10 Mar2018

2018 - UPDATED: December 2024

(613) Queens	Rowan O'Brien	2018	Canada / 8 mins A short documentary that explores the Ottawa drag scene with a focus on the drag mother/daughter duo, Jasmine and Kimmy Dymond. Watch… https://youtu.be/dMJzedYri8w
2015	Eluna Cepeda	2018	Philippines / 14 mins Unmoored from the chaos & prejudice of the outside world, we are left with a gentle, bittersweet snapshot of a loving couple savoring every moment together before an inevitable conclusion. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/300496355
39 Facepalms	Jeff Page	2018	USA / 1 min Aloof otter, unapproachable, intriguing and shallow, kinda damaged, over-sharer… 39 shame-filled, self-deprecating catty statements (for the filmmakers 39th birthday) that flicker in and out of legibility in silence, using shame as tool or material for transformation. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/253468845
400 Questions	Rosie Wakley	2018	UK / 7:15 mins Two British Home Office staff interrogate an asylum seeker in a culturally insensitive way. Her lawyer intervenes and puts the case for her client. The case is then considered and the Home Office staff reach a verdict.
5 Days in May / Fünf Tage Im Mai	Martin Broschwitz	2018	Germany / 45 mins "We sing for our lives" was the very serious statement of Qwerty Queer, the LGBTIQ * choir from Odessa. In May 2018 she and 92 other choirs from all over the world were guests at the 14th European LGBTIQ * Choir Festival VARIOUS VOICES in Munich. Not only did the singers enjoy five days of fun and great atmosphere, they also raised their voice for the equal treatment of all people, regardless of their sexual identity and orientation. Watch… https://vimeo.com/307958743
5073’	Alina Mann, Coco Schwarz	2018	Switzerland / 4 mins An experimental short film about chess and sexual desire. 5073 minutes or 84.5 hours were invested to create it.
51	Lizzie Meaker	2018	UK / 3 mins A short film that shines light on the mental deterioration of a young female conflicted with the aftermath of acquaintance rape. Watch… https://youtu.be/CpoOfuyuGfk
82 square meters / 82 Quadratmeter	Elena Schilling	2018	Germany / 29 mins Three rooms, 82 square meters, a bright yet old apartment in East Stuttgart. The broker Lúcia Delgado dos Santos would like to take a closer look at the three applicant parties: The divorced young Karl Zumbrock and his son Linus are looking for a new home where the father can also pursue his new coaching business. The young couple Fiona and Marie have already been looking for a long time too and suspect discrimination as a reason for all previous cancellations. And the single Hilde is looking for more space to spend her illness-related early retirement under better conditions. We accompanied these people during the visit of this apartment. Who will be able to convince the broker?
9Trans	Elio Colen Mirete	2018	Spain / 67 mins Nueve historias. Nueve vidas. Nueve personas trans, no binarias y de género neutro que viven en Barcelona. En este documental cada protagonista cuenta su vida antes y después de operarse, la relación con sus padres, los insultos escuchados durante la infancia y adolescencia, las sensaciones tras la operación, la lucha para conseguir unavida serena y la emoción de un DNI nuevo. Trailer… https://youtu.be/MQWfT9RbXTk
A Bunch of Queers Doing It in Public	Sandra Sordini	2018	UK / 4:07 mins Strange creatures inhabit cemeteries, backyards and notorious cruising spots in London, in a manifesto of queer aesthetics and politics.
A Face without a heart	Xinning Liu	2018	UK, China / 2 mins An animation about a woman who is struggling to find her identity between beauty and ugliness. Watch… https://vimeo.com/303485809
A Hidden Story: The Limits of Pleasure	Anoush Masoudi	2018	Germany / 14 mins An unknown person starts to film sexual intercourse between an older professor and a young male sex worker in a stall of a public toilet.
À luz do sol	Edielson Shinohara	2018	Brazil / 13 mins The film brings reports on aspects of the trajectory of transvestite and transsexual characters from Belém-PA, in the Amazon region. The portraits of their daily struggle, both in work and against prejudice, make reference to people who are often made invisible.
A Murder of Porgs	StormMiguel Florez, Annalise Ophelian	2018	USA Some things are so cute, you just want to eat them up.
A Real Girl	Praewa Bulthaweenan	2018	UK / 9 mins Praewa retells their sexual and gender journey, and sings Ed Sheeran.
A Short Distance	Anthony Dunn	2018	Canada / 5 mins This dark comedy focuses on a closeted gay man who wants to make a break for it by escaping his domineering wife.
A Simple Love Story	Hnin Papa Soe	2018	Myanmar / 21 mins Director Hnin Papa Soe follows a love story in Myanmar between a young trans woman who works as a puppeteer in an entertainment show and a young trans man who is an avid gym-goer.
A Video Letter to Barbara Hammer	Joey Carducci	2018	USA / 15:49 mins A tender coming out note to Barbara Hammer from a transgender mentee that transforms Hammers leftover footage into an intimate conversation.
A.M.O.R Ante Mucho Odio Revolución	Cardena Florencia	2018	Argentina / 10 mins The Shirley and the Luciana get married. A wedding of transvestites that left in suspense the entire popular neighborhood of La Cumbre in the city of La Plata. Thanks to the law of gender identity and equal marriage, it was the first marriage that It took place in Latin America.
A+A	Nina Sielski Elizalde	2018	USA / 7 mins An intimate look into the relationship between two young women told through the lens of one of them. It explores the politics found in love, while also questioning the role of the self in relationships.
Abeo	Brenda Lopez	2018	Canada / 7 mins ABEO is a hard hitting mixed media animated short that depicts the journey of Nadia and Lupe, two immigrants who risked their lives to cross the Arizona desert in search for a better life. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/294956795
About a Butterfly and its Cocoon	R.B. Lima	2018	Brazil / 14 mins When I was born they dressed me in blue and said I was a boy. Then they wet my head and said I was a Christian.
Abstract	Gal Harbon	2018	Israel / 18 mins The film paints a portrait of Ilai, 35, a successful Tel Avivian who is subconsciously lost in the city where he grew up after becoming an orphan at a young age.
Accepdance	Mayté Richter	2018	Germany / 6 mins Van Essa Da Silva, a Brazilian Drag Queen, reminds us of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, made 70 years ago. Her Accep-Dance is a call to keep on fighting for equal rights. For everyone. Everywhere.
Acroasis	Konstantinos Chaliasas	2018	Greece / 10 mins A young actor looks for a mentor in this dreamy surreal short.
Actually She Is My Little Brother / Eigentlich ist sie mein kleiner Bruder	Lena Lobers, Carina Nickel	2018	Germany / 40 mins It can be difficult to deal with our own identity, there are many obstacles that our ego has to get through to fully express itself, whether they are interior or originate from the family, the community and society in which they live. In Eigentlich ist sie mein kleiner Bruder Lena Lobers deals with the search of gender identity, starting from a reflection on her little sister, who was biologically born as a male.
Ad Lib	Leire Acha	2018	Spain / 7 mins Through dance and music, two people discover their love and face a world that wants to restrict it.
Adae*	Tyrone Smith	2018	UK / 4 mins Adae, a non-binary, polyamorous, Nigerian drag king describes living in London and their interest in drag. Watch… https://vimeo.com/305125161
Adam	Yair Elkon	2018	Israel / 20mins Adam’s world is rocked when his friend, Amit confesses his love for him. This creates a dilemma for Adam in the face of his ailing, conservative father, which sends him fleeing to the Judean Desert on a journey of self-discovery.
Affidavy For Khanali	Arman Gholipourdashtaki	2018	Iran / 15 mins Times have changed, especially if you are 92 year old and worked as a postman. Khanali does not understand why his office allowed him to quit his job for 35 years. Determined to recover his old job, he asks for support from citizens and office managers. A delicate story of determination.
After Party – Salmon Raw	Tlhonepho Tobejane, Zanne Solomon	2018	South Africa / 5 mins JJ finds himself in an awkward situation whilst preparing for a hot date with a man he met online. After figuring out what's going on with JJ, Zuri and Ben manage to get JJ to face the reality of the situation. This short presents a South African slant to the way young gay men may think about PrEP and some of the unintentionally comedic challenges that can ensue.
After the Sunset	Sophie Maxin Carmon	2018	Israel / 14 mins Mrs. Alexandrowicz shares the story of her first love with her therapist.
After... After... (Access)	Jordan Lord	2018	USA / 16 mins A film still shows an interior view along a hospital corridor. The image is taken from the point of view of someone lying under a white blanket on a wheeled hospital stretcher. An open caption on the image reads “Access not only refers to permission to make a documentary in a given space. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/291298700
Afterimages / Powidoki	Karol Radziszewski	2018	Poland / 15 mins A short story about one plate from the archive of Ryszard Kisiel, the creator of Filo - one of the first queer zines in Central and Eastern Europe. The evoked negative from the end of the ‘80s is the starting point for both Kisiel's personal history and the portrait of the gay scene of the late Polish People's Republic. Trailer… https://youtu.be/ZOK8HgMgr6g
Agent of Love	Lior Shemesh	2018	Israel / 4 mins Agent R is assigned her first mission – bring two targets together and… get them to fall in love.
Ala rota	Rodrigo Brevis	2018	Chile / 19 mins Un día normal de Gonzalo, un joven homosexual de 18 años, puede cambiar rotundamente cuando se encuentre con alguien como él, pero quizás no en el momento indicado. Watch… https://youtu.be/qvaLCmNIq0A
Alfredo Doesn’t Like Goodbyes / Alfredo Não Gosta de Despedidas	André Medeiros Martins	2018	Brazil / 73 mins André is an artist obsessed with sex who tries to find in his deceased mother's stories the reasons for these obsessions. From the exhibition of his works and reports of relatives, he creates an autofictional documentary. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/280267383
Algo serio	Nacho Bello	2018	Spain / 2 mins Canarian struggle means a lot to Mayron.
Alice	Tobia Maggiorelli	2018	Italy / 9 mins This is the tale of Enea, a young boy trying to know himself better and to accept who he really is. Watch… https://vimeo.com/330731941
All Eyez on Me	Julia Schönstädt	2018	UK / 11 mins All Eyez on me is an abstract and artistic exploration of the emotional world of lesbian sexuality. It aims to visualise the melting pot of emotions when women make love with women. Sensitive, passionate and hypnotic. Watch… https://vimeo.com/289749071
All the Beautiful Girls	Amanda Justice	2018	USA / 5 mins Muted VHS interviews with women who participated in porn films are edited against solemn images of the sky in this quietly unsettling found footage collage.
Alma	Javier Palacios	2018	México / 8 mins Alma ha sacrificado todo para empezar una nueva vida, en plenitud… ahora lo único que busca es trascender y ser aceptada. ¿Hasta dónde llegarán sus límites para conseguirlo?
Amar, Prem	Mujeer Pasha	2018	India / 12 mins Amar and Prem call their relationship quits and choose to be friends. But soon, loneliness rekindles longing. Can they go back? Watch...https://youtu.be/8XcY6knm0Zc
Among Students / Unter Schülern	Jannik Gensler	2018	Germany / 10 mins A typical school with typical students and a typical teacher who every day see a homophobic attack on another young person. Living in fear of becoming the next object of aggression, he never dares to defend any of his bullied students.
Amour is Love	Hanna Che, Harry Forbez	2018	Canada / 10 mins Mariana, Jodie-Ann, and Diane are three queer as f*** women of color who discuss their past, present, and future without any filters or taboos.
Amsterdam on Prep?	Alexis Barragán	2018	Netherlands / 35 mins Amsterdam on PrEP? is a short documentary where experts and PrEP users analyse the importance of this new tool as an aid to end the HIV epidemic.
An Illicit Affair	Goodyn Green	2018	Spain, Germany / 20 mins A film about intense sexual connection and passion between two people, about surrendering to the eroticism of forbidden lust. Beautiful, passionate, funny, and raw - inspired by a confession of someone having an affair with an ex-lover.
Angel	Alex Warren	2018	UK / 17 mins Four kids struggle to make sense of the world while fighting to protect their land. Watch… https://youtu.be/GnzUhvZ8HG8
Angela Wilson: A Butcher's Story	Gaby Scott	2018	USA / 7 mins Meet Angela Wilson, a female butcher and the owner of Avedano’s, an independent butcher shop right here in the rapidly shifting landscape that is San Francisco. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/260500878
Apate	Maximilian Andreas	2018	Germany / 25 mins On the search of one’s own sexual, cultural and social identity: Four young friends with different life perspectives venture out of the suburbs and are confronted by a tragic fate, questioning everything and themselves. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/274754762
Appqueen	Derek Cox, Dan Finnen	2018	USA / 10 mins Damon deals with the comic aftermath of a hookup from a gay dating app in Chicago. Trailer… https://youtu.be/AZDOkOcvG_Q
Ascensão e Queda das Bixas	Rodrigo D’Alcântara	2018	Brazil / 38 mins Ascensão e Queda das Bixas (Ascension and Fall of the Bixas) In a distopic future dissident entities surge to take back the power after eras of endemic and hegemonic heterossexuality dominium. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/273013515
Asexual Story	Meghan Delaney	2018	USA / 3 mins How do you negotiate the dating scene as an asexual person. This sweet animation takes us through the pitfalls and challenges but comes up trump.
Assif and Katzir	Roy Musayov	2018	Israel / 6 mins An act of fate and utter chance finds Assif meeting Katzir at the lowest place in Tel Aviv. Despite the cold and the distance, throughout the night, an intimacy develops between the two which flimsy words can’t quite express. It ends up being that which they have in common. i.e. an alienated, functional existence, that allows them to find comfort in each other.
At My Feet / Aos Meus Pés	Felipe Saraiva	2018	Brazil / 14 mins Wesley, 18, joga futebol. Raymundo, 40, gosta de pés. Os dois se encontram em um bar.
At Night / La Nuit	Nais Garziani	2018	France / 7 mins At night, the princes of the city come on stage. A portrayal of two lovers of the night who, contrary to what we think, are almost the same. Trailer… https://youtu.be/KFPITS5xJO0
Atico B	Pablo Allende Enciondo	2018	Spain / 15 mins After lying vacant for two years, there are buyers for the house where they lived. Those discoloured walls bear silent witness to their meeting. Everything happens in four days. During that time, they have to gather up the last few mugs, pack up the books, divide up the records and look at each other, at the uncomfortable silences and at the words unspoken up to now. It is the last time they are going to close that door, the definitive goodbye – what remains there will no longer belong to them.
Autumn	Rollyn Stafford	2018	USA / 5 mins A transgender woman tries to make it to the Miss Oregon audition but first has one quick stop to beat up some thugs. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/290155650
Averno	Nathália Carneiro	2018	Brazil / 4:10 mins
Baamaapii	Victoria Anderson-Gardner	2018	Canada / 9 mins A young Indigenous woman moves to a new city in order to forget her past but struggles to connect with the people in her life due to her intergenerational trauma. Watch… https://vimeo.com/298433649
Baby	Evie Snax, Manon Praline	2018	8 mins Baby is a dance-performance-erotica piece born through an intimate collaboration between three sluts : playful curly-haired Manon Praline, Evie Snax, a visionary digital portrait artist from New Mexico and Evie’s camera. Manon integrates her practice of dance, bodywork and kink with her transition. Changes in the body can be very inspiring and that’s where her movement comes from; not aiming for anything allows her to move. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/273001447
Bad Ally	Ariel Mahler, Daquisha Jones	2018	USA This comedy series that follows two central protagonists. Mix, a white, non-binary transgender, queer actor and Harriet, a Black, cisgender, heterosexual writer. Together they navigate New York City, their work in the activist community, and a friendship that challenges their individual upbringing and the communities with which they identify.
Bad Bed / Mala Cama	Valeria Hidalgo	2018	Argentina / 9 mins Dos mujeres tratan de salvar su relación, pero saben que solo una de ellas continúa remando. Ahí se dan cuenta que se han mal enamorado la una de la otra solo para sentir algo. Encontrar el amor después de haber amado puede ser complicado.
Bad Theology	Samira Shifteh	2018	USA / 5 mins A lyrical video featuring an original poem and dance choreography about faith and surviving domestic violence as a Black transgender person. Watch… https://vimeo.com/301776999
Badassery	Sarafina McIntosh, Demi Valentine, Sunita Miya-Muganza	2018	Canada / 22 mins This compelling expose takes a look 3 female DJs who are unapologetically disrupting the Toronto hip-hop scene. The film chronicles the journey of women who are pursuing their passions and crafting their careers in a male-dominated industry. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/435799576
Bag	Chris Cahilig	2018	Philippines / 4 mins Paolo, an openly gay young professional, is quite unlucky when it comes to finding romantic and lasting relationships. His college buddy Carlo comforts him every time he goes through a breakup. Will their friendship eventually lead to something else? Watch… https://vimeo.com/270537224
Balance	David Thế	2018	Singapore/ Vietnam / 6 mins An insight into a struggling gay artist in Vietnam where the LBGT situation is still frowned upon. Watch… https://vimeo.com/264216446
Becoming a Queen	Sybil Liang	2018	China / 18 mins Becoming A Queen explores the lives of gay men in Beijing, China, as they evolve their unique queer identities into full drag personas
Becoming Leela	Jana Eleanor Bruckner	2018	Canada / 11 mins Becoming Leela is a coming of age story of a closeted yet feisty teenager, Leela, living with her high-handed all-knowing mother who wants her daughter to fit herself into social gender expectations.
Bedeavdin	Shira Fischel	2018	Israel / 11 mins Tom sets out on a journey to find a girl she met at a nightclub after being harassed by a man.
Bedowe	Cole Forrest	2018	Canada / 4 mins “Bedowe” is a filmic exploration of sexuality, trauma, and love within the context of a relationship between an Indigenous boy and a non-Indigenous boy in current day Tkaronto.
Behind the Mask	Meitar Ben-Mucha	2018	Israel / 9 mins The film introduces the viewers to Assaf, a young man from the south of Israel – humble and shy; a fashion designer who came out in his teens. At night, he transforms himself into Celine la Divine – a cheeky, in-your-face drag queen.
Beyond the Margins: Shay	Craig Heathcote	2018	UK / 3:11 mins Gender expression that transcends binaries is a new thing for some people. This film stems the tide of media sensationalism around non-binary gender by showcasing the humanity of real people. Watch… https://vimeo.com/301486674
Bi in Bias	Natalie Hviid Andersen	2018	Denmark / 7 mins A documentary about how the LGBTQ+ community views bisexuality. Watch… https://youtu.be/XNczQQPdUOU
Birds of Paradise	Rahul Sudha Mahesh	2018	India / 10 mins The film travels through the life of three transgenders, set against the binary and the morality of the society. The film talks about a day from their life.
Black Butterfly	Wide Angle Youth Media Video Team Country	2018	USA / 5 mins Youth in spring 2018 explored the intersectional identity of GLBTQ Black youth and created a short film advocating for acceptance. Watch… https://vimeo.com/267166281
Blessed Be your Purity / Bendita sea tu pureza	Ángel Molina	2018	Paraguay / 11 mins Marcos, a very shy adolescent in a Catholic school, is called to the psychologist’s office for an urgent meeting with his parents. The very noticeable communication issues within his dysfunctional family turn the meeting into a confusing interrogation which pushes Marcos to unleash his fears and truths he had kept silent. Watch… https://vimeo.com/270212588
Blind Turns	Billy Craig	2018	Spain / 4 mins Turning blind at the age of 15, Meritxell's world changed from one of seeing, to another of non-seeing. Yet through sheer tenacity, Meritxell is determined to pursue her dream of becoming a professional skier. In this short we follow Meritxell down the rapid slopes of La Molina, to watch her launch herself into the piste without seeing a thing.
Bloom	Alexandra Douglas	2018	Canada / 9 mins It’s 3am and Ray finds herself crashing in her best friend Sara’s bed.
Bonds	Myriam (dani) Tardif	2018	Canada / 11 mins Bonds is an experiment between two creatures who explores the bonds that ties them together through bondage. It explores how queer intimacy, consent and eroticism intersects with power play, the relation to the camera and d.i.y feminist filmmaking.
Bookanima: Dance	Shon Kim	2018	USA, South Korea / 12 mins BOOKANIMA, a compound word of ‘Book’ and ‘Anima’, is Experimental Animation project to give book new cinematic life. It aims ‘Book Cinema’ in the third scope between Book and Cinema by Chronophotography Animation, paying homage for Edward Muybridge and Entienne Jules-Marey.
Both Feet	Alexa Gerber	2018	USA / 14 mins A repressed woman looking to rebuild her life enrolls in classes behind her husband’s back, forming a connection with a free-spirited young student.
Boutade	Dany Ruz	2018	Spain / 13 mins Christmas Eve might become an ideal set to solve all the problems that have come up along the year with your loved ones. For this reason, Juan and Luis will invite Tere and Ana in order to release the tenseness created in the past. Trailer… https://youtu.be/IbrUqXkJpA8
Boy	Noko Imai	2018	Australia / 4 mins In a public restroom for men, “boy” does his makeup until he is interrupted by a knock on the door. Visually powerful, this is the first short film by student filmmaker Noko Imai, shot locally in Melbourne.
Boys of Hong Kong	Luke Casey	2018	Hong Kong / 7 mins A sensual exploration of maleness, and of new articulations of masculinity, amongst the youth of Hong Kong. Watch… here
BR_RIP	Carlos Eduardo Nogueira	2018	Brazil / 10 mins Em algum lugar ao sul, uma monstruosa barata e uma heroína gigante travam uma batalha mortal.Uma tirada satírica sobre mídia, política e sociedade. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/294810497
Break In	Dimitris Nakos	2018	Greece / 5 mins Two women hide their love affair from their close people. The burglary that will happen to them will lead them to make decisions. A one shot b/w short film.
Breaking Out!	Heshvanth Gurukul	2018	India / 25 mins Advaith’s life takes a turn after his meeting with a gay rights activist Pushkar. Advaith, apprehensive of revealing his friendship with Pushkar to his other friends, has to finally confront his own self. Will he or will he not? Watch… https://youtu.be/hU_BvXcfLYg
Breathe	Anushka Shivdasani Rovshen, Madhuri Mohindar	2018	India / 24 mins The Film explores the intersections between identity, sexuality, mental health and the many alleys through which women negotiate freedom and dignity. It interweaves the stories of Swati and Ray, as they redefine the boundaries of intimacy, desire and relationships. Trailer… https://youtu.be/QVGu7wYv4x0
Bruce & Daryl	Josh Jacobius, Alisha Tamarchenko	2018	USA / 18:46 mins Two older men ruminate on their life together through love, loss and academia. Trailer... here
Burning	Itay Weiss	2018	Israel / 9 mins 17-year-old Jonathan realizes he is falling in love with a boy in his class. He feels alienated from himself however, one intimate, pastoral moment will expose a truth that cannot be hidden.
Butch	Harry Lloyd	2018	Australia / 10 mins After a bad breakup, uptight accountant Tiff has taken to microwaved hot dogs and re-runs of the L Word, whereas the ever-emerging artist Gem is processing the break up in the arms of multiple sexual partners. As Gem and Tiff drift further apart, their dog Butch, must go to drastic measures to get them back in the same room... even if it means an emergency trip to the vet.
Butch	SD Holman	2018	USA / 13 mins SD Holman self-identifies as “butch,” a label that she and others in her community have reclaimed. Her inspiring story has challenged traditional definitions of masculinity and femininity in surprising ways. Watch… https://youtu.be/iOW5lkv2kgA
Butterfly	Orel Duek	2018	Israel / 12 mins A young lesbian woman goes clubbing with her friend who then goes missing. The search for her turns into a vendetta over her dark past.
Cachurú	Johanna Gribaudo	2018	Argentina / 18 mins A teenage love between two girls failed by a regional myth. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/147791561
Can Also Play	Mildred Lewis	2018	USA / 1 min
Canta a mi Misma: Hija de Dioses	Julia Sbriller	2018	4 mins Un latido nos recorre y nos vuelve actuales: la búsqueda de un sentido y una religación del ser humano con sí mismx, la creencia en una sociedad futura más humana, el afán de dar con lo más radical de la existencia. El mito de hermafrodita como motor para generar un ensayo en arabesco. Watch… https://vimeo.com/283774650
Caracoles	Juan Texier	2018	Argentina / 14 mins Ivan, Malena y Tobias pasan unos días acampando en un pinar. Despojados de todas las presiones sociales propias de la gran ciudad, se encuentran menos reacios a explorar nuevos sentimientos. Entre miradas, fogones y caracoles, exploran lo volátil de las relaciones humanas y se descubren sexualmente. Trailer… https://youtu.be/_Mqiy0n3hZc
Care for You	OHYUNG	2018	USA / 4 mins Romance blossoms when two souls cross paths in a late-night diner. A tender and surreal meditation on expressions of love. Watch… here
Carne	Yerko Espinosa	2018	Spain / 5 mins Watch… https://youtu.be/SOM0ZjoWHx8
Carne Compartida	Samuel Castellanos	2018	Mexico / 17 mins Un joven llamado Mario tiene secuestrado a un chico llamado Félix, con el cual siente una doble dualidad de amor y de rechazo. ¿Será Mario capaz de afrontar su propia identidad y liberarse de los dogmas que lo tienen maniatado? Watch… https://youtu.be/KfvALPrTP1M
Carne de caballo	Arima León	2018	Spain / 20 mins CARNE DE CABALLO es un proyecto audiovisual cuyo eje vertebrador será el propio acto creativo protagonizado por los intérpretes. Se partirá de un texto bocetado y se trabajará en la una unión entre el gesto, la palabra y la imagen.
Casa Abierta	David Selva	2018	¡Esta es nuestra Casa Abierta!¡ Nuestro grito cantado contra la xenofobia, la discriminación y el odio! Watch… https://vimeo.com/287462797
Casar, matar y follar	Carlos Caro Martín	2018	Spain / 8 mins La familia puede tener múltiples variantes.
Ceci n’est Pas Mon Corps	Enzo Joyeux	2018	France / 27 mins What difficulties does a young 24 years old transgender facing transition cope with in his everyday life?
Cereal Boy	Susannah Joffe	2018	USA / 8 mins About a young boy's sexual exploration. Watch… https://youtu.be/SgAXqbnRE3w
Clinq	Laura Beynon	2018	UK / 11 mins A trans woman is held in a prison cell by an implacable jailer. A visitor approaches…
Closeness / Lähekkäin	Joona Möttö	2018	Finland / 2:38 mins Two asexual people explore what kind of closeness works for them. Watch… https://vimeo.com/285714975
Clush	Elsa Blueve	2018	Spain Mini documental sobre la creatividad y auto-aceptación mediante el arte drag queen. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/682076440
Cocoon / Casulo	Rafael Aguiar	2018	Brazil / 15 mins Mario and his father live isolated in a small place in Brazi's countryside. Trailer… https://youtu.be/jZHrmdq34CA
Colors	Yuki Chen	2018	Canada / 6 mins Trailer… https://vimeo.com/262074664
Colourblind	Christian Landsmann, Josefine Liebing	2018	Germany / 2 mins Von Rassismus, abwertenden Kommentaren zur Identität oder Sexualität und Body Shaming erstarrte Körper sind kaltem Licht schutzlos ausgesetzt. Empowerment in den 68ern – heute! Visuell und musikalisch begegnet der Film Stigmata und Ausgrenzungen innerhalb der queeren Community. Ein Spiegelbild der Gesellschaft. Watch… https://vimeo.com/285339801
Colourscapes	Lillith Jörg, Maya Fiedler	2018	Germany / 3:22 mins The story of this film goes differently for everyone. The world of colours has always spurred our imagination. Watch… https://youtu.be/4qdfkc9C47M
Come As You Please	Shirmaine Ong	2018	UK / 6:26 mins On the night of his wedding anniversary, Owen finds himself face to face with an armed robber. It might be just what he’s looking for.
Com-Rah-Der-Ree	India Marie Cross	2018	USA / 16 mins Com-Rah-Der-Ree was birthed out of pain from too many failed female friendships. The film is meant to shed light on the issues that cause us black women to drop the ball when it comes to our sisters. Hopefully, the film sheds light, heals, inspires, and empowers us all to be better women, better friends, better sisters, and better people. Watch… https://vimeo.com/274153760
¿Con qué piedras se rompe una jaula?	Julieta Ferrario	2018	Argentina / 3 mins A partir de un fotomontaje, cuatro varones trans relatan su experiencia en el encuentro y –por qué no– desencuentro con la propia identidad.
Conan, o Rapaz do Futuro	Daniel Mota	2018	Portugal / 50 mins Who is Conan Osíris, who put the whole country singing “Telemóveis”? Where does his music come from and how was his image born? This documentary recalls the story of the musician's artistic journey, revisits the ambience and events of Festival da Canção 2019 and reveals the background of his preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, both in Lisbon and between rehearsals, in Tel Aviv.
Confesiones: Corazon Cegado	Andrés Fonseca	2018	México / 3 mins El amor es algo que durará más allá de mi vida y mis palabras son una carta para ti.
Cool	Liel Buba	2018	Israel / 11mins Cool (Leor Colton) is a 33-year-old who identifies as gender-queer and who is fighting for his right to fit into society, just like anyone else.
Correctly / Correctement	Agapi Kousteni	2018	Greece / 10 mins An effort to reveal the phenomenon of “corrective” rape: A girl is raped by a boy with only witness the animals of a lake. Back home her partner, trying to conform her, she will be confronted with her own feelings and reactions. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/326427782
Count It All	Alexia Acebo	2018	USA / 5 mins "Count it All" showcases the authentic stories of real people going from despair and darkness into a joyous place by means of relationships built and communing with similar people. The film is evidence that we can truly count it all joy. Watch… here
Crave	Gabriel Flores	2018	USA / 3 mins A man struggles with his inner self.
Crushed	Sarah Karleskint	2018	USA / 1 min Every time Candi sees Jessica her heart speeds up and her stomach tries to expel a million butterflies while doing a triple backflip. After months of wanting to act and trying to figure out how to, she finally pulls together the courage to tell her how much she likes her and how the world seems brighter when she smiles. But when the moment comes her nerves bail on her and she can't quite get the words out. Watch… https://vimeo.com/287723631
Crying Game	Gianna Gianna	2018	USA / 3 mins Crying Game is the most personal piece the filmmaker has created yet; flirting with her biggest fear : regret. Watch… https://youtu.be/nUUOxvCJHw8
Cuaderno de Octubre	Eric Silva	2018	Mexico / 29 mins Egresado del Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos de la UNAM con el cortometraje Cuaderno de octubre. Actualmente postproduce el documental Crónica del norte y escribe el guion de su primer largometraje.
Cuento Contigo	Piero Gabriel Aguilar Yactayo	2018	Perú / 9 mins Richie y Elías son una pareja. Viven cómodamente pero la invitación a un almuerzo de promoción del colegio de Richie, lugar de donde no guarda gratos recuerdos generará una fuerte discusión entre ellos donde se verá las falencias en torno a su relación. Watch... here
Cuídate, Cuídame	Uriel Núñez	2018	México / 15 mins Documental sobre la Red Mexicana de Personas que viven con el VIH. Watch… https://youtu.be/2m2hsunL5JE
D.T.F. (Down to Fall)	Evie Snax	2018	USA / 5 mins Evie Snax stumbles across Jiz Lee while walking through the park with some friends. On this crisp Fall day, dreams become reality. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/281021237
Dala	Anthony Newen	2018	USA / 5 mins Two women, once in love, recount their relationship and what lead to its failure. And something to do with lovebirds. Watch… https://vimeo.com/289554938
Dancer of the women	Mitsuhiro Ono	2018	Japan / 34 mins Natsuki who spends her days feeling motivated against the discrimination in daily life that she receives as a woman and the pressing of the role of “woman”. It was a dance that took the first step – a work like this male society “Uzai!”, Moving to the action of “I want to be free”, and Natsuki's changes are refreshing.
Danny Didn't Feel Like Himself Anymore	Johnny Gibbs	2018	UK / 5:10 mins Danny doesn't fit in the box they've been put in. Watch… https://youtu.be/0L7tGud1xv0
Daughter	Maxine Bowen	2018	USA / 3 mins A catchy number from Ryan Cassata as he sings his way through the experience of transition from F-M and his changing relationship with his dad. Watch… https://youtu.be/IOery7rg2eo
Daughter / Dochter	Erik Alkema, Eveline van de Putte	2018	Netherlands / 18 mins Die 94-jährige Mutter und die 65-jährige Tochter blicken auf ihr Leben, die Erziehung von Jacqueline, ihre Transition und die damit einhergehenden Kämpfe zurück.
Day Dua	Pham Bao Long	2018	Vietnam / 16 mins
Days Off	Filip Blažek	2018	Czechia / 10:47 mins Urban living, unspoken longings, and yogurts of unusual size all come to life in this offbeat animation. Trailer… https://youtu.be/8rutROTEyWI
De-Gaga	Thoko Masikini	2018	4:20 mins De-Gaga is a proof-of-concept for a sitcom that follows the lives of four queer friends of colour as they navigate life, love, sex, career and what it means to be an adult in a world that is in flux. De-Gaga as a piece of work sheds a light on a generation and collective that has been underrepresented. Ultimately De-Gaga is a conversation piece that is bold, brash and unapologetic.
Dentro de Sus Zapatos	Juan Carlos Manrique	2018	México / 4 mins Roberto Castro es un joven al que le cuesta relacionarse con las chicas, tiene un cierto fetiche, un día decide saciar su fantasía con un cierto plan, para ver y tocar un pie.
Der erste Schritt	David Noblet	2018	Belgium / 3 mins Bambi ist eher schüchtern. Als er im Auto auf seine Mutter wartet, trifft er Anais. Die beiden kommen ins Gespräch - ganz ohne Worte.
Desperately Seeking Shavers	Emmett Aldred	2018	USA / 5 mins A look at the role facial hair plays in expressing and actualising identity for trans and gender diverse people. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/256706106
Después de Todo, Volviste	Pablo Arredondo	2018	México / 19 mins Aura volverá a ver a su ex novio después de un mensaje inesperado, la ilusión crece a pesar de solo haber hablado por redes sociales. La sospecha resulta sorpresa cuando el ex la visita.
Deusa Olímpica	Emília Schramm, Jéssica Barbosa, Pedro Luís Viana, Rafael Brasileiro	2018	Brazil / 20 mins Ao voltar para casa cheia de medalhas no colo do peito, Deusa teve sua cabeça guilhotinada. Hoje só resta o corpo detido e algumas medalhas pelo chão.
Devenir	Géraldine Charpentier-Basille	2018	Belgium / 2 mins Trailer… https://vimeo.com/236305663
Did You Know?	Lynn Kim	2018	USA / 8 mins This stunning animation brings together the intersection of queerness, hyenas, consuming stigma and eating meat. Watch… https://vimeo.com/273204839
Die Ehe Der Herren Schultze	Moritz Leick	2018	Germany / 47 mins Kurt und Toon sind glücklich und zufrieden; sie gehen ihren Hobbys nach, pflegen Freundschaften und genießen ihr Leben. Dennoch lastet ein Schatten auf ihnen; denn Kurt war in seiner Jugend wegen homosexueller Handlungen im Gefängnis. Der Dokumentarfilm begleitet Kurt und Toon in ihrem Alltag und bei ihrem Bemühen, Einsicht in die Polizeiakten zu erhalten, um endgültig mit der Vergangenheit abschließen zu können. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/255300365
Digital Skin / Pele Digital	Marcelo D’Avilla	2018	Brazil / 4 mins Paisagens visuais originadas a partir de um processo criativo envolvendo performers interessados em videoarte e body art que explora suas verdades, traumas, anseios e particularidades a partir de suas vivências para responder a provocação: o que atravessa sua pele? Watch… https://vimeo.com/400405165
Disengagement	Queer Youth Media Project Country	2018	USA / 4 mins
Disidencia	C. Carmona, Sara Negrón Otero	2018	Puerto Rico / 17 mins Desde el cierre de Cups hace varios años, pocos locales nocturnos en la isla se enfocan en atender específicamente a las mujeres de la comunidad LGBTTQIA+. Las personas entrevistadas en este documental anhelan contar con espacios seguros nocturnos para bailar, disfrutar y socializar con otras mujeres queer. Ante la ausencia de estos establecimientos, ha surgido la propuesta Nok Nights, una fiesta organizada por personas queer que busca brindar un ambiente nocturno seguro específicamente para mujeres de la comunidad LGBTTQIA+. No obstante, se trata de un evento esporádico, pues no cuenta con un lugar ni fechas fijas. Entonces, ¿a dónde van las mujeres queer el resto de las noches?
Diversitats i terres	Maria Vladimirova	2018	Spain / 30 mins En el documental “Diversitats i Terres” entrevistamos a personas que cuentan de primera mano el choque entre cultura y homosexualidad, religión e identidad de género, violencia y libertad. Es importante que el público comprenda la existencia de lo diferente, es más, que lo sienta como si fuera suyo por un momento. A través de los testimonios de las migrantes a Barcelona nos acercamos a una realidad que no hace mucho también formaba parte del malestar de “aquí”, del abuso al diferente de “aquí”, de “nuestra” represión. ¿Pertenecen al colectivo LGTBI? Sí, pero antes que eso “pertenecen” a otro estado, algunas de ellas al así denominado “tercer mundo”. El acercamiento a sus historias y experiencias no va a erradicar los prejuicios, pero quizás nos hace sentir un poco peor la próxima vez que juzgamos sin comprender, sin profundizar, adoctrinados por el sensacionalismo y los estereotipos. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/329388197
Dizzy Waves / Ondas Maredas	Inés Aledo, Amaia Araiztegi, Jone Garitano, Alberto Gómez, Aitor Ibarguren, Paty Ortiz de Zárate	2018	Basque Country / 6 mins Mariana has something to tell us. A collective film made in the framework of the workshop “Experimental cinema and lesbian realities” conducted by Zazpi T’erdi & Irene Bailo.
DND Ndns	Raven Cameron	2018	Canada / 4 mins An Indigenous Dungeons and Dragons group faces their final nemesis: Justin Trudeau. Watch... https://vimeo.com/282701979
Do You Even Carrot All?	Daniel Sterlin-Altman	2018	Canada / 2 mins Everybody wants to reach Carrot, but he doesn’t seem carrot all. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/296770816
Dollhouse / Bebek Evi	Ezgi Temel	2018	Turkey / 4:21 mins On a normal Sunday shopping trip, a son rejects the Batman toy his mother selected. He wants the Barbie Doll House instead. The mother does not let him buy it. Back home, the boy transform the Batman toy into what he wants with his father’s support. Watch... here
Don’t Call It a Phase	Elena Schiff, Yarima Lugo	2018	Germany / 13 mins What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word Bisexuality? Starting with the short definition found in the dictionary this video explores the term bisexuality and what people see in it. Using both documentary and abstract elements, young artists from diverse backgrounds translate this simple term into the visions, emotions, and intimate insights within themselves. Watch… https://youtu.be/rzVbnLUCj_E
Don't Fuck with England	Rocket Ear	2018	USA / 3 mins A punishing lesson in British diction, delivered graphically (literally: in animated text graphics).
Door	César Flores	2018	México / 2 mins Gabriel teme entrar a su propia casa y confrontar a sus padres.
Drag Invasion / Invasão Drag	Rafael Ribeiro	2018	Brazil / 13 mins The portrait of a new generation of drag queens that, coming from different social classes and steered by new technologies, seeks more visibility in society. Trailer… https://youtu.be/2mkqbMSHMr4
Drag Me in Place	Michael Zarowny (Mood Killer)	2018	USA / 3 mins Mood Killer’s strange and surreal new music video, think Devo and Tron meet Marilyn Manson. Watch... https://vimeo.com/280238208
Draps de Soie	Lärm	2018	France / 4:11 mins
Dream Catcher	Fuyuhiko Takata	2018	Japan / 4 mins Rapunzel eagerly awaits her prince from her tower top singing “Someday My Prince Will Come”. Her hair is extremely long and can reach far away outside of the tower. She starts to spin and rewind her locks in order to catch her unseen prince. As the spinning movement proceeds, Rapunzel becomes highly emotional. Eventually she loses sight of her initial aspiration and transforms into a mere yarn-ball-like, cocoon-like black mass. Meanwhile, the world outside of the tower is ruined by Rapunzel’s rampaging hair. The chaos created is as if some apocalyptic natural disaster has taken place.
Driven	Toni Karat	2018	Germany / 13:07 mins A punk boidyke, handcuffed and facing the wall in a sparse, empty room, breathes heavily with anxiety and expectation. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/294798079
Drop Dead Beautiful / Linda de Morrer	Beto Besant	2018	Brazil / 25 mins Montserrat é uma travesti maquiadora de cadáveres que descobre ter o poder de falar com os mortos após ter que maquiar Sarita, drag queen e amiga de infância, com quem estava brigada há anos. Watch… https://vimeo.com/255762055
Dusted	Calvin Lam	2018	USA / 1 min Watch… https://youtu.be/5AXmGlWASdc
Dyke Bars Never Last	Stacy McKenzie	2018	USA / 6 mins In the wake of dyke bars and spaces closing, a lonely queer in San Francisco sits outside of the now closed Lexington Bar and follows a trail of signs, motorcycle babes, femme dommes, and leather daddies to the Last Dyke Bar on Earth. Watch...https://youtu.be/ON7EwTKXrSs
Eco Erotics	Charlotte Seebeck	2018	UK / 11 mins 6 female performance artists retreat for remote conversation around eco sex* into Welsh Wilderness. They immerse with the Quiet Earth surroundings through body and mind and follow eco erotic trails. They have intense encounters with trees and sheep. Blurred practice. Queering witchy heritage. They improvise in response to a meadow, the ocean and the paradox of live art documentary itself.
Ecosex, a User's Manual	Isabelle Carlier	2018	France, USA / 75 mins Ecosex, a User's Manual is a queer history of the environment, taking root in the powerful paradigm change: to switch from "Earth as a mother" to "Earth as a Lover". Trailer… https://youtu.be/wV1HY4gVnlU
Eden	Chanelle Tyson	2018	USA / 1 min Watch… https://youtu.be/8176RMV8YrQ
EEL	Fang-Yi Chu	2018	Taiwan / 28 mins The humid and lonely winter in Taipei still cannot even stop a person’s footstep. Blurry illusions are the hidden rule for the relationships of modern people. Shu Yu is obsessed with scarlet red, and Ying Ru is cynical. They are both strolling down in this noisy city like an eel. They are on the way to discover themselves but also escaping from it.
EGALE and the Battle for Equal Marriage	Glenn Crawford	2018	Canada / 10 mins Egale Canada (Egale was originally was an acronym for Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere) had started in 1985 as a queer civil rights group in the living room of Jamie Robertson. Their main initial goal was to have sexual orientation protected in the Canadian Human Rights Act, which they achieve in 1996. Equal marriage becomes law across Canada in 2005. Once this happens, the organization implodes somewhat as it struggles to find a new identity and focus. Watch… https://vimeo.com/304706304
El Diario de un Viaje	David Benítez	2018	Spain Después de realizar un viaje por Europa con su hermano. David descubre que la distancia puede crear una relación afectiva que a pesar de haber sido hermanos nunca existió a raíz de su homosexualidad. Ahora David quiere sanar sus heridas y encontrar una nueva relación con su hermano.
Eli - Ein Portrait	Lumen Nguyen	2018	Germany / 6:40 mins ELI shows you an intimate and honest look in the intellectual world of a trans* person. Die kurze Dokumentation gewährt einen intimen und ehrlichen Einblick in die Gedankenwelt einer trans*Person.
Emerging Doubts / Dubbi che vengono	Ilaria Galanti	2018	Italy / 17 mins Manuel must have been really drunk last night! He wakes up feeling hungover, with a perfect stranger sleeping next to him. Naked. Manuel is naked too, and try as he may, he cannot remember who that man is and what happened. The fact that his girlfriend is about to return from a trip abroad and his house is crowded with friends for an impromptu party is no help to him in trying to remember. Perhaps the path to understanding will be longer and more complicated than it seems.
Empty Mirror	Leila Jarman, Peter Kalisch	2018	USA / 8 mins Disquieting and discomforting step into the queer noise world of the captivating and crushingly honest Peter Kalisch. Watch… https://vimeo.com/284825366
En el Pueblo de las Salinas	Alesandro Montalbano	2018	Italy / 7 mins The original story of intersex children in las Salinas, a village in the Dominican Republic. The children sympathy represents the driving element of the movie. Watch… https://youtu.be/VUux9tbUDa8
Enid & Valerie: The Dream	Matthew Kennedy	2018	Scotland / 3 mins Enid & Valerie is a short animation about a lone spinster named Valerie. Here we venture in to her dreams, where she meets Enid, a witch. Could this be the start of an unlikely friendship? Watch… https://youtu.be/jGCXLsv91eI
EQ	Anika Syskakis	2018	Canada / 6 mins The short documentary observes and explores the interesting life and career of the Indigenous-African-Canadian/American multi-hyphenate as she talks about her work, her identity, her sexuality, and her understanding of the world.
Eran otros tiempos	Alejandro Talaverón	2018	Spain / 7 mins En la actualidad podemos disfrutar de un decente grado de liberación sexual. Ahora las minorías se alzan y salen orgullosamente a las calles a enseñarles al mundo lo que son, pero aún hay resquicios de gente atrapada en tiempos pasados. Existencias limitadas a un período de tiempo en el que dejar ver tu orientación sexual podía valerte el exilio. Watch… here
Et in Arcadia Ego	Sam Ashby	2018	UK / 6 mins Et in Arcadia Ego observes old, now-defunct public toilets that acted as cruising spots in London. Shot on Super 8 to emphasise its plaintive quality, the film is an elegy for these lost queer spaces and a pilgrimage to their ruins.
Eternal Harvest	David Wayne Reed	2018	USA / 12 mins Using drones, dance, farm implements, heirloom quilts, agriculture, and video installation, Eternal Harvest is a short film by Kansas City based writer, artist and actor David Wayne Reed about the cycle of life as depicted by the growing season on a rural Kansas farm. Trailer… here
Everybody Hurts	Marqueeda Lastar	2018	USA / 1 min Watch… https://youtu.be/9m3p4MmjK7c
Everyday Love	Hannah Hunter-Loubert	2018	Canada / 4 mins Everyday Love is a portrait of a queer couple and the way love can be very mundane.
Family Pride	Bernie Torres	2018	USA A young woman puts on a one-woman show to come out to her parents, which doesn’t go exactly as she planned.
Farm Sum Ontario	Jonathan Davies	2018	Canada / 16 mins Xiaobing’s discovery of wild bear’s garlic in a Munich park leads to a culinary whim that will alter the course of his life. with footage spanning a decade, Farm Sum Ontario explores the decisions, achievements and trade-offs of a couple making the unlikely decision to farm as they search for a sustainable way of life. Watch... here
Fascistite	Thiago Foresti	2018	Brazil / 7:18 mins
Fat Hiking Club	Layla Cameron	2018	Canada / 14 mins A woman in Portland seeks to make the outdoors more accessible for fat people - just as they are and without shame. Armed with her slogan “Trails Not Scales”, she soon finds herself hosting events all over North America. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/248373192
Fatf*ck	Korvan Little-Feather	2018	Canada / 5 mins Korvan Little-Feather is a has-been Indigenous child star vying to revive his past experiences as a celebrity but he is finding quickly that to be who he wants he has to change everything about himself.
Feelin' Myself	Edward Perkins	2018	USA / 3 mins Realism and representation are strained with rapid cutting and colored ink.
Feeling Like an Orchid	Nour Hajar	2018	USA / 15 mins Peek into the life of Morticia and her significant others D and Twon. While they find dating can be tricky even within the queer, trans, and POC communities, this open throuple navigates those awkward encounters knowing back home they will always reaffirm their love for one another. Watch… https://vimeo.com/279296334
Femenino	Andrés Milonás	2018	Mexico / 11 mins A young man deals with his true feelings about gender. Watch… https://youtu.be/r3-lzM1pdbI
Feminism Through Isabella	Alyssa Abreu, Jidobi Chime, Taylor Fields, Nehanda Hammond	2018	USA / 8 mins From a young girl in her pajamas to a political activist protesting gender inequality in Washington Square Park, women of all ages and backgrounds talk about their personal notions of feminism. Watch… https://vimeo.com/281317889
Feminist Voices Funeral and Disco Memorial Party	Feminist Voices	2018	China When Feminist Voices, China most prominent feminist media organisation, was banned on International Women’s Day 2018, a group of activists mourn its loss with a disco party on a grave. Trailer… https://youtu.be/b4m5ekfxVnI
Fenced In Within the Silent Cold Walls	Bassam Al-Sabah	2018	Ireland / 12:30 min The CGI film featuring a recreation of my former home in Iraq, which my family cannot return to. As the film moves through the house, digital images begin to escape from the forgotten TV and computer screens and materialise into living forms. These forces surge out in utter destruction, invading the domestic realm without restraint. We then hear a narration in Arabic from my grandmother where she describes the burning of sentimental objects in the home before fleeing, and digital fabrications of these objects appear before disintegrating. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/296852290
Fez	Jermaine D’Vauz	2018	Australia / 15 mins FEZ is a high energy, short spectacle celebrating Samoan- Australian entertainer Fez Faanana and his trailblazing artistic journey from growing up in small town Ipswich, Queensland to representing Australia on the world stage in dazzling drag, with his co-founded all male burlesque company "Briefs Factory".
Fifth Metacarpal	Scott Fitzpatrick	2018	Canada / 6 mins “I broke my hand last summer.” A memoir of tenderness hazarded, muted ache, and a fibreglass cast.
Film Omaggio a Godard	Vincent Dieutre, Vivianne Perelmuter	2018	France / 6 mins A friend of theirs asks both Dieutre and Perelmuter to participate in a tribute-film to Jean-Luc Godard. What has been left after his death? What is his legacy? How to survive him? By queerizing politics? Or maybe by ambushing the catastrophe? Starting from Godard’s work, this short film is a profound reflection on the destiny of cinema.
Flesh Nest	Andrew Thomas Huang	2018	USA / 9 mins A nine-part sci-fi video series illustrating a post-apocalyptic digital multiverse. Watch… https://vimeo.com/242541609
Flu$H	Heather María Ács	2018	USA / 9 mins Roxy, a high femme punk, is caught multi-tasking between a hot date and a hilarious group domination session, where her fabulous queer friends learn an important lesson from a john. WhenRoxy allows her date to get in on the action, things go awry, and Roxy must scramble to make sure she and her friends “come out on top.” Flu$h is the first short film produced by newly formed queer production company FemmePower Productions. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/274971986
Fluid Chemistry	Deike Schwarz	2018	Germany / 2:30 mins Forensically erotic exploration of orifices and areolas, and all minute nubs of the body that rise.
Fly Hole	Malic Amalya	2018	USA / 6 mins Using text and images appropriated from the March 1985 issue of the adult, gay digest magazine, Manscape, FlyHole tells the story of a housefly who transitions into a man in order to cruise gay bars.
Footballeur et Homo: L’un n’empêche pas L’autre	Michel Royer	2018	France / 52 mins Un documentaire qui fait le point sur un tabou tenace : l’homosexualité dans le football…
Forbidden Love	Paayel Chouudhury	2018	India / 32 mins A story about two girls and their love, desire, pain, and passion. It’s a story about finding themselves and their journey to be together as a couple. However the path is not clear and they face enormous hardship from society and their own families. Trailer… https://youtu.be/poprAs6sOR0
Forever	Nicolas Pourliaros	2018	Greece / 7 mins One true love. The cruelty of death. How does life goes on when you lose the person you adore?
Four Billion Reasons	Krissy Mahan	2018	USA / 6:43 mins A journey of 8 metres becomes an epic odyssey, thanks to the inaccessibility of the New York City subway system.
Frans och Lars	Jan Hammarlund	2018	Sweden / 5 mins Watch… https://youtu.be/L3P-iTccgow
Frolic's Haunt	Elizabeth Littlejohn	2018	Canada / 10 mins A team of eager volunteers in Toronto set out to change accessibility issues on Halloween by creating a first-of-its-kind haunted house that comes with a unique scare system.
From AM to PM: A Look into Ishaq’s Life	Alizeb Raees	2018	Pakistan / 14 mins From AM to PM is an intimate look into the life of Ishaq, who must maintain a balance between providing for his family and following his desire tobecome part of Khawaja Sira community. Ishaq is married with one child: while leading a married life by day, as the night falls, he follows his heart to where it belongs with the transgender friends in Lahore.
Fruits de Mer	Nour Hajar	2018	USA / 13 mins Escape the toxic world of men with heartbroken Persea and the other mermxids that reside at the salt-studded rim at the lip of the world. Persea undergoes heartbreak and trauma, forcing her to retreat to the isle of mermxids. It is the only safe place where she can live as her true self and be free from the toxic world of men. Watch… https://vimeo.com/307199742
Gai Jatra	Key Cast	2018	20 mins This short film celebrates the Gai JatraFestival, an annual festival in Nepal. During the festival, members of the LGBTQI community appear in public, flaunt their true selves with pride and pay tribute to people in the LGBTQI who have died
Gay Revolution: Il Secolo Arcobaleno	Maxime Donzel	2018	Italy / 60 mins The two episodes that make up the film describe the origins of gay culture, finding it in music, literature and films. A culture that, before the sexual revolution and the Stonewall riots of 1969, was as underground and hidden as it was alive and creative.
Gays Dans Le Caucase	Miha Aguilé, Tania Schelest	2018	France / 28 mins Ruslan vit à Moscou. Homosexuel, il se retrouve régulièrement en garde à vue pour ses engagements en faveur de la communauté LGBT : dans un appartement moscovite, il accueille des homosexuels ayant dû fuir leur chez eux en raison de leur orientation sexuelle. Récemment, ce sont deux hommes originaires d’Ossétie qui s’y sont réfugiés après avoir reçu des menaces de la part de leurs familles.
Gefunden	Noreen Erkardas	2018	Germany / 4 mins “Gefunden” ist ein Gedicht von Goethe, aus dem Jahr 1813. Der Kurzfilm stellt das Gedicht als eine Metapher über eine Liebesgeschichte zwischen zwei Mädchen dar. Das eine Mädchen, verglichen mit der Blume in dem Gedicht, traut sich nicht die Liebe zuzulassen. Das andere Mädchen, welches die Position des lyrischen Ichs einnimmt,, zeigt dem „Blümchen”, dass es sich lohnt mutig zu sein, zu sich selbst zu stehen und der Liebe eine Chance zu geben.
Gender	Cherish Oteka	2018	UK / 5 mins Exploring the lived experiences of PoC LGBTQ+ people existing beyond the binary. Watch… https://youtu.be/a_quSGPbNVs
Gender Bender	Erica Lust	2018	Spain / 13 mins Two bisexuals discovering their gender identities as they grow up in world where that’s suddenly more okay to do.
Gender Under Attack / Género Bajo Ataque	Jerónimo Centurión	2018	Perú, Costa Rica, Brasil, Colombia / 72 mins Shot in Brazil, Costa Rica, Peru and Colombia, this documentary voices four stories that show how the actions developed by the opposition and anti-rights movements in these countries are not isolated events but correspond to coordinated work in the region. These groups have economic resources and operational capacity to influence traditional media and social networks with "post-truths" and "fake news" that seriously affect the rights of women and the LGBTI community. Watch… here
Genesis	Amanda Lindenbach	2018	Canada / 3 mins Genesis recontextualizes bible quotations to express deeper meanings of sexual pleasure.
God + The Gays	Phoebe Wang	2018	USA / 30 mins In her first radio piece, Phoebe Wang visits christians from her past and tries to understand whether queers and homophobic christians can have meaningful relationships. This piece examines how beliefs are shaped by social context – and how, despite what we might hope, these contexts could swing us to either side of the homophobic/gay pride aisle.
Going Out	Kim Hyuk	2018	South Korea / 20 mins Jin-soo, a Female-to-Male transgender, goes out for the first time in a long time to come out to his friend Na-young about his gender identity. Jin-soo goes to the hair salon to cut his messy hair and awaits Na-young who will come to meet him, planning the perfect timing to come out. When the hairdresser charges Jin-soo for a female cut even though he has short hair, Jin-soo in infuriated and Na-young tries to avoid the awkward situation by paying for Jin-soo, and they end up having a fight.
Got Your Back	Crystal Wong	2018	USA / 5 mins A teenager who struggles with her identity and is forced to confront her fear; that fear of being persecuted for who she is. Watch… https://youtu.be/l_LHfATBjso
Great Again	Kirrilee Bailey	2018	Australia / 6 mins Jordan, a queer non-binary person, visits their conservative family in the country, only to be greeted by their mother sporting a rather unambiguous cap.
Greek Tragedy / Tragedia Griega	Norberto Trujillo	2018	Spain / 5 mins Two men are on their way to their destination.
Green Girl	Carillon Hepburn Smith	2018	USA / 4 mins It explores the coming out process for a young woman with quirky and sincere vignettes of her journey. Watch… https://vimeo.com/270399008
Grigio, Verde Azzurro	Ilaria Piccardi	2018	Italy / 33 mins A documentary on psychiatric illness. A dialogue between daughter (director) and mother (protagonist) ironic and full of love. The desire to live better. Watch... here
Gross Indecency: The Everett Klippert Story	Laura O'Grady	2018	Canada / 17 mins Everett Klippert was a Calgary bus driver. He was also the last Canadian to be jailed for homosexuality. Kevin Allen, of the Calgary Gay History Project, tries to understand Klippert and his place in LGBTQ history. Trailer... here
Gunshots in Nicaragua / Tiros em Nicaragua	Surto, Deslumbra	2018	Brazil / 3 mins Watch... https://vimeo.com/301903731
Happy	Seyed Ahmadreza Mousavi	2018	Iran / 9 mins Trailer… https://youtu.be/0GlNJaH4xlw
Happy Birthday	Penny Chen	2018	5 mins
Happy Birthday	Savio Debernardis	2018	Germany / 15 mins Magdalena, the rich and decadent tenant of a beautiful house, organizes the birthday party of her favorite, Eric. She invites his young friends to the party but a mix of childish naivety and sexual energy pervades the atmosphere. The celebration turns out to be a vortex of folly driving the participants to the point of non return during a biblical reenactment. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/334666126
Have You Hooked Up with Too Many Men?	Michael Henry	2018	USA / 3 mins Well? Have you? Watch… https://youtu.be/srYqv_N8lMI
Headphone Karaoke: Don’t Stop Believin’	Dayna McLeod	2018	Canada / 2 mins This video is a result of performance-based research for 'Uterine Concert Hall,' specifically an investigation into intimate karaoke. Watch… https://vimeo.com/298288004
Heal	Eden Maslavi	2018	Israel / 4 mins A charmingly DIY snippet of lesbian relationship drama filled with chocolate, avocado decor, broken hearts and megaphones.
Heavier Than Air	Josh & Buster Grey-Jung	2018	UK / 16 mins An immersive audio-visual collage recorded in Rajasthan, India. Meditative and dreamlike in its tone, the film explores the everyday practices and rituals of the Rajasthani people, whilst subtly addressing themes of faith, gender politics and the impact of advanced technologies on rural life.
Heroes of Football	Marieke Slinkert	2018	Netherlands / 45 mins Is the still macho and often homophobic sports world ready for the first openly gay football player? What is the current situation like? "I think there are a lot of men who are gay but don't dare to come out.” The film delves into the European football world and speaks with referees, trainers and players from, among others, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain.
Hibernaculum	Tyler Lumm	2018	USA / 7 mins A dark thought provoking meta-narrative of a human attempting to become an Orca whale.
His Physique	Katherine Christie Evans	2018	UK / 4:25 mins Local musician Katherine Christie Evans applies a playful non binary gaze to cultural iconography, queering the male figure in this DIY music video. Watch… https://vimeo.com/273851490
HIV/AIDS in Ottawa	Glenn Crawford	2018	Canada From Peter Evans, Ottawa's first AIDS casualty, to today, the capital was hit hard by the AIDS epidemic in the 80s and 90s, leading to the creation of vital service organizations like the AIDS Committee of Ottawa and Bruce House. Early AIDS activists Barry Deeprose, Kevin Hatt and Jay Koornstra tell their devastating personal stories of this dark period in Ottawa's queer history.
Home Visit	Annamaria Craparotta	2018	Italy / 3.30 mins Home visit is a short film in which the director, back in her hometown, faces some very uncomfortable questions about her life during a conversation with her grandmother. Home visit becomes a chance to frame a life-changing moment in the director’s life.
Human is Human	Keegun Selley	2018	USA / 7 mins The story of Parker Liu, an individual who is currently transitioning from female to male. This documentary serves a platform for Liu to speak about his specific life experiences. Liu touches on topics of family acceptance, coming out, cultural norms, and future plans. Watch… https://youtu.be/lWawgjVlWKs
Humans	Kevin Valladares	2018	México / 2 mins Placer, seducción, deseo ¿Quién dijo que el único pecado de Adán y Eva fue comer del fruto prohibido?
I Adore You / Me Encantas	Carlos A. Lazarus	2018	Panama / 7 mins A boy by accident tells his classmate that he likes him. He goes into despair and doesn't know if the boy is straight and loses him forever.
I Am a Believer	Bettina Blanc Penther	2018	France / 19 mins We wake up where the train drove us. Water is everywhere but we can't see it. We walk through a long road, only the birds seem to know where it leads us.
I Am Me	Jazmine Smith-Gladue, Quanah Style	2018	Canada / 4 mins Jazmine grew up in Flying Dust, Saskatchewan as a boy who felt out of place… until discovering makeup, which helped her transition and begin her journey into womanhood. This is a story of acceptance, self-love and jewelry. Watch… https://vimeo.com/300379597
I am Not What You See / Je ne suis pas ce que tu vois	Hippolyte Vendra	2018	Canada / 12 mins Motivated by his reflections on identity, 2Fik fights prejudices and stereotypes by portraying his transformed appearance in multiple ways.
I Have Days	Jo Howard	2018	This film follows the artist’s journey from quitting nicotine, to top surgery, to rehab and recovery. It begs questions of – what does survival look like in a trans body? What is “natural?” How does one maintain sobriety in a queer art community often saturated in substance use?
I Know How You Like Your Coffee	L Fried, Yeni Sleidi	2018	USA / 8 mins Break-up, tinder-rebound, relationship. Sound familiar? Same, but it’s different this time. Watch… https://vimeo.com/400721949
I only bought you blackberries since you bought me figs	Cole Fawcett	2018	Canada / 1 min Trailer… https://vimeo.com/361207414
I Reveal / Revelo	Aidan Jara	2018	Spain, Germany / 80 mins “Revelo” is a portrait of John, presenting parts of his life & his processes as a trans* person reconsidering binary codes & many other patterns. 4 years along, John and Aidan the film-maker have been meeting each other and sometimes traveling together . The movie is the result of this journey from Berlin to the mountains in Spain. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/250990626
I Think Our Moms Are Gay	Lisa Franklin	2018	USA Best friends Eleanor and Emmett spend the summer investigating whether or not their mothers are having an affair.
I Transform Myself / Nintaandjinaagowiihidis	Connor Pion	2018	Canada / 6 mins Connor Pion’s new short is one mixed-race urban-Indigenous 2 Spirit-trans neechie’s prayer, ceremony, and activiation for a potent shapeshifting potion..
I’ll Always See Colours in Your Gray / Sempre Verei Cores no seu Cinza	Anabela Roque	2018	Argentina / 18 mins Since 2015, the Rio de Janeiro State University has experienced an increasingly precarious situation. The academic community resists. Among the protagonists of this resistance is the art student Matheusa Passareli, a LGBTQ activist, missing since April 2018.
I’m G----	Queer Youth Media Project Country	2018	USA / 4 mins
I’m Not There	Ajita Banerjie	2018	India / 12:04 mins Two non-binary activists tell their stories of fighting for trans rights in Bangalore. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/321680043
Idea of Me	Brianca Williams	2018	USA / 4 mins A young woman becomes emotionally detached in her relationship as she struggles with depression and fear of intimacy.
Iftiin	Ladan Mohamed Siad, Minas Adonai	2018	Canada / 9 mins A genderqueer Somali-Canadian teenager spends the day taking their grandmother to her appointments, forcing the two to confront their assumptions of one another.
Ignored Island / Isla Ignorada	Sara Merec	2018	Spain / 16 mins How hard is it to be a lesbian in a rural environment? Five women talk about their personal experience and expectations while the 4th edition of “Agrocuir” festival is taking place. Trailer... https://vimeo.com/196315802
In Fact … (Teen Satyi)	Debalina Majumder	2018	India / 52 mins This film offers us glimpses of lives that are lived on their own terms and in such living mark their resistance against stifling social norms that threaten to homogenise diversity into a logic of One.In Fact… is a celebration of love and togetherness with a difference.
In the Crowd	Greg Latham	2018	UK / 14 mins This documentary explores the experiences of queer football fans in the stands, and how they navigate this dual identity. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/273323705
In the Dark	Rory Midhani	2018	Germany / 4 mins Beyond the glare of streetlights, neon signs, and policemen, there’s another world taking shape in the shadows and the music gets louder as you approach.
In the Fog / Kamikakushi	Matthew Takata Shepherd, Naomi Takata Shepherd	2018	USA / 8 mins Vioulet falls through time and space as they struggle with a dark presence through song and dance in this exploration of duality. Trailer… https://youtu.be/XbZHGKscaqA
In the Frame	Ion Gnatiuc	2018	Moldova / 17:13 mins Oxana is a trans woman working as a frame dyer in Chisinau, Moldova. Fearing rejection she leads a double life, passing as binary genders, but her life changes when she’s invited to DJ at a queer party. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/286864583
In the Lair	Raz Bdv	2018	Israel / 12 min Separations in a lesbian affair can be cyclical, repetitive, almost routine. Following their breakup, Doron arrives at Mali’s place to return a pot. Will the visit bring about a change? Trailer… https://youtu.be/tS8WcvAf3Hg
In the Middle of Nowhere	Oksana Hohol, Brooke Lydbrooke	2016	Canada / 15 mins A Ugandan lesbian is certain that if she is deported from Canada back to Uganda, (where there’s state-sanctioned homophobia and an angry violent husband she was forced to marry waiting for her ) she’ll face imprisonment and possibly death.
Inside Voices	Vanessa Dion Fletcher	2018	Canada / 6 mins A cervix drips blood while an audience describes their own cervixes and relationships to their bodies.
Inspire The Night: Batekoo	Clara Lobo, Diego Garcia	2018	Brazil / 13 mins This episode from the documentary series INSPIRE THE NIGHT introduces us to the Afro-Brazilian collective Batekoo, which started out as an unpretentious party and became an important manifesto of the black LGBTQ+ movement in Brazil. Watch… https://youtu.be/sLbcNuelXCs
INTANGOUT	Vito Alfarano	2018	Italy Video dance made with the prisoners of Brindisi prison Trailer… https://vimeo.com/278779155
INTI	Inti Lorca	2018	Chile / 15 mins Documental que representa de forma testimonial la primera parte de una transición de género, desde sus inicios hasta un periodo de cuatro meses, registrando los cambios sujetos a la administración de hormonas y las repercusiones sociales involucradas en el proceso.
Ishq, Dosti and All That	Srishti Lakhera, Rituparna Borah, Ritambhara Mehta, Bhamati Sivapalan	2018	India / 19 mins A light-hearted take on the lives of a transman and a lesbian, as they reflect on their loves, crushes, desires, dating experiences, friendships and intimate relationships. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/321671155
It	Ilya Sherstobitov	2018	Russia / 11 mins N city, Crimea, present day. Seva and transsexual Jenya are lovers who have been secretly seeing each other for a long time. Seva is really serious and wants to get to know Dima – Jenya’s son. Dima is a teenager, he does boxing and actively participates with his friends in fights and wrangles against those who are unlike them. After the night spent with Jenya, Seva goes outside to heat the car and meets Dima with his bullies. They suspect Seva in being a homosexual, and so hit him violently. The boys stop only after they hear Jenya screaming. Trailer… https://youtu.be/VkWWIN8SWY8
Jack	Daniel Shalev	2018	Israel / 5 mins The story of Jack, a 12-year old transgender boy. Jack was born as a girl and was named Adi; at 11, he decided to change his gender. The film follows Jack’s journey and shows the reactions of his family, friends, and environment. Watch...https://vimeo.com/274341298
Jacqueline et Michèle	Elfie Mahé	2018	France / 18 mins Jacqueline, a 74-year-old woman withdrawn into herself, transforms after meeting Michèle, an eccentric and shameless grandmother.
JIZZ: A Video Selection	Or Sharon, Nadav Kain	2018	Israel / 9 mins Short films created between 2018 and 2022, originally made as a promotional tool for men-only sex parties in Tel Aviv, but grew iconic in the Israeli LGBTQIA+ scene as well as worldwide, and started a conversation about sexuality, humor and the link between the two
Johnny R Demented	Fred Morin	2018	France / 3 mins “When I look in the mirror, I’m like, ‘damn, you look good!’” This is a portrait of the “gay4pay” actor Johnny Rapid who participated in almost 200 scenes since 2011. Nearly 1200 images of his face were assembled in a large digital collage in order to make that video. Johnny R Demented or when money becomes the ultimate excuse to live one’s sexuality by taking advantage of gay fantasies.
Julian sem A, sem O	Mayara Caroline	2018	Brazil / 15 mins A documentary that portrays the reality of a trans man, trying to portray him as a person, an artist and a human being. At the same time, the hard and true reality of the transition from the initial stage to the current stage, a documentary with a different aesthetic, showing the world transsexuality through the experience of a trans man.
Kabbalat Shabbat	Naama Hacohen, Benjamin Esterlis	2018	Israel / 12 mins A religious woman discovers her true sexuality at the cost of it colliding with her traditional lifestyle. Watch... here
Kait & Nic	Lorena Russi	2018	USA Kait & Nic is a four-episode web series chronicling two queer, best friends and their experiences navigating the NYC dating scene. Kait is a shy lesbian who suffers from anxiety and depression. Nic is a gregarious bisexual with over-the-top notions about romance
Kenosis Kiss	Leah Pellinkhof	2018	Australia Emily has just returned home from gay conversion therapy and her conservative Christian family believes they have managed to pray the gay away. Emily thinks so too… Then she meets the girl. And then there is the kiss. Oh the kiss, the kiss, the kiss. The kiss that says it all. The kiss that could save her. The kiss that could destroy her. The kiss that will decide her fate. Trailer… https://youtu.be/avzSh5ck3Jg
Khilauna	Sriramm Dude	2018	India / 12 mins Situated In the slums of India . A Muslim kid has his fascination over his favourite toy Ganesh, a Hindu idol. Watch... here
Kiss	Ryo Omura	2018	Japan / 8 mins A gay couple are kissing repeatedly in this movie. They are also a couple in real life. Therefore you can literally see “Love” in its exact form.
Kiss me	Johnny Doob	2018	Israel / 7 mins Adam is waiting at home for a guy whom he’d just been chatting to on an app, but when the guy shows up and Adam asks him to kiss him, Adam soon realizes that this is not the night he had his heart set on.
Koby Dale’s Creations	Koby Dale, Julia Hoyt, Miranda Smith	2018	USA / 9 mins Koby Dale, high school senior and member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, pursues fashion and celebrates individuality. Watch... https://vimeo.com/292653476
Kurozetto	Rachel P. Marquez	2018	Philippines / 13 mins One day on his way to work, Anton (Khalid Abdullah) encounters and bumps into a female cosplayer (Kristine Sanchez). Since then, Anton would see her every morning, dolled up as a different character, waiting for her train on the other side of the platform. With each passing day, Anton slowly develops curiosity and attraction towards her which soon might become something more.
La Debutante	Lena Tosta	2018	France / 44 mins Née et assignée garçon dans le Nord-Pas-de-Calais de l’après-guerre, les 56 premières années de la vie d’Emilie furent une lutte pour s’intégrer dans l’unique modèle de vie qu’elle connaissait. Emilie devint propriétaire d’une maison de banlieue dans la ville prospère de Beauvais, mariée à une infirmière et élevant trois enfants. A 56 ans, elle réalise qu’elle doit entamer sa transition ou sinon c’est la mort. Un témoignage fort, prouvant qu’il n’est jamais trop tard pour devenir qui vous êtes. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/235781474
La otra orilla	Edgar Rodriguez	2018	Mexico / 15 mins The town of Jalcomulco is known for adventure tourism and for being a reference for social struggle. The LGBT community tells us about the experience of being born, growing up and living in a peaceful, hardworking, but above all, solidary people.
La peli que vamos a ver	Roberto Pérez Toledo	2018	Spain / 5 mins Two guys decide to go see a movie. Watch... https://youtu.be/R0qyooSB6xg
La Primavera Trans	Juan David Cortés Hernández	2018	Colombia / 25 mins Esta primavera que florece ruge por las calles que no habrá ni un minuto de silencio sino toda una vida de lucha. Que sus ancestras asesinadas, barridas por el cemento y el olvido se levantan como una ola de flores de andén, sus huesos son posesión de todas las que sobreviven la discriminación, la exclusión y la transfobia. Trailer… https://youtu.be/Gy7894MmxR0
Labia of love	Morgana Muses	2018	Australia / 5 mins A short experimental film about loving your labia.
Lalla	José Salazar	2018	Venezuela / 12:49 mins Lalla comes back from Thailand where she underwent a new operation. Fascinated by his aunt, Zach invites himself over the evening of her return. Lalla lies between fiction and real, in an attempt to to exorcise the idea of transsexuality as a taboo. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/304843443
Läsbisch TV: Best Of 1991-1993	Mahide Lein, Doro Etzler	2018	Germany / 101 mins The first lesbian TV magazine on this planet! A unique testimony to the diverse, now almost disappeared "Ladies Only" scene of the 1990s with the rich cultural offer of and for lesbians. More than 130 lesbian women participated in the production of 27 one-hourly monthly programs. Trailer… https://youtu.be/1mZjdKsH4LI
Late Nights in the Lab	Clyde Petersen	2018	USA / 3 mins Hot for queer teacher at an experimental college, in song.
Leelah's Highway	Elizabeth Littlejohn	2018	USA / 24 mins Filmed over two years in Kings Mills and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Washington, DC, Leelah’s Highway includes interviews with Leelah‘s best friend Abby Davis, the organizer of the highway memorial in her honour Chris Fortin, trans counsellor Jonah Yokoyama, Bobbie Jo Justice of the Trans Life Line, Cincinnati Councilor Chris Seelbach and Leelah’s next door neighbours, the Davis family. As a result of Leelah’s Law, conversion therapy has been banned in twelve U.S. states. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/272466496
Les filles de l'eau	Tara Beaufils	2018	France / 6 mins Two girls go into a river, one after the other. They exchange looks, then avoid each other, then follow each other, done in a refined style which magnificently sustains the tension. Watch... https://vimeo.com/277055995
Lesbian Herstory Archives	Megan Rossman	2018	USA / 6 mins A documentary about the women who fought to preserve lesbian history in the 1970s, with the establishment of The Lesbian Herstory Archives.
Let Us Shine / Déjennos Brillar	Héctor Torres Gamez	2018	Mexico / 2 mins Laetus Vitae is for Samantha like a dream come true. After many years of effort, she managed to open the first “House of Help” for LGBTI+ seniors in Mexico. This place has become for her as a second home where she will continue to offer her time, support and company to many like her continue fighting for an inclusive space, where the LGBTI+ older adults are not invisible within the society that surrounds them and can continue to shine.
Let.Go.Before.Trying	Anna Mendes	2018	USA / 4 mins Two friends get together for a spontaneous road trip in Oregon. When feelings are suddenly shared, will the friendship last? Watch… https://vimeo.com/259428092
Letter to the Outsider	Dorothy Cheung	2018	6 mins An Asian lesbian scales questions about political imprisonment as she meanders through confinement in the Netherlands.
Lev	Daniel Shiffman	2018	Israel / 12 min Lev, a 67-year old man, lives alone in his apartment, which is somewhat of a shrine dedicated to his late partner, Joseph. One evening, Lev invites Gilad, a young man he met online, to come over for a sexual encounter. The generation gap soon alters the nature of their meeting. Watch… https://vimeo.com/253570876
LGBTs no Regime Militar	Marcos Targino, Thales Figueiredo	2018	Brazil / 25 mins Embora o regime militar fosse contrário às manifestações de homossexuais na imprensa e na política, a maioria dos grupos de esquerda também não aceitava a luta dessas minorias, influenciados pela ideologia comunista que considerava a homossexualidade um “vício da burguesia”. Contestando essas ideias de direita e de esquerda surge o Somos: Grupo de Afirmação Homossexual, com a proposta de iniciar um movimento em defesa dos direitos ao prazer e ao amor. Trailer… https://youtu.be/7oNqW3WWy6w
Lie / Mentira	Edgar Francisco Vázquez	2018	Mexico / 5 mins A portrait of the human relationships, their complexity and coldness, reflected in a couple who freely enjoy their physical relationship in a small room.
Life Checkmate You Dude!	Shammir Torres Esquilín	2018	Puerto Rico / 6 mins ¿Alguna vez has estado enamorada(o) de tu mejor amiga(o)? Jenny, quien no cree en el amor y nunca se ha enamorado, se da cuenta de que está experimentando emociones fuertes cuando está junto a su mejor amiga. Watch... here
Lifted	Julian Buchan	2018	USA / 5 mins Charlie is a rideshare driver who, during a heavy flow of L.A. traffic, gets stuck with a stubborn passenger. Watch… https://vimeo.com/285945373
Lima is Burning / Lima Brûle	Giovana García Soto	2018	Peru / 7:30 mins A short documentary film that tells the story of Gía, a trans-feminist transvestite, the pleasure of dissident bodies and the nights that burn Lima. Trailer... https://vimeo.com/296062217
Limbo	Mahsa Merci	2018	Iran / 3:30 min Limbo’s short digital animation created out of artist Mahsa Merci’s mind, rooted in her challenges as an LGBTQ artist living in Iran. The society she comes from, just like most parts of the world, tends to recognize only two genders, male and female. But Iran is a country that completely ignores the LGBTQ community, and they also face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. In Iran, people can legally change their sex, although sexual activity between members of the same sex is illegal and can be punishable by death. The government force transgender people to choose out of Female and Male and their identity recognized through sex-reassignment surgery. Mahsa evokes her feelings and state of mind through this animation. Watch… https://vimeo.com/253575661
Living With a Collector	Saskia Selwood	2018	UK / 11 mins A short film made about my family home and my father's hoarding. I wanted to portray the different viewpoints of the family living in the space and how it impacts them. The film also questions our attachment to objects and how they contribute to creating our idea of home.
Lo Que Nos Queda	Helle Ginsberg	2018	México / 52 mins Una carta íntima documental que Helle le dedica a su novio por tener 3 años de noviazgo, hace un contraste consigo mismo al haber terminado la relación un año después. Y nos permite reflexionar sobre lo extraño de terminar con alguien y cómo es que jamás llegamos realmente a un final con esa persona. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/316463652
Local Degenerates	Nofac3, Khrysta Lloren	2018	Canada / 5 mins Local Degenerates is a documentary web series that features Calgary's Queer Underground scene. From drag events such as Pink Flamingos, to queer pop-up dance parties like Fudge Packer Friday, the series explores a collective of artistic, fashion-conscious underground subculture that encourages weirdness and experimentation.
Loop	Texas Glory	2018	6 mins Bruce is a 31 year old gay man. He never lived the classic scenario "boy meets boy in a bar". In search of love, he uses a dating app. What does he find? Fast adventure and hopefully his dream man. Watch… https://vimeo.com/271424968
Los Besos, Por Sí Solos No Bastan	Daila Pacheco	2018	Argentina / 25 mins Fiorella goes to meet Sofia. Both are moved by looks and frictions that wrap them in a relationship of passion and intimacy. In this unknown water, they undresses themselves completely and dive in, until the question floats … are the kisses enough or not? Trailer… here
Los Infames	Rolando Beattie	2018	Mexico Trailer… https://youtu.be/ZgcgAcoRtH8
Los Niños Telepáticos	Simon Ortega	2018	6 mins Animation project for Colombian Psychadelic Rock band “Los Niños Telepaticos”. Made using oil-paint on a plastic surface. Trailer… https://youtu.be/UunFmz5wETg
Love	Luca Zellweger, Rouven Niedermaier	2018	Switzerland / 3 mins Zärtlicher Werbespot für das Schönste im Leben – die Liebe.
Love Child	Rachel Berreth	2018	USA / 10 mins “Love Child” is a short character-based documentary featuring two gay couples and their commentary on raising their children today. Watch… https://vimeo.com/268051973
Love Intersections: Vancouver’s Untold Queer Stories	David Ng	2018	Canada / 35 mins Love Intersections, a collective that shares the stories of queer people of colour.
Love is Love	Alessia Pischedda	2018	Italy / 1 min A 6 y.o. kid has her own vision of the world, that is opposite to her father’s one. Watch… https://youtu.be/jK1iBajp6ps
Love Market / Amor al Contado	Iñigo Izquierdo Fernandez	2018	Spain / 8 mins Two lovers meet in a hotel, like so many other times. But this time it’s different; one of them has news in his family. This news will lead them to think about whether or not to continue with the relationship. The thing is that this relationship does not mean the same thing for the two of them. Watch... https://vimeo.com/347086074
Love Me Gender	Chiara Francini	2018	Italy Un viaggio in quattro puntate e dodici appassionanti storie per esplorare e conoscere - con sguardo aperto, curiosità e ironia – l’evoluzione dell’amore oggi, nella società reale.
Love Roars	Oates Yinchao Wu	2018	USA / 1 min The film is about a young Chinese man who travels to Los Angeles to reunite with his first love, a white American man, and faces the challenges of cultural and sexual identity.
Love Walked In	Suzanne Nuttall	2018	Canada / 3 mins A message of love & hope… and a love letter to Toronto!
Lulú en el jardín	José Luis Benavides	2018	USA / 56 mins This experimental documentary project explores the personal narrative and historical events surrounding the institutionalization of my Latina lesbian mother at Chicago-Read Mental Health Center in the 1970s. Trailer… https://youtu.be/wLJVsU-cJPU
Luminous Lust	Madison Young, The Erotic Film School	2020	USA / 10 mins This intimate sexual portrait of this passionate real-life couple gets steamy when they open the door and let the viewer into their lustful and luminous sex life.
Lyric Seal and Joey Minx	Crash Pad Series	2018	USA Joey makes Lyric fess up.
Machinepur	Maaz Maudood	2018	Pakistan / 11 mins Machinepur is a story about finding purpose and meaning in a robotic world. It is the journey of a robot named circuit from slavery to his awakening. After finding himself trapped in the routine created by the system, a dream leaves him with questions that had never been asked before. Watch… https://vimeo.com/230611963
Macho Man	Dominic Chan	2018	Canada / 3 mins A documentary on Gourav Shah, a gay Canadian of Indian heritage. In this film, I explore the themes of homosexuality, masculinity and the effects of cultural expectations Watch… https://vimeo.com/265822892
Mando	Adrián Morales Diez	2018	Spain / 4 mins Un padre y su hijo discuten sobre el futuro del chaval. Éste parece que atiende pero en realidad está a otra cosa.
Manhunter	Deva Smith	2018	UK Queer softcore cannibal art horror romance. Watch… https://vimeo.com/277302128
Mansa Musa Riddim	Elias Williams	2018	UK / 3 mins A Bristol reporter’s story about slavery is hijacked by a rapper, who aims to reclaim back the legacy of historical African legend Mansa Musa. Watch… https://vimeo.com/194016733
Maravilhosa	Thiemi Higashi	2018	The Netherlands An intimate portrait of Mavi Veloso, the embodiment of queer resistance. She performed at Roskilde Festival 2019 at House of Chroma.
Masticando La Realtà	Fabio Leone	2018	Italy / 5 mins Watch… https://youtu.be/-aKQ2-EKEOc
Match!	Cauê Rocha	2018	Brazil / 10 mins Montar um perfil no aplicativo como o Tinder é uma tarefa que envolve uma construção da autoimagem, de como queremos ser apresentados e vistos.
Max	Richard Schut	2018	Germany / 5 mins Experience the budding relation between two women, as seen from the perspective of Max the cat, in a mixed reality sensory installation with VR.
Max and their They-by River	Fox Fisher	2018	UK / 6 mins Baby River is raised in a gender neutral way by Max, until River is old enough to express gender preference.
May	Harold Antony Paulson	2018	India / 14 mins "The sea yields us once more to these shores. We are but another waves. She sends us forth to sound her speech, but how shall we do so unless we break the symmetry of our heart on rock and sand?" Watch… https://youtu.be/Dcb6tuRIw30
MBTI	Hojin Jeong	2018	South Korea / 22 mins The sex is the same, the family name different, but the name is the same: Nam Da-eun and Kang Da-eun, second-year students in high school. It somewhat bothers Nam Da-eun that Kang Da-eun seems to take liking to rebellious classmate An Hwa-jun. When the key guard An Hwa-jun Nam leaves without waiting for them Nam Da-eun breaks the window fortuitously. Nam Da-eun is consulted by a counsellor for vandalism, and writes a 'letter to myself'. Kang Da-eun sees the letter that Nam Da-eun wrote by chance. Without the family name written, the letter starts with "Dear Da-eun". Watch… https://youtu.be/2299d3AjmMA
Me Balance Suavemente, Me Balance Agora	Gabriel Newton	2018	18:05 mins "Me Balance Suavemente, Me Balance Agora" é um curta-metragem de ficção que conta a história de duas pessoas que encontram na conexão entre elas a maneira de sobreviver ao caos do mundo. Trailer… https://youtu.be/XIB8AyO0PCE
Memory of my 15th Birthday / Recuerdo de mis 15	Verónica Quiroga, Vanessa Pedraza	2018	Argentina / 7:55 mins Three teenage friends decide to visit the ‘red light district’ of their town to get to know the world of prostitution and transexuality in the 90’s Trailer… https://youtu.be/zPzj3ud9f1g
Mercy / Piedad	Naya Pascual	2018	Spain, Germany/ 16 mins Rodolfa and Maria Antonieta, two sexworkers with a deep passion for spliffs and trap music, hang around all day at their workplace: a magic garden at an abandoned airport ground in Berlin. When their colleague Asunción suddenly appears with the corpse of a dead client, they discover how easily sexual desire can cross the borders between the living and the deceased. A tragicomedy that explores ideas never touched before. “Because death really suits some people well”.
Mid-afternoon Moonlight	Harsha Gullapalli	2018	8 mins A documentary that contrasts the views of the trans women of southern India and the society they live in.
Missed Call / Appel en absence	Kevin Capelle	2018	France / 1 min “Hey, it’s mom. Again… I don’t know what time of the day i have to call to speak to you”. Missed call.
Mix-Mix	Sally Cloninger	2018	USA, Philippines / 23 mins MIX-MIX (HALO-HALO) is a Filipino dessert, a memoir, a treatise on global feminism and misogyny, a coming out story and a metaphor for experimental filmmaking. The film travels through the back lanes of San Pedro and Biñan, Laguna in the Philippines, the Quezon City TV studio used by the Women’s Media Circle for their ground-breaking feminist show, and the workshop where I first talk about “lesbian seeing” as a strategy for media activists. Shot in the Philippines over three decades. Watch… https://vimeo.com/240542540
Mölnlycke Bibliotek & Pridesymbolerna	Jessica Lloyd, Hanna Lans	2018	Sweden / 1 min Är symboler för HBTQ-personers mänskliga rättigheter som regnbågs-flaggan numera uttryck för parti-politik? Hur kan ett parti i svensk politik vara emot grundläggande mänskliga rättigheter? Får en inte rösta i regnbågskläder?
Mona	Jannik Gensler	2018	Germany / 5 mins Family. Doubts! Solidarity?
Mona Lisa	Andreas Boschmann	2018	Germany / 6 mins A short portrait of Mona Lisa von Allenstein. We learn about her dreams, her faith, and her past as a Catholic priest.
Monday / Astelehena	Jon Urraza	2018	Spain / 25 mins nita and Beti have to prepare the interview for adoption but they do not have the same point of view about the strategy they need to follow. Watch… https://vimeo.com/315439822
Mother Tongue	Yeni Sleidi	2018	USA / 7 mins Lucia has to help her immigrant mother navigate life in a country where she barely speaks the language, but a violent burst of xenophobia demonstrates that daily struggles for an immigrant go far beyond wading through bureaucracy. Watch… https://youtu.be/0k3acPOjAqo
Mothership	Dickon Bevan	2018	Germany / 4 mins A body, having been absorbed with light, undergoes a process of transformation passing through a series of states and examinations. The digitalised Super 8 format reflects this renewal with the light absorbing analogue film’s own transition to the digital form. Watch… https://vimeo.com/271765837
Motions: A Lesbian Short Film	April “Skyy” Blair	2018	USA / 9 mins Two women meet, fall in love and go through the motions in a very short span of time. Watch… https://youtu.be/aWetrkhMKFI
Mourn O Nature	Nino Laisné, François Chaignaud	2018	Brazil / 9:57 mins "Why wake up, O breath of spring" , in the opera Werther by Jules Massenet, was part of the arias that Michael Jackson sang in the privacy of his studio. Nino Laisné and François Chaignaud reinvent a Werther that would have been absorbed by Jackson: the same fascination for nature, the desire to revisit ancestral legends and the expression of amorous distress. The performer sings, dances and transforms, he slides between different vocal and physical registers and seems to prolong Michael Jackson's dream of total expression. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/302733906
Mudar de vida-Libera vita	Tonino De Bernardi	2018	Italy / 87 mins This is a film about the victims of trafficking, which comes from "the hunger for reality […] and the intent to bear witness to our times. Such difficult times, in this Italy that is so morally bankrupt, believing in empty slogans which lead only to further imprisonment of souls and minds. This is a film that comes from the desire to testify against the injustices of modern society".
Mumble Mumble	Patrizia Lazzari	2018	Italy / 7 mins MUMBLE MUMBLE recalls the “noise” of the thoughts of the protagonist of the film dealing with a tormented “coming out”. She’s looking for the best way to tell the others that she’s lesbian but she will find out that it will be easier than she was fearing about. Trailer… https://youtu.be/TUGrg7nOoWU
Murales Viajeros por la Paz, la Ecología y la Equidad	Saudhi Batalla	2018	México / 45 mins Proceso de creación de los murales viajeros por la paz, laecología y la equidad, se muestra la filosofía del pintor Alejandro Quijano y la historia del muralismo mexicano. Watch… https://youtu.be/VEOyyC0xLOo
My Brother Blake	Joseph Ressler	2018	USA / 20 mins Blake Ressler, my twin brother, struggles to find his identity as he faces the implications of serious mental illness, as I document the journey of his cycle in and out of treatment. Finally, Blake’s drug addiction and gender transition reach a chaotic climax. Watch… https://vimeo.com/252900321
My Fuzzy Valentine	Ben Edelberg	2018	Canada / 5 mins Put the Playboy centrefold in the hands of a Dyke and she will make her into a monster. A pulsating world of bug-eyed lesbian sasquatches and vaginal caves created from reclaimed textiles. Visual artist Allyson Mitchell's shape-shifting materials and colors explode off the screen on hand-processed and scratched 16mm film. Watch… https://vimeo.com/343468403
My Inner Territory / Território De Mim	Yggor Araújo, Daniela Moura, Raul Dias, Lorena Oliveira, Elisangela Cordeiro, Aline Cortez	2018	Brazil / 15 mins Coming from an area of violence to the search of a safe place, the LGBTQIA+ community has to learn again the meaning of family, love and respect, as they rediscover themselves and redefine the pains of the past, seeking for the right to live fully with their partners. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/299293351
My Movement Is Limitless	Elijah* Osakwe	2018	9 mins An exploration of the non*binary of our bodies through movement. Watch… https://youtu.be/SU8D1Yii15g
My Pride Is	Wāpahkēsīs (Keisha Erwin Roberts)	2018	Canada / 4 mins In My Pride Is, Wāpahkēsīs (Keisha Erwin Roberts) reflects on what Pride means to themselves as a non-binary filmmaker, as well as how it relates to their other marginalized identities. They assert that they can not fully celebrate pride without celebrating their other identities, which is a struggle as an Indigenous person to Turtle Island who lives on land that has been stolen, occupied, and colonized. Watch... https://vimeo.com/296093446
My Trans Body	Fox Fisher, Owl Fisher, Lewis Hancox	2018	UK / 2 mins Created as part of a social media campaign, #MyTransBody aims to celebrate what makes us trans, to make people feel better about themselves and their bodies, as trans people. Trans people are often made to feel such shame about their bodies and are held up to impossible standards based on normative ideas about bodies and expression — It is time that we acknowledge how far many of us have come, and that we celebrate all the things that makes our bodies trans.
Naked Tongues	Ernesto Sarezale	2018	UK / 17:20 mins Queers using their queer bodies as creative vessels and political tools on the naked spoken word scene in London.
Names that Matter / Nomes que Importam	Muriel Alves, Angela Donini	2018	Brazil / 15 mins In front of the camera, transgender people reveal how they chose their new names. The testimonies evoke the affective memory of these characters and the importance of having their identity acknowledged. Watch... https://vimeo.com/437001657
Narayanpura	Zeerak Ali, Humad Nisar	2018	Pakistan / 9 mins "Narayanpura" small boundary-walled society of multi-ethno cultural population is situated in the heart of Karachi. The working-class residents of this unique society with far different religious backgrounds - Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam, set a prime example of interfaith harmony and defies the extremist image of a country like Pakistan that is notoriously known for its oppressive religious laws.
New City Map	Giorgia Dal Bianco	2018	Italy / 35 mins The documentary tells the phenomenon of moving migrants in transit to Rome and the relationships they establish with the public space. A unique project of its kind, the result of which is the visual story of a new urban reality that migrants are moving with their movements
Neyna’s Diary	Eugene Chin	2018	Myanmar / 6 mins Neyna, who took her name from a demigod in a storybook, recounts memories of her parents, her life and her close encounter with death. Watch... here
Nicht mehr unter Kontrolle	Andreas von Hören	2018	Germany / 54 mins Ein facettenreicher Dokumentarfilm über fünf schwule Männer und ihre Suchterkrankungen. Alle sind alkoholabhängig, einige haben auch andere Süchte wie Party- und Sexdrogen-, Automatenspielsucht oder Esssucht. Sie treffen und unterstützen sich gegenseitig in verschiedenen Selbsthilfegruppen des Netzwerkes SHALK in NRW für homosexuelle Menschen mit Suchterkrankungen.
Nights of Passion	Ufuk Kadız	2018	Turkey / 5 mins Nights of Passion describes the preparation of an individual for a night-time guest. In this preparation, the doors of the fantasy world will be opened for the audience.
Nite Ride	Danni Black, Olivia Golosky	2018	13 mins Nite Ride centers around four friends who go on an evening bike ride while, unbeknown to them, they are being followed and eventually attacked by supernatural creatures of the night.
No hables de mí	Christian Suau	2018	Puerto Rico / 4 mins Fofé es anfitrión en una gran fiesta sensual de carácter fetichista. Su canción celebra la diversidad y la aceptación de las diferencias por orientación sexual e identificación de género. Con elementos visuales renacentistas que rinden culto al cuerpo humano en sus múltiples variaciones, este video trasciende el imaginario orgiástico del éxtasis religioso.
No Magic	Scotty Gunderson	2018	USA / 12 mins A bored young man clicks on an ad for a self-proclaimed fertility witch. He finds himself in her den, unable to escape her intoxicating rituals and bizarre allure. Watch… https://vimeo.com/303371600
No Place for Bad Memories	Evelyn Pakinewatik	2018	Canada / 2 mins Evelyn Pakinewatik offers an introspective experiment that explores trauma, memory, and healing spaces.
No Te Puedes Ir De Tu Cuerpo	Renata Díaz González	2018	México / 30 mins Dos jóvenes se enfrentan a la exigencia sexo genérica en sus escuelas y ante sus familias. Watch... https://vimeo.com/293722681
Nome Provisório	Bruno Arrivabene, Victor Alencar	2018	Brasil / 20 mins Renata, enquanto aguarda a chegada de sua amiga em um restaurante, depara-se com uma família em festa pela gravidez de Márcia e seu marido. A descoberta do sexo do bebê traz à tona uma importante reflexão.
Noolíhkamun	Zephyr McKenna	2018	Canada / 3 mins Noolíhkamun explores how gender and identity are intertwined with language, and what this means in the face of a centuries-long and ongoing cultural genocide.
Not Quite the Same	Marc Chevais, Arthur Bauvilain	2018	France / 15 min In a musical whirlwind, a nocturnal meeting, between women, pushed by their instinct of freedom. What do they flee from view, far from their cultural context?
Not Your Mascot	Beth Nelsen	2018	8 mins As sports teams waddle through a larger national issue, Native perspectives leap into the forefront at Napa High
O Corpo Que Me Pertence	Erico José	2018	Brazil / 19:12 mins Depois de um colapso mental Heitor acorda em um beco sombrio e começa a juntar as peças pra descobrir quem realmente é. After a mental Breakdown Heitor wakes up at a eerie alley and starts to gather the pieces to discover who he is. Watch… here
O Estranho Palhaço do Mal	Willan Lopes	2018	Brazil / 14:39 mins O filme relata a história de quatro jovens envolvidos em uma acusação de abusarem sexualmente e assassinarem uma criança de 13 anos. Após o fato, os envolvidos começam a desaparecer ao serem raptados, torturados e assassinados de maneira sangrenta e cruel por um serial killer que se esconde atrás de uma fantasia de palhaço. Watch… https://vimeo.com/439334519
O Parque	Fernanda Simmonds	2018	Brazil / 12 mins Trailer… https://vimeo.com/265759322
Ode to the Nine	Terry J. Jones	2018	USA / 3 mins This short experimental video allows the filmmaker to ponder the relevance of the moving image and what impacts it has on the Native experience of the past, present and future.
Oiseaux de nuit	Mateo Ybarra	2018	Switzerland / 15 mins In a well-known queer club in Geneva, Joy Falquet, a young trans artist, fascinates the director. She must be the central character of her film. But, she disappears without a trace. The show on the club's stage is populated by ghosts that we do not know if they are not disappearing, like Joy, fainting in the heart of darkness. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/286856506
Older, LGBTQ & Homeless	Luciana Lagana	2018	USA / 73 mins This social impact feature documentary on ethnically diverse and resilient transgender older adults currently living in transitional housing exposes many compelling challenges faced by this highly mistreated group. It becomes clear that we cannot possibly know what it is like to be over 50 and feel like a woman but not having the finger dexterity to shave so we still look very much like a man, to be an LGBTQ older adult who is homeless and in need of selling everything we own to stay alive, or to lose our job because, at an older age, we have finally acquired the strength to come out as transgender but our boss does not accept who we are.
Once a Month? / Hilabetean Behin?	Raquel García León	2018	Basque Country / 6 mins A woman breaks with her current life, leaving her partner and home behind to start a new life. All that she knows is that she wants to share it with a woman. The short film develops the search finding it unexpectedly.
One Man Show	Esti Belisha	2018	Israel / 9 mins Estee, 26, lost her father 20 years ago but only four years ago did she begin to experience genuine grief. With her one-woman show, she attempts to bring his character back to life.
One More Cigarette	Ivan Romanov	2018	Russia / 7 mins A young man lights a cigarette, bringing him both closer to his friend and at the same time more lonely…
One Stride: Chosen Family	Stephen Winter	2018	USA / 10 mins Together in one stride, we toast to our friends, allies, and chosen families. Watch...https://youtu.be/JZ5o8GLoEYY
Or You or Me / O tú o yo	Berta Frigola	2018	Spain / 7 mins Tamara, as always, takes the train when she finishes school. But this time the routine changes, when she meets the person who seats in front of her. Trailer… https://youtu.be/cefKUq0BU9A
Ordinary love	Aina Iida	2018	Japan / 9 mins Shin and Ami are childhood friends who attend the same university. Mr. Watanabe and Takagi who are close to Ami. Mr. Watanabe says that he really loves Ami but cannot take a step. “It seems like Takagi will tell Ami at the upcoming cultural festival.” The feeling of wishing for the friend's happiness and a little nostalgic heart. It is a very common scene of love among university students.
Osvaldo	Alunos do Centro da Criança e do Adolescente CCAA	2018	Brazil / 7 mins Osvaldo tem um superpoder: deixar todos tristes. Como curar essa tristeza?
Our Alphabet	Coco Schwarz, Alina Mann	2018	Switzerland / 17 mins 26 short episodes, taking us through the filmmakers' A-Z of kink and sexuality.
Our Stories Our Journeys	Christy Raj	2018	India / 11 mins The film talks about the journeys of trans men, who they are, their trials and struggles, issues with families, day to day problems like use of public toilets, migration and challenges in a new place. It is woven around the lives of 9 trans men from 4 South Indian States. The overarching aim is to highlight their distinct life situations within the hetero-patriarchal society of India.
Out	Roscoe Rappaport	2018	USA / 3 mins Five people relate their stories of coming out of the closet to their families. Watch… https://vimeo.com/269252990
Outliers: Calgary’s Queer History	Justine Boncezk, Leah Schmidt, James Demers	2018	Canada / 90 mins Calgary’s Queer History is a deep dive into the historical, social and political forces, which shaped the development of the queer community in Calgary. Featuring extensive footage and B-roll film from Calgary Pride in the 90’s, queer leaders recount a decade of turmoil, loss, and growth of activism and human rights. The film is a first-hand account of the frontlines of LGBTQ2+ activism at a time when the right to be out in Alberta was not legally protected, visible or developed. Spanning stories from 1960-present day, this feature length documentary delves into the moments and victories, which brought an entire community from the darkness into the light.
Packages / Paquetes	Héctor Manuel Moreno B	2018	Spain / 5 mins
Paige	Fox Fisher, Owl Fisher, Lewis Hancox	2018	UK / 2 mins Meet the fantastic transgender teenager Paige who talks about being bullied in this short film. Paige is one of many trans youths that have suffered abuse and bullying at school. Watch… https://vimeo.com/252040878
Pain Dulce	Ramses Rodstein	2018	USA / 8 mins Pain Dulce is mixed with pain in this BDSM porn short. Ramses Rodstein and Tenoch El Guero enjoy their breakfast of pleasure and torment together.
Paint	Selina Martineau	2018	Canada How do Queer artists respond to society? This short documentary explores how local drag performers and queer visual artists are addressing identity in this political climate.
Panda Moonwalk or Why Meng Meng Walks Backwards	Kerstin Honeit	2018	Germany / 8 mins In Kerstin Honeit’s video work Panda Moonwalk or Why Meng Meng Walks Backwards, human and inhuman bodies actively and resistantly assert themselves in the context of social injustices. Since 2017 the two Giant Panda Bears Meng Meng and Jiao Qing have been hired out by China to the Berlin Zoo for millions of Euros. Unfortunately for the Zoo this profit seeking attraction did not work out as planned – in fact it worked backwards. Meng Meng, the female Panda will only walk backwards – probably protesting against her imprisonment.
Para Além da Escola	Alunos do Centro da Criança e do Adolescente CCAA	2018	Brazil / 7 mins Dois adolescentes têm suas vidas cruzadas e transformadas pelo bullying.
Parade	Oz Zloof	2018	Israel 35 mins An urban symphony: wild characters, artworks, confessions and hidden desires all come to light on a casual summer’s day stroll through the side streets of Afula while at the same time, Tel Aviv Pride is underway. The film showcases a variety of subcultures and their key figures, situated in forgotten locations, far from the forefront of our consciousness and culturally precious.
Patchwork: Maki	Fox Fisher, Lewis Hancox	2018	UK / 3 mins Glaswegian Maki Yamazaki talks about community, friendship, and life as a transgender musician with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Watch… https://youtu.be/o44ltrefa5I
Patience Brings Roses	Lucia Thompson, Cassandra Rosin	2018	Czech Republic / 11 mins A mime falls in love with a woman and struggles to win her over.
Peacock Hole	Katrina Daschner	2018	Austria / 9 mins The cinema as cave allegory: celebrated in the grotto that provides the setting for Peacock Hole is the misalliance of light and shadow. Lithic landscapes trembling below the water´s surface, shimmering in the artificial light in impeccable white, corpse green, and scarlet, are the spaces of action for the amorphous creatures to do their thing. Mutated bodies and surgically expanded faces appear and disappear again behind vertical sliding screens; the living dead stare into the netherworld with black eyes.
Pepito et Bianca	Fantin Curtet	2018	France / 17 mins Paul et Sébastien se rencontrent au parc alors qu’ils sont en train de promener leurs chiens. Les deux animaux, Pepito et Bianca, ont l’air de bien s’entendre. Après une deuxième rencontre, la complicité des deux chiens a l’air de se transformer en prétexte pour d’autres rendez-vous entre les deux garçons… Watch… https://youtu.be/EShZhZc-FJg
Perron 11	Bram Gezel	2018	Belgium Deze komedie voert je naar perron 11 en iedereen heeft zo zijn reden om daar te zijn. Dieter wacht er op de trein om met de man van zijn leven naar Blankenberge te gaan. Marie-Antoinette ziet een erfenis in het verschiet en zet er haar plannen in beweging voor een huwelijk voor haar dochter. Lodewijk is er om de wens van zijn overleden partner te doen uitkomen. Wanneer het station het decor wordt van minder eerbare zaken, geraken de levens van de passagiers met elkaar verstrengeld en heeft stationschef Nelson zijn handen vol om de orde te handhaven op perron 11.
PETRA. Terrorismo Drag.	Marialejandra Rengiffo Arroyo	2018	Argentina / 16 mins Unx marica nos cuenta su historia desde su infancia en un pueblo conservador de Rio Negro y como se dieron sus primeros pasos hacia su transición a PETRA, una drag queen, que busca romper los prejuicios sociales en torno a la diversidad sexual, expresando la extensión de su propia identidad. Watch… https://youtu.be/JqWMDZOy1Ms
Phyllis & Francesca 48 Years On	Edwina Storie	2018	Australia / 8 mins In 1970, when society could barely fathom the idea of lesbian relationships, This Day Tonight spoke with young couple Phyllis and Francesca. Decades later, the pair reflect on the impact of speaking out. Watch… https://vimeo.com/260172899
Pink White Green Purple	Shiri Rosen	2018	Israel / 17mins A Dadaist cinematic piece – Generation Y’s take on filmmaking. What happens when a contemporary artist tries to make a film, in a world where this generation is seemingly interested in nothing other than branding themselves on Instagram and Facebook? Watch… https://vimeo.com/312736194
Pinkshasa Diaspora	Joëlle Sambi Nbeza	2018	Democratic Republic of Congo A first film which aims to make visible activists and artists of the diaspora, those who deploy the possibilities of Congolese homosexualities.
Pinky Gurung	Gopal Shivakoti	2018	Nepal / 13 mins Pinky Gurung is centered around the struggles of Pinky Gurung and her journey to being a transwoman social worker and leader in Nepal. Trailer... here
Planchette on 25 April	Dipa Mahbuba Yasmin	2018	Bangladesh / 7 mins Tribute to Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy, who was killed at 25 April 2016 by the extremist to oppose the conventional expression of gender. He was a mustachioed man who loved to wear sharee and an activist of LGBT rights of Bangladesh. Trailer… https://youtu.be/YPtYKVENZQo
Plumíferos	Alejandro Paiva, Juan Rodriguez Lage	2018	Argentina / 10 mins Criaturas tristes, meditabundas y erráticas. Plumíferas que se tiran al mar y lo imaginan charco. Las mariposas pobres, los despreciados de niños, las depresivas exuberantes, las que deseamos con fuego, las que nos abrimos al pulso desesperado del deseo. Watch... here
Polar Sun	Katie Doane Avery	2018	USA / 12 mins After the death of Sondra’s sister, her young niece comes to live with her and her partner. Sondra turns to Iñupiat stories for guidance while grieving.
Polvo Eres Luz Serás	Barbara Martínez	2018	Mexico / 3 mins Watch… https://vimeo.com/289969449
Pop Ritual	Mozart Freire	2018	Brazil / 20 mins Padre João prende um vampiro e o visita para um regime de experimentos científicos e estranhezas. Com o passar do tempo os encontros se tornam uma alucinada relação entre erotismo e o sobrenatural e os dois entram em uma relação obsessiva de vida e de morte entre corpos.
Poppy and Josie	Fox Fisher	2018	UK / 6 mins Two trans people,with an almost 60 year age gap, talk about their experiences growing up trans. A powerful yet simple film by trans people, about trans people, and for a much wider audience.
POSI+IVE	Ryan Macabenta	2018	Australia / 12 mins A spiraling drug use and numerous sexual encounters to cope from the loss of his mother and extreme depression, an ambitious young man grips into harder reality as he succumbs down an unexpected path of HIV.
POV: In the Shadows – Ex	Jaclyn Chessen	2018	USA / 4 mins Things can be much darker, through other peoples' eyes. Watch… https://youtu.be/IFg2qPcVrkk
Prayers for Dreamy Boys	Fallon Simard	2018	Canada / 4 mins Dreamy Boys applies traditional Indigenous medicine and ecological knowledge to trans masculine bodies to dream alternate masculinities. Watch… https://youtu.be/7AJbDnCxwJ4
Prazer Kamilla	Douglas Lupo Neto	2018	Brazil / 7:44 mins
Prendas Delicadas	José A. Cortés Amunarriz	2018	Spain / 19 mins The arrival of an old friend will alter Alberto´s life. El rutinario trabajo de Miguel en la lavandería familiar, se alterará de maneras insospechadas con la llegada de una clienta, que en la íntimidad de la trastienda, pondrá a prueba algo más que su experticia con las prendas delicadas.
Proximity IV	Four Chambers	2018	USA By highlighting parts commonly overlooked: skin, breath, touch, this film prioritizes atmosphere over the explicit.
Pteridophilia 3	Zheng Bo	2018	Taiwan / 15 mins Connecting queer plants and queer people, Pteridophilia explores eco-queer potential.
Purity / La Pureza	Pedro Vikingo	2018	Spain / 5 mins A refreshing, celebratory look into the truth, spirit, and hearts of trans children in Spain. Watch… https://vimeo.com/312364031
Queen of Hearts	Heath McBride	2018	USA / 13 mins “Queen of Hearts is a short documentary that tells the true story of one person’s journey from a tortured childhood to a thriving adulthood in New York City. A relevant tale in today’s world of bullying and cyber-trolls, Queen of Hearts inspires by showing that negative circumstances can, in fact, be the inspiration one needs to achieve their dreams.” Trailer… https://vimeo.com/291819170
Queer Encounters: From Central Station to Central Station	Elly Clarke	2018	UK / 27 mins A walk through Kings Cross with Ramón Salgado-Touzón, remembering the heady days of its seedy history, the danger and desire that came from beating those streets.
Queer Room	Kwon Aram	2018	South Korea / 29 mins Entering the Queer Room.
Quindim	Anna Iu Machado	2018	Cuba / 3 mins JOANA (33) teaches MARIA (30) to prepare a Brazilian sweet, the Quindim. They enjoy a nice moment of intimacy. While cooking, Joana remembers her son, who stayed in Brazil, with melancholy. Maria and Joana fill the kitchen with warmth as they get closer to each other, away from reality. Watch... https://vimeo.com/363518436
Raising My Baby Gender-Neutral	Fox Fisher	2018	UK / 6 mins Max is gender non-conforming and gives birth to River, whom they are raising gender-neutral until River can express themselves.
RandY	Adrian Blanco	2018	Costa Rica / 22 mins El corto cuenta la historia de RandY, un joven que es expulsado de su casa por ser homosexual, que tiene un novio llamado Luca, con el que se apoya en sus momentos tristes. Watch… https://youtu.be/6u2a-v5DdaE
Reclamation	Thirza Cuthand	2018	Canada / 13 mins After white people leave Earth en masse for Mars, the Indigenous people left behind contemplate their place in healing the world and imagine a brighter future after the biggest problem has gone.
Refugees Under the Rainbow	Stella Traub	2018	Germany / 32 mins “At the end of the rainbow you will find a treasure – it will completely change your life.” Whoever tries to find the end of the rainbow will realise things are not that easy - the end of the rainbow is not a fixed point. Also, Yusuf, Ritah and William had to make this experience in their lives – just like many LGBT* refugees. The film tells the story of their journey. A journey from Uganda to Germany, a story of violence, hope, disappointments and everyone's personal rainbow.
Reinaldo’s Motifs / Os Motivos de Reinaldo	Ricardo Vieira Lisboa	2018	Portugal / 9 mins In 1927, Reinaldo Ferreira, a well-known journalist and writer who published under the pen name 'Repórter X', founded the cinema production company Repórter X Film, through which he directed four films that same year. Among themO Táxi no. 9297 and Rita ou Rito?..., where homosexuality, transvestism and drug use feature explicitly in Portuguese cinema for the first time. Reinaldo's Motifs is an audiovisual essay that plays with a series of recurrent motifs in Reinaldo Ferreira's cinematic work in a manner that is playful but also unreverential. Trailer… https://youtu.be/olpjsgOTnW8
Reinas	Alejandra G. Painemal	2018	Chile / 10 mins Homophobia, spectacle, discrimination and heels are part of what a group of young drags from Santiago, the capital of Chile, relate, showing their characters, the inevitable fiction created by them, the struggle to be accepted and their yearnings as residents of a country that has stigmatized them, in a society that seems to still continue in past centuries.
Remedy	Gia Capra	2018	USA / 5 mins
Retratos	Patricio Moreno Gudiño	2018	Ecuador / 10 mins Discriminación y violencia son los denominadores comunes de un entramado de historias relatadas por varios jóvenes y adultos que se definieron en base a una identidad que hasta entonces desconocían. Su lucha personal y colectiva se ha efectuado positivamente, gracias al apoyo de otros miembros de la comunidad LGBTI.
Reunited	SB Gamble	2018	USA / 5 mins An orphan sister is desperate to reclaim the family she never had. With her long-lost brother, she finally meets her mother nothing turns out the way she plans. Watch… https://youtu.be/-LC1vP5CaIo
Rika	Dynamo Jeugd, Jongerenwerk Amsterdam	2018	The Netherlands / 3 mins
Rikes Tutorial	Rike Suhr	2018	How do I recognize a man/ a woman at the first sight? RIKES TUTORIAL. Following many inquiries from friends and fans, I have decided to upload a guide which helps you to finally solve the man-woman dilemma. In RIKES TUTORIAL you will learn practical tips to counteract this confusion of everyday life. Watch… https://vimeo.com/271369615
Run	Jessica Han	2018	Canada / 8 mins
Saan Ka Galing	Brooklyn Page Torres	2018	USA Saan Ka Galing explores the ways in which one’s performance of identity is shaped by Filipino-American immigration, societal expectations of success, and the growth of a family. This experimental dance film journeys through personally significant locations in San Francisco as lived and narrated by the director’s grandfather, Jaime Casido Torres. Watch... here
Safety in Numbers: A Trans History	Melinda Friedman	2018	Canada / 16 mins This documentary explores the experiences of transgender pioneers during the 1950s and 1960s, and the voices of contemporary trans youth. Watch… https://youtu.be/dQwS7LqfJys
Sailors Love / Die Liebe des Matrosen	Ida Schmieder	2018	Switzerland / 21 mins L. doesn't feel comfortable at all. After a huge fight with his mother he leaves home for an evening that changes his life for ever.
Salir del Agua	Isabel Casanova	2018	Spain / 8 mins Secret love story between two teenage girls. Due to the social pressure that one of them feels, the relationship will end up breaking. Watch… here
Samba of the pain	Hamamura Michika	2018	Japan / 2 min If you buy a napkin, you can put it in a black bag, or you will be told that the story of menstruation must be in public. It is neither dirty nor sacred. A pop and cute animation that expresses “my physiology” in “my way” in tandem with samba.
Saturday Sweets / Lördags Godis	Tom of Tottenham	2018	Sweden / 5 mins Genderqueer bodies enjoy the tender intimacy of BDSM, power exchange and gummy bears in this experimental film, beautifully conveying the intense connection enjoyed through shared desires.
Scorpio	Kirrilee Bailey	2018	Australia / 3 mins June interacts with water in small ways to channel psychic healing. Watch… here
Scrotalus	Werther Germondari	2018	Italy / 2:20 mins Some unusual creatures come to life in their natural habitats.
Seattle's Qtpoc Music Scene	Momma Nikki	2018	Canada / 45 mins This documentary isn’t just a showcase of what QTPOC artists are doing—it centers on questions of support and equality for QTPOC creative types in the music scene as it relates to race, queerness, and gender equity. Be prepared to be inspired—and sing along. Trailer… https://youtu.be/JxaffBmvZJM
Second Shutter	Goodyn Green	2018	Germany / 45 mins A film that captures the Berlin queer porn scene in sun-drenched, intoxicatingly beautiful moving sexual tableaus. This second part of the Shutter trilogy picks up the episodic form, staging bodies and light: the dynamic of the situation and between the performers, the light on the skin and in the room.
Self-Made Men: Episode, "Showbiz"	Amy Goldstein	2018	USA / 8 mins Two fierce, lovable visionaries—rapper Rocco Katastrophe and photographer Amos Mac, the force behind the most widely visited online transgender hub, Original Plumbing—invite us into a world of universally relatable dreams and aspirations.
Setback	Thais Andrade	2018	Brazil / 6 mins The story of Eva who despite her efforts and dissatisfaction, is unable to end her relationship.
Sharpen your heels / Afila Tus Tacones	Arturo Gómez García	2018	Mexico / 21 mins Transvestite, drag queen and queer from Mexico City, Bernardo Castrejón, with his transparent, irreverent, extroverted and introverted character, dancer and creative, creates Dolores Black. Sharpen your heels is a confessional of her artistic work as an artist through a compilation of images, voices and performances. Trailer… https://youtu.be/w1sjsMkXuos
She Said	Amanda Kindzierski	2018	Canada / 3 mins
Shibari	Luca Steiner	2018	Switzerland / 7 mins A brief foray into a deep passion for bondage art. Watch… https://vimeo.com/256195588
Simple Worlds	Jake Lukas	2018	UK / 2 mins An exploration into alien worlds through simple techniques.
Sin miedo al VIH	David Arteaga	2018	Spain / 23 mins A documentary that offers a vision of the HIV epidemic from its beginnings in the ‘80s till present day, through the point of view of medical experts and actual affected individuals. Trailer… https://youtu.be/SfPWCg_YraM
Sirenas	David Méndez	2018	Spain / 6 mins Un resbalón ajeno, una tirita y las luces de una ambulancia. Nora tiene su primer flechazo con una chica en las escaleras de la casa de sus abuelos. Un plan disparatado hará que vuelvan a encontrarse.
Sisters Playing Soccer in the Hood	Shira Sznaider, Mya Kaplan	2018	Israel / 15 mins 16-year-old Nicole, stuck in her boring neighborhood is looking for action. She drags her younger sister to wander around the streets, ending up in front of the town's most intriguing house
Sky Above Water / Himmel Über	Gitte Schmitz	2018	Germany / 4:09 mins A contemporary interpretation of José Agrippino de Paula’s and Maria Esther Stockler’s Ceu sobre agua (1978), relocated from tropical Brazil to an industrial utility area on the river Elbe.
Sleeptalk	Kristal Chan	2018	8 mins An Asian woman prowls through white assimilation and model minority myths toward her genuine, unfiltered truth. Watch… https://youtu.be/DHKH8lJWN5U
Smile	Hasan Raza Khan	2018	Pakistan / 2 mins A boy steals a girl's bag because he likes the lipstick she is using
Só penso em	Emilliano Freitas, Edinardo Lucas	2018	Brazil / 6:20 mins O desejo que articula as ações do dia-a-dia. Transforma o corriqueiro em libertinagem. Tudo, absolutamente tudo é erótico, dependendo apenas da combinação de fantasia e tesão. "Só penso em" borra a fronteira do implícito e explícito fazendo do sexo uma oração.
So Quiet: The performativity of a Pussy	Maria Cyber	2018	Greece / 8 mins Has a pussy it’s very own performance? Maria Katsikadakou (aka Maria Cyber) outlines the performativity of the pussy, in an eight minute video art. By claiming a part of the visibility pie, in contrast to the plurality of the information and images of dicks, the pussy is here, in close ups, raw and naked, in a big screen covered all by it. The title, as well as the images the director uses, shows us the actions of the pussy.
Song for Rent	Malic Amalya	2018	USA / 6 mins A remake of Jack Smith’s 1969 depiction of Rose Kennedy. Watch… https://vimeo.com/278238847
Sookee: Of Seahorses and Closets	Kerstin Polte	2018	Germany / 34 mins Sookee – Of Seahorses and Closets“ is a multilayered and intimate portrait of Sookee, a famous queer-feminist Hip Hop Artist and left-wing activist in Germany. She fights against sexism, homophobia and racism – in german society and, especially, in german hip-hop for years now. Tolerance and love instead of discrimination and stereotyping. Diversity instead of binary thinking. Seahorses instead of closets.
Spanky’s	Mée Rose	2018	Canada / 4 min Spanky’s is a queer coming of age story that pays tribute to the dancers of a small town strip club. Through the use of the artist’s personal collection of posters and water imagery a story unfolds at the intersection of sex work and queerness.
Speak	Nana Duffuor	2018	4 mins A queer Black woman charges past sexual violence and self-destruction into resistance. Watch… https://vimeo.com/311348633
Speaking Truth	Vonyse Reeder	2018	USA / 1 min Watch… https://youtu.be/VPUhHAuT95M
Splendid Case of Doubt	Daniel Moshel	2018	Austria / 4:09 mins Just your average love story between a furry and a dodgems operator. Watch… https://vimeo.com/241854499
St. Anthony’s Fire	Samantha Bloomfield	2018	USA / 3 mins A music video for the Fort Wayne Indiana based band Girl Colors for their song St. Anthony’s Fire, and embraces the notion that we should all celebrate our own quirky and unique individuality. Watch… https://youtu.be/rzGSjJZM2s0
Stains	Rebecca Weltner	2018	Germany / 6 mins An intense relationship between two men explored through movement and colours. Watch… https://youtu.be/T15BOgyNj9M
Stand Up: Stand Out	David Pavlovsky	2018	USA / 30 mins "Stand Up, Stand Out" tells the story of a unique brand of activism belonging only to San Francisco--where three gay teachers’ fight for equal rights during the burgeoning Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s, led to the blossoming of the Valencia Rose Cabaret, Café, and Restaurant, believed to be the first and only gay-owned and operated comedy club in the USA. As AIDS ravaged San Francisco, a gay and lesbian comedy club flourished in, of all places, an old mortuary. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/266630179
Standing Tall	Anakin Tora Botwid	2018	Sweden / 6 mins A celebration of the bravery inherent in expressing oneself in a society that wants to control one's body. Watch… https://vimeo.com/268290077
Stoop on Kent Ave	Alex Leombruno	2018	USA / 7:29 mins On the verge of nineteen, Dakota faces a quarter-life crisis sitting on a stoop. A conversation with a stranger ensues. Watch… https://vimeo.com/271389856
Storm	Aditya Dawar	2018	India This film portrays a reality of the wrestlers in which they are belittled in contrast to their strength and masculinity and are stuck as puppets in a play in a constant recurring cycle of fighting and tiring and preparing to fight again. Where the dark nature of the fighting is rather showcased as frivolous and insignificant.
Strange Territory	Jessie Short, Ashley Bedet	2018	Turtle Island / 4 mins Strange Territory follows Shim, a transparent eyeball, in this meditation on the intricacies of pleasure and desire. Erotic fulfilment could very well be equal parts exploration as it is knowing your own self and desires, ridiculous as that playful examination can be. Watch... https://vimeo.com/384923953
Stroke of Midnight / A Minuit Pile	Yoann Garel	2018	France / 12 mins In a Paris apartment two men meet by means of an online dating app. Right before midnight, they decide to go to the suburbs to buy some marijuana. Watch… https://youtu.be/eep89Pnn7IU
Sugar, Baby, Reno	Iñigo Sancho Bombin	2018	Basque Country / 30 mins Rafa lives in Bilbao and works in a supermarket. Part of his time Rafa is ‘La Reno’, a transformist. He performs every weekend, and writes the Blue magazine’s horoscope. Sugar, Baby, Reno is the story of Rafa/La Reno’s fight for being who wants to be, radiography through the signs of the zodiac.
Super Queer Force: Miss Gendering	Narci Smith	2018	USA / 3 mins When Rando Sally is misgendered at a supermarket, a group of queer superheroes magically appear to save the day. Warch... here
T(HE)Y	Caroline Callender, Silver Liftin	2018	USA / 11 mins Dakota Nieves and Indiana Baker explore their experiences growing up as transgender high school students in New York City. Watch... https://vimeo.com/262885663
Take me / Emmenez-moi	Antonio Valdovin	2018	Spain / 16 mins Two opposite lives meeting on the way, a stream of feelings without limits. A story with no brake where there is no time for repentance and its consequences.
Tchouri	Yvan Megal	2018	Belgium / 13 mins Charlotte and Sophie have been a couple for a long time. One Sunday, while they are having lunch, Sophie places a rock on the table claiming that it's a meteorite... Trailer… https://vimeo.com/256491870
Tea Bag	Jacquie Ray	2018	USA / 3 mins Jacquie Ray’s cinematic eye of desire shows the sexual empowerment of femme women by giving a whole new take on the saying ‘tea bag.’
Teddy	Christopher Sweeney	2018	UK / 11 mins When Paul's best friends are suddenly killed in a car crash, he must decide if he can raise their child, with or without his boyfriend, before the child wakes up
Tendência	Jonathan Costa, Águas Lindas	2018	Brazil / 14:55 mins Lucio is a family man who secretly experiences a crisis with himself related to his sexuality. Living years of agony, he decides to assume his true sexual condition for his family and friends.
Terroristas de la Masculinidad	Bruno García	2018	México / 28 mins Terroristas de la Masculinidad is a documentary film that captures de perspective of transgender masculinity in 4 visions that confronts gender expectations and trans* living experiences at the border of the night, the self narratives of fragmented (or not) biographies, the map of the body history on a trans-masculine identity and the way that transgender men make collectivity in México city every day. Trailer… https://youtu.be/BkzyfG0yRfE
Thara	Paco Ramírez, Tanya O’Carroll	2018	Mexica / 14 mins Thara is a trans woman and sex worker living in Honduras. In spite of prejudice and violence, she risks everything in order to be herself- even in the face of the monstrous dangers that stalk the night.
The Boiler / O Fervo	Adriana Couto	2018	Brazil / 16 mins Singer-songrwriters Liniker, Raquel Virgínia, Assucena Assucena, and Tássia Reis get ready for a special show. Pure intimacy in the backstage. Three trans women, two of them are black, and a black cisgender woman writing their history. Trailer… https://youtu.be/RAuxD9MBnwA
The Boy Who Bleeds in the Middle of the Sea / Ang Lalaking May Regla sa Gitna ng Dagat	James Allen Fajardo	2018	Philippines / 15 mins Simon, a teenage boy, menstruates in the middle of fishing. Simultaneously, his father, Nestor, an activist leader in their community, organizes and mobilizes the fisherfolks to continue to fight for their community, which faces impending demolition. Trailer... https://vimeo.com/272060884
The Cancer Journals Revisited	Lana Lin	2018	USA / 98 mins “I am not only a casualty,” wrote Audre Lorde in her Cancer Journals, “I am also a warrior.” This documentary revisits the words of Lorde’s book to offer a fresh queer feminist critique about how illness is politicised. Lin’s film adds discussions around intersectionality, health and body politics to Lorde’s original timeless writing, which is recited by 27 artists, activists, health care advocates and patients, including Barbara Hammer. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/283530536
The Comic Sans Video	Roger Beebe	2018	USA / 8 mins Provoked by the Twitter response to the Eric Garner “I Can’t Breathe” t-shirt design, “The Comic Sans Video” is a “desktop cinema” essay on the ways in which taste is determined by race, class, gender, drawing in equal parts on the theoretical writings of Pierre Bourdieu and conversations with two colleagues and my mother.
The Common Fag	Denise Kenney, Michael V Smith	2018	Canada / 5 mins On the banks of Okanagan Lake, documentarian Kenney observes the Fag, a particular subspecies of the homosexual and more evolved cousin to the Gay as he preens, explores his habitat and extricates himself from the beige restrictions of his box. This short experimental film takes a playful look at the trials and triumphs of “the common fag.” Watch… https://vimeo.com/261399218
The course of things, when we don’t hate / El curso de las cosas, cuando no odiamos	Ailín Bustamante	2018	Argentina Trailer… https://vimeo.com/256506619
The Departure	Pratim Gupta	2018	India / 23 mins The film traces an unusual relationship between a frequent flyer and an immigration officer in a society still struggling with caste, age and sexual orientation.
The dishonour / La deshonra	Joaquín Zejan	2018	Argentina / 59 secs
The Disidents / Las Disidentes	Jael Franco, Sofía González	2018	Mexico / 45 mins The Dissidents shows the life experience of 5 trans women in Mexico City. 5 women who break the traditional rules of sex and gender in Mexico. Trailer… https://youtu.be/3vuk95-LVm0
The Door	Evan Woodall	2018	UK / 6 mins An experimental short exploring and challenging the stereotypes door staff are faced with in their day-today role. Watch… https://youtu.be/MlZX6ADWEWM
The Eddies	Madsen Minax	2018	USA / 16 mins From above and below ground, a man named Eddie describes flood lines, levees and trivial histories of the crumbling infrastructure of Memphis, TN. In this same city, filmmaker Madsen Minax, a recent transsexual transplant, watches war films and contemplates masculine connectivity as he attempts to reimagine the South. He posts a Craigslist advertisement asking men to masturbate on-camera with their firearms. He receives a single response from a man who’s name is also Eddie.
The Fair	Shiri Havazelet	2018	Israel / 14 mins Reut, a volunteer on her national service year, is growing anxious over the upcoming fair, however having to deal with the complicated relationships at her commune pushes her to get involved with other affairs.
The Family Coalition	H. Thompson	2018	USA 12 mins The Family Coalition documents teenager Addison’s troubling experience with gay conversion therapists. Watch... https://vimeo.com/255232013
The Gentleman	Hannah Westerlind	2018	Sweden / 18 mins Gunnar, 75 is widower since one year back. He lives wall to wall with the young man Jon. Although the age difference makes it so forbidden, Gunnar feels drawn to the 23-year-old Jon.
The Hairy Tales	Pablo Oliveiro	2018	Argentina / 5 mins You never really know exactly who you are going to meet with an online hook up. This naughty little animated short examines that topic and brings new meaning to the phrase “fairy tale.” Trailer... https://vimeo.com/253582031
The Lesbian and Feminist Movements	Glenn Crawford	2018	Canada Queer women in the early liberation movement often felt torn between battling for lesbian rights or feminist rights and often didn't see eye to eye. We hear from both sides of the struggle from Ottawa activists Barbara Freeman, Marie Robertson and Rose Stanton and what it meant for them to be a queer and/or a feminist in the 70s and 80s.
The Life of Lei: The Man Behind the Makeup	Matthew Broughton	2018	USA / 77 mins A documentary film by Class of 2018, Fresno State Alumnus Matthew Broughton. The film follows Paul Hernandez for a five month period documenting his life as his drag persona, Leilani Price, while also touching base on several topics such as substance abuse, domestic violence, suicide, and depression. The message behind the documentary is to not only highlight the career of Leilani Price, a widely known Fresno drag queen, but to show the struggles that encompass Paul Hernandez, the man behind the makeup. Trailer… https://youtu.be/altIaapKFOs
The Lights are Calling Sreedevi	Jugal Mody	2018	India / 4 mins A mashup of Elie Golding, Bon Iver - Lights & Calgary featuring Sridevi from Chaalbaaz.
The Little Demon	Carol van Hemelrijck	2018	Belgium / 13 mins Every night, the same thing happens over and over. Giles and Sean’s daughter runs around the flat, screaming, scratching walls – possessed by a demon. They’re terrified of their own daughter and don’t know what to do about it…
The Long Trail Out	Shai Ben-Dor	2018	USA / 25 mins Tim Buchanan, a lifelong youth worker, has lived his entire life quietly hiding his sexuality. After nearly 70 years in the closet, Tim is sharing his story. All while he attempts The Presidential Traverse, one of North America’s most difficult day hikes. Watch… https://vimeo.com/281745488
The Luminous Ones	Lee Doré	2018	Canada The Luminous Ones is a sonic journey of three innocent heroes guided to battle a dark machine entity trying to overtake the world.
The Most Unprotected Girl	Jerilyn Webster	2018	Canada / 41 mins With her music, JB The First Lady wants to bring awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) of Canada and to two-spirit people. Watch… https://youtu.be/Y_asvn9xReI
The Naked Side / Alde Erantzia	Deiane Moreno	2018	Basque Country / 4 mins In each relationship, we decide how to live, what to do and how to be. We can be as we are, or we can decide to set limits to our mind and our body. This is Donostia, at 1:00 in the morning.
The Ordinance Project	Austin Williams	2018	USA At the height of the AIDS crisis, the City Council of Kansas City, Missouri debated whether or not to amend its Civil Rights Ordinance to prevent discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and people with HIV/AIDS. It quickly became the most highly contested piece of legislation in Kansas City's history, galvanizing both supporters and opponents while exposing a social divide that is still felt today. Trailer… https://youtu.be/fDqe4vTPx7o
The Palace Trip	Jessica Hargreaves	2018	Poland Palace residents all have different experiences at The Palace and coming to The Palace. 2018 residnets Jess, Tanya & Abby will all be cycling to Poland from the UK and will document their journey for us to view.
The Passion / La Pasión	Alberto Tovar Garrido	2018	Spain / 7 mins An audiovisual expression rooted in Granadian poet Federico García Lorca´s works that intends to search within deep personal insights as a way to connect with a wide spectrum of expressions, the portentous subjectivity of art as the ecstasy of human honesty.
The Pigeon	Shireen Dalbey	2018	Canada / 1 min Ever wondered what its like to have one of your 3am ideas come to life bc ur on a time constraint and have no time to rethink your life choices? Well, look no further. Watch… https://youtu.be/0M3TdFj3xlM
The Pin	Randy Caspersen	2018	USA When the boss’s son harasses the openly gay receptionist, a closeted mechanic must choose between workplace complicity or standing up for his co-worker.
The Plastic Problem	Alice Choe	2018	10 mins California surfs through its own plastic waste after China bans the importation of recyclable plastic.
The Politics of Choice and the Possibility of Leaving	Megan-Leigh Heilig	2018	South Africa / 15 mins “The film documents the days before I left South Africa to come to Belgium. It explores the choices or lack of choice one has to remain or leave a place. My partner is from Namibia. Her South African visa will expire in less than 6 months and she will be forced to return to Namibia, where homosexuality is illegal.” Trailer… https://vimeo.com/263398522
The Real Dillah / Do Lado Dillah	Washington Calegari	2018	Brazil / 18 mins After 25 years on stage, the creator of the famous Brazillian drag queen Dillah Dilluz faces difficulty to find work, besides prejudice and exclusion within his family. An intimate portrait of a restless artist who "invents his own joy." Trailer… https://vimeo.com/289199576
The Secrets of the Universe	Evelyn Rosenfeld	2018	Israel / 18 mins Alex is a lonely, confused teen who is struggling to make sense of herself and her world. She bonds with Opher, an extroverted, sociable girl who is eager to take on the universe. Together, they discover the truth about themselves, and the connection between love and the secrets of the universe.
The Set Way	Brad Taylor	2018	UK / 4 mins Realising she’s been typecast again, actress Rachelle storms off set, forcing director Nick to chase after her and re think the script.
The Sister	Kai Fláin	2018	UK / 4 mins A completely surreal film about everything that can happen to you when you are strapping. Francess only wants to escape the morning after.
The Story of Hawkeye Bray	Zeke Aszman	2018	USA / 12 mins A young cowboy, Hawkeye Bray, lives alone in a small white room. At night they have visions of a handsome honky tonk singer, a boy with a chain whip, and the rolling desert hills. Despite being unable to leave their room, Hawkeye learns how to manifest their dreams and desires into reality. Watch… https://youtu.be/Q9mfhcKPtss
The Switch	Neala Cullen	2018	New Zealand / 11 mins This documentary is about the story of a young couple who revealed to each other after years of dating that they were both transgender. We follow their story from the beginning of their relationship to present day, documenting the issues they have faced with their gender identities, coming out and society's reactions and expectations of them. This film discovers what drew these individuals together and why they think their relationship has endured and flourished through such unusual circumstances. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/294975309
The Walls That Bring Us Apart / Los Muros Que Nos Separan	Manuel Ochoa	2018	México / 21 mins Liana is in trouble with her mother Ester who does not accept her sexual orientation. After finding her with her girlfriend Sara, Ester forces Liana to medicate herself as part of a conversion therapy and she is forced to date a young man from church named Elías. This event creates a cathartic effect that made her to choose her freedom over her mother’s acceptance. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/226191745
The Weirdo of the Family / La rara de la familia	Sare Lesbianista	2018	Spain, Basque Country / 27 mins A collective piece to show the everyday lesbophobias that we must struggle with each day. The collective Care Lesbianista reached out through Social Media to lesbians in their area to share their experiences via video. This short film was edited with these diverse, quotidian situations, some subtle, some hard, but containing reflections of us all. Watch… https://vimeo.com/405353928
The Wheel of Fortune	Bambi K	2018	USA / 8 mins Five strangers are trapped in orifice bondage and only their simultaneous orgasmic release can set them free!
The Woman Who Didn’t Know About Herself / A Mulher Que Não Sabia de Si	Daniela Smith	2018	Brazil / 20 mins Selma lives the numbness of a standard life and, after hearing the noises her neighbor makes, she decides to knock on her door and break with what was already established, allowing desire and freedom to emerge. Watch... here
Them	Jamie Janković	2018	UK / 9 mins Recounting my own experiences with rape and being part of an abusive queer relationship, viewed from the lens of those who observed me at the time, before and after, I seek to raise awareness of this alarmingly underrepresented experience.
They	Chu Hua Catherine Dong	2018	30:11 mins They is a four-channel film installation takes audiences into four women’s world to closely examine their ritualized daily lives, their obsessions, their struggles, and their determinations of being who they are. The four women are different but mirror each other: they deal with difficult transitions, ambivalent relationships, and desires that trouble them while also celebrating their own existences in a subversive but almost meditative way. The title of this film is derived from the gender-neutral pronoun they. They in this film is both singular and plural, referring women as unique individuals who are plural, but whose bodies have been marked as the other.
Things I Would Say to My Mom If Only I Were Brave Enough	James Allen Fajardo	2018	Philippines Filmmaker James Allen Fajardo recalls his childhood before his mother left him to work abroad, and all the things he wished he could have told her about his burgeoning sexuality.
This is Me	Students of La Garrotxa High School	2018	Spain / 27 mins What “being normal” means? Have you ever told someone what you really feel? David and Laura, two teenagers, try to fight against their fears and the prejudices of the society that surrounds them. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/306986896
Tidal	Dwam Ipomée	2018	France Immersive ASMR porn for hands & skin fetishists.
Tie, Tie Again	Mickey White	2018	USA / 2 mins A Father’s Day gift brings back memories.
Time is Up	Nicolas Pourliaros	2018	Greece / 89 mins Charis returns to his house in the midday of a Friday. He has the whole weekend in front of him. After he cooks a meal he sets up a camera and starts a video diary. In his first video he says that he will kill himself in the next 48 hours. Will he really do it?
To Be Infinite / Grenzeloos Zijn	Robin Ramos	2018	The Netherlands / 5 mins A powerful and poetic search for the meaning of being queer. This film is an ode to people that identify as queer and afropean in The Netherlands.
To Be Together Forever	Chuyi Chen	2018	Taiwan / 5 mins Do you think the two of us really have a result?
To Grandma	Emma Goldberg	2018	Israel / 7 mins The film To Grandma, brings us the story of Emma who has come out to everyone but her grandmother. Emma can’t bring herself to tell her gran she is a lesbian. When her grandmother ends up in hospital in critical condition, Emma must decide whether to tell her the truth about her sexuality.
To Let the Body Grow / Dejarse Crecer El Cuerpo	Andrea Gudiño Sosa	2018	Mexico / 4 mins Animated testimonies of people with different gender identities which relate their life experiences and create one voice with a lot of voices.
Tofu	Sui-hin Mak	2018	Hong Kong An experimental montage. Watch… https://youtu.be/aERXt2IMxPM
Too soon, too late / Za późno, za wcześnie	Agata Urban	2018	Poland / 12 mins Bartek lives in one of the Warsaw districts. He has his friends and believes their bond is strong and genuine. Problems start when he realizes his otherness which doesn’t stand a chance to be understood. The choice needs to be made – be himself or stay with the group? It’s not easy when every decision might leave somebody hurt. Watch... https://vimeo.com/282023949
Toy Stories	Sandra Sordini	2018	UK / 5:30 mins Treat your toys like you’d treat your lovers: Don’t just shove them in. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/278915533
Tranimal	Shawna Virago	2018	USA / 3 mins This folk-punk single is for those of us living outside the binary. Watch… https://youtu.be/2223ae0jZWQ
Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer	Brooks Nelson	2018	USA / 34 mins What are the chances that two transgender masculine people living under the same roof would be diagnosed with “lady cancer” in the same month, one with breast cancer and the other with ovarian cancer? TRANS DUDES WITH LADY CANCER is the filmmakers’ courageous and personal story about navigating a medical system that is still figuring out how to provide affirming care for transgender people.
Trans Pride 2018	Fox Fisher, Owl Fisher, Lewis Hancox, Jamie Fletcher, Anne Mansfield, Taylor Lé Fin	2018	UK / 1 min Trans Pride 2018 in the UK was the biggest yet, with over 5,000 people marching through Brighton to show solidarity for trans, non-binary and intersex communities.
Transcending	Olivia Dendy	2018	Canada / 14 mins A personal, touching story that documents the struggles and successes of one small town family when their youngest child comes out as transgender.
Transkids - Anders aber normal	Jennifer Janke	2018	Germany / 22 mins Aufeiner von der Gruppe Transkids.de betreuten Freizeit lernen sich vier 13-14jährige Trans*jungs kennen. In der entspannten Atmosphäre eines Reiterhofs sprechen sie in Interviews und miteinander über Identitätsfindung, Coming Out, Namens- und Personenstandsänderungen, den Umgang ihrer Schulen mit ihnen, Depression und Hoffnungen.
Transpiration	Holly Volkner, Maggie Brittingham	2018	Australia / 11 min Young Australian Aiden Blyton revisits his experience of growing up as a gay, transgender boy at an all girls’ high school. He reveals the impact of the pressures to stay silent about his pain, even around his closest friends. Through his conversations with long-term friend and filmmaker, Maggie Brittingham, the two realise the importance of their support and friendship.
Trash	Bar Cohen	2018	Israel / 7 mins Hilla, a young trans woman, has locked herself in her home and will not leave the house. When her neighbour comes knocking at her door, demanding that she dispose of the trash bags she’d left out in the building corridor, she must confront both him and the outside world.
Trigger Happy	Anne T. Hanson, Wendy Jo Carlton	2018	USA / 3 mins A young voter is forced to consider the discriminatory political agenda behind making America GREAT!
Trip Stease: A peep show video project	Francesca Pennini	2018	Italy / 5 mins Watch… https://vimeo.com/287864348
True to You	Jacob Charton	2018	USA / 2 mins A brief lyrical work of visual poetry that captures a newly out young Mexican gay man as he muses on his internal war with religion and identity. Watch… https://vimeo.com/307635045
Tutti A Casa	Geraldine Ottier	2018	Italy / 7 mins Tutti a casa” is the real story of Maria Silvia Spolato, a university math teacher, activist, and lesbian in the 70s.She was photographed in a feminist demonstration with the “homosexual liberation” sign. She was fired and disowned by her family. She lived homeless for 40 years without ever asking anyone for anything, except sometimes a book to read. Trailer… https://youtu.be/bCYmBT5Qn68
Two Words	Dany Campos	2018	Spain / 12 mins
Um Traço Teu	Dani Nigri	2018	Brazil / 17 mins Julia é nova na cidade. Tudo que vem de fora passa por ela em desenhos que ser tornam seu próprio traço. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/294685856
Undone	Erin Buelow	2018	Canada / 16 mins Undone explores the troubled language of the tactile body. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/259069092
Unsent Letter	Christian Gordine	2018	UK / 7 mins Unsent Letter is a short film based on a true love letter written by an ex-World War II serviceman to his wartime lover. In 1961 the pro-gay publication ONE Magazine received a letter with little explanation. All that was evident was that it had been written by a man called Brian Keith to his lover, Dave. And that it had never been sent.
Untold Histories	Issie Soudy	2018	Australia / 45 mins Untold Histories is a locally made documentary telling the compelling stories of LGBTI Senior citizens living in Central Victoria, Australia Watch… https://youtu.be/oNqE86pdgis
UP! UP! UP!	Laura Giannatiempo	2018	Italy / 9 mins Una giovane donna nel pieno di una crisi esistenziale deve organizzare uno spettacolo per un centro di recupero, e ciò la costringe a tornare a Roma, nel suo vecchio quartiere di Valle Aurelia. Al quartiere nulla è cambiato e lei, che serba in sé verità nascoste, cerca un rifugio nelle pratiche New Age. Trailer... https://vimeo.com/254476223
Urban Sprawl	Kester Urwin	2018	UK / 2 mins A short time lapse of film exploring the space of modern life and light within the city. Trailer… https://youtu.be/2PKpr98mkHY
Urso+	Cristiano Sousa	2018	Brazil / 4 mins Paul is attracted to bears. Hugo is a needy bear. Everything seems to be perfect until one condition can change everything. Watch… https://vimeo.com/230964765
Useful Information	Scotty Wagner	2018	USA / 3 mins Filmmaker Scotty Wagner animates his old journals, offering a point of entry that stresses self-discovery over self-analysis (and criticism).
Va-Bene	Brenda Jorde	2018	Ghana, Germany / 11 mins Va-Bene is a performance artist who criticizes and draws atention to the restrictive and religious approach to gender that is present in Ghanaian society. This portraitis focused on his performance of femininity, which seeks to chalenge and subvert Ghanaian perceptions of what it is to be a woman. Va-Bene shows that you can be an aly throughart, and fight for what you think is right.
VAF 2018	Jessica Laurent	2018	Denmark / 1:28 mins Two girls in two countries are not as different as they seem to be. Can the VAF green dog help them to realise that? Watch… https://youtu.be/USl3AEpGDdc
Verification	Dana Brawer	2018	USA / 3 mins When setting up her new phone, Jillian realizes how connected she still is to her ex. Trailer… here
Versaearcolonion	Chandra Melting Tallow, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers	2018	Canada / 14 mins Two hosts interview celebrities about love and her sister intimacy, with a backdrop of pop culture and an underlying message about intergenerational trauma.
Via la Vulva	Kim Gehrig	2018	UK / 3 mins The world we live in was really overflowing with something similar to you who was embarrassed to speak publicly and forced to hide. Fruits imitated by external genitalia, cupcakes, wallets, and origami made of black, brown, and pink sing with joy. Watch… https://youtu.be/lvFF1s5z2RY
Vibrancy of Silence: A Discussion with my Sisters	Frieda Ekotto	2018	Cameroon In this documentary, Marthe Djilo Kamga takes us along as she engages in fruitful conversations with four other Cameroonian female artists who, like her, know exile as well as how necessary it is to transmit to younger generations what they have learned as their multiple identities have evolved and fused. The original score that accompanies the voices of these three generations of women is an active part of the adventure, a witness for the future.
Video Home System	Sharlene Bamboat	2018	Canada / 19 mins This video showcases the connections between pop culture and nationalism, and how bootleg economies kept the cinema industry alive during periods of censorship. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/287727906
Visible	Campbell X	2018	UK / 20 mins How do QPOC find out about their history? How can they learn about their history when so much becomes myth and gossip – or when historians research through a Eurocentric, cis-centric, heteronormative paradigm? Trailer… https://vimeo.com/300947596
Vivienne Vai’s Solo	Shine Louise Houston	2018	USA / 20 mins Vivienne Vai is out of this world
Vogue Beirut	Helene Dancer	2018	UK / 8 mins Vogueing has reached the Lebanon where dancer Hoedy Saad is determined to use this queer expression of residence to provide a safe space for his community. Watch… https://vimeo.com/267388440
Vote for X	Tazeen Bari	2018	Pakistan / 30 mins "Vote for X", is a short documentary that follows election campaign of a transgender candidate - Nayyab Ali from Okara in a unique perspective and lived experience, through all the highs and lows. The film explores Pakistani political system, election preparations, and personal commitment of Nayab a small town transwoman, who dreams for the betterment of her community and the marginalized population of Pakistan. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/462624069
Waiting for Pino	Noah Valentyn	2018	Israel / 16 mins A black & white surrealist film taking us into the extraordinary, fantastic world of Pino during the final days of a relationship.
War Call	Mizz June, Kjerstin Rossi	2018	USA / 4 mins A call to mobilization for all listening, “War Call” is the debut music video of NYC based trans hip hop artist Mizz June. Mizz June, the protege of luminary black transwomen Octavia St. Laurent and Miss Major Griffin-Gracy felt the need to address the current state of affairs for transwomen. Specifically those in her direct community, Black and Latin@ transwomen. The murders at the hands of trans amorous men, lack of supporting trans lives from activists within the black/POC communities, and hateful messaging against trans communities by the current governmental legislation created a sense of urgency for this song and video. Watch… https://vimeo.com/335536097
Warm Spell	Shen Xin	2018	UK /34 mins a complex exploration of bodies and cultures, set amidst the environmental change caused by global warming. Shot on the Thai tropical island Ko Yao Yai, Xin explores the economic and cultural challenges the island faces as it shifts from a predominantly farming community to one dependent on tourism. Interviews with the island’s inhabitants reveal challenges posed by the daily influx of western tourists to their traditions and customs. While the environmental instability underlining Warm Spell unfolds, Xin constructs a dreamlike backdrop for more personal explorations of the island and its influence on the body. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/268092560
We also Le Rose / Vogliamo Anche Le Rose	Marco Rambaldi	2018	Italy / 2 mins In the place where Antonioni turned "La Notte", Valerie Taccarelli, transfemmista activist, invites us to return to combat. Watch… https://vimeo.com/258236601
We are the Vancouver Men’s Chorus	Mark Halliday	2018	Canada / 23 mins In 1981, the Vancouver Men’s Chorus (VMC) broke ground and became Canada’s first gay chorus. Over the next thirty-eight years, they’ve grown into a nationally acclaimed and internationally recognized chorus. While they’ve charmed audiences from Toronto to San Francisco, no crowd loves the VMC as much as Vancouver, with many of us attending their signature performances Making Spirits Bright and Big Gay Sing year after year. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/356062798
Welcome Baby Anderson	Alice Stanley	2018	USA / 7 mins ‘Welcome Baby Anderson’ explores adoption, and the unique experiences adoptive parents go through in waiting for a child, even after it is born. The story focuses on a queer family awaiting the arrival of their child, and is explored through the lens of non-binary trans first-time filmmaker, Alice Stanley. Watch… https://vimeo.com/308599306
Welcome to Athens	Menelas	2018	Greece / 7 mins You're invited to discover a different side to the Greek capital in this tourism ad the Athens Tourist Board didn't want you to see. Trailer… https://vimeo.com/278232778
What Does It Mean To be Happy	Jesse Gotfrit	2018	Canada / 11 mins After running away from home, Chris meets Austin and they move into a run down warehouse. Although he loves Austin, Chris realizes he needs to make a decision about whether or not to leave him and his unhealthy behaviour behind. Watch… https://vimeo.com/328714339
What I’d Wanted	Cora Neiman	2018	Israel / 6 mins Effie is hanging out with her boyfriend, Jonathan. Everything’s great, until he invites Dana, her “bestie”. Effie tries to stall, but their meeting in unavoidable. Effie escapes to the bathroom, Dana follows her. Together they come to understand what makes it so unbearable: Effie’s in love. With both.
What is the Connection	Liel Dahan	2018	Israel / 10 mins Lott, 49, and Aaron, 33, have been married two years. They live in Jaffa and are very much in love, despite all their contrasts: secular vs. religious, dress designer vs. coroner, spontaneous vs. calculated, and so on. Lott has been out for as far back as he can recall where has Aaron only came out in recent years…
Wheelchair Dancer	Kenta Kambara, Nobuyuki Arai	2018	Japan / 2 mins A portrait of Kenta Kambara from Japan, who made headlines in Rio at the 2016 Paralympic Handover Ceremony for his acrobatic dancing with a wheelchair. Watch… https://vimeo.com/261769917
Where is my body?	Julián Pedraza	2018	Colombia / 7 mins How has television influenced the formation of our individual and collective identity? Are television melodramas actually the antithesis of sentimental education? The true mediatic moral is revealed here, in a countercultural zapping that simultaneously weaves and breaks the canons and clichés that prevail in our society, where it is still difficult to find a space for diversity.
Which image?	Carla Miguelote	2018	Brazil / 13 mins Trailer… https://vimeo.com/359984765
Working to the Top	Sean Ruhland	2018	Canada A transition can't happen overnight, but one night can make you realize just how long the transition is taking. Working to the Top shows just some of the ways life is make harder for trans people when all they're doing is existing in the same space.
X-Queers – Jacky Ka & Nathan	Ka Boom!	2018	Germany / 4 mins How do we as trans * inter * queer people experience our attachment to a broader human history and to the people around us? Can we connect as a whole person and be involved and different and unique, all at once? These films summon four superheroes to help us … Here we meet Jacky & Nathan.
You Don’t Wanna Dance (Musikvideo)	Theo X	2018	Denmark / 4 mins A story of confidence and love. An ode to all the young LGBTQ+ out there, not afraid to be themselves. Watch… https://youtu.be/qRQY3HYYRBo
Your Mother will Love Me / Ima Shlacha Tohav Oti	Omer Harel	2018	Israel / 12 mins On their way back from a secret romantic getaway, Shaked and Perry’s car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Much to the two teen boys’ surprise, Shaked’s mother beats the tow truck to the scene and the discovery of their relationship will be put to the test.

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