandmother reactivates memories and renews relationships.
Após a morte precoce do pai, Maria passa um ano longe. Na véspera de Natal deste ano, ela volta, e o reencontro com a casa e a família reativa memórias e abre espaço para a reimaginação das relações.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/877854729

Azulejos
Azulejos

Maria Paula Arboleda 2022 USA / 19 mins
A young woman, Daniela, visits her grandmother to tell her some important news.
Trailer… Azulejos Trailer on Vimeo

Babsi Adler

Diana Šikalieva 2022

Slovenia / 11 mins
A short portrait documentary about Babsi Adler, a slovenian drag queen.

Baby Teeth 2022
Baby Teeth

Joey Massa 2022 USA / 8 mins
Baby Teeth looks at a young girl experiencing her first loose tooth. Nervously, she asks her mother what will happen, and her mother tells her about the tooth fairy. The film explores attraction, becoming, and desire in girlhood, topics often only depicted in media representations of boyhood.

Baby Trans

Aimé Majeau Beauchamp 2022 Canada / 12 mins
Paradoxe offers a portrait of Laure, a gentle but intense soul. As she begins feminizing hormone therapy, Laure learns to tame the bodily, emotional and identity changes she’s experiencing.

Babygurls Big Birthday Bang
Babygurl’s Big Birthday Bang

Mahx Capacity 2022 Germany / 15 mins
Manon Praline is turning 40 and for her birthday, her sweet and sadistic Leather Family planned a very special celebration. Seven eager tops await their precious babygurl--eager to devour her like cake with their hands, mouths, tools, and toys. Manon thanks her family profusely as they each take their turn wishing her a very happy birthday.
Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/BabygurlsBigBirthdayBang

Backgammon

Jack Wake-Walker 2021

UK / 7:40 mins
When a phone-obsessed city girl visits her rural home village, her mother forces her to make a life-changing decision.

Bad Lesbian
Bad Lesbian

Ava Palmo,
Madeline Johnson,
Olivia Muse
2022

USA / 33:42 mins
When she was a sophomore in college, Olivia Muse endured an emotionally abusive relationship with her first girlfriend. Four years later, Olivia still can’t help but wonder: “Did that happen to me because I’m a bad lesbian?” Since when did abuse happen in the queer community? And why isn’t anyone talking about this?

Now, Olivia is tired of the silence. Through documenting her own recovery, Olivia challenges the narrative of abuse, empowers other survivors, and tries to motivate change in a community from within.

Ballroom

Camilla Pérez Rojas 2022

Perú / 8 mins
La escena de Ballroom en Perú se encuentra en un momento de crecimiento constante. Las marikas del ballroom saben que su existencia puede incomodar a algunos, pero eso no es un impedimento para ser, expresarse y sentirse como desean.
Después de aproximadamente cuatro años de grabación documental, Julius Prince de la Casa Kiki Prince cuenta un poco sobre este desarrollo que surge a partir de la resistencia, la lucha y el apoyo familiar y emocional para salir adelante.

Barbeles
Barbelés

Youpron 2022

France / 8 mins
Un film de love à partir d'images tournées au microscope, de cruising dans les bois , de Hand Spinner et de sexy sur un son relaxant de cascade et de dérapage de motos.

Batidinha de Fruta

Ediyporn,
Hiperlinque
2022

Brazil / 18 mins
Between fruit and kisses, Cyber heats up the ass of Gabs with slaps and a spanking. Sucking and with deep touches, Cyber takes their partner to ecstasy.

Be My Player 2
Be My Player 2

Emily Stewart 2022

UK / 2:01 mins
A short film that follows a girl trying to confess her love, but her fears turn out to be much more large and intimidating than she thought.
Will fighting a dragon be easier than admitting her feelings?
Watch... Be My Player 2 on Vimeo 

Becoming Chavela
Becoming Chavela

Joyce Callo

2022

USA / 17 mins
"Becoming Chavela” is a film adapted from the docu-cabaret about iconic Mexican singer Chavela Vargas' life and music, set within the art world and social milieu of mid-century Mexico City when it was the cultural capital of Latin America.

Becoming Creature
Becoming Creature

Zoë Marden

2022

UK / 8 mins
Watch… https://filmfreeway.com/BecomingCreature

Behind The Door
Behind the Door

Natalia Sara Skorupa

2022

Poland / 6 mins
A short story about two queer people living in Poland. Because the country condemns being queer, only at home, behind closed doors, can Andrea and Kornel be themselves. It's a slightly mocking story in which they make fun of stereotypes about queer people.
Watch… https://filmfreeway.com/Behindthedoor822

Belle Is Poque
Belle is Poque /
A Bela é Poc

Eric Lima

2022

Brazil / 13 mins
Belinho, a poque (homosexual) boy who lives with his father and supports him, is a great lover of France and dreams of being an artist like the cabaret divas he admires. After a turning point in his life, a fatality happens and leads him to live his biggest dream.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/ondemand/abelapoc

Belong To Anat
Belongs to Anat
שייך לענת

 Yuval Barnea  2022 Israel / 17 mins
Marva (27yo) wakes up to find that on every item in her home there’s a note that reads “Belongs to Anat”. Realising that her partner Anat has left her and that she is on her own, she goes on a journey asking people for guidance. When that fails, in a desperate attempt, she sings Anat a love song, in the lobby of her office building. 

Best Friends

Miriam Moreno,
Pablo Soto
2022 Spain / 4 mins
Dos amigos charlan en una fiesta sobre la superficialidad y el gusto por otras personas, pero uno de ellos oculta un gran secreto.
Trailer... BEST FRIENDS | Trailer | Short Film on Vimeo

Beyond the Blues

Debalina Majumdar 2022

India / 55 mins
What does it mean to not just break binaries, but to queer them too. When Neel decides to transition from his assigned gender at birth he is rendered homeless having to leave his parental home. But does he find the expected/promised shelter in his affirmed gender? Does he find familiarity in his chosen-lived life? Beyond the blues is a journey of breaking and unmaking binaries, never quite settling down in the comfort of borders and categorisations. It is the story of finding love and resilience in quiet corners, feline kinships and vibrant colors of the rainbow. It is a promise to hold hands, walk in strength and solidarity, to facilitate newer journeys.

Bienvenides A La House
Bienvenides a la House

Beatriz Del Caz,
Sam Rausell,
Fabián Muñoz

2022

Spain / 19 mins
Cansadas de no tener un lugar seguro donde vivir su identidad, un variopinto grupo de artistas queer se juntan para construir la primera casa cultural y refugio LGTBIQ+ de València. Sin dinero y con muchas ganas, se arman de plumas, pelucas, mucha ilusión y brillo para crear un lugar seguro para todes.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/ZpIawrSHL1M

Beyond Masks
Beyond Masks /
Além das Máscaras

Letícia Lopez Rangueri,
Lucas Brassanini Flores,
Carolina Bonformagio Da Silva

2022

Brazil / 11 mins
While playing rivals Harlequin and Pierrot in a play, passionate actors Tetra and Lester live a secret love offstage. Tetra takes her role intensely seriously, maintaining her character at all times and hiding her relationship with Lester. Afraid of rejection, Tetra begins to lose her own identity and puts her relationship with Lester at risk, having no choice but to show who she really is.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/718341413/a4f7c59788

Big Science

Naama Shmueli

2022

Israel / 9 mins
After leaving Daria and moving to study in New York, Alisha returns to visit Israel. In a so-called friendly hang at the museum they try to find their way to a last intimate moment together.

Bind

Yané Garcia

2022

USA / 33 mins
A celebratory documentary about bodily autonomy, BIND allows space for trans individuals to discuss the joys and pains of binding.
Watch… https://youtu.be/_qx7yZAr0BI

Bitter September
Bitter September / Septembre Amer

Sophia Farantatou

2022

Switzerland / 26 mins
After the assassination of the Greek-American LGBTQ activist, Zak Kostopoulos, his childhood friend, Sophia Farantatou, returns to Greece and finds herself stuck in a dead end. Between the media storytelling and her own archive footage from her friend, Sophia has no choice but to isolate and reflect on the meaning of memory.

Black Church

Nichole Marie Lim

2022

USA / 3 mins
A trans poet laments about his life in the black church, being a father and an outcast.
Watch... https://youtu.be/YI-3dl6s4go?si=PJ47-R1sXjjTYaY_ 

Black Dog
Black Dog

Firat Uran

2022

Turkey / 10:58 mins
Ege and Berk are introduced by Rana. These two men, who are as different as Batman and the Joker from each other, sleep together the night they meet. Ege learns the details of Berk's trauma and depression: Black Dog. When everything is going well, Ege tells Berk that he loves him. Thereupon, Berk decides not to meet with Ege.

Black Rainbow Love
Black Rainbow Love

Angela Harvey

2022

USA / 40 mins
Black Rainbow Love shares the stories of the black LBGTQ+ community in a way that has never been done before. The authentic and transparent stories of love, intimacy, friendship, spirituality, marriage, self-care, community, purpose, and were extracted from the 17 interviews of 28 lovers. The stories reflect the real lives of real people from a community whose culturally relevant stories aren’t being told, seen, shared, or discussed.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/8RA7hv9smoo

Blackfellas Who Can't Dance

Enoch Mailangi

2022

Australia / 8 mins
Two men dance around their desire for each other at the gym as they discover they’re fundamentally different people, in this comedy-drama.

Blind Cory Nixon
Blind

Cory Nixon

2022

USA / 19 mins
A blended group of close friends discover unforeseen things about each other over the course of a tense Halloween week in 2020.

Blind Angels:
Durham, North Carolina

Umbreen Butt

2022

USA / 8 mins
In Durham, North Carolina, a vibrant and diverse queer chosen family has formed around José Romero, a charismatic organizer who is living with HIV. Together, in a place with unique and daunting challenges, José and their friends are modeling grassroots change, working together to create a community of love, activism, and mutual support.
Watch…here

Blind Date

Jan Soldat

2022

Germany / 12 mins
Ein Blind Date zu dritt. Zwei vor und einer hinter der Kamera.

Blind Date Mona Khaouli 2022
Blind Date
Mona Khaouli 2022

France / 12 mins
Awkward 27-year-old May has a blind date with June. All she knows about June is that she will be wearing pink socks for their meeting. On the way there, May’s phone is destroyed in the most absurd of circumstances. Shocked and appalled, May decides to make her way to the date anyway: after all, June shouldn’t be that hard to find. To May’s surprise, the café is teeming with women, only women, all wearing pink socks. Which one of them is June? How will May find her without making an absolute fool of herself?

blk Naforest Lim 2022

USA / 3 mins
Watch... https://vimeo.com/654816340 

Blown Up Joris Sluiter 2022

Netherlands / 11 mins
A young man in his early thirties, living with his mom, has a secret life his mom doesn’t know about. She wants to have grandchildren for her own happiness, so her son needs to start dating to accomplish this. However, he has other ideas about that.

Blue

Modify Productions

2022 

UK / 3:12 mins
Seán Hewitt performs a newly-filmed poetry commission for Derek Jarman against the backdrop of the recent Jarman show at Manchester Art Gallery.

 

Body Language
Body Language

Odu Adamu

2022

USA / 10 mins
Body Language is a candid conversation about body image and body shaming for Black gay, queer, and same gender loving men.

Boi Band "Mainstream"

Federico Friciello

2022

USA / 4 mins
A gut-wrenching self-love LGBTQ+ anthem.
Watch… https://youtu.be/vvKog2exCaA

Boundless

David Chai

2022

USA / 9:37 mins
Come swim with us through the limitless pools of our trans and nonbinary spirits.

Boybend

Eva Malmberg

2022

Sweden / 10 mins
In this documentary we get to follow the boyband Boybend – in the spotlight and behind the scenes. The film offers exclusive pictures from a concert, backstage and the band’s own home movies that we have never seen before.
Kevin, Noah, Hasper and Chase challenge the image of what a boyband really is and who gets to play the part as girls dream idols.
Let yourself be swept up in the world of Boybend and become one of all the benders who scream at the front of a concert.

Boxed In

Coline Stell

2022

France / 18 mins
Twenty-eight year old lesbian Lou's world is turned upside down after she wakes up net to...a man!

Boyish
נערי

Chiara Yaar Golan  2022  Israel / 10 mins
Daniel and Emmanuel have been Friends for a while. Daniel is in love with Emmanuel, but he can’t find the words to tell him. One night, he decides to try and “go for it”, escorting Emmanuel to his girlfriend Gaya, hoping that the night will end differently, only to find confusion. 

Break
(Maud Geffray - Official Video)

Roxanne Gaucherand

2022

Belgium / 4 mins
Two enchanting actors, a rural retreat, the setting of the video "Break", a poppy soundtrack by Maud Geffray.
Watch… https://youtu.be/rRrAY7QjsFs

Bro

Omar Abdo

2022

Iran / 20 mins
Mehrad is a 20-year-old guy from upper middle-class Tehran. Despite the social practices of his class, he decides to deal drugs in his underground party community and today, for the first time, he’s going to buy 200 grams of cocaine.

Bunny Decides To Go
Bunny decides to go /
Dovşan getmək qərarına gəlir

Vusala Hajiyeva

2022

Azerbaijan / 17 mins
Home is not always a comfort zone. Sometimes it can turn into a real hell. If the place where you live, your hometown and everything around you is making you uncomfortable and your life is in physical danger, the only option is to run away. The isolation, fear and threats to my life in Baku led me on an unplanned trip to Tbilisi. I had to adapt to a new life in a new city, solve the problems I carried with me and figure out, “What will happen next?” Will I find an answer to this question?

Butterfly, With No Doubt

Nedjma Zeghidi

2022

Tunisia / 15 mins
Voices go through the city, a city that pushes them to the margins. A walking body carries these voices. The space is filled with their palpable dissonances.

BXBY

Chang Soojin

2022

UK / 37 mins
Soojin Chang’s BXBY is a year-long performance that merges forms of documentary and ritual practice, following Chang as a hybrid, shape-shifting being attempting reproduction. Drawing from chimeric figures within the creation stories of the British Isles and the diasporic cultures of Chang and her collaborators, Chang positions her own hybrid body – part animal, part woman, part alien – as a site of technological interaction. Sampling scientific methods such as IVF, biohacking, and voluntary self-touch, BXBY addresses the legacy of colonial science to open up other possibilities found in queer, interspecies kinship. BXBY is intended to open discussion on sacrifice, animality, objecthood and in/visibility; looking in particular to animist techniques of embodying and remembering. 

Cabiluda
Cabiluda

aColetto,
Dera Santos

2022

Brazil / 20 mins
Dimitri está experimentando o início de um romance quando as coisas começam a sair de seu controle.
Watch... Cabiluda, de aColleto, Dera Santos (PE) on Vimeo 

Cancer is a Drag

Meha Dedhia

2022

UK / 10 mins
“Cancer is a Drag” explores the story behind the organization by following the journey of Alan Bugg, who was diagnosed with Grade 4 Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in September 2010. After many cycles of chemotherapy and not being able to work, he found it difficult to make ends meet. During this time, his friends, family and organizations helped him survive financially, mentally and emotionally. Alan was inspired to help others and prevent cancer from being even more of a drag than it is now. Through stories of solidarity between Alan and his friends from the drag community who helped him, stories of celebrating the drag life while kicking cancer in the butt, and stories of successful fundraising, this film brings nothing but joy.
Watch... https://youtu.be/z9n2sEW-bzA 

Canto VI
Canto VI

Emil Vargas

2022

Canada / 12 mins
A beautiful world where melancholy and confusion are ever present.
Watch... CANTO VI on Vimeo

Carly Dolls
Carly Dolls

Maudie Schmidt,
Jaxson Power

2022

USA / 20 mins
When Carly, a naive, homeschooled fourteen-year-old, is forced to face the treacherous waters of public high school, she turns to her beloved dolls, Lily and Mermia, for comfort and advice. Sprung from Carly’s own vivid imagination and taking the form of life-size “friends,” they guide Carly through the ups and downs of growing up, fitting in, and figuring herself (and her sexuality) out.

Catwalk

Nguyen Duy Anh,
Tran Uy Duc

2022

Vietnam / 6 mins
Tran Uy Duc – the music artist himself dressed as a stylized version of his high school uniform and performed on a walking track built by his father. Simultaneously, a group of dancers in office and technology driver’s uniforms attacked public places in Hanoi where they metamorphosed.
Watch… https://youtu.be/uYN7n_lnDvA

Cesspit of Freedom

Oran Rose O’sullivan

2022

UK / 2 mins
Cesspit of Freedom was born of my desire to see this event [Huddersfield Pride 1981] acknowledged in the present via the power of animation.

Chanson de Baise

Roger de la Société, Sébastien Delage

2022

France / 3 mins
Un instantané érotique de la sexualité queer et gay d’aujourd’hui dans sa vision la plus tendre, positive, inclusive et fière.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/738596822

Charged 2022
Charged /
La Carga

 Jose Antonio Cortes Amunarriz 2022   Spain / 15 mins
A young man who has lived through a traumatic experience faces an extreme situation.

Chrysalide

Nedjma Zeghidi

2022

Tunisia / 8 mins
This documentary is a train ride:  meetings with individuals questioning gender and non-normative sexualities.

Cinque uomini, un diario intimo al di là della scena

Cosimo Terlizzi

2022

Italy / 62 mins
È il 2008 quando Antonio, un attore, riprende con una telecamera amatoriale i suoi colleghi nei camerini durante una tournée. Un diario audiovisivo che testimonia il mestiere dell’attore e le sue fragilità. Le cassette dimenticate per più di dieci anni diventano la fonte di questo film. Il materiale, girato in maniera istintiva, si rivela un commovente diario senza filtri in cui Antonio svela le fragilità, i dubbi, la gioia e le difficoltà del mestiere dell’attore.

Citron Gingembre

Nicolas Boni

2022

France / 3 mins
A rainbow car ride in rural France turns into a queer rave on upbeat music.
Jeanne est enfermée dans un lendemain d'after dont elle ne peut se dépêtrer.
Watch… https://youtu.be/jl4Fea0QopQ

Clamor
Clamor

Santiago Palero

2022

Argentina / 15 mins
Luan es un hombre atrapado en su rutina. Una noche, en un intento por escapar de ella, conoce a Samuel, con quien inicia una relación que le devuelve el deseo, pero lo lleva al punto de poner en riesgo su propia vida.

Class Transitions

Em K. Shapiro

2022

USA / 13 mins
Austin, Texas based queer legends Erica Nix and Rocky Lane strive to build a better future for LGBTQIA+ folks through their weekly non-normative and gender expansive movement classes. They propel their community forward, in the face of statewide government leaders who attack queer lives and futures.

Close Dance
Close Dance:
Parts 1, 2 & 3

Jan Palmblad

2022

Sweden / 3 mins
Watch… https://vimeo.com/677762876

Close Quarters

Maggie de Guzman

2022

USA / 5:27 mins
A tiny bathroom inducts signals of togetherness between the plexus of chosen Filipinx family.
Watch... https://vimeo.com/651235150 

Coastal Redwood Grove

Hannah Vernot

2022

USA / 3:16 mins
A corrupt saleswoman transplants facts with anti-science falsehoods to make a deal.

Cockleidoscope

Clark Nikolai

2022

Canada / 11:09 mins
In the 1970s, asking for help at a seaside mansion, a ship captain is told "You're just in time for coffee. Come on in." He then is sucked into a world of discussions about video art and its conflict with the cinema establishment.
Trailer... Cockleidoscope trailer on Vimeo 

Coexistence
Coexistence

Youri Létourneau-Langlois

2022

Canada / 14 mins
Sophie lives as a recluse and increasingly feels herself in a dissociated state. While trying to escape through poetry, a strange presence heightens her anguish, making her speech more and more irrational. 

Come Away Death
Come Away Death

Matthew Perifano

2022

USA / 4 mins
The Clown's song from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night evokes the fear, isolation and stigmatization of the early years of the AIDS epidemic.

Coming

Matthew Tyler

2022

USA / 7 mins
Blending surrealism with relatable social and sexual anxieties, a woman and her talking vulva get ready for a date.

Coming Out Autistic
Coming Out Autistic

Steven Fraser

2022

UK / 4 mins
This animated documentary explores the experience of telling the world that you are autistic when you also identify as LGBTQ+. 
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/702540814

Comme tous les garçons

Morisha Moodley

2022

UK / 10 mins
A meditation on what it means to be/come like all the boys and also what it means to want to be/come like them. It navigates images and ideas of masculinity and trans masculine identity, combining found footage, illustration and personal archive in an act of assemblage that mirrors the erratic and eternal piecing together of a queer identity.

Con-la-fuerza-del-rio poster
Con la fuerza del río

Colectiva Audiovisual Feminista La Plata

2022

Argentina / 73 mins
Con la Fuerza del Río acompaña la historia de seis feminidades en el 34º Encuentro Plurinacional de Mujeres, Lesbianas, Trans, Travestis, Bisexuales y No Binaries, realizado en La Plata, 2019. A través de su activismo político, su participación en talleres y marchas, se despliega un mapa íntimo de uno de los eventos feministas más poderosos del Abya Yala. 

Connection 2023
Connection

Laura Valerie Mitterer

2022

Spain / 5:42 mins
The lives of young people living in the same city connect through a series of encounters, showing how beautiful connections can be made anywhere if you let it happen.

Contorno
Contorno

João Casalino 2022  Brasil / 3 mins
Una película sobre el autodescubrimiento. Aborda a través de metáforas visuales el (re)descubrimiento del yo y del otro, a través del afecto y la relación.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/ihNVIo9tqs8 

Contraste

Jasser Bechir Ouasleti 2022

Tunisia
An artist talks about gender and cultural policies in connection with the queer cause. Between laws and legality, what role does the intellectual – and particularly the artist in theater and cinema – play in questioning the social aspects of this objective?

Cowboy Kevin
Cowboy Kevin

Anna Lund Konerup

2022

Denmark / 6 mins
Kevin and his horse are about to arrive at the place where a love letter was sent to him but when he is about to find it, love does not show as he always expected.
Watch… https://www.ekkofilm.dk/shortlist/film/cowboy-kevin/

Cream Cake 2022
Cream Cake
עוגת קצפת

 Zohar Barkan  2022  Israel / 6 mins
A short date between two teens that starts bad and ends worse. 

Creative Spaces:
Queer and Italian Canadian

Licia Canton 2022 Canada / 29 mins
Creative Spaces explores the intersections of queerness, creativity and culture with three Italian-Canadian writers living in Montreal. What does it mean to be queer and Italian Canadian? And what experiences do queer Italian Canadians have when their sexual orientation and gender identity come in contact with their cultural heritage and traditions?
Trailer… https://youtu.be/6xu8_ZZbcLo

Crush Icebergs

Hannah Rafkin 2022 USA / 15 mins
Four queer adults reflect on the onscreen characters that captured their adolescent hearts.

Crushing
Crushing

Luis Medel Hernández 2022 Spain / 2 mins
Images of a young boy performing in his room in front of the camera to his sexchat audience intertwines with images of masked-men cruising in the darkness. The piece focuses on the psychological and physical suffering of the protagonist.

Cuando Cae La Tarde
Cuando Cae La Tarde

Lilian Mendoza 2022

México / 16mins
Maca es una chica de 16 años reservada y sin experiencia en el amor. Ella y Ana se han citado con el pretexto de devolverle un suéter que previamente Ana le presto. En una cotidiana tarde experimentarán la vulnerabilidad de lo que significa enamorarse por primera vez.

Cured /
Kigyógyulva

Márton Csutorás 2022 Hungary / 3 mins
Our protagonist tells us about his own experience attending a conversion therapy, as well as the surreal lies that society has convinced him to believe. Inspired by the outrageous misconceptions and fear surrounding homosexuality which often results in shockingly absurd and stupid statements.

Cycles

CJ Spears

2022

USA / 5:16 mins
Poetry and collage rebirth a young queer Black person who manifests the Universe’s love.

Dads

Martin Luna

2022

USA / 5 mins
On a seemingly normal day at the park, a closeted man confronts his homophobic father.

Daisy Bed

Alen Predanič,
Robi Predanič

2022

Slovenia / 4 mins
The owners of the mansion play a mysterious game in which they throw black balls into a magic machine. They are used to winning, but this time it’s different.
Watch… https://youtu.be/oM5nD4mP39c

Dancing Queer
Dancing Queer

Lucie Cabrera,
Cléo Miquel-Delhon

2022

France / 15 mins
Un documentaire montrant le besoin d’espaces safes où la diversité puisse
s’exprimer librement et dans ce cas, par la danse. Des témoignages simples, divers.

Dandelion Green
Dandelion Green

Kathleen Burgess

2022

Canada / 25 mins
Weeks before ageing out of the foster care system, 17-year old Kay falls into an electric friendship with Olivia, transforming the way they see themselves, and their future.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/K477V8rGrqs

DaXi

Jinghao Shen

2022

China / 13 mins
Self-described “traitor to my male gender,” Da Xi Ge has known herself for some 55 years, but has never possessed the vocabulary to adequately express this knowledge. This documentary short, overlaid with a kaleidoscope of symbols of traditional femininity, follows the day-to-day life of a scavenger, as she prepares for her dream of sitting for a wedding portrait.

Dear Me 2022
Dear Me, A Letter to My Younger Self

Stella Gelardi Malfilatre

2022

Denmark / 7:45 mins
The intergenerational cast was asked to write a letter to their younger/older self. A selection of quotes acts as the collective voice of the film.

Death Is Not The End Of The World
Death is Not the End of the World /
La Muerte No Es El Fin Del Mundo

Juan Pablo Estaro

2022

Argentina / 12 mins
A surreal and unexpected ending for two boys watching the sunrise.

Deep Ocean
Deep Ocean

Kao To

2022

Taiwan / 20 mins
A boy is laying on the water, hoping that the waves will cover his thousand words. He hopes to get some hints from the boy he has a crush on, but slowly, he began to bury his secret deeper and deeper, and gradually loses himself, falling into the deep sea.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/41Px34lGv3I

Depth

Yuhan Ding

2022

China / 10 mins
The man couldn’t restrain his thoughts anymore, so he went to see him. Just as the two were slowly trying to approach each other, they found that someone was watching them…

Desbordadas
Desbordadas

Pedro Varea Marta Abascal

2022

Spain / 15 mins
Tres drag queens y dos diseñadores de moda se preparan para una sesión fotográfica. En el camerino, Samantha Hudson, Jeneva Gina, Gad Yola, Álvaro Navarro y Parodi Paradise conversarán sobre qué es la moda, cuál es su relación con la estética y el género, y sobre cómo sigue siendo una expresión artística salpicada por la homofobia, y la transfobia y misoginia sistemáticas. Lo que comienza como una sesión de fotos, termina como un escaparate para el humor, el ingenio y unos mensajes disidentes que se presentan, sobre todo, sin pelos en la lengua.

Detras Del Arcoiris
Detrás Del Arcoíris No Siempre Hay Un Tesoro

Emmanuel Jimenez

2022

México / 46 mins
El crimen de odio en la comunidad LGBT es un problema que va en aumento, los asesinatos colocan a Veracruz entre los primeros lugares desde hace 5 años; este reportaje periodístico aborda la situación a través de una investigación con datos confiables y fuentes consultadas con colectivos e investigadores del tema, además con testimoniales, se logra una narrativa de casos, donde a miembros de la comunidad LGBT les arrebataron la vida, visualizando los actos cobardes y de corrupción, es un trabajo de concientización y llamado para evitar la violencia a las personas por su identidad sexual.

Developing

Dani W

2022

USA / 3:34 mins
A visual poem pondering chemistry, and its effects on imagery, food, environments, and bodies. Born from the similarities between the language used to teach analog photographic techniques and the language used by doctors and medical institutions surrounding transgender hormone replacement therapy. Two types of development.

Die Musterung

Jan Soldat

2022

Germany / 15 mins
Eine 2-Kanal-Musterung zum Militär-Fuß-Schweiß-Fetisch von Wolfgang und P.

Different Shore 2022
Different Shores

Shani Cohen

2022

Israel / 13 mins
During a one-day trip to the Dead Sea, a mother and daughter's complex relationship is put to the test when a secret is revealed.

Dilemma of Modern Sex Simulation

Charlotte Bevilacqua

2022

Belgium / 20 mins
A team of students challenge themselves to film scenes of intimacy. Despite a healthy and benevolent set up with an intimacy coordinator, problems arise very quickly and challenge the mechanisms of the set.

Dippers and Oysters

Kai Fiáin

2022 

UK / 10 mins
A sparky romance ensues between Butch / Femme East End pickpockets.

 

Dirty Laundry
Dirty Laundry

Andrew Neylon

2022

10 mins
Life’s funny. Laundry isn’t.

Divina
Divina

Ode

2022

Brazil / 5 mins
Nos capítulos “Caminho”, “Verdade” e “Vida”, ao contar a história de Marcinha do Corintho, Ode postula que travestis podem envelhecer, ter legado, ser vitoriosas e vistas como sagradas.
Watch... https://vimeo.com/718031214 

Do I Know You From Someone
Do I Know You from Someone?

Gwen Rathbone

2022

UK / 11 mins
Jessica, a trans woman living in Brighton, is set up on a blind date by her best friend. A wrench is thrown in her plans when she realizes that her date, a woman named Avery, is actually someone she used to go to school with before she transitioned.
Watch... https://youtu.be/rAv6SJViJ0w?si=irL5viG2slKdi6kr 

Dobles
Dobles

Caharin Caparó

2022

Perú / 7:36 mins
Andrés feels that the ambiguity and secrecy of his relationship with Mauricio are wearing him down. During one of the meetings they have in the shelter they turn to as a refuge, Andrés decides to raise these questions that lead us to investigate the different spaces in which their romance is built.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/524038616

 

Dogs Do Not Eat Grass
Dogs Do Not Eat Grass /
A Kutyák Nem Esznek Füvet

Júlia Bagossy

2022

Hungary / 15 mins
Anna lives in a world where there are a few famous lesbian women, where God always listens to you, where beer treats beestings, and love is unavoidable.

Don’t Worry

Kim Taeyong

2022

South Korea / 19 mins
Suho questions his sexuality but he longs for his best friend Hanyeol. Hanyeol is gay and is conflicted with his feelings for Suho.

Dos Corazones
Dos Corazones

Cristina Herrero Laborda

2022

Spain / 19 mins
Mari is an intersex person in permanent transit that incorporates two perspectives. A fighter and brave, her life has been a constant battle in an almost uninhabited rural area. From the sincerity, narrates her day to day, her desires, illusions and anxiety in an attempt to pave the way for those who come after.

Dreaming, so long /
I drömmen, so long

Evelina Jacobsson

2022

Sweden / 15 mins
The very first (sometimes beautiful, sometimes awkward) hours while laying eyes on someone special. About love confessions not dared spoken, but still come out loud.

Dreams Awaken /
Jaagte Khwaab

Aprajita Gupta

2022

India / 19 mins
If dreams had eyes of their own, would they see reality for what it is? A queer desire transcends from a night's dream to the day's reality when the filmmaker starts filming her everyday. The camera becomes the 'I' and travels through spaces to seek an understanding of its puzzled sense of being. The film is a jumbled self-expression.
Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/JaagteKhwaabDreamsAwaken

Drew Adair

Krissy Mahan

2022

USA / 1 min
Drew Adair, a Black gay man, organized a queer soccer team in 1989 at the height of hostility because of the AIDS crisis. This 60 second short honors Drew in his own words.

Drinking at a Stream / Combien Danseront Sur Ta Langue

Louis Barthelemy Rousseau

2022

France / 19 mins
Alice is a doctor at the STD centre. Everyday she asks her patients about their intimate activities and takes blood samples. At home, physically weak Bianca is waiting for her. At the right moment, Alice pours some blood on Bianca’s tongue and starts talking...

Duo En Sous Sol 2022
Duo en sous-sol

Vinciane Le Men

2022

Belgium / 12:20 mins
A close interrogation in a police station. A detective grills a psychoanalyst suspected of murdering one of her patients. The exchanges are tough and leave no doubt as to the guilt of the suspect. Manipulation, power grab, game of seduction… but what is the true stake of this investigation?

Dysphoria Football Club
Dysphoria Football Club / Disforia fútbol club

Inti Lorca

2022

Chile / 5 mins
"Disforia Futbol Club" is a documentary focused on the self-management of the Chilean trans community within sports spaces such as soccer. An internationally recognized activity with a long history of binary segregation based on sex and/or gender.
Watch... https://youtu.be/Tq9qdwA5xfA 

Dzifa

Savannah Acquah

2022

UK / 19:37 mins
Esther and their partner Chioma reconnect, and find diasporic Black queer joy, through a queering of a Ghanaian naming ceremony.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/ZK6SLpxgF70

E.S.S. Scenes

Romi Kim

2022

Canada / 31 mins
Set in Eastside Studio’s beloved former space ‘The Warehouse’, Romi Kim (a.k.a SKIM) portrays the vibrant and monstrous worlds of Vancouver’s drag scene. An ode to the transformative power of LGBTQ+ spaces.

East of Eden

Anushka Meenakshi,
Joshua Sailo,
Anishaa Tavag

2022

India / 6 mins
In a garden just east of Eden, two bodies awaken to their senses, and to the eyes of another. They discover the power to feel, the freedom to play, a curiosity for pleasure. How might they express their desires? What kind of dynamics might emerge if their origin story was slightly different from the Garden of Eden?

Ecstatic Unity

Gerard X Reyes,
Poppy Sanchez

2022

Canada / 18 mins
A docu-fiction short film that follows Jorge and Gerard on a ritualistic trip to one of Berlin's lakes, which in the summer become mystical places where people go to connect and transcend their mundane lives.

Edinochestvo
Edinochestvo

Aleksander Kostin

2022

Russian Federation / 14 mins
The hero arrives at a clinic, where he meets a sick and hopeless girl. The girl tells him her story, which he will bring to life when she is gone.

El Ancla

Giulia Antonelli Rogalsky

2022

Argentina / 11:17 mins
Pauline es una artista francesa de treinta y dos años que está de visita por Argentina. Antes de regresar a su país hace un viaje a un pueblo de Entre
Ríos, para conocer a un pintor que admira. Lleva consigo un cuaderno donde escribe y libera sus introspectivos pensamientos todo el tiempo. Al llegar a Colón recorre la playa, las desoladas calles y visita un bar donde un amigable mozo le indicará cómo llegar a la casa del pintor. Pauline se dirige a la dirección en busca del artista y conoce a la nieta del mismo en la librería donde trabaja. La librera le da la noticia, él falleció hace algunas semanas.

El Imaginario De Paula Sartre
El Imaginario de Paula Sartre

Eihezem Alavarado

2022

Mexico / 27 mins
After seeing a play, Nadia and Miguel begin to perceive strange behavior between them and their roommates, Terán and Helle. Who during the course of the night are repeatedly confronted with their own existence.

Después de ver una obra de teatro, Nadia y Miguel empiezan a percibir comportamientos extraños entre ellos y sus roomies, Terán y Helle. Quienes durante el transcurso de la noche se confrontan repetidas veces con su propia existencia hasta descubrir que realmente son solo actores de la misma obra de teatro.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/727615817

El Placer Infinito
El Infinito Placer

Juan Carlos Gallego,
Johnnier Aristizábal

2022

Colombia / 30 mins
Second pandemic year. Rosario survives locked in her room with the savings from her job as a session musician. Willing to go out despite the contagion risk, she accepts a job offered by Pamela Cosmos to musicalize "Infinite Pleasure" a streaming live show on the deep web. Rosario will break her barriers to survive the desperation one more day.

El show debe continuar

Santiago Hurtado Toledo

2022

Argentina / 2:25 mins
After being harassed and beaten, Marcos, 23, arrives in a hurry to the dressing room of his job where he has to make up and dress up to transform himself into Morgana because he has a show to give.

Después de haber sido acosado y golpeado, Marcos, de 23 años, llega con prisa al camerino de su trabajo donde tiene que maquillarse y vestirse para transformarse en Morgana ya que tiene un show que dar.

A Jornada
El Viaje

Mateus Rosa

2022

Brazil / 13 mins
Una mezcla de viajes en el tiempo, un registro documental, artístico y performativo que expresa la visión subjetiva del director sobre los lugares, personas y momentos que pasó entre 2015 y 2018. Filmada en super-8 mm e interpretada íntegramente con artistas LGBTQIAP+.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/JI4wYeOnpKQ?si=STScv_mpaTrPg2em

Elements
Elements

Matthew Riutta

2022

USA / 58 mins
An anthology of four different Bay Area residents and their intersecting lives on the same day. Shirley is a lunch lady, bullied by a high school student until she takes matters into her own hands. Ben is a closeted gay teen who rehearses a dance with Shayne for their high school's show choir and discovers Shayne has more on his mind than jazz hands. Nate is a grieving father whose journey over the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge goes awry when he picks up a homeless veteran. Victor is a gay activist who rallies the queer community after he and a trans activist are assaulted by a group of religious extremists.
Trailer... ELEMENTS: A SHORT ANTHOLOGY - Trailer 2022 on Vimeo

Elena

Jeong Minji

2022

South Korea / 11 mins
Elena, the pigeon who lives in the stream Ui, gets a crush on an elderly woman named Soon-ja, who is taking a walk regularly. Her love, which transcends kinds, gender, generation, would be successful?

Empress Nicole The Great

Dara Bratt

2022

USA / 15 mins
Empress Nicole the Great, a champion of LGBTQ rights, reflects on her legacy.

Entre A Colonia E As Estrelas
Entre a Colônia e as Estrelas

Lorran Dias

2022

Brazil / 49 mins
Colônia Juliano Moreira, RJ. Estelar trabalha num hospital psiquiátrico e tem visões do passado. Entre divergências políticas e identitárias com o irmão, ela nota que é preciso coragem para rever suas posições.
Trailer... https://youtu.be/_AFVnEKIWR4 

Envy
Envy

Carmina

2022

France / 17 mins
ENVY is a reflection about bisexuality, non-binarity, a game about gender and
sex and the performance of femininity and masculinity.

Éperlecques

Bénédicte Alloing,
Lucien Fradin

2022

France / 45:47 mins
A zealous TV show host seizes us by the hand for a tour of Éperlecques, a charming village in northern France, where he happens to cross paths with a local teenager named Lucien. Part fiction, part autobiography, part queer theory, this film plays with the conventions of the social sciences to map a geography of the intimate, a sociology of desire.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/788928627

Ephemera
Ephemera

Oliver King

2022

Canada / 4 mins
An indigenous man's journey of self-discovery while navigating the use of a dating app.
Trailer... KING_Ephemera trailer on Vimeo 

Epilogue

Yasha Maria Lelonek,
Dahyo Coleman

2022

USA / 8 mins
After reinventing herself, a young trans woman grapples with the question: “How have things changed?”
Watch... https://youtu.be/leEHULrj5Sg?si=tSX3tmLOrZ0Vl3-l 

Espejos Rotos

Henry Pacheco

2022

Chile / 13 mins
Una pareja de mujeres lesbianas de nacionalidad extranjera, reciben una fuerte agresión de un vecino homofóbico.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/BJBzNtMEqRg


Estetica UnisexEstética Unisex

Alvaro Acosta Gutierrez

2022

Peru / 8 mins
The life of three trans women come together through Mishell´s memories. From Huancayo city to Atta alley in Puno, Peru, the memory comes alive with music, dance, and also death.

Evening Ritual /
Aftenritual

Nanna Hauge Kristensen,
Ruth Storm

2022

Denmark / 9 mins
Jørgen and Benny have been together for 16 years. Previously they shared a life together, but now Benny can only visit Jørgen in his care home living room.

Excess

Mehdi Koushki

2022

Iran / 14 mins
According to Islamic Republic of Iran's laws a son inherits twice as much as a daughter from the father's property, but what if a girl has changed gender?

Exibidas

Ediy Porn

2022

Brazil / 11 mins
Two hotties go for a sex adventure in the streets, marking their territory with the delicious liquid of cum.

Exxxtasy

Emy Fem

2022

Netherlands / 9 mins
Playfully explores role play and BDSM, celebration and perception, often blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, tenderness and brutality, pleasure and pain.

Ezohikoak
Ezohikoak

Alejandra Bueno

2022

Basque Country / 10 mins
In the Basque Country, people are brought up believing in the existence of a Basque matriarchy and assimilating normative family models. The protagonist does not sees herself reflected within these models and carries out a historical review through photographs in order to understand what the society in which she lives is like. The same photographs that have served to narrate a single normative story come to life to tell the story of historical women without history, women without matriarchy and other women.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/804810335

Fags Talking

Jack Solemdal Lowe,
Hanna Persson

2022

Norway / 17 mins
Over the course of smoking three cigarettes, a story of sexuality, betrayal, and friendship is exposed.

Fallen Angel
מלאך שנפל

 Noah Dolinsky   2022 Israel, Thailand / 16 mins
Young and introverted trans woman faces loneliness in the big city and tries to find love. 
Trailer… https://youtu.be/qxB7J-Sbupg?si=UyVGQZdvwJsYx3wP

Fanny Pack /
Čopor pičića

Paula Skelin 2022

Croatia / 47 mins
Fanny Pack follows Croatia’s only drag house, called House of Flamingo, on their first performance tour after more than a year of absence from the stages due to COVID-19 pandemic. The film provides a unique insight into members’ personalities, relationships, aspirations and the hectic madness that accompanies each appearance on stage.

Farewell

Yunhe Zhang 2022

UK / 3 mins

Father Fxxxer
Father F***er

KIM Minhoon

2022

Korea / 19 mins
The first daughter, who has just lost her mother, hears about her father's remarriage. One day, someone comes.

Fearless: Jazmin

Theodora
Nicole Sullivan

2022

Australia / 4:36 mins
Jazmin is an 83 year-old trans psychic who's tarot readings attract people from all over Australia.
Watch… https://youtu.be/C7vUUIygG9g

Feel

Gavo Figueira

2022

A “normal” woman, trapped in sexual and emotional dissatisfaction, struggles to figure out what being a woman is about. Everything takes place within the shadow of a painful past, love, social paradigms, and a drastic decision that has no way back.

Festival Procession /
Mela Jaloos

Abdullah Qureshi

2022

Pakistan, Canada / 13 mins
A 13-minute art film that embarks upon a speculative queer Muslim journey of celebration, resistance, and protest. Taking a performance-based approach, the film uses poetic and hybrid means to present a kaleidoscope of influences that are rooted in Sufi histories, queerness, and life in Lahore, Pakistan.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/688622562

Fight for Your Freedom

Canisius Avéko

2022

Burkina Faso / 8 mins
Since childhood, Eric has a particularity that does not make living his journey on earth easy. He learned to navigate his individuality and fights to be free.

Fille Du Peche
Fille du Péché

Elhachmia Didi-Alaoui

2022

France / 29 mins
Yasmine, Franco-Maghrébine, la vingtaine, a pris le large pour vivre sa vie. À l’occasion de l’Aïd, elle rend visite à sa famille pour quelques jours. Avec chacun une relation insolite se tisse et se dévoile.

Finding
Finding

André Parra

2022

Ireland / 2 mins
A young child searches for his lost ball in the park, but instead finds a doll. He soon learns that playing with dolls comes with stigma and a price.

Finding the Italians:
A Granddaughter’s Journey

Giovanna S Capone

2022

USA / 1:41:41 mins          
This film documents the history of the Italians in the U.S., and specifically in Oakland, California. It includes the vibrant story of the Italian social clubs dating back to 1920 in North Oakland and extending to the year 2022. It's told from a personal point of view, tracing the journey of one woman, the filmmaker, whose grandparents came to New York a century ago as immigrants from southern Italy and what happened when they arrived in America. She weaves her own family story with the story of the Italian immigrants to the U.S. She also includes her own personal story as an Italian American lesbian, seeking to live in a large gay community in California, which has meant leaving behind her ethnic hub in New York and the complex feelings that have resulted from this decision. She asks the crucial question: How do you hold onto your culture in a new land? It's a question every granddaughter of immigrants faces.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/767664473

Flesh /Carne

Juan Diego Aguirre Gomez

2022

Colombia / 16 mins
Jairo, a 50-year-old gay man, a sex worker in a Colombian club, cannot conceive of another life outside that he knows, an underworld of illegality, marginality and lust. That day, Helda, his patron, warns him that his time in that world has ended.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/dP0mGCsuesc?si=AA0Vu7QJ3M0PPENk

Flo

Stéfy McKnight

2022

Canada / 3:50 mins
My sister was told by a doctor that she could not have a hysterectomy unless she had permission from her boyfriend. Drawing on the impact of anti-abortion legislation in the United-States, and the use of period tracking applications to track estrogen producing bodies across North America, flo playfully disrupts and turns the hetero-patriarchal, colonial, misogynist and queerphobic white surveillant gaze onto itself. Inspired by contemporary media and solidarity movements online, specifically in so-called Canada, flo highlights the ways that bodies who can become pregnant continue to be victims of systemic violence and patriarchy.

Football Players

Ding Frisby

2022

UK / 3:42 mins
Ding Frisby celebrates the Women's Euros with the queerest football anthem of 2022.
Watch… https://youtu.be/YmKZ-ouO6Vo

Deus-Nao-Deixa poster
Forbidden by God /
Deus Não Deixa

Marçal Vianna

2022

Brazil / 20 mins
Years ago, Miguel stopped presenting himself as Mika Sapequinha: he cut his hair, shed his skirts, and created a new version of himself. A frequenter of the Evangelical Church, today he faces a turbulent journey of self-knowledge.
Anos atrás, Miguel deixou de se apresentar como Mika Sapequinha: cortou os cabelos, largou as saias e criou uma nova versão para si. Frequentador da Igreja Evangélica, hoje enfrenta uma turbulenta jornada de autoconhecimento.
Trailer... https://youtu.be/RdQS9icOTag?si=L9Pi1_PZdymaTQKW 

Forged in Chaos

Patricia Gloum   2022 USA / 3 mins
Forged in Chaos is a unique project directed by Patricia Golum. At a crossroad between fashion, digital art, dance and music, this docu-poem-experimental short is a taste of what video content will look, feel and sound like in the near future.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/715732800  

Former Best Friend

Feicien Feng 2022 Hong Kong / 26 mins
Former best friends parted unhappily after a one-night kiss. Years later, one of them returns to their hometown to seek the other. They meet again but will they be able to rectify their friendship and continue where they left off?

Forty
Forty

Sreelakshmi M 2022

India / 13 mins
Forty is a film that delves into conversations amongst two generations of women, trying to navigate the questions that we all face everyday but choose to ignore.

The film explores a mother-daughter relationship where a young, 20-year old Aparna (Appu), who at the face of grief stumbles upon her mother’s notebook, opening her up to a past life that lived and breathed. With a hint of nostalgia, Forty keeps switching between the past and the present, of all that is said and unsaid.

With sombre frames and minimal music, the film tries to maintain its intimacy and desires, celebrating life through different times and spaces.

Francheska Prairie Queen
Francheska:
Prairie Queen

 Laura O'Grady  2022

Canada / 64 mins
FRANCHESKA: PRAIRIE QUEEN follows the journey of a Filipino care worker, Francis (Kiko) Yutrago, as he tries to achieve drag star superstardom while still financially supporting his family back in the Philippines. Kiko's mission is complicated by the fact that he and his fiancé live in a tiny bible belt town in southern Alberta. When a typhoon hits his parents' house, Kiko relies on his drag persona, Francheska Dynamites, to bring in the extra cash they desperately need.
Trailer… MissQueen Trailer on Vimeo

 

Free

Alfian Efendi 2022

Indonesia

Freedom Is An Action
Freedom is an Action

Anna Stoeva 2022

Bulgaria
LGBT+ rights lawyer Denitsa Lyubenova wages a legal battle that can affect the lives of over 100,000 children in Europe.

Friendship Soi
Friendship
(Soi)

Monalisa Dasgupta 2022

India / 20 mins
Two teenage girls in a remote village in India are deeply affectionate for each other. Their life is disrupted by the pandemic, and it takes them away from each other. Meanwhile, one of the girl's parents arrange a marriage for her, which devastates her best friend.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/733625461

From Darkness To Light
From Darkness to Light

Joe Fox

2022

USA / 40 mins
“From Darkness to Light” is a documentary film that tells the story of the Peter Krueger Clinic (PKC) – one of the first HIV/AIDS clinics in the United States, which was established at Beth Israel Hospital in 1989. Started during the height of the epidemic in New York City. This powerful film traces the clinic’s origins and its impact over the last 3 decades, as told by the patients and staff that have called it home.

Fucking Freaks Club 2022
Fucking Freaks Club

Nicky Lisa Lapierre,
Nour Beetch

2022

Belgium / 18 mins
Post-porn ritual thwarting fears, with intimate and complex emby power, at the borders of comedy and SF. A magical kiss that fucks the norms.

FursonaFursona

Aly Labbé-Hervieux

2022

Canada / 5 mins
Fursona is an incursion into the universe of Aly, a member of the Furry community.

La communauté Furry regroupe des personnes utilisant le dessin et les costumes pour animer des sujets animaux aux caractéristiques humaines. Fursona dépeint l’univers d’Aly, un membre de cette communauté.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/LtCIdh3wBTQ

Fury Has an Anthem

James Newman

2022

UK / 7 mins
A musically fueled martial-artist has to fight off toxic masculinity while searching for new love.
Watch… https://youtu.be/NCenPhzDDX4?si=MuoIph4wicDUp9oi

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

Elena Bongiorno,
Sofia Merelli,
Martina Tamburini, Gabriele Umidon

2022

Italy / 16 mins
Future comes at the right time tells the story of Nelson and his escape to Italy after a violent aggression, due to his sexuality. He was born 25 years ago in Benin City, one of the most unstable areas of Nigeria. In 2018 the territorial commission that examined his case considered his testimony not sufficiently credible and rejected his request for international protection. In 2021 Nelson appealed to the Venice Court. Awaiting for his verdict, which can take months, Nelson spends his days working, hanging out with friends and making music, hoping to become a great singer one day.

Gap Year(s)

Nate King

2022

USA
Gap Year(s) is a mini animation about how sometimes things take a very long time, whether that be getting over a breakup, or making art. As time moves on our own feelings shift and we may no longer feel the way we once did.

Garden Amidst the Flame

Natasha Tontey

2022

Indonesia / 28 mins
Garden Amidst the Flame is a coming of age story where we are guided into the fantasy of a young Minahasan girls in non-linear time structure. The journey began from young protagonist Virsay filling up the night with shaving her eyebrows with her younger sister in an unemotional display of the hypermasculinity of Minahasan culture. Without knowing her younger sister is one of member of the child gang that practises ancient knowledges, she encounters a realm of nowhere with the sudden appearance of a living fossil, the Coelacanth monster, on her bed, a Rooster beast dancing in her room which is beheaded by a child gang, and other fantastical and absurd situations. 

Gastar Polvora
Gastar Polvora en Gallinazo

Nicanor Monroy 2022  Panamá / 3:24 mins
 Un chico reflexiona sobre sus elecciones de vida al borde del final de una relación.

Gauero
Gauero

Iñigo Alkorta 2022

Basque Country / 7 mins
Galder is tired of being self-righteous. Tonight he is determined to try something new and different. Feeling excited and nervous at the same time, he goes into the unknown in the toilets of a discotheque where he hopes to live a unique and unrepeatable experience.

Gay Quiz
Gay Quiz

Caleb Cook 2022

USA / 3 mins
Spencer, a concessions stand worker, decides to give his new and attractive coworker, Jack, an internet “Are You Gay?” quiz to determine his sexuality.

Gay Spirit Radio
Gay Spirit Radio:
Not Afraid to Be Different - The Keith Brown Story

Susan Cardillo

2022

USA / 23 mins
For 40 years, Keith Brown has been the producer, voice and soul of Hartford’s Gay Spirit Radio, a weekly LGBTQ radio program on WWUH. This is his story.
Watch... https://vimeo.com/704606827 

Gaze In Silence
Gaze in Silence

Hao - Liang Huang

2022

Taiwan / 14:48 mins
Yan Xin is an ordinary white-collar worker. He really likes to have sex with different guys. Yun Fei is a stalker, following, taking pictures and spying on others' privacy is his biggest hobby. From time to time, Yun Fei became curious about Yan Xin and began to follow him. During a date, Yan Xin met a pervert and his life is in danger. After witnessing everything, what should Yun Fei do?

GendrBendr

Joe Nadeau

2022

Canada / 2 mins
GendrBendr receives a chest binder as a gift and discovers new joy in life (euphoria). They learn to love themselves, breaking out in dance. Gender identity is also about learning to love our trans body, like the art it is, no matter what stage of transition it is or not.

Generations In Time
Generations in Time

Liz Nistico

2022

USA / 13 mins
The life of a drag queen from the glitz and glam on stage to the real-life grit of NYC. The film highlights the cherished artistic connection between a son and his father.
Watch… https://youtu.be/cg2XKiDV2P4

Get-Free poster
Get Free

Ray de Mesa

2022

USA / 9 mins
A thrifty, fabulous,and newly independent drag artist unwittingly faces an unusual request from an enigmatic stranger in exchange for a free dress.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/711263875

Gianna

Manuel Gomar

2022

Spain / 13 mins
Julia is widowed and unhappy. She decides to make a big change in her love life, and enlists her granddaughter for help with the task.

Give It Back

Andy Scott

2022

5 mins
Two siblings pack up their childhood home and rediscover a memory that wants something back.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/PdUtFtvqMrA

Glow

Jottum Kok

2022

Netherlands / 9 mins
In this poetic and observational documentary we follow Yusuf during an ordinary day in his life in the asylum seekers’ center. Slowly, we see how he transforms into his alter ego Grizolda, who gives him hope and strength outside the walls of the asylum seekers’ center.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/746322838

GMT 9
GMT+9

Sugano Matsusaki,
Jonas Beile

2022

Germany / 30 mins
GMT+9 is a nuanced portrait of two Japanese women who want to live together as a couple in Berlin. The plot is based on a collage of interviews and stories that circulated in the authors’ surroundings. The fictional setting creates conditions in which issues that would otherwise be repressed in a kind of self-censorship can be expressed relentlessly.
The two main characters speak of shame, secrecy, and the impossibility of unfolding in ways they demand of themselves. The ideal of openness unwittingly becomes a burden for the protagonists. Berlin is not the imagined place of longing, and the freedom they envisioned is in fact their entry into a fierce economy of self-assertion.…
Trailer… https://youtu.be/4PCz0nuvlP4

Goalgetter

Ivan Stojiljković

2022

Serbia / 18 mins
Nikola’s life is turned upside down after he publicly accuses his football coach of sexual molestation.

Godasses Part 3
Godasses - Part III:
Jamal Phoenix

Emre Busse

2022

Germany / 10 mins
For the final instalment in his GODASSES trilogy, Emre Busse conspires with trans porn talent Jamal Phoenix to redefine the desirable body outside of a hegemonic society’s normative restrictions and, because of the specific relationship that pornographic images have to their audience, fuck with a viewer’s assumed self-assurance as being a coherent sexual subject.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/662628110

Gonna Haunt
Gonna Haunt

Jen T. Stoughton

2022

USA / 11 mins
A self-entitled ghost embarks on a petty crusade to “haunt the shit” out of her roommate who refuses to glorify her post-death.

Goodbye Again
Goodbye Again /
ধুলোয় রইলো ঢাকা

Dwaipayan Mazumder

2022

India / 26 mins
The film explores several layers of a complex relationship between two friends who happens to coincidentally meet in a party after a long separation.

Goud/Zwart

Meander van Harrewijen

2022

Netherlands / 4 mins
Fjomo’s stylized music video deals with searching for your true self.

Grace

abcde Flash

2022

Switzerland / 6 mins
Grace. is an ode to abcde Flash’s understanding of her cycle and herself. By accepting each phase for what it is, she’s transformed this never-ending experience of highs and lows into a most reliable routine: a cycle that, like clockwork, she knows she can count on.

Grace Under Pressure
Grace Under Pressure
גרייס

Etelle Ebner  2022  Israel / 19 mins
Grace and Maya, two teenage cousins, are the absolute opposite of one another. Grace, an American tourist, is shy and naïve. Maya isn’t. A fateful night in Tel Aviv will reveal a secret better left hidden. A coming-of-age story, featuring taboo, love and sex. 

Grigrette’s recipe

Alba Melis 2022

France / 3 mins
A young witch falls in love and decides to create her own love potion. After a long process, she manages to offer the flowers sprinkled with the potion to her future beloved. However, a surprise awaits her…
Watch… https://vimeo.com/732101895

Happily Ever After

Lau Wing Man 2022 Hong Kong / 26 mins
A married man is secretly learning pole dancing. When his wife finds out, it creates turmoil in their secured married life and brings up questions, which the couple must confront.

Haxan
HÄXAN: The Black Rite

Joseph Häxan 2022 Australia / 3 mins
Made exactly 100 years after the iconic 1922 Danish film Häxan, this film follows a rite of witchcraft as the earth is engulfed by a catastrophic, world ending meteor shower. 
Trailer… https://youtu.be/2M5ysJVaqUI?si=zYzNt6WDtnxvOl4d

Hedda (After Ibsen)

Jen Heyes 2022 UK / 58 mins
Hedda is beautiful, aristocratic, and intelligent, loaded with social grace and a steely, clear, dispassionate charisma. Life really isn't good enough for Hedda. Like any of us, in life there are moments when we feel that this frustrating business of existence — as lived on our darkest days — really isn't good enough for us either… Set in a Lynchian world of dream imagery, drama, bespoke sound design, music and chanteuse style singing; the iconic avant-garde performer David Hoyle stars as Hedda in this one-person, cinematic/theatrical reimagining of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, created and directed by Jen Heyes, with original composition by Tom Parkinson. HEDDA (After Ibsen) moves past the obvious to create a darkly surreal show for everyone that doesn't reduce it to our binary traditions. Shot on location at Soho Theatre, yet cinematically ambitious, HEDDA (After Ibsen) is a story of many faces - the absolute power of manipulation, influence, the control of obsession and dark psychological unrest. This is a contemporary unpacking of Ibsen's original text from inside the hinterland of the artist's imagination. Heyes and Hoyle's reimagined Hedda is both musical and darkly surreal, moving us far beyond the traditional binary. As Ibsen himself said: 'Hedda is first and foremost a human being.'
Trailer… https://youtu.be/1lDJ1Iy3odE

Held Together

Alvin Agarrat

2022

USA / 16 mins
A Chorus of Black Gay Men Denounce 'Fem Shaming'
Washington's essay about "femphobia” is now a choral work as conceived by director Alvin Agarrat. Agarrat filmed 9 Black gay men lending their collective voice to this message. Femphobia actually stems from fear-based and hateful attitudes toward women and girls. Gay men are shamed into hating their own fem side. This is how they become femphobic against each other, even though they are gay. “Held Together” explores the effects of stigma, and the value of self-acceptance.

Hello, My Name is Sara

Sarah Hill

2022

USA / 10 mins
This mixed media compilation featuring puppetry, paper dolls, and archival footage seeks to answer the age-old question; what’s in a name? The film explores the moments of awkwardness, humor, and self-actualization that come with settling into your name.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/662691845

Hen

Alice Tovey

2022

Australia / 10 mins
When a non-binary Gem attends their cis mate's hen's night, the girlies turn from bubbly bridesmaids to cock hungry demons. But Gem could never have known just how far they would get under their skin.
Gem (Frankie McNair) and Trisha (Mish Wittrup) have been friends since childhood. Gem will be at Trisha's side on the big day without a doubt. But their bond is no match for the Three Bridesmaids of the Apocalypse. Under the influence of bad vodka and worse friends, Trisha turns from girl-boss ally to monstrous beast in the space of a Ginuwine remix.

Her Ghost

Jade Kerry

2022

3 mins
A ghost story about love, grief and learning to continue on.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/710988364

Here Lucas Liu
Here

Lucas Liu

2022

8 mins
Will experiences a strange day following his roommate’s murder. As Will loses grasp with reality, he is forced to remember the true identities of his strange girlfriend, his dead roommate, and himself.

Heroines
Héroïnes

Astré Desrives

2022

France / 28 mins
In 1940 Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, two lesbian and Jewish artists, move from Paris to Jersey island to escape the Nazi persecution. Threatened by the arrival of German troops on the island too, resist. Armed with a 8mm camera, they create an army of "nameless soldiers" who panic the Nazi machine. A film about love, passion for art and the resistance of two heroines who challenge totalitarianism with the power of the imagination; a work that supports the radical flair of its protagonists by resorting to divergent narrative and stylistic registers, juxtaposing the analog creaks of surrealist ascendancy with more "contemporary", muscular, punk-looking forms of subversion typical of genre cinema.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/kW1LeSRpp-Q

Hiding

Will Carey

2022

UK / 4 mins
Will is starting to come to terms with his sexuality.  When friends pressure him to admit things that he’s not ready to share, Will learns that true acceptance won’t come from anyone else, but himself.

Hijo
Hijo

Oscar Perez-Chairez

2022

USA / 32 mins
As a teenage Mexican immigrant slowly assimilates into American culture, he struggles with his identity and his mother’s growing disapproval of his change.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/705549269


HokjesHokjes

Dewi van Breukelen,
Anne Karman

2022

Netherlands / 19 mins
We live in a binary society, and this documentary shows that all too well. What if you do not feel comfortable as man or woman? Which box do you fit into then, and should you even want that? In 9 different interviews, you get a better idea of what it is like to feel misunderstood in our society.

Home Ground

Kwon Aram

2022

South Korea / 78 mins
In the mid-1990s, the first openly lesbian bar in South Korea, LesBos, opened its doors in Sinchon, Seoul. This documentary follows one of the bar’s proprietors, Myong-woo, whose witty commentary prompts a broader reflection on Seoul’s lesbian scene, and the evolution of the city’s queer spaces over the past five decades. In her feature debut, Kwon Aram documents generational change as she makes connections between past and present: from the 1976 police raid on Chanel, a women-only café that existed in Myeong-dong in the 1970s, to the more recent threat posed by Covid-19 to community solidarity. This is a film about a shared sense of belonging, and shared environments of kinship. Offering a rare insight into Seoul’s often-hidden lesbian history, Home Ground reveals the vibrancy and endurance of South Korea’s queer culture.

Home Is Home
Home is Home

Mohammad Safaeipour

2022

Iran / 15 mins
A woman is painting another woman in a house and over time a relationship is formed between the two.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/eKcwFKWl8k8

Honeydew, Darling

Callahan Bracken

2022

Canada / 4 mins
At the intersection between animation, ceramics, film and printmaking, Honeydew, Darling employs an interdisciplinary approach to explore the transient relationship between time and identity as it relates to queerness. 

Hot As Hell

Julia Balista

2022

Brazil / 3 mins
Soraya, the vampire, goes on a trip to El Salvador but is hit by a heat wave.

Hot Wheels

Shayna Davis

2022

USA / 13 mins
Casey, a local roller rink employee, is crushing hard on the rink’s one regular patron that she thinks is way out of her league. The object of her affection is Janice, a middle-aged, flamboyant individual with an unorthodox passion for roller skating and her head stuck in the 70s.

House Of Ubae Koda Calma
House of Ubae

Koda Calma

2022

USA / 34 mins
In this intimate portrait, a young trans and Filipinx drag queen reflects on her journey of overcoming childhood trauma as they prepare to move across the country and leave their beloved chosen family.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/558264287

Houvast

Naomi Aalbers

2022

Netherlands / 5 mins
When two people meet in the subway, their lives take a ‘touching’ turn.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/706327540

How Many Will Dance on Your Tongue

Louis-Barthélémy Rousseau

2022

France / 20 mins
Alice is a doctor. Every day she questions patients in their deep intimacy and proceeds to blood samples. Back at her apartment, she finds Bianca, languidly waiting for her. The moment to come, Alice pours the blood on Bianca’s tongue, revealing their intimate sexual stories.

How to Disappear

Dyno Fanoy

2022

The Netherlands / 8 mins
A short film about mental health, in which filmmaker Dyno tries to delete themselves. After returning home, they admit to their roommate they are not doing well.

Nola Ikasi Euskara
How to learn Basque /
Nola ikasi Euskara

Juan Esteban Montoya

2022

Basque Country / 27 mins
After a 3-year audiovisual record, a Chilean migrant approaches the Basque language to reflect on memory, time and territory through images of a coastal village where he was confined.

How To Live Here
How to Live Here

Alisha Doody

2022

Ireland / 3 mins
How to Live Here is a short film that is part of a wider biographical multimedia project that explores the trajectory of a queer woman who leaves their rural upbringing in search of community only to return to the conditions she once ran away from.

HuEllas
HuEllas. Relatos de amor y violencias desde lo íntimo a lo politico.

Esther Martín Pineda

2022

Spain
Huellas es un viaje narrativo que, desde un enfoque interseccional, transita por las reflexiones y experiencias de lesbianas feministas en Bogotá (Colombia) en torno a la identidad política, el amor y las relaciones, las violencias en sus vínculos sexo-afectivos así como sus aprendizajes y sanación.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/F5UhCeiRkaI

Huldre

Julie Holst Nielsen-Man

2022

Denmark / 13 mins
A young woman is losing touch with both herself and her girlfriend, as she is dealing with a melancholic mind.

Hungry /
Gourmandise

Sosucks

2022

Belgium / 4 mins
An invitation to discover Minnie Fetish's uninhibited sexuality during her sex cam. With Gourmandise, Minnie Fetish will make you hungry.

Hunting for Snakes

Boy Ewald

2022

Denmark / 15 mins
After meeting at an underground techno party, Pelle and Maggs go on an adventure, where they each share a small part of their inner life.

Hygieia
Hygieia

Paulo Mendel

2022

Brazil / 6 mins
Inspired by an ancient incubation treatment known as Enkoimeses, this sci-fi queer film portrays Hygieia, Goddess of Health and Hygiene, and daughter of Asclepius, God of Healing, experiencing a powerful awakening. Through a hypnotic and dream-like aesthetic, these spiritual and symbolic entanglements propel an untouchable body into the infinite universe.

I am not a Number: Alejandra

Bart Peters,
Transketeers

2022

Netherlands / 20 mins
An intimate documentary portrait Alejandra shares her experience of migration, the struggles she faces, and where she finds strength.
Trailer... https://youtu.be/Dt-LGL_ZrIc?si=o01aOyWoOX_QTZpW 

I Cant Forget Him 2022
I Can’t Forget Him

Kevin Yiu

2022

Hong Kong / 14 mins
A rent-boy goes on vacation to a remote Hong Kong island with his bestie to forget his ex-lover, but the trip turns haywire when he meets a mysterious stranger evoking the legendary poet, Wat Yue from 2000 years ago!
Trailer... 《忘不了他》 I Can’t Forget Him (Trailer) on Vimeo

En Brazos Podria Darte Mi Vida
I Could Give You My Life in Arms

Gregory Shark

2022

USA / 11:09 mins
A train conductor fills the traveling vessel with marine life in order to build a cool new world.

I Don’t Exactly Remember What Happened Last Night
אני לא בדיוק זוכרת מה קרה באותו לילה

Hadas Ginat   2022 

Israel / 4 mins
A personal documentary made as part of Mansher studies. The director recounts a difficult experience she went through. 

I Have, I Don't Have

Ming-Chueh Yeh  2022 

Taiwan / 2 mins
If infants were born asexual, they could choose their sex organs: breasts, genitals, or phalluses, according to their wishes. Proposes a new imagination for the human body and reflects the phenomenon of modern society. Nowadays, people have multiple roles and enjoy the right to choose the gender they prefer.

I Just Want To Come Home
I Just Want to Come Home /
Jag vill bara hem

Nasrin Pakkho

2022

Sweden
The documentary refers to five contemporary trans people’s testimonies of living in Sweden. These persons are between 17 and 70 years old. The film highlights their stories of life’s different journeys. One describes themself as a binary trans person, another as a man with trans experiences and a third as neither a man nor a woman but non-binary, beyond gender. One may dream of the day when the gender confirmation surgery is complete while another feels it’s enough to express their gender using hormones.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/NE1BXPquWeY

I Missed You At Synagogue
I Missed You at Synagogue
הבדלה

Hanan Brandes  2022  Israel /12 mins
Carmel is asked to convey a message of reconciliation from his best friend Ido’s recent ex-girlfriend. When he finds Ido heartbroken and in need of comfort, he clings to the last moments of closeness. 

I Shudder with Pleasure that at Last the Time Has Come

Mari Terashima 2022

Japan / 27 mins
In a secluded corner of the world, there stands a chamber of sweet nectar, where the Mistress imparts the secrets of love to all who come.
This room is easily accessible to all.
But no one wants to enter it.
One day, a young man finds himself drawn to it despite better knowledge.
He has been reincarnated for thousands of years and now, finally, exists in this room at this moment.
Pain has turned into sweet love, a kind of rooted love, and through it, he becomes one with the Mother, with himself, and with the universe.

I was looking for you

Georgia Helen Twigg

2022

UK / 3:29 mins
Finding the prefect recipe for queer family lineage.

I’m Here, I’m Home, I’m Happy

Orla Egan   2022

Ireland / 18 mins
LGBT people from Cork in the 1970s and 80s remember cherished community spaces, parties, pubs, clubs and political activism.

 

I’m the Only One I Wanna See

Lucia Martinez Garcia 2022

Switzerland / 6 mins
A woman, a dancer, a creature, dances, free. She makes fun of the violence, the insults, the looks that reign around her.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/664713237

I’m Still Your Fag

Izzy Johnson 2022

USA / 4 mins
A meditation on the eroticism of queer intimacy.

If I cannot Feed all the Hungers of The World, do I still hold Value?

Ray Isaak Bleau

2022

USA / 2:55 mins
Dysphoria follows as I, a demisexual non-binary femme, find myself in my Prime of external beauty approved by western standards.

Ilas de Oxala

Henrique Filho 2022

Brazil / 5 mins
Drawing parallels between Afro-Brazilian religions and LGBTQIA+ resistance, Ilás de Oxalá (hope) is a powerful poetic prayer for all bodies that have been stigmatized and assaulted by patriarchal and racist society.
Watch… https://youtu.be/NGfk8ULLPwk

In a Slumber /
Uthay hi Nahi

Kartikey Tripathi

2022

India / 14 mins
A COVID test result, an overworked homemaker and my struggle with depression: 'In a Slumber' is a story about a family in isolation. But sometimes isolation also means that the bigger picture gets lost in mundane, everyday tasks. The film charts the trajectory of my experience of living with COVID and explores themes of loneliness, desire and mental health.

In Between /
Dazwischen

Anaïs Bourgogne

2022

Switzerland / 17:38 mins
Sonja, Angeles and Kaajal are twelve years old. Sometimes childlike, other times astoundingly grown-up, they are going through a turbulent time full of changes.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/vGx94BJiEMg?si=vtjwFkG9h5A9h0L-

In Boxes

Hila Vakrat,
Gilad Pfeffer

2022

Israel / 6 mins
A couple moves in together, but what's hidden in those moving boxes?
Trailer... In Boxes- trailer on Vimeo

In Curve Notes_Stream /
Apontamentos de Curva _ Correnteza

Flavia Regaldo

2022

Portugal / 7 mins
When does shape fall apart? Based on the premise of rethinking the body as a critical space, this porn animation of sliding watercolors explores the tensions of the body and desire in its antimatter, in the blind cuts of its lines and curves, in between the lines of the unsaid.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/809808731

In Our Minds

Tabitha Murdoch

2022

Australia / 5 mins
Two teenage girlfriends learn that their love can survive being challenged after they are separated by a non-supportive parent.

In The Meat Rack
In the Meat Rack

Parker Sargent,
koitz

2022

USA / 60 mins
One of the most famous gay cruising destinations in the world and one of the most controversial areas of land, this mecca of manlove has a history that expands past sex. Inspiring art, providing a place of solace and community, the Meat Rack deserves to be acknowledged for its importsnt impact on queer culture for many decades.

in transit

Nhi Nguyễn

2022

USA / 2:45 mins
A young Vietnamese woman sinuously flows down the alluring arteries of San Francisco.

In Tune
In Tune

Hannah Miles Wong

2022

Singapore / 16 mins
A self-conscious conformist, 35-year-old Lin is forced out of her comfort zone when she stumbles upon a half-finished composition written about her by her son's piano teacher, Sarah. As Lin tries to ignore it and find her way back to her usual routine, she begins to question if a life of conformity is what she really wants.

Intenionally Erased
Intentionally Erased

Kimya Motley

2022

USA / 59 mins
Kimya Motley is an educator, activist, author, director, and producer working to end violence against all women and girls. She has directed, co-wrote, and co-produced this absorbing documentary about the experiences of Black trans women in the United States. Join us for the world premiere of the film and a panel discussion afterwards.

Interface Cruisin
Interface: Cruisin’

Nate King

2022

USA / 1 min
Interface: Cruisin’ is a mini-film exploring the artists own nostalgia for video games of the 90s while simultaneously queering the narrative, replacing the traditional bikini babe with himself.

Intransitive
Intransitive: a documentary about trans stories /
Intransitivo: Um Documentário Sobre Narrativas Trans

Gabz 404,
Gustavo Deon,
Lau Graef,
Luka Machado

2022  Brazil / 72 mins
2021. Pandemic. Brazil (the country that most murders trans people and transvestites for the 13th consecutive year). Amid a dangerous and critical political moment, a trans-centered troupe travels through Rio Grande do Sul and talks to eight transgender individuals. The interviews raise issues related to transition, and other identitary and intersectional crossings, such as class, race, age, sexuality, and body. On the backstage we witness the conversations among the crew, discussing these same themes, so as their interpersonal relations on the road.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/rDraIbRg-CU?si=k6H6lhmFTorkZov2 

Iris Wachowicz
Iris

Iris Kea Pontoni Wachowicz

2022

Netherlands / 4 mins
A personal animated story about being raised by two mothers.

Isolation
Isolation

Diane L. Wilkins,
Terry L. Galloway

2022

USA / 6 mins
This short film introduces us to KC, a tomboy with cp, who escaped well-meant but oppressive over protectiveness to find fun freedom in their queer identity, until Covid threw them back into isolation.

Istosi:
The Land We Live On

Making Treay 7 Cultural Society

2022

Canada
Seven artists immerse themselves in theatre creation techniques inspired by the land we call Calgary.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/684322469

It Had to Be You

Camryn Garrett

2022

USA / 4 mins
When Cleo falls for a customer at the coffee shop she works at, she must catch his attention before her more beautiful coworker does.

It Hurts To Love A Woman
It Hurts to Love a Woman

Jessica Silber

2022

USA / 4:43 mins
A tender yet tragic tale that recounts the intimate journey of two women, ROSE and MAX, whose connection cautiously dances on the fine line between friendship and romance. Told through the juxtaposing lenses of their drastically different experiences in the same space, we fall privy to their love as it unfolds, blossoms and deflates. Led by movement and sound, we teeter on the border of fantasy and nightmare as ROSE experiences the painful repercussions of falling in love with someone who doesn’t love themselves.
Watch… https://youtu.be/KBbMkwviVaI

It Takes A Village
It Takes a Village

Glam Hag

2022

USA / 8 mins
Today is the day these two pregnant cult members have been waiting for.

It's Better Outside

Leo Becker

2022

Australia / 5 mins
On a night out, Paul convinces Ian to experiment with a drug and together venture down the rabbit hole. Moments after taking the pill, Ian's secret feelings for Paul are awakened, leading him to a second world where a truth that will forever change his reality is exposed.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/686536061

ITSUKA:
Someday, now

Eru Yamada

2022

Japan / 26 mins
A week after birth, she came to her same-sex husbands, Yamada and Sato, and the world reflected in the eyes of "someday". It's a blurry vision, but I do feel it someday. That the two of you are working hard to come to terms with one day and that you are loving them.

Izurdea
Izurdea

Anne Dobaran

2022

Spain / 14:33 mins
Marta, Irati y June son amigas de toda la vida y deciden irse juntas de vacaciones de verano. Cogen un Airbnb en un pueblo precioso en La Rioja. En su primera noche de vacaciones, deciden estrenar la casa con una pequeña fiesta. 
Trailer… https://youtu.be/jh1kGOKG_8A

Jailer
Jailer

Milad Vaezi Majd

2022

Iran / 12 mins
It's the story of a boy who wants to be a girl and he is under pressure of his dreams.

Jems Dream Home
Jem’s Dream Home

Louise-Marie Le Doussal  2022 

Canada / 30 mins
Thanks Jem is living their last days in their Vancouver home; it has been sold, and they have been asked to leave. The pandemic had already made it difficult for the drag queen performer to stay afloat. The only way they know to cope is to channel it into their art, prompting one final shindig.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/ZbwXBEzMI34  

Jillians Peak
Jillian’s Peak

Charzette Torrence,
Danielle Johnson

2022

USA / 12:22 mins
Jillian Thomas an African American woman who is afraid of marrying a man. Because deep down inside she knows the truth that is a lesbian. She has been struggling with the truth for years that she is gay.

Jims Tips
Jim’s Tips

Piper Peña Hadley

2022

USA / 9 mins
Transgender teen Flora struggles to cope with her father’s death and the series of How-To videos he’s left behind.
Watch... Jim’s Tips - Piper Peña Hadley on Vimeo

Joao Rafa Maciel
João

Rafa Maciel

2022

Brazil / 7 mins
Liquid love and sexual freedom of a young gay man in the Amazon.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/spEUoPUbFho

Joses Sunday Paella
Jose’s Sunday Paella

André M. Zucker

2022

USA / 5 mins
José has a great life. Since coming to New York City from Valencia, Spain, he has become a doctor, married his husband, and had a daughter. There’s only one thing missing. José is desperate to make paella the way his family did when he was growing up in Valencia. This is not something easily done in the middle of New York City. Motivated by his need to pass on his Spanish heritage to his American daughter, José and a friend are going to try to recreate a piece of José’s childhood on the streets of Brooklyn. 

Journey to Assaf

Uri Levi

2022

Israel / 56 mins
Assaf Kroll was an artist who painted his soul. He painted the three significant and difficult periods in his life.
He did not reveal the paintings to the world but kept them to himself.
After he died of cancer at the age of 39, his parents set out on a journey where they try to learn and get to know their son – Assaf.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/jFM3Vzz697g?si=M-XJ-_MGKrAwVsn6

Judgment Day Selfie
Judgment-Day Selfie

Yossi Waxman

2022

Israel / 5 mins
Observing Van Leyden’s “Judgment Day” painting in these very days of a global pandemic, wars and natural disasters, images created while dialoguing with the artist: a satire of mankind in the age of social networks, attempts to dialogue with eternity.
Watch... https://youtu.be/ndqLj9YEksY?si=6u3qUq6eZxVdygDa 

Junglez

Rikki Beadle-Blair

2022

UK / 17:23 mins
A ragtag group of Black queer youth from a secret squat in Brixton dream of becoming Grime stars.
Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/Junglez

Junto Con Nuestros Padres Y Amigos
Junto con nuestros padres y amigos

Sandra Flecha

2022

Paraguay / 14 mins
Two lifelong best friends, Juanda and Marce, summon their family and friends to tell them something that will completely change the evening.

Kaalpurush
Kaalpurush

Ryan Dey,
Sandipta Chhetri

2022

India / 45 mins
It’s the story a boy who goes a woman to a man. After being converted, he is humiliated everywhere and can’t find work anywhere. He is in a relationship with Converted women. Oneday he gets drunk in despair and write his whole  biography in a dairy and commits suicide,  the girl come and realized everything and goes to the boy's house and tells them everything. 
Trailer… https://youtu.be/-dr5FU2D1_s

Kamiya, you seem gay, don't you?

Mahiro Hamamoto

2022

Japan / 7 mins
Popular model Yasuto Kamiya seems gay. "A person with a deep relationship with Kamiya's office," he says. In his absence, the rumor, whose authenticity or falsity is unknown, is picked up on the net news, goes around on SNS, and eventually reaches the ears of his lover, Mizoguchi. Yokoyama, a mutual friend of Kamiya, tells Mizoguchi not to believe him, but Mizoguchi's anxiety, boosted by popular voices, could not be dispelled by Yokoyama's own words, and Mizoguchi continued to search for Kamiya. In the meantime, another rumor is circulating on the Internet out of nowhere.
Trailer… 予告編『神谷、ゲイらしいよ』 - YouTube

Kavlart

Manos K

2022

UK / 4 mins
An artistic expression of the complex passion of sexuality.

Keymil
Keymil

Nicole Pastrana

2022

Colombia / 4 mins
Cuando K-mil le dijo a su familia que era una mujer trans, la echaron de casa y solo pudo regresar con la condición de que dejara de ser quien quiere. Todos los días debe salir de su casa porque allí sólo le permiten dormir. En el skate park de su ciudad encontró un hogar, un lugar seguro donde poder encontrarse con sus amigos y ser ella misma.

Killing In A Vegan Way
Killing in a Vegan way / Ubistvo na veganski nacin

Julia Ernesti   2022 

Serbia / 24 mins
The harmony-loving Aurora increasingly compromises in her relationships with her friends and her vegan boyfriend Charlie and neglects her own needs, which has fatal consequences.
Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/KillinginaVeganway  

Kim, People are Dying

Sepand Mashiahof

2022

USA / 7:43 mins
Beast Nest travels through a vibrant and strange realm of emotional agony in an attempt to reconnect to old friends and collectively heal their deeply felt pain. This video is about mental health and disability and how much friendship can save us in our strangest, hardest, and darkest moments.
Watch… https://youtu.be/XeZgGY9JzXs

Kin
Kin

Michal Janicki

2022

USA / 6 mins
A man attempts to contact his brother in space to discover who they both are.

Kind Eyes
Kind Eyes

Casey L Floyd

2022

USA / 12 mins
Seeking romance on a dating app date and believing he’s finally found it, Cody looks up to see his promising date turn into something else entirely.

Kings

Eric Garcia

2022

USA / 5:49 mins
Two drag kings dance their way through a bathroom quickie. The film is part of UP ON HIGH, a 9-part dance film that interrogates the notions of queer legacy, asking “What is built that has resonance beyond us?” UP ON HIGH is collaboratively researched and devised by an ensemble of dance and drag artists who investigate lineage, impact, and our role as future ancestors for the next generations.

Kiss of Life

Andrew Chan Gladstone

2022

USA / 12 mins
Paloma takes radical action to hold onto her love and life after she learns she could be deported.

Klappe

Jürgen Brüning

2022

Germany
Shamelessly, Jürgen Brüning samples and remixes clips and scraps of material from his own work as a director and producer (among others for Bruce LaBruce & Shu Lea Cheang) with borrowed pop cultural references from around the world for this video essay on gay identity. His reflections are connected by songs that address miscellaneous news and social issues with egalitarian verve, sung by hot guys in a public toilet. A film full of meandering associations and unexplained references, it's at the same time a political musical and the taking stock of a romantic revolutionary. Anti-religious, anti-authoritarian and somehow also a bit anti-everything!

Klarissa
Klarissa

Ruaridh Lever-Hogg

2022

UK / 6:52 mins
Deaf artist Klarissa Webster explores identity and connection to traditional Japanese ink work.
Watch… https://www.bslzone.co.uk/watch/klarissa

Know You Twice

Andrew Chan Gladstone

2022

USA / 12 mins
Paloma takes radical action to hold onto her love and life after she learns she could be deported.

La Cisne
La Cisne

Fil Uno

2022

Perú / 9 mins
On the way to the museum, Angellina wanders the streets and squares of Lima; in his mind, however, he appropriates these spaces. As she dances, her movements tell the story of her body. Her path takes her to the city's coast, where she undergoes a rebirth ritual.
Watch... https://youtu.be/zDr_NGfgF4E?si=Zkg3oAvNj7Vj6VCq 

La Danse du Printemps

Sido Lansari

2022

France, Morocco / 8 mins
On a spring day, a family celebrates the new season with a picnic in the woods of Casablanca’s surroundings. The sun beats down, darting its rays through the trees and lighting up the scenery. Suddenly, the kid starts dancing.

La espectra de los mares

Luis Felipe Ramirez Montesinos

2022

Perú / 4 mins
Legend has it that in the time of the Ayamarca Raymi Quilla (November) un@ Qariwarmi (Rune of two sex-spirits) of unknown name returns from the Ukhu Pacha (World of l@s muert@s) and circles the shores of the Rimak valley (The Talker).

La Región Enferma

Dario Exequiel

2022

Argentina / 9 mins
En julio de 2074, el gobierno nacional envía una expedición para comprobar si el país aún es inhabitable debido a las mutaciones físicas que comenzaron a sufrir los seres humanos.

La Segunda Oportunidad
La Segunda Oportunidad

German L. Ramos Briñez

2022

Venezuela / 15 mins
Carlos es un joven atormentado que reflexiona en amarga soledad sobre los terribles eventos que provocaron un accidente, en el que él y sus padres estuvieron envueltos. Carlos evoca momentos felices de la familia, pero también recuerda el airado reclamo de su padre al descubrir su gran secreto, es homosexual. Carlos suplica por “Una segunda oportunidad” para hablar de lo que quedó atrapado en su corazón; En ese momento abre los ojos a la realidad

La Sirène en mal d’amour

Camille Gautier Quattrocchi

2022

France / 8 mins
Une gorgone se fait voler son cœur par la mer. Sophie et Camille sont en relation, mais un vide se fait ressentir. Camille se confie à la mer qui l'aide à retrouver ses émotions.

Lalabis
Lalabis

Noá Bonoba

2022

Brazil / 25 mins
When Kali woke up, the whole world was paralyzed. Her mother and father were paralyzed eating breakfast. Her brother was paralyzed playing Mario Kart. She never understood why nothing happened to her, until she learned the secret of Numi and the kingdom of the Lalabis.

Lamento De Forca Travesti
Lamento de Força Travesti

Renna Costa

2022

Brazil / 5 mins
Watch… https://youtu.be/03rqrtILoy4

Land Song

Inês Ariana Pereira

2022

Portugal / 8 mins
A self-proclamation and announcement of existence, a record of lesbian affection as a cure, a night to sleep, a landscape made of light, a love song for my balcony, for the hills and for her.

Late Bloomers

Solveig Selj

2022

Norway
A story about how our heteronormative society and the patriarchy can affect how we identify ourselves. About being visible and invisible, and what it's like to finally bloom into the person you're suppose to be late in life. The LGBTQ+ story you rarely hear.
Trailer... Late Bloomers Teaser on Vimeo

Latrinalia

Sophie Broadgate

2022

UK / 4 mins
A spoken word poetry film made from the best real-word toilet graffiti Jane had ever come across. Jane collected toilet graffiti from queer clubs and other places across the UK, then put them together into this love letter to queer spaces and the connection and solidarity we can find in unexpected places.

Le Jardin des Delices

Geneviève Dale,
Dean Mang-Wooley

2022

Canada / 4 mins
Inspired by the absolutely unhinged I masterpiece of Hieronymus Bosch, this collage animation takes its audience on a journey from the lush gardens of paradise through to the flaming hot recesses of hell.
Watch... Le jardin des délices - FilmFreeway 

Le Point Sur Les I 2022
Le Point Sur Les 'I'

Frédéric Chane-Son

2022

Switzerland / 65 mins
Deborah, Audrey, Som et Linn ont des parcours de vie très différents mais un point commun bien particulier : iels sont intersexes. En Suisse où iels vivent, les institutions politiques et médicales entretiennent leur invisibilisation. Sans loi interdisant les mutilations génitales, leur droit à l’autodétermination n’existe pas et être soi-même est un combat. Sous le regard bienveillant du réalisateur, iels nous racontent leur chemin vers la découverte et l’acceptation de soi. Confidences intimes et revendications affirmées sont ici un acte militant visant à briser le tabou, ensemble.

Lennon
Lennon

Jason Leighton,
Elliot Frahs

2020

USA / 23 mins
Lennon is a film about an individual experiencing homelessness who craves to be seen and heard, but all it takes is a stranger offering a cup of coffee to ignite some compassion. The best part is… that compassion can be contagious.

Les Crottes
Les Crottés

Cédric Gaillard Desrosiers

2022

Canada / 10 mins
After their physical education class, the guys can’t manage anything more than tugging at each other and calling each other names. Lou, watching from afar, waits for them to leave before taking his turn in the shower. When he returns, he’s surprised by Manu, where they use this intimate moment to redefine their relationship.

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Les électriques

Joy Feldman

2022

France / 3 mins
It only took a few seconds for Suzanne's life to change.

Les V Isibles
Les(v)isibles

Arene Gabiña,
Juan Zubillaga

2022

Spain / 22 mins
Lesvisibles recovers the historical memory LGTBI + through the testimonies of seven women who, having lived their adolescence and youth during the Franco regime in the Basque Country, socialized as lesbians and feminists in a repressive and deeply lesbophobic social context. They are women who are part of the first moments of a feminist movement that strongly claimed sexual freedom and the right of women to have the sexuality they wanted.

Let Down
Let Down

Andrea Guajardo

2022

USA / 6 mins
The story of lost love is told through a movement that confronts gender-normative dancing, and while providing representation for queer females in dance.
Watch… https://youtu.be/2UwRJB0UjRY

Let Me Live

Éadaoin O'shea Costley

2022

Ireland / 4 mins
Documentary short film on the experience of a trans young person in Dublin Ireland.

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Letters to Myself

Marina Vergueiro

2022

Cuba / 18 mins
On the 10th anniversary of her HIV diagnosis, poet Marina Vergueiro travels to Cuba to study cinema and discovers the story of Caridad, a woman who 20 years ago injected herself with HIV-infected blood when she discovered she was a lesbian and had no support from her family.

Libbi S Shores
Libby’s Shores
החופים של ליבי

Yael Hotomlansky  2022  Israel / 11 mins
In a story of unrequited love, we find Libby on the seam between desire and reality. Drifting, as she navigates the shifting shoreline between these embattled landscapes, she closes a circle with Yuli. 

Life Lessons
Life Lessons

Erin Polich

2022

USA / 7:50 mins
Malcolm is confronted by his boyfriend, Tyler, about his ex-girlfriend being pregnant. When Malcolm attempts to brush the conversation aside, Tyler doubles down and pushes Malcolm to face the consequences of his actions.

Living Our Lives
Living Our Lives

David Luis Perez

2022

Spain / 33 mins
A unique journey across the world to discover the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ people.

Lo que nos queda

Rosa Caldito,
Anne Dobaran

2022

Basque Country / 22 mins
A group of young people gather in a house to document a night of partying, seeking to portray the hidden truths of a generation that evades themselves through drugs, sex, social media, etcetera.

Lola vs Ed

Lars Brinkman

2022

Netherlands / 10 mins
A drag-thriller about drag queen Lola who gets in the cab with Ed.

Longing for the Sun to Set Upwards

Jao San Pedro

2022

Philippines / 3 mins
Longing for the Sun to Set Upwards is an ode to the multiplicity, mutability, and expansion of what constitutes a body, a self, through imaging and technological mediations.   

Los Amantes

Dario Exequiel

2022

Argentina / 7 mins
Basado en un caso real. A través de una transmisión en una plataforma de sexo virtual, en Mendoza se conoció el asesinato de un hombre a manos de su pareja. El asesino declaró que el hecho había sido consensuado mediante un pacto.
Watch... https://youtu.be/pqIagJcY51c?si=UtXNz9P12aiwLbpb 

Losing Rose
Losing Rose

Lindy Boustedt

2022

USA / 7 mins
In 2020, Marie loses her beloved grandmother and must travel through the emptiness of the pandemic and canyons of grief to properly say goodbye.

Love Et Ex Mortuus

Mathieu Morel

2022

France / 42 mins
Elisabeth Raymond has left us… To add to the misfortune of the villagers, the body of the teenager has disappeared. Her boyfriend Victor is devastated. Fortunately, André, Elisabeth’s big brother, is there to support him. The two boys go looking for the body.

Love Letter to a Garden

Yahli Maoz

2022

Israel / 13 mins
Rona insists upon returning a giant cactus from her home to the nursery – where she comes across someone unexpected.
Trailer... Love letter to a garden- Trailer on Vimeo 

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Love Lingers /
Amar Nunca Seca

Washington Calegari

2022

Brazil / 22:22 mins
Jonas is isolated at home as he reflects on his relationship with his boyfriend and best friend, who are hospitalized during the pandemic.
Trailer available here

Love You Anyway

Julia Stroman

2022

USA / 10 mins
Faith and family collide in this heart-breaking documentary of a family unable to accept their daughter's homosexuality in the face of their religion.

Loving Graham

Taylor Allwood

2022

Australia

Love and Violence

Amel Guellaty

2022

Tunisia / 12 mins
What link is there between the image and the sound? How can love bring out so much hate? In Tunisia, violence against the LGBTQIA+ communities is normalized and accepted by the society. Love and Violence, tells the stories of five individuals, all victims of violence because of their sexuality, through audio and through the images of their love stories.

Low Tide
Low Tide /
Bajamar

Juana Castro

2022

Columbia / 19 mins
Luisa falls in love with Anna while she spends her summer vacation with her family, then finds out something unexpected about her parent's relationship.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/851073042/40d79700d9

L Une Et L Autre
L'une et l'autre

Camille Roux

2022

France / 17 mins
Pigalle, at night. Elma walks past the boulevard nightlife when a young woman catches her eye. An unusual fascination for this stranger seizes Elma.

Lucas

Jessica Quiroz

2022

Mexico / 18 mins
If orgasm were a dessert, what dessert would it be? A girl sees through a pair of magical glasses and is submerged in a reflection about pleasure, the passage of time and the cyclicality of life. Documentary poetry dedicated to Lucas, mother of the director.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/KRgtqio0DZ8?si=DT_xVymtYCZImWag

Lucioles

PornProcess 3

2022

Belgium / 29 mins
Belgium-based collective Porn Process takes us on a journey into the forest. With the arrival of darkness, several fireflies appear. Then we follow the cameras, persons in themselves, held by gazes that veer between voyeurist, researcher and actor.

Lugar Nenhum
Lugar nenhum

Camille Silva

2022

Brazil / 10 mins
Cecilia wants to board a train to Nowhere, but that destination is unavailable.

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Luki

Marta Bencich

2022

Italy / 11 mins
A dive into the origin of LGBTQ activist Luki Massa, into her childhood in imaginative Baia’s surroundings, near Naples. A free spirit, a life in which a true boundary between the mundane and the extraordinary never existed.

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Magical Caresses /
Caresses magiques

Lori Malépart-Traversy

2022

Canada / 19 mins
Jouissance! Voilà une invitation douce et piquante à célébrer son propre corps à travers une rencontre privilégiée et le plaisir en solo
Trailer… https://youtu.be/AL1jifZBgyg?si=aRqc46sgRwlUdQoC

Making Bubbles /
Tá Fazendo Sabão

Ianca Santos de Oliveira

2022

Brazil / 6 mins
Essayistic film that portrays the construction of the identity and sexuality of the black lesbian child. It is narrated and documented in the first person. The film’s plot presents the affective bonds that unite the little tomboy with the black women in her family in a timeless and surreal performance.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/759183336

Mala Reputación

Florencia Garibaldi,
Estefania Santoro

2022

Argentina / 43 mins
Una lupa sobre la representación de las lesbianas en los productos de ficción que se emitieron en canales de aire en la televisión argentina desde 1992 a 2014. A partir de entrevistas a profesionales de diversas disciplinas y de imágenes de archivo, el documental revela una caracterización negativa que predomina en las representaciones. Los personajes carecen de profundidad social y son distantes de la realidad.

Man Made

Elian Mikkola

2022

Canada / 8:08 min
A repurposed narrative of a boy who gets introduced to the wonders of life by a beautiful shining trumpet. But the struggle to be oneself has only begun. Utilizing found 16mm footage and both digital and analog manipulation techniques, Mikkola pierces conventional masculinity with a transformative queer gaze.

Goor Jigeen
Man-Woman /
Goor-Jigeen Uomo-Donna

Alberto Amoretti

2022

Italy / 30 mins
by generalization ‘gay’ and akin to an insult.
In Senegal, being homosexual is punishable by law and could mean five years of imprisonment. This documentary tells the story of people for whom the journey to Europe is the only choice.
Trailer... Goor-Jigeen (Man-Woman) TRAILER sub Eng on Vimeo

Mandinga
Mandinga

Adrianna Samara da Silva Oliveira

2022

Brazil / 19 mins
Benedito desperta para mais um dia de trabalho como motoboy. Embalado por “Mandinga” de Raidol e guiado pelos seus Orixás, ele busca misteriosas encomendas para levá-las ao destino final.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/E18U5qi7wCY?si=AzJ5GAPxK_GiW0O2

Manifold Adia Ivey
Manifold

Adia Ivey

2022

USA / 48 mins
This experimental anthology docuseries featuring the life stories of Black LGBTQ people across Chicago embraces a positive, joyful approach to exploring the diverse ways local individuals are celebrating and affirming their own lives and experiences and creating spaces building relationships that expand beyond just themselves. The collaborative and open approach to the production of the series mirrors this goal.
Trailer... MANIFOLD Trailer on Vimeo 

Manufacturing Love

Jonathan Romaric Marc-Le Ster

2022

France / 22 mins
After a breakup with his lover, Leo, Jim becomes a filmmaker. As he’s completing the editing of his film along with his producer, reality seems to merge with fiction as memories come to visit him.

Manwella

Sahar El Euchi

2022

Tunisia / 10 mins
Two names, two faces and one story: a story that is told behind the eyes of a person who is looking to be free but not lonely.

Manzanas
Manzanas

Jose Renteria Wallyto

2022

20 mins
"Manzanas" tells us the story of José González's uncles, Manuel and Alexander, who in 1945 met, fell in love, and together fought for the creation of laws and norms for inclusion and equality.
Trailer... https://youtu.be/-uaSITl92ug 

 

Marlen 2022
Marlen, a portrait of hairy tits /
Marlén, retrato de unas tetas peludas

Javier de Miguel

2022

Chile / 12 mins
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Marlén builds stories of family and love, understanding their hairy tits as the center in the construction of their gender, pleasure and sexuality.
Trailer... https://vimeo.com/642069634 

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Martín

Álvaro Vargas

2022

Spain / 10 mins
Martín, lonely and isolated in his country retreat, manages to get a date for tonight. A compelling drama that reminds us that the stigma of HIV still lingers in our community and beyond.

Measure Matthias Falvai
Measure

Matthias Falvai

2022

Canada / 3 mins
Utilizing Angelo’s monologue from Act Two, Scene Two of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, three lonely souls discover a perceived “flaw” within themselves and navigate its meaning.

Mi Cuerpo, Mi Transición

Camilo Lopez Diaz,
Julian Merlo,
Alma Chamot

2022

Argentina / 22 mins
Corto documental que reúne imágenes del cotidiano de Milo, joven en proceso de transición. Un relato que se construye a través de entrevistas sobre su día a día, un repaso sobre sus vivencias y también por el contexto socio-político argentino, además de la experiencia de sus xadres: el entorno también transiciona.

Mi Nombre Es BRIGIDA
Mi nombre es BRIGIDA
Vinicius de Souza Taborga 2022 

Bolivia / 6 mins
It is the story of a trans sexual "chola" woman, the "chola" women in Bolivia are the ones who today use the typical and traditional costumes. Of which this person from the age of 22 began his process of sexual transition, but without losing his identity, from man to woman, but seeking to be a chola, who did not uproot himself by deciding to keep the skirt and all his traditional costumes while telling some important events of his life.
Watch…  https://youtu.be/HrxRSo42VmU 

Migranta Manauara Clandestina, Luiz Felipe Lucas 2022

Brazil, Spain / 18 mins
O encontro de artistas migrantes LGBT+ no território europeu, descobrindo uma nova linguagem sobre a construção deste território.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/870158226

Miles to Go James Saunders 2022

USA / 8 mins
An all trans-masculine trail running team discovers the freedom to be themselves on the trail as they advocate against anti-trans legislation.

Miniature Seokyoung Yang 2022

USA / 5 mins
A poetic love letter between two women rebelling against the heteronormative gaze.

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Minima and the Drags /
Minima et les drags
Antoine Dabin 2022

France / 52:23 mins
The story of a movement exploding on big capital stages, including Paris. What we don’t know is that Drag artists created Pride and initiated every important battle for LGBTQIA+ community rights, as for every ostracized and despised communities. In this documentary, we follow several Drag Queens’ paths, such as Minima Gesté, alias Arthur. He/she is on every battlefront: his/her shows, engineering job, relationship, and his/her commitment to all lost causes.
Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/Minimaandthedrags

Mirage Dustin Tan 2022

USA / 10 mins
A perfect life does not come free. A woman receives a mysterious letter, and her past seeps into her present as her choices come back to haunt her.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/553130173

Mirage Akira River,
Jessica Moon
2022

Switzerland / 8 mins
Mirage invites us into a realm where dreams meld with sultry memories and sensual instants. It sings the praises of the fervent flame that ignites between two souls, loving without bounds. It's an entrancing daydream that paints a tableau of bodies quivering with yearning, as we, with closed eyes, drift beside the one our heart cherishes.

Mirror Selfie Gracie Wallner 2022

USA / 2:44 mins
"I used to find it difficult to look at myself in the mirror. These days, I am finding it a little easier as I step further into myself and into my body as a queer, non-binary person. Mirror Selfie is a very short film self-portrait about self-reflection, gaze, and acceptance.​"
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/738651265

Missil
Míssil
Roberta Marques 2022

Brazil / 14 mins
O filme narra a lembrança de uma história de amor no lockdown de 2020. Duas mulheres, dois corações flechados vivendo em segredo.

Missing the Boat /
Teplé rožky
Emília Ondriašová 2022

Slovakia / 9 mins
A short film about cabbage, hot rolls and other differences of opinion or generation, which are never as heated as during the holidays of joy and peace.

Monogamy House Henry Hansen,
Mitch Mitchell
2022

USA / 7:11 mins
In this gonzo reality show from hell, twelve singles are trapped in a mansion on a tropical island with no escape...other than a lifetime of marriage to one of the other contestants. Til death do us part, bitch!
Watch... MONOGAMY HOUSE on Vimeo 


MorganMorgan

Daniel Guevara

2022

México / 14:33 mins
En la pequeña ciudad de Cuautla, en el estado de Morelos, México, vive Frank, una persona no binarie, quien nos narra el proceso que siguió para poder llegar a ser la persona que es hoy en día y nos adentra en la intimidad de su ser.

Mother of Pearl

Moonyeka

2022

USA / 7 mins
Moonyeka's self-proclaimed visual and embodied labyrinth is a picturesque short film that elucidates the sacramental process experienced by shelled creatures, particularly mollusks, oysters, and abalones, as parasitic energies encroach upon their environment.
Watch... https://youtu.be/A-9jBrvYt8w 

Mother’s Arm

France Rreally

2022

USA / 29 mins
An experimental queer horror where a hooligan wanders around Milwaukee pulling people into their torrent of chaos.

Muanapoto
Muanapoto

Chriss Itoua

2022

France / 28 mins
« Je suis un « muanapoto ». Cela signifie, en lingala, la langue majoritaire au Congo, « l'enfant de France ». Je mène deux vies : une avec mon copain, et de l'autre mes week-ends chez ma mère Suzanne, qui ne sait pas que je suis homosexuel. »

My Dear Mr. Whitman

Jeremiah Dickey

2022

USA / 2 mins
An 1872 letter of adoration sent to American poet Walt Whitman by British writer Bram Stoker.
Watch... My Dear Mr. Whitman on Vimeo 

My Eyelids

Danielle Cosmes

2022

USA / 3:43 mins
The need to sleep bleeds into the evening of a young queer Oaxacan migrant.

My Little Dress

Zinc Liew

2022

Taiwan / 2 mins
Little Crocodile wants a little dress, but mummy says: “boys don’t wear dresses”.  Little Crocodile doesn’t understand, why not?
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/725301539

NASA Merthyr Tydfil
NASA, Merthyr Tydfil

Kit Griffiths

2022

UK / 4 mins
A spaceman returns to their Nanna's home in the valleys of South Wales.
Watch…here

Ne Am Cunoscut Maine
Ne-am cunoscut mâine

Stefi Mihailescu

2022

Romania / 26 mins
Two best friends get through the most challenging moment of their friendship and it all starts when they find each other’s personal diaries.

Cei mai buni prieteni trec prin cel mai dificil moment al prieteniei lor si totul incepe cand isi gasesc unul altuia jurnalul personal.

Negro Sol
Negro Sol

Genaro Peñalosa

2022

13 mins
Pablo, who hasn’t come out of the closet is a privileged young guy who loves basketball, he lives with his castrating father who wants him to give up on his idea of getting a sports scholarship to help him with the family business. Renato is a small dealer who teaches him all the basketball secrets and encourages him to follow his dream.

Neha

Praveen Chandran

2022

India / 27 mins
Neha'' A romantic enigma of a transgenger. It's a character driven drama..
Watch… https://youtu.be/1Y7a50oI4n0

Never Look Away

Devin Boss

2022

USA / 15 mins
The story behind Never Look Away, a 3-story high mural in downtown Portland, Oregon that is dedicated to the Queer community. Its creation demonstrates the power of regular people coming together to build something bigger than themselves - and of how public art is another layer in the lifelong process of coming out for our community. 
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/760908264

N.E.W.

Shona Victoria Murray-Smith,
Josh Butcher

2022

UK / 6:08 mins
The story of Nate Ethan Watson, the first openly transgender artist on the UK Grime scene.

New Age
New Age
עידן חדש

Noy Dekel  2022  Israel / 20 mins
Daniel (25yo) is fired from his job as an air steward, just at the beginning of the Corona epidemic. He’s going back to living the single life of a gay Tel Avivian as an unemployed. At Purim party, he meets Idan (27yo), a well-known gay icon, a successful photographer, a bold guy who doesn’t mince words. They enter into a sort of undefined romantic relationship. In a new reality, when the entire economy and country is paralyzed, the world stops for a moment. The two men, confined together to one space, outside the race of life, have time to speak, reveal their skin and to flood out all the problems and concerns that they did not have to face until now. A New Age. 

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New King on the Block

Erika Lust 2022

Spain, Sweden / 48 mins
Drag king workshops originated from the need to create safe spaces for queer people (especially trans and nonbinary AFAB folks).
Desire, identity, love, pleasure, and power are all constructions that intersectionally build upon the white male gaze in a binary way. Queers who do not fit into the prescribed norm get excluded from the right to desire, exist, love, and feel pleasure.

Nichole
Nichole

Gabriel Savignac 2022 Canada / 60 mins
Nichole
is a web series of fiction in six episodes of ten minutes each featuring Nichole. Originally from the Saguenay region, now established in Montreal, the self-proclaimed "rising star" is looking for fame and recognition in an attempt to break into the international music scene.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/yXSLsLeEfjQ

Night Out 2022
Night Out

Helena Coelho 2022 Brazil / 2:10 mins
On a Saturday evening full of expectation, Ju gets ready for a night out with friends. But for someone like her, a weekend evening is not as peaceful as it seems.
Em um sábado cheio de expectativa, Ju se arruma para uma festa com os amigos. Mas para uma pessoa como ela, uma noite de final de semana não é tão tranquila assim.

Nightmare

Adam Jordan

2022

Australia / 2 mins
The importance of Pronouns, in even the most perilous situations.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/699925035

No Encontro Tudo Se Dilui

Fe A. Avila

2022

Brazil / 5 mins
O ego quer nos manter presos à certeza da identidade, mas a alma quer se diluir, sentir que faz parte de algo muito maior que o eu. Tudo se transforma, a natureza é mudança, no encontro tudo se dilui.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/868098662

no bites /
nekoušu

Alex Sihelsk

2022

Czech Republic / 21 mins
Feelings of a predator associated with lesbian orientation embodied by the archetype of a vampire and her endless cycle of self-blame and self-loathing. Social media as a virtual coffin that is comfortable but certainly won't last forever. Nonconformity and social anxiety about otherness carry a centuries-old dilemma - to disrupt or assimilate?

No More Longing

Connor Lee O’Keefe

2022

USA / 16 mins
A musician tries to find his voice after moving away from Brazil and starting testosterone.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/870329350/8d73b27826

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No nome do amor

Xabier Mailán

2022

Spain / 19 mins
The parish priest officiating mass in a small hermitage acts disoriented, nervous, troubled. The parishioners eagerly await the moment to sing the liturgical hymns that the pastor skillfully leads. But today, he struggles to find the strength and faith to make a long-desired decision: to declare his love for one of his devoted parishioners. Music ends up giving him the vital push he needs to do so. On the run, liberated and full of joy, they leave the chapel holding hands in search of a new horizon, in the name of love.

No Pardon
No Pardon /
Do daske

Aleksandar Reljić 2022 Serbia / 63 mins
Media trials are a common occurrence in the Balkans, and newspapers, especially tabloids, conduct witch-hunts unpunished. Whoever stands in the way of the powerful ones becomes a victim of stigmatization by the media and institutions, as exemplified in the case of Srđan Šveljo, who was accused of paedophilia by the media, without ever being put on trial for that particular crime.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/3MyaXSzS_Ig

No One In Particular
No-one in Particular /
Kuka tahansa

Saana Penttilä

2022

Finland / 21 mins
A new year’s party takes an unexpected turn when Enni runs into her ex-girlfriend Aliisa. Old feelings are quick to resurface even though Aliisa is engaged to another woman. Enni finds herself longing for the relationship she has already lost and soon gets caught up in the consequences of not letting go of the past.

Nobody
Nobody

Mia Incantalupo

2022

USA / 5 mins
A retelling of the Odyssey from the Cyclops' perspective.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/710139622

Non-Binary

Firas Ben Ali

2022

Tunisia / 9 mins
North African Tunisian queers explain the meaning of their gender identity and how they are dealing with their gender expression in a patriarchal queer-phobic system and an intolerant society

Normal

Naoto Tsukiashi

2022

Japan / 22 mins
 It’s spring. Manami and Kyoko are a normal lesbian couple. The two were to have a wonderful future promised for them but, things change. This is a love story about two normal lesbians during cherry blossom season.

Nos Habiamos
Nos Habíamos Amado Tanto y Detestado Sin Pudor

Solana Llanes

2022

Brazil / 22 mins
There are days that change our path, today will be one of them. After all, how much longer will you wait for each other?

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Nosotres, les otres

Mato Torga Araya

2022

Chile / 13 mins
A collective stream of consciousness in which Greg, Joss and Mar, three non-binary people, tell us about their experience with gender. Who are they to the world, and who are they to themselves? What are their relationships like? What do we, who are the others, feel?

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Nunca Pensé

Abraham Céspedes

2022

Spain / 9 mins
Diego, a young student, lives in the clutches of classmates who harass him daily because of his physical appearance and sexual orientation. Finally he must make a decision that will change his life forever.

Diego, un joven estudiante, vive entre las garras de compañeros que le acosan a diario por su aspecto físico y orientación sexual. Finalmente deberá tomar una decisión que cambiará su vida para siempre.

O Capitalismo Matou Meus Pais

Karen Suzane,
Lucas Tunes

2022

Brazil / 20 mins
Com uma caixa de livros de poesia não vendidos e a relação com seus pais se deteriorando, Vanessa está perdendo as esperanças. Uma visita inesperada reacende novos sentimentos.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/870083845

O Primeiro Movimento
O Primeiro Movimento É Explosão

Grenda Costa

2022

Brazil / 22 mins
O governo interino está cada vez mais violento, e os moradores da República não aguentam mais. Munidos de coquetéis molotov e máscaras de gás caseiras, eles seguem rumo ao confronto.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/877980383

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O rosa entre três vértices

Ravana Lobo

2022

Brazil / 14 mins
Os livros de história pouco relatam, mas nos campos de concentração da Alemanha nazista haviam homens gays, que foram confinados, torturados e mortos pelo simples fato de contrariarem o único padrão social aceitável de sexualidade. Esses homens eram identificados por um triângulo cor de rosa em seus uniformes, cor que, à época, era altamente vexatória quando relacionada a homossexualidade. Pensando em prestar tributo a esses homens, vítimas históricas de homofobia, e reavivar suas memórias, a videoperformance “O rosa entre três vértices” foi idealizada.
Watch… https://youtu.be/-paCPFTYQ9s

Obsessâo

Tamara Cleveland,
Thais Andrade

2022

Brazil
Laura is a young woman who works as a self-employed social media strategist. She has never been in a serious relationship and values her privacy very much. After meeting Sabrina she believes they’ll have just another casual date at her apartment, but Sabrina is the type of person who gets attached easily. She becomes obsessed with Laura, insisting on a relationship.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/5KNYf5y3tKg

Oceanic:
Queering the Ocean

Micha Maya Cardenas,
Cynthia Ling Lee,
Gerald Casel,
Susana Ruiz,
Huy Truong

2022

USA / 5:45 mins
Three dancers at Natural Bridges Beach reflect on climate change, sea level rise and personal loss. How can we respond to the loss of places to climate change and people and capacities to COVID? How can we imagine queer, trans abolitionist futures after this moment?

Oh
Oh!

Diogo Hoffer

2022

Brazil / 16 mins
Nara vive um casamento monótono. Cansada, certa manhã, em vez de ir para o trabalho, anda pela cidade e chega ao bairro onde cresceu. Lá reencontra Lucia, uma antiga vizinha que mexe com seus sentidos.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/qkvBNRkN9GM?si=rlclvJksxCApevPN

Oh Romeo Romeo
Oh Romeo, Romeo

Luciano Perochena

2022

Perú / 3 mins
Inspired by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Before going to a family dinner, Julian tries to convince Romeo to break up with his girlfriend, Julian's sister, and live their romance freely; but Julian doesn't know that Romeo and his sister are getting married.

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Oh yes: Gay /
Ah ja: Gay

Charif Ouni

2022

Germany / 3:18 mins
A warm summer evening and the curiosity of two young men lead to an unexpected event.

Ohrwurm

Abcde Flash

2022

Switzerland / 14:23 mins
Four Swiss-based queers meet for the first time to explore the various ways that play is possible with much under-represented organ: the ear.

Once Upon a Time in the Gay Village /
Il Était Une Fois Dans Le Village Gai

René Leboeuf  

2022

Canada / 4 mins
Once upon a time in the Gay Village is a montage of photos and music telling the story of the founding of Le Parc de l’Espoir, the AIDS memorial park in the heart of Montreal’s Gay Village.

Il était une fois dans le Village gai est un montage photographique et musical qui raconte les faits saillants de la fondation du Parc de l’Espoir, un cénotaphe érigé à la mémoire des personnes décédées du sida. Le parc est situé au cœur du Village gai de Montréal.

One & Only
One & Only

Carolina Barlow

2022

USA / 15 mins
A young comedian misses performing, but faces a world in which she can no longer tell if she’s funny, so she decides to reconnect with her audience members – one at a time.
Watch... One & Only - FilmFreeway 

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One Baby, Please!

Polly Pierce

2022

Canada / 3 mins
Omar and Dieon are having a baby! How will their friends and families react?

One Hand Clapping
One Hand Clapping
מחיאת כף בודדה

Hillel Soreq  2022  Israel / 11 mins
A professional dancer finds herself at a significant crossroads, where she must choose between her childhood love and the dream of becoming an international dancer. This dilemma is compounded by the first COVID lockdown that reshuffles all the cards. 

One Night Out

Seungah Yoo 2022 USA / 2 mins
One Night Out is a 3D animated film that follows the story of three characters and their relationships. Deep in the night, a car carrying a man and a young woman is abruptly caught by a lady in pajamas. And then… there’s a twist.
Watch… https://youtu.be/rPW41fZgv9M?si=QleXpnASU_4JiD7X

Oneiroi
Oneiroi

Andreas Pavlou

2022

Greece / 28 mins
Odysseus returned to Athens after 10 years to see Vasilis again. Everything is awkward during the day, but it changes at night. This love story is like a dream, a dream that only Erato knows how it ends. Sometimes daydreaming can "wake" you up!

Only You
Only You

Adrian Edery

2022

Israel / 7 mins
Yonatan decides to get himself out of an unequal BDSM relationship. He tries to live a “normal” life, focus on work and date a “normal” guy, but in the end he can’t stop the thoughts and longing for the way he felt in his previous relationship.

Open Dialogues
Open Dialogues:
Black Voices Black Stories

Freddy Rodriguez 

2022

USA / 24 mins
The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood’s documentary short film Open Dialogues: Black Voices | Black Stories focuses on what social justice looks and feels like for Black Americans, as told through the narratives and performances of eight community leaders in Broward County.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/a6Lsw-RL610

Oral History
Oral History

Vaughn Trudeau Schoonmaker

2022

USA / 15 mins
The true love story behind New Orleans' last remaining gay leather bar.

Ordinary Phoenix
Ordinary

Atlas O Phoenix

2022

USA / 12 mins
A patchwork quilt of intersecting identities, Ordinary, weaves together multiple storylines to explore the purpose of identifiers and their meaning. Atlas questions whether identifiers truly identify anyone.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/CFtOEpI1CPg

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Orillas del Mar

Alexander Verano

2022

Perú / 16 mins
Un padre sospecha de la amistad de su hijo con el amigo de su hijo.

Our Time

Áindréas Aingeal Fallon Verbruggen

2022

Ireland / 2 mins
Adorable mother-son bonding in front of the dressing-up mirror.

Out From the Wings

Michael Anthony Montoya

2022

USA / 63 mins
Out From the Wings is a documentary film which analyzes traditional gender role expectations in dance and how they affect LGBTQIA+ dancers. It addresses the ostracism and exclusion faced by dancers who do not fit cisgender heteronormative expectations and the long lasting psychological and emotional repercussions felt by these dancers.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/753151991/1453dd6b0f

Out in Place

Nicolas Jara

2022

USA / 13 mins
Carrie and Nayeli just bought their first home in Joshua Tree and are creating a new life in the desert together. In the midst of unpacking, the duo spontaneously decides to indulge in psychedelic mushrooms leaving them to explore their new stomping grounds and unpack more than just dishware.

Out in the World

Bart Seng Wen Long

2022

Singapore / 9 mins
Composited over found footage of patrons eating out at Chinese restaurants, a latex-clad figure spins in tandem with the lazy susans commonly found, and used as an object of entertainment, in Chinese restaurants. The figure doubles as both a sculptural ideal placed upon a pedestal and a consumable object of communal amusement, eliciting a range of curious responses from the diners. The exaggerated, cartoonish and sometimes flirtatious performances that this fetishistic body brings out of these folks, blur the line between derision and affection, othering and intimacy. In the second half of the film, a rupture occurs and with it, a chance for transformation beyond binaries. 
Trailer… https://youtu.be/rKx7cofaZro

Out Out

Sarah Louise Worth

2022

UK / 10 mins
OUT OUT is a bold new dance film that unlocks the voices of Coventry’s LGBTQIA+ community. Bringing to the mainstream voices that are often hidden, in a celebration of togetherness and coming out. Created using a verbatim script based on real stories, contributed by 14-30 year olds in Coventry’s LGBTQIA+ community.

Over the Rainbow

Anoushka

2022

France / 13 mins
One summer evening in Berlin; friends are having a drink and enjoying a beautiful evening. Two of them decide to extend the evening in a backroom and offer us a moment of explosive intensity.

Pabel Es Mabel
Pabel es Mabel

André Córdova

2022

Perú / 26 mins
Pabel (22) is ready to begin her transition, she's saving to pay for her surgeries, but a connection robs her of her savings. So, Pabel will try to find alternatives to get the money, but she will soon realize that her options are very limited: from being an escort to lip-syncing in a drag contest.
Trailer... https://youtu.be/P0U7axJcm1A?si=tNoNAonxkMOsCVp3 

Painted Pain ft. Lukas Oscar by W1ZE

Sabrina Norte

2022

Austria / 3 mins
Watch… https://youtu.be/c6kyIE06wj8?si=l2dcpxI7_j5xWE6A

Palimpsest

Mohamed Osman Kilani

2022

Tunisia / 6 mins
A name is a spell and a key – if you know how to read it. Through a linguistic adventure, the director explores the several layers of Identity hidden between the lines of his forename.

Panorama Exótico

Tae Catalina Low

2022

México / 5 mins
Un catálogo de fruta exótica para explorar y satirizar el término “exótico”. El uso de la palabra casi siempre está cargado de suposiciones raciales, sexistas o nacionalistas. A menudo, describir algo como “exótico” revela más sobre la persona que lo etiqueta que sobre el objeto o la persona que se etiqueta como exótico. Este corto-catálogo se pregunta: ¿qué es exótico para quién?
Watch… https://vimeo.com/739705312

Papi und Papa

Jonathan von Büren

2022

Germany / 10 mins
A portrait of a loving family: a father who transitioned after giving birth and his two sons.

Parafina
Parafina

Fabiana Custodio,
Fátima Tejada

2022

Perú / 9 mins
From his inner world, a homosexual expresses himself and leaves a crude testimony about an intolerant society.

Parivar:
A Family Unlike Anyother

Amir Jaffer

2022

USA / 5:02 mins
This is a trailer of 5 minutes showcasing South Asian transgender lives globally focusing on Anjali Rimi, president of Parivar Bay Area along with the communities in USA and India.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/q9tCHzzYfgc

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Patua

Renaya Renata Dorea

2022

Brazil / 4 mins
To break a spell, Maya invokes the spirit of Ayo: a former love who is turning into an egum, to help her create a Patuá, a Yoruba spiritual protection amulet. Together they invoke their ancestors, thus allowing Maya to continue with her life, while Ayo completes her journey to the world of the dead.

Maya est victime d'une malédiction. Pour rompre le sort, il faut invoquer l'esprit d'Ayo. l'esprit d'Ayo, un ancien amour qui lui a brisé le cœur. Ils se rendent à Olorum et, avec leurs ancêtres, ils construisent une Patuá (amulette de protection spirituelle de la culture Yoruba), qui permet à Maya de poursuivre sa vie, tandis qu'Ayo termine son voyage dans le monde des morts.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/1rWvWwUjwgs?si=LiQIICMja0RVEw-C 

Peculiar (Sui Generis)

Luisa Mancilla Barrera

2022

Colombia / 13 mins
Enquanto Sandra participa de uma sessão de biodança, percorremos o caminho que a levou até ali. Um percurso marcado pela violência a que foi exposta quando jovem e revitalizado pela sua determinação em tornar-se policial.

Permanencia Voluntaria
Permanencia Voluntaria

Omar Gámez

2022

Mexico / 47 mins
El artista Omar Gámez brinda a través de su documental Permanencia voluntaria una descripción de la pandemia de VIH en México desde los años ochenta hasta el presente, atravesando además la pandemia de COVID-19 y cómo ambas se relacionan entre sí.
Trailer... https://youtu.be/LA4amIoM_vo?si=2glBX7tz6eo5FuhD  

Permiso Para Dejar Ir
Permiso Para Dejar Ir

Marco Aguilar

2022

México / 19 mins
During the Day of The Dead, Jonás prepares a traditional “ofrenda” dedicated to Héctor, his former lover, all while he remembers and pines over their relationship. That night he receives an unexpected visit which might change his whole perspective on guilt and life after love.

Jonás ha vivido una vida monótona y vacía por más de treinta años. Durante un día de los muertos, mientras prepara su tradicional ofrenda dedicada a Héctor, su ex pareja, no puede evitar recordar y anhelar su relación. Esa noche recibe una visita inesperada que podría cambiar su perspectiva sobre la culpa y la vida después del amor.

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Permissible Beauty

Mark Thomas

2022

UK / 25 mins
Permissible Beauty uses the notion of ‘beauty’ as both a creative starting point and an analytical lens for interrogating the part that heritage has played in celebrating some lives whilst overlooking others. Placing Black queer experience at the heart of a highly collaborative process we will create richly layered portraits of contemporary figures (rendered in photography, oral testimony, performance and sound) out of a process of engagement with historic portraiture held in UK heritage collections. The portraits, brought together in a film aimed at both existing and new heritage audiences, especially people of colour/LGBTQ groups, explores shifting notions of beauty and asks why some expressions are more permissible than others.

Persephone

Papi Femme

2022

Germany, USA / 7 mins
Will Garnet’s curiosity be their downfall? In a swarm of leather boots, Bobbi B. Good, Chip Matsuda, and Empress Wu circle their prey and take Garnet Lake all the way down. Together, they write a surreal love letter to boots, pain, and power exchange.

Personality Under Construction

Bruno Lovrenčić

2022

Croatia / 11 mins
An actress delves into her subconscious as she steps on stage, questioning her past and her relationship with an acquaintance that forms the basis of the monodrama she is about to play.

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Pet World

Sofia Theodore-Pierce, Grace Mitchell

2022

USA / 14 mins
Inspired by Amy Hempel's short story collection, Reasons to Live, and the work of poet Bernadette Mayer, an ensemble cast riffs on what we might discover about intimacy in parking lots.

Pete

Lorena Gordon

2022

USA / 6 mins
We meet Pete in 1975 Winterpark, Florida - an 8 year old with a dream of playing baseball like all the other kids. The thing is, Pete isn’t quite like all the other kids on the team, and the world may not be quite ready yet for a kid like Pete.
Trailer… PeteTrailer on Vimeo

Photograp(her)

Anita Monteiro

2022

Canada / 2 minutes
In an art museum a young photographer feels seen for the first time after an encounter with another photographer.

Picture Perfect
Picture Perfect

Mara Leroux

2022

USA / 8 mins
When Amari's parents learn of her transgender boyfriend's identity while taking photos before homecoming, her parents disapprove of their relationship.
Trailer... Picture Perfect - FilmFreeway 

Picture Yourself

Tracey Lavigne

2022

Canada / 7 mins
An agoraphobic woman resists going with her partner to a family funeral, triggering a crisis point in their relationship.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/734225608 

Pixie

Beth Johnston

2022

UK / 8 mins
This documentary provides a portrait of Pixie, a young transgender woman from Glasgow.

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Plaisir partagé

Marc Allal

2022

France / 6 mins
Alix and John carpool Léa to Paris. When they discover their passenger’s convictions, the trip takes a completely different turn.

Alix et John prennent en covoiturage Léa en direction de Paris. Lorsqu’ils découvrent les convictions de leur passagère, le voyage prend une tout autre tournure.

Playground

Ben Berlin

2022

Germany / 17 mins
A place in the city that turns into a fetish playground where kinky imaginations become real.

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Pluto's Gender

Hsiao-Hsia Huang

2022

USA / 6 mins
Sophie, A law student visits her brother Gavin as he wraps up his astronomy class. Engaging his sister in the playful arguments that define their relationship, Gavin turns the conversation to Pluto’s “gender.” In this, the astronomer reveals that while useful, definitions can be imperfect, whether they refer to planets or people, and when they break down, it’s best to listen to your heart. As Sophie realizes her sibling isn’t talking about planets, Gavin comes out as Gabrielle. Understanding, Sophie embraces her sister’s identity.
Trailer... “Pluto’s Gender” - clip on Vimeo 

Polartropica
Polartropica
"What's Your Fantasy"

Vanessa Marzaroli

2022

USA / 3 mins
A luscious, synth-driven, sticky, dream-pop Venus flytrap adventure that can transport you to any fantasy you desire.
Watch… https://youtu.be/8Vk1cHCV3Fc

Pride Arun Siddarth
Pride

Arun Siddarth

2022

India
A story that is set in modern society that still continues to be dominated by cishet representations of love. Queer tropes are less explored in modern Indian cinema and in search of this representation and in exploring what it means to own up to an identity that is not widely accepted in society.
Trailer... Pride on Vimeo 

Prince

Daniel Foerste

2022

USA / 5:09 mins
We wake up like after a death in the family, "Oh. it's raining and the world still has this piece cut out of it in the shape of him."

Where did my Prince collection go. It was carted away when I fucked up in the 80s and my shit got thrown in the street by annoyed girlfriends and never replaced cuz he was always there, on the radio, his fine arms around me. How did I never go to a prince show, it was always an after party at the DNA while I was driving people around and they would get in the car and say, "I saw him!"

Death will come for us one day and we will never have been his little private joy, but he will have been ours and that will be enough.

Private Life

Aleksei Borovikov

2022

USA / 22:10 mins
When Eric, a young reclusive photographer, secretly follows his boyfriend Chris into the mountains, he hopes to find answers about Chris’s fidelity. Instead, Eric finds a deeper connection to himself and to Chris just as they fall prey to a stranger who targets them, a tragedy that changes Eric forever. Private Life is inspired by an actual hate crime.

Procura Se Bixas Pretas
Procura-se Bixas Pretas

Vinicius Eliziário

2022

Brazil / 25 mins
A documentary that takes place during the casting test for the short film “Tigrezza”, where candidates for the leading roles in the film, perform a monologue starting from a motivational scene, however, the scene delivered about Darnley and Tigrezza, intertwine with their own experiences about affection and identity creating a fine line between fiction and reality.

Durante a audição de um teste de elenco, concorrentes realizam um monólogo em que contam as vivências sobre afeto e identidade de duas personagens. Contudo, a cena entregue sobre Darnley e Tigrezza, se entrelaçam com suas próprias vivências criando uma linha tênue entre ficção e realidade.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/2TSCBD6UZL4

Puberty Jiabao Peng
Puberty
(青春期)

Jiabao Peng

2022

China / 2:28 mins
A Chinese middle school student is concerned about her sexuality and gender expression. A fight in class leads to an escape of self-discovery.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/8Jtb_T8H9wU

Pull It Off /
Nicht Nur Körper

Frédéric Jaeger

2022

Germany / 17 mins
Levi arrives too early and Sarah is still working. He wants to take her out on the town, but she'd rather go straight to him. Levi wants to throw himself into the relationship, but he doesn't dare. Sarah likes to bask in his admiration, but if it weren't for this nagging feeling that they're different! Maybe he should make the decisions at least this time.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/668909708

Punchline

Rea Kapur

2022

USA / 5:31 mins
A young fat South Asian lesbian muscles past pre-show nerves and stretches into her power and joy.

Puppies /
Welpen

Björn Beton Warns,
Björn Gailus,
Saskia Mayerhoff

2022

Germany / 8:59 mins
Zwei Männer, die ein Teil ihrer Zeit zu menschlichen Welpen werden und in den sogenannten „Pup-Space“ gelangen, ein Zustand des Flows.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/_4Uaafi9-xM?si=mD0n0C_k30iB5LT0

Pure Unadulterated Masculinity

Julio Lopez

2022

USA / 2 mins
Men are under the impression that the idea of masculinity is under attack. This film attacks the most masculine institution that they hold near and dear to them: American Football. Behold peak masculinity.

Purple Bun /
Halahmaniya haSgula

Gilad Maderer

2022

Israel / 17 mins
Ofek, a “closet case” who worked in cart sales in Vegas, was forced to return to his hometown Hatzor Haglilit to run the family business, following the death of his father. Three months later, his ex-boyfriend suddenly arrives at the restaurant, in a Saturday customers peak hour, for a conversation about their relationship, surrounded by Ofek’s family.

Que Le Vas A Pedir A Los Reyes 2022
¿Qué Le Vas a Pedir a Los Reyes?

Carlos Vargas Gonzalez

2022

Mexico / 18 mins
Cintia is currently 30 years old. On January 6, 2022, she decided to publish on her social networks, a story she lived in her childhood. When she was 6 or 7 years old, she wrote an unusual letter to the Three Wise Men.

Cintia tiene actualmente 30 años de edad. El día 6 de Enero del año 2022, decide publicar en sus redes sociales, una historia que vivió en su infancia. Cuando tenía 6 o 7 años, les escribió una carta poco común a los Reyes Magos.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/6tFXsWuRLNk

Queer Sara Kheladi
Queer

Sara Kheladi

2022

France / 36 mins
Lalla Rami, Turtle White, and Shani Da Flava grew up between France and Morocco. They are queer, lesbian, trans… and try to make a place for themselves in a rap world known to be macho and homophobic.

La culture hip hop mainstream, emplie de femmes objets et de mâles dominants, a pris son envol. Véritable coup de poing, le documentaire peint le portrait de rappeuses queer, engagées et extravagantes qui, chacune à leur manière, font bouger les codes du rap français d’aujourd’hui… et de demain.

Queer Kink Semiotics

Marlowe Mitchell

2022

UK / 4:52 mins
An audio/visual essay exploring how media has queered desire, bodies, and society through its depiction of kink.

Queer My Friends
Queer My Friends

SEO Ahhyun

2022

South Korea / 82 mins
A-hyeon, a straight Christian woman in South Korea, builds a friendship with Gang-won, a gay man. While overcoming differences and conflicts between people with contrasting lifestyles, the film asks, “What is it to understand others? How can we understand differences and coexist?”

Queer Science
Queer Science

Nicole De Meneses

2022

USA / 7:10 mins
An Asian grad student’s love for her girlfriend surges beyond experimental mishaps.

Queering The Pitch
Queering the Pitch:
Life and Times of Saleem Kidwai

Nirantar

2022

India / 24 mins
“Queering the Pitch: Life and Times of Saleem Kidwai” is a short film about the queer historian and writer who passed away last August. 
Saleem is best known as the co-author of the richly researched book "Same Sex Love in India", which played a key role in the struggle against Section 377, the colonial law which was used to criminalise homosexuality. Perhaps what is lesser known is how Saleem gave us a chance to see how queer life itself is. The film shares many ways in which Saleem challenged binaries. Parties thrown by Saleem and his friends in Delhi clearly went beyond the straight and LGBT divide. His view of the importance of history as a guide challenged the past versus future binary. His passion for Bollywood as well as for classical music queered the hierarchy between fine art and popular culture. The film shares all these glimpses and more. We hope that screenings of the film, produced by Nirantar, a feminist NGO, will create a chance to remember Saleem and perhaps to talk about what queerness means to us in today’s context—whether we are LGBT or not.

Queers of the World, Sweden’s First Nonbinary Folk Costume

Oliver Jähnke

2022

Sweden / 14 mins
Fredy Samuel Lundh aka FredyClue is a folk musician, playing the Swedish instrument nyckelharpa, and is also the genius behind the non-binary folk costume Bäckadräkten. In this video they talk about the costume and how it came to be, and how that merges with their discovery of their own gender identity.

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Questbound – Forbidden Ventures of the Undead Soul

Alexander Bierling,
Owen Buckley

2022

Netherlands / 8 mins
Nothing could excite the great king, but then along came a noble knight… But is the undead king flirting? Infused with delightful humor and some welcome nerdiness, Questbound is a medieval fantasy story embracing that even undead kings have primal needs.
Watch… https://youtu.be/rLomo2C5Rnw?si=y0p3KYTytrMhpz4N

Quing

James Gaspar De Almeida

2022

France, 7 mins
Mimine, une enfant de 9 ans, découvre une célèbre émission de télévision sur les drag queens avec son frère et sa sœur. Mimine aime les drag queens. Mimine aime les drag kings. Et s'ils voulaient créer un nouveau mot? Mimine n'est qu'un enfant après tout.

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Quinze Primaveras

Leão Neto

2022

Brazil / 16 mins
Ravena nos conta sobre o desabrochar das flores de suas primaveras. Num tom agridoce, ela valsa com os obstáculos da vida na tentativa de realizar os seus sonhos, que em sua maioria são lacunas impreenchíveis.

Rain And Sun
Rain and Sun

Gabrielle Lopes Benites

2022

France / 9 mins
In Sicily, a young woman is awakened to her previously unexplored sexuality with the help of traveller passing through.
Watch… https://youtu.be/fo5LgmxrCo4

Rainbow Migrants
Rainbow Migrants /
Migrants Arc-en-Ciel

Manfred Rott

2022

France / 71 mins
They are migrants, they are gay and lesbian, and they have extraordinary courage. Diak, Rokhaya, and Maxime managed to escape terrible persecution in their African countries of origin and set off for Europe which is – compared to most African countries – a Rainbow Eldorado. During their journey in the stream of other migrants, they still have to hide their sexual orientation. Once they arrive in Europe, they can finally show themselves: However, they have a hard time being recognized as asylum seekers.

RAT

Sam Rogers

2022

Australia
Jordan discovers a UV torch in a RAT test while isolating herself from her Covid sick lover Ginny. When Ginny gets attacked by their cat, Jordan goes to investigate.

Rather Without /
Liever Zonder

Tjanne van der Sanden, Amber IJpelaar

2022

Netherlands / 19 mins
Sex is everywhere. How is this for someone who does not experience sexual attraction? Rather Without follows Tessa, a young woman who identifies herself within the asexual spectrum, in her search for self-acceptance within her sexuality.

Ready for Ransom

Simon Dickel

2022

Germany / 16 mins
Protagonist Ransom Bradford talks about the shock therapy he once underwent to become heterosexual, while the filmmaker also reflects on his longtime friendship with Ransom.

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Really Good Friends

Adam Sekuler

2022

USA / 10 mins
A portrait of a woman in her 60’s who cultivates an unusual friendship with a mysterious man she meets online.

Rebel Dykes Present:
Dyke Tales

Harri Shanahan,
Siân. A. Williams

2022

UK / 4 mins
“Life in the 1980s? Well… it was exciting, it was scary, it was fun, it was poor, it was a great time and a terrible time to be young and queer in London.” Two extracts from the Rebel Dykes History Project, which focuses on the heritage of a group of young lesbians who lived in London in the 1980s. From the makers of cult documentary Rebel Dykes.

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Reborn

Ary Maudit

2022

Italy / 8 mins
In a climate of political turmoil for the approval of Zan bill to protect the LBTQIA+ community against hate crimes in Italy, four people decide to narrate their stories. They are respectively a non binary person, a transgender person, a cis gay man and a cis black lesbian. They recount their coming out stories and the impact with the hostile environment, with a happy and empowering ending.

Rechazo y elección

Luis Ramos

2022

Perú / 8 mins
On a journey full of discovery, a couple of friends present their views on cloistered love.

Reclamation

Oran Julius

2022

USA / 16:22 mins
Three friends gather on the solstice to practice a healing ritual involving massaging, fists, and hot wax.

Reclaiming my queerness

Eva Krol

2022

Netherlands / 6 mins
Jesse van den Berg has had a strange relationship with their body and the ‘feminine’ sides in their personality from an early age, because how does that fit together if you are labelled as a boy? Through photography, a search for themself is set in motion and a process of self-acceptance begins.

Reclaiming My Voice
Reclaiming My Voice

Lee Campbell

2022

UK / 5 mins
This short poetry film speaks about the filmmakers’ difficulty as a teenager growing up gay in a heteronormative environment in 1990s Britain.
Watch… https://youtu.be/4SF83Mx7uf8

Refugee Arrival
Refugee Arrival

Peter Hopkins

2022

UK / 4 mins
For those seeking asylum, stepping foot on new soil is the first of many forms of arrival they will negotiate.
Watch… https://youtu.be/PusJEMna4jQ

Resurrection
Resurrection

Doan Tuan Duc

2022

Vietnam / 30 mins
Since His Lover Committed Suicide Because He Contracted HIV From Him, Thien, An HIV-Positive Gay Man, Isolates Himself From Society, Gives Up His Health And Prays Daily For Forgiveness Of His Guilt. What He Doesn't Know Is That His Prayer Has Been Answered In Secret, In The Form Of A Young Stranger He Meets And Lives With, Even Though He Knows His Health.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/w9I_AQBpKps

Rex Ray A Portrait
Rex Ray:
A Portrait

Kegan Marling

2022

USA / 3 mins
A snapshot of San Francisco-based queer artist Rex Ray, told through the objects he collected during his life. Best known for his innovative pop aesthetic in fine and commercial art, his early designs include the first graphics for the San Francisco chapter of ACT UP; book covers for City Lights Books; and later design work for David Bowie, Bill Graham Presents, DreamWorks, Levi’s, Frameline, and Apple.

Rip Tide
Rip Tide

Luisa Dantas

2022

USA / 12 mins
A young couple celebrates their one-year "fauxniversary" at the beach, blissfully unaware of what the future holds.

Rise & Shine
Rise & Shine

Mahx Capacity

2022

USA / 14 mins
Dahlia Doll and Dove know just how to get each other up in the morning.

Romana Gioventu
Romana Gioventù!

Federico Cianferoni

2022

Italy / 10 mins
Luke is a millennial, an aspiring filmmaker with a creative block. He’s looking for new sources of inspiration in the city where he lives, Rome. In this city, electrifying and stale at the same time, friends and lovers become his only form of distraction, analysis and awareness.

Rona

Johaira Michelle Dilauro

2022

USA / 4 mins
This colorful conclusion to the COVID-themed trilogy will make you thankful we’re no longer all locked up, and you can show off that cute ass butt.
Watch… https://youtu.be/-1O8OgYunjA

Rosa Neon

Tiago Tereza

2022

Brazil / 19 mins
The narrative of “Rosa Neon” is built between the documentary weaving of two audios, between one and the other, a delicate connection carefully crafted to tell us the story of a relationship falling apart. More than that, the short film plunges into the daily life of a couple to tell the story behind the non-history of a body full of silences: she is a transvestite; he is a cis: there is a concrete wall between them where it is impossible to see beyond. And this Thing that separates the bodies; this Thing for which the character asks help - for this there is no name. 

A narrativa de “Rosa Neon” se constrói entre a tessitura documental de dois áudios.Entre um e outro, uma delicada conexão minuciosamente arquitetada a nos contar a história de um relacionamento a desmantelar-se.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/vxDyX7-GKp0

Roseland 2022
Roseland: Ballad of Bob Levine

Parker Sargent

2022

USA / 80 mins
Eclectic. Iconic. Bob Levine has been entertaining the community of Cherry Grove as his alter ego "Rose" for over 50 years and he is still going strong. Spending summers at his home “Roseland” in the Grove, Bob always surrounds himself with a colorful cast of characters and has weathered many storms to become a well-loved queer personality known all over the world.

Roya
Roya

Rosh Zeeba

2022

Germany, Iran / 20 mins
For Roya, Zeeba uses video footage from her* first and at the same time very last trip back to Iran after she* had to leave the country in the 90s. Zeeba constructs a half-documentary, half-fictional narrative that reflects on the concepts of belonging and upheaval with longings, dreams and dissolved self-constructions in multiple voices.

Rumination
Rumination

Ashleigh Vaillancourt

2022

Canada / 3 mins
A woman’s descent into the depths of her mind culminates in a revelation.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/736951995

Running

Zachery Cameron Longboy

2022

3:46 mins
A poem for my captor.
Trailer... Running running on Vimeo 

Rupture

Marianne Lavergne

2022

Canada / 2 mins
Tess and Deborah are having marital problems, will they be able to surmount them?
Trailer… https://youtu.be/SuK9g2pCDXE

Sacrificio

Guido Depaoli

2022

Argentina / 4 mins
Digital animation short about the feelings brought about by a sexual encounter. A hybrid tale of erotism, accidents, and S&M spirit.

Un corto de animación digital que sigue los sentimientos que desencadena un encuentro sexual del protagonista. La religión, la disidencia sexual, el sexo urbano y la tragedia son algunas de las líneas que se van enhebrando en las imágenes creadas por este relato que incomoda y sorprende en su mix de erotismo, accidente y un cierto espíritu sadomaso.

Sam Yiqin Nq
Sam

Yiqin Nq

2022

Singapore / 12 mins
Sam is a newly divorced man who decides to question and explore his sexual identity. He goes out all out to impress his dinner date and it goes well until a revelation turns the situation awry. The dinner date unexpectedly falls apart and Sam is forced to come to terms with his perceptions and possibly misguided notions about people with HIV.

Sanwari
Sanwri:
Love Beyond Gender

Pallavi Roy

2022

India / 110 mins
Bhanwar, a simpleton young man in the rural Rajasthan wants a bride for him but gets duped. Instead of a woman, he is married off to a transgender person – Sanwri.  Having no resort Bhanwar and his uncle decide to keep Sanwri for their household work but fearing the social ostracization they also try to keep her actual identity a secret. Bhanwar and Sanwri eventually fall in love and fight to survive as a couple in a conservative, oppressive society where marriages are meant to take place only between a man and a woman, and traditional norms are more important than humanity.

Sapiosexual
Sapiosexual

Rocky Owens

2022

4 mins
Sapiosexual is the sexy fun music video for Anne Stott's latest single of the same name
Watch… https://youtu.be/GcgoAoL9iwQ

Sapphic Dating for Rural Victorians

Elissa Weir

2022

Canada / 8:08 mins
Violet, a queer woman living in Victoria B.C., wants to ask her crush, Saph, out on a date, but Voce, the anthropomorphized voice in her head, keeps feeding her facts that deplete her confidence. So stuck in her own head, Violet misses Saph’s attempts to reach out and return Violet’s affections.

Saudade
Saudade

Gabriel Alvarez

2022

Perú / 6 mins
Mike, a young adult, waiting to go out on a date with his boyfriend is thwarted by a life-changing event. It is told from the perspective of his mirror.

Say It An Autofiction
Say It - An Autofiction /
Poder Falar – Uma Autoficção

Evandro Manchini

2022

Brazil / 15 mins
An approach to the trajectory of a young filmmaker as he deals with the complexity of receiving an HIV-positive diagnosis on his birthday. Mixing performatic and documentary narrative, the film brings information, reflections, symbols and important characters from the fight for the dignity of life.

Sayaka and Ayumi

Erika Nakayama

2022

Japan / 7 mins
Sayaka and Ayumi have been together for 7 years. One morning they both overslept. What will happen? Prologue to the short film “Veils”, which was nominated almost 50 times in 2022 at film festivals in Japan and overseas.

Schwankt, wie das Licht

Nina Laçin

2022

Germany / 8 mins
The way in which fleeing shapes and changes a person is not only related to the experiences made in their country of origin, and certainly not to their own motivation and strength. LGBT*I*Q+ people who have experienced forced migration encounter a lot of violence and exclusion in Germany and in supposedly “safe” countries. The arrival in Germany is truly complicated, challenging, and layered to say the least. Four BIPoC Queer/Trans*/Non-Binary people sensitively share their personal experiences, their feelings, and their hopes and dreams.

Wie Flucht eine Person prägt und verändert, hängt nicht nur mit den Erfahrungen im Herkunftsland zusammen und auch nicht nur mit der eigenen Motivation und Kraft. LSBT*I*Q+ Menschen mit Fluchterfahrung erleben in Deutschland und in vermeintlich sicheren Herkunftsländern viel Gewalt und Ausgrenzung und auch das Ankommen in Deutschland wird durch viele Hürden erschwert. Vier BIPoC Queer/Trans*/Nicht-Binäre Menschen erzählen in diesem Film auf eine sehr persönliche Art über ihre Erfahrungen, Gefühle und Träume.
Watch... https://vimeo.com/684588207 

See Me:
A Walk Through London’s Gay Soho in 1994 and 2020

Lee Campbell

2022

UK / 12 mins
SEE ME was made during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in London in July 2020. This film includes sections of a walk that I made through Soho, London. As I walk, I listen on headphones to the compilation music tapes that I made when I first came to this area as a teenager in the 1990s. I reflect upon the difference between me in 1994 and me in 2020 and how my relationship to this area of London has changed, may no longer have the same appeal as it did in 1994 or a different kind of appeal in 2020.
Trailer… here

Seed

Corina Andriana

2022

Romania / 17 mins
O serie de evenimente inspirate din viața secretă a elitelor gay din România comunistă. Luăm parte la parcursul emoționant al unei persoane queer în timp ce crește într-o societate în care asumarea înseamnă propria condamnare. Această coregrafie complexă spune povestea revelațiilor sexuale de la copilărie la maturitate, de la manipulare la denunțare și, în cele din urmă, la trădare la petrecerile din spații sigure.

Selkie

Sophie Suliman

2022

UK / 6 mins
This is an experimental performative and social documentary exploring humankind’s relationship to nature and other lifeforms through the ancient Nordic and Celtic myth of the selkie and the impact of wild swimming on our psyche and wellbeing. Based in different locations and through collaboration with various communities around Scotland.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/850110551

September 10th
September 10th

Tasneem Nanji

2022

Canada / 15 mins
Two queer Muslim Women, one in Toronto and one in New York, navigate love, family, and connection the night before 9/11.

Seven Penises

Maz Murray

2022

UK / 5 mins
Watch... https://youtu.be/pxdleKG7llA 

Sex of Death

M. Hadi Jamali,
Fakhredin Jamali

2022

Iran / 11 mins
A man is trying to kill himself in a hotel room, suddenly someone knocks on the door and enters…

She

Donato Luigi Bruni

2022

Italy / 17 mins
“She” dipinge la storia di un figlio e di una madre, entrambi prigionieri degli abiti scomodi che la vita ha destinato loro. Entrambi indossano la sofferenza, ma in modo diverso l’uno dall’altra. Un’allegoria sull’accettazione e la scoperta di sé stessi, pregna di dolcezza e violenza, odio e amore; insomma, del profumo dolceamaro della vita.

Shedding

Tziara Reyes

2022

Canada / 5 mins
This short documentary follows an individual’s journey of shaving their head for the first time; exploring the complex relationship between hair and identity.

Shirtless

Ed Varga,
Corrie Bennett

2022

USA / 4:12 mins
This song is an acknowledgement of vulnerability trans people feel in public. It's a story self-acceptance and a celebration of being trans. The music video was shot in various locations in San Francisco.

Show Me Everyone
Show Me Everyone

Guy Hamiel

2022

Israel / 12 mins
Omer (21yo) is peer pressured to lose his virginity. When his encounter with a girl from Tinder ends in shame, he is motivated to confront his fears and meet a guy. The meeting is intense, but gives him a sense of belonging.
Trailer... Show_Me_Everyone_Trailer on Vimeo 

Shy Little Boy
Shy Little Boy

Jack Hessler

2022

USA / 7 mins
In Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a newspaper reporter interviews two teenage drag queens as they get ready for a performance.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/720498280

Silk

Lance Kenneth Blakney

2022

USA / 3 mins
Heather Silk’s fever dream stream of consciousness, shot on 16mm film, humorously explores the question, “What does it all mean?”

Sin

Ivona Homicianu

2022

Belgium / 12 mins
Ivona, une jeune roumaine découvre à l’âge de 13 ans qu’elle est attirée par les femmes. Dans sa culture roumaine orthodoxe, elle est forcée de garder son identité sous silence. Quelques années plus tard, lorsqu’elle part à Bruxelles pour y suivre des études, elle découvre enfin la liberté d'être elle-même.

Sin Combate

María Manzanares

2022

Argentina
SIN COMBATE | Treng Treng Kay Kay es una instalación video sonora que toma como inspiración un relato mítico del pueblo mapuche. En el origen, existen dos seres que cuidan sus espacios territoriales, el agua y la tierra. El ser de tierra se llama Treng Treng y el ser del agua, Kay Kay. Si ninguno avanza sobre los dominios de otros, se mantiene el equilibrio que permite la continuidad de la vida en el mundo. Para que haya equilibrio entonces, todo debe permanecer SIN COMBATE.
Watch… https://youtu.be/VtUK_lxLqQo

Singular
Singular

Guy Harries

2022

UK / 16 mins
SINGULAR explores the experiences of single gay men during the pandemic in London. The film crosses between genres and art forms, combining elements of musical theatre, contemporary dance, sound art and documentary. The film highlights aspects of this experience such as: queer identity, activism, sex, intimacy, mental health, racism and ageism through an intimate lens of personal experiences. The piece is based on interviews with five London-based gay men (with a focus on the ages 45-65) and includes their voices as part of the film's soundscape.

Six-Day-Fiancee poster
Six Day Fiancée

Roland William Boyden, Katrina Guzmán, Malena Gordo

2022

USA / 12 mins
Imagine you have just six days to pull off your own wedding, from the moment it first becomes an idea until the vows and rings are exchanged. And if you fail, you'll be separated forever. What are you waiting for? Get started!
Trailer... https://youtu.be/YoRgM6kfWSM?si=KhWo8g5ICm5ZwIaO 

Skunk Manifesto

Lomo Maniás,
Monik laMetro

2022

Spain / 5 mins
Is it celebration that gives us resilience? It is how we aim to turn off stigma, trauma, shame and fear in our third year as sex workers. The self-representation in this performance heals us, the ritual of celebration gives sense and history to our lives.

Sky and Lucia

Violet Gallo

2022

USA / 11 mins
Sky is an introverted high school student, who when faced with turbulent emotional situations, literally disappears. In order to overcome this strange phenomenon, she must learn to stand up for herself in order to be seen for who she really is – a confident and strong woman.
Watch… https://youtu.be/O-R3EWfr_SY?si=EL0P8win2LKDjmVZ

Small Fires

Nic Wilson

2022

5:30 mins
Small Fires is a real-time video of a bouquet of flower-shaped candles burning until they extinguish themselves. There is an essay about the mythology and use of candles embedded in the subtitle track.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/663849773

So It Goes

Gaia Alari

2022

Italy / 2 mins
A looping memory of a lost love between two queer people, the animation, with its minimalistic art direction uses symbols, transitions and metaphors to explore what it means to live in the closet, and to pursue a love life made of secret encounters and beautiful moments that are bound to end, from the beginning.
Watch... https://youtu.be/GJdTYe5ze9A 

Soak 2022
Soak

Desdemona Dallas

2022

USA / 10:49 mins
‘Soak’ is a photography and film project that seeks to portray trans, gender non-confirming and queer bodies in an intimate space. More than just a film, ‘Soak’ is a safe container of collaboration and exploration, where both subject and filmmaker converse about topics around gender.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/744820095

Sob a terra do encoberto

Xan Marçall,
Id Libra

2022

Brazil / 60 mins
Sob a Terra do Encoberto é uma obra audiovisual centrada no conflito entre o documentário e a ficção. Numa pandemia, a cultura das comunidades tradicionais é ameaçada por um projeto político governamental. O filme apresenta visões de mundo pautadas em imaginários insurgentes afro-indígenas, através da história, do mistério, da poética e do encantamento presentes na experiência de pessoas trans e travestis do norte e nordeste do Brasil.

Sobre-elas poster
Sobre Elas

Bruna Arcangelo

2022

Brazil / 14 mins
An immersion in different female alliances, portraying mutual support movements in which different women participate and strengthen the links and the support network, showing that female liberation is not individual, but collective.

Some Tropics of Cancer

T.J Blanco

2022

USA / 9 mins
After losing their father at a young age, the filmmaker mines the hidden world of astrological word origins, gems, ancient medical histories and forgotten family archives in hopes of gleaning meaning.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/809559178

Songs of the Standing Dead

Alice Michaud

2022

France / 65 mins
This is the trans dystopian commune we are all dying to visit. Living gleefully in the French countryside, these queers are sent spiralling when a newbie arrives. The film grapples with the myths of queer utopia by tearing it apart. Echoing post-horror aesthetics and manipulating genre tropes in meaty ways, this is a poetic joyride to the underworld that never loses its glamour amid plenty of gore.

Sonic Reverbs
Sonic Reverbs

Sarnt Utamachote

2022

Germany / 22 mins
This film documents Four Berlin-based migrant queer musicians opening up, becoming vulnerable, and letting go to find comfort and "reverberations" of their sounds in each other.

Sons of The Night /
Filhos da Noite

Henrique Arruda  2022  Brazil / 12 mins
Eight gay men aged 50 – 70 share their memories, lives and nocturnal images, questioning where their bodies fit in the current world.

Oito homens gays entre 50 e 70 anos compartilham suas memórias, vivências, e imagens noturnas, questionando-se sobre qual lugar seus corpos ocupam agora.
Trailer available here 

Sounds-of-Hell poster
Sounds of Hell

Kenji Dyck

2022

Canada / 11 mins
Thom, a hobbyist photographer, shares a batch of muffins with his friend Logan at the local camera store.

Sour Milk Mark Keane
Sour Milk

Mark Keane

2022 Ireland / 5 mins
Two teen boys in a kitchen at night. One boy wants the other to take him seriously, and does something extreme in order to prove himself...

Soy Sasha
Soy Sasha

Yineth Iveth Lopez 2022  Panamá / 5 mins
Sasha, a person of low income and raised in a violent environment will not let discrimination affect her to become the queen of queens.

Una persona de bajos recursos y criado en un ambiente violento, no ha dejado que la discriminación le afecte para convertirse en la reina de reinas.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/U5UzUQh3K6w 

Soy Una Mujer Que Ya Perdió El Miedo

Aidé Nohemí Cerero Ramírez 2022 México / 12 mins
De la serie “Resistimos: Lucha de mujeres ante la violencia machista y corrupta”, éste es un documental sobre el caso de Kenya Cuevas, quien ha sufrido violencia institucional, actos de corrupción y discriminación por denunciar el transfeminicidio de su compañera Paola Buenrostro.

Spectacular Intimacy /
L’intime spectaculaire

Fanie Pelletier 2022

Canada / 16 mins
In the YouTube era, exhibitionism and voyeurism echo each other and reach their paroxysm. Boundaries between private and public life are blurring. Intimacy becomes spectacle. Gabrielle Marion knows this more than anyone. Famous YouTuber from Quebec, she has been documenting her life and her sexual transition for eight years.

Spilling the Tea

Felix Reijmers 2022

Netherlands / 3 mins
Two strangers exchange in their own peculiar way “tea” with one another.
Watch... Spilling the Tea - with subtitles on Vimeo 

Spirit Day

Annie Knight,
Greg Shea
2022

USA / 9 mins
'Spirit Day' follows Frankie, a lonely middle-schooler, as they pick a costume for their school's upcoming spirit day with the help of their imaginary friend, Mac. However, choosing an outfit proves more complicated than expected, prompting questions of presentation and identity.

Spiritus Dei
Spiritus Dei

África Muñoz López 2022 18 mis
In a world dominated by technology, the Church is dying out.
A young novice is torn between reason and heart to make a decision that will change everything.

Squid Season

Ariel Mahler,
Grace Hanna
2022

USA / 5 mins
Using a novel style of animation, Squid Season looks to the murky sea to find clarity on gender. A slow, contemplative meditation on escaping into and away from familiar depths.

Standsinwater

Jean-Michel Beaulieu 2022

Canada / 22 mins
Standsinwater Sutherland is Two Spirit Cree living in Northern Ontario. Holding her eagle feather, she sits and tells her story: her quest to identity, how teachings learned along the way took her from the concrete jungle of Toronto back to her reservation and her commitment to help her community regain their culture and traditional ways.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/615938517

Stars-and-Freckles poster
Stars and Freckles

Constanza Garcías Solé 2022

Argentina / 3 mins
Two teenagers discover the secrets of the universe (and themselves) among the limited space of four walls.

Starting Today
STARTING TODAY: The long road to your own name /
AB HEUTE - Der lange Weg zum eigenen Namen

Sophia Emmerich,
Sam Arndt
2022

Germany / 47 mins
AB HEUTE is an authentic, intimate documentary giving voice to the discriminatory legal process of official name change experienced by transgender people in Germany. By sharing such a moving compilation of stories from the transgender community, the film lays bare the honest and varied experiences of navigating a legal system that seeks to invalidate transgender lives.
Trailer... AB HEUTE - Der lange Weg zum eigenen Namen - (Trailer) on Vimeo 

State of Mind

Donald C. Shorter Jr 2022 USA / 4 mins
BDSM as a pathway to spiritual transformation.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/665057708

Steve 2022
Steve

Nehemias Colindres 2022

Germany / 14 mins
A young comedian struggles with self-confidence amidst a relationship in her life that would inspire her on her transition as a woman. Based on a true story.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/671890674

Stickup Winter Orgy
Stickup, Winter, Orgy

EE Newman 2022 USA / 6 mins
The Ignorant Cowboy keeps looking to make a connection at work, home alone, and in a crowd.
Watch... stickup, winter, orgy 2022.mov on Vimeo 

Still The One

Taisiya Zaretskaya 2022

USA / 3 mins
Despite big challenges, the family in this animated tear-jerker stays together, proving that love conquers all.
Watch… https://youtu.be/KraWahKUi5Q?si=f5Tls4aK4eqBwT3p

Strangers In Paradise
Strangers in Paradise

Huang Yihong

2022

China / 17 mins
Today's twenty-somethings are forced into a small safety bubble by systems, labels and meaningless routines. Huizit and Jimmy embark on a brave quest in the face of socially defined gender norms, warmly and firmly absorbing their friends who need a safe place to belong.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/wxvffiqJM9A  

Strolling Through the Cities: Intimate Cabaret /
En flânant dans les villes

Grégoire-Gabriel Van Robays

2022

Belgium
Two years ago, Manu realized that he lived better by calling himself non-binary rather than a boy.
In front of us, they tell each other, open, deliver a little of his history, his wounds and his joys.

With the help of Miriam's piano, Manu sings what they can't always say.

An hour without talking about non-binarity but taking the bet to make it live, to share it. An hour to better understand each other, to realize that we have more in common than we sometimes think.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/d0SF9ALPTjI

Subterranea
Subterránea

Nelson Aldape

2022

México / 18 mins
A lonely trans woman gains popularity in her town due to her clairvoyant powers. These gifts become relevant when their coastal city is besieged by disappearances and mass graves. She must decide in favor of whom to use these powers.

Una solitaria mujer trans cobra popularidad en su pueblo debido a sus poderes de clarividencia. Estos dones toman relevancia cuando su ciudad costera se ve asediada por desapariciones y fosas. Ella debe decidir en favor de quien usar estos poderes.

Suite Night
Suite Night

Mahtab Pishghadam

2022

Iran / 14 mins
Suite Night is based on a true story. A young woman is desperately attempting to help a loved one abandoned by everyone else.
Trailer... https://youtu.be/hhxx6oqRr9k?si=YRm7O2vueav-d_HL 

Survivor Manifesto – The Art of Making Kin

Dan Dansen

2022

Germany / 12 mins
What if we lived in a society in which people who harmed and people who were harmed could heal simultaneously?

Survivor Manifesto – The Art of Making Kin is a video essay on survivorhood in which trauma survivors cast a wild vision of a utopian society.
The experimental film unfolds a hypnotic undertow that pulls the spectator into a journey from despair to self-love. The documentary narrates dealing with trauma as a sophisticated skill. Poetic and multi-layered imagery of traveling create a metaphorical space in which narration and imagination melt into a unique story. Different voices of trauma survivors tell about a survivor collective they have formed and they invite the viewers to join them. They encourage an emotional journey to the viewer’s very own abyss. Trauma is often related to speechlessness and isolation, but the film provides collectivity and the idea that healing is a continuing process. The film creates the restlessness that is typical for surviving through imagery and music. But it also makes clear that the transition from surviving to living is characterized by hope: the chorus of survivors shares their skills and their ideas on dealing with violence, the art of making kin and on queer love.

Survivor Manifesto is a political essay that will change your perspective on trauma.

Susie Blue

Sarah Gwynne

2022

Ireland / 3 mins
Music is the food of queer survival in this lovable Belfast doc.
Watch… https://youtu.be/XU_lDOpnLnM?si=WVIwYoXoxeFk0a5P

Switch for Daddy

Mahx Capacity

2022

USA / 17 mins
Leather Daddy Mahx Capacity puts Bishop Black through their paces. Leather lovers Bishop and Mahx are ravenous for each other in this electric Berlin rendezvous. A steamy makeout ends with Bishop’s legs up in the air, and Mahx can’t help but feast on this gorgeous slut. Bishop slides down on Mahx’s strap, riding their daddy before dutifully returning the favor. Taking turns sucking, licking, riding, and cumming all over each other, Mahx and Bishop make switching absolutely indulgent.

Take Me in the Woods /
Prends-moi dans le bois

Popo La Sodo,
Ernesto Fag,
Kim Possible,
Lusidxxx,
Otto

2022

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

Takeouts /
Quentinha

Rwanyto Oscar Santos

2022

Brazil / 12 mins
Couple sees the sale of takeout as an option to help with costs. But they realize it’s not enough. So, despite their good relationship, the two start looking for secret “extra earnings”.

Tapping Into Our Future Tapping Into Our Past
Tapping Into Our Past, Tapping Into Our Future

Ayodele Casel

2022

USA / 10 mins
In creative conversation with archival footage, choreographer and dancer Ayodele Casel reinvigorates the legacy of Black female and male tap dancers who came before her.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/wJhqO5ZYvHU

Taylor A Portrait Of Becoming
Taylor: A Portrait of Becoming

Sean Frost

2022

USA / 17 mins
While navigating a career in television news, a former Buzzfeed comedian confronts the reality of being gender non-conforming in the Midwest. This coming-of-identity film meets Taylor at a pivotal moment in their life; post-internet fame, dating after divorce, and their continual fight for visibility.

Te Amo, Se Cuida

Andre Vidigal,
Liz Dórea

2022

Brazil / 5 mins
Um retrato do amor em São Paulo que acompanha reflexos e espelhos espalhados pelo centro da cidade, perguntando a personagens da vida real o que veem refletidos de si próprios.
Watch… https://www.nowness.com/picks/te-amo-se-cuida

Thank You, Come Again!

Aysia Segura

2022

USA / 4 mins
A cat and his owner head to the store where temptations make it hard to stay on their two item grocery list.
Watch... Aysia Segura- Thank you, Come again on Vimeo 

That restaurant at Talpiot market
תלפיות או לא להיות

Maya Yenni  2022  Israel / 9 mins
“Arabeska” restaurant is located at Talpiot Market in Haifa. Idan and Akram decided to open the restaurant in that location in order to make a change in the scenery, and also change the minds of the locals about a gay interracial couple. 

The Accidental Archivist 2022
The Accidental Archivist

Tracey Spring 2022

Australia
‘People have told me I’m a hoarder, turns out I’m an archivist!’ - Julie Peters. Julie Peters is a legend in the trans community in Melbourne. She was the first person to transition at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, at a time when there were no role models around her, and the first openly trans person to run for Parliament. From her early twenties, Julie started collecting anything trans or queer related. Whenever she saw a magazine or newspaper article, medical records or images related to the trans or queer experience, she cut it out and filed it away. Julie's home is crammed with filing cabinets filled with precious material. She also archived her personal portraits – 4,000 'selfies' (pre internet) where she experimented with looks and fashions.

The Aunties
The Aunties

Jeannine Kayembe Oro,
Charlyn Griffith Oro
2022

USA / 6 mins
A short format climate documentary based on the lives of Paulette Greene and Donna Dear and the legacies of Harriet Tubman and Mt. Pleasant Acres Farm.

The Best Grandfather In The World
The Best Grand Father in the World

Nina Bisyarina

2022

Russia / 6 mins
The film is based on an interview with Felix, and his close relationship with his grandfather.
Trailer... https://youtu.be/854XyxzMJY0?si=_9J3qfj5_mmgOPFS 

The Birth of a Woman

Soňa Nôtová

2022

Slovakia / 29 mins
The main character of this documentary is the director herself who as a teenager went through a very masculine period. Now she is thinking out loud about the topics that a lot of us are too shy to talk about. It's the intimacy that brings the potential of understanding and acceptance of the so often condemned subject of gender.

The Bloom
(Coordinate 2)

Echaka Agba,
Kristina Valada-Viars

2022

USA / 21 min
Part road trip and part experimental personal narrative, this short doc invites the audience to explore the meaning of Home alongside the filmmakers and their family.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/721811385

The BOIs Failed Crown
The BOI's Failed Crown

Na Forest Lim

2022

USA / 3 mins
A film that delves into longing and desire through the angle of reclaiming the Black trans body.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/655480157

The Boy At The Window
The Boy at the Window

Lee Campbell

2022

UK / 2:34 mins
A short poetry film with poetry written and spoken by Lee Campbell that shares a personal experience, of Lee looking up at a window and seeing a boy looking out.
Watch…here

The Caress 2022
The Caress

Bhargav Lahkar

2022

India / 15 mins
A middle aged transman crosses path with an old lover and share a dinner together that heals the resentment between them and frees both of them from regrets.

The Catharsis Of Icarus
The Catharsis of Icarus

Maria Rita Nascimento

2022

USA / 2 mins
The times when Icarus falls in love with the sun, but he knows that this relationship will not end well… But for Icarus, these cautions went in at one ear and out by the other as he lives a love story.
Watch… https://youtu.be/UmM1o2LRIKg

The Cave of Dr Cayla

Sofia Chapman

2022

Australia / 16 mins
Melbourne filmmaker, accordionist and playwright Sofia Chapman adapts her mysterious short story in this very French rendezvous co-starring illustrator Eloise Caleo.

The Choir of Our Kind

Xu Zai,
Wang Sisi

2022

China / 38 mins
The film follows the journey of a queer choir in Nanjing. From initial recruitment to their first performance, the story of New Jump offers a lens to observe how current social and cultural situations affect a small queer community. What should a queer choir in China look like?  
Trailer… https://youtu.be/WovtUv2aVM8

The Clown Giuseppe Di Gangi
The Clown

Giuseppe Di Gangi

2022

Italy / 13 mins
A young man, tried by a particular and sad moment lived, one day, while crossing by bike the avenue that he used to travel, carefully observes everything he encounters and is around him and from here springs his reflection on the essence and on the true sense of happiness. Happiness is subjective: there are those who associate it with material and worldly things, there are those who identify it with simple, essential, indispensable things.

The Concept Of Self
The Concept of Self

Pradeep Mahadeshwar

2022

Ireland / 20 mins
A viral pandemic magnifies inequalities and isolation for an immigrant Asian gay person of colour surviving the lockdown.

The Concision of a Six Foot Five Inch Transgender Woman Shaving Her Body

Audrey Kiehn

2022

USA / 4:30 mins
An intimate and meditative scene of a trans woman shaving her body.

The Confessional

John Fitzpatrick

2022

UK / 13 mins
Bim and Nathan meet for a hook up in the park and have immediate chemistry, but Bim finds himself too exposed when a chance encounter reveals what he’s been trying to hide.

The Crush

Kevin Anthony

2022

USA / 15 mins
Matt has had a crush on Davin since the eleventh grade - and then his crush vanished. Three years later the mysterious Davin pops back into his life and Matt begins to fall for him all over again.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/746480825

The Daffodil Dance
ריקוד הנרקיסים

Ze’ev Goren  2022  Israel / 42 mins
Guy Levy, a 21-year-old gay man, doesn’t want to be gay anymore. He meets with Liron, a good friend from his past, asking him to go with him to a conversion therapy clinic. Liron was badly hurt by undergoing such treatments in his past, and these past wounds cause everything to change. 

The Deceased
The Deceased /
O falecido

Philipp Veiga Amaro 2022 Switzerland / 19 mins
He is known as the deceased, “O falecido" - even though he is in no way dead. Philipp lived with his father until the age of 16, but has no memory of him. What exactly happened? He comes across a diary and tries to find answers - and by confronting the women in his family he finds his own perspective.

Les Libellules
The Dragonflies /
Les Libellules

Léa Codden,
Adèle Fréchoux,
Loris Hanck

 2022 Belgium / 5 mins
In 1910, an English couple on vacation comes to their mansion on the Normandy coast. The wife tries to maintain a love story, out of sight, with one of the maids. Their love transports them to a bucolic world far from the prejudices of society.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/697366440

The Heart of Ybor

Samantha Luque

2022

USA / 10:06 mins
A short documentary following the drag performers of Ybor City through their history, community and the ins and outs of drag.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/651908147

The Hidden In The Pain
The Hidden in the Pain

Danial Ghasemian

2022

Iran / 5 mins
Unusual love is created by unusual body

The Holey Grail

Ethan Folk

2022

Germany / 5 mins

The Hollidays In Mississippi
The Hollidays in Mississippi

Christina Alison Huff

2022

USA / 36 mins
Born and bred in small-town Mississippi, two gay men begin a familial mother and daughter relationship through the art of drag performance in The Hollidays in Mississippi. When GoDiva Holliday loses her passion after twenty years of drag, she relies on her drag daughter to pick up the pieces.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/694128506

The Idealist

Martin Drouot

2022

France /10 mins
Un appassionato professore cerca di insegnare ai propri studenti liceali come esprimere i sentimenti in modo convincente davanti alla macchina da presa. Ma lui stesso è in difficoltà, quando i sentimenti sono i suoi, nella vita reale…

The Invite 2022
The Invite

Jax Terry 2022 USA / 15 mins
Jack is really Jax. They are nonbinary but struggling to express it. Then, a series of letters arrive from an anonymous source that seems to know everything about them. The letters call them to a mystical place full of transformation, self-love, and community. But first, they must accept The Invite.
Watch... https://youtu.be/sGDCVh4Mm3c?si=Tkiz-MOSgaXH1vHa 

A Jornada
The Journey /
A Jornada

 Mateus Rosa 2022   Brazil / 16 mins
This film is a mixture of time travel, a documentary, artistic and performance record that expresses my subjective view of the places, people and moments I spent from 2015 to 2018. Filmed on super-8 mm film
Trailer… https://youtu.be/JI4wYeOnpKQ 

The King Is Not My Cousin
The King is Not My Cousin /
Le roi n'est pas mon cousin

Annabelle Aventurin 2022

France / 30 mins
Author of "Karukera sunny, Guadeloupe stranded" (1980), Elzéa Foule Aventurin engages, in 2017, in a series of interviews with her granddaughter. Together they retrace, not without malice, a family history, sailing from one end of the Black Atlantic to the other. A history of silence, pride and revolt.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/731796884

Da Kiss Carlos Lowmet
The Kiss /
Da Kiss

Carlos Lowmet

2022

Mexico / 14 mins
Two amateur actors guilty of homophobic acts face their first gay kiss in the middle of shooting a student short film, the recording stops with the first kiss (horrible and uncomfortable). Soon they will discover their past, the guilt and the search for redemption will make them try a romantic and passionate kiss.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/556412975

The Language 2022
The Language

Steph Odu

2022

UK / 9 mins
Two members of Barcelona’s ballroom community share what it means to ‘speak the language.’

The Life in My Fists /
A Vida Em Meus Punhos

Marília Hughes Guerreiro

2022

Brazil / 30 mins
Olympic medalist Adriana Araújo cannot find sponsorship but wants to keep on fighting to fulfill her dream of winning the world title.

The Love Of My Life
The Love of My Life

Francesca Rizzoli,
Trevor John Graham

2022

Chile / 28 mins
"Transgender Lipstick Lesbian Power Couple" Gail and Lisette are in love and plan to marry, leaving behind the facades of many years of conformity and heteronormativity.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/641398598

The Mask /
Mukhosh

Paayel Chouudhury

2022

India / 24 mins
A suspense thriller with unique turns and twist. What will happen when one day you wake up without any memory? What will you do when you find out one day that your beloved person is wearing a mask of deception and treachery and hiding the true identity for a dangerous plan. Where will you run when the person you love is the enemy of your life?

The Memorial

Tyhran Sohoian

2022

Ukraine / 6 mins
Images of the 911 attack on the Twin Towers act as a reminder for a character in recalling his lost relationship with a man he loved in this animated ode to building memorials – both physical and emotional – to those we have lost.
Watch... The Memorial - Animation Short Movie on Vimeo 

The Occurrence of Colours by Night

Sophie Lenglachner

2022

Germany, Austria / 5 mins
The dystopian genderfluid fashion of textile artist Sophie Lenglachner focuses on the beauty of darkness and reflective shimmers of light.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/90Or_-bbc84

The Ones We Choose
The Ones We Choose /
Ceux que l’on choisit

Elora Bertrand

2022

France / 30 mins
“The ones we choose” is a documentary about my chosen family. The ones I decided to walk through life alongside with. First taking the form of a family video; this documentary takes us from the intimate to the collective, from the intimate to the political.

The Other Half
The Other Half /
L’Altra Metà

Alessandra Martinez

2022

Italy / 8 mins
After a misunderstanding with her girlfriend, a woman contemplates her understanding of love, self-acceptance, and the freedom that comes from facing your fears.
Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/TheOtherHalf2022

The Other Peloton
The Other Peloton

Brian Jenkins

2022

USA / 14 mins
Molly Cameron is a professional cyclist who has been navigating the sport as a trans athlete for over two decades. When she races at the 2022 Belgian Waffle Ride, it highlights the implications of organizing sports in a two gender system.

The Other Woman

Daphne Finlayson

2022

Canada
A look into the lives of three adults featuring three queer adults, including one trans-masculine person in a happy polyamorous relationship.

The Person Behind the Door

Anna Alicia Pazderski

2022

Korea / 7 mins
A female college student enters the women's bathroom and hears what she thinks is a man's voice. She calls the police and blocks the door of the bathroom stall, trapping a transgender person inside.

The Prince
The Prince of Saturday Night

Jonathan R. Alleyne

2022

Panamá / 8:03 mins
Una nota de voz real, grabada durante un mal día, nos introduce a un viaje sensorial donde Jonathan nos muestra cómo su mente lidia con un profundo sentimiento de soledad.

The Seeker

Héctor Jaime,
Omar Ramirez

2022

USA / 4:41 mins
The Seeker arrives on earth and remembers who they are.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/750553304

The Song of the Meadowlark

Mike Fernandez

2022

USA / 2 mins
The Song of the Meadowlark, a message of hope for the future of our planet. Birds tell us every day that the world is changing both through their songs and the songs they no longer sing due to habitat loss and global temperature rise. Will you choose to listen?
Watch… https://youtu.be/1-mwmooZq0U?si=ldYIaD6IdP6uzexz

The Space Dykes And Other Adventures
The Space Dykes and Other Adventures

Julian Konuk

2022

UK / 20 mins
Trailer... https://vimeo.com/676593000 

The Spanish King short film
The Spanish King

Céline Van Heel

2022

Spain / 12 mins
“The Spanish King” tells the story of a 90-year-old dandy in search of love and eternal youth. He celebrates his big 90th birthday party, which is attended by the country’s young artists. He is friends with all kind of young celebrities like Jedet, El Cejas, Samantha Hudson, Paula Cendejas, Recycled J and many more, who acclaim and adore him. But there is something that does not allow him to enjoy the party as he would really like…
Watch... https://vimeo.com/652984314 

The Statue

Andrew Cormier

2022

UK / 4 mins
A tale of desire, desperation, and consequence.

The Stories We’re Told

Mansha Totla

2022

India / 14 mins
How stories have the power to shape our world.
Trailer... The Stories We’re Told Trailer on Vimeo 

The Straight Agenda
The Straight Agenda

Emily Robertson

2022

Canada / 8 mins
Through the use of childhood home videos intertwined with present day scenes, a writer shares her experience of coming out as a pansexual woman in a world where people are assumed straight at birth.

 

The Struggle

Jason Rajasinghe

2022

Sri Lanks / 7 mins
After a co-worker takes a photo of Amit with his boyfriend, he’s outed at work and must navigate homophobic harassment.

The Swan Song
The Swan Song /
El canto del cisne

 Julián Lona 2022 

Argentina, Spain / 15 mins
A twenty year old couple’s life has drawn them to take an important decision. 
Trailer... El Canto del Cisne (2023) | Trailer | Julián Lona on Vimeo

The Third Core Arshadi
The Third Core

Mohsen Arshadi

2022

Iran / 15 mins
The boy is involved in a sensory maze and tries to overcome his fears and prepare to face the reality of his story.

The Tower Falls
The Tower Falls

Ylva Mara Radziszewski,
Kiki Robinson

2022

USA / 7 mins
A film that uses the Major Arcana Tarot card, The Tower, to ask what holds us back from our sensuality and raw expression? What cords that hold us to this world are ready to be sacrificed? The Tower gathers these inner feelings as catalysts for change; a rupturing of structure and status quo.

The Velvet

Jett Anton

2022

USA / 11 mins
A short film about what happens when a shy twink meets a charming trans bartender dressed in a stunning red velvet cloak.

The Very Thought of You

Bart Wen Long Seng

2022

UK / 10 mins
The film centres around the experience of a vacuum-sealed Earth refugee’s imminent arrival onto the Moon. Taking place in a hallucinatory space brought upon by his own tortured subconscious, he is gradually released from his latex cryo-vacuum pod. A video message from his lover, who was left on Earth, appears. His lover goes into an angry monologue, accusing the man of abandoning him and his home in a bid for personal survival.

The Voice

Maral Ayurzana

2022

Mongolia / 15 mins
A teenager records his a personal diary on a voice recorder. One day, envisioning his future self listening to this diary, he decides to come out to himself. This leads to an intimate conversation about self-acceptance. 
Trailer… https://youtu.be/8txuTvr2Acc

The World Exists
The World Exists, But Not Right Now /
Verden eksisterer, men ikke lige nu

Adrian Jalily

2022

Denmark / 16 mins
Emil takes his friend Ask for a swim. They spend the trip reflecting on their friendship, talking about all and nothing. As the day progresses, Ask flirts with Emil, making him unsure about what to do. 

The Young Mens Guide To Bloodsucking
The Young Men’s Guide to Bloodsucking

Max Rhineer

2022

USA / 15 mins
Gabriel Young, a teenager raised under a Mormon household, attempts to come to terms with his burgeoning Queerness and Vampyrism.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/cNXGaBuq2BY

Mein Hosenschlitz Ist Offen Wie Mein Herz
The Zip of My Pants Is Open. Like My Heart. /
Mein Hosenschlitz ist Offen. Wie Mein Herz.

Marie Luise Lehner

2022

Áustria / 28 mins
A young woman indulges in erotic daydreams. The lead actors in the sexy cinema inside Thea’s head include: the gorgeous bartender from the trendy bar, who thirsts for menstrual blood; Laura’s “beautiful cousin” who plays the Magic Mike of Drag in a saucy mesh shirt; and not least of all, superblonde.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/623257141

There is a Woman in This Town

Benjamin Esterlis

2022

Israel / 4 mins
Seven different women find themselves locked in one tiny corporate bathroom.

There’s No Sex, Only Fans

Ting, Chi-Wen

2022

Taiwan / 20 mins
On the website OnlyFans, subscribers can pay to watch amateur pornography. Hsuan, who has 20,000 followers on Twitter, receives a letter from university student A-Hsien, who proposes that they make a video together. The two meet in a hotel to shoot Hsuan’s favorite sex act…
Trailer… https://youtu.be/OcCKE6Gmsuo?si=TKi6JEdt_uY1wHCv

Thick Skin
Thick Skin

Inès Arsi

2022

Tunisia / 6 mins
To define yourself is to shut yourself away. Ahmed, a young Tunisian artist, transcends standards and goes beyond the labels that are stuck on him, with a single goal: to live as his soul tells him to do.

Things That Wont Die
Things that won't die /
Cosas que nunca van a morir

Manuela Gutiérrez Arrieta

2022

Spain / 14 mins
After finding videos she uploaded to YouTube when she was a child, Manuela attempts to follow the trail she herself left on the internet. Along the way, she comes across things that even she did not remember about herself.

Think About the Beautiful Future Ahead

Diego Bragà

2022

Brazil / 4 mins
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/640375070

This Is My Day
This Is My Day
זה היום שלי

 Helli Hardy 2022   

Israel / 13 mins
For her 30th birthday, Yaeli is planning a surprise party for herself. Ido, her best friend and roommate, is supposed to help her, but he is delayed and avoids the chores. He is hiding something that may ruin her day.

Three /
Trije

Simon Moe 2022 Slovenia / 13 mins
Klara spends one more hot summer night with friends Nejla and Lars before moving abroad to study. Three is an ode to the Ljubljana queer community, young love, and that special last summer before adulthood.

Throuple /
Trieja

Patrick Fabrizio Trigoso 2022 Mexico / 8 mins
Three male bodies, through tenderness, develop a dance from the intimate affections they share, making visible other ways of loving far from heteronormativity or binarism.

Titi
Titi

Marzieh Fakhar

2022

Iran
After five years of Marriage, she takes all the measures to undergo a transgender procedure when she realizes that she is pregnant and is faced with an important decision.
Trailer… https://videopress.com/v/FZqZqTep

To Be Yourself

Yuu Minote

2022

Japan / 4 mins
Movements for the right to same-sex relationships and for equal marriage will increase the way of life and choices of a heterosexual. It also changes the content and meaning of marriage for heterosexuals. This work compactly expresses the changes of the times that are happening in the Japan right now. 
Trailer… https://youtu.be/rbEce2OvA1Y

To Boyhood
to boyhood, i never knew him

Trâm Anh Nguyễn

2022

Vietnam, Canada / 3 mins
Archive footage from 2006 to 2010 of a young girl growing up between the age of four and eight. Words from a transgender man float to the surface as fleeting memories go on. Only fragments of what is remembered exists.  
An ever growing age of the digital world & globalization & of being filmed & watched & when our love letters turned into text messages. To the lost memories of when I knew childhood before the age of eight. I remember being a girl but I don’t.
Trailer... https://youtu.be/FSCWa_I3FDw?si=NW7KzVf8B_LCCoy_  

to breathe

Ada Zhang,
Jules Evans-Anfom

2022

USA / 5:33 mins
Two young queer Black and Chinese friends breathe into rest and stillness as resistance.

To Live
To Live /
Para Vivir

Jackelyn Santiago

2022

USA / 5 mins
A queer woman of color delivers a love letter crafted for all queer and lesbian women around the world: live and thrive and fight for love!

To My Next Lover

Kieran Charnock

2022

New Zealand / 3:26 mins
This will not end well! A poet forewarns their next lover of what lies ahead. Based on the poem “to my next lover” by Paula Harris.
Watch… To My Next Lover on Vimeo

To Somewhere, With Me

Sarah Sewell

2022

USA / 16 mins
It’s the 1950s. Lena and Greta are living in a convent. Lena isn’t interested in becoming a nun, but for Greta, becoming a nun is her calling. Their lives take different paths as they strive to find themselves and follow their dreams.

Together Stronger In The Rain
Together, Stronger in the Rain

Tsai Yu-Hsun 

2022

Taiwan / 85 mins
In 2019, Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. Three years on, same-sex couples still face challenges that heterosexual couples do not: some have trouble becoming legal guardians for their children; others must travel abroad to start a family; some are even rejected when applying for legal marriage status. As such, legalization was just another small step forward in the fight for equality.

This 90-minute documentary shows how different same-sex couples fight for the life they desire and deserve. They may be fighting different battles, but they share one thing in common: the belief that the sun will shine after this rain.

Tommy Kha's Bits & Pieces

Jia Li

2022

USA / 8 mins
An intimate look at photographer Tommy Kha as he tries to reconnect with his hometown, Memphis TN.

Torta Documental

Brianna Di Paola

2022

Argentina / 11 mins
Torta documental está hecha con relatos de diferentes activismos y militancias: ¿Quiénes escribían cuando no había material lésbico?, ¿Quiénes traducían textos?, ¿Quiénes estuvieron en las marchas exigiendo derechos, pensando leyes?, ¿Quiénes elegían visibilizarse aún cuando era un riesgo inmenso?
Watch... Torta Documental - Adelanto on Vimeo 

Traces

Anja Elena Masling

2022

France
The short video diary is about someone who hides in the woods because of who he is and who he loves, far from his family and their condemnations.

Trancinhas
Trancinhas

Mariana Stolf Friggi

2022

Brazil / 10 mins
Tamara é adolescente e mal-humorada. Com apoio de suas amigas Barbara e Duda, está sempre arrumando confusão. Porém, por trás das caras de mau humor, Tamara se revela com um coração mole e confuso.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/877256413

Trans Formacao
Trans_Formação De Identidades Da Noite

Patrick Mendes

2022

Brazil / 25 mins
Spectacular guests, they tell iconic stories of the beginning of the Queer scene in the city of Goiânia in the 80s, 90s and 2000s. In the speeches of Cristiano Mullins, Edilberto Dias, Esley Zambel, Henrique Florêncio, Lázaro Eurides, Paulinho Reis and Regina Perri, joy, memory and emotion present a look at the festive nights of Goiás.

Trans Glamoré

Lachlan Bradbury

2022

Australia / 45 mins
Trans performers and prominent trans figures like Peta Friend, founder of Trans Pride Australia, reflect on the importance of community events like Trans Glamoré.

Transformations

Sophie Bennett

2022

USA / 3 mins
Transformations is an experimental short film that was shot on Super 8 film as well as an iPhone 12. These two mediums were used to capture the subject's not only physical transformation, but emotional over the course of a year. The intention of the filmmaker in filming partially on color film and partially on an iPhone in black and white was to engage the audience in viewing the subject from different lenses.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/703889329

Transition
Transition

Serge Barbagallo

2022

France / 3 mins
Simon tells his parents that he is going to do a gender transition.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/726762682

Transitando el Abismo

César González

2022

Argentina / 21 mins
Alma transita por la ciudad de Buenos Aires en tiempos de luchas y reivindicación de derechos; las paredes cuentan, denuncian y proclaman contra el patriarcado y el FMI. Su identidad travesti y villera encarna deseos, rechazos, sueños, clandestinidad, resistencias, exclusión, nocturnidad. Alma atraviesa los abismos a plena luz del día con furia y chispa travesti.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/klCSYb0rKcU

Transubstantiation, Shabbat

Elio Baseman

2022

USA / 3 mins
This short film serves as a meditation on Judaism and the giving spirit as they relate to the labour of cooking; gender, and the body.
Watch… https://youtu.be/TCY9OjU2V6I

Trembling Eyes
Trembling Eyes /
Olhares Trêmulos

Leno Taborda

2022

Brazil / 20 mins
Juliano é um jovem artista que vive uma vida feliz com seu namorado, Nuno, um homem de 65 anos, até que seu relacionamento é abalado pela descoberta de que seu parceiro tem uma doença degenerativa.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/WGfxuSAEr2Q?si=EsrM-j35_BuvHZuz

Triada
Triada

Fernando Villena

2022

Perú / 12 mins
Saul receives a double invitation to his cousin's wedding. Having a polyamorous relationship with two guys, you will have to decide what weighs more, social or sentimental value.

Trickle Down Economics
Trickle-down Economics

Sophie Ansell

2022

UK / 2 mins
A film about spit, tears and austerity.
Watch... Trickle-down Economics on Vimeo 

Trust Issues
Trust Issues

Reva Santo

2022

USA / 20 mins
A young musician haunted by past sexual trauma struggles to navigate the intricacies of trust, new love, and a destabilized career.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/513138369

Truth Dream
Truth Dream

Aarthi Parthasarathy

2022

India / 23 mins
Truth Dream began as a photo exhibition on ageing, beauty and fantasy, tracing the experiences and dreams of the sexuality minority community. The exhibition features 12 friends who identify as trans women, trans men, kothi and gender non-conforming individuals from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, all above the age of 50 years, who set out to realise their desires and fantasies through this project. These community models embodied the characters that they had always aspired to be – characters which ranged from cabaret and classical dancers, ideal women, queens and goddesses from Tamil and Kannada films of the 60s. The film delves deeper into the dreams, desires, aspirations and pain of these individuals. The film documents the process through which their fantasies become reality.

Try And Touch
Try and Touch

Nell Hensey

2022

Ireland / 12 mins
Emer Danagher is a school girl in rural Ireland who is battling with the overwhelming agony of unrequited love. We see her build up the courage to come clean to her crush as she realises that she has nothing to lose and everything to gain. But at 17, it feels like her life will be over if she doesn't get the response she so desperately wants.

Tus Manos
Tus Manos

Natália Paes

2022

Brazil
Antônio es un joven soñador y es una bondad que conoce a Thomaz, quien en gestos y expresiones se destaca en su visión. En algunos desacuerdos hay acercamiento, y en el sentimiento de esta conexión, los muros sobre la comunicación y el amor se derrumban.

Twinkleberry
Twinkleberry

Daisy Ifama

2022

UK / 12 mins
“The story of my super gay school year that had 30+ queer students in one year group during 2005 to 2012, in a small town on the border of the Midlands and the West Country.”

Twins /
Jumeaux

Ines Clivio

2022

France / 16 mins
It’s a stormy July 14th. During a car journey, Madoche, her twin and her sister, a real pain in the neck, run out of gas. Lost in the countryside, with a jerry can on her back, she meets a horsewoman. Her horoscope said it: destiny will bring you lust.

Two of Swords

Four Chambers

2022

UK / 13 mins
Play fighting, power exchange, fucking with the sanctity of the idea of a serious and sacred masculinity.

Two of Us /
Nas dve

Viktória Bera

2022

Hungary / 4 mins
Love – our hero – lives by herself on an island where all animals have partners. Anyhow she seeks for herself in the souls of the surrounding animals, she struggles to find one alike. One day, she gets the idea to rip off her own arm, seed it, water it, and expect it to grow a partner. And so she does, with patience she waters, crops the arm, until it becomes another one of her, as they morph into various creatures together the dream falls apart, Love realises that she merely imagined all that happened, so her arm would still be just seeded in the ground, she must face the truth and loneliness.

Two Portraits of the Deceased /
ふたつの遺影

Shun Nakagawa

2022

Japan / 4 mins
The protagonist is in full swing. To be able to greet the last day "be yourself." He struggled with which photo to leave behind, and came up with an answer with his family. And then comes the day of farewell.

Ultra 

Aïda Soler Esteban

2022

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

Unbroken
Unbroken

Kathy Moore

2022

Australia / 5 mins
This is a visual musical journey from a young child to an adult of the challenges one can face in search of their gender identity.This true story was created in hope to engage the world in conversation, show the beauty of humanity and declare that we are unbroken.

Unconditional /
Ubetinget

Ulrikke Martine Moss Hopland,
Kaja Sørgjerd Saltnes Tømmerås

2022

Norway / 9 mins
Ylva and her best friend Rakel go to a party, where Ylva drinks and takes drugs for the first time. She eventually gets sick, and when she wakes up she is confused about the events of the night before.

Uncovered Girl

Paola Molina

2022

Peru / 41 mins
In recognition of two hundred years of the proclamation of Peru's independence, six trans women rehearse to characterize an iconic character in Peruvian history: the Tapada Limeña. This is juxtaposed with the present fight for rights for trans women and sex workers in a city that tries to make them invisible.

Uncovered Lives
Uncovered Lives:
Australia's Fight for Funded Trans Healthcare

Kai Wharton

2022

Australia / 14 mins
A transgender filmmaker investigates Australia’s lack of funded trans healthcare, and how this prevents others from accessing the care that saved his own life.
Watch... https://youtu.be/byS7OFJ57II?si=W51cffYHrMQlxs_t 

Uncovering
Uncovering

Dion Fibishenko

2022

Australia / 11:12 mins
After the death of his closeted Jewish-Orthodox boyfriend Eli, Alexander attends the Shiva to pay his respects.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/754562702

Un Cut 2022
Un/Cut

Gordon Hickey

2022

Ireland / 7 mins
A sexual hook-up quickly turns into a conversation about circumcision, which leads to a funny and informative history lesson.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/S3IBE-Jgzns

Unidos Por El Amor
Unidos por el Amor y el Carnaval

 Enrique Gabriel Kirchman 2022  Panamá / 18:31 mins
Para muchos panameños el carnaval es una fiesta. Para otros, es una oportunidad de expresar su pasión y talento. Este último es Víctor Acevedo, un artesano y diseñador autodidacta que crea vestidos para reinas y carrozas de carnaval.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/708426116 

Uninvited

Emily James 2022 Australia / 4 mins
A young woman tries inviting her secret lover to her home while a seemingly innocent prank by her girlfriend becomes sinister.

Unrequited Love
Unrequited Love /
Sadhonsongi

Sandipan Das 2022 India
The film revolves around a middle-aged man who comes to know about the wedding news of his college junior cum brother and after knowing the news, his old dilemma regarding his feelings for his junior, which included both physical and mental feelings, came forward and started troubling him.

Valentine3
Valentine @ 3

Mani Shankar Iyer 2022 India / 1:51 mins
Valentine @ 3 is an anthology comprising of three stories based on LGBT community . Three stories depict life of gay people at different ages. The first story tells about 18 years old gay boy’s feelings towards his school and college crush and his mother’s understanding towards his sexuality. The second story deals with two gay men deciding to get married against different odds in an unexpected situation. The third story deals with the conversation between two gay men in an Uber cab , the driver and the passenger who accidentally learn that both of them are gay and they both have a strong story to share for each other.
Trailer… https://filmfreeway.com/VALENTINEat3

Valley Of The Fairies
Valley of the Fairies
עמק הפיות

 Gil Mashal 2022  Israel / 23 mins
Ari is from Tel Aviv. Like every year, in honor of Pride Week, he goes out with his friends to celebrate dressed in fairy wings. During the party, a surprising meeting with the mythological ex, June, awakens dormant emotions and sweeps Ari into a night around the city where he will be forced to realise that fairies and princes only exist in fairy tales. 

Vases - The True Story

John D Goodwin 2022 USA / 3:30
Watch… https://vimeo.com/733335707

Views from the Airplane Window

Kit Reilly

2022

New Zealand / 5 mins
Told through a lens of movement vignettes and no dialogue, this film explores a once real life relationship of a queer couple and the brief but meaningful moments of tenderness they shared. This project is part of the 9 part dance film series “Turbulent Kingdoms.”

Viktoria

Ari Vidal

2022

Perú / 3 mins
Un retrato de Viktoria, una showgirl limeña. A través de reflexiones sobre la auto-identidad, esta película explora una de las muchas historias de la comunidad trans en Perú, en busca de visibilidad y celebración de los cuerpos disidentes que se encuentran en los márgenes de una sociedad donde lo que no se ve no existe.

Viree Seche
Virée Sèche

Théo Laglisse

2022

France / 23 mins
After another sleepless night of partying and getting high, Jordane finds Chléo home, her little sister, anxious about a strange water shortage. Quickly realizing that the lack of water is affecting the entire city, Jordane faces one of her worst nightmare and embarks on a crazy road trip on foot through the streets of Marseille to stop their thirst.

A lysergic, apocalyptic epic to the sound of techno halfway between «post-wall» German cinema and the queer American indie cinema of the 2000s, but at the same time making explicit the all-contemporary urgency of narrating current desertification. Brutal, unrestrained, and exciting even in the images that give no respite and compel the viewer to follow the protagonists in their headlong rush: «Run, Jordane, run!»
Trailer... Virée sèche (Dry Trip) de Théo Laglisse - TEASER on Vimeo 

Virtual GIRL

Connie Glachan

2022

Canada / 5 mins
Aqua Venus provides a personalised fever dream to help YOU discover what being a woman means!

Visibly Queer

Ruby Edwards

2022

Australia / 5 mins
The voices of young queers escaping isolation from outer regions arrive in Naarm “ a place to fail and grow and explore” among the terraced houses and the nightlife with the promise of a queer utopia.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/760935097

Volana’s Eclipse

SJ Rahatoka

2022

Germany, France / 7 mins
Volana (Moon in Malagasy) is a Black Transmasculine dreamer who hides their emotional and physical pain in the shadows of a club. One night, when everything seems fragile and close to collapsing, Volana gets stuck in another space where they meet Tia who will show them the multidimensional aspect of their being.
Watch... Volana’s Eclipse by SJ Rahatoka on Vimeo 

Waiting For Otto
Waiting for Otto

Conor Toner

2022

Ireland / 8 mins
In a city full of lovers, Podge sips a pint and waits for Otto, hoping their date will be the first of many. He'll be waiting a while...

Warmth 2022
Warmth

Adam Bandrowski

2022

USA / 4 mins
This film is about my life since starting testosterone, the joy and comfort I have felt since then. It is made entirely on fabric, which I have sewn into a quilt.
Watch… https://youtu.be/M5o9ZddTYF0

Water Rose

Alexsys Giraud

2022

USA, South Korea / 4 mins
A village woman in an abusive marriage meets a femme nonbinary river spirit.

Water Serpents II
Water Serpents II

Vienna D'amato Hall

2022

Canada / 6 mins
Water Serpents II is a film about female pleasure in a lesbian context.

We Fight On

Aleksandar Nikolić

2022

Serbia / 25 mins
A documentary film about the HIV epidemic in Serbia, told through personal accounts and interviews with experts.

We March Stronger Together
We March (Stronger Together)

Ryan Otto Cassata

2022

USA / 6 mins
We March (Stronger Together) is a protest song and music video inspired by an act of senseless homophobia and transphobia. Award-winning singer-songwriter and long-term transgender activist, Ryan Cassata leads the ballad with stories of his personal experience in fighting against oppression and violence while growing up trans. LA-based rock band Hello Noon come together with Ryan Cassata for incredible instrumentation including orchestral string arrangements. 
Watch… https://youtu.be/w4GmUzuzWl4

We, the Others /
Nós, os Outres

Mato Ariel Torga

2022

Chile / 12 mins
Um fluxo de consciência coletiva em que Greg, Joss e Mar, três pessoas não-binárias nos contam sobre sua experiência com o gênero. Quem são eles diante do mundo, quem são para si mesmos, como são seus relacionamentos?

We Re All Pretty Broken 2022
We're All Pretty Broken

Prince Lyons

2022

USA / 45 mins
An energetic dance film that eloquently follows the activity of three complex high school students and a devoted teacher in Saturday detention. The diverse collective includes rebel Roxie, queer outcast Zane, and Jordan, the troublemaker. The film unpacks the complexities of being a high school student, the paramount commitment of being a teacher, and the impact of our educational system's sometimes harmful pressures on our youth. This film also features the music and performances of the critically acclaimed Saint Louis rapper, Mvstermind. This powerful and moving short feature is the debut film of director Prince Lyons, who also wrote, choreographed, and co-stars as Jordan.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/iKI3AUL-5kg

We’re Here

Melahn Atkinson

2022

USA / 7 mins
When societal “norms” tell you you’re not enough, when your existence is the resistance, it’s time to band together to “Fuck Shit Up”. “WE’RE HERE and WE’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!”
Watch… https://youtu.be/e-Ez0CwAapg

Weavers
Weavers /
Tejedoras

Ana Micenmacher,
Agustina Willat

2022

Uruguay / 16 mins
In a rural area in northern Uruguay, Raquel and a group of women are running a weaving project. Faced with the challenge of collective work, they will use their encounter to fight against old and conservative structures and strengthen themselves as freer women.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/414336496

What Being a Woman Means to Me

Ezra Brain

2022

USA
This film seeks to capture what discovering your transgender identity feels like from the inside, including the horror, anxiety, and eventual freedom.

What Comes Up

Justine LaViolette,
Alessandra Lacorazza

2022

USA / 11 mins
What is intended as a nice sailing day trip with two sisters, slowly unravels along with our protagonist Ryan’s emotional state.

Whats Gay Asked Mae
What’s ‘Gay’? Asked Mae

Mark S. Schoen

2022 USA / 3 mins
“What’s ‘Gay’?” Asked Mae – Two children in the garden are helped by a variety of birds to understand the real meaning of the word “gay.” “It’s a way to love,” cooed the Mourning Dove. Based on the book by Brian McNaught, the three-minute animated movie provides an excellent resource for teachers and parents on how to educate youngsters, ages 5 – 10, on the loving context of “gay” before they hear, “That’s so ‘gay’.”
Trailer… https://youtu.be/vjT2v9jNN1E

When the Garden Comes

Jay Gash

2022

USA / 16:42 mins
The legacy of homeownership and gardening pumps through the veins of a Black family in North Oakland.

Whistlings
Whistlings /
Silbidos

Matilde Albert

2022

An army colonel is invited by the General Staff to attend the Annual Parade carried out by the Armed Forces. He wants his son to accompany him, but he opposes it.

White Wedding Poster
White Wedding

Lloyd Eyre-Morgan

2022

UK / 16 mins
A bride-to-be is thrust into an alternate dimension on her wedding day. Mixing up several genres, this high-energy, fast-moving short will leave you screaming and laughing.

Wem Gehort Der Himmel
Who Owns the Sky /
Wem Gehört der Himmel

Sabian Baumann

2022

Switzerland / 82 mins
The documentary film Who Owns The Sky uses an intersectional approach connecting the questions of the interrelationship between gender concepts and cis-hetero norms with colonialism, capitalism and racism. Interviews with activists from artistic and academic environments in Argentina and Switzerland are addressed through performances from an art activist project.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/jJuB5z9OVro

Why Not Both
Why Not Both

Mansoor Noor

2022

Australia / 6 mins
A bisexual man’s strict dating criteria backfires when he finds himself dating two people who seem a bit too similar.

Within the Frame

Gentian Minga

2022

Albania / 1:26 min
Pictures show who we are – even on our desks in the office?

Womontown

Brydie O'Connor,
Emily Woodring 

2022

USA / 30 mins  
Womontown tells the story of a group of women in Kansas City who banded together to defy gender norms, transforming 12 city blocks in the Longfellow neighborhood into a revolutionary community by and for women. Drea Nedelsky and her girlfriend, Mary Ann Hopper, two lesbians who found themselves facing threats of violence, homophobia and misogyny, had a vision. They imagined a neighborhood where they could be themselves without fear, a place where women could walk hand-in-hand down the street without the judgments and criticisms normally encountered in the “straight world.”
Watch… https://youtu.be/EdlnJRzgIdk

Woodland

Phil Wall 

2022

UK / 7 mins
Sparks fly when Alistair meets Fergus in the woods but must they keep it a secret?

Write To Me By Mistake
Write to Me by Mistake /
Scrivimi per Sbaglio

Giuseppe de Candia

2022

Italy / 19 mins
Alessandro is an high school repeating student. He meets Chiara, his new classmate. It's love at first sight, and he decides to write a letter to declare his love for her. He delivers this letter but what fate has in store for him after this?
Watch… https://youtu.be/EGKgCQQbuFk

Wrong Number
Wrong Number

Yi-Chen Lin

2022

Taiwan / 14 mins
One night, a strange woman (Molly) who posts a rental sign board catches Joanne's attention.
After a few days, Joanne makes up her mind to dial the phone number on the rental sign board and decides to meet Molly as a tenant. That night,They meet to view Molly's room. However, Molly can't find her house key...
Trailer… https://youtu.be/LiVZsQyVJuo

Yo Queria Ser Maria
Yo Quería Ser María

Orlando Karin

2022

Mexico / 10 mins
An emotional journey of acceptance, where one of the members of a couple acknowledges their definitive identity as a transgender woman.
Watch... https://youtu.be/V51Dy6X7hmQ?si=XdpdG71VuwMH2H7l 

Yo Yo
Yo Yo

Shuyin Zheng

2022

China / 10:14 mins    
A 15-year-old girl, Lin, who stays home pretending to be sick, lost her best friend because of a sketch, which also exposed her unrequited love under the summer sunlight.

You & Me
You & Me
את ואני

Shira Cohen Gov  2022 

Israel / 24 mins
Talia and Reut meet at the Alternative Civilian Service. Their friendship becomes romantic. When their mothers find out, they separate the girls. Then something unexpected happens. Is it possible that the relationship that everyone is fighting against, is God’s plan? 

Young Sick Bacchus

Jax Poon 2022 USA
As he struggles to capture the essence of his self-portrait, Kirk is interrupted by a dreamy boy packing up to leave the studio. Jacob takes a look at the portrait and decides to stay and help. As Jacob guides the timid and immediately enamoured Kirk, a day dream takes them into a sensual baroque world where every brush stroke, every helping hand, is mirrored in the sexual ballet happening in Kirk’s mind. Snatched out of the affair by the abrupt entrance of Jacob’s girlfriend, Kirk’s loneliness and longing bleeds into the real world as Jacob leaves with his beau. The intensity of his feelings brings the dream world into his waking life and like many first queer crushes, he’s left bereft and alone.
Trailer... Young Sick Bacchus on Vimeo 

Your Shade of Blue

Emily Park

2022

South Korea / 16 mins
A closeted Korean woman gets an unexpected visit from her estranged niece.

Zohar
זהר\ה

 Zohar Avigdori 2022  Israel / 9 mins
Zohar Avigdori plays several roles in his life: he is an educator in Social high school, he is a drag queen and even a devoted father to his little daughter. His schedule is clear and orderly – he spends his mornings with his students and in the evenings with his friends for the common hobby, drag.
In between he manages to run a household and take care of his child. 

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