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Genre: LGBTQ


Two men lay together, shirtless. One wears a chain and looks at the other with concern.

Baby

Marcelo Caetano  |   Brazil, France, Netherlands
Portuguese  
Coming of Age, LGBTQ, Sex and Sexuality

A young gay man is taken under the wing of his older lover, finding excitement and empowerment in learning new ways of surviving.

A Korean family stares at camera with fairly neutral expressions on their faces.

Between Goodbyes

Jota Mun  |   United States
Dutch, English, Korean  
Family Affairs, LGBTQ, Women Centered

A beautifully conceived and profoundly multilayered portrait of a Korean-born Dutch adoptee who reconnects with her birth parents after years of separation.

Two small red creatures, with thin legs and arms and no face, lean into each other.

Butterfly Kiss [short film]

Zohar Dvir  |   Germany, Israel
Hebrew  
Animation, LGBTQ, Women-Centered

Carol bristles at an unexpected proposal from her girlfriend Ray. Matters worsen as disturbing changes take hold of Ray, and Carol must decide how to respond.

Three people stand under a shower head amongst jungle growth.

Cabo Negro

Abdellah Taïa  |   France, Morocco
Arabic, French  
Drama, LGBTQ, Sex and Sexuality

Two young queer Moroccans seek refuge and human connection as they wait at a luxury villa for a wealthy American who is nowhere to be found.

Two masc folks face each other, blue and purple and red lighting illuminating them.

Desire Lines

Jules Rosskam  |   United States
English  
Historical, LGBTQ, Sex and Sexuality

In this hybrid documentary, a trans man becomes immersed in an LGBTQ archive, and its oral histories push against stigmas and binaries to illuminate his desires.

A woman (Selena Gomez) lit in red stands in front of a room lit with green, blue, purple, and orange lights.

Emilia Pérez

Jacques Audiard  |   France
Spanish  
Crime, LGBTQ, Music

Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this Mexican odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women, each pursuing happiness.

A young man in purple swim trunks and a woman in sunglasses and a red bikini lay on inflatable mats in a bright blue pool.

Fishbowl [short film]

Isabel Perry, Adam Yates  |   United States
English  
Comedy, Coming of Age, LGBTQ

An unlikely pair in their late twenties spend a summer weekend chasing their early twenties. They do their best to act as young as they feel by dining and dashing, getting high, and trash-talking their exes— all while watching a goldfish they’ve been hired to keep alive.

4 older women and 1 young man look at an ipad screen together.

Four Mothers

Darren Thornton  |   Ireland
English  
Comedy, Family Affairs, LGBTQ

A writer is torn between his burgeoning career in another country and caring for his aging mother at home in this charming Irish comedy.

Standing in a wooden doorway, two teenage girls exchange longing glances.

Grace [short film]

Natalie Jasmine Harris  |   United States
English  
Historical, LGBTQ, Romance

In the lead-up to her baptism, 16-year-old Grace ponders God, her relationship to friends and family, and the idea of sin and repentance while staying under her grandmother’s roof. Set in the American south of the 1950s, Grace looks at the constants of adolescence, regardless of place or time.

Two people with long brown hair facing away embrace, looking out at trees behind a chain link fence.

Honeymoon [short film]

Alkis Papastathopoulos  |   Greece, France, Cyprus
Greek  
Drama, LGBTQ, Road Movie

Two best friends, Fay and Sandra, go on a road trip across Greece as one makes plans to leave everything behind and move to France. After a transphobic attack by a former acquaintance, the two end up traveling by different means as the limits of their friendship, flirtation, and intimacy are tested.

A woman sits looking out of the window at night as it rains.

My Senses Are All I Have to Offer [short film] (As minhas sensações são tudo o que tenho para oferecer)

Isadora Neves Marques  |   Portugal
Portuguese  
LGBTQ, Romance, Science Fiction

Lourdes and her girlfriend Lana can communicate telepathically using “sensory pills.” After dating for some time, Lourdes brings Lana to meet her parents at their country house, where they confront their relationship and the limits of their telepathy.

A man and two kids sit on ice, bundled up in their winter gear and wearing ice skates. They look out together.

My Sunshine

Hiroshi Okuyama  |   Japan, France
Japanese  
Coming of Age, Drama, LGBTQ

Coached by a former skating champion, two school children train as an ice dancing duo and navigate a blossoming bond in this gentle coming-of-age tale.

A woman in a red dresses splashes barefoot along a lush creek.

Thesis on a Domestication (Tesis sobre una domesticación)

Javier Van de Couter  |   Argentina, Mexico
Spanish  
LGBTQ, Literary Adaptation, Sex and Sexuality

A successful trans actress defiantly embarks on a more settled chapter of her life, writing a new narrative around work, love, and family.

A woman looks in with disapproval, in the mirror next to her a man with a black eye is reflected.

Three Kilometres to the End of the World (Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii)

Emanuel Pârvu  |   Romania
Romanian  
Family Affairs, LGBTQ, Religion

In a conservative village, a brutal attack on a closeted gay teen sparks a moral panic that upends a seemingly tranquil rural community.

A photo of a woman smiling, with other images of family photos refelcted on her face.

Time Passages

Kyle Henry  |   United States
English  
Family Affairs, LGBTQ

In a moving, playful testament to the bond between mother and son, a filmmaker journeys into his past during an especially challenging year.

Two men dressed in suits stand ankle deep in water.

Viet and Nam

Trương Minh Quý  |   Vietnam
Vietnamese  
Drama, LGBTQ, Romance

Coal miners in love find solace in one another as a mother searches for her husband’s remains in this haunting tale of longing and memory.

Two people hold each other tenderly in a hospital bed.

You can’t get what you want but you can get me [short film]

Samira Elagoz, Z Walsh  |   Netherlands, Finland, Germany, United States
English  
LGBTQ, Romance, Sex and Sexuality

At once intimate and mundane, this creative slideshow follows a developing relationship between two long-haired trans men through a year ‘s worth of texts and pics. Over that year, they meet, date long-distance, get acquainted with each other’s families, and manage recovery from top surgery.