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 #Daughterfail
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Krissy Mahan
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2020
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USA / 6 mins
When a queer's mother moves into a nursing home, revelations occur but COVID-19 thwarts a reunion.
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#recognizemyhumanity
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DW Walks
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2020
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USA
Their work is focused on collaboration and intersectionality, building relationships, and having conversations in spaces that solidify and amplify the experiences inherent in brownness and queerness and humanness.
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[B]ellas
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Clara Rodríguez Arasanz,
Laia Suru Valverde
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2020
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Spain / 15 mins
[B]ELLAS successfully breaks the stereotype that conceives aging women as vulnerable, dependent and pleasing beings through a vindication of their experience, bodies, capacities, wrinkles and beauty.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/476292796
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)love(
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Aditya Nair
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2020
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India / 1 min
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10/01 Queer Nights
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Michalina Mrozek
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2020
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Germany / 30 mins
Six queer fugitives take the stage in this beautiful theater-dance-project, using movement to connect their different migration paths and share each of their stories.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/396304862
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13 Fruitcakes
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Byungkoo Ahn
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2020
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Korea / 84 mins
13 Fruitcakes is a series of 13 staged musical vignettes about 13 significant LGBTQ figures that influence humanity through their great achievements in the arts, politics, philosophy, and science.
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4:3
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Amy Pennington
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2020
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UK / 9 mins
A 4:3 shaped view into post-section 28 queer television.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/txHCNKh_1xA
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580 East
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Jen Robles
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2020
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USA / 15 mins
Oakland’s rapid development chokes the growth of a Latina.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/jDGIA0kDoAU
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A
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Antoine Pelletier
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2020
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Canada / 3 mins
A few fragments from the story of a lonely young man looking for love. A film adaptation of ‘’A’’, an unpublished play by Antoine Pelletier exploring contemporary LGBT2SQ+ relationships.
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A Conversation
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Louise Sautron
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2020
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France / 3 mins
A conversation set between images, sound and text. all to the service of the message. The message being the journey to self-acceptance.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/ePT7gThuvbE
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A Day Without You /
Un Día Sin Ti
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Oscar Arce Naranjo
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2020
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Mexico / 4 mins
On this day, Thomas must face the fact that he needs to move on from his relationship. But how?
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A Different Time
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Kristina Valada-Viars
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
A dreamer moves through her world imagining a future into being.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/489660787
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A Good Day /
Ein Guter Morgen
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Jan Soldat
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2020
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Germany / 4 mins
A good day for the hotel guest.
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A Headlamp or Two
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Beth Terwilleger
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2020
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USA / 6 mins
The COVID pandemic nixed Seattle Dance Collective’s annual season, so they presented the season as a film festival. This short dance piece uses absurdity and humor as a way to cope with excruciating emotional pain.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/438673414
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A Headlamp or Two:
Creating Dance Through a Pandemic Lockdown
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Bruno Roque
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2020
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USA / 30 mins
During the early months of the pandemic, the Seattle Dance Collective became one of the first companies to produce new dance for digital distribution, documenting both discoveries and unprecedented challenges.
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A Job Like Any Other /
Un métier comme un autre
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Annick Roussy
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2020
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Canada / 21 mins
Pierre is an ordinary 55 years old man, solitary and very shy. He lives in his tidy and quiet apartment surrounded by his favourite figurine collections. However, his job is far from his low profil type. He’s been a Drag Queen Barmaid for the past 30 years, a hard and restrictive work he never really chose. But for him, it’s a job like any other.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/369471906
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A Little Contract /
Le petit contrat
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Hristo Todorov
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2020
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France / 20 mins
Jeanne is feeling low, because like her friends, she has not been able to attract boys. One evening, when she’s looking for a match on dating apps, an unexpected visitor emerges. She gets hold of the opportunity to find the boy of her dreams, but on one condition… A modern-day Cinderella tale with a twist!
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A Non Binary Story: Reencuentro
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Max Masri,
Chelsea Eng
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2020
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USA / 6 mins
This short was filmed in Manhattan in honor of the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall. Themes of LGBTQIA+ pride, liberated tango partnering and transformation play out against the humid pulse of a New York City Summer day.
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A Real Hail Maria:
Death of a White Goddess
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Erica Nevarez Schachtele
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2020
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USA / 13 mins
A brown trans woman is summoned in a dream to a hilltop, where a White Goddess is awaiting her fate – as our new golden dawn may no longer have a place for her racism and transphobia. Through the magic of song, the woman and the goddess battle – but this first effort ends in failure. Given another chance by a passing raven, the woman returns to face the white goddess again.
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Aimez-vous Camping
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KIM Kkobbi
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2020
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South Korea / 16 mins
Jiwoo meets Soo-jin at a camping site and is attracted to Soo-jin at first sight, but it's not easy to get Soo-jin's attention.
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Aisha & Khadija
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Safae Lahgazi Alaoui
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2020
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USA / 7:39 mins
Two young Muslim femmes release the binding pinch of family pressure with a party fever that induces more than they expected.
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Aje Ijo
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Kiana Harris
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2020
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USA / 14 mins
A kaleidoscopic dance elicits elements of the African diaspora while interrogating the Western gender binary.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/226179542
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Ali’s Secret /
Serr Ali سر علي)
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Mona Daoud
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2020
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Egypt / 28 mins
Ali and his wife Nadia have a tense relationship, strained by jealousy and sexual frustration. When Ali’s long estranged friend, Hussein, suddenly comes to town and stays with them for the weekend, tensions between all three erupt to the surface, revealing a deeply suppressed secret, they must all come to terms with.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/512299482
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All Black Lives Matter
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Gabrielle Grimm
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
This short documentary showcases the amazing efforts and talents of Black LGBTQ+ leaders as they host a BLM march in Seattle.
Watch… https://youtu.be/ztBXN0K_brw
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All the Colours
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Pippa Samaya,
Tara Jade Samaya
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2020
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Australia, Germany / 3 mins
Relationship goals done to perfection through movement in a non-dialogue mood board of simple moments. A rare glimpse of lockdown loveliness from The Samaya Wives.
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Am fost, să fiu de nu
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Ana-Maria Mihailidis,
Denisa Elena Avram
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2020
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Romania / 11 mins
Viața Marei, o adolescentă din România rurală a anilor ’50, este întoarsă cu susul în jos după ce părinții ei îi aranjează o căsătorie cu un tânăr înstărit dintr-un sat vecin. Mara se vede pusă într-o situație fara de scăpare, iar sentimentele sale romantice pentru prietena ei, Ioana, o bulversează complet.
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Amplify
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Isak Vaillancourt
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2020
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Canada / 17 mins
Three Black women, all Sudbury residents, share their lived experiences and thoughts in relation to the current political climate, racial inequality, and social justice.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/543750287
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An Einem Film Zum Thema Shopping?
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Jan Soldat
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2020
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Germany, Austria / 5 mins
A blind date one afternoon at the mall.
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Ana
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Maria Mondrago
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2020
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Mexico / 14 mins
Three twelve year old girls protagonize a coming of age that takes place in a summer camp. After a kiss, that seems like a playful act, Ana begins to discover an undeniable feeling of attraction for Carlota, her best friend. Julia, motivated by teenage envy, annoys and pressures Ana to confess her feelings for Carlota.
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Annexus
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Claudia Moreno
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2020
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Portugal / 6 mins
The fragmentation of the mundane and insignificant that is contained in the gesture of dressing and undressing the skin that is attached to us through the days. How many of these fragments fit in a room and how many wholes can you create from them?
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Another Europe
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Sangam Sharma
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2020
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Austria / 55 mins
How does queerness relate to feeling out of place and longing for places far away?
Another Europe is a moving essay in which Europe’s faraway places, away from typical tourist hot spots, provide the mise en scène for this film. Landscapes in transition and pictures of movement resemble long journeys using trains, ferries and public transport.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/Kal2ZAZYKu4
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Antifa Faggots
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Lasse Långström
aka Antiffa Vänsterfitta
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2020
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Sweden / 25 mins
Gentrification is creeping closer to the home of the antifa faggots and the topic for todays house meeting is the threat of eviction. But it all has to wait when it is revealed that somebody has put meat in the fridge. Prepare yourselves for discipline and punishment!
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Armor:
Let Them Stare
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Ihor Chaikovskyy,
Olexander Krupa
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2020
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Ukraine / 4 mins
A seductive femme has a night out on the town.
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Armpit Lover
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Meltem Şahin
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2020
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Turkey / 26 secs
Bodies merge and intertwine in this vibrant vision of sexuality.
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At Home but Not at Home
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Suneil Sanzgiri
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2020
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USA, India / 11 mins
Sanzgiri's father was 18 when India ousted the last remaining Portuguese colonizers from Goa in 1961. Combining 16mm with drone footage, desktop screenshots, and Skype interviews with his father, Sanzgiri utilizes various modes of seeing at a distance to question identity, the construction of memory and anti-colonial solidarity across continents.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/383128100
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Awake But Dreaming (or the hypnosis operated by Tumblr on my poor brain)
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Mathieu Morel
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2020
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France / 4 mins
A collage exercise around the consumption of images on the internet, entirely made up from gifs.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/553921557
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Baby Girl
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Rofie Nur Fauzie,
Mohamad Sulaeman
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2020
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Indonesia / 14 mins
Cunenk grew up as a girl trapped in a boy’s body, and could not wait to leave her village and become a trans performer. She is respected within her community, but once in a while, steps back into her male clothes in order to fundraise for the local maternity hospital.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/KjR1MNlzeSs
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Bayanihan & Resilience
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Jocelyn Tabancay Duffy
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2020
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USA / 5 mins
Penny Baldado, a queer Filipino immigrant and proud owner of Café Gabriela, makes it through the COVID-19 pandemic by giving back to Oakland. Watch Trailer
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bEACH
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Declan McKenna
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2020
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USA / 1:47 mins
In bEACH, the lasting sensations of memories are told through the medium of the body. Through presenting these experiences, the visual and the physical, on the skin, I aim to share the corporeal effects of spending time with someone you love.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/390382654/35a86d81e5
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Because They Love Me
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Poll Andrium Landazury Hurtado
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2020
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Colombia / 9 mins
Poll knows many stories from friends that have suffered rejection, physical abuse and humiliations coming from their families, for being lesbians, gays or transgender. If families preach love, why do they do that? With these questions, Poll who doesn’t feel female or male and who has expressed their lesbian attitude from a very young age, gathers their numerous family that lives in the neighborhood Siloe (Comuna 20) in Cali, Colombia, to ask them a very simple yet very deep question: Why do you love me? This short film is a tribute from Poll to their family where love thrives over prejudices and stereotypes and is also a call for other families to defeat their fears and choose to love.
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Becca
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Nancy Webb
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2020
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Canada / 13 mins
Max and Daphne share a lovestruck evening while a bizarre secret looms.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/471911452
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Before and After Detention /
Antes y después de detención
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Armando Ibanez
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2020
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USA / 13 mins
“Before and After Detention” follows the journey of three transgender women as they seek a better life in the US while confronting transphobia, racism, and discrimination. Yet, they are filled with hope and resilience and fight every day to call the US home.
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Behind the Drag:
Aurora Sexton
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Lisa Donato
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2020
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USA / 5 mins
Aurora Sexton is a trans woman and drag queen from Los Angeles currently performing in Provincetown, Massachusetts, who's known for dressing up as classic villains and giving them a positive, witty spin. She's highly respected by her peers for her craft and performance, but life hasn't always been golden.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/351092323
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Better Than Clean / Cochon de Cauchemar
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Torri Lisek
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2020
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Germany / 11 mins
Lina’s dinner party is a wash-out when all of her friends let her down. As she clears the food away, she notices a mysterious advert on the side of a cosmetic bottle and decides to investigate. The evening takes an unexpected turn when she is led into a surreal scene of self-indulgence.
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Better Than Sex
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Sarah Gaygen
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2020
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USA / 2 mins
A look at romantic relationships and intimacy from an asexual person's point of view.
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Between Men /
Männerabend
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Ares Ceylan
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2020
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Germany / 20 mins
A man gets an unexpected visit from the partner of his deceased son, and is confronted with truths that have remained unspoken for years.
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Bhang
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Imran Sajid
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2020
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Pakistan / 8 mins
Sameer is a married man who is secretly in love with his barber Asim. One night Sameer decides to express his love for Asim, but the conversation takes an unexpected turn.
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 Big (foot) love
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Alessia Cecchet,
Joshua Dean Tuthill
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2020
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Italy, USA/ 2 mins
A forest, a hunter, a groan.
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Black Boi Majik
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Lyrik London
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2020
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USA / 36 mins
About the highs and lows of being a black gay man.
Watch… https://youtu.be/-ZgoMtcCMRs
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Black Sex Magic
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Beyondeep
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2020
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Colombia / 8 mins
An entrancing BDSM film that mixes rough impact with sensual romance, guided by music, thunder and flames.
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Blanca
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Veronica Valladares
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2020
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Spain / 10 mins
Blanca's reunion with her friend from college will make her relive the best decision of her life: to be who she really wants to be.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/8G49VaHsQ1Y
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Blanco Amor
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Anubis Alejandro
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2020
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Italy
Gaia, artist and therapist, lives in a flat in Milan, Italy.
During the lockdown for covid-19, Gaia, overlooking from the window, thinks about her companion for life, Biancaneve the cat.
Starting from this, Gaia tells about the importance of love and of learning to live in the heart.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/478111952
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Blue Vulvettes – The Female Sex Exists
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Camille de Pietro
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2020
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Switzerland / 10 mins
Un théâtre, des rideaux en velours rouges, un drôle de présentateur et, surtout, des vulves qui parlent. Des vulves qui vous parlent. De l'église, de la violence, mais aussi, et surtout, d'elles-mêmes.
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 Bottom Brunch
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Matthew Curiano, Brandon Contreras
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2020
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7 mins
Matt and Luis are about to head off to a fantastic, overpriced, bottomless brunch when Matt receives a text which forces him to reconsider. He realizes he should have stopped eating 36 hours ago.
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Bougainvilleas
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Diana Filipa
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2020
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Portugal / 28 mins
Lume is fired from their monotonous office job and their life is shook. Sandra comes to visit them and help with their mystical anxiety.
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Breath Control
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Carson Parish
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2020
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USA / 9 mins
Heartbreak, breathplay, suspension bondage, and a conscientious ghost create a queer tale of redemption set in the woods.
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Bridesmaid
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Tzu-Ting Shen
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2020
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Taiwan / 15 mins
Jean, who is neutral in appearance, is forced to go home and put on her bridesmaid dress for the coming of her sister’s wedding. But things go differently when Jean and her girlfriend meet her drunk father at the stir-fried food restaurant that night.
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Broken Relationship
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Wrik Mead
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2020
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Canada / 4 mins
Glitched video mimics the broken messages sent by the porn industry.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/506827069
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Burning
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Paula Alves
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2020
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Brazil / 20mins
A mesmerising, surreal, messy archival work sees 2 people explore their shared memories.
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Café com Rebu
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Danny Barbosa
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2020
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Brazil / 13 mins
Vanessa é uma travesti de 37 anos, negra, que trabalha como manicure atendendo em domicílio e, que há algum tempo conseguiu deixar a vida de prostituição nas ruas da cidade onde vive. Isolamento social estabelecido na cidade. Vanessa dentro de sua residência aguarda a aprovação do auxílio emergencial do governo. Sua situação está em análise.
Watch… https://youtu.be/gxT8oKdlWc8
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Camille
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Maël Nathanaël Sonn
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2020
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France / 4 mins
Camille is about to take a bath when a child appears and questions the identity she has built up until now. After having a talk with whom she should have become, she fully embraces the doubts and issues that come with the construction of one’s unique identity.
Watch… https://youtu.be/szeTBTwdzpA
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Capacity
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Marlee Archer
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2020
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USA / 7 mins
Calen, a queer black woman, navigates her inner turmoil, anxiety and worldly external forces while receiving guidance from her ancestor Dula to seek and find her fearlessness. She realizes she's always had the power within to conquer her fears, and find her brave future.
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Capitol & Broad
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Tanea Lunsford Lynx
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
Black families blossom despite the drought of gentrification.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/442176078
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Carmilla
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Piper de Palma
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2020
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USA / 13 mins
When Laura arrives at her parent’s summer home to work on her senior thesis, she meets Carmilla, the mysterious, beautiful, and oddly familiar tenant. Carmilla relentlessly pursues Laura, eventually revealing that she recognizes her from a dream they both had when they were younger. Though disturbed at first, Laura can’t deny her attraction for Carmilla and gives in. Once she discovers that Carmilla is a vampire in pursuit of her virgin blood, Laura must destroy her, or she herself shall perish.
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Casual Rave
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Andrew Paparone
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
Self-filmed and directed by Andrew Paparone during the 2020 pandemic, 'Casual Rave' explores the day to day relationship of a stuck at home couple learning to navigate their new normal. Watch… https://vimeo.com/447913412
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Catcher in the Rye
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Ryan Cassata
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
A transgender man revisits and reclaims his hometown after leaving due to homophobia/transphobia.
Watch… https://youtu.be/sER1TACQlIc
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Chameleon:
A Visual Album
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Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
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2020
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Germany / 22 mins
A final farewell of two lovers. Nina and Mia share a silent moment together in their once shared living room, now sparse of belongings. Their internal feelings reflected back to us through flashes of their true interior loss, amongst memories of a closeness no longer possible. A quiet look at two women's last goodbye.
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Champion
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Brittany Campbell
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
An animated ode to Black queer femme love accompanies Brittany Campbell’s song “Champion.”
Watch… https://youtu.be/_o9t4RN0ru4
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Chants D'amours
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Lamathilde
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2020
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Canada / 3 mins
PD, gouine, tranny... Retourner l'insulte et en faire son étendard, sa force, sa fierté.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/346639716
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Choice
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Dudek Pulit
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2020
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Poland / 5 mins
“Choice” is a traditional short film animation attempting to capture the experience of a non-binary person. The animation was created using a sketchy line in order to convey feelings of the character’s undefinition.
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Cindyrella
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Felipe Betancur Villegas,
Christian Rios
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2020
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Colombia / 16 mins
Cindy este o femeie transgen care, după mulți ani de practică a muncii sexuale, acum se poate odihni pe clădirea ei, unde locuiește. De acolo, ea se uita la oraș și prin poveștile din viața ei își creează imagini a timpuri și locuri diferite, a călătoriei ei spre Italia și a copilăriei în câmpiile din Columbia.
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Cirrocómulus
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Fernando Ramos
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2020
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Puerto Rico
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Closeted Lesbian /
Lésbica Enrustida
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Bia Lee
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2020
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Brazil / 6 mins
This is a late apology, a late loveletter, a late goodbye.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/388152953
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Cocky King
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Aïcha Belkhodja
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2020
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Canada / 9 mins
Charli Deville is the "king of drag kings". As she prepares to get on stage, Coco erases her womanly features with makeup and creates Charli. She asks herself about virility and how she feels when she becomes Charli. Her voice is intertwined to Clark's, a transgender man. He wonders about the role of drag kings and what it means to be a man.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/310885060
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Coda
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Victoria Duflot,
the Global Media Lab
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2020
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USA / 3:21 mins
An homage to what emotions dance allows to leak and bloom.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/427825462
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Coeur-Tendre
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Anne-Camille Vaucher
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2020
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Switzerland / 5 mins
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Coffee and Love
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Werner Schnater
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2020
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2 mins
Sadomasocat is a mouselover and has just found his absolute kif on the net ... A whimsical parody of dating sites and their side.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/487365976
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Coming Home
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Laura Mannix
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2020
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Republic of Ireland / 10 mins
Devin’s childhood exists in these four walls. How do we stop bad memories replacing the good?
Watch… https://youtu.be/jHDle1K98OE
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Coming Home to Myself
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Ella Figueiredo
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2020
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USA / 5 mins
An experimental and cathartic visual portrait of queer Afro-Latina Bianca and her personal experience of finding liberation through dance.
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Coming out
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Kenneth Castillo
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2020
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USA / 6 mins
One girl, after asking another woman to meet for coffee, is slow to tell her why she wanted the meeting, but the other woman quickly guesses.
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 Confusion
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Aashuka Aryal
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2020
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Nepal / 13 mins
After getting married to a stranger, a newlywed woman feels uncomfortable in her new home. Instead of seeking comfort with her husband, she is attracted to her sister-in-law.
Watch… https://youtu.be/15K7s3i89Lg
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Conversations with Atlas
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Tierra Frost
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
A queer Black woman nurtures chosen community seedlings.
Watch… https://youtu.be/T0hne4oE6DE
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Coreografías de la Transgresión
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Soraya Ronquillo
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2020
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Spain / 44 mins
De Lima a Cusco (Perú), las protagonistas de este documental nos acercan al espacio de lo transfemenino. Las experiencias de vida de cada una de ellas hilvanan un relato de lucha y reivindicación, en el que lo religioso-tradicional, la danza o el activismo se convierten en espacios de resistencia, de empoderamiento individual y colectivo.
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Crashing
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Nathalie Isabel Raiz-Anaya
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
Mental health shadows the success of an agender Black person.
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Crooked
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Briana Blades, Kristin Kent
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2020
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Canada / 5:39 mins
A documentary about genderqueer journalist, poet and artist Jess Sachse who is living with a congenital disability.
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Cruz
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John Dela Cruz
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2020
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Canada / 6 mins
Cruz is an experimental documentary about what it is like to be a person of colour in the LGBTQ+ community.
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cumcumcumcumcum everybody
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Peter Millard
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2020
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UK / 1.22 min
When it comes to any sexual fun you’re into or curious about, if it feels good between everyone who’s involved, do it and have a good time.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/404013799
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Cupping the Flame of Women's Culture
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Helene Rosenbluth
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2020
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USA / 30 mins
At a time when lesbian spaces have been closing world wide, the Montclair Women's Cultural Arts Club provided a safe haven where community formed around music, politics & culture. That era ended with a final concert in 2015 with Linda Tillery, Holly Near, Melanie DeMoore, Alix Dobkin, Terry Garthwaite, Barbara Higbie, Mary Watkins & The Washington Sisters. This documentary explores the importance of creating space for alternative women's culture by weaving interviews and archival photos with highlights of that momentous concert.
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Dancing on a Rainbow: Notes from a Butch Prof
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Karleen Pendleton Jiménez
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2020
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Canada / 4 mins
A short, playful, sexy video about a butch dyke/trans professor.
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 Dare /
Ausartu Zaitez
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Iratxe Aranguren Lacunza,
Luis Azanza Ladrón
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2020
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Spain / 66 mins
Something connects us to LGTBIQ+ people, maybe the wound, maybe the way we see ourselves in the world. Each one different, all similar. "Dare / Ausartu zaitez" lets its protagonists see through three space.
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Daughters of Scheherazade
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Ranjini Krishnan
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2020
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India / 19 mins
The film traces the figure of virgin and places her in an amorous encounter with pleasure and pain, body and mind, the historical and the lived. It presents wedding night as a liminal event and projects the liminality of the event onto a psychic landscape. Placed at the edge of time, the nuptial chamber in the film becomes the feminine place of contemplation. The film is a search for the shadowy, nocturnal and the oneiric.
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Dawn /
Bhor
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Rounak Bhatia
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2020
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India / 5 mins
After his wife’s demise, an elderly man reconnects with his childhood love. Will the society accept it?
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De Façade
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Julien Hérichon
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2020
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France / 8 mins
In time of confinement, Loïc chats with Max his lover, through interposed screens. Loïc has just applauded the nursing staff at 8 p.m. Max comes home from work. A distance is created between the two men.
Watch… https://youtu.be/2IH3jzYoiyI
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Demisexuality
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Jesús Martínez Asencio
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2020
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Spain / 3:28 mins
Bea and Jorge met that same night and would never think that they would end up going to bed together. Social pressures and their own special way of understanding relationships will make this a somewhat uncomfortable sexual encounter... or maybe not?
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Der Weg zum Regenbogen
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Ramona Lengert,
Theresa Möckel,
Dennis Remmers
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2020
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Germany / 56 mins
„Du bist so lange als homosexuelles Paar gleichberechtigt, bis du Kinder haben möchtest“, das ist die Erkenntnis vieler lesbischer und schwuler Paare.
Die Dokumentation „Der Weg zum Regenbogen“ portraitiert drei gleichgeschlechtliche Paare, gibt einen Einblick in das Leben von Regenbogenfamilien und zeigt die Hürden bei der Familiengründung.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/LPCVhlLl-po
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Deseo
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Victoria Nieva
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2020
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Argentina / 2 mins
A visual collage-poem made from found footage about the flow of sexual desire in relation with identity. For a girl to want to have sex with other girls, does it have to mean something? Do the new desires and affections imply a new identity?
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Di Mari e Venti
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Anubis Alejandro
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2020
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Italy
Two souls travelling across the world have been united since their creation. They are connecting across the ocean, across their thoughts and they permit that flow live find them on this earth. Because the ocean represent the constant flow on the life. Some day, they meet and they are together again.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/478117073
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Diamanda Goes Away
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Antoine Granier
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2020
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France / 20 mins
Paris, in the near future. A secret organization prepares the hacking of a datacenter. To remain anonymous during their meetings, the hackers take the appearance of the missing members of the organization.
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Dic Pic Picnic
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Ethan Folk,
Ty Hardwell
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2020
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Germany / 3 mins
When Jesse calls in sick to the annual picnic, these pervs sext the spread to Jesse's bed.
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Dick
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Kevin McLellan
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2020
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USA / 7 mins
DICK is a homoerotic short that mashes-up public domain sources (three 1940's educational films starring Dick York, a 1940's anti-gay propaganda film, music from different decades, and a quote from David Wojnarowicz) to survey...
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Did You/Fall Apart
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Ashwyn Goveas
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2020
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India / 6 mins
A story of love, separation and everything else in between...
Watch… https://youtu.be/NCaBPiArXOA
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Dinner 4 3
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Frederic Heringes
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2020
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USA / 12 mins
A successful businessman and his trophy wife give each other everything they need...well, maybe not everything. They soon discover the solution to the big problem with their marriage in this comic video opera.
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DirtyTalk Mixtape Vol. 1
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Mahx Capacity
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2020
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USA / 9 mins
Ashley, Tina, Jamal, Annie, and Valentine invite you to tune in and get turned on.
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Dishonorable
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Jung Wol
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2020
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Korea / 19 mins
The Army Headquarters investigation team comes to Lieutenant Sejin, who is serving in the front, without notice. Under the direction of the Chief of Staff, the investigation team, who is searching for homosexuals in the military, asks questions about Sejin and his motive, Hyunsoo. They warn that if they don't cooperate, Sejin will be in jeopardy.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/3xhhwr7IS5U
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Diversity
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KIM gyu-rim,
KIM min-kyo,
PARK hye-jin
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2020
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Korea / 24 mins
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Divine Rites II
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Four Chambers
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2020
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UK /14 mins
both raised with Catholicism to varying degrees and both devout femme dykes, their relationship weaves the symbolism and practices of the church with BDSM and service to mine the complicated, painful history of religion’s relationship to queerness for intense explorations in suffering and intimacy. Think St Sebastian shot with arrows, think the whipping scene in The Passion of the Christ, think lesbians sent to the convent to be punished.
Watch… https://afourchamberedheart.com/cinema/divine-rites-ii
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Do Re Mi
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Prajesh
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2020
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India / 22 mins
In the times of a pandemic, two girls strike a chord on a dating app and find a melody.
Watch… https://youtu.be/hyG5_pIYJbE
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Don’t Rain on My Parade
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Warren Wright
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2020
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4 mins
Funny Girls show-stopping number redone on stop-motion animation with Vintage Barbies.
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Double Room
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Caharin Caparó
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2020
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Peru / 7:36 mins
Andrés feels that the ambiguity and secrecy of his relationship with Mauricio is wearing him down. During one of the encounters they have in the hostel they turn to as a shelter, Andrés decides to raise these questions leading us to inquire into the different spaces their romance is built in.
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Early to Rise:
Space Waste
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Alec Cohen
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2020
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USA / 5 mins
On the way to a distant planet, three less-than-qualified astronauts are awoken 90 years too early and trapped inside their hibernation pods. Alone in the endless void, they can’t kill themselves, they can’t kill each other, so they’ll just have to kill time. Watch Trailer
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Earthen Energies
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Sakinah Bowman
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
The second episode in the Primordial Powers series, Earthen Energies depicts the embodiment of an organic perspective. Harmonizing elements of sensuality, sovereignty, and viewing from the eyes of the Sacred.
Watch… https://youtu.be/gncRKDlxg4w
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Eat Me Outside
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BeyonDEEP
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2020
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Colombia / 16 mins
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Eikō
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Colin Atthar
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2020
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France / 4 mins
Japanese TV Star sensation Eiichiro is at the peak of his acting career as his character « Mighty Mighty Man ». He gets outed on the television and starts questioning his career choice and thinks about quitting acting. His literal double, Mighty Mighty Man becomes real and confronts him with his deepest fears.
Watch… https://youtu.be/DWZH-60-KRA
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Eleven Weeks
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Anna Kuperberg,
Julie Caskey
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2020
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USA / 15 mins
Carla Jean Johnson accepts her fast and aggressive cancer diagnosis with clarity and grace while photographer Anna Kuperberg, her long time wife, documents their final days and weeks together. With mesmerizing footage and intimate recordings of the couple’s final conversations, Eleven Weeks is a story more about love than death.
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Encuentro
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Karla Selena Como Martínez
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2020
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Mexico / 1 min
An unexpected smile can change your day.
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Enredadas
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Sebastián Sario,
Audrey Moreno
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2020
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Mexico / 22 mins
Carly, Tefy y Deby son “Las Primas del Pop”, un legendario pero decadente grupo musical de los dos mil, que están a minutos de lanzar su último hit en vivo por las redes, pero a raíz de un particular regalo que recibe Marce, la productora musical, todo comienza a complicarse!
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Every Goddamn New Jordan
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Natalie Kim
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2020
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USA / 5 mins
Identities unfold in heliotropic motion for two men of color.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/475571136
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Everytime on Tuesdays
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Jan Soldat
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2020
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Germany, Austria / 6 mins
A brief meeting with Mik and Flo on their training day.
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Exit Strategy #5
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Kym McDaniel
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2020
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USA / 8 mins
An origin story and the rebirth of an identity after trauma. Blood, desire, and fucking. The fifth in a series regarding my emotional and physical traumas.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/366840114
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femme de force, pt. 1
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Vision
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2020
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USA / 15 mins
Where gender is the performance, patriarchy is the contract. This is an excerpt to illuminate the everyday struggles of Black TransWomen in our communities.
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Fidel Lemoy
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Rubén Monsuy
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2020
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Equatorial Guinea / 62 mins
Equatorial Guinea became independent 51 years ago from Spain. This African country lives under one of the longest-lived dictatorships in the world, Teodoro Obiang, a military man trained in Zaragoza. His regime strongly represses all freedoms, including sexual ones. Franco Spanish laws are still in force in the country, such as the «public scandal». It is not possible to protest on the street and the only LGTB organization in the country has not been able to legalize itself. In addition, the country’s Parliament is studying hardening the current penal code. To denounce the situation, the group «We are part of the world» has collected the voices of the community in a documentary that pays tribute to Fidel Lemoy, one of its best-known faces, who disappeared last year.
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Fig. Undefined
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Hugo Vaca
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2020
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Fig. Undefined is a nod to the uncertainty of knowing when the LGBTQ+ community will be able to live without discrimination as well as the unknown countless moments of suffering that will result from conversion therapy or similar practices.
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Finding Ambiance
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Kayla Patterson
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2020
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USA / 5 mins
A trip to the beach untangles the roots of a woman’s subconscious.
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Flora Borealis
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Casey Friedman
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2020
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USA / 10 mins
Two gay men struggle with depression in a ruined environment as a botanical glassblower mourns the loss of his wife.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/415650034
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Flow
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Robert Rabanal Ramírez
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2020
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Spain / 7 mins
Two boys decide to play big in space for a moment. A light and original interlude, a real bubble of freshness: what is growing up?
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Fluid
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Lauren Parker Hart
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2020
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Canada / 5 mins
Short bio documentary about gender fluidity.
Watch… https://youtu.be/pi2ioGYQmGM
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for the Chinese Ladies
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Lotus Boy
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2020
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USA / 6:37 mins
Queer trans artists exhale in a tribute to the Chinese woman immigrant who was forced to perform in a zoo.
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For the Laughs
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Connie O’Connor,
Barbara Citraro
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2020
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USA / 11 mins
For The Laughs is a documentary about comedy at The IO Theater in Chicago. Through the eyes of five queer women performers, it explores the joys and struggles of balancing identity with expression, and the freedom to be yourself on a stage that encourages you to do so.
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Forever
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Lydia Smyth
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2020
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USA / 9 mins
Kacey tries to rekindle her first love with Sam, but comes to an inevitable realization.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/l9vKuLGl5xg
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Forever George
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Erwan Alépée
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2020
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France / 12 minutes
Qui n’a jamais rêvé de passer la nuit avec George Clooney ? Bruno, lui, l’a fait pour faire plaisir à sa femme et pas que…
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Freedom Youth
(25 Years)
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Jo Barker,
Holly Black
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2020
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UK
A Bristol-based documentary. As Freedom Youth, the UK's longest running gender and sexuality project for young people, celebrates its 25th year it asks its members to imagine what the next 25 years will look like.
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 Freza
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Anna Melnikova
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2020
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Russia / 14 mins
Sasha is a manicurist, agrees to the offer of the mysterious client to have a good time together. The main character does not even suspect what this adventure will result in.
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Frolov Stud
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Yuriy Dvizhon
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2020
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Ukraine / 4 mins
FROLOV explores sexuality with the brand’s new line STUD |ˈstʌd|. It was filmed during brand creative director Ivan Frolov’s trip through the United States. Following street castings, Ivan met various models in six American states and through conversations and interviews with them, the designer conducted his own research into sexuality and gender identity. This, in turn, became the basis for the STUD campaign.
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From day until evening /
Dal giorno finché sera
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Alessandro Gattuso
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2020
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Italy / 15 mins
A voice leads us through a man's cloud of memories. The images mix, trying to give the past a shape. Childhood and adulthood moments and the memory of a love he felt towards another man come to the surface as the archeology of a deconstructed and fragmented memory. A personal and collective elegy at the same time.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/500377722
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From Me to We /
Eingondagi Eikhoida
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Neeraj Churi
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2020
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UK, India / 11 min
The documentary follows the journey of Sadam as he battles his internal and external demons growing up gay in Manipur, India. Fighting homophobia, rape and drug addition, he raises to change the very society that was responsible for is downward spiral.
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Fumiko Suki
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Antonio Vizcaíno Delgado
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2020
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Mexico / 15 mins
“Fumiko Suki” es la historia de dos jóvenes que buscan el amor en diferentes lugares: un joven otaku fan de los videojuegos, y otro que descubre su gusto por travestirse.
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Funky Space Reincarnations
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Rodney Diverlus
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2020
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Canada
Watch… https://vimeo.com/422219140
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Furor
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Luna Jordan
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2020
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Germany / 3 mins
Ein Video-Tagebucheintrag einer Wütenden. „Frauen können doch nicht wütend sein!“ Oh doch!
A video diary entry by an angry woman. ‘Women can’t be angry!’ Oh yes they can!
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Fuses
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Four Chambers
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2020
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UK / 8 mins
A tangle of two bodies merging, coupling and uncoupling - one and two simultaneously.
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Gang 888
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Banzi Mavuso
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2020
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South Africa / 8 mins
At the end of their tether, five Black lesbians walk a dangerous road of revenge and retribution against toxic masculinity.
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Gathering Wool
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Kelsey Burns
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2020
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Canada / 5 mins
A story of the romance that comes to life in your mind when you have a crush on a stranger, and its bittersweetness.
Moments and feelings from your waking life are woven into a fantasy so real that the stranger becomes a character, the character becomes familiar. You play, you touch, you fall in love. This is the sweetness of it.
The bitterness of it is in waking.
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Geography of Love:
Vol. 1
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Diego Bragà
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2020
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Portugal / 27 mins
"In 2011, my beloved uncle Ricardo Braga, my Little Witch, an expert in world geography, died from AIDS, leaving me all his legacy. This legacy is a box with personal files collected in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, covering fifteen countries. Vol. 1 is the Little Witch's funeral and a dive into my androgynous childhood – Ricardo chased me around the house dressed as a witch, I was the princess."
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/473038941
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Germination
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Mitchell Bueno
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2020
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USA / 10 mins
A trans artist is faced with the fear of running out of testosterone, and how that impacts his art while in quarantine.
Watch… https://youtu.be/4dwdZeqyFiY
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Going Steady
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Brydie O'Connor
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2020
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USA / 7:58 mins
A short film about a young woman's wild imagination about the relationship she truly desires in 1950s Kansas.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/357019533
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Gold & Snowflakes
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Ronak Naderi
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2020
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France, Sweden / 11:40 mins
The intimate story of a migration. The path from childhood to adulthood. Receive a gift and belong to something bigger, chart your own course.
What makes us who we are? What influence does our surroundings have? Do we have to experience loss to be able to value things and people? What is a gift?
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Golden Rainbow
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Rafael Monserrate
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2020
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Puerto Rico / 27 min.
This documentary presents stories, experiences and life perspectives of gay older adults, facing the double bias of homophobia and age discrimination within their own community.
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Goodbye Rebecca & Eileen
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Sarah Hill
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2020
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USA / 13 mins
A non-linear narrative exploring the before, during, and after of a top surgery journey.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/388733024
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Grace and Goodwill
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Conner Hagan
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2020
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USA / 1 min
A real girl hits real trouble when she has to work off a restaurant bill and finds that the woes of customer service hit closer to home than one might expect.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/2jrFCXhqFxc
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Grit / Oyster
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Rebecca Lloyd-Evans
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2020
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UK
The return of the prehistoric Goddess Astarte triggers an exploration of female sexuality through the personal fantasies of three women.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/424591872
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Grrrl
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Natascha Zink
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2020
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Germany / 15 mins
Zoe and her friends have had enough of men’s sexual aggression. They form a group to bring women home safely. As the violence escalates, so does Zoe’s involvement.
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Halloween 1987
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Hansen Bursic
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2020
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USA
After hesitantly agreeing to a gender-bending Halloween couples costume, Cory has to overcome their fears at a high school Halloween party. What starts off as embarrassment becomes a new found confidence and sense of self from dressing up like their girlfriend. This exciting revelation would soon be tested when the night draws to a close and Cory has to face taking off the costume.
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Hanging By a Thread
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Russell Atkinson
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2020
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UK / 2 mins
To which and how many threads are we suspended, when fears, loneliness and irrational thoughts take over?
Watch… https://vimeo.com/337291826
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Hello Me
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Anastasia Shalaya
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2020
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30 min, Russia
Growing up, many people try to conform to social norms, but not our heroes. The film tells about a Russian trans person. About people who know firsthand what it's like when you are different - is a crime.
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Her Name is Bo
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Marion Vagner,
Christophe Deborsu
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2020
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France / 50 mins
Going through the process of changing your sex and ‘coming out’ as transsexual to your friends and colleagues is always a difficult process. Now imagine doing it at the age of 58, when you are already a well-known TV reporter with a wife and children. That’s what Belgian journalist Bo van Spilbeeck felt compelled to do. And she decided to film the entire process. A courageous and inspirational testimony to being true to oneself, against all prejudices and discrimination.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/361271056
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Her Story
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Ten Liliya,
Aigulya Adjieva
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2020
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Kyrgyzstan / 32 mins
A documentary film about lesbian, bisexual and queer women in Kyrgyzstan. Its main character Mira is an open lesbian. After a 10-year marriage to a man, she got strength in her newfound independence and came out publicly to show that there are LGBTQ+ people in Kyrgyzstan, as well as to inspire younger generation to live their lives.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/Hyyo_IMLHZU
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Her Voice
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Nic Peerson
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2020
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Canada / 6 mins
A young woman falls into frustration and despair in coping with her gender dysphoria.
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Heritage
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Samantha Lai
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
Samatha explores the different worlds that she has grown up between.
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Heterotopia
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João Eduardo Peçanha de Freitas,
Fernando Santana
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2020
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Brazil, Spain / 8:42 mins
In a society dominated by enforced heterosexual orthodoxy, everyone has to fulfill their role. The film delves into the impact of external expectations and issues related to gender identity.
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Hiding in the Lights
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Katrina Daschner
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2020
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Austria, Italy, Spain, Germany / 73 mins
In an alchemy of material and matter, Katrina Daschner stages queer structures of desire: architectural details, bodies, and materials are erotically charged and staged as fetishes, animate and inanimate matter melds with the women performing. At the same time, this eight-part, queer round dance presents, in a quote-like way, a journey through cinema’s origins in the culture industry, in vaudeville, chorus line, circus, and fun fair, as sites of staged visual pleasure.
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Hieren
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Edgar Berry
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2020
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México / 6:22 mins
Hieren es una historia de Fernando, quien es un joven artista con el alma herida y la memoria llena de recuerdos de la discriminación y el desprecio que ha recibido por parte de los que lo rodean.
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Homo
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Aster Lobel
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
A man sitting alone at a bar finds the night takes a surprising turn when seduced onto the dance floor by a mysterious stranger.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/406896146
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Hotel Raahgir
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Ektara Collective
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2020
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India / 41 mins
A normal day and familiar conversations. After a cultural event in town the participants are relaxing, catching up and hanging out at a canteen near the railway station. On different tables we meet different people; some between arguments, others meeting and parting and a few introductions. Each person here is affected by the world in many ways and is in turn affecting the world around them. As the natural rhythm of the day progresses, they discover it's not such a normal day after all...
Watch… https://vimeo.com/492455421
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How Long is Ariadne's Thread?
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Stav B,
Hannah J Taylor
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2020
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UK / 5 mins
A spell from a scene maven, a local, time-travelling mythopoesis.
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How to Pitch a Tent
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Harvey Auerbach-Dunn
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2020
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UK / 3 mins
A small man in a bottle taught me how to pitch a tent.
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How to Respect Gender Pronouns
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Imani Outen
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
A Black woman’s understanding of gender unfurls in wonder.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/428653969
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Huamanga
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Arthur López Aguilar
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2020
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Peru / 20 mins
¿Hasta qué punto la sociedad puede encasillar el futuro de una persona? Agustín Huamanga es un joven zapatero que ha llevado siempre una vida rutinaria: dedicado, trabajador, formidable esposo e hijo ejemplar. Todo sigue igual hasta el regreso de Lalo, antiguo amigo de Agucho, quien busca revivir un antiguo idilio amoroso.
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Hurler Sur Les Murs
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Geoffrey Couët
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2020
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France / 31 mins
Clivia, Isabelle, Tay et les autres traversent la nuit, s’emparent de la rue et dénoncent avec leur colle et leurs pinceaux les violences sexuelles dont elles ont été les victimes.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/479058102
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I Am an Other
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Victoria Salomonsen
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2020
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Denmark / 16 mins
They are in a relationship, they live together in the suburbs of Copenhagen and they engage in the Japanese role-play form: cosplaying.
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I Do, But I Don't
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Marlee Druker
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2020
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Canada / 11 mins
A visual essay that explores weddings, marriage, and societal expectations with a look back on a childhood that set up unattainable standards.
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I Don’t Know /
Je sais pas
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Jérémy Barlozzo
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2020
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France / 14 mins
What seems to be the night of passion with a promising threesome, turns into a journey of self realization and discoveries!
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I Fell Asleep Upside Down and Let the Blood Rush to My Head
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Ryan Luis Fuller
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2020
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USA / 9 mins
An experimental documentary film based on my sexuality throughout my teenage years.
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I Miss Dreaming Forwards
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Derek Nguyen
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2020
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USA / 4:33 mins
A film exploring the solace in a relationship that once was.
Watch… https://youtu.be/od9JpxUyfXU
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I put on a suit and I cried
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Maz Murray
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2020
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UK / 3 mins
This cheeky satire smacks glossy gender-bending with the mundane reality of trans life.
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I Want You to Live
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Leah Renaud
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2020
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Canada / 15 mins
A documentary exploring the ways in which three people – a news anchor, a playwright, and a graphic designer – use their different mediums to talk about suicide.
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I Will Also Get Married
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Chandrashekhar Parab,
Raunaq Sahni
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2020
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India / 3 mins
A documentary focussing exclusively on what it means to be a growing up in a Traditional Maharashtrian Family in India.
Watch… https://youtu.be/OvaclCVeDBk
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Ideal Dating with Condoms
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Pia Sun
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2020
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Germany / 1 min
Sex and dating explained through emojis. Protect those eggplants and peaches, y’all.
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If Homophobia Ended Tomorrow
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Kristina Borhes
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2020
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Ukraine
A short documentary about "Pansy Project".
It is an insight into the project which aims to combat the homophobia through original artistic gesture.
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I'm Continuously Crying Tears of Estrogen and Tears of Testosterone
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Zafira Vrba Woodski
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2020
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Sweden / 6 mins
The history of people who break the expected norms about gender and sexuality is quite extreme. I’m continuously crying over my ancestors, friends, lovers, partners and parents who died way to early. I remember them all. May their memories be a revolution.
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In Limbo
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Hanna Mathis
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2020
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Austria / 21 mins
Two women take refuge as a monster stalks from the shadows. What they discover in this fabled forest translates in unimaginable ways.
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In Plain Sight
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Carly Thomsen
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2020
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USA
In Plain Sight is a documentary film about LGBTQ women in the rural upper Midwest who want to stay.
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In the Image of God
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Bianca Rondolino
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2020
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Italy, USA / 15 mins
The fourth generation in his family to be born intersex, Jewish Rabbi Levi was assigned the female gender at birth and grew up thinking he was sick and defective. In the Image of God tells the story of his struggles and transitions, culminating today in a life as a religious leader and an LGBTQI+ activist living happily in Los Angeles with his wife.
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Introducing Rachel
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Mickey Few
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2020
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Rachel is a 74 year old feminist activist who has been an fighting for queer and feminist rights since her early 20's.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/372880983
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Is a Film a Bone?
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Nine Chiyoko Yamamoto-Masson
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2020
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Japan
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Ishtar
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Mia Georgis
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2020
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UK / 7 mins
A montage of genderqueer and nonbinary people explores a Babylonian myth and the joys of eyeshadow.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/507927411
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Isolated Canvas
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Banksie
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2020
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UK / 3 mins
With narration in the form of a reassuring phone call from staunch drag sister and fierce trans-provocateur, Grance Oni Smith, Isolated Canvas captures a moment of transition – from one chapter to another, student to practitioner – channelling support in this moment of temporary isolation through a summoning of radical queerness: a spell of self-protection.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/422825518
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It Gets Worse Until It Gets Better /
Es muss schlimmer werden bevor es besser wird
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Jan Soldat
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2020
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Germany / 7 mins
Popular phrases tell the truth.
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It's a Girl!
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Andy Nguyen
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2020
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Canada / 3 mins
It’s a Girl! is a self-portrait drawn from a Southeast Asian trans male perspective.
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Itinerary of Surfaces
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Carl Elsaesser
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2020
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USA / 8 mins
What I am//What you are//salt and sweat on my tongue. A quarantined love letter of domestic imagination. A year of rain and other fluids. Contentment is a difficult emotion.
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'IX
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Sakinah Bowman
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2020
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USA / 2:40 mins
‘Ix is a visualizer that depicts the transformation into wholeness of a two-spirited being. The gentle overtones of gestating in the womb, transports the audience to the primordial space where this cohesive merge takes place. This is a film about returning to the original intention of being-ness. Free from the separation and fragmentation that labels create.
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Josie
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Jackie Barragan
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2020
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USA / 14 mins
“Josie” is a true account of a woman living on the US/Mexico border and her quest to find retribution while becoming an undefeated martial artist.
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Keep in Touch
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Memie Osuga
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2020
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USA / 6 mins
Min and Lillian are best friends...but they’ve only ever met in the online world of the fantasy novel they’re writing together.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/411758254
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Keke:
LADIES
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Nicola von Leffern,
Amaaena
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2020
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Austria / 3 mins
This music video is both a queer feminist shout out to women* and a celebration of queerempowerment as well as diversity and complicity.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/484128627
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Kenyan, Christian Queer
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Aiwan Obinyan
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2020
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UK / 20 mins
Is it possible to be African, Christian and Gay? The first LGBT church in Nairobi Kenya definitely believe so. The Cosmopolitan Affirming Community, known affectionately as CAC, seeks to promote an inclusive and progressive form of Christianity, in a rather conservative society.
Watch… https://youtu.be/bsU6QR0lfzs
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Key of T
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Ashley Chugg
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2020
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Canada / 12 mins
What happens when you have to choose between who you are and what you love? Choral singer Ari Agha is faced with this dilemma when they consider testosterone therapy, which could cost them their singing voice. A dire lack of research on the topic makes it an even tougher decision. KEY OF T is the story of their decision, the journey of their voice transition, and what they did with the result.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/GrEo2tVn_x0
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Knots:
Fox Shadows
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Sabrina Reiter
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2020
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5 mins
Beginning with static poses in wonderfully minimalist interiors and unfurling into slow movements, the dancers in this video inch toward the flowing choreography’s orgiastic climax. Culminating on a high-rise rooftop, the protagonists seek out the much-needed human contact that external influences continue to deny us.
Watch… https://youtu.be/47f0gqP0NhE
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Kooseh, A man who can’t grow a beard
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Behzad Azadi
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2020
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Iran / 19 mins
Samim, a teenage Afghan refugee works illegally in a ceremony salon in Tehran who is little by little embracing her sexuality as a girl in a guy’s figure. Djalal, the head attendant, has his eyes on Samim and finds out about his secret. He makes a move to take advantage of this.
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L’intime Spectaculaire
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Fanie Pelletier
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2020
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Canada / 16 mins
In the YouTube era, exhibitionism and voyeurism echo each other and reach their paroxysm. Boundaries between private and public life are blurring. Intimacy becomes spectacle. Gabrielle Marion knows this more than anyone. As a famous Quebecoise YouTuber, she has been documenting her life and her sexual transition for eight years.
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La Confesion
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Facundo Rodríguez Alonso
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2020
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Argentina / 2 mins
Some images from my childhood that I found on a VHS, are put into dialogue with the whatsapp audios that my grandmother sends me. A confession and a reaction that invite you to look back at your connections and desires.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/RZcYyKGROuE
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Lady Shot
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Miss Mojo
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2020
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USA / 6 mins
So often, the message of being black, trans, and woman is based on how real you are. Realness is not only a ballroom category; it is a way of life that affords safety to many black trans women. Being able to “pass” in society is essentially life or death for many within the community. This short film was made to highlight the reality of realness and the joy and pain that comes with it.
Watch… https://youtu.be/1brrLLbVpT8
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Last Supper Zoom
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Madigan Burke
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2020
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USA / 6 mins
In the time of Corona, Jesus meets virtually with his twelve closest buddies to share an important meal, but one of them messes it all up.
Watch… https://youtu.be/lVtEB_QnZk0
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Leave
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Sioly Amundarain
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2020
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Venezuela / 14 mins
Fede has fun with his friends at a graduation party, in which he would never expect to meet an old friend who will bring him back the past, as the meeting between Fede and Laura progresses it is discovered that both lived a great love and that Laura has returned in search of another opportunity, awakening again feelings that Fede believed he had overcome, leading her to make the decision that would mark a before and after in their lives.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/Ljs2XwiT4vQ
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Legit Moms, Illegitimate Kid
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Michelle Chu
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2020
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Taiwan / 19 mins
Mota and City got married in 2019, but the two women are still not allowed to have their own child and become mothers. This documentary follows them as they refuse to back down, and embark on a 424-day journey full of physical and psychological challenges.
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Lena
(Amar en Tiempos de Covid)
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Gustavo Mora
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2020
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Mexico
LENA no ha vuelto a ver a Ari desde la aparición del COVID. Una breve pero potente historia de amor que desafía la cuarentena.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/nBb-su5MoWY
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Les Bons Maux
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Julien Marchand
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2020
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France / 20 mins
Angoulême 2038. Une clinique est spécialisée dans l’analyse et la reprogrammation neuronale. C’est ici que les parents d’Arthur vont l’emmener suite à l’annonce de son homosexualité. Mais découvriront-ils la réelle cause du mal-être de leur fils ? Sauront-ils simplement voir à travers ses yeux ? Arriveront-ils à trouver les bons « maux » ?
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Les Derniers Paradis
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Sido Lansari
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2020
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France, Morocco / 14 mins
A fictional portrait of Sami, whose story the author tells "almost true". In Casablanca, he dreams only of dances and Egyptian stars in the barber shop where he works. Until the day he meets Daniel, a lover who introduces him to a revolutionary homosexual Paris. By mixing archive images and film photographs, Sido Lansari draws an intimate portrait of a young man, from childhood to exile, where he discovers he comes from the "last homosexual paradises", as they are called in the West.
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Letter
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Zoë Friberg
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2020
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Canada / 5 mins
In Letter, Martha finds her imagination running away with scenarios as she gathers the courage to write down her feelings for her best friend.
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Life is Short /
La Vida es Corta
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Florencia Bastida
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2020
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Argentina / 23 mins
Lu and Jose, two lesbians f riends, get caught on an endless adventure just the night before Lu holds her last college exam.
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Lilac /
Lila
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Lamberto Guerra
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2020
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Spain / 20 mins
One night. Three women. Three generations. A grandmother, a mother and a daughter are about to lose Lila, the pet that has joined them for the past 20 years. This will expose their unresolved conflicts: their fears, their mistakes, their secrets… And how much they need each other. Tonight, they not only face a bitter farewell, but the distance that had separated them until now, and they will discover if they are able to walk that path… Or if they will have to keep walking alone.
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Lilies
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Joni Renee Whitworth
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2020
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USA / 9 mins
“Lilies” is a queer love story set during 2020’s COVID lockdowns. In quarantine, the personal and political collide and comingle, forcing one woman to interrogate birth, becoming, class, femme health, and gay sufficiency against a backdrop of farm simulator games, archival agricultural footage, b-roll, domestic scenes, and psychedelic abstraction.
Watch… https://youtu.be/XK8_dR5mxms
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Lily
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Li Ming
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2020
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China
Lily is a love story about transgender. It happens in illusory Internet but reveals in real life. When the uncrossable obstacle arises in their relationship, they become a distress signal to each other in this indifferent city. That I will always be there is the ultimate love for them.
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Liz Dust:
Art, Pride and Dragqueer / Liz Dust:
Arte, Orgullo y Dragqueer
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Carlos Giménez
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2020
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Spain / 13 mins
LGTB+ documentary in which we know the world of Queer and Drag from the hand of Liz Dust, contemporary artist and transgressive diva. We learn what is behind her shows, the activism and the importance that there is of transforming this world and break models, genres and social fears. A visual experience where we can laugh, enjoy and learn.
Watch… https://youtu.be/gpLqVNgX-Ck
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Lorena Bobbitt
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Frankie Symonds
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2020
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USA / 19 mins
A remake of Joseph Cornell's 1936 film "Rose Hobart", this film is meant as a meta riff on the remake and aims to elevate its title subject to the grandeur that Cornell's film did to its found star many decades ago. I think of the Lorena Bobbitt story as a perfect example of contemporary mass media's influence on global politics, while being being a metaphor for the genital- focused cis- heteronormative society I hope to dissect and criticize, while still honoring the age- old struggles of women assigned female at birth.
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Los Patos
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Ángela Arregui
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2020
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Spain
Mari Carmen begins her first day of work in the international sales office with enthusiasm, but not everything will turn out as expected. A duck has appeared on the balcony drawing everyone’s attention and turning upside down the day that Mari Carmen hoped to start off on the right foot.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/505172087
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Lost Identification / Identificación perdida
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Axel González
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2020
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Mexico, 12 mins
Castiel, a 25-year-old transgender man reflects on his identity through gender, the ways in which he transgresses this concept and how it influences his perception of himself and the world around him.
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Lou: A San Francisco Fantasy
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Mya Byrne
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2020
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USA / 10 mins
Loosely based on the experiences of Lou Sullivan, gay trans pioneer, the film is an erotically charged snapshot into mid-70s SF cruising, using new and archival footage. Shot on location in the Castro with a trans cast and crew, this is director/writer Mya Byrne’s first film. Edited by Damon Beirne and shot by Lorin Murphy.
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Love Lost, and Found
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Richard O’Connor
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
Sue McConnell and Kristyn Weed are best friends and Vietnam-era veterans. Although they didn’t serve in the war together, they share a story of courage — on and off the battlefield. They met at a transgender veterans’ support group, and after hours of talking over coffee, they became inseparable. Since coming out, both Sue and Kristyn have lost contact with family members, but they’ve formed a powerful, enduring sisterhood.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/339610484
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Love Me
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Antonis Samourakis
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2020
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Greece / 26 mins
In the twilight world of a Greek seaside town, a hustler with daddy issues tries to break out of his vicious cycle.
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Love X Bites
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Yupar Momo,
M. Noe
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2020
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Myanmar / 18 mins
Two women must quarantine in a hotel room after traveling in the middle of the COVID-19 outbreak, leading to a sexual encounter and a violent conclusion.
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Loverless Bed Decides
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Andrew Bachtiar
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2020
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Indonesia
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Luise F. Pusch: Hindernislauf Mit Happy End
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Madeleine Marti,
Sabine Wunderlin
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2020
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Switzerland / 51 mins
Luise F. Pusch has made a huge impact with her wit: as a feminist linguist and gloss writer, as the inventor of systematic women's biography, as the creator of the women's biography research database fembio.org, and as a lesbian author.
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Lynette
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Mandy Hu
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2020
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USA / 2:54 mins
A queer choir inflamed with self-love and queer love bursts with song about the titular and singular Black butch.
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Magma
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Jari Kallio Kallio,
Essi Vesla
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2020
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Finland / 17 mins
A queer eco-fiction, Magma imagines a world in which queer bodies connect to the Earth in new ways. Gentle and dreamlike, it is is a balm for soothing terrestrial aches.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/79ts_hNH4bk
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Making Samantha
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T Cooper,
Allison Glock-Cooper
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2020
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USA / 10 mins
In this music video for Benjamin Scheuer’s “I Am Samantha” — a song inspired by his friend Samantha Williams — 27 trans actors tell the story of the universal human journey to find identity, acceptance, and love.
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Marian
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Rachel Ni Bhraonain,
Gerard O' Keefe
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2020
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Ireland / 7 mins
Marian explores our own maternal lineage, hair, the Catholic imagery of Irish childhoods, farm life, 90’s punk girl bands, decay, domestic realities and the secrets passed from one generation of Irish women to the next.
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Marisa Anderson:
Pure Form
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Claudia Meza
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
Marisa Anderson’s instrumental music is full of texture and moods—it can evoke landscapes or the light at a certain time of day. Known internationally for her guitar mastery, Anderson walks us through her evolution as player and composer.
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Mashed Potato
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Natalie Jasmine Harris
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2020
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USA / 13 mins
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Mask Off
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Jaelan Acosta
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2020
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USA / 15 mins
Trey a closeted high-school senior sets aside his inner anxieties as he journeys to his classmates birthday extravaganza.
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MerB’ys
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Jamie Miller
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2020
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Canada / 19 mins
Newfoundlanders of varying bodies, identities, ethnicities, and experiences of masculinity come together to create something silly and meaningful in the 2020 MerB’ys Calendar.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/_OzVnLeG0Q0
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Mes Chéris
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Ethan Folk,
Ty Wardwell
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2020
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Germany / 12 mins
Part documentary, part pornography, Mes Chéris is a transboi’s farewell to his boobs. One month before his mastectomy, Bat Boi takes on the role of Chéri, a character modeled after his experiences as a Fierce Fem sex worker. This raunchy tribute subverts straight porn tropes and mainstream trans* representation in a radical act of self-love.
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Metamorfosis
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Sandro Arceo Espinosa
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2020
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Mexico / 16 mins
Carlos (17) is a talented introverted painter, tired of hiding his desires and sexual orientation, he decides to tell his father, a difficult military man, but his plans fall apart when the two meet and discover a past full of intolerance and marginalization.
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Meteoroide
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Andrea Martínez
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2020
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USA
An adopted documentary filmmaker looking for the story of her biological mother
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Mi alma azul
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Liam Durán Cardona
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2020
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Cuba / 30 mins
Deals with the experience of four male transgender people in Cuba.
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Miel y vinagre
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Kary Ríos Santana
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2020
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Puerto Rico / 3 mins
No todas las lunas de miel son dulces ... mucho menos durante una cuarentena.
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Moan Together
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Matt Lambert
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2020
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Germany / 4 mins
A steamy compilation of masturbation during lockdown, featuring activists from all over the world.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/413614207
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Monstras
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Pacha Queer,
Melida Coello
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2020
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Ecuador / 30 mins
In this documentary, the Pacha Queer movement, a dissident, rebel, counter-cultural, and “self-festive” community based in Quito, Ecuador, uses performance art to campaign for social, political, and sexual liberation.
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More than two
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Dan Dansen
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2020
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Germany / 35 mins
A chamber drama set in the countryside in which three queers dare to carry out a utopian experiment in the form of a three-way romantic relationship. Chris has been together with Robyn, a queer trans* man, for years. Robyn recently started a relationship with genderqueer Saba. The three spend a weekend in the countryside to make their relationship utopia a reality. But soon the idyllic atmosphere becomes fraught and they have to decide whether they really want to get involved in this experiment together.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/320444296
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Mourning Comes /
Duelo
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Kaell Matías
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2020
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Puerto Rico / 24 mins
Pablo es uno entre incontables jóvenes adultos que experimentan extraños episodios. Nadie entiende qué les ocurre. Solo se sabe que cada vez los ataques son más intensos y no auguran nada bueno.
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Mourning Rites
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Alejandro Mathe
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2020
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Germany / 12 mins
Filmed in one long take, the film tells the story of a mourning woman in her twenties, who is preparing to summon the ghost of her grandmother using a Ouija board at the laundrette where she died. While a storm rages outside, a loud-mouthed Drag Queens wiggles her way in disturbing her plans. What at first seems like an obstacle soon develops into something completely different. Is it possible that the Drag Queen can really help her on her journey?
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MST
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Stitch
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2020
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Belgium / 4 mins
Derrière un vernis plein de couleurs et de paillettes se cachent des questions crues autour du rapport à notre sexualité et à nos tabous.
Watch… https://youtu.be/lJJ2px6-o6w
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My Garage My Rules
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Manon Praline
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2020
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Germany, France / 11 mins
A day of work at the girls’ garage.
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My Head Aches When I Look Too Long
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Callahan Bracken
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2020
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Canada / 3 mins
A teenage boy confronts the implications of modern technology on his queerness.
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My LGBTQ Experience
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Alex Borden
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2020
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USA / 5 mins
Sixteen-year-old Alex investigates their own identities, which change daily.
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Nal
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PARK Jungyeon
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2020
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South Korea / 6 mins
Womb description is an expression often seen in pornographic animations that deals with internal organs, including the uterus, as the object of voyeurism. These images are imaginations based on sexual fetishism of organ movements during sexual acts. This film explores this imaginary organ through an endoscope and what we encounter is a blurred and dreary visceral landscape created from within us.
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Naptime Thoughts
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Enes Ljajic
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2020
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Serbia / 3 mins
Conflicted in thoughts after coming out to my mom as gay, and not receiving the support I expected from my closest ones, I recorded my thoughts out loud to find some relief.
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Natural
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Beatriz Cadenas
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2020
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USA / 2 mins
Wilting words grow to acceptance for a Latina mother and child.
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Negreșită
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Mădălina Brândușe,
Alex Horghidan,
Bogdan Balla,
Alina Medoia,
Carolina Vozian,
Maria Sgârcitu,
Ioana Chițu,
Paula Duncă,
Mișa Dumitriu
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2020
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România / 80 mins
In a heteronormative world, how is the queer body received? "Unmistakable" is a political-emotional, lyrical and intimate map of becoming queer, combining personal narratives with critiques of social structures and how they affect LGBTQI + people. "Wrong" opens the wider discussion about privilege, power, discipline and emancipation, in a society where the legitimacy of queer people is questioned at national and institutional level, through homophobic referendums and transphobic bills. "Unmistakable" is a space for self-representation, solidarity, care and queer community healing.
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Nimitztlazohtla
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Vivian Renteria
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2020
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USA / 5 mins
Afro-Indigenous people thrive after generations of displacement.
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Nina et les robots
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Cindy Coutant
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2020
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France / 19 mins
The breath of the machine fills the air, where the singing can flow. Nina stands in front of the wiggling robot. The soft naked bodies measure up themselves, sometimes harmonize. The breaths dilate the organs which swell and fold; transmute the synthetic movement into vital impetus and the vulva into mouth, which inflates until it spreads.
Magnetic, mystical and powerful elaboration of a renewed poetics of desire; a manifesto that adopts Donna Haraway's lesson and challenges the dominant binary culture, opening up to a fluid futuristic scenario, in a continuous metamorphosis, in which we can imagine places where flesh and machines, ecology and technology, nature and culture can coexist and in which we can finally weave new, social and emotional, kind of relationships.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/471052996
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No Beds in Jerusalem
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Oz Shtamler
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2020
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Israël / 13:20 mins
Avshalom goes to a gay bar in Jerusalem, hoping to find a guy to sleep with. He seduces Yoav and takes him to a dark place he knows ...
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No Te Olvido
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Joaquín Flores
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2020
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Peru / 11 mins
Valentina no puede dejar ir a su ex.
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Norberta
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Lila Ø
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2020
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Spain / 17 mins
Laura and Ana are two friends who live in rural Spain and decide to escape to Paris, but the trip will not have the end they expect.
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Nos nuits saturnides /
Saturniidae
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Matthieu Foucher
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2020
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29 mins
Emmanuel vit son rêve: tenir un club pour celles et ceux qui lui ressemblent. Un espace où les mites et les papillons peuvent investir la scène et inventer leur propre culture, guidé·es par leur seule imagination. Un club à soi, l’Oeil, où les flirts, le cabaret et les fêtes sans fin se mêlent à la politique et aux exigences de gestion d’un nightclub. Comment ajuster un équilibre entre des idéaux révolutionnaires queer et une viabilité financière dans le quartier bourgeois de Saint-Anne à Paris?
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Nothing But a Human
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Swati Jaiswal
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2020
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India / 45 mins
This documentary is about a young Gender Fluid Artist, Hiten Noonwal, who happens to also belong to the LGBTQ community as well. His journey as an artist started very young as he was growing up in a village situated at the Haryana-Delhi border in a Haryanvi Family. From designing dressing for Local Ramleela Cosplay of his village to reaching NID Ahmedabad as an Apparel Design student showed him a way to use his artistic talent to not only express himself through his art, also to use it as a weapon to fight his social battle and bring awareness in the society.
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Nova
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Key Woodlock,
Ciara Tyrrell
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2020
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Ireland / 4 mins
A young astronaut works in solitude on a spaceship, trying to avoid reminders of her life back on Earth. When an alien entity finds its way aboard her ship, she must face some difficult truths.
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now i close my eyes the world i see is so beautiful
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April Lin
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2020
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UK / 4 mins
Watch… https://youtu.be/oY4lddwovc0
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Nurradin
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Daniele Trovato
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2020
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Italy / 15 mins
Between the Mountain and the sea, between the Baroque and the popular houses, two guys from opposite worlds, fall in love. A naive love, that will have to face the reality of a city full of prejudices, fascinating but cruel.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/595124502
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Ocean of Love
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Alexa Karolinski,
Ingo Nierman
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2020
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Switzerland, Cuba / 93 mins
In Cuba, the participants of the radical Army of Love spread love and sensual pleasure across gender, age and ethnicity.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/yExU1spPlG4
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Ode to Summer
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Celina Duprat
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2020
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Argentina / 4:50 mins
A story of desire, an exploration of the delicious taboo of force that triggers the most intimate points until the explosion of pleasure. The protagonist goes through an uncomfortable and uncertain feeling of loneliness, which puts her in a place of passivity towards her ami.es of which she becomes a pure spectator. Nevertheless, there is also a feeling of boldness, authenticity, a desire for herself that opens her to a world of fantasies. She becomes the character of her own pleasure which will allow her to share this joy with her.
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On a Path
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Lihi Lubetkin
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2020
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Israel / 18 mins
Nitzan (16) is an introverted teenager that has always felt invisible to society. One day Neomi (20) the girlfriend of Nitzan’s brother Erez (20), invited her to join them for an overnight trip, an invitation that led Nitzan down a path of self-discovery.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/478524689
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On White Wind Wall
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LEE Kyoung-ho /
HEO Ji-eun
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2020
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Korea / 37 mins
Trailer… https://youtu.be/1hrsCemEUic
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One Milagro /
Un Milagro
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Karla Jimenez-Magdaleno
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2020
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USA
A documentary short film exploring a mother’s journey towards accepting her daughter’s queerness. Milagro is a Venezuelan immigrant mother who raises her daughter while dealing with her own internal demons
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One of the Most Beautiful Experiences I’ve Ever Had
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Colin Ginks
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2020
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UK
Colin Ginks use a variety of media (visual arts/writing/installation and video) to explore personal and universal experiences of (same-sex) desire. In this anecdotal work, Ginks highlights how the public space is instrumental in the forging of our sexual essentiality, and the risks involved – particularly for non-heterosexual individuals.
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Only Yesterday
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Sione Monu
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2020
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New Zealand / 8 mins
In an alternate world where queer indigeneity was never erased/lost, we follow the daily lives of two leitis, whose sovereignty has come into its own in a fast-changing, modern world.
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Ooh I Wanna Dance
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Robert Kingsbury
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2020
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Canada
Watch… https://vimeo.com/459645032
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Open Dialogues
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Freddy Rodriguez
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2020
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USA / 20 mins
Through the coming-out narratives of seven Broward County residents, Open Dialogues explores how the LGBTQ community is marginalized among families, schools, churches and public spaces and how the individuals interviewed for the film learned to empower themselves in these spaces.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/bJ_5212gWEc
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Other
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Soheil Nazari
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2020
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Islamic Republic of Iran / 15 mins
Intimacy of the night that Ali and Amir spent together at Ali’s villa, turns into an illusion by the unexpected visit from Ali’s wife there.
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Other Voices
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Sarah Brown
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2020
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UK / 5:51 mins
Trans and gender non-conforming people relate their experiences via art and conversation, providing a view from the inside looking out. Many identities face oppression, violence and harm; individuals telling stories like these brings visibility and awareness.
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Out on the Inside
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Monica Lam
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2020
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USA / 11 mins
At a men’s prison in Vacaville, California, about two dozen transgender women have been learning to live side-by-side with more than 2000 cisgender men. Some live in huge dormitories, some in single cells. But all of these women, who were assigned the sex of male at birth, have had to fight to express their identity under grim circumstances.
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Outsourcing (My Desires to Avatars)
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Jamie Janković
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2020
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UK / 4 mins
Trans Girls and Video Game avatars, a tale as old as time.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/517579727
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Overboord
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Filip Pošivač,
Barbora Valecká
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2020
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Czech Republic / 12 mins
At first glance, Chameleon and Kiwi are a strange pair: While the former calls attention to himself with his changing colors, the molting and frightened Kiwi avoid attention at all cost. But when a storm robs them of the roof over their heads, differences no longer matter: Together, they must reach the wooden boat by the shore. But it’s not easy! The ark is for couples only, and Chameleon with his darting tongue and the cross-eyed Kiwi are definitely not a couple.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/507876521
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Pari/no/pari
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Pati Cruz
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2020
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Puerto Rico / 3 mins
Creado durante los primeros meses de la pandemia del COVID-19, “Pari/no/pari” es un anhelo por reconectar y, a la vez, una recreación digital de un pari imaginado de la comunidad cuir boricua en El Hangar en Santurce.
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Particular Friendships
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Mark Padilla,
Nelson Varas-Díaz
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2020
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USA / 20 mins
Susan entered the convent as a naive young woman. There she established a “particular friendship” that would send her on a path of self-discovery. Religion, transgression, sexuality, censorship, love and happiness, become intertwined in this short biographical documentary film. Through Susan, we revisit the importance of being unafraid, at all stages of our lives.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/462437711
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Peace of Mind
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Caitlyn Saw
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2020
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USA / 5 mins
After coming out as a lesbian six years ago, Morgan Hennessy Shea has come out a second time as a trans male this year (2020). How did he get to his truest form of self-realization? Meditation. Through an arbitrary enrollment in a mindful communication class, Morgan experienced a crucial understanding of who he is by coming face to face with the present and the repressed thoughts that have clouded his mind, including getting in trouble in kindergarten for wearing boy underwear, not wanting to go swimming, and dating lesbians but still being jealous of boys.
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Perfectly Frank
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Dan Hunt
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2020
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USA / 11 mins
PERFECTLY FRANK is a short documentary chronicling the life of Frank Vilardi a retired accountant from Long Island, who after being married for nearly 50 years, came out in his late 60's.
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Perversion for Profit
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Michael LaRocco
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2020
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USA / 2 mins
A satire about porn seen through the queer lens.
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Philia
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Jonas Pascual
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2020
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Canada / 13 mins
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Pink Blues
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Rose Turpin
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2020
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France / 5:15 mins
Tonight, in the garage, Iphis and Iante, inspired by Ovid, is being performed. Marguerite turns into a boy as in the play. But no costume really suits her.
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Pink, White, & Blue
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Ash Malone
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2020
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USA / 18 mins
After years of transitioning in front of a camera, Aydian Dowling discusses how allowing his transition to be visible via YouTube has helped the trans community as a whole grow in pride and allyship.
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Playing for Keeps
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DJ Turner
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
A young queer searches for the divine feminine and finds healing among their chosen family.
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Plump
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Magdalena Hutter
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2020
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Canada
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Pondering Ritual
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Johanna Tesfaye
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2020
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Ethiopia, USA / 5 mins
The ritual, the return, the body. Black capital B.
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Pops' Corn
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Ethan Folk,
Ty Wardwell
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2020
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Germany / 4 mins
Gay dads Chet and Aristotle serve their bratty boy Rowan his favorite camping dish.
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Porta (the) Venice
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Giacomo Caglio,
Alberto Pattacini
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2020
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Italy / 60 mins
“A journey into the wonderful world of Porta Venezia, the historic Milanese district that has long since become the focal p oint of the LGBT community in the city and beyond. But via Lecco, via Castaldi, via Melzo, via Palazzi also contain other stories, other experiences; such as the well-rooted Eritrean culture, LUME - Metropolitan University Laboratory, the refugees who live along the ramparts of Viale Vittorio Veneto. Former lazaretto to stem the city's pestilential waves, the district has continually changed its reputation and lineage throughout history: from the demolition of the neighboring walls at the end of the 19th century, to the red light cinemas of the 70s; from the den of the Calabrian mafia, to an alcove for the gay pride processions. An ever-changing neighborhood, a "portal" ready to welcome "minorities" with the deepest respect for every identity. "
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Portrait of Oasissy on Fire
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Annabel Cooper
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2020
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UK / 3 mins
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Post Prismatic
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Joel Sedano
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
A rainbow emerges from violence against trans people of color.
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Profile
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Justin Dean,
Joel Breuklander
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2020
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USA / 14 mins
Taking place entirely on a phone, this short careens through the humor and humiliation of digital gay hookup culture.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/395454404
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Projecting
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Cal Calamia,
Ariel Robbins
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
Cal and Ariel share tender thoughts on how they shape their love and care for each other.
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Psychic Meat
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Stephen Wardell
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2020
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USA / 9 mins
Emotional, raw ruminations on meat, bodies, hearts, tears, salt, preservation and families.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/439824917
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Purple
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Sophie de Kergommeaux
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2020
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Canada / 5 mins
Purple is a personal and thoughtful exploration of bisexuality and feeling alienated within queer community.
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Purple Tiger:
Racing Outside the Box
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Jon Chiang
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2020
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Canada / 23 mins
Nonbinary cyclist Rach McBride shows their strength and perseverance to make it to the starting line.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/QzL3EGqWjr8
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Qué sabe nadie
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Abner Eric Vázquez Pabón,
José A. Santos Hernández
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2020
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Puerto Rico / 27 mins
Mosaico de experiencias marcadas por el rechazo y sufrimiento de la comunidad LGBTQ+. Este cortometraje nos da una pequeña demostración de lo que sus miembros viven día a día y cómo esto afecta a sus familiares.
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Queen Tone
aka BLACK RAGE
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LeahAnn "Lafemmebear" Mitchell
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2020
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USA / 2 mins
Filmed entirely in a makeshift, plastic-covered room during COVID-19 quarantine, “Queen Tone aka BLACK RAGE” responds explosively to the constant demand for Black queer and trans women and femmes to ignore or set aside their anger, arguing that Black joy and Black rage are not, and must not, be mutually exclusive. Black rage is Black joy.
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Queenie
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Cai Thomas
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2020
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USA / 19 mins
Queenie Lawrence, a 73-year-young Black Lesbian and resident of the Marcy Projects, navigates applying for the Stonewall Houses, NYC's first LGBT Elder affordable housing.
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Queer Fear
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Carla Elizabeth Hernandez
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2020
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Canada / 5 mins
Queer Fear is a short film that will take you through Carla's 28-year journey of struggling to accept her sexual identity. An emotional breakdown followed by a global pandemic, forced her to sit in isolation with her thoughts after years of avoiding them. Realizing now more than ever how important self-care is, Carla begins a search for the answers she had been avoiding all these years.
Watch… https://youtu.be/FEEC1Dvc1JQ
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Queer Nation
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Frigid
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2020
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Canada / 8 mins
Vintage Queer Montreal: A glimpse into the 90s. Working though the 90s, House of Pride brought Montreal LGBTQ+ people together in the celebration of diversity.
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Quem eles pensam que eu fui
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Débora Fiuza
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2020
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Brazil / 14:18 mins
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/478881754
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Quest for Jasmine
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Amanda Hawkes,
Jackie MacLean
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
Amara, a witch living in a lonely cabin in the middle of the woods, always dreamed of finding her knight in shining armor. To achieve this ultimate romance, Amara brews a love potion, but she's missing a list of ingredients. While going out to find these missing ingredients, things take an unexpected turn, and Amara is faced with a decision that could make or break her love life.
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Quite Easy
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Konstantin Schumann
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2020
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Switzerland / 12:10 mins
Dans le placard, Max voit ses cauchemars se confondre avec la réalité. Une nuit cruciale lui permettra peut-être de dépasser ses peurs.
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Rainbow Elders
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Derek Moser
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2020
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Canada / 13 mins
It’s a surprising phenomenon that even after being “out” for decades, seniors who are part of the LGBTQ2+ community still feel pressure to hide their sexuality. RAINBOW ELDERS follows a group of aging LGBTQ2+ individuals in Calgary as they navigate concerns around housing and inclusion late in life, while also learning to celebrate their sexuality and how to support one another.
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Re-Existences
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Márcia Bellotti
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2020
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Brazil
A documentary about migration of individuals from the Brazilian Queer community as a consequence of invisibility and social violence in their homeland. The film presents three intimate points of view and reflects on migration as a method of resistance and survival.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/458091839
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Release
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Pierre Jean Gonzalez,
Paul Anthony Notice II
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
An experimental short film looking into the mind of a Gay, Afro-Latino questioning his self worth. Inspired and based on a poem by Cedric Leiba Jr.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/397665354
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Remembering the Nights in Safe Haven
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Iztok Klančar
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2020
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Netherland, Slovenia / 17 mins
A drag queen, a man, a surrogate lover made of cloth, and two brothers in an empty nightclub. Abstract poetry depicting the effects of a dying Amsterdam nightlife during the pandemic.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/502591068
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Reminisce
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Kevely Ferreira
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2020
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USA / 4:18 mins
A docu-animated short film depicting the memories of LGBTQ-identifying individuals relating to love, sex, and identity.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/409099834
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Resolving 'Your Biggest Fan'
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Stef Aranas
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2020
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Philippines / 16:30 mins
In March 2020, Stef Aranas was due to shoot his graduation film, the film of his dreams: Your Biggest Fan. Then covid-19 spread around the world. Stuck in confined Manila, she transforms her project into Solve "Your Biggest Fan", a film that ruminates on her initial project and explores her intimacy as a trans director and musician in the Philippines. The film also seeks to question the government's responses to the pandemic, the struggles that are emerging, between graduating and the tumultuous political and social climate.
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Return to Sender
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Htet Aung Lwyn
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2020
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Myanmar / 23 mins
In a fictional town in Myanmar, a young postman accidentally reads a letter that has been returned to its sender multiple times. He embarks on a mission to ensure that the letter – about queer identity and family acceptance – is read by the person for whom it was intended.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/butDBIEYJAY
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Reveal Party
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Marina Maeski
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2020
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Canada / 5 mins
In Reveal Party, Samantha plans to invite her new girlfriend over for the holidays—all she has to do is tell her parents.
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Revealing the Essence of a Portrait
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Josephine Baltzersen
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2020
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Denmark / 2 mins
An investigation of the vagina as an independent living organism - it is active, with a voice, capable of thinking, acting, breathing.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/393518694
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Reyna
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Daniel Jovanovich,
Villa Maria
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2020
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Argentina / 23:06 mins
As members of the LGBTTTQ+ community, during our lives we face repeated ridicule, humiliation and abuse. Danilo Vera (25) is no exception. Two years ago, when he was leaving a bowling alley, he was brutally beaten.
However, almost by chance, he found refuge in makeup and drag art.
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Roles
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Paola Gutiérrez Llanes
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2020
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9 mins
Gonzalo, day by day, challenges with the body the mandates of the sex-gender system. From his work as a diplomátique to his experimentation with queer tango in the milongas of Buenos Aires, he travels without wanting to be defined or classified. Bearing witness to a dissent, Roles opens up a range of infinite possibilities.
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Rolling Arcade
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Teresa Bueno Fontanilla
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2020
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Spain / 4 mins
An unexpected encounter causes two girls to fall in love between the beeps of the arcade machines and the rhythm of the music from the skating rink.
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Rose Skirt
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Angel I-Han Teng
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2020
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USA
Inspired by a true event of teenage boys wearing skirts to school, Rose Skirt is a queer coming-of-age short that depicts the ambiguity of growing gender consciousness in teens.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/449035218
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Rotten Fruit
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Lyr Casper
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2020
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USA / 6 mins
An audiovisual poem in five stanzas. What does it mean to have a body? What can a body do?
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Sabine
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Jan Soldat
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2020
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Germany / 9 mins
Sabine tells us about her shyness and how it causes her difficulties as a transvestite.
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Safe and Sound
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Taso Papadakis,
Kevin Willamson
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2020
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6 mins
Contemplative and gripping, the short experimental film “Safe And Sound” explores the themes of solidarity, isolation, the individual and collective observer, victimization, racism, religious practice, love and compassion. The film is co-directed by Kevin Williamson and Taso Papadakis. Cinematography is by Taso Papadakis. The short film stars a diverse ensemble of Los Angeles-based dancers, all on the cutting edge of their craft of expression.
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scripted for a wayward narrator
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Samra Mayanja
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2020
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UK / 20 mins
'scripted for a wayward narrator' constructs slow fictional narratives about two members of the artist's family and their cyclical road to death and exile. The film is a collision of audio-visual materials drawn from the artists collection of online archives, Ugandan cinema and images circulating through WhatsApp.
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Seduced /
Verführt
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Benjamin Hujawa
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2020
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Germany / 3 mins
Zwei Männer treffen sich auf der Toilette. Es knistert und der eine reicht seine Telefonnummer rüber, aber der andere hat kein Interesse. Am Ende treffen sich die beiden doch noch einmal, aber anders, als erwartet…
Diesen charmanten, teilweise im Peter-Weiss-Haus gedrehten Film konnten wir uns natürlich nicht entgehen lassen.
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Seguidilla of the Femminiello
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Pafo Gallieri
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2020
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UK / 2 mins
The day of a Neapolitan femminiello who catches up and goes down with her friends along the alleys of the Spanish Quarters. It is a special day, to be celebrated on the rhythmic notes of Bizet's Carmen.
Watch… https://youtu.be/z_JJcz7Mc8Q
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Shoot the Shoot
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Tawiah M’Carthy,
Alejandro Santiago
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2020
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Canada
Watch… https://vimeo.com/388409101
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Show for Ghosts
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James Medley,
Em Haverty
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2020
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USA / 22 mins
A genderfluid performance artist wrestles with modern anxieties around politics, spirituality, and kids cartoons, featuring a special appearance from God.
Watch… https://youtu.be/NU3DJpAsyu4
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Silver Femme
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Nico Reano
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
A digital ode to the moon; a poetic film that envisions a future and space where trans people are safe.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/490262911
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Sinapsis
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Patricia Marin
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2020
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A mixture of dancing and animation.
Watch… https://youtu.be/erFJ7s_Rt0o
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Sinless Land /
Terra Sem Picado
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Lino Ribeiro
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2020
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Brazil / 20 mins
Sinless Land is a shortdocumentary based on the research “Indigenous homosexuality and LGBTQphobia in Brazil: two sides of the same coin.”
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Sinusta Minuksi
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Anna Iivanainen,
AnnArt
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2020
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Finland / 70 mins
Sinusta Minuksi -dokumentti on syntynyt halustani vaikuttaa valokuvauksen ja elokuvan keinoin trans- ja muunsukupuolisten ihmisten oikeuksien toteutumiseen. Projektin nimi syntyi, kun pohdin nimen merkitystä ihmiselle. Nimi on tärkeä yksilön identiteetin – minän – muodostumiselle. Kun henkilö on eri sukupuolta kuin mihin hän ulkoisesti on syntynyt, on hänellä useimmiten myös itselleen väärä nimi. Nimi, joka aina lausuttuna muistuttaa siitä, että ei ole minä, vaan tavallaan sinä.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/giuBW4WD2uk
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Slice by Slice
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Ames Ma,
Chey Yen
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
Community and connections blossom for queer people of color.
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Snack Time
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Jo Sordini
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2020
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Germany / 6 mins
A slurping song of body enhancements and alien vulva-loving. Expect slime, saliva, squirting and slippery lips.
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Snapshot
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Jenna Schaefer
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2020
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Canada
Watch… https://vimeo.com/420073654
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Snowbird
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Sadiah Rahman
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2020
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Canada
Life at home for Maya isn’t the best. Things are different whenever she’s with Neelam, her free-spirited friend. After a heated argument with her parents, Maya goes over to Neelam’s home. They both go on a walk and have a playful fight. During the fight, tensions rise and the dynamics of their relationship unravels to reveal an undeniable love and hurt they carry.
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Solène (Douleur Divine)
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Julia Maura
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2020
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France / 7:38 mins
Le corps de Solène perd progressivement de sa mobilité et lui provoque des souffrances continues. C’est à travers la douleur choisie et dans un jeu consenti avec Misungui que la jeune femme cherche à en reprendre possession.
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Solvitur Tondendo
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Willis Weinstein
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith to find euphoria. This short highlights the importance of embracing the unknown.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/561160650
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Some Queer Bo-Ki
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Sungeun Kim,
Kkotnarae Bae
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2020
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South Korea / 9:55 mins
Bo-ki, an anti-military base activist, lives in Gangjeong, a village on Jeju Island. She is alone, queer, and constantly dreams of a queer utopia. How can a queer in the countryside continue to live her queerness?
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Somewhat Cloudy Day Ahead of Us
|
Jongheon KIM
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2020
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Korea / 25 mins
Trailer… https://youtu.be/6F9EkyHybLM
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Somewhere in Between
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Kate Reid
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2020
|
Canada / 9 mins
Somewhere in Between is a short film about how queer Canadian singer-songwriter Kate Reid decided to undergo a surgery that altered her body, and her relationship with her body.
Watch… https://youtu.be/5E2FH2IPuS4
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Sorry, Out of Gender
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Fox Fisher
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
A non-binary music video featuring all non-binary cast and crew.
Watch… https://youtu.be/D8PBzEn0QdI
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Soy Sauce /
Sarnt Utamachote
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Nuoc Tuong
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2020
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Germany / 4:45 mins
This simple story within one household - about spatial territories, gastronomic practices, personal memories, camouflaged identities and the coercive need to "integrate" into the dominant host culture - offers a quirky means of political resistance.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/519048591
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Stacy
|
Efim Bakaev
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2020
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Russian Federation / 1 min
A short fashion film about life on a quarantine
Watch… https://vimeo.com/427353260
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Staging Face
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Steph Young,
Vie Jones
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2020
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Canada / 5:42 mins
Under the spotlight, in front of a crowded room, drag performers are given permission to share our most authentic selves with almost certain acceptance. When the show is over and we leave our safe spaces, how do we cope with the realities of a less-than-forgiving world? What faces do we wear? Follow several captivating artists as they navigate the complexities of gender identity, community, and mental health – and learn how they became masters in staging face.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/416043884
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Stations
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Edgar I. Salas
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2020
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México / 80 mins
In this moving piece we meet four characters defined by their profession: a sexologist, a cabaret singer, a singer and an activist, each with their different and contrasting personalities, who fight every day to achieve their dreams and move forward. Those who see them from afar will say that the only thing they have in common is the way they love: but there is something else.
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Stonewall 2069
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Samuel Douek
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2020
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UK / 8 mins
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, this film imagines the future of human identities through the invention of a prototype that could be part of every day queer life in 2069.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/476634105
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Stories Under the Rainbow
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Antonio Tarrell
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2020
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USA / 9 mins
Stories Under The Rainbow will explore questions through the lives of LGBTQ individuals living in small towns in Mississippi that is often hilarious and heartbreaking.
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Subito Destello
|
Maho Irigoyen
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2020
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Mexico / 3 mins
Un hombre trans reflexiona sobre su pasado mientras explora las
profundidades de un río.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/745147755
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Submerge
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Ena Lind
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2020
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15:16 mins
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/408851344
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Subspace
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Matt Lamber
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2020
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Germany / 20 mins
A vulnerable exchange of pain and pleasure, of power and surrender.
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Sugar be my caramel:
Duel
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Lucie Zelmanová,
Karolína Matušková
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2020
|
Czech Republic / 6 mins
An artist breaks an image of a cowboy boot with spurs to show that the identity behind the boots is not stable, but determined by time. She alludes to the power of performative acts and the almost obsessive need for self-presentation in the virtual environment. The film toys with the power dynamics of those who have spurs and those who have to subject themselves to them. From a gallery to a cinema screen, here comes Sugar be my caramel: Duel.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/7tuLHRtXM_8
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Sweetmess
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Ashley Marbella Noble,
Melissa Octaviano Rosal
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
A nonbinary Latinx cultivates abundant pleasure through food.
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Tahini
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Camille Ghekiere
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2020
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Belgium / 12 mins
A young Syrian refugee struggles to adapt to his new surroundings of a Western European country. When he meets Houssam, who shares his roots but grew up in the West, feelings he would have never dared acknowledge take the upper hand.
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Talk Soon
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Joey Massa
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2020
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USA / 8 mins
Two old flames reunite on old stomping ground in this arrestingly nostalgic short film about love, longevity, and letting go. Sasha and Rae discuss their history with just enough ambiguity to allow audiences to mix mystery and imagination and their own memories of loves long lost.
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Temperance
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Shyla Hardwick
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
Black women flourish with vibrant friendship, love, and revolution.
Watch… https://youtu.be/SnkIPgiwRUY
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Ten Euro Sea
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Despina Chatzipavlidou,
Eva Koliopantou
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2020
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Greece / 24 mins
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TFG - Swallow Sperm
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Khloaris
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2020
|
USA / 4 mins
Hard rock, pansexual lust and insult comedy cum together in a rifftastic celebration of queer sonic rebellion.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/432275587
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The Adjustment
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Laura Flores
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2020
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USA / 5 mins
Conversations with friends yield hope for an undocumented woman.
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The Alternative
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Adesua Okosun,
Costa de Marfíl
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2020
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Nigeria / 19 mins
The story follows three people from the LGBTQ + community, a queer woman, a man and a transgender, living in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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The Butterfly
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Shiho Fukada
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2020
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Japan / 11 mins
Kota Ishijima spent most of her life hiding from who she is. Finding the strength to live that truth drove a wedge between her and her family. Now a decade into that decision, her life comes full circle as she awaits the birth of her first grandchild.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/375646630
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The Coffee Name Game
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Liz Fairchild
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2020
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USA / 4 mins
Picking a name for yourself can be a lot of pressure. A guy tries out new names at his local coffee shop with mixed results.
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The Gaytriarchy and Why We Need Pride
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TJ Narula
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2020
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Australia / 10 mins
Through the eyes of Australia’s three leading LGTBQI+ activists, this documentary comments on the dogma and bigotry that take place in the name of religion as well as culture across oppressive countries, and how it impacts the LGBTQI+ community. It aims to question the validity of purist versions of all religions and their application across the sexuality, and the gender spectrum across conservative cultures.
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The Gleaners, and Ritual for Signaled Body
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Benjamin Rosenthal,
Eric Souther
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2020
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USA / 8 mins
An animation which performs at the edges between body and the external, oscillating and eroding those boundaries. The Gleaners, and: Ritual for Signaled Bodies is a trance-like experiment not to be missed.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/500565456
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The Institute
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Alexander Glandien
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2020
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Austria, Germany / 13 mins
Based on a conversation with Brigitte Baptiste (leading biodiversity expert, transgender activist, and long-time head of the Instituto Humboldt, the world's only institute for biodiversity research), The Institute is about the importance of biodiversity for the cultural identity and the economic independence of Latin America.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/417518207
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The Long Haul 100
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Christina Rosetti
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2020
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USA / 24 mins
What does it mean to push your body to its limits? The Long Haul 100 follows Katie Rozar on her training and race journey to run a 100 mile ultra-marathon for the first time. Katie approaches running from a scientific angle, turning her training into an equation to test her mental and physical abilities. As the race begins to weigh on her, we see there is no perfect calculation but the drive to finish and a strong
support system.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/419645227
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The Other Woman /
L’Autre Femme
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Stéphane Ducandas
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2020
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Nouvelle-Calédonie, France / 76 mins
Amour et Max vivent ensemble. Ils sont colocataires dans un petit appartement de Nouméa. Max vient d’avoir 30 ans. Il n’accepte plus qu’on le prénomme Makétaléna. Il y a 30 ans, Amour s’est fait opérer pour ne plus jamais s’appeler Pierre. Amour, telle une mère, accompagne Max dans sa transition de genre.
Jour après jour, Max construit son identité. Amour tente de le convaincre de réaliser un voyage fondateur qui le ramènerait vers ses racines culturelles et familiales.
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The Peach Scarf
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Del Sego
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2020
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USA / 3:32 mins
While browsing in the market, Daisy is distracted by a bird who has stolen a scarf from a pretty stranger, Camille. She hops to action to help reclaim the scarf for Camille, but runs into trouble along the way. Undeterred, Daisy finds her own way to restore the beloved peach scarf to Camille.
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The People We Hold Dear
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Alexander Hendricks
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2020
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Netherlands / 3:50 mins
Lucas lives with his boyfriend, but has to hide their relationship when his mother comes to visit. When his mother finds a picture of the couple, Lucas’s fear to be discovered becomes a reality.
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The Pink Revolution
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Jawad Rhalib
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2020
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Belgium / 98 mins
Hocine was born a boy and raised in a conservative family in Algeria. Today her name is Yasmine. Adil and Albéric were born in countries where homosexuality is punishable by prison, lynching, persecution, and death… They fled to Belgium and France seeking asylum. Thomas’ Spanish father dreamt of seeing his son married in a church. Ariane, a young feminist queer, refuses to submit to men’s diktats. They all share the same ambition: to no longer be invisible. Together, they try to overcome their fear and conquer places where they’ve never felt welcome before.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/472954597
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The Princess and the Magic Birds
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Fuyuhiko Takata
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2020
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Japan / 17 mins
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/566280690
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The Pupal Stage
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Tee Jaehyung Park
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2020
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USA / 7 mins
A newly-out trans woman is thrust into a coming out party by her friends, which starts as a cheerful celebration of life but slowly transforms into something else.
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The Rope’s Kiss /
El beso de la cuerda
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Karina Aceves
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2020
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Mexico 9 mins
The journey of three women ready to explore their sexuality by indulging in the pleasure of the ropes with Shibari.
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The Secrets We Keep /
Los Secretos que Guardamos
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Armando Lopez
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2020
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USA
A surprise visit from his parents forces a young man to deal with coming out to his parents or losing the man he loves in the process of keeping things hidden.
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The Side Effects of Normal
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Mari Wrobi
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2020
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USA / 5 mins
An intersex person lurches through life until a LGBTQIA+ network dislodges their PTSD and transforms them into a vessel of liberation.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/416044233
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The Sound of Silence
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Tracy Nganare Gotoas
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2020
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France / 12:26 mins
During his birthday, Andrea has an announcement to make to his family.
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The Suck
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Austin Bunn
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2020
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USA / 8 mins
A collector finally gives up his unusual collection.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/391530445
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The Taste of Pomegranate
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Wendy CHEN
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2020
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Guifen's husband is a migrant worker who has been working away from home for many years. Inside the family there is her son studying in elementary school and the formidable mother-in-law who constantly suppresses her with feudal ideology such as female virtues and children bearing for the family. Accidentally Guifen discovers her son's eccentric habit of dressing like a girl. On one hand, she finds ways to make out whether her son truly has such tendency or is a transvestite. On the other, she conceals this from her mother-in-law. Through communication with her son, Guifen makes up her mind to help her son be his true self rather than trapped in suppressive feudal ideology, fighting against her mother-in-law together with her son.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/SMfit1LVy-c
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The Wall of the Constellations /
El Muro de las Constelaciones
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Olivia Nuss
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2020
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Argentina / 8 mins
Maria Laura is a woman who undertakes a fight against symbolic death that implies the invisibility of being trans. It reconstructs its identity while rescuing the history of its ancestors from oblivion.
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The Wanker /
Der Wichser
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Jan Soldat
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2020
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Germany, Austria / 12 mins
The Viennese wanker wanks all day. While waiting for his inseminators, he tells about his sexual fantasies and his honour of being the biggest cum-whore of Vienna. When the doorbell rings, the wanker doesn’t open.
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The Way to the Sea
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KO Eden
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2020
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Korea / 12 mins
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The Wind from Nowhere
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KIM Minjoo
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2020
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South Korea / 40 mins
Once the option of marriage is removed from a woman's life, people suddenly see her future as bleak and miserable. Many stands firm with the old beliefs that a woman must be defined either as a "wife" or a "mother." However, many women these days break free from the existing traditions and take flight in their own world. This documentary tells the stories of women on the path of singledom.
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The Woodpecker
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Jake Goicoechea
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2020
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USA / 7 mins
On his way to Brad’s animal-themed housewarming party, Richard stops at CVS and calls a close friend for advice about his costume.
Watch… https://youtu.be/IDHWE3WuoZ0
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Them people /
Diese Menschen
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Nausheen Javed
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2020
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India / 6 mins
Who’s hiding behind the windows of the neighbouring flat? Who hasn’t closed their curtains? And who’s lurking at the school gates in the next village? Let’s skedaddle, so that we don’t meet them! An animated poem about how mistrust of others is drilled into us from childhood.
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There Will Be No Blood /
Es Wird Kein Blut Geben
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Paulo Menezes
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2020
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Germany / 10 mins
Tom would like to wear an earring, so Eli offers to pierce his ear after the shift. There’s no point in going to any parlour for just one ring, after all. But Eli’s intentions aren’t purely friendly. It’s a great opportunity to be with this nice boy alone, isn’t it?
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They
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Joe Garstki
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2020
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USA / 11 mins
It’s date night, but words, grammar, and dictionary definitions get in the way of Max telling Michael the truth about their gender-identity.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/nb99C1a5ciA
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They Through Them
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Joan Lopez
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2020
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Spain / 11 mins
A love letter to nonbinary people, through the stories of their friends.
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Things That Might Have Been
/ Des Choses Qui Auraient Pu Être
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Farhad Pakdel
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2020
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Canada / 6 mins
In this hybrid of fantasy, dance and art aesthetics, a movie theatre cashier is haunted by the memory of her dead girlfriend who keeps coming back to the house where they lived together.
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To All the Boys I Loved /
A todos los pibes que amé
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Franco Ariel Malizia
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2020
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Argentina / 3 mins
Every person who passes through our life leaves a mark on ourselves, but none is as permanent as the ones left by the people we once loved.
Trailer... https://vimeo.com/709883404
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To Anna /
An Anna
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Anna Denise Riedmayr
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2020
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Germany / 22 mins
Partying and chilling at the pool: Anna and her clique take in the last days of summer. She’s surrounded by emerging sexuality and feels pressured to experiment herself. However it just doesn’t feel right- is that normal? This summer Anna finds out that she’s asexual.
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To Dress a Body /
Vestirse un Cuerpo
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Lissette Armendariz
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2020
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Mexico / 7 mins
En contacto con la prenda. En contacto con el viento. ¿El cuerpo en contacto con otro cuerpo? Vestir un cuerpo. El viento cataliza el movimiento donde el cuerpo reacciona a la prenda. Cuerpo - prenda. Cuerpo - viento. Cuerpo cuerpo. La estática resulta en movimiento. Entre la estabilidad y la acción de los cuerpos, el movimiento se modifica. A veces simultáneamente. El color y la textura de la piel está presente en la firmeza, en la prenda y en el espacio.
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Tom Aspaul -
Black Country Disco: The Movie
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Sam Taylor-Edwards
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2020
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UK / 9 mins
A pop extravaganza visual love letter to the West Midlands, regional dancefloors, and finding love again.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/512493950
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Tomorrow Tomorrow
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Katie Schiller
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2020
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USA / 15 mins
Queer relationships are rekindled at the gravesite of a lost friend.
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Top & Bottom
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Angela Cheng
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2020
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USA / 6 mins
Quinn and Lexi work out the kinks of their long-term relationship.
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Towards, Place/Portal, Seek/After
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Sean Dorsey
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2020
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USA / 12 mins
A collection of short dances by acclaimed trans choreographer and dancer Sean Dorsey, from Sean Dorsey Dance’s The Lost Art of Dreaming. Each piece claims the outdoor landscapes of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Trans Families /
Famílies Trans* - Construccions Identitàries
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Mar C. Llop
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2020
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Spain / 85 mins
Through interviews with about thirty families, with the collaboration of the Association of Families of Trans Minors * Chrysallis, a mosaic is being assembled in which the testimonies are undressed to tell how they lived the transition process. Despite the pain and fear, there is a stronger common denominator: the happiness of trans * children.
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Trans March:
A Look Back at Transgender History
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Niko Storment
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2020
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USA / 17 mins
For Trans March 2020, we created a mini documentary about the roots of Trans March and the modern history that led to its creation. Narrated by Pearl Teese, this work by Niko Storment features interviews from various community advocates as well as B-Roll from historical events pertaining to our Transgender History. Trans March aims to inspire all T/GNC people to realize a world where we are safe, loved, and empowered, and through this film we hope to shine some light on the struggles we have overcome, and the ones we still face, together.
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Trans of Thought
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Brittony Mckenney
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2020
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USA / 12 mins
Trans of Thought is centered around the dynamic between a Trans identifying woman and a Cis lesbian identifying woman. They decided to go on a simple date, but all isn't so simple when the topic of disclosure is presented to both women. Through the eyes of both of the main characters, we get a first hand look at the ways in which dating, disclosure and gender identification are navigated. While also shedding light on the prevalent disconnect between members of the LGBTQ community.
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Un Giorno Felice
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Matteo Tavoloni
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2020
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Italy / 11 mins
La storia di Paula Lovely, attivista drag, che lotta contro lo stigma dell’HIV. Un attivismo basato sulla gioia, sulla libertà e sul potere incredibile che hanno i nostri corpi e i nostri desideri.
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Una Cartera
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Daniela Miranda
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2020
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Chile / 6:20 mins
A partir de la reflexión sobre el bolso como accesorio e identificador de género a lo largo de la historia, este cortometraje reflexiona sobre la irracionalidad de los ataques contra la comunidad LGBTI+.
Trailer... https://vimeo.com/697012283
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Una Casa que no Tiene Techo
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Celeste Onaindia
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2020
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Argentina / 12 mins
Una casa que no tiene techo es un ensayo documental que recupera registros personales de la directora con la activista Maite Amaya. En un gesto político y afectivo, como homenaje y también como búsqueda de estrategias para transitar el duelo, el film explora fragmentos de encuentros pasados con la intención de reflexionar acerca de nuestras realidades y los cambios que supone haber impactado en la vida de las travestis y disidencias sexuales 12 años después.
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Una Telenovela de Guapas
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Daniel Aguirre,
Armario Abierto
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2020
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Colombia / 22 mins
A collective that carries out community projects with LGBTI groups, a documentary maker, theater actors and a group of trans sex workers (known as Las Guapas) come together to settle accounts with the injustices they live by creating a soap opera using friendship and fiction as a form resistance. Between rituals of love, slapping and revenge, this hybrid documentary shows that making community cinema is a valid bet to combat the fetishization of discourses about the struggles of LGBTI people in Colombia.
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Under My Umbrella:
A (Very Gay) Short Film
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Celestine
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2020
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USA / 5 mins
Cel asks friends to talk about their identities and what their coming out might have been like in different circumstances.
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Under the shadow of Azkorri
/ Azkorri árnyéka alatt
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Eszter Katalin
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2020
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Basque Country / 17 mins
“Azkorri árnyéka alatt” is a visual essay that explores the spaces of images, starting from a photograph taken on the beach of Azkorri (in the Basque Country). The video questions how a change of perspective might alter the receptivity towards an image, and unfolds from the positioning of a gesture from the film “Még kér a nép”(“Red Psalm”, 1972). The director subsequently encounters this gesture in a photograph of Russian LGBTQIA+ activist Yelena Grigoryeva. She explores that particular symbol by drawing lines to her own queer sexuality, to the aesthetic representation of communism, as well as to questions of dispossession and appropriation.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/459348890
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Underneath
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Kyle Mangione-Smith
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2020
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USA / 10 mins
A couple at the bitter end of a long term relationship struggle to deal with a creature living in their house that neither wants to acknowledge.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/516928386
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Unstuck
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Angelica Bourland
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
A young woman decides to listen to a specific song that takes her back to memories of a past lover.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/452945351
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Until I see the light /
Jusqu'à ce que je vois la lumière
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JaCobra
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2020
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France, Czech Republic / 7 mins
“The autobiographical video-essay metaphorically illustrates the relationship of light and darkness, the polarization of emotions, feelings, hopelessness. The audiovisual work is a tool to process the accumulated stress, depression and anxiety that have plagued the author for several years. The beginning of the therapeutic journey addresses the crucial issue of mental health for the director as well as for us all.”
Watch… https://vimeo.com/432167966
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Vaginas
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Andreia Dobrota
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2020
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Netherlands / 1 min
A collage of vaginas that are all different and colorful, a visual hymn to the beauty of human anatomy, in every aspect, in every form.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/433644800
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Victorian Maximalism
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Kavz
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2020
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India / 2 mins
A historically inaccurate short film about a joyous queer and their inanimate cat companion living in the 1800s. The only way for them to endure the loneliness and mundanity of existence is to give in to the whimsical world in their mind.
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Volver a Casa: El Lobo
+
Volver a Casa: Victoria
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Diego Beares
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2020
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Mexico / 7 mins
Debido a la pandemia el Lobo se quedó sin trabajo, tuvo que dejar la habitación que rentaba en el centro, y después de 17 años, volver a vivir a casa de sus padres.
Watch… https://youtu.be/UTpKerLkDnM
Mexico / 7 mins
Compartía un departamento con dos amigas, debido a la pandemia, ya no pudo pagar mas la renta, y tuvo que volver a vivir con su familia. Ella regresó distinta, y no está siendo nada fácil.
Watch… https://youtu.be/M4a190zwUnU
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Vreden
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Lasse Långström
aka Antiffa Vänsterfitta
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2020
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Sweden / 4 mins
Far up north in the little country Sweden, a unholy alliance is happening between the right wing party, the christian democrats and the racist party. But in the forest the fairytale creatures are waiting, planning to bash back.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/386452576
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Walking Progress
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Fox Fisher,
Rowyn Judd
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2020
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UK / 4 mins
Mixing pre-op and post-op footage of the same dance, this music video highlights the joy of reclaiming one’s trans body and recognizing oneself as a continual work in progress.
Watch… https://youtu.be/8PPkEf243n8
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Wash Day
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Kourtney Jackson
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2020
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Canada / 9:52 mins
As they get ready for the day, three young Black women discuss the public perception of their Blackness in relation to their cultivation of a strong sense of self. Wash Day is an intimate exploration into how private, domestic acts such as washing your hair or putting on makeup become a significant re-acquaintance with the body, before and after navigating the politics of one's outwardly appearance.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/BJXIXkuSonA
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We are Gloria /
Somos Gloria
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Maricel Iglesias,
Maia Guerrero
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2020
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14 mins
Gloria searches for her identity by imagining different ways of seeing and expressing herself. In turn, these ways of thinking take on the corporeality of Santiago and Leo, people who are not exactly what she was taught to be as a child. Gloria goes through her doubts, her chaos, her anxiety and despair in a solitary way, with her notebooks, plants and the coast. Can she be herself in a body that is not a woman? Or perhaps more simply: could Gloria not be a feminine name?
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We Are Not Who They Say We Are
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Manu Valcarce
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2020
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UK / 17 mins
This documentary tells the story of Arcoiris, a group of LGBT+ human rights defenders in Honduras. In recent years the organisation has faced mounting attacks and threats following relentless public abuse and stigmatisation. Prejudice from the police and judiciary means that these attacks go largely unpunished, making it one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be an LGBT+ human rights defender. Our interviews reveal both the severity of the risks they face and their determination to further their struggle.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/387662829
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We, Them
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Michelle Do
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2020
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USA / 3 mins
A couple talks through their concerns before a dinner with parents where they will reveal their true selves. A reminder to us all that we are beautiful.
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What Else Is There?
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James MacLean
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2020
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Canada
Watch… https://vimeo.com/384910653
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What is wrong with her?
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Leah Francisco
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2020
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UK / 7 mins
This spine-tingling poem performed through British Sign Language shares the realities of finding peace in a world that wasn’t built for you.
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When I Look at You
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Pablo García Cuadrado
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2020
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Spain / 4 mins
It's hard to paint a portrait if your model talks and moves too much.
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When the Oracles Leave
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Joss Barton
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2020
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USA / 13:25 mins
An oracle walks along the banks of a rural Missouri river as she examines the holy rites of queer revolution, transsexual rebirth, and the healing power of disco music.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/453153578
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When the Sun Goes Down /
Eguna Iluntzen Danean
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Paloma Arias,
Liam McDonnell
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2020
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Basque Country / 6 mins
How does someone come to terms with their sexuality and identity? In a culture of turmoil, a young woman finds her own space through performance.
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Where is George? /
Wo Ist Georg?
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Jan Soldat
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2020
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Germany / 3 mins
Doubts that lead to revelations.
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While We Stayed Home
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Gil Vesely
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2020
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Israel / 5 mins
In the empty city of Tel Aviv during the pandemic two strangers cross paths. Their small flirtation hits the most graceful of pandemic humor notes and ends with a satisfying (for those who are bloodthirsty) twist.
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Who I am
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Taína Asili
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2020
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USA / 9 mins
"Who I Am" is a documentary short about Puerto Rican performing artist Paola Gonzalez and her journey to find liberation and joy as a trans woman in the professional wrestling arenas of upstate NY.
Watch… https://youtu.be/2ucn6r9VuMU
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Without You
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SB Gamble
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2020
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USA
Alek finds himself torn between love and fear when a stranger at the bar complicates things…
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Wolfgang's Angels /
Drei Engel Für Wolfgang
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Jan Soldat
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2020
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Germany / 4 mins
Three angels visit him in his small hotel room between Christmas and New Years.
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Women in Movement /
Mulheres em movimento
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Juliana Moreira Streva
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2020
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Brazil / 68 mins
The film materializes a living archive, moved by the pressing need for articulation of bodies, struggles and political grammars. By presenting a radical invitation to listening, a relational dialogue between theory and practice, knowledge and experience, is continually bridged.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/ZnSJ8xx3QRs
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Women* What We Are Fighting For
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Viktoria Guyvik,
Alina Shevchenko
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2020
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Ukraine / 30 mins
»Women* What we are fighting for« is about lesbians* who are fighting for the women*- and LGBTQ+ rights. It’s about the life stories of activists from Ukraine, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Brazil, Moldova and Croatia. „You will see what the activists of every country in the world face and, most importantly, why we unite and continue our struggle.“ a film made by lesbian* activists. For activists and about us*.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/BQqnL59DwhI
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Ya Llegamos Laura
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Nestor Abraham Infante Olvera,
Irais Jiménez Salinas
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2020
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Mexico / 8 mins
Both will discover on the way to a cure, that love goes beyond any destination.
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Yellow Line
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Kionz.C
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2020
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Malaysia / 7 mins
Yellow Line, a film written based on a true story about human psychological struggles. Struggles as such can’t be cured by just medication. Sometimes, all it takes is just a simple connection that is relevant. Yellow was written, planned, shot, edited, music sound design and finished in 48 Hours.
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You Decide
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Taiki Sugioka
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2020
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Japan / 105 mins
Just prior to entering her long professional career, Kaede Hatashima discards her masculine form and comes out to society as a transgender woman. In the brief respite between graduate school and her new job as an architect, she tests her wings as a woman for the first time. Through competing in a beauty contest and by giving lectures, Kaede gains attention as gifted and talented transgender woman. While in the media spotlight, she seeks an active role in expanding the prospects for other trans people. Internally, however, Kaede cannot shake the self-image of a son rejected by his father, which remains with her from childhood. An ambitious trans woman aiming for social achievement and a son secretly wishing to be loved and recognized. Grappling with these two identities, what kind of woman will Kaede design? This documentary tells an ongoing story, and captures the moment when the woman known as Kaede is born.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/FlKhSZgMrnM
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You'll Be Fine /
Van a Estar Bien
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Alejandro Moreno-Novelo,
José Luis Isoard
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2020
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Mexico / 15 mins
Horacio has urgent news for her husband but cannot contact him, and Hannah has not heard from his girlfriend for days.
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