Genre: Sex and Sexuality

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.

Anime-style illustration of a girl and boy on the floor of a bedroom facing each other. The girl wears all pink and is drawn in the same style as the enviroment. The boy is black and white, in a manga illustration style and nervously sweating as they converse.

Animate!

Cherry and Virgin

DirMasanao Kawajiri

Stylish visual worlds collide when an erotic manga artist and a talented illustrator—both virgins—connect in this sensitive love letter to anime.

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 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.

A man and woman in close up stand face to face, leaning against one another nose to forehead. The man wears a gray sweater and an earring, he has chin lentgh brown hair and a beard. The woman, wearing black, has brown hair worn in a ponytail, they smile at each other against a red background.

International Competition

The Echo Chamber

DirAndrea Pallaoro

A therapist and a music producer are drawn into an unlikely affair in this riveting psychological drama interrogating desire, addiction, and obsession.

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.

Shot upside down, a man in a heavy fur lined coat lies solemnly in the snow with his eyes closed.

Spotlight

A Long Winter

DirAndrew Haigh

In 1950s Colorado, a family in an isolated mountain home is rocked by tragedy just as snow squalls and plummeting temperatures descend for the season.

In a cozy home with pink walls, many friends gather around a table with drinks and cigarettes, some chat and enjoy each others' comany while a few of the guests wear solemn expressions. The room is warmly lit by a lamp, as the night is visible through the large windows.

OutLook Spotlight

The Man I Love

DirIra Sachs

An artist dying of AIDS throws himself into one final theater role in this vivid portrait of artistic community in 1980s New York City.

A woman sits in the back of a truck smoking a cigarette with her eyes closed, she has bright red hair and wears a light pink tank in the early evening framed by a tree and a stone wall.

Black Perspectives New Directors Competition

Marie Madeleine

DirGessica Généus

In coastal Haiti, a fiercely independent sex worker and an evangelical preacher’s son navigate desire, Vodou roots, and rigid religious dogma.

A young woman with brown curly hair lies back in a hospital bed holding up her shirt, a man and a woman lean over her, the man is a doctor with a clipboard skeptically looking at her stomach, the woman is older in patterned clothing and looking at the young woman with concern.

After Dark Comedy

Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant

DirTHUNDERLIPS

A depressed slacker and a man harboring an alien secret accidentally procreate in this outrageous horror comedy bursting with practical effects.

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.

Two teen girls sit in lawn chairs facing away from the camera, only their heads visible, they both wear friendship bracelets and each hold a hand out to the cloudy blue sky to make a heart together with their middle and pointer fingers.

Community Cinema Departures

Sad Girlz Chicas tristes

DirFernanda Tovar

The bond between teen best friends is tested when they react in drastically different ways to a traumatic event in this intimate coming-of-age.

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.

Genre: Sex and Sexuality

The Riverbank A Margem do Rio

Sad Girlz Chicas tristes

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

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