Genre: LGBTQ

Two people shown in low-resolution close up. The one on the left wears a beanie and smokes a cigarette while the one on the right looks off to the side.

Castration Movie Chapter iii. Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage

DirLouise Weard

Izzy’s partner’s transition sparks her descent into TERF madness in the latest chapter of this unflinching shot-on-video magnum opus.

A group of friends stands on a shaded city sidewalk beside iron fences and trash bins, wearing colorful clothing.

Black Perspectives Comedy

Chocolate Babies

DirStephen Winter

In 1990s NYC, a group of HIV-positive queer activists wage fierce guerrilla warfare on corrupt politicians in this sharp, militant comedy-drama.

A group of young adults in a crowded nightclub, a man and woman energetically dance together in the center amid the haze and colored lights.

Comedy Opening Night OutLook

Club Kid

DirJordan Firstman

A hard-partying New York City club promoter sees his whirlwind lifestyle upended by the arrival of the 10-year-old son he never knew he had.

A man stands in an energetic concert crowd as he stares knowingly into the camera, bathed in orange light.

After Dark OutLook

Corpus

DirCorrin Evans

A New York nightlife photographer and his lover accept an invitation to a mysterious party upstate in this supernaturally charged erotic thriller.

Four women in traditional patterned clothing walk through a village courtyard, pensive, as a gathered crowd watches.

OutLook

Elephants in the Fog

DirAbinash Bikram Shah

A Kinnar matriarch is torn between duty and a secret love when one of the daughters from her community disappears under suspicious circumstances.

OutLook Special Presentation

Elsinore

DirSimon Stone

This deeply emotional true story follows Ian Charleson, an actor facing his own mortality, who delivers the most courageous performance of his lifetime.

In a dim workshop a smiling woman in a gray flannel sweatshirt holds up a clay bust of a woman, while the woman the bust is modeled after stands behind her in a white shirt and blue cardigan, watching.

OutLook

Nagi Notes Nagi Daiarī

DirKōji Fukada

In a bucolic village, a rekindled friendship between former sisters-in-law gently unspools much unspoken longing and mourning within the community.

Outside among moss and rocks in a dim blue light two men lie together shirtless, one man wearing a leather wrist cuff and a silver chain neckless kisses the other man;s chest as blood drips down his body.

After Dark OutLook

No Rest for the Wicked

DirKasper Kalle

Gothic romance meets folk horror and Christian repression in this beautiful yet tragic gay vampire film set in the 19th century Faroe Islands.

Two men stand in a dark jungle at night, one standing in front of the other. A shirtless man stands in front looking ahead while the man behind him in red watches over his shoulder.

New Directors Competition OutLook

The Riverbank A Margem do Rio

DirEnock Carvalho, Matheus Farias

When Izaquiel falls for the mysterious fisherman Jeremias, the two journey into the heart of the mangroves to seek justice for encroaching violence.

A person in black-and-white wears a large hat and a burlap collared shirt, they have their necklace in their mouth as they stare into the distance, tall grasses and an empty sky behind them.

OutLook Spotlight

Rose

DirMarkus Schleinzer

When an unknown soldier arrives in a pious 17th century village staking claim to land there, the villagers’ suspicions about his identity force a reckoning.

In a warm home with colorful framed pictures a young boy in faint blue eyeshadow and blush smiles wide, he wears a bright muticolored collared shirt and beaded necklace. Around him are other children with facepaint and an older woman with red hair, they all share happy smiles.

New Directors Competition OutLook

Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building Seis meses en el edificio rosa con azul

DirBruno Santamaría Razo

Filmmaker Bruno recalls the hazy memories from his eleventh year, reconciling his budding queerness with his father’s diagnosis with HIV.

A woman and man relax in pool floats on a large body of water. The woman wears glasses and a bikini, a hat resting in her float as she lets her head fall into the water, a drink resting between her knees. The man is shirtless and has a beard, he lies on his back, head in his hands, a drink in his floaty.

Comedy Documentary Competition OutLook

Summer Drift Virages

DirCéline Carridroit, Aline Suter

Swiss watch technician Johanna sets out to restore her beloved VW bug and return to the tracks where she once raced in this celebration of trans identity.