2023 - UPDATED: November 2024

(510) CALL ME-CHELLE

Juliana Nguyen,
Andy Briseno

2023

USA / 11 mins
A queer Bay Area transplant develops an unexpected friendship with her witty next door neighbor who helps her navigate the myriad of identity politics at work.
Trailer... here

(dey/dem): a choreo-doc

Nova Cypress Black

2023

USA / 17 mins
(dey/dem): a choreo-doc is an experimental documentary that illuminates Black non-binary folks in the American Souf & their connection to the nearly erased history of gender expansiveness within the African diaspora.

(Fluid) Mosquito

Carleen Maur

2023

USA / 7 mins
(Fluid) Mosquito is a film centered on a body losing another body through a winding pathway of forests two cyclists chance one another. It thinks about the naturalized camouflage along side ones own agency to not be seen.

(with[out] balls) /
Met Zonder Ballen

Luca Meisters

2023

Netherlands / 66 mins
A moving and hilariously honest portrait of a transgender son and his mom. based on the successful eponymous play. We see a kid who’s becoming more and more clear and a confused mom who can barely keep up with him.

Creating space for addressing the wrongs, concerns and clichés, this film provides a loving insight into the reality of a kid in transition. It shows the impact that ‘becoming who you are’ has on a family, but at the same time addresses universal themes like growing up, becoming an adult and the art of raising a kid and letting them go.

002 Heresy

Jude Dennis

2023

USA / 27:20 mins
A diary film composed of iPhone footage, internet videos, painted film and original music, documenting the extreme emotional contradictions of living in the American South as a trans woman in 2023.

4 Walls

Mahlatse Nare

2023

South Africa / 11 mins
Nathi’ & ’Karabo’ played by Tshepiso Jeme and Kamohelo Sebudi, share a bond that seizes to exist outside these 4 walls. The characters take us on a journey of exploration, touching on complexities surrounding identity, freedom, and desire as black queer South African Men today. 4 Walls speaks to the navigation and exploration, of a particular shared experience amongst the LGBTQI+ community.

14 Years and a Day

Ayo Lawson,
Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim

2023

Nigeria / 21 mins
In a riveting tale of love and self-discovery, a restless young woman finds herself embroiled in a passionate conflict with her partner of 14 years. Fuelled by frustration, she seeks solace in a solitary dinner, unaware that fate has something extraordinary in store. As the stars align, she encounters a captivating stranger whose mere presence ignites a storm of doubt within her heart. In a single encounter, the foundations of her relationship tremble, compelling her to question the very path she once thought secure.
Trailer… here

40 Years of Care

Care Resource

2023

USA / 25 mins
In 1983, a group of volunteers came together to help those affected by HIV & AIDS in our South Florida communities. Little did they know, this volunteer-led organization would grow and evolve into Care Resource, a leading healthcare provider serving residents of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. Watch the history unfold and discover our humble beginnings of Health Crisis Network, The White Party, AIDS Walk Miami, and Community Research Initiative of South Florida, as narrated by our founding members and community volunteers.
Watch… here

66 Motel

Jalen Thompson

2023

USA / 12:51 mins
What happens when a hook up doesn't quite go how you expected it to? Narrated in a series of short poems, 66 Motel explores the misconnections, the unspoken thoughts, and the delusions we experience in our digitally connected world. 

4801 Nuits

Laurence Michel

2023

France / 38 mins
Abstinence is refraining from satisfying a craving.
Teetotalism is the total, definitive abstinence from alcohol.
In other words, a life sentence!
4801 nights documents an introspection and a wandering, a fall and a rise, during a trip to the polar circle. Legend has it that the polar night can drive those who venture there to sanity or madness

A Cardiff Ghost Story

Jay Bedwani,
Glen Biseker,
Efa Blosse-Mason, Mathew David,
Amy Morris,
Paulo Russo 

2023

UK / 3 mins
A Cardiff Ghost Story is an animated love letter to the city and two little known queer Welsh icons who broke boundaries during their lifetimes. Written and made with love by people who love and live there. 

A Fuckboi Story /
Despide a tu fuckboi

Carlos Jiménez Lucas

2023

Spain / 10 mins
Have you ever heard of a fuckboi? Well, Ulises has one.
Trailer… here

A Ghost in the House

Tom Mcvey

2023

USA / 8 mins
When Victor reveals to his husband that he’s been communicating with a ghost named Louis, the couple decides to welcome the ghost into their relationship. Louis has other plans.
Trailer... here 

A Happy Wedding

Arin Hong

Korea / 20 mins
Same-sex marriage has been legalized! Jeongha prepares a wedding with her female partner while seeking recognition from the heterosexual-centered society.

A humanidade que me resta

Kieza Fran Nascimento

2023

Brazil / 6 mins
Escutando seu diário gravado, Kieza tenta se levantar da cama para mais um dia de luta, mas se depara com pensamentos intrusivos, angústias e disforias.

A Leap of Faith

Mikey Hamer

2023

Australia
A love letter through the seasons.
Trailer… here

A Mix of Performance and Truth

Ewan McPherson

2023

UK
What is it like to be a queer comic on Glasgow’s vibrant comedy scene? Eliott, Hev and Kathleen spend time reflecting on their experiences delivering sets to a variety of audiences and the tense steps taken in the journey to the microphone.
Trailer… here

A Miscreant Gnome & Other Charlatans

Raymond Helkio,
Peter Lynch

2023

Canada / 9 mins
What does it mean to be queer and homeless during a pandemic? “Miscreant Gnomes & Other Charlatans” examines the intersection between the under-housed and those who live, work and play within the confines of Toronto’s queer community.
Watch… here

A Parte que Falta

Nicole Nasser

2023

Brazil / 18 mins
Como último desejo de sua mãe doente, Teresa volta ao interior para buscar seu pai, Francisco, que não o vê há anos devido a uma briga que separou a família. Na viagem de volta, os dois têm dificuldades para se relacionarem e vão descobrindo coisas novas um do outro. Mas em dado instante, o passado vem à tona e não há mais como fugir dele.
Trailer… here

A Place to Call Home: An Inside Look at La Peña's Rotating Mural Program

Clara Pérez Medina

A Poem Called Love Jones

Linda Denson,
Diana Khong

A Public Thing

Lauren Mahoney

USA / 5 mins

A Safe Place /
A L'abri

Nicolas Lincy

2023

22 mins
Alain lives locked up in a large house with his husband, Raphael. They were about to renovate the place and turn it into a bed and breakfast. A new virus, still unknown, poisoning the air, stops them in their dream. Alain is now obsessed with the idea of protecting Raphael, whose health is fragile. But the latter is suffocating, for him it is the house that is unhealthy, as if haunted

A Sea of Love for Us /
A mares amores

Arturo Nicolás Dávila Zelada

2023

Perú / 14 mins
A partir de encuentros diarios con amantes trans, se genera un diálogo entre el hogar, el cuidado y la memoria. Las imágenes que se construyen revelan el amor, las costumbres y la espiritualidad que se teje en esta intimidad.
Trailer... here

A Tábua de Esmeralda

Felippe Moraes

2023

Brazil / 7 mins
Bianca Exótica encontra um objeto mágico que a transporta para dentro de si. Nessa viagem alquímica ao som de house music, se depara com saberes que a transmutam na versão iluminada do seu ser.
Trailer… here

a tangled web drowning in honey

Tara Hakim,
Hannah Hull

2023

Canada / 10 mins
This experiential and textural film invites viewers into the inner workings of a mind to ponder the ways in which we love and unlove ourselves.

A Touch

Sahil D Gada

2023

India / 28 mins
When Miril downloads the dating app for the first time, he comes across a profile of Gandhar and swipes right. Receiving a match after ages, Gandhar, who is craving for a human touch, gets excited and the conversation turns out fruitful. In this excitement, Gandhar forgets to tell Miril, that he’s confined to a wheel chair, because of an unfortunate accident. After a few days of chatting Gandhar agrees to meet Miril. He is ready to face the fate and invites Miril to his place. How does Miril react to Gandhar’s condition? Do these desperate souls depart or touch each other?

Aalapanam

Niketh Manulal

2023

India
Portrays change and connection about a family, together still apart.

About SAMANTHA MAGAZINE

Samantha Zine

2023

South Korea / 4 mins
"About SAMANTHA" is a compelling short documentary that delves into the taboo subject of sexuality with audiences in South Korea, where societal norms still shroud discussions on sexualities and gender diversity.
Watch… here

Absences /
Ausencias

Alfonso Palazon

Spain / 20 mins
Absences are memories, revisionisms and forgetfulness agreed on representations of the past based on silence and nostalgia. The memory as a denial of the great stories of the past where common places become passages of denial. The (in)visibility of LGTBIQ+ migration is absence. Drawings of empty and stolen places that prevent the construction of new spaces of freedom.

Ausencias son memorias, revisionismos y olvidos pactados sobre representaciones del pasado basados en el silencio y la nostalgia. El recuerdo como negación de las grandes historias del pasado en donde los lugares comunes se convierten en pasajes de la negación. La (in)visibilidad de la migración LGTBIQ+ es la ausencia. Dibujos de lugares vacíos y robados que impiden construir nuevos espacios de libertad.
Trailer… here

Acmé

Agustín Montangie

2023

Argentina / 16mins
Este documental retrata la vida e intimidad de dos personas con VIH que habitan en la Patagonia Argentina, con las características socio-culturales y limitaciones propias de la región. Acmé pone en tensión la calma cotidianidad de los personajes, su rutina, su profesión, sus paisajes, con la voz reflexiva de sus pensamientos y sus experiencias vividas en torno a la enfermedad.
Trailer… here

Across the Street

Caitlin Royston

Australia / 7 mins
A teen attempts to befriend her crush who lives across the street. However, the only time they see each other is the brief walk from the front door to their cars on their way to school.

Adama

Dan Meyer

Belgium / 5:23 mins
Watch… here

adulthood?

Mehak Chaha

USA / 1:35 mins
A South Asian woman embarks on an expedition to question life’s complexities.

África

Salvador Santana II

Mexico / 16 mins
Africa, a trans woman devoted to musical interpretation and funny entertainment on Facebook, displays her everyday life through live streamings, enjoying great success and large audiences. Africa makes a series of decisions to survive, revealing what lies beyond her social media persona.
Trailer… here

After Bed

TT Takemoto

2023

USA / 3 mins
Pulsing flashbacks from the summer of love reawaken a queer California classic.

After Work

Jan Soldat

2023

Germany / 5 mins
After work, Holger and Lutz hook up for sex. But actually the two are tired and not the youngest anymore.

Again

Morena Barra

2023

Austria / 6 mins
"J" playfully explores the boundaries between pleasure and displeasure through various objects, based on their feeling, temperature and appearance.

Agridulce

Canción Diez

2023

Mexico / 7 mins
Bittersweet is an impossible love story between Javier, a migrant seeking to reach the border, and Daniel who captures memorable moments with his camera. Both young people experience a fleeting but unforgettable infatuation.
Trailer… here

Aiming at the Apocalypse

Shireen Mccormack

2023

UK / 15 mins
“Aiming at the Apocalypse” explores religious futurism in a triptych of three parts; before, during and after leaving religion, using the phobic mirage of a motorcycle as an anchor throughout. Emotions are imbued on the object, one that is already a symbol of strength, desire and freedom. Throughout the film, the motorcycle evolves from an object of transportation to one of transformation, a mode of navigating gender and sexuality upon leaving religion. The film reckons with difficult memories, the effect of religion on the body in the present and the grief of what is left behind as it looks towards the future.
Trailer... here

Alba

Juana Gonzalez Posse,
Carmen Lanzi Giannoni

2023

Argentina / 6 mins
Luca e Milán atravessam as diferentes fases do amor e da desilusão, com a árdua tarefa de saber como dizer adeus. Gerando um espaço comum entre a realidade, a memória e a fantasia.
Trailer… here

Alima & Omar

Sofian Priz

France / 10 mins
Alima se enamora de Omar, quien desafía las normas de género. En un cabaret, Alima descubre las fantasías ocultas de Omar, explorando la sensualidad como forma de expresión.

Alima falls in love with Omar, who challenges gender norms. At a cabaret, Alima discovers Omar’s hidden fantasies, exploring sensuality as a form of expression.
Trailer… here

All that's left

Dearne Tekin

Australia
In the midst of a breakup ex lovers meet up to have dinner.

Alone /
Sola

Séneca Claudia Dávalos

2023

Peru / 15 mins
After showing herself as she is, Luisa, who’s dedicated to crest traditional Andean textiles, is rejected by her nephew and her whole town. This leads to a series of events that will make her choose between recovering the only family bond she’s got left or choose herself in the process.

Alpha & Alpha

Elias Ankarvik

2023

Colombia / 28 mins
En un contexto donde se cree que el rol de las personas queer es pintar uñas y cortar cabello, Herlen y sus amigos, Charlie y Jhoana, luchan por derribar este prejuicio y construir un espacio donde se acepte la diversidad.

In a context where the role of the queer is believed to be painting nails and cutting hair, Herlen and her friends, Charlie and Jhoana, struggle to challenge this prejudice and create a space where diversity is accepted.
Trailer

Alter

Ronnie Gilmore

2023

UK / 5 mins
Alter is about a young person realizing how they express themselves. In their world, their mother is an omnipresent voice in their head that sets expectations that must be followed. When an anxiety-provoking incident produces a vision of who they could be, they are not sure whether they can show the truth to their mother or whether they should rearrange their thoughts and not let the imperfections be seen.

Always, Sofia 

Athena Cheris

2023

USA / 7:48 mins
A romance falls apart after the stress of a chronic illness reveals the cracks in it.

Amar

Anshul Kumar

2023

India / 10 mins
The story of the film revolves around the protagonist Amar who is blind from birth and who has graduated from a blind school. Amar’s mother passed away in his childhood and he now lives with his father in a small apartment. The film takes the viewer along with Amar as he wanders here and there– sometimes on populous streets and sometimes in solitude playing his harmonica.
Watch… here

Amor Puro

María José Jiménez

2023

México / 5:55 mins
Darina es una joven con distintos pensamientos a los de su padre, el es algo anticuado y con otro concepto de amor. Darina y Alison llevan una relación escondida de ya un año medio y necesitaban ayuda de alguien para que el padre entendiera y aceptara o situación.

Amōr - the Tune of Love

Jijo Kuriakose

2023

India / 5 mins
Amor - the tune of love, is a Malayalam music video which carries the emotional elements of gay romance, the enticing feel of belongingness and missing. The music video is a dedication to everyone who believes in the power and love and campaign for human rights of the LGBTIQ community.
Trailer... here 

An Ordinary Day

Ju-Geon Gym

South Korea / 19 mins
Two women spend the day as the end of the world approaches.

Anarriê

Neto Astério

2023

Brazil / 14 mins
Follow friends Renan and Alana as they rehearse anxiously for their upcoming performance at Brazil’s local Anarriê festival.
Trailer… here

And We Rest on Giants

Kevin Anderson

2023

USA
“And We Rest on Giants” is an exploration into the lives of BIPOC aging and long-term survivors of HIV. As stigma continues to ravish communities of color, this short explores the daily walk of those thriving unapologetically and provides a first-hand account of the HIV journey. Layered with spoken word, these stories ignite the importance of honest discussion.

Annarchy Artist

Tempest Creation

2023

USA / 18:53 mins
Annarchy Artist follows a day in the life of Anne Artist, an avante-garde drag queen in the Manhattan gogo club kid scene, as she puts together an outfit for a night at The Box.

Antes De

René Cabrera Morales

2023

México
Diego, un chico de 18 años, en medio de la pandemia del COVID, se entera del inevitable próximo fallecimiento de un ser querido, pero la llegada de un misterioso ser lo hará dudar de su presente, lo que le dará otra perspectiva de su vida y de la persona que lo impulsa a seguir adelante.

Antics

Leslie Wool

2023

USA
After calling a phone number found on the street, Pinbone Malone get the chance to experience the joys and menaces of masculine friendship.

Apnea

Riccardo Charlie Marino

Italy / 7:30 mins
Zeno is a whipped teenager who never stood up for himself. All he needs is a friend by his side, and Matteo will be exactly that. In a surprising turn of events, they’ll take each other’s breath away.

Arc-en-noir

Eric Plamondon

2023

Canada
Beatnik contemporary revival in the voice of a francophone queer métis gives voice to thoughts, desires, and struggles of a queer indigenous Manitoban.

Arkesta

Safal Pandey

Nepal / 19 mins
Gokul is a single father who is raising his son, a well-regarded and actively involved member of their community. On a specific occasion, Gokul feels a sense of embarrassment as he watches his son's public dance performance, which displays feminine mannerisms. Determined to bring about a change in his son's lifestyle and regain their esteemed standing in society, Gokul wholeheartedly commits himself to putting in considerable effort and taking the required actions. Over time, Gokul gradually becomes aware of his son's inherent feminine side

As Leaves in the Wind

Sofia Luz

2023

Spain, Equatorial Guinea / 10:56 mins
“As leaves in the wind” is the story of two transgender women who migrate from their home countries seeking asylum and opportunities in a new continent. Their lives go through structural changes when they meet and take part in a new support network. Made by them for them.
Trailer… here

As political landscapes dissolve

Zora Ottink

2023

Netherlands / 7 mins
What is my identity in times of climate change and political upheavals, filmmaker Zora Ottink wonders, in this political picture story full of sweeping associations that starts in her bathroom.

Is a stable identity really feasible in the current political climate, filmmaker Zora Ottink wonders in this short surrealist picture story, which she shot on 16 mm. The film sets off stably in Ottink’s bathroom where she is having a shave, but when she subsequently steps into a melting snowy landscape, ideas start to change meaning in associative ways: razor blades, snowploughs, gender relations and identity politics. Everything is in a constant flux of permanent change, decay and remanifestation.
Trailer... here

Ash Wednesday

Grace O'Brien

USA / 16:53 mins
When queer Catholic schoolgirl Bridget gets her period during Ash Wednesday Mass, she embarks on an odyssey with best friend Erin to find a tampon and make it back in time to get their ashes - or else they're suspended.

Aster

Shehryaar Bhoja

India / 20 mins
An unlikely attachment to a 16-year-old student drives small town school principal Father Royston into a dilemma involving love, morals and faith.

Atmospheric Arrivals

Ayo Tsalithaba

2023

Canada, Lesotho, Ghana / 6:37 mins
This film is at once a living archive/polytemporal memory bank and a love letter to my other selves. I consider the act of revisiting my personal archives a time travelling practice and incorporating this into my films is an exercise in making said practice legible to others.

"Atmospheric Arrivals" is about home and the (im)possibility of return. The "atmospheric arrival" captures a means of coming into being through memory and imagination; by reaching across spacetimes to "fetch" parts of the self that may exist in elsewheres.
Watch… here

August

Alejandra Navarro Beltrones

2023

Spain / 16 mins
Regina y August son dos estudiantes que comparten más que apuntes: comparten miradas furtivas y sonrisas cómplices. Mientras August se sumerge de lleno en el torbellino del amor adolescente, Regina lucha contra las sombras de un hogar opresivo, donde la homofobia y la religión se entrelazan.

Auntie Chris Signs of Rivers

Marrok Sedgwick

2023

USA / 5:43 mins
Auntie Chris Smith performs an ASL adaptation of Langston Hughes’ “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”

Außer Männer hatten wir nichts zu verlieren

Hanna Marie Hocker,
Leila Fatima Keita

2023

Germany / 30 mins
Hanna and Leila, two feminist filmmakers, have only read about their pioneers in books. The pair's cinematic quest begins after they find an old VHS tape. In 1975, the first women's bookstore opened in Munich: For the first time, men are not allowed in. Even after all these years, the owners demonstrate their militant stance. We are too prudish and too well-behaved for them - can we learn from each other? What unites and what separates our generations?

Auto/Visual

Menelas Siafakas

2023

Greece / 9 mins
When pornography doesn't work anymore but dreamscapes do, a sublimation of masturbation.

Ave Marie

Celestina Louisa Marie Sumby

New Zealand / 13 mins
Set in 1984 suburban Aotearoa New Zealand, AVE MARIE is about adopted siblings Marie and Xavier who use dance as a way to escape the day-to-day reality of their mother’s religious rants and the neighborhood bullies. While tough and unforgiving Xavier insists on putting himself front and center of every dance routine and fighting the BMX gang for his right to wear lycra, Marie decides she wants to shine too. When their staunchly Catholic mother leaves the kids home alone for another funeral, Marie gets her chance. Can the power of dance unite where fists can’t?
Trailer… here

Bacon Soda

Brandt Maina

USA / 4:55 mins
We see more than one kind of horror in this film produced during Outside the Frame's 2023 Spring Intensive.

Babylamp - The Weapon

Jamie & Conor Hooper

Ireland / 4 mins
The Weapon is a track about how bad actors in society pretend that you can be dangerous just by being who you are. I wrote the lyrics as a reminder to myself that being queer is about being in love (for me).
Watch… here

Bad Behaviour

Bhavana Rajendran,
Rency Philip,
Sharanya Ramprakash

2023

India / 5 mins
Bad Behaviour is a street performance exploring Brigade Road and surrounding neighbourhoods that gave Bangalore its moniker ‘the Pub City’ in the 80s and 90s. Today, Brigade Road is more of a commercial street than the ‘cool, hip and happening’ area it used to be with iconic places like NASA, Pub World, Galaxy Theatre, Rex Theatre, Brigade Gardens, Time ‘n’ Again, Black Cadillac, FoxTrot, Spin and other has-been spaces that were for drinking, dancing, and cruising.
Watch… here

Ballad

Roe Bonnici

2023

Australia / 10 mins
A story set in the goldrush about a woman left alone with a bush ranger who needs help.

Bathroom Girls

Reagan Christie

USA / 1 min
A love letter to the solidarity and survival, unconditional love and support that women and femmes save for each other.

Be Vardų, Be Kojų

Brigita Gedgaudas

Canada / 3 mins
“Be Vardų, Be Kojų,” meaning ‘without names, without legs,’ is an experimental, animated, dance film that investigates queer movement in Lithuanian folk dance. Using photograms made from scanning dancers performing specific gendered folk dance steps, the film depicts bodies that don’t conform to earthly physics, boundaries, and rules and that act instead as disruptive agents.

Beach

Anisha Sharma

2023

India
Karan is a transman, who recently had a gender affirmation surgery and something as trivial as going to the beach shirtless has been a dream and an act of liberation for him.

Beauty Within

Carrie Miller

2023

USA / 5 mins
This abstract film is driven by colors, imagery of flowers, voice overs, and portrait shots of the characters. Skylar and Arbor meet in a beautiful garden, reflecting the radiant energy of the characters. There is a voice over of Arbor reading a letter to Skylar that describes how they met, their friendship turning romantic, and Arbor’s self discovery of their gender. As the letter is being read, they are seen meeting at the same spot, slowly getting closer. There is beauty and growth around them with blooming flowers and sunny weather. Skylar keeps going back, hoping Arbor will show up. Arbor’s voice over ends, saying, “I am sorry I never showed up, I had to find myself first.” Skylar finds the written letter from Arbor in their meeting spot, which is the voiceover that is happening throughout the film. She reads the letter, but the last few lines she reads out loud, “But when I am ready, I want to grow with you in the garden forever.”
Watch... here 

Becoming

Tramaine Raphael Gray

2023

USA / 25 mins
An imaginative queer teen weaves in and out of his own fantasy world while struggling to connect with his older brother.

Bedtime Story

Maty Grznár

2023

Slovakia / 8 mins
In the performance, the author primarily deals with the topic of queer identity, growing up and memory. He harkens back to his childhood experiences in character of protective figure that we as queer children lack during growing up. The narrative is conceived from a personal point of view, but it focuses on the bigger picture, which everyone can relate to somehow.

Behind The Mask: Contemporary Drag Culture in Kazakhstan

Tolganay Talgat

2023

Kazakhstan / 30 mins
Kazakhstan's drag scene emerged in the late 90s and is now experiencing a new wave of popularity. In Tolganay Talgat's documentary, artists and performers of different ages, ethnicities, and genders share how they find ways to self-expression and activism in drag. Despite facing prejudice, drag culture continues to attract new audiences and support the queer community.
Trailer… here

Behind My Drag Queen

Leonardo Oliveira

2023

Ireland / 14 mins
This short documentary tells the story of Chantelle Perez, a Brazilian drag queen who discovered a new life for herself in Ireland through the art of drag.

being queer here

Chloë Gordon

Canada / 7 mins
A portrait of Toronto, as defined by the spaces its queer residents inhabit and the memories they’ve created there.

Berry Wilde

Mika A. Sattler

Austria / 22 mins
Berry Wilde is a film about the search for honesty with oneself. A path that leads Berry through repression, pain and inner fear.

Beware

Wrik Mead

2023

Canada / 3 mins
A hacking of glitchy intimacies, set to sound extracts from the 1961 homophobic propaganda film Boys Beware, that makes the fag monster very lovable.

Big Freedia - Jump (Best Beleevah)

Wilberto Lucci

2023

USA / 5 mins
A history of uber-successful New Orleans Bounce Music, narrated by New Orleans own LGBTIQA+ artist &Reality Show star "Big Freedia". Big Freedia is featured on Beyonce's current #1 hit"Break My Soul" and Drake's #1 bounce music hit "Nice For What".
Watch… here

Bird /
Pajarito

Soraya Arrabal

2023

USA
Bird is a visual poem about two women reaching different points in their lives, and as their wounds heal, the relationship becomes obsolete.

Birthday Parties

Preston Powell

2023

USA / 6 mins
Birthday parties are commonly seen as a cheerful celebration, but they also dredge up feelings of self-worth, forgiveness, and discomfort.
Watch… here

Bistro #1

Kiana Thienkim Nguyen

2023

USA / 10 mins
A young woman keeps the sales of her family’s food booth alive while navigating her sexuality.

Bixas Pretas: entre o amor e os afetos

Diego Roberto Silva Cavalcante Barrera

2023

Brazil / 25 mins
Quatro “bixas pretas” discutem, através das suas experiências, como o racismo e a homofobia afetam o campo do amor.

Black Joy /
Blaka koloku

Rafik M Opti

Netherlands / 20 mins
Poetic, Afro-futuristic doc about the quest for independence of Black people in Amsterdam.

Black Trans Miracle 

Tinaye Nyathi

Australia / 18 mins 
Lindani, a neurotic young trans man, embarks on a journey to collect a cake for his partner’s birthday after an encounter with a stranger forces him to wrestle with his own identity, putting him at odds with his own desire for connection.
Watch… here

Blinds

Shir Green

2023

Israel / 9 mins
A short queer film about the complex experience of a bisexual woman in the closet, who desires her lesbian neighbor that she spies on from her balcony and then fantasizes about while pleasuring herself. She wants to be her and to be with her at the same time, but can only live it through the fantasy.

Blue Flower

Sunil Babu Pant,
Pradhumna Mishra

Blue Hour

Vanessa Minacapelli

Belgium / 5 mins
À Bruxelles, trois âmes en quête d'adieux silencieux partagent une dernière soirée au crépuscule, laissant les vagues de l'océan exprimer cequ'ils ne peuvent dire.

Blue Rain /
La Pluie Bleue

Qian He

Body Varial

Audrey Kerridge

Boob

Lokchi Lam

Canada / 7 mins
Boob is a rom-com about a large left breast struggling with insecurities about his masculinity as he strives to impress his new love interest.

Boom Boom Chao

Pau(La) Chaves Bonilla

Bound

Biz Young

USA / 4 mins
In 'Bound: A Film on Liberation Through Rope Bondage,' Sakina Sins uses shibari (rope bondage) as a way to process pain and desire. As a queer, disabled, transmasc person born to immigrant parents — his body was often a site of pain and restriction, but getting to choose the pain he endures is what frees him.

Boundless

David Chai

2023

USA / 10 mins
Through a series of animated vignettes ranging from everyday scenes to abstract ideas, a group of trans and nonbinary people define their genders through their surroundings, families, cultures, and imaginations.

Boxed In /
Le Poids des Cases

Coline Stell

2023

France / 17:32 mins
Lou a 28 ans, elle est lesbienne et heureuse. Le jour où elle se réveille à côté d’un homme, c’est le monde à l’envers!

Boxes

Wall & Yero

2023

Argentina / 2 mins
A young man recovers his collection of red cars only to realise that the scale of his fantasies has changed.
Un joven recupera su colección de autos rojos para darse cuenta que la escala de sus fantasías ha cambiado.
Trailer… here

Brief Encounter

Alex Matraxia

2023

UK / 4 mins
With a soundtrack like Bernard Hermann running a techno night, Brief Encounter is a short erotic neo-noir about chance meetings, absent fathers, cigarettes, shaving foam, and eye contact on public transport.

Build me through the Image /
Constrúyanme a través de la imagen

Paula Hung

2023

USA / 8:59 mins
A short documentary exploring the intricacies and complexities of the construction of a transmarginal Latine, multiracial, and queer identity through the experiences of a father, mother, and daughter.

BunnyXGator

Shoog McDaniel,
Ian Clotz

2023

USA / 9 mins
At first meeting, Evie Snax aka Bunny knew there was something special about Swamp Daddy, but it was years later when they saw eye-to-eye. Soon after finally sniffing each other out, they organically became Gator and bunny. Gator’s bossy power a perfect compliment to bunny’s willing receptiveness, fantasy role play became the drug of choice. We watched in awe as our sex opened up portals, drawing us into a twisted tale of carnal lust between two animals in a Florida swamp. Together we indulge in our magical alternative world, captured here by videographer Ian Clontz wearing our own papier-mâché costuming. Furry primal play gave us a window through which to explore Dominant/submissive play by giving into desire freely and without judgment. Running feral and feeling limitless, we fuck in the dirt and under the stars.

Burning Blue

Kim Ly Lam,
Cecilia Luna Pohl

2023

Germany, Korea / 28 mins
Pilgyu Shin has a dream: As a gay activist, he wants to enforce the anti-discrimination law in South Korea. In Seoul, he encounters a parallel society in which many queers hide and pretend to be heterosexual. The reason: Christian churches are gathering thousands of members around them in order to threaten the LGBTQ+ community. With their money and influence, they can steer politics.

"burning blue" portrays twelve people who stand up against these authorities. It is a battle against time, as they lose more and more members of their community to suicide. Yet dividing barriers keep growing bigger and bigger within their own circle.

Cafe au Fate

Mika Ervin

2023

USA / 6 mins
Lydia Alucardi is a socially mute goth girl who wants nothing more than to speak to people without worry. She finds solace around animals and visits her favorite cat café, Munch the Night Away three times a week. Every day that she spends there, she tries to build up the courage to talk to others, but nobody piques her interest.

Caffe Of 2 & 3

Noel Yates

Chile / 14:35 mins
After Lia introduced Abel in her relationship with Adrián, he must make a decision about the trio in a café.

Luego de que Lia introdujera a Abel en su relación con Adrián, este deberá tomar una decisión sobre el trío en un café

Camille, Marc, Michel & Me

Jonathan Lemieux

2023

Switzerland / 23 mins
On May 9th 2022, Michel, my mother's husband, died of pancreatic cancer. Unbeknownst to me, his death became the catalyst for my mid-life crisis in that it reopened wounds related to my father's abandonment (Marc) and my grandfather's suicide (Camille).

Canciones de verano

Pablo Bautista

2023

Spain / 7 mins
Ana, Laura y Javi se reencuentran en el pueblo para vivir unas vacaciones memorables. Ese verano será el comienzo de una divertida situación en la que se ven envueltos por culpa de una botella etiquetada “Canciones de verano”. Con ella saldrán a relucir sus sentimientos más ocultos acompañados de las canciones que todos conocemos.

Cannoli Brothers

Ethan Folk,
Ty Wardwell

2023

Germany / 2 mins
They may not be real brothers, but their cannoli are anything but fake.

Can't Stop Change: Queer Climate Stories from the Florida Frontlines

Vanessa Raditz,
Natalia Villarán-Quiñones,
Yarrow Koning,
Jess Martínez,
Shoog McDaniel

USA / 97 mins
As Florida's violent legislation dominates headlines, LGBTQ2S+ communities are also on the frontlines of accelerating climate change. “Can’t Stop Change: Queer Climate Stories from the Florida Frontlines” weaves interviews with 14 LGBTQ2S+ artists, organizers, and educators across Florida (and the new Florida diaspora) into an intersectional climate justice narrative.
Trailer… here

Capim-Navalha

Michel Queiroz

2023

Brazil / 90 mins
Capim-Navalha é um documentário que retrata as questões vividas de seis personagens transgeneres que moram na Chapada dos Veadeiros. Pessoas diferentes entre si, complexas por suas trajetórias retratadas em seus territórios corporais, geográficos, decoloniais, interseccionais e suas vivências LGBTQIAPNB+. O filme apresenta narrativas de gênero dissidentes, elaborando fricção e alteridade, com análises sobre biopolítica e a necropolítica sobre esses personagens que lutam nesse cis-tema.

Cardboard Diamonds

Iván Molina Jiménez

Spain / 7 mins
The family that crimes together, stays together. Until they don’t.

Carpet Companion

Jen Ro

USA / 40 mins
Carpet Companion" is an indie comedy that explores the journey of Jean, a lesbian in Oakland who is navigating the challenges of finding her place in the world. After struggling to find a job, she unexpectedly lands a job as a lesbian escort. "Carpet Companion" is a heartfelt and thought provoking film that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and self discovery.
Trailer… here

Cartas Que Se Enviarán En Este Momento

Julia Lucesole

Argentina / 13 mins
Una joven amante recorre su cronología amorosa a través de cuatro cartas audiovisuales que envía a las mujeres que fueron parte de su vida.

Casa Trans!

Juan Diego Bonilla

Chile / 29:17 mins
El Sindicato Amanda Jofré de mujeres trans y trabajadoras sexuales busca defender los derechos humanos de sus miembros y comunidad. Luchan por hacer realidad el proyecto de una casa propia, donde entregar educación, cuidados y trabajo a su comunidad. La película retrata el esfuerzo de un grupo de personas que buscan hacer un espacio frente a tanta discriminación y obstáculo en la sociedad. Es la búsqueda de un hogar.
Trailer… here

Catch A Star If You Can

Tanya Liu Choi Ying

2023

Hong Kong / 33 mins
Two swimming team members decide to escape their training camp for one night to watch the Leonid meteor shower. But the road trip is full of surprises bringing them more than the twinkling stars above.

Ce Fruit

François Heiser

France / 7 mins
In a kingdom, at the moment of birth each person is attributed a fruit which allows them to marry. While the exchange of two identical fruits is prohibited by law, Princess Anera lives a secret romance with the beautiful Krimen.

Central Tocaia

Thiago Pombo

2023

Brazil / 2 mins
A couple walks through the streets of Olinda until they are surprised by a creature of the night.

Change Minority

Tomoya ASANUMA

2023

Japan / 8 mins
Yuki, an office worker, and his female partner are heterosexuals living in a minority’s world and thinking about marriage. They live in a society where heterosexuality is not accepted and they suffer from the inability to legally start a family. They come out to their parents, their workplace enforces homosexual norms upon them, and they live their lives interweaved with troubles and sufferings, and finally find their way, in a society where homosexuality is the norm.
Trailer… here

Change Your Story

Harry Stoneman

UK / 3:26 mins
Change Your Story is a vibrant comedy-drama short where Jesse, a queer character in a nightclub, discovers their life is a three-minute student film. With the director's encouragement, Jesse transforms, embracing confidence and authentic living - a metaphor for the power of filmmaking and living in your truth to the maximum.
Trailer… here

CHANGETHENARRATIVE2

Gentian Minga

Albania / 1 min
There is a lot of hate propaganda out there, especially online, but also on the streets. With little effort, by fighting the observer effect, we can change the narrative and turn hate messages into messages of love. Like this graffiti artist.

Check Please

Victor Mignatti,
Scott T. Hinson

2023

USA
“Check Please” is a truly short comedy about the easy come, easy go nature of sexual attraction between strangers.

Chica

Juan Yactayo Sono

2023

Perú / 25 mins
After being attacked by the police, Katya, a trans sex worker, is given the opportunity to publicly denounce the assault in a television report. She decides not to do so, despite her desire to make a change, to prevent his mother from learning about her true occupation. However, the sudden death of her best friend at the hands of the same policemen changes her decision and finally denounces the aggressions. This will totally change the relationship with her mother.
Trailer… here

Chi(le)na

Yoksan Xu

2023

Chile / 6 mins
The child of a Chinese immigrant in Chile revisits the relationship with their absent father, while exploring the progenitor’s restaurants and reflecting on their own self-identity and relationship with masculinity.

Chimera

Kryzz Gautier

2023

USA / 18 mins
Haunted by the past, a brilliant tech-addicted developer faces an impossible dilemma: recreate her ex-girlfriend in virtual reality or hold onto the crumbling relationship with her current one.
Trailer… here

Chloe and Jame

Drew Burnett Gregory

2023

USA / 6:47 mins
Two transfeminine people confront their personal history and the histories that shaped them.

Chosen Family

Salgu Wissmath

2023

USA / 4 mins
Wes “Byeeeeee Yonic” Haack is a trans man and member of Bay Area Derby, aka BAD, a nonprofit roller derby league that has created a community rarely found in sports: Almost every one of the 20 skaters on BAD’s three teams is queer. Many are trans, an identity that laws being enacted across the country aim to push out of many sports.
Watch… here

Cidade Maravilhosa

Francisco Malta

2023

Brazil / 13:07 mins
Trailer… here

Cineffabuleuses depuis 35 ans!

Chriss Lag

2023

France / 92 mins
For the 35th edition of the Paris International Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival, Cineffable asked Chriss Lag to make a documentary about the association and the festival. The idea is to show what Cineffable has been for 35 years, as a feminist and lesbian festival, showcasing women directors from all over the world, organized by women, united in an association operating 100% voluntarily, with no hierarchical structure and no gender mixing.
Over the past 1 year, Chriss Lag and volunteers from the association have delved into the festival's archives and conducted over 25 interviews to track the evolution of the festival from its inception to the present day, as well as changes in society, in lesbian visibility and in feminist and LGBT struggles in general.

Circuito

Leão Neto,
Alan Sousa

2023

Brazil / 22 mins
O curta metragem de estreia dos diretores Alan Sousa e Leão Neto apresenta a história de Niara (Marta Aurélia), uma policial escrivã que tem seu caminho cruzado por uma recém-viúva, Jana(Anna Luiza Rios), em busca de justiça por seu marido assassinado. Prestes a se aposentar, a policial tem de lidar com sua impotência perante um sistema falho e corrupto.

City of Dreamz

Imani Celeste

2023

USA / 12 mins
Four Black art students tell stories of community, divine intervention, and the artistry that led them to this very moment…smoking weed in a cramped apartment trying not to get caught.

Clear Sky

Milica Mitra Cvetković

2023

Serbia / 26 mins
Nina arrives in Belgrade after hearing the news of her ex-boyfriend’s death. When she meets with once close friends, she realizes how much those relationships have changed. Amidst a series of turbulent emotions, she tries to cope with nostalgia and guilt, surrendering to a long-forgotten feeling of freedom.
Trailer… here

Clotilde

Maria João Lourenço

2023

Portugal / 4 mins
On a planet where reproduction is mandatory in the daily life of its inhabitants, there is an alien who just wishes to pleasure herself.

Club Kid Alley

Tyler J Sloane

2023

Canada / 3:42 mins
What does a night of debauchery look like for the esteemed Drag, Burlesque, and Club Kids of Toronto? Let Bom Bae guide you through as the queers get ready for a night of depravity at the Club Kid Manor (Spadina Museum).

Colombine: Owning the Future

Dev Petrovic,
Roki Jiang

Canada / 6 mins
Heartwarming story of elder radical faerie, Columbine, and intergenerational queer activism.
Watch… here

Colony Collapse Disorder /
Hafra'at hitmotetut hamoshava

Amos Holzman

2023

Israel / 15 mins
Between forest and city, two ambiguous lovers' journey to preserve their togetherness.
Trailer… here

Come the Sun

Haakon Ziegler

2023

UK / 4:48 mins
An animated imagining of trans people as gods, embarking on giving life to the next generation.

Coming Home

Britt Planken

The Netherlands / 3 mins
A chat with various people who identify as queer and feel connected to the LGBTQ+ community. Together, these personal interviews touch upon a bigger question: what exactly is queer happiness?

Commerce

Daniel Mcintyre

2023

Canada / 7 mins
Through the use of artificial intelligence with analogue 16mm hand processing, Commerce explores the minds of leaders that exploit human labor, aroused by the technology poised to replace it. Who cares about the workers; a CEO should never have to choose between getting laid, or getting laid off.

Compositions For Understanding Relationships

David Delafuente

2023

USA / 5:30 mins
A Love Letter.
Trailer… here

Conceiving Our Future

Annie Pancak Vogt

2023

USA / 9 mins
Some view having children as a necessary chapter in the human experience; others are concerned the decision is self-serving.

Concrete Shape

Jesi Jordan

Mexico / 5:02 mins
To face your fear, you must let it enter your life as a Concrete Shape. An onsite video performance by Jesi Jordan created at the Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City. This film is made using hand made special effects and biodegradable materials such as Oaxacan clay, lava rocks, chicken eggs, cactus husks, and water.
Trailer… here

Conociendo a Marc

Carlos Eduardo Espinoza Velazquez

2023

México / 13:9 mins
Marc es un chico trans el cual durante un viaje vacacional junto a su madre y hermano se embarcan en una aventura, durante su aventura Marc conoce a una chica muy linda la de la cual queda flechado al instante, cosa que es mutua durante este viaje a lado de Marc podremos experimentar junto a el lo que es el amor, la aceptación de la gente de su entorno ante su cambio, y como su hermano poco a poco va apreciando y aceptando a su hermano Marc ¿podrá marc en estas vacaciones descubrir quien es el de verdad?

Consuella

Alexandre Figueirôa

2023

Brazil / 23 mins
Nas décadas de 1980 e 1990, Consuelo foi a travesti mais famosa do Recife. Tempos depois foi morar na França, onde fez sua transição e se tornou vedete nos cabarés Carrossel de Paris e Madame Arthur.
Trailer… here

Continuum, la playa

Mariana Bomba

2023

Argentina / 6 mins
Historia de amor entre dos mujeres a comienzos de los años 90, que pronto se transforma en una gesta desbordante de experimentación, goce y vínculos en una de las generaciones de mujeres cineastas más feroces de la Argentina. Treinta años después, el hallazgo de una valija con más de mil negativos fotográficos, películas en 16 mm y cintas VHS preservadas por Vanessa Ragone, una de las protagonistas, revela una década fundacional en la vida y en la trayectoria de las grandes artistas de esa generación.

Conversation With Albert Knoll /
Gespräch mit Albert Knoll

Philipp Gufler

2023

Germany / 25 mins
Albert Knoll has dedicated a large part of his life to commemorating the crimes against humanity committed during the Nazi dictatorship and what this archival work has done to him.

Copenhagen Rendezvous

André Palacios Tingberg

2023

Denmark / 3 mins
Emotionally charged super short film that takes place on a subway escalator. Two men accidentally meet on opposite sides of the escalator, one going down and the other going up. The chance encounter leads to a series of intense flashbacks from the time they spent together.
Trailer… here

Corpo Território, Nuances da Invisibilidade

Clesley Maria Tavares

2023

Brazil / 10 mins
Este documentário traz a narrativa de 5 mulheres do movimento feminista do nordeste brasileiro. Trazendo reflexões sobre seus corpos como lugar de existência e resistência na sociedade capitalista, patriarcal, sexista, racista e transfóbica em pleno século XXI.

Coupon - Il film della felicità

Agostino Ferrente

2023

Italy / 19 mins
Andrea is an old-fashioned man and he doesn’t seem to be in touch with his own time. He’s a loner and a dreamer, he lives his life as if he was stuck in a black and white film, perpetually "out of sync" with the world around him. On a scorching August afternoon, he ventures on his bike into a semi-deserted Rome, populated by a few surviving students and many elderly people who cannot afford the holiday. Andrea wants to go to a supermarket where he can buy cans of tuna to collect points that will allow him to win the mysterious "Happiness Coupon". The tuna cans accumulate in his cupboard, as do the coupons, but can we really buy happiness?
Among the performers there are also Milena Vukotic and the politician Pierluigi Bersani who plays multiple roles, in a semi-silent mini-musical about an awkward but pure character, who cannot express himself except by singing, and who wants to win the happiness that signs and advertisements promise to him, in a burnt-out, neglected, poetic city.

Creating Space

Ariel Robbins

2023

USA / 2:06 mins
Cal Calamia prepares for his run in the Presidio. As he makes his way through several, iconic San Francisco neighborhoods, he tells an intimate story of his life as a trans runner.

Crossings /
Travessias

Ana Graziela Aguiar

2023

Brazil / 22 mins
A love letter that unites Brazil and Cuba. In the film Travessias, the director goes on a long journey seeking to understand the feelings and transformations of a person who is close to her. On this path of doubts and concerns, she meets Justin, a trans man who will help her on this journey. With a poetic and self-referential look, the director invites us to rethink our own prejudices and limits in relation to the others.

Crushed

Emily Macshane

2023

USA / 5:54 mins
On Alyvia’s first day of school she is nervous and lonely until a girl sits down next to her. It’s just a crush.
Watch… here

C-TV (If I tell you I like you ...)

Eva Egermann,
Cordula Thym

2023

Austria / 30 mins
Onscreen, we see wild hamsters with X-ray eyes, a zombie soldier on the telethon phone, a grandiose performance in a song contest, and at the center, a talk show offering an alternative to the heteronormative TV mainstream.

Cuando vuelva, en verano

Alberto Prados

2023

Spain / 12 mins
Año 1987. Rubén es un niño de diez años que crece jugando a las chapas en el pueblo. Vive junto a sus padres y a su abuela, con la que pasa las tardes. Rosa intenta que su nieto siga siendo un niño y no sea consciente de la dramática situación que se vive en casa y de la que se habla en voz baja.

Cum Over

Kir Siegumfeldt

Denmark / 19 mins
Cum Over, 2023, is a 19 minute film which sensitively and artistically explores masculine sexuality in a queer context. In the film, we meet the shy Kevin Kostbar and the flirtatious Mads Sturbation, two men who find each other on a lonely Friday night and together they go on an unexpected romantic adventure in a candle lit workshop

Cupid into Transmutation

Dexter Boldewijn

2023

Netherlands / 13 mins
The edgy and personal graduation film Cupid into Transmutation follows a transgender boy named Caesar living in a big city. On the run from his traumatic past, he tries to make a living as a camboy, until he is suddenly sent into hysteria as his body starts to violently morph and transform beyond all recognition. Follow him in his search for acceptance and identity in this cruel world, focused on normality

Curve

Dan Zeng

2023

China / 30 mins
He Zhenye, a campus bully, has long been involved in harassing his classmate Lin Sheng for being gay. However, He Zhenye carries a secret in his heart: he is also gay. In his encounters with Lin Sheng, the bully is forced to reassess his identity. 

Dale Cooper

Manuel Marmier

2023

France / 4 mins
Like a Dadaist poem: two portraits intertwine, depicting the full or hollow characters of these two homonymous characters: Dale Cooper, the detective and Dale Cooper, the porn actor.
Watch… here

Dance Permit (Denied)

Claudix Vanesix

2023

Peru / 10 mins 
Claudix Vanesix was born female and now lives as a non-binary trans person. This means it is impossible for them to take part in Los Negritos de Sipsa, a traditional Peruvian dance that is passed down in their family from father to son—thereby excluding them from part of their own culture.

Dancing in the Light

Julie Petríková

Czechia / 28 mins
The video camera was Nelson Sullivan's closest friend. He shared every moment of his life with it for twenty years - from insignificant grocery shopping to deaths of his friends that affected him deeply. He was part of the New York underground scene where he witnessed the birth of stars including the legendary RuPaul.
Trailer… here

Darcelle: On Life, Love and Dying

Christina Carol Dowsett

2023

USA / 14 mins
Darcelle, at the age of 91, is the Guinness World Record holder for the oldest working drag queen. On stage Darcelle is harolded as a prominent figure in the Portland, Oregon LGBTQ+ scene but at home Walter Cole is just like anyone else who loves, laughs, and cries. In this short film, friends and family reflect with Darcelle on a long and accomplished life as the end draws near.

Darlo todo

Tano Nieto

2023

Argentina / 66 mins
“El drag es política pura”, sostiene una de les artistas que protagonizan este documental sobre el arte drag en Argentina a partir del concurso “Miss Lipsync Battle”, que se realiza en el bar Peuteo en el barrio de Palermo. La competencia es un hito de la noche porteña puesto que muches artistas dan allí sus primeros pasos teniendo la oportunidad de compartir escenario con figuras consagradas frente a un público feroz y un jurado de notables. Al mismo tiempo que se registran las distintas etapas del concurso, siguiendo el pulso emocional de cada participante, la película reflexiona y narra una breve historia del drag local, invocando y convocando a figuras que construyeron mitos en la noche. Este registro de la coronación de la Drag 2019 tiene la intimidad y la espectacularidad de la potencia excéntrica y seductora de batallas donde baile y glamour se convierten en una fiesta del vértigo y el deseo.
Trailer… here

Davide

Beatrice Indelicato, Margherita Orsini

2023

Italy / 18 mins
Davide is a thirty-year-old who lives in a town in the Sicilian hinterland. He doesn't know what free time is. He wakes up at dawn to open his bar and begins the hard work. He experiences body care as a cult: protein shakes, gym, supplements, pole dancing lessons and treatments from Alessandra, his beautician girlfriend. Davide has always wanted to please and be admired. From model to Mister Sicily, today his dream comes true on the stage of a nightclub where he works as a stripper and lets himself be desired by others.
A documentary focused on obsession with beauty and the cult of the body without neglecting the equally current issue of the construction of identity starting from our body and the gaze of others.

Day Dream

Mael Cabaret

2023

France / 55 mins
Drag queen in Quebec, Julien becomes DREAM at night. A job of passion. A difficult life. A world that consumes him. For ten years, Julien will try to distance himself from this universe which nevertheless represents his only reason for existing.

Dear Nana

Han Nguyen

2023

USA / 3 mins
In this heartfelt tribute to his late grandmother, a trans man reminisces about growing up queer in a small, conservative town in Vietnam.
Watch… here

Degenere

Sara Asprilla Palomino

Colombia / 19 mins
Doroty’s dream was to dance and be recognized as the woman she was, but death came first. Her best friend, Misael, a 60-year-old gay man, will make it happen.
Trailer… here

Demarcated Pride / Orgulho Demarcado

Brazil / 22 mins
Baseado no projeto "Orgulho e Resistência: Como é ser LGBTQIAPN+ dentro e fora de comunidades indígenas", o filme retrata diferentes vivências de pessoas que fazem parte das duas comunidades. Através de perspectivas de pessoas indígenas aldeadas e em contexto urbano, o documentário propõe um debate sobre gênero, sexualidade, raça e resistência.
Watch… here 

Denis

Zoey Black

2023

South Africa / 8 mins
Denis is documentary short that focuses on medical and legal issues facing intersex and transgender people in South Africa, and the ongoing human rights struggles that continue to position the community as second class citizens.

We meet Denis Motlatla, who talks through his ongoing struggles with State Departments of Health and Home Affairs, each which had failed him at critical points in his life. Denis’ experience highlights the profound challenges faced by transgender and intersex people when attempting to access basic and crucial civic services. His story is one of overcoming adversity, strength and resilience.

Delas para nós

Luísa Vilas Boas

2023

Brazil / 21:20 mins
O documentário "Delas para Nós" apresenta historias de vida de mulheres fora do padrão social de gênero e sexualidade, percorrendo a trajetória dessas personagens através das nuances do envelhecimento.

Deliverage

Sofia Giampieretti,
Gaia Mastropietro, Giovanna Mastantuoni, Priscilla Lenoci,
Rossella De Giosa

Italy / 4 mins
On a rainy evening in Milan, G. has an accident while on a delivery, leading her to reflect on past memories from her first bike fall to her experiences as a rider. As she navigates through these memories, her frustration escalates until it finally erupts…
Trailer… here

Departures

Kurnia Alexander

Indonesia / 25 mins
Indra is in a good position in his life. He’s an academically gifted, graduate student working as a teaching assistant to Bagas, his lecturer. However, he can’t help but feel that something is missing. Struggling to find out what that is, Indra seeks guidance from Bagas during one of their last days on campus.

Detective Alice and the Inside Game

Kyky Yang

2023

USA / 8 mins
Join Detective Alice to find out who the mysterious outlaw is.
Watch… here

Devenir Roi

Manon Selli

2023

France / 52 mins
Cha est Drag King : sur scène, velu, grosse voix, gestuelle virile, il s’appelle PowerBeauTom, s’amuse des codes de la masculinité et joue de son personnage pour approcher au plus près de ce qu’il est vraiment, ni homme, ni femme, mais simplement un peu des deux. Assigné femme à la naissance, aujourd’hui s’identifiant comme non-binaire, Cha (23 ans) a beaucoup cheminé pour devenir King, une vie en zig-zags de genre et d’orientations sexuelles. Son père a suivi, sans tout comprendre, mais avec bienveillance. Sa grand-mère a soutenu, comme elle a toujours soutenu les justes causes. Une autre famille est apparue, celle des Kings. Cha s’envole, enfin, et le chante, guitare en main. Mais Cha est-il arrivé à bon port ? La scène Drag King restera-t-elle le seul espace dans lequel il peut se sentir lui-même au quotidien?

Diário da Primavera

Fabíola Aquino 

2023

Brazil / 84 mins
Documentário autobiográfico, acompanha as reflexões da diretora na jornada de emagrecimento e transformação do seu corpo e crenças, junto aos relatos de vida de outras mulheres que devido a pressão estética passaram por conflitos semelhantes.
Trailer… here

Die Young

Violet Price

2023

USA / 15 mins
A hitman spends his last night on earth wandering around LA and wasting time BS-ing with weirdos.

Dig Deeper: Ben McKeown

Mark Street

2023

Australia / 55 mins
A deep dive into examining Ben McKeown's connection to his Aboriginality and queerness and how that influences his art leading up to him entering a significant Australian art award.
Trailer… here

Dino Hart

Lizzie Mayes

2023

USA / 13 mins
As a Don’t Say Gay bill passes, 12-year-old Dino confronts a surprising truth about their long-lost father.

Dip

Luciano Perochena

2023

Peru / 7 mins
Trans dancer Denisse witnesses the murder of a sex worker; the chase that follows is portrayed through a stunning voguing choreography.
Trailer… here

Discipulos de Amor - Luna de Oro

Wilmer Aburto

2023

This short video is inspired by photography series Discípulos de Amor. The portraits from this collection celebrate racialized individuals and all the intersections we represent. Discípulos de Amor photography series aims to create inclusive spaces by bringing visibility and representation to address a history of underrepresentation in media.

Disfigured Flames

Sepia Katsoolis

2023

USA / 5 mins
Disfigured Flames is an analog 16mm experimental short film about a cyborg rebirth. The transsexual body is branded inhuman for its transformation, for transcending sex, it becomes an object; can it become more than human? How have we created a separation of transgender and cisgender bodies along the false lines of “genetics” and “biology?”

Divas in Dollmation

Warren Wright

2023

30 mins
Cher and Madonna headline the same program. Warrencito’s Diva Dollmatioon showcases some of our favorite female icons but in doll size format. Barbie is back in the spotlight and this program reminds us that she never really left.

Do I Always Have to Carry My Own Body /
Må jeg alltid bære min egen kropp

Hedda Virik

2023

Norway / 4 mins
A music video of a home shopping hostess struggling to keep her composure as her product fails horribly. She gets washed out to sea, where her deal of the day keeps haunting her.
Watch... here 

Doméstic@

Marcial Ruiz Lasida

2023

Spain / 9 mins
A violent man tries to convince his partner to come back to his side over the phone, continuously manipulating his wife.

Don't Break Up Over Text

Black LGBT+ Plays

2023

USA / 17:02 mins
College student, Ricara, makes every attempt to smoke a blunt and get a free meal before midterms, but after her friend, LaTonya, sends a tactless breakup text to their mutual friend, this sticky-icky Saturday proves more icky than any of them expected.
Trailer… here

Dr. XYZ: A Medical Drag Transthology

El Jones

UK / 14 mins
The film engages the untold stories of the trans+ and non-binary community in Birmingham as a collaborative drag anthology on accessing healthcare; and takes the form of a contemporary update on the public information films within the NHS on Film collection to create a satirical take on the healthcare service announcements of the 1960s and 70s.
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Drag You

Nadia Koro,
Hadrien Daigneault-Roy, Sascha Cowan

2023

Canada / 21 mins
An amyl-fuelled reverie where dance meets disco beat dirge for a queer scene being swallowed one new apartment complex at a time. Roy Orbison has never hit this hard.

Dragonfly

Willow Skye-Biggs

2023

USA / 35:46 mins
A mysterious woman arrives at a remote home.
Trailer… here

Dreaming Bodies /
Traum von Körpern

Vivian Bausch,
Ella Knorz

2023

Germany / 4 mins
It is dark. A body awakens and explores the room. But suddenly the body starts to change…
An experimental short film shot with a thermal imaging camera and written with artificial intelligence.
Trailer... here 

E le malemo se i'a (A Fish Does Not Drown): Pasifika Communities During Prop 8

Sauliloa Niumeitolu

USA / 19:56 mins
Queer Pasifikas grapple with intolerance within their own communities.

Echemos a Volar

Hodei Baile

2023

Spain / 23 mins
A día de hoy, la libertad sexual y la autodeterminación de género están castigadas con la detención o la muerte en varios países. El futuro llega en el momento adecuado cuenta la historia de Nelson y su huida a Italia tras una violenta agresión. Nació hace 25 años en Ciudad de Benin, una de las zonas más inestables de Nigeria. En 2018 la comisión territorial que examinó su caso consideró que su testimonio no era suficientemente creíble y rechazó su solicitud de protección internacional. En 2021, Nelson apeló ante el Tribunal de Venecia. A la espera de su veredicto, lo que puede llevar meses, Nelson pasa sus días trabajando, saliendo con amigos y haciendo música, con la esperanza de convertirse algún día en un gran cantante.
Trailer… here

Edge /
Skraj

Edmund Aleksander Krempiński

2023

Poland / 18 mins
Based on the true story of Edmund, who deals with various forms of frustration rooted in living as a transgender person in a highly oppressive society. It consists of a series of absurd psychomagical acts leading to the final liberation and allegorical transition into the pearl.

El Débil Color Rosado

Matía Osorio

Chile / 10 mins
Mon (15) un tímido adolescente de ojos expresivos y dientes de conejo, se escapa del colegio junto a Ángel (16), su rebelde mejor amigue, para celebrar su quinto aniversario de amistad en el skatepark donde suelen patinar. Ya en camino, Mon duda si continuar o no, pero Ángel le convence. Antes de patinar, desayunan, mientras recuerdan cómo se conocieron e intercambian regalos cruzando tímidas miradas. Mientras Mon se prepara para acompañarle, observa patinar a Ángel y lo imagina con unas alas de ángel. Luego de juguetear en el skatepark, toman un descanso y comparten un cigarrillo intercambiando miradas, para luego seguir patinando. Luego de un rato, Ángel le confiesa a Mon que le gusta alguien, pero que no sabe cómo decírselo. Esto hace que Mon pierda el equilibrio y caiga haciéndose un rasguño en la rodilla, el cual ayuda a curar a Ángel. Mon, al final del día, sin haberse atrevido a decirle lo que siente a Ángel, se saca los patines y al ponerse un zapato encuentra una nota de Ángel con una declaración de amor.

El Limbo y La Fortuna

Carlos Fortuna,
Lau Nika

2023

Spain / 14 mins
El Limbo y La Fortuna es un falso documental que recoge los primeros pasos de La Fortuna tras su muerte; cuando conoce al Limbo en persona y con quien tendrá una íntima y entretenida conversación, sobre sus experiencias con la vida, la muerte y la vida después de la muerte. Así, este corto se aproxima a este tema sin miedo o drama, pretendiendo ser un canto a la existencia misma, con una perspectiva queer, travesti y desde el underground. Y es que si la muerte es tan cierta desde que nacemos ¿por qué tendríamos que tenerle miedo?

El Miedo del Adiós

Luis Antonio Loya Rosas

2023

México
Esteban es un chico a punto de graduarse de la preparatoria, él es un chico gay, y está enamorado de Julián, una semanas antes de graduarse él le cuenta a Javier que está enamorado de Julián pero que es demasiado tarde para confesárselo, Javier lo ayuda a razonar que aún no lo es y el decide confesarse a Julián, pero él no se espera para nada la respuesta de Julián.

El Olvido

Gabriel Esparza

El Replicante

Martín Sichetti

2023

Argentina
El Replicante indaga, dentro las convenciones formales del film noir -sobre todo su raíz filosófica- las preguntas sobre la existencia, las maneras múltiples de ser, acerca de los usos de las máscaras y también sobre las estratagemas mediante las cuales nos hacemos invisibles.
Trailer... here

Elena, Lydia And Tere

José A. Rodriguez Mazzini

Puerto Rico / 5:20 mins
Tres estudiantes universitarias se encuentran casualmente en el departamento de drama de la UPR y, al compartir situaciones de sus vidas, descubren que uno de los temas perturba a una de las amigas.
Trailer… here

Entredentes

Daniel Souza Duarte de Sena

2023

Brazil / 20 mins
Caio espera seu melhor amigo Hugo para sua despedida antes de uma grande viagem, e aquilo que está suprimido vem à tona essa noite.

Ephemera

ODMK (Oliver D.M King)

Canada / 4 mins
A Two-spirit male cruises a hook-up app as he looks for companionship for the night. A welcomed, familiar person invites him over as he contemplates his existence, the future, and what it means to be who he is in this day in age.
Trailer… here

Erich, 37, looking for a flat /
Erich, 37, sucht Wohnung

Julia von dem Berge

2023

Germany / 9:37 mins
Heinz and Erich are simulating an apartment viewing in prison. Erich is about to be released and Heinz is helping with the preparations. The two are longtime cellmates and friends, and maybe even a little bit more.

Esteban

Julián Ulises Peraza May

2023

México / 7:51 mins
Bueno, este cortometraje habla de la vida de Esteban un chico que no puede salir del closet, viene de una familia muy religiosa por lo que la ideología de los padres, no van con los gustos y preferencias de Esteban, porque es Gay y no tiene el valor de decirles a sus padres, pero cuenta con el apoyo de su amigo Alex que le dice que el puede y que sus padres lo van a querer tal y como es, la mamá de Esteban desde hace mucho sabe que su hijo es muy diferente por lo que ella sabe que su hijo el gay, esteban al final tiene el valor para decir lo que es y como se siente…

Et Dans Le Flux, Tu Le Perdras

Christophe Pellet

2023

France / 61 mins
Leo and Kaspar, a young couple, live in Nanterre. Kaspar works in a company. Leo, unemployed, wants to get back to nature. Their breakup marks Leo's departure for Berlin, a city in which he hopes to be reborn. At the same time, Kaspar continues his activity: he is devoured by work.

Léo est lassé des reproches de Kaspar qui le pousse à rejoindre les réseaux sociaux pour rendre publique leur histoire d’amour. Leur rupture acte le départ de Léo pour Berlin, une ville dans laquelle il espère renaître au contact d’un milieu alternatif. Mais la ville gagnée par la spéculation immobilière, rejette Léo dans la marge. Des années après, la fille biologique de Kaspar élevée par un couple de femmes, évoque cette histoire d’amour sur une scène de théâtre.

Et toi tu veux quoi?

Samia Chougrani

2023

France / 2 mins
ala : « Faut que je trouve un mari avant qu’elle ne meure. »
Souad : « Pourquoi ? »
Lala : « Bah, c’est son rêve d’être à mon mariage… »
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Et voguent les navigatrices

Women Collective

2023

Canada / 8 mins
Collaborative video designed and realized by six elder lesbian women with the support of artists Sylvaine Chassay, Mathilde Geromin and the support of Suzie Bordeleau, social worker at the CSL. Resulting from a series of cultural mediation workshops, the collective aspect of the narrative is based on the interweaving of the personal stories which, put together, express a collective history of lesbian heritage.

Ether Or

Zander Constien

2023

USA / 8 mins
Ether cannot cope with the surreal chaos of the grocery store.
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Eurydice

Isabella Cintra

2023

Brazil / 16 mins
Two girls who once loved each other meet in the field. Throughout the conversation, they go through memories, emotions, sensations, until they can finally let go. The release of a place that no longer belongs to you and that you no longer belong in it.

everything in our house did not seem to fit

Alicia Abieyuwa Bergamelli

2023

Italy / Nigeria / 6 mins
Part exorcism, part film, everything in our house did not seem to fit is an exploration of remembrance. This cinematic exorcism ritual is a poetic and experimental eulogy to the past, as it sheds light on the forgotten corners of childhood once lived.

Everything Is Easy, Everything Is Hard

Pamela C. Saade

Lebanon / 6 mins
During a date with Alex, Omar seems a bit disconnected. A game with Alex triggers him to explode and talk about everything he has experienced as an immigrant.

Everything Is Invented /
Dena Asmatuta Dago

Jone Arriola Lobet

Spain / 14 mins

Dos jóvenes se relajan mientras fuman un porro. A medida que el porro va haciendo su efecto, comienzan a filosofar sobre el origen y la creación de los elementos, hasta que la conversación deriva en temas más personales.

Two young people relax while smoking a joint. As the joint takes effect, they begin to philosophize about the origin and creation of the elements, until the conversation turns to more personal topics.

Evil Babylon

Tommy Spaghetteria,
Jeffrey Ray Kieser

2023

USA / 22 mins
Evil Babylon is a sacrilegiousx psychosexual science-fiction movie-musical masterpiece. The story of a sexually-repressed evangelical race driver and the cult-like planet that leads him on a journey towards self-acceptance!
Trailer… here

EW

Claire Maske,
Tati Chavitage

2023

USA / 3 mins
A hand processed camera roll film meditating on gender and hair.

Ex You

Milina Trišić

2023

Serbia / 70 mins
Through the diverse life stories of three transgender individuals, the film poses the question of freedom, understanding, and acceptance in countries torn between traditional principles and aspirations toward the West. Helena is an early retired major, the first military person in Serbia to change her gender. Kamila is from Bosnia and Herzegovina, still hoping transition in Serbia after years of trying. Vuk was baptized in Montenegro as the first transgender person who did not complete transition at that time. His gender transition unexpectedly saved his life.
Trailer… here

Fading lights /
Des cœurs à contrejour

Alain Petiteau

2023

France / 3 mins
Two men are breaking up after living together for thirteen years. The end of their love story is made of tenderness and clumsiness, as well as tears and caress.

Faire Famille

Océan Michel

2023

France / 90 mins
« Faire Famille » quand on n’est pas dans le schéma traditionnel du couple amoureux hétéro, c’est comment ? Est-ce que deux meilleur.e.s potes qui vivent sur le même palier ça peut devenir une famille ? Océan et sa meilleure amie Sophie-Marie Larrouy vont interroger leur lien d’amitié, leur désir d’enfant et leur capacité à s’engager ensemble, allant à la rencontre de personnes qui ont fait famille « autrement » pour s’en inspirer et inventer leur propre modèle.

Fallen

Elena Chamorro

2023

USA / 9 mins
Kaiv helps a heartbroken peer, Aline, by revealing an intimate secret.
Trailer... here 

Falling for Greta

Gustavo Arteaga

2023

UK / 11 mins
To doubt is human. To give in, divine. - When love comes knocking Greta's world is turned upside down.
Trailer… here

Fanfarria en Marcha

Fernando Portabales

2023

Argentina / 7:38 mins
La Carroza Loca viene a poner en marcha la fanfarria con un acto de magia que hacemos entre todxs.
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Fauna Caruao

Giulia Jiménez Tani

2023

Venezuela / 12 mins
During a holiday in Caruao, on the coast of Venezuela, a group of friends unleashes unexpected desires and tensions. Short coming-of-age drama full of fun, sexual excesses, conflict and changing relationships.

Femme

D. Smith

2023

USA / 73 mins
FEMME follows Jules, who is targeted in a horrific homophobic attack, destroying his life and career. Some time after that event, he encounters Preston, one of his attackers, in a gay sauna. He wants revenge.

Femme

Adele (delsi cat) Jacquilyn Moleta

Femme Rage

Sarah Taborga,
Aïma Paule

2023

USA / 3 mins
Femme Rage is a rally cry to all QTBIPOC Femmes, across the gender spectrum, to unleash their rage about living, surviving, and thriving within a cishetero-capitalist-white supremacist-patriarchy.
Trailer… here

Ferro’s Bar

Aline A. Assis,
Fernanda Elias,
Nayla Guerra,
Rita Quadros

2023

Brazil / 25 mins
Based on historical documents and interviews with lesbian who lived and fought in the 1970s and 1980s, during the military dictatorship, we are guided to a central episode in the formation of the Brazilian lesbian movement, the “Ferro’s Bar Uprising”, known as the “Brazilian Stonewall”. The film shows how lesbians stopped being restricted to the night, the inside of the apartments, and became a political subject that rises up against the censorship, repression and homophobic violence.

A partir de documentos históricos e entrevistas com lésbicas que viveram e lutaram nas décadas de 1970 e 1980, somos guiadas a um episódio central na formação do movimento lésbico Brazileiro, a “Levante do Ferro’s Bar”, conhecida como “o Stonewall Brazileiro”.
Trailer… here

Ficção Suburbana

Rossandra Leone

2023

Brazil / 19 mins
Entre afetos e tensões, o casal Marcela e Camila se relaciona com o cotidiano de suas raízes suburbanas.

Fiertes melees

Valentin Ricart

France / 52 mins
Un documentaire consacré à l’équipe de rugby des Touwins de Toulouse. Une équipe inclusive qui permet à chacun.e de s’épanouir dans sa pratique sportive mais pas que.

Finding Yourself in Community /
Zi Donnya Piggott

Stephen Bradford Bailey

USA / 6:22 mins
Entrepreneur and LGBT advocate, Zi, travels from her home in Barbados to Puerto Rico for the first time, looking for community in places they’ve never been before. Zi knows the unwelcoming situations that many queer travelers may experience, but has also been able to find community in the most unlikely places. Their very own pink coconut. After experiencing the impact community can have, Zi has opened up the world to queer travelers, connecting them with safe spaces in various countries through their platform, Pink Coconuts. In Puerto Rico, Zi is able to find community, showcasing queer Puerto Rican culture, and reflects on what this work and these connections have meant to them in discovering their own identity. Not she or he, Zi. Zi's story is one of a three-part series about using travel as catalyst for change.
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First Crush

Yu-Hsuan Liu

Taiwan / 30 mins
This story, intertwining music, campus life, and romance, culminates in Taiwan's first BL (Boy’s Love) musical film. With 4 songs in 30 minutes, the film takes you back to the tender memories of unspoken crushes from your school days through its music.
Trailer… here

First X

Josiah Polhemus

2023

USA / 7 mins
Is a groundbreaking short film about two people taking a chance on dating in a post-pandemic world. The story portrays the vulnerability and anticipation of what it was like to experience that once in a lifetime “FIRST”.
Trailer… here

Flare

Kate Blamire

2023

Germany / 27 mins
Flare is a film made in alignment with the tides of artist Kate Blamie's illness and capacities, and is testament to the healing strength of joy, community, and creativity.

Flowers From the Dusk /
Flores Del Corazón

Chaz Bernal Valle

2023

Mexico / 6 mins
Ana is a senile woman living in a rural area in the mid-20th century. She is trapped in the memory she has of Victoria, her partner who died 30 years ago. On her death anniversary, Ana builds a world to perform a rite and bring Victoria for a moment to the land of the living. Ana gives her heart to Victoria as a token of the ultimate love they had for each other and confesses that this is a farewell as she is about to die.

Juli Sophie Strobeck

2023

Germany / 17 mins
Five trans and nonbinary people talk about the diverse relationships they have with their bodies and the different actions they take to beautify, express, reshape, reclaim, transition and care for their bodies. The short film advocates for liberated vision of trans healthcare and gives trans people the space to unapologetically be themselves and care for themselves without having to struggle or fight.
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Che Ortiga

USA / 4 mins
Become golden as trans-vaquero Oliver Gold (Che Ortiga) sings his way through heartbreak and queer revelations of self worth in the instant country hit: Fool’s Gold by the time traveling boyband: Turnback Boyz!
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For I Have Sinned

Juan Javier Aguirre

2023

USA / 4 mins
A disturbing past is revealed in a confessional booth.

For My Brother: The Legacy of Joseph Beam

Joshua X Miller

2023

USA
A short documentary about the life of 80s activist, writer, and poet Joseph F. Beam. On a journey to discover more Beam, filmmaker Joshua X. Miller learns more about himself and how he is continuing the legacy of the past.
Trailer… here

Forbidden Reverie 宿祭

Yisong Huang

China / 4 mins
Through the characters inspired by the iconic tale of "Farewell My Concubine," the film sheds light on the struggles, victories, and identity journeys within the LGBTQ+ community. Using innovative Peking opera virtual fashion and compelling film techniques, the project provides a powerful platform for increased visibility and acceptance.

Four Pieces on Being Seen /
Neljä kuvaa näkymisestä

Hanna Lappalainen

2023

Finland / 11:15 mins
A community dance film where participants articulate their experiences on their queer identity and how they would like to be seen.
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Fragmentasia

Robin Riad

2023

Canada / 3:57 mins
An exploration of the sense of self, through kaleidoscopic imagery, distorted sounds, and a flurry of colours. Fragmentasia is a self-reflexive short, shot on 16mm and Super8, using animation techniques, prisms, and mirrors, to examine the outward self versus the internal self.

Friction /
Fricción

Alonso Velasco

Mexico / 14:15 mins
Eric, una persona viviendo con VIH y Ángel, una persona que sospecha que tiene VIH, ambos se encuentran en un punto de inflexión en sus vidas después de una relación sexual de riesgo. 

Frioul

France / 33 mins
On the Frioul Islands, two wandering friends confront the landscape. Among the gulls and agaves, on the burning limestone, they explore their desires.

From the Ground With Love

Julian Konuk

2023

UK / 23 mins
What is the relationship between horror and queerness? Between pain and pleasure? Between death and erotics? Between a hole and a grave?

Funghi Boost

Bande James Bond

2023

Belgium / 12 mins
A strange quest for magical shroomies and extravagant treasures turns into terrific encounters with a mischievous diamond-loving fairy, unscrupulous gremlins and a thundering Vampirella Kinqueen. From desire to desire, how far will the adventure take us?

Future Comes at the Right Time

Elena Bongiorno,
Sofia Merelli,
Gabriele Umidon, Martina Tamburini

Italy / 26 mins
Nowadays, sexual freedom and gender self-determination are punished with detention or death in several countries. The documentary tells the story of Nelson and his escape to Italy after a violent assault. Nelson was born 25 years ago in Benin City, one of the most unstable areas of Nigeria. In 2018, the territorial commission that examined its case considered its account not sufficiently credible and rejected its request for international protection. In 2021 Nelson appealed to the Court of Venice. Waiting for the verdict, which could take months, Nelson spends his days working, dating friends and making music, hoping to become a great singer one day.

Gen

Vivian Barton

2023

UK / 10 mins
A surrealist journey begins on a dark and mysterious night in this metaphorical expression of self discovery and rebirth.

Gender Euphoria: Trans people in the Bay Area

Alex Sharp,
Mia Florendo

2023

USA / 6:53 mins
A documentary to showcase the lives of the diverse trans community in the SF Bay Area.

Género Punky

P4uxxx,
Gabi Pella,
Silvina Suarez

2023

Argentina / 5:19 mins
Trailer de videojuego realizado en BITSY, un engine para diseñar en 8- Bits. El juego narra las experiencias que vive Reid, una persona no binaria, en distintos ambientes relacionados a la escena musical y artística. Realizado para la materia Diseño Sonoro de la Especialización en Arte Sonoro, UNTREF. Todos los sonidos son de nuestra autoría.

Geocentrism

Mason O'Brien

2023

USA / 3:44 mins
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Get Lost

Frankie Lewis

UK / 4:04 mins
Tormented out of the house by her family, a young woman finds herself in the forest.

Getting Out of the Box

Karen Rodriguez

2023

USA / 7 mins
Rochester comedian and part-time hockey ref, Amy Stephens returns to reffing hockey after her gender transition.

Gila Goldstein, Cat Feeder

Yael Bedarshi

2023

Israel / 15 mins
Gila Goldstein (1947-2017) was an actress, artist, singer, one of the first activists in the Israeli transgender community and a feeder of stray cats. This movie was shot as a part of a project about people who feed stray cats in Tel-Aviv. Gila agreed to participate under the condition that the movie will be only about cats.

Gila Goldstein, Cat Lady

Yael Bedarshi

Israel / 50 mins
“Gila Goldstein, Cat Lady” was shot in 1997 during a research on Tel Aviv cat feeding community. Gila agreed to participate in the film as long as the focus stayed on the cats. But then her friend Ronit Maimon showed up and the conversation went in a much more colorful direction, that gives us a glimpse of the Israeli trans community and the lives of these two brave and unique women.

Gilda Love

Elio Colen Mirete

2023

Spain
Gilda chose Gilda because of Hayworth and at 98 years old is the oldest active drag queen in the world. And lives in Barcelona. Two hours following Gilda's daily life, from morning to night, where you can see what the person behind the makeup, the feathers and the heels is like.
Trailer… here

Gilipollas

Joan Bentallé,
Pol Diggler

2023

Spain / 7 mins
Lolo and Dick meet again after a long time in a friendly bar and they catch up. To the surprise of both, feelings that they thought were forgotten arise again.

Girlfriends /
Hélène et les filles

Claire Bonnefoy

France / 23 mins
Hélène and Samia have always been best friends. They tell each other everything: their love stories as well as their sexual ones. When Samia was dating Gaby, she used to tell Hélène all about their passionate nights together, but now, it is Hélène who is in a couple with Gaby

Girlstown

Shira Leili Silver

USA / 11 mins
In 1979, grad students Lisa Bubon and Ann Christophersen founded Women and Children First, a bookstore that focused on feminist and lesbian literature. In 1990, the store relocated to Andersonville, a small neighborhood on the outskirts of Chicago inhabited mainly by Swedish immigrants. Their move helped transform Andersonville into a major hub of lesbian community, attracting thousands of lesbian residents along with women-owned businesses and lesbian bars. Through extensive interviews and never-before-seen archival materials, GIRLSTOWN explores Andersonville's influential past, its rapidly changing present, and its uncertain future.

Glitter

Mauricio Sandoval Ron

2023

Argentina / 15 mins
The story of Pato, a young drag who lives with his younger brother Tommy, with whom he has a close and warm relationship. Despite this affection, Pato is afraid to show him his world as a drag and to show himself as he really is, so he locks his room when he leaves the house, to prevent Thomy from entering. One night, Pato goes out to perform at a bar, and Tommy embarks on a mission to explore what his brother is hiding in his room to feel closer to him.

Godmother – Heimathass

Paul Scheuffler,
Julian Dieterich

2023

Germany / 4 mins
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Goddess of Speed

Frédéric Moffet

USA / 8:21 mins
A film titled Dance Movie (or, alternatively, Rollerskate) appears in many Warhol filmographies, but no work with this title has been found in the archive. The lost film, starring dancer Fred Herko, was shot in 1963. A year later, Herko leaped out of an open window while dancing to Mozart’s Coronation Mass in C Major. Inspired by descriptions of the missing film and the memoir of Herko’s best friend, the poet Diane Di Prima, Goddess of Speed poetically reimagines the last days of the young performer.
Trailer… here

Going the Distance

Roxanna Barry

UK
Following the death of his close friend in 2021 and finding solace in cycling, Ed Wray sets out on a 300-mile bike ride to raise money for Campaign Against Living Miserably. Going the Distance follows Ed as he rides and meditates on everything that cycling has given him, and the importance of having someone to talk to.

Good boy

Marco Antonio Núñez

Chile / 9 mins
The author's erotic imagination is mixed between desire and magazine clippings, and the trade of collage becomes a ship that travels from outer space to the city itself.

Good Morning I’m a Whore!

Aleksandar Mijatovic

2023

Germany / 4 mins
“Good Morning I’m a Whore!” is an animated music video parody of the beloved song “Good Morning Baltimore” from the musical “Hairspray.” The video stars the fabulous Drag Queen and sensation, Sherry Vine. In this hilarious and vibrant music video, Sherry Vine takes center stage to celebrate sex positivity and empowerment with a humorous twist, while meeting up with other glamorous Drag Queens, including some familiar faces from the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise.
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Good Vibrations

Melisa Bakir

2023

UK / 5:40 mins
An isolated young woman contemplates her codependent relationship with her first love - her vibrator. What begins as a pursuit of pleasure soon unravels into an obsessive coping mechanism, masking her unsatisfied need for meaning and love. As her emotional isolation escalates, lines are blurred between physical pleasure and inner emptiness, leaving her contemplating the modern search for true connection.
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Gouine

Daphné Charpin-Lebre

France / 18 mins
Des élèves grenobloises acceptent de lire et de partager leur avis sur le carnet de secrets écrit par Zoé une vingtaine d’années plus tôt. Zoé s’interroge : « Suis-je gouine ? ». Comment sont perçus ces questionnements sur la découverte de sa sexualité par la generation actuelle ?

Grand Super Buffet

Joe Soonthornsawad

USA / 10 mins
Two Asian American college students struggle to reconnect at their favorite hometown Chinese buffet. Over the course of the evening, the two begin to question their friendship and why they still come to Grand Super Buffet.

Grandma Bruce

Brooke Stern Sebold

USA / 13 mins
Grandma Bruce is a magical short comedy about a queerdo (they/them) whose old car comes to life with the spirit of their judgmental Jewish grandmother, a backseat driver from the ever after.

Great Canyon

Ella Sahlman

USA / 7 mins
Great Canyon is a live action / animated hybrid which chronicles a queer first date through the lens of the anxieties and insecurities that exude from the main character.

Greetings From the Balcony /
Hälsningar från balkongen

Evelina Jacobsson

Sweden / 11 mins
On a tram through the late evening. It's easy to ride along, but suddenly she's in it, family dinners and her own toothbrush in another one’s bathroom cabinet.

Grist

Taylor Dominique Mason

Islamic Republic of Iran, USA / 17 mins
After surviving an assault, a genderqueer musician finds home in an underground community of healers.
Watch… here

Growin’ Pains

Sammson Orr

UK / 6 min
During a family argument, a teenager flees to the garden to find relief from the noise and conflict inside, but the argument follows them and cannot be escaped.

Guilty

Kate Hummel,
Rosa Stil

2023

Netherlands / 16 mins
When a young woman is raped by a colleague, she is not sure if she wants to tell her girlfriend. After all, if she does not put it into words, perhaps it did not happen.

Zana comes home after a party at work. She gets in the shower and scrubs her body in an attempt to rub off the fact she was raped by a male colleague one hour ago. Her hairs still wet, she gets in bed beside her girlfriend Olivia. She decides to say nothing about it and that it never happened.
Trailer… here

Hair to Stay

Pree Rehal

Canada / 1 min
When a young, genderqueer, non-binary brown kid gets bullied due to their unique moustache, they find newfound confidence and pride in their facial hair after a heartwarming turn of events.

Halves and Doubles

Adam Mbowe

2023

Canada / 15 mins
Adam and her sibling Khadija share unspoken trauma. Traversing a winding road of emotions, they finally find mutual understanding.

Hallways

Silas Lilo Jensen

Sweden / 6 mins
Med ett beat byggt av ljud från den psykiatriska avdelningen i Malmö, texter om vårt värde och lycka i relation till våra prestationer, och fängslande teckningar av konstnären Alex Bim Campbell-Marshall, skildras minnen av kamp med utbrändhet och sjukhusvistelse.

With a beat built from sounds from the psychiatric ward in Malmö, lyrics about our value and happiness as achievements, and enthralling drawings by artist Alex Bim Campbell-Marshall, multiple layers portray memories of a battle with burnout and hospitalization. 

Hana and Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits

Christopher Lichti,
Hana Brenecki

Australia / 4 mins
A hopeful single seeking connection meets a variety of characters night after night in an empty dive bar. Though it may seem at first like the rotating cast of dates are the problem, as the story unfolds it leaves you to question who the real bad date is.
Watch… here

Happy Ever After

Merle Zurawski

Germany / 12 mins
Happy Ever After picks up after the fairytale wedding: no more butterflies in the stomach, not longer living on cloud 5. An unexpected encounter with three queer non-binary fairies changes "Cindy's" life in ways, that Disney didn't have up their sleeve.

Harbor

T Lavois Thiebaud

USA / 6 mins
Two non-binary lovers channel Bonnie and Clyde in this electrifying, high-contrast music video that pulses with rebellion and romance.
Watch… here

Harpies

Tom Chetwode-Barton

2023

UK / 4 mins
Go inside Europe’s first LGBTQIA+ inclusive strip club and the community reshaping Britain’s sex industry from within.
Watch… here

Harpies

Molly Kirschenbaum

2023

USA / 10 minutes
Disguised with a fake mustache, Nora is the first woman to attend the Royal Academy of the Arts in London in 1894. Her ruse is upended when the Academy admits its first official female student, insufferable heiress Margueritte Durand.

haunted

George Beaven

2023

UK / 2:36 mins
Charlie's life is interrupted by the presence of a sheeted ghost. Should he carry on as though everything is okay or succumb to its influence?
Watch… here

He Loves Me Until He Hates Me

Vivek Shraya

2023

Canada / 12 mins
Taking inspiration from such 90’s classics like The Bodyguard and erotic thrillers, “He Loves Me Until He Hates Me” creates a meaningful (and playful) look at the unpredictability of masculinity–how it can fluctuate in insidious ways within a relationship, how one can be worn down in this type of power dynamic, and worse, how that can turn into lateral violence towards other women.
Watch… here

He-She-Devil

Martín Sichetti

2023

Argentina / 2:30 mins
En clave fantástica, la protagonista se transforma en otra entidad, que posteriormente se fusiona con el cosmos. El video hace referencia a obras que incluyen una intersección particular entre ‘She Devil’ de 1957 y ‘Lost Highway’ de 1997, que sirven como el punto de partida de una narrativa que trasciende esos contextos y se convierte en algo distinto.

Heart Murmurs

Dorothy Cheung

2023

Hong Kong, UK / 9 mins
Heart Murmurs is a poetic dialogue between the filmmaker and Dean, a young man living in Hong Kong. In reflecting on his experience living with a congenital disability and HIV during the first years of the COVID pandemic, Dean expresses his sense of self in the face of regular medical challenges. 
Watch… https://vimeo.com/856804778

Heaven on Earth

El Starcher

Canada / 4 mins
Samson and Mikey are two twenty-somethings who have reached a limbo in their relationship – a purgatory between friends and lovers – and who are damned by Samson’s fear of being perceived as a transgender person. Ultimately, the angelic nature of their dynamic proves the sublimity of loving a body that transcends what ‘god intended’.

Heavy is the Head

Juniper Johnson

USA / 6:11 mins
Black people steer through plights and outlandish situations that stem from texturism.

Here on Earth

Katie Neuhof    

USA / 16 mins
When a writing gig goes more successful than expected, a young writer has to choose between the life he wants and the life he's been told he's supposed to have.

Hey Darling

Elliot Walker

Canada / 9:59 mins
Dorian is a transgender teen boy who lives at home with his single dad, Barney. Dorian feels trapped in a mirage of masculinity by his father and the gendered expectations of the world around him. One day a mysterious figure leaves behind a flyer advertising an amateur drag competition and a spark ignites in Dorian’s mind.

hi ading

Dinaly Tran

2023

Canada / 2 mins
“hi ading” is a poetic short that provides a glimpse into a love story. Speaking to their parents’ past selves, Dinaly asks and hopes that these past versions might help them realise that decisions they may not understand are still made out of love.

Hillary

Peio Canibe de Muerza

2023

18 mins
Watch… here

Him/Hair

Eloi Genrich

2023

Netherlands / 18 mins
Two years ago, Eloi shaved off his long, curly hair, and his bald head confronts him with something he had always secretly known: he is not a she. With clippers marking the starting point, a long journey begins. However, what if the final destination seems to keep changing? Or perhaps it doesn’t exist at all? Armed with a camera in his hand, Eloi discovers that he does not have to travel alone. In his chosen family, freedom and friendship reign supreme, providing a safe haven through shared experiences, laughter, and life. Discarding all forms of pigeonholing, the search for self turns out to be not only incredibly bumpy but also simple, loving, and beautiful.

Hola, Santiago

Armando Ibañez

2023

USA / 10 mins
Santiago, a Mexican queer migrant who lives happily with his husband in San Francisco, receives a message from Angel, an old flame who reveals that he has written to ask for forgiveness. Santiago must now confront the past to reconnect with the first love who he met when he first arrived in the U.S.
Trailer... here 

Home

Paloma López

2023

France / 21 mins
Moving comes with major challenges. While the father has gone half mad trying to rearrange furniture from the Caracas villa into a Paris flat, Josefina is dealing with other troubles. A tragic sex call confirms her breakup with her girlfriend, and parental love has shrunk to ensuring the proper French pronunciation. The only thing that can cap off the deadpan humor and bittersweet bizarre scenes is the croaking of hundreds of frogs.
Trailer… here

Homecoming

Sara Werner

2023

USA / 19 mins
A young woman returns home on the eve of the apocalypse to reunite with her estranged family and to finally tell her childhood crush that she was the love of her life.

Hormonal

Maz Murray

2023

UK / 12 mins
When three trans people in a small town in Essex get ripped off by their DIY testosterone supplier, they must come together to undertake a daring hormone heist in this working-class, neo-noir flight of fancy.

Hot /
Chaud

Franck Hourliac

France / 14 mins
Adams talks to HOT on Grindr. «Wanna blowjob?», «Room 201, 5th floor». But once there, the two boys are clumsy and shy. HOT is actually called Milo and he is an hairdresser. The two boys are opening up to each other in an unexpected way.
Watch… here

Hotel Orfeo

Julie Helsen,
Benjamin Laureys

2023

Belgium
Wanneer zijn vriend in het hospitaal belandt, besluit Oliver een hotelkamer in de buurt te zoeken. Zo strandt de jongeman nietsvermoedend op het bal van de Orfeo, een hotel waar de grandeur van weleer nog nazindert. De kleurrijke hotelgasten zijn vriendelijk, maar het is duidelijk dat ze iets verbergen. Waar blijft het personeel? En wat is er met de lift aan de hand? Oliver beseft al snel dat dit geen avond wordt als een andere. Het is zelfs maar de vraag of hij Hotel Orfeo heelhuids zal verlaten… Met "Hotel Orfeo" brengt Spot On een gloednieuw stuk uit eigen huis met suspense, mysterie en vooral veel humor!

House of Enigma

Slade Warnken,
Ying Dai

2023

USA / 11:20 mins
“House of Enigma” is a short film exploring gender on an international scale.

How Pleasure Feels

Nadav Levy

2023

Israel / 12 mins
“The LGBTQ+ person is like an embryo. There is no one to teach them how to survive, there is no one to guide them or direct them on what is right and wrong, how pleasure is supposed to feel.”
This film presents excerpts from my personal life, from childhood memories to maturity – as an analogy for a child who learns the world anew. Accompanied by my friends from the LGBTQ+ community, who tell from their points of view the norms, the challenges and the search for a sense of belonging in the community.

How To Disremember Winter /
Como Me Esquecer do Inverno

Mari Moraga

2023

Brazil / 15 mins
Violeta applies her art to create possibilities of seeing the world she lives in. A Brazilian woman seeking, by unusual ways, to get warm through her queer community during Lisbon winter.

Violeta usa sua arte para criar possibilidades de ver o mundo em que vive. Uma Brazileira que busca, por formas incomuns, se aquecer através da sua comunidade queer durante o inverno em Lisboa.
Trailer… here

Howling

Daviel Shy

USA / 3:10 mins
Howling is the first single of artist Cristy Michel’s new solo multimedia project, She Her Sir. Originally from south Louisiana and of Cajun descent, Michel “returns home” from Hollywoodland following a major life change. Written following a fiery love affair, Howling represents a deep yearning for “more”, and the idea that sometimes the heart does not get what the heart wants—and sometimes it does.
Watch… here

Hyphen

May-Lynn Le

2023

USA / 19 mins
A second-generation Vietnamese-American teen must navigate the familial challenges of coming out despite being unable to speak the same language as her grandma.

I am not a number: Mavi

Bart Peters

2023

Netherlands / 20 mins
An intimate documentary portrait of Mavi, a transgender woman who shares her experience of migration, her struggle and source of strength.

I Must Trespass

Charlie Parchment 

2023

UK / 1.30 mins
A Reflection of Queerness in Rural Spaces.
Trailer... here 

I Only Kiss in the Dark

Kelly Paoli

Canada / 17 mins
When her roommate is outed, Margot is forced to spend the evening with his disgruntled sister, discovering just how deep the family’s internalized homophobia runs.

I Will Break Your Face

Michael Neulinger

Austria / 6:16 mins
Intimate partner violence is often primarily discussed and analyzed in the context of heterosexual relationships. However, this issue also exists in LGBT relationships. This short film is an attempt to depict the process it takes to free oneself from a violently abusive relationship.

I’m a Freak

Magdalena Jacob

Germany / 5 mins
Empowerment and Love.
Watch… here

I’m fine mum

Josema Palenzuela

Spain / 5 mins
Blanca just started to live by herself but her life is a disaster. When she faces her mum’s texts and questions, she invents herself a standard life, in contradiction with her true identity.
Trailer… here

I’ve Got Something to Confess /
Tengo Algo Que Confesarte

Sergio Antonio Ortiz Fonseca

Ecuador / 4:26 mins
Rita has something to confess. Amidst all her doubts, she picks up the courage to write a long letter to Lú with her confession.

Ice Cream on Mondays

Flo Gordon,
Reggie London

UK / 3 mins
F.witch is Flo Gordon, a classically trained singer from Brighton. Her music is described as psychedelic indie folk, and Flo describes it as being ‘a bit like a modern day Kate Bush.’
Watch… here

Identidad

Bruno Mauricio Montenegro

Peru / 8:45 mins
Mariano, a trans man from Arequipa, Peru, visits his grandparents in the traditional village of Chivay, where he will face the conflict between his gender identity and his cultural heritage from the ancient Cabanas and Collaguas.
Trailer… here

Identity Card

Luan Luca Lamberty

Luxembourg
About everyday struggles of a trans woman, the film gives a glimpse of how important it can be to make legal name changes easier accessible.

if i put the skate over my head I become the ground

Clara Nunes,
Pipa Souza

Brazil / 21:30 mins
This short shines a light on the universe of queer skateboarding scene in Brazil and embraces the movement to deconstruct traditional stereotypes in the cultural movement of skateboarding . Disassociating from the traditional aggressive and masculinized format, skate practice comes to fight against different prejudices and situations experienced by the LGBTQIAP+ community in Skateboarding.

If There’s No Tomorrow

An-Ting Ta

2023

Taiwan / 17 mins
Two best friends, Mugen and Bingjie, are both re-taking the college entrance exam. As comrades, they understand and support each other’s dreams. On this day, Bingjie, as usual, goes over to Mugen’s house. They soon shift from earnestly preparing for the college interview to having a few drinks and having a heart-to-heart talk, cherishing these final days of their struggle together. However, a secret is unveiled under the influence of alcohol. On this stormy winter night, their relationship begins to falter…

If You Say

Yuri Yagibashi

2023

Japan / 25 mins
Late-night radio telephone consultation. Tonight's winner is Kotori Kawai, an aspiring actor. The content of the consultation is "Have you ever liked someone you shouldn't like?" At first glance, it should be a common love consultation, but gradually the clouds become suspicious ...
Trailer… here

If You See Something That Doesn’t Look Right 

Ka Ki Wong

2023

Hong Kong, UK / 5 mins
Two drifters from different worlds, both trying to heal their old wounds, encounter one another on an underground train. In this subterranean, glittering dreamscape, the pair fleetingly connect through their fantasies and imagination. 
Watch... here

Il Vuoto

Luca e Davide Marino

2023

Italy / 105 mins
Giorgio and Marco come from two different worlds: the first is the son of a rich lawyer, the second struggles to emerge from the outskirts of a city in the deep south. Both dream of overwhelming love and the desire to emancipate burns within them. The same force that attracted them will separate them.

Impressões da História da Personagem Transgênero No Cinema Brazileiro  

Cristiano Sousa

2023

Brazil
Documentário híbrido com narrativa transmídia que oferece uma reflexão do passado e de um futuro de produções audiovisuais desmistificadores de preconceitos e tabus universais no Brasil na questão do personagem transgênero no cinema.
Trailer… here

In Agreement /
Bul Beni

Elif Aybüke Akdere

Turkey / 12.04 mins
This is story of a young LGBTİ+Q individual searching for himself and hiding himself from people around him in his search he comes across a documentary and his soulmate.

In the Basement

Andrew Scot Frink, Claire Sappone

2023

USA / 13 mins
A couple tries to salvage their date night while sheltering in place from a supernatural anomaly.
Trailer… here

In the end I saw something on my phone

Nicholas Sanchez

Canada / 2 mins
This Instagram post is now a short film—a meme turned theatre. What happens when a meme becomes a film?

In The Sea /
J’irai Dans La Mer

Lola Fauveau Merle

2023

France / 11:55 mins
Yuna est en vacances près de la mer. Elle se sou- vient de l’été tourmenté de ses premières règles, 10 ans plus tôt.

In Their Dreams All the Jellyfish Are Wet /
Im Traum Sind Alle Quallen
Feucht

Marie Luise Lehner

2023

Austria / 27 mins
Orlando tries to master an inconspicuous visit to the sauna but doesn't know the rules. Paula doesn't dare undress in front of the others. Manu just wants to socialize. Laura's beautiful cousin doesn't want to admit that he can't swim. The beautiful Lea is not ashamed of anything and Thea tries not to be seen by Laura's beautiful cousin, whom she lusts after.

Influence

Greta Harutyunyan

2023

Armenia / 25 mins
Leo is a stand-up artist from Armenia who is not afraid to talk about topics that have been taboo for years. Armenian media has been "colonized" by foreign media outlets for decades. Russian media influence has always been significant, especially in comedy. Comedy shows were flooded with discriminatory speech and sexism and homophobia were an integral part of jokes. Leo is a stand-up artist from Armenia, who uses his routine to address issues that have long been taboo.

Inky Pinky Ponky

Damon Fepulea'i, Ramon Tewake

2023

New Zealand / 61 mins
When a young fakaleiti falls in love at St Valentine’s Highschool, she must navigate her way through a world of intolerance and bigotry to find happiness - in an unexpected place.
Watch… here

Into the Den

Lovelight

2023

Brazil / 9 mins
After a night out, Lux Foton wanders around the city and mysteriously falls into Cyber and Mika’s den. Drenched in drool and candle wax, the trio plunges into not-so-human sexual delusions. Featuring Lux Foton, Cyber and Mika with a soundtrack by av Brisalicia.

Into the Next Tide

Yaya Xi-lin Wang

2023

UK / 10 mins
A mysterious castaway is found on the sea shore by a group of musicians and though welcome to play with them, the call of returning to the sea is greater in this lyrical and dreamy animation.
Trailer… here

Invisible People

Alisa Berger

2023

France, Germany / 71 mins
Invisible People is a multi-layered depiction of the unique Japanese contemporary dance Butoh that flows between revolt, eroticism, trance, prayer, ancestral experience, and physical anonymity. The film gradually drifts away from its core issue and becomes a general portrayal of life itself, with all its unforeseen strokes of fate and strange micro-connections.
Trailer… here

Irregular Feminine Forms

Emma Underwood

USA / 10 mins
After surviving a suicide attempt, a trans woman named Bela must enter her own mind in order to banish her darkest demons once and for all, or stay trapped inside forever. 
Watch… here

Is Gay Marriage Next?

USA / 16 mins
In 2003, history was made when a Newsweek cover asked: Is Gay Marriage Next? Now in a post-Roe world, the question resurfaces with a haunting twist: is gay marriage next – to go?
Trailer… here  

It Had to Be You

Juan Barquin,
Trae Delellis

2023

USA / 6 mins
A couple reminisces on the wild night on South Beach that kicked off their ten year relationship.

It’s Nice That You’re Here

Oriyana Brand

2023

Israel / 10 mins
Forteen years old Einav visits her friend Nuri while her parents are away. When Eli, Nuri’s older sister returns earlier from a trip, she disrupts their peaceful harmony, forcing Einav to confront questions about sexuality and what it means to grow up.

It’s on Fire

Shon Keane

2023

USA / 16 mins
An intergenerational, multicultural group of trans and non-binary people head out on a road trip in search of history and form a chosen family empowered to fight for their freedom.
Trailer... here

It's time to patch up my own soul

Oakley Mertes

USA / 3 mins
It's time to patch up my own soul is a found footage film that highlights my experiences with abuse and sexual assault as a bisexual trans man. I made this film silent because of the pressure I felt to stay quiet after I realized I was assaulted.
Watch… here

Itinerary of a buried history /
Itinerário de uma história soterrada

Lucas Vidal

Brazil / 5:47 mins
The action evokes the memory of Raimundo Preta, better known as Burra Preta, black bicha who is remembered through the narratives of several peoples.

Iya Iya Iya Iya

Winner Wijaya

17 mins
Mariana and Callista are talking about their love lives.

Iyaan Paatta

Fabin Thomas

2023

India
Based on a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky called ‘White Nights’, the film presents a narrative located in a corner of conservative, traditional India where there is very little room for nonconformity. Amidst it all is the romance of Kalp and Adi, two men who are tied in a relationship that cannot be shared with the world.

Izzy Aman: The Joy of Drag

Isabella Kaya Walton

2023

UK / 12:37 mins
A film about Isabel Adomakoh Young, known as Izzy Aman in the drag world. We witness Isabel become Izzy, but more specifically on this occasion, Bob Ross. Through thrusting, painting and mimicry we witness a gender bending revolutionary performance alongside a candid and powerful conversation about the queer experience.
Trailer available here

Jakt

Maria Lundström

2023

Sweden / 15 mins
Father and son meet for the annual deer hunt while searching for some connection they never had. A hidden enemy forces them to face a harsh reality that none of them wants to face.
Trailer... here

Jamie

Darcy Hennessey

USA / 19 mins
Alpinist Jamie Logan has taken on some of the most dangerous climbs in the world but nothing felt as life-threatening as admitting that she wanted to begin a new life as a woman.
Trailer... here

Jamie’s Pond

Reid Sandlund

2023

USA / 4 mins
A lonely naiad discovers a crying human child at the edge of their pond and tries to cheer him up. They soon discover they have more in common than meets the eye.
Trailer… here

Jardines

Alfredo Torres

México
Mientras esperan conseguir asilo en Estados Unidos, personas LGBTQ+ desplazadas se ofrecen apoyo y curación mutuamente, formando una familia queer en movimiento.

While waiting for asylum in the United States, displaced LGBTQ+ folks offer support and healing to one another, as they form a queer family on the move.
Trailer

Jinx

Harry Brakha

Australia / 13 mins
Mean Girls meets The Exorcist when a slumber party Ouija board summoning goes fully gruesome in this Australian shlocker!

Joan the Kid

Grace Hackney

Australia / 13 mins
Forced into detention for not wearing a skirt at school, Jo’s project on Joan of Arc comes to life unexpectedly.
Trailer… here

Job Seeker /
Se Solicita Empleo

Manuel Vargas Moreno

2023

Mexico / 8 mins
"Job Seeker" is a short film that tells the story of a young autistic man in desperate search of employment in a challenging economic environment. The film begins with him wearing borrowed clothes and styling his hair with water from a public fountain before setting out to submit job applications. However, despite his efforts, he is continuously rejected, and his stack of applications becomes smaller and smaller.
Watch… here

JOE (Just Ordinary Everyday)

Bailey Vo

2023

USA / 13:39 mins
JOE is a drama/coming-of-age film about a high school boy's complicated relationship with toxic masculinity, friendship, sexuality, & mental health.
Watch… here

Joy /
Alegría

Julieta Tetelbaum

2023

Argentina / 11 mins
A journey through the mind of a 65-year-old working-class lesbian who's addicted to sugar and can't stop thinking about her ex-girlfriend from youth. She lives with her partner—a mannequin that she’s built to look exactly like her ex.

Just Friends

Elle Martinez-Olson

2023

USA / 7 mins
One year after their mutual split, former partners Carly and Jade, reconnect over their love of techno music. Jade invites Carly to their favorite nightclub together. Unable to resist her curiosity, Carly agrees. It’s just one night, what could go wrong?
Watch… here

Just Story Hour

Lu Yao

2023

USA / 7 mins
Drag queen Harmonica Sunbeam is an affable storyteller at a time where Drag Story Hour is a source of controversy and protests.

Ka ʻāʻumeʻume: Navigating Home

M. Kaleipumehana Cabral

2023

USA / 8 mins
Six Kānaka ʻŌiwi maneuver between the tidal pull of home and the struggle to stay.

Keep your hair on!

Kinga Garncarz

2023

Poland / 1:14 min
Locked in the tower, the princess ditches her previous life.

Kenopsia

Maneet Shergill

2023

Canada / 14:50 mins
Kenopsia is a film about the life cycle of a Green Room Couch and the fear of a normally busy room becoming empty. Through the life cycle of the Green Room Couch, we also follow the Life Cycle of the Students and Actors that use the Green Room and said Couch through several generations.

Kiki House of Vase

Syrus Sadvandi

2023

USA / 9 mins
The Kiki House of Vase is a ballroom house based in Taipei.

This is a group of voguers which attend events called "balls." However, ballroom is more than a space to dance -- it's where queer people can find unconditional support and a family regardless of their orientation or gender identity.

Kila & Mauna

Ella Monstra

2023

Brazil / 19:37 mins
A call in the middle of the night can change all paths. In search of Triz, a missing friend, Kila and Mauna find themselves on a rescue journey. To get where they want they will have to cross the deserts that time has sedimented between them.

Kill Your Landlord

Jill Hill

2023

USA / 10 mins
In the city of Scam Francisco, three roommates find a hidden kitchen behind one of the walls of their one room apartment.

Kiss + Tell

Jazleen "JLEAN" Senshi

2023

USA / 2 mins
A Black woman’s day starts with a toothpaste tablet and ends with love.

Knowing Mario

Emili Ema Sedlar

2023

Croatia / 36 mins
Mario Lemešić is a Bjelovar based school cook living with HIV. For years, he’s faced homophobia and HIV-related stigma. The film illustrates his struggled, yet the uncoditional love and support from those that surround him in his everyday life.

Kordovero 22

Gal Primack

2023

Israel / 20 mins
Two men, brought together virtually, grapple with the challenges of forging a deeper connection within the confines of an implausible, predetermined reality.
Trailer… here

Kylvan, The Deaf Pup /
Kylvan, Le Pup Sourd

Sylvain Gélinas

2023

Canada / 12 mins
Le jeu de chiot dans le BDSM est un jeu de rôle dans lequel les “chiots” se déguisent et se comportent comme des chiens. Kylvan utilise l’humour pour tenter de sensibiliser le public sur la difficulté à trouver sa place dans cette communauté à Montréal en tant que personne malentendante.
bande annonce

L*** 404 NOT FOUND

Lyubov Vetrov,
Tanya Levi

2023

Russia / 90 mins
In December 2022 the law against so-called “LGBT-propaganda” in commercials, books, film and media officially came into effect in Russia. This has changed the lives of the Russian queer community forever. We meet people from different russian cities who, in spite of the homophobic law, chose to stay in the country.

La Fonceuse

Dominique Montesano

2023

Canada / 5 mins
The short film “La Fonceuse” is about two queer people, Ratel who is very much in her head, busy reading people and Nisha who is mysteriously familiar with Ratel. The two meet stuck in an escalator which seems infinite.
Trailer… here

La hija del Diablo

Elvira Durango

2023

Ecuador, Panamá / 5 mins
Ashly vive en un pueblo de Panamá y ha sido campeona tres veces en torneos de fútbol. A pesar de su talento e inteligencia, debe enfrentarse día a día con la discriminación de sus vecinos por ser bisexual.

La Libertad de Ser Quien Soy

Nubia Abi Trejo Aguilar

2023

México / 6 mins
¿Te has preguntado alguna vez lo que algunos sienten al ser mirados? ¿Qué pasa por sus mentes?, relatar por qué algunas veces es necesario, aceptar y tolerar a los demás, poder estar ahí para los que lo necesitan, entenderlos. Esto nos cuenta esta pequeña historia en la que podemos ver una situación similar a la que pasan estas personas.

La Máquina

Juan Diego Aguirre Gomez

2023

Colombia / 9:24 mins
After a relapse, La Máquina, transgender woman addicted to 'bazuco,' returns to the rehabilitation center to continue her treatment. However, a new inmate will put her willpower and self-control at risk.

La Pepa

Claudio Cordero

2023

Perú / 29 mins
Relato en primera persona sobre un cineasta peruano radicado en Buenos Aires que conoce a una mujer trans llamada Pepa, un maravilloso personaje que se convierte en protagonista de su proyecto documental. Frente a la cámara, Pepa cuenta su increíble historia de vida, y luego -sin previo aviso- desaparece…

La place est prise

Kay Garnellen

2023

France / 21 mins
A funny sex afternoon with a couple of surprises.

La Tentation du Panda Roux

Haïga Jappain

2023

France / 20 mins
Anna, 34 ans, vit le parfait amour avec Marie. Lorsqu’elle apprend qu’elle présente les signes d’une ménopause précoce, elle se lance dans une course contre la montre.
Trailer… here

Lake Burst

Clodagh Farrelly

2023

Ireland / 15 mins
Three characters seek integration and liberation of the self, drawing on global mythologies to explore spirit versus flesh, willpower, seduction, resistance, and surrender.

Lala Gothicfish

Angelina Nayyar

2023

Canada / 11 mins
Set against the backdrop of a city undergoing rapid gentrification, a Toronto teenager struggles to save a youth rave scene plagued by substance use and over-policing.

Land/Escapes

Julia C Liu,
J Dellecave,
Zavé Martohardjono

2023

USA / 6 mins
“Land/Escapes” considers the present-day responsibilities of settlers. Two queer immigrant settlers build, play, melt, and devolve in fantastical lands amidst crumbling colonial estates. Cycling and stunted, these occupiers of unceded lands ask “Where do we go?
Trailer… here

Längtan

Ariel Salome Avery

Sweden / 9 mins
En enda dans kan gå i flera akter. Så också en girls weekend vid havet.

A single dance can have several acts. So can a girls' weekend by the sea.
Trailer... here

Las Pequeñas Cosas

German Diaz

2023

Perú / 30 mins
Norman y Benjamin, dos peruanos, se reencuentran en Nueva York después de no verse durante años. Las circunstancias los llevarán a quedar encerrados en una casa donde aflorarán sentimientos nuevos y antiguos. ¿Será posible que esta vez logren formar una pareja? ¿O tendrán que huir nuevamente del hilo rojo de su destino?

Late Pyar

Yit

2023

Myanmar / 13 mins
Through a lens of the Myanmar coup Nyomi looks forward to a day when her girlfriend can return.
Trailer… here

Layered Identities:
Intersectionality and LGBT+ rights

Le Belle Estati

Italy / 74 mins

Leap of Truth

USA / 20 mins
A short documentary that chronicles the inspiring journey of Jason Lee, a transgender activist, as he overcomes personal struggles and societal barriers to embrace his authentic self. Through raw honesty and unwavering determination, Jason's story resonates as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the importance of self-discovery and acceptance.
Watch… here

Leave Yourself Behind

Julius Manipul

2023

Canada
A Documentary/Fantasy on Transcultural Queer Kinships between love, hate, loss, dreams and memories.
Trailer… here

Lee Baby

Leah Raidt

2023

USA / 14 mins
Lee, a trans man, and his wife Charlie are smack dab in the middle of creating a family. Insecurities, hormone imbalances, and the exhaustion of new parenthood test the limits of this resilient queer couple.

Les Clitoridés

IanE Sirota

France / 4 mins
Learn about clitorides!

Les fleurs du mâle

Hadi Moussally

2023

France, Spain / 4 mins
"The mysterious creature, Salma, realizes that being herself has repercussions on her life and that she will never be accepted as she is. So she decides to ask the creatress of this world for mercy." The film was shot in super 8 in-camera edited. It was inspired by the letter sent by Charles Baudelaire to the Empress Eugenie after being censored and fined for his book "Les fleurs du mal". The reason of the condemnation: offense to public morals and good manners as well as offense to religious morality.
Trailer… here

Les pendules noires

Mathilde Algans,
Théo Michel

France / 16 mins
Une vieille amitié de l’enfance peut-elle résister à tout ? Ambre et Jade devront trouver la réponse à cette question.

Les Terrains Vagues

Marie-Ève Drolet

2023

Canada / 6 mins
A broad conversation about the preconceived models and ideas that impact the way we experience sexuality.

Letter to Dad /
Carta ao Pai

Portugal / 10 mins
An audiovisual letter from a son to his dad in which he travels through his earlier memories and tries to fix their relationship. The director intends not only to create an environment where his sexuality related conflicts with his dad can be solved in order to repair their connection, but also heal himself from all the past wounds those issues may have caused.
Trailer… here

Letter To My Daughter

Jess T. Dugan

USA / 16 mins
Letter to My Daughter is an autobiographical video about the filmmakers’ journey to become a parent and their experiences throughout the first five years of their daughter’s life.

Levidis

Iris Glitzer

Germany / 11 mins
A jewel of architecture, Villa Levidis hosted dozens of iconic film shootings from the 60s to the 80s in Athens. Some decades later, on a sunny day, a daydreamer rests on its ruins while fantasizing about cruising with a stranger in the now destroyed mansion. Queer lust meets the golden era of Greek mainstream cinema in a dialogue around gender roles and social norms.

Liave It

Jageshwar Ratnakar Dhoble

2023

India / 30 mins
It’s about a guy who completely faces two different experiences in a day through a gay dating app. When he met the first guy who treated him like a shit, he used him like tissue paper and threw him out of his house. our protagonists felt completely broken, then suddenly got a message on his dating app about a meeting, when he heard his loving voice and his unique approach, our protagonist decided to meet him. This second guy treated him like a human being, he explained life philosophy through the process of making tea and that is to live in the moment and leave the bad past.

Lifebuoy

Rajitha Hettiararchchi, Kavindu Sivarajha

2023

Sri Lanka / 19 mins
Two men, a police lifeguard and a server who works for rich tourists at a beachside resort, share a hidden relationship. A beautiful film that explores homosexual relationships amidst a post-colonial backdrop and culture.

Lil Sherbert

Xinhe Zhao

USA, China / 3 min
“Lil Sherbert” is a hymn to the body’s struggle to gain autonomy.
Watch… here

Lilith

Elina Leloup

Belgium / 15 mins
A brother is accused of sexual assault and asks his sister to defend him in court, but Lilith questions whether the love of a sibling trumps all else.
Trailer… here

Lipstick Jodi:
Now that She's Down

Jackson Ezinga

USA / 4:05 mins
Locking eyes with a stranger during a night out leads to a fantasy fulfilled in the official music video for Now That She's Down by Lipstick Jodi.
Watch… here

Living Through

Tsuyoshi SHOJI

2023

Japan / 10 mins
This is a documentary film that documented a potluck of middle aged and senior sexual minorities, held at an NPO Purple Hands. Sexual minorities who retire often find themselves in different states of loneliness because of prejudice and inadequacies in laws to protect them. Many feel uncertain about their retirement. The film’s director wanted people to see how happy the Platinum generation live their lives, so that they would have less worries about their future. The director also wants the audience to listen to their stories, and learn that the understanding in society about sexual minorities is changing bit by bit, and that our future is getting better.

Longing In Me /
Sehnsucht in Mir

Julian Wonn

2023

Germany / 10 mins
A pioneering queer performance artist explores her craving for physical and emotional touch, revealing insights into human connection and intimacy.

Lookout Point

Rachel Harris

8 mins
Hiking, nature, and a picnic by the lake sounds like the perfect blind date… but Trae has his doubts.

Love is a Pitch

Hana Hančinová, Michaela Klanicová

2023

Slovakia / 2 mins
A group of quirky thirty-something women with questionable skill sets decide to enter a second-tier football league.
Watch... here

Love is So Embarrassing

Sierra Cosmidis-Grove

USA / 9 mins
LOVE IS SO EMBARRASSING! reflects on the performative aspects of romantic relationships and how those expectations are informed by the moving image. The video is a portrait of me falling in love and processing internalized harmful traditions of romantic love.

Loveboard

Felipe Casanova

Switzerland, Belgium / 18 mins
A broken relationship, a broken phone and the protagonist’s memories that become both personal memory and digital archive. Both fragmented, both reassembled to reveal glimpses of a vanished love.
Loveboard is not only the reconstruction of private moments that, transposed on the screen, become universal images, but above all it is a mise en abîme of the director’s creative process. The recurrent observation under the microscope of the internal memory of a telephone dismembered in all its parts is nothing more than the same action performed by the director with the memories of his relationship. Trying to fix a broken phone then means trying to save from oblivion real and digitized pieces of life, imagined things and moments become compromised images, glitchy videos, glimpses of love seen between pixels, that devour the image to the point of annihilating what was truly lived.

Lovers 

Laobai Wu,
Honbin Zheng

China / 32 mins
Lovers is an art project aimed at reversing the “treatment” of homosexuality in China, initiated by artist Wu Laobai and gay policeman Lin Gully. 

Lucid City /
Cidade Lúcida

Adrian Stölzle

2023

Germany, Portugal / 91 mins
After Mozambique gained its Independence from Portugal, Benvindo Fonseca and his family moved to Lisbon. Only at the age of 16 he started dancing and in short time made it to the emblematic first dancer category of the Gulbenkian Ballet - the first and only black dancer at the time. At the height of his career, he suffered a severe injury and the doctors predicted that he would never be able to dance again. Reviving the memories of a glamorous yet painful past in the spotlight, the constantly latent reminiscences of colonial history are flaring up in the void of the unspeakable.

Ludendo Docet

Luca Ferri

2023

Italy / 70 mins
Two puppets in a puppet theatre present a show: it is Domenico Monetti’s performance-outburst, a Ferrerian ritual of free commentary on cinema and life while gulping down oysters and litres of wine. Some spectators comment, a strange figure draws questions, and the questions become increasingly darker.
One of the usual rigid devices of Luca Ferri’s cinema is challenged by Monetti’s intoxication and free words, in a labyrinth of conceptual mirrors that makes the film reflect on itself, up to a suggestive breaking point in the finale. A psychoanalysis session on the protagonist and on cinema in general, perhaps even on our relationship with cinema, which manages to penetrate the protagonist’s deepest feelings from unforeseeable trajectories.
Trailer… here

Luva de tricô

Raphael Pamplona,
Caio Amantini

Brazil / 14 mins
Igor, un joven de 29 años, tiene una relación complicada con su padre, un boxeador retirado. El hijo sorprende a su padre llevándolo a un gimnasio de boxeo, donde se embarcan en recuerdos del pasado, que reabren viejas heridas, y lo que se suponía que sería un momento especial se convierte en una lucha por la aceptación y la reconciliación familiar.

Luz

Lilas Descottes

France
Nice desert. Prince Leï marries himself in a ceremony aimed at making him the new sun of humanity.

LXS Fantasmas De Mi Placard

Agustina Arrative,
Malena Miniscalco

2023

Argentina / 20 mins
Es viernes 13 en Ezpeleta, conurbano bonaerense. Como todos los viernes, Fer, Juja, Pepo y Robi se juntan después del colegio, a ensayar con su incipiente banda de punk. Diferentes conflictos y preocupaciones les impiden avanzar y el ensayo se disuelve entre tensiones. Pepo intenta estudiar pero no logra concentrarse. Juja lidia con el caos familiar. Fer dibuja mientras se pone al día con sus amigues virtuales. Robi piensa en su ex y se da cuenta que necesita de sus amigues. Todes acuden al rescate y juntes se dan cuenta que la amistad es un refugio.
Trailer… here

Lying in Bed Alone, Breathing

Tris Arthur

2023

USA
A documentation of and meditation on the internaland external worlds of gender dysphoria, as experienced by, shot by, narrated by, and written out by the subject at the film's core. Audio description and open captions are implemented throughout the film to create a conversation between the typically inaudible and ineligible voices of the queer body and mind.

Mabuhay: Musical Broadway Dream

Fernando Dalayoan

2023

Philippines
Joseph Sevillo is a dynamic BIPOC, LGBTTQ* artist who reflects on his dreams and motivations in creating a musical production to represent his diverse community of all-cast Filipino performers.
Trailer... here 

Mahjong Butterfly

Yinlin Chen

China / 6 mins
Mahjong Butterfly is not only his name but also his story. This film tells the story of how Patrick, Mahjong butterfly, found himself in the city of New York and how he took intergenerational work and fighting for the rights of the LGBTQ community as his mission.

Majack in Candy Cupid

Mark Janavel

2023

USA / 17 mins
A mysterious beach combing drifter in a purple suit named Majack bestows magic candy unto an unsuspecting civilian named May. Told the candy is a love potion, May sprinkles some on the food of her roommate Beth, who subsequently begins to fall in love with May.

Making "She Kills Monsters"

Abigail Donkor

2023

USA / 15 mins
A behind the scenes look at how students from Paul Duke Stem High School (Norcross, GA) interpreted the controversial play "She Kills Monsters". Several LGBTQ students played various lesbian/gay characters and they discuss in detail the importance of the play (especially in today's political climate) and specific controversial scenes that were not edited out of the play.
Trailer... here 

Making Waves

Shane O'Callaghan

2023

Ireland / 11 mins
This short documentary was filmed over the course of a weekend gathering on the coast of Co.Clare and explores the experiences, uncertainties and joys of life as an LGBTQ+ person in rural Ireland.
Trailer… here

Malade

Tibor de Laminne de Bex

Cuba
MALADE es la historia de dos amigas. Carla es una fotógrafa autodidacta y Alejandra es una chica trans. Juntas hablan sobre su realidad y sus sueños en el pueblo de San Antonio, en Cuba.

MALADE is the story of two friends. Carla is a self-taught photographer and Alejandra a trans girl. Together they talk about their reality and dreams in the town of San Antonio, Cuba.
Trailer

Maman II

Four Chambers

2023

UK / 20 mins
Softness and wetness and opening yourself up. About consuming and feeding, being merged and joined. One consuming the other, both folding into each other, temporarily one.

Manchas de Sol

Martha Mariot

2023

Brazil / 18 mins
Adriana leva uma vida tranquila depois da aposentadoria com a esposa Paola. A chegada da filha distante, que não sabe sobre seu relacionamento, a faz confrontar sentimentos complicados.
Trailer… here

Maricomio

Enzo Monzón

2023

Argentina, Spain / 20 mins
Angélica siente que la muerte la está rondando y tiene la loca idea de fingir su velorio para confundirla. Pajarito, su mascota humana, la acompaña en todas sus aventuras, siendo su único cómplice. Los amigos, la familia y acreedores asisten, inocentes, a la extraña farsa, pero la muerte no es tan fácil de engañar. 
Trailer… here

Mariee Siou: Circle of Signs

Samantha Shay

Iceland / 6 mins
This film urges reflection on indigenous prophecies about The Great Shift—choosing between technology and reconnecting with the earth. Siou emphasises the lyrics’ challenge to address our destructive impact. Filmed in

Iceland, Circle of Signs tackles climate grief and colonialism. Collaborating with 15-year-old Seraphia Behr, Shay explores California wildfires and youth voices, symbolising the struggle to reclaim nature and identity.
Watch… here

Marriage (In)Equality

Yuriy Dvizhon

2023

Ukraine / 14 mins
In Ukraine – Real-life couples – both LGBT and heterosexual, celebrity and not – come together to take part in a campaign for marriage equality in Ukraine. An eye-opening document of the Ukrainian queer community and the war in their country.
Watch… here

Marta, la musical. Una ópera de Dani Umpi

Diego Leone

2023

Argentina / 36 mins
En 2012, Dani Umpi invito a Diego Leone a hacer una película sobre Marta de la Gente, amiga artista, activista, lesbiana de La Plata. Con ese material Dani hizo una Opera en el Teatro Argentino. Después de varios años, Leone recopiló el material registrado y realizó este documental que reconstruye la realización de Opera, los amores de Marta y esa época platense.
Trailer… here

Martha Da’ro – Fast Life

Cyprien Bourrec

2023

France / 3:39 mins
Watch… here

Más Allá De Los Mares Del Sur

Itzel Sarmientos

2023

Mexico / 15 mins
Las personas LGBTQ+ en movilidad, llegan a Casa Frida, en donde resignifican lo qué es ser migrante y continúan rompiendo los techos de cristal en su camino.
Trailer… here

Maskuline

Rev Sullivan

UK
A psychoanalytical pry through the structures that form the creation of a gendered identity.

Massimo

Matteo Bianchi

Italy / 8:57 mins
Tra modelli familiari e anomali incontri di quartiere, Massimo si affaccia nel mondo tenero, drammatico e ineffabile della sessualità.

Between family models and anomalous neighborhood encounters, Massimo looks out into the tender world, dramatic and ineffable of sexuality.

Mátria

Catarina Gonçalves

2023

Portugal / 26 mins
A sensory journey to the womb of the island of São Miguel, where Natália Correia, poet, writer and Portuguese deputy, was born exactly 100 years ago. The film, made in her honor, follows three women who embody her spirit through an exploration of the female body at different stages of life.
Trailer… here

Mavi

Aylin Alakbarli

Azerbaijan / 1 min
The moon wants to play with her cat.
Watch… here

Maybe i was anticipating that loss

Ben Sambrook

USA / 31 mins

Meat! With Personality

Geneviève Dale

Canada / 5 mins
From the styrofoam trays of your local supermarket and directly in front of a live studio audience, it’s Meat! With Personality! Inspired by both the theme and the sitcoms of the 1980s and 90s, this animated short shows you the secret lives … of meat! Get ready to see a chunk of steak battle a baby, a BDSM granny dungeon, a sausage torture chamber, and a few other surprises.
Watch… here

Melina Turns 100 /
Melina cumple cien años

Mariana Rena

USA / 15 mins
Left behind amid a mass exodus, Melina, a girl in her twenties, has one wish for her birthday: a new best friend. But the apocalyptic crisis plaguing her city once again threatens to ruin her last attempt to reclaim her stolen youth before she emigrates.
Trailer… here

Melissa

Marc Vega

5 mins
In “Melissa”, Luis helps his friend Martín wounded by a gunshot, confronting him about his actions. As they fight to survive, Luis begins to question Martín’s true identity, revealing hidden layers of his friend and their relationship. A discovery that reveals that despite all barriers, friendship always prevails

Melk

Niek De Leeuw

2023

Netherlands / 4 mins
Melk is a movie about my expectations of being gay. Why do so many people focus on the sex between two men. When you come out of the closet do you have to have a lot of sex with a lot of men or is there still a possibility for a cozy life?
Trailer… here

Merci la famille

Antoine Pinson

France / 10 mins
15-year-old Paul sets out to find his big brother to persuade him to reconnect with their parents. He is convinced that they will do anything to help him heal from his homosexuality.

Metamorfose

Dominik Angel

2023

Brazil / 9:30 mins
Depois de assassinar seus pais tiranos, dois irmãos fazem um fabuloso jantar de vinho caro e o coração de seus progenitores, mas as coisas não saem como esperado.

Mi Abuelita, La Campeona

Isa Moreno

2023

USA / 3:13 mins
A Mexican girl steers her abuela’s boxing dreams in a new direction.

Michelle

Michelle Nou

2023

Argentina / 9 mins
Michelle reflexiona sobre su infancia y registra su vivencia en relación con su nueva identidad de género asumida, mientras se prepara para competir en Ballroom, en la categoría Hands Performance.
Trailer… here

Midnight High Speed

Yuki Nishio

2023

Japan / 22 mins
Trailer… here

Might Not Wanna Wake Up

Lxandra

Finland / 16 mins
Alex bids a musical farewell to their past love as they embark on an illusory journey through the five stages of grief.
Watch… here

Milan Suspesa

Lorenzo Avanzi

Italy / 3 mins
Suspended Milan is the multicolored portrait of those who live this the city every day, between love and hatred, looking for their own space in the order of things.
Watch… here

Mirror, banana

EE Newman

USA / 4 mins
The Ignorant Cowboy first battles his ornery reflection, then mockery from aliens and kinky reindeer.

Miss Misery

Keely Martin

2023

USA / 18 mins
After being broken up with by her girlfriend, a willful nineteen year old must recount her past mistakes during a visit with her estranged older sister.

Misère sexuelle

Ingrid Heiderscheidt

2023

Belgium, France / 5 mins
A hymn for women to reclaim the streets.
Watch… here

Missed Call

Chak Hin Leung

Hong Kong / 9 mins
After years of fleeing home, Callum discovers his father's secret during his short visit. He invites his dad for a final chat to open up about his sexuality and rekindle their relationship over a childhood memento.
Watch… here

Mixadxs

Rose Alves

2023

Brazil / 22 mins
A rotina de três DJs na cidade de Fortaleza – Ce – Brazil, responsáveis pela programação musical em bares, restaurantes e festas alternativas, onde desempenham seu papel sem o protagonismo dos clubes mais consagrados ou grandes festivais de música eletrônica. Esses personagens nos mostram a complexidade do universo de Djs, revelando suas rotinas, desafios, expectativas e as dificuldades enfrentadas em um universo repleto de padrões e barreiras como etarismo, transfobia e racismo.

Mjita Wami

Anathi Siyungu

2023

South Africa / 30 mins
The story follows a young boy name Ziki who is at the park by himself, a boy name Junior by himself having a cigarette caught his attention, just when Ziki was about to light his cigarette, he decides to put his lighter in his pocket and approaches Junior, any excuse to interact with Junior, Ziki ask for a lighter, and after he has received it and lit his cigarette, he begins asking questions just so he doesn’t leave his sight, he invite himself in his seat, and the conversation continues between the two.
Trailer… here

Mommy on Drugs

David Leo

2023

USA / 9 mins
A woman with an addiction to abortions struggles to make ends meet for her next fix.
Trailer… here

Monsters

Mia Fryer

UK / 3:27 mins
A young girl who is forced to flee her home meets a sea 'monster', who shows her what true love and friendship really are.

Moonlit Kiss

Arthur R Arbetman

2023

1 min
A cowboy is in love with the man in the moon.
Watch… here

Morning Ode to My Nonbinary Brown King Body

Leo Aquino 

2023

USA / 1 min
A poetic and joyful celebration of the queer body.
Watch... here 

Morphing Into An/Other

Zoltán Baráth

2023

Slovakia / 5 mins
People from the slovak and hungarian ballroom scene create a safe/r space between their bodies. A place for self exploration and mutual uncovering of one’s self. For them, voguing is one of their main ways of self-expression and connecting with themselves and others. Morphing Into An/Other is about the power in the possibility of being together.

Mounts Ward the Canoe off

Shiling Xiong

2023

China / 25 mins
Chen Ping takes his boyfriend back to his hometown to visit his sick mother. The conflict between him and his lover reveals the unspeakable contradiction with his mother.
Trailer… here

Mushroom Cut

Kuba Szutkowski

2023

Netherlands / 8 mins
Hairdresser Marion is flabbergasted when the long-haired Karel suddenly turns into a young girl. He is ashamed of his abrupt transformation, but Marion’s open attitude and compassion boost his confidence.
Trailer… here

Música + Amor + Dança + Sodomia

Leonardo Menezes,
Rian Córdova

2023

Brazil / 76 mins
O filme aborda a melhor idade LGBT+ e o embate entre gerações, a partir das experiências do La Cueva, considerada a boate mais antiga e ainda em atuação da América do Sul.

Musical Offering /
Una Ofrenda Musical

Rogelio Navarro

2023

Argentina / 21mins
Una ofrenda musical se comporta de la misma manera que una lista de reproducción o una encuesta: hay una serie de canciones, una serie de preguntas. Hay, también, un aniversario que por algún motivo se celebra. Hay un chico que extraña a otro. Hay varias cosas más que -como en las listas de reproducción o en las encuestas- aparecen de modo lineal pero que en la práctica se dan todas juntas, todo el tiempo y tal vez, de a poco, van conformando la idea de algo más grande.

My Body is a Car

Lucy RB Gaehring

2023

USA / 3 mins
This is a film about my gender dysphoria, displayed abstractly using westernized, stereotypically binary male and female imagery contrasted with the act of singing Blondie’s ‘Heart of Glass’. I compare cars moving away from the camera to the standards of masculine and feminine beauty moving away from my body. The blonde, thin, and white playboy model is collaged over a New York street. Sudden self-portrait sequences of my body, in action throughout my bathroom, contrast the video'ed motion from an every-day sidewalk.

My Body, My Soul

Clarissa Eysell

2023

Germany / 88 mins
This impressive documentary follows three people, Andreas, Amelie and Patricia, on their journey of transition. They hope that it will help them to achieve more self-acceptance and self-love and ultimately to harmonise their soul and body. Will they succeed in overcoming the associated insecurities and doubts?
A very intimate and personal film.

My Choice

Inbar Prizant

2023

Israel / 14 mins
Reem’s love for football is extremely strong, but because he is transgender, the Football Association is not willing to accept him. The movie tells the story of Reem’s journey and his connection to the football team “Transball” that gave him an opportunity.

My Hair is the View

Sanae Lahgazi-Alaou,
Safae Lahgazi-Alaou

2023

Morocco / 6:51 mins
Moroccan women embark on a daring journey to celebrate their afros and curls.

My Rage Is Underground /
A Minha Raiva é Underground

Francisca Antunes

2023

Portugal / 13 mins
The performer draws a map whilst listening to a composition of city sounds. She creates a new and imagined place where she reflects on trauma and its linking to the city.
Trailer… here

My Side of Eyes /
Sebelah Mata Eike

Andries Pangestu

2023

Indonesia / 21 mins
Yuyun, a drag queen who struggles with self-harm is suddenly attacked by a ghost who makes him slap himself incessantly. However, he still has to carry out a private show devoted to a large family of conglomerates.

Narcissus

Krzysztof Pacewicz

Poland / 8 mins
When Narcissus’ girlfriend refuses to fulfil his sexual fantasy, Narcissus falls into an autoerotic trap. The film is a modern take on the myth.

Narciso

Alejo Duclós

2023

Argentina 4:57 mins
Narciso está encerrado en un hotel luego de volver repatriado por la pandemia de Covid19. Desde allí, recuerda sus orígenes.

Narrativas LGBTQIAPN+: Em Contextos de Escola e Universidade

Paulo Clayton de Souza Lima,
Pedro Cauã Patricio da Silva,
Rayene Kellen Jardim Lima,
Wendy Lima de Aguiar

2023

Brazil / 10:27 mins
O curta-metragem reúne relatos coletados por meio de formulário online elaborado pela equipe do Projeto Narrativas LGBTQIAPN+, com o objetivo de refletir acerca das vivências de pessoas da comunidade sexodiversa em contextos de escola e de universidade.
Watch... here

Naval Gays

UK / 12 mins
A filmmaker has low self esteem. He hires an actor to play himself, a filmmaker with low self esteem, making a gay film about sex, the body and himself, inspired by the filmmaker’s sex, body and self. 
Trailer... here

Need

Jonnah Bron

2023

Netherlands / 15 mins
A sensual film about a world of sexual freedom and safety. Images, sound and movement coalesce in a luscious choreography. need, a stylish film by Jonnah Bron, is about consent, desire, intimacy and experiment. People wander through various rooms, where they meet, explore and touch one another.
Trailer… here

Nem Toda Bagunça é Fuá

coletiva: Oficina Crescendo com a Diversidade

2023

Brazil / 10 mins
Crianças de 9 e 10 anos falam sobre as influências da cultura africana no Brazil.

Neon roses

Iven Tu

USA / 11 mins
After a bereaved young man uncovers a startling truth about his friend, he sets off on a daring and comedic escape, with the help of his ghost boyfriend.

Neutralizer

Shan Leigh Pomeroy

Canada / 1:44 min
A meditation on gendered washroom anxiety.
Watch... here

Never Stop Shouting /
Ne Jamais S’arrêter De Crier

Abdellah Taia

New Threads

Elspeth Vischer

2023

Ireland / 6 mins
Imaginative and informative, New Threads combines archival and contemporary footage of Belfast with firsthand accounts of lesbian lives in the Troubles to imagine invisible queer women in the light of day.

Night Swim

Grace & Emily Potter

2023

USA / 6 mins
Night Swim is a soft and sweet love story, set against the hot summer heat in Austin, Texas.
Trailer… here

Nightmare in Love

Kayla Mejia

2023

USA / 11:25 mins
A moment in time in a young woman’s life, to offer a complex reflection of the human experience. Eden battles with terrible nightmares and understanding her sexuality. The film demonstrates the coming of age struggle to balance all aspects of life simultaneously.

Nights in the Glitter UnDojo - KAy’s 119th T-shot

Ann Antidote

2023

Germany / 8 mins
KAy Garnellen, a transgender sex worker, gets a special Testo-shot from his friends.
Trailer… here

Ninon O'clock /
L’heure de Ninon

No Kissing

Anya Schulman

2023

USA / 9 mins
American Anya and British Olivia try to make sense of their relationship but the pandemic gets in their way.
Trailer… here

No Man Like Me

Jaq Quicksilver

USA / 4 mins
So you’re bicurious…. Big deal. Get online, you can be sucking dick or getting fucked within an hour – if that’s what you really want to do. It’s one of the easiest things on earth to do. …But instead you’re here with me. Let’s explore why that is.
Watch… here

No More Longing

Connor Lee O’Keefe

2023

USA / 16 mins
Seven years after moving from Brazil to California to pursue his love of music and four years after starting testosterone, Jaime Jobim searches for his new voice.

No puedo tener sexo

Bel Gatti

2023

Argentina / 95 mins
El diario íntimo de Bel niñerx, Bel actxr, Bel hijx, Bel nietx. Desde que se separa de Elvis, su novia drag king, Bel construye este video poema: un diálogo epistolar millenial que a su vez es su gran selfie. Bel conversa con Juana, la bebé que cuida y aprende a hablar. Se reencuentra con sus dildos y se transforma en Sandro. Convoca a su terapeuta, a su corrosiva madre que también es actriz y a un actor drag queen poseído por el mismísimo Andy Warhol. Bel ensaya un beso en la vida real, otro más en la ficción; se sumerge en un infinito de performances que también son duelos y su más catártico acto de fe. Aunque no puede tener sexo, Bel cree que a través de esta película sí lo va a lograr.
Trailer... here

No, YOU'RE amazing!

Kate Pinchuck

South Africa / 4 mins
A girls’ night turns into a bar fight when two women refuse to accept each other’s compliments.
Watch... here

Not All Boys Look the Same

Felix Arlo Conroy

2023

USA / 5 mins
This is a coming of age story about a young trans boy, who struggles to come to terms with the way he looks, but with the help of friends and trans content creators, he realizes that he is FTM and starts his journey of self-acceptance.
Watch... here 

Not Close Enough to You

Lea Haufler

2023

Germany / 3:47 mins
Paula and Hannah have been for a long time friends. For Paula will it at some point become more. And for Hannah?
Watch… here

Not Three Not Four

Renée Wong

2023

Canada / 8:26 mins
Nate travels between imaginations, dreams and realities as they attempt to transition away from their mother — someone who feels most inescapable. Each night they dream of spiders, cockroaches, and centipedes. One thing becomes clear: the insects represent aspects of their mother and the arguments they have. Nate is forced to tackle their fear, this very transformative period of their life, right here, right now.

Notes on a Siren

Justice Jamal Jones

2023

USA / 12 mins
Notes on a Siren, offers a thought-provoking narrative on transformation intertwined with black and African spirituality, reframing the story of the Siren and the Sailor.  
Watch… here

Now To You

Or Habusha

2023

Israël / 14 mins
Ofek decides to meet up in a car with a guy from Grindr who’s older than him.

ob-SOUL-1337

Harry Roberts

UK / 17 mins
A satirical animated film that features both 2D and 3D. The film uses death and the afterlife to explore our relationship with technology, crazy tech gurus in Silicon Valley, as well as the duality of our identities on/offline.

Ode

Diego Lisboa

2023

Brazil / 15 mins
After his father puts up a wall between them due to non-acceptance of his sexuality, Ornir becomes the victim of a hate crime and his last breath of life is trapped in a birthday balloon.

Offering

Idan Ohana,
Rotem Plitman

2023

Israel / 11 mins
Idan, Dor and Rotem gather for a spontaneous ceremony around the fire. It was Idan’s idea, Dor found the place and Rotem brought a camera – you are witnessing the outcome.

Oikonomia

Elora Thevenet,
Octave Lauret

2023

France /17 mins
Oikonomia, au nom de l’eau: Dans une dimension parallèle, aux êtres non binaires, une guerre éclate entre les pilleurs blancs à l’œil écarlate et les gardiens de l’eau.

Omarm

Sara Kerklaan

2023

The Netherlands / 5 mins
Two dancers find themselves caught in a dynamic of struggle and suppression as they fight their inner feelings towards each other. In this intimate short, diverse emotions find bodily expression and liberation, as the dancers embrace their desires and abandon all reservations. 

OMOS

Rhys Hollis

2023

UK / 20mins
In a 1594 performance for King James VI, an unnamed Black performer replaced the originally planned live lion, pulling a chariot through the hall. OMOS is a mystical retelling, an homage to many Black performers known to have entertained the Scottish court.
Trailer… here

Onde Está Mymye Mastroiagnne?

Biarritzzz

2023

Brazil / 17 mins
Uma misteriosa e extravagante cabeleireira perde uma amiga em um metaverso repleto de casas noturnas e seres encantados. Para procurá-la e desvendar o desaparecimento, ela consegue a ajuda de uma outra amiga, enquanto conta suas histórias como strippers que ganharam muito dinheiro até ela desaparecer.
Trailer… here

One Love

Nahlia Loren Couto

2023

Canada / 9 mins
A celebration of fashion and gender fluidity, with underlying themes of universal love, environmentalism and water protection.

One Night Only: Yesica Duvali /
Sólo Por Una Noche: Yesica

Leonardo Marín Núñez

2023

Mexico / 21:41 mins
Yesica Duvali, a 61-year-old trans woman, formerly a Vedette and now a social fighter, returns to the stage for the last time to tell the story of her life.
Watch… here

One Slight Change

Elmira Azad

Iran / 14:52 mins
In their debut film, director Elmira Azar brings us the story of a girl who works in a brothel while trying to save money for a very specific purpose.

One Two Three /
Ekka Dokka Tekka

Tirthankar Guha

India
In this short, three popular mainstream writings in Bengali literature (Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay and Rabindranath Tagore) are retold through a queer lens set in Kolkata.

Only the Lovers

Jocelyn Jihyun Koo

USA / 15 mins
Amidst the imminent collision of Earth with a colossal planet, Amy, a closeted lesbian in her 70s, attends her friends’ wedding ceremony. There, she reunites with Patricia, her secret love from their youth. Amy finally confesses her love to Patricia. In the face of impending catastrophe, they embrace their love and meet their fate together as the world ends.

Open Dialogues: Queer Allies

Freddy Rodriguez

2023

USA / 25 mins
Open Dialogues: Queer Allies features the stories and lived experiences of people who identify as LGBTQ+ (Queer) and those who love and support them. Through deeply moving interviews and performances that represent a diverse range of allyship perspectives, Queer Allies illustrates the power of human empathy to change lives. With a performance by Dance Now! Miami and a reading by Terry Dyer from his book, Letters to a Gay Black Boy.

Open Up

Amanda Maddocks

2023

USA / 12 mins
After drunkenly sending her best friend a love letter, a closeted high school graduate embarks on a frantic mission to get it back. But is it too late?

Os Finais de Domingo

Olavo Júnior

2023

Brazil / 9 mins
Domingos, um idoso com a saúde frágil, segue sua rotina solitária em uma tarde de domingo, até que recebe a visita de um amor do passado.

Our / Their Parade

Gwendolyn Collins

2023

10 mins
A seemingly perfect romance of a queer couple is put to the test when the annual ghost parade comes to town.

Our Porch

Zoe Fuller

2023

USA / 15 mins
When three roommates discuss their relationships on an autumn night, an abrupt outburst might let outside pressures disrupt their familial safety.
Trailer... here 

Out in the World

Mitchell Withers

2023

Australia / 9:26 mins
Eager to break the cycle of suffering, Amy, a transgender dungeons and dragons master fights to develop safe spaces for young people in regional Australia. Through role play and character design, she creates the conditions for young people to explore identity, whilst chasing self-acceptance of her own.

Out&Proud: a transman’s story

Mhie Nzima

2023

Zimbabwe / 14 mins
“What does a man really make you? The clothes you wear, the beard on your face or muscles on your body?” The voices and struggles of four activists3 against the injustices and discrimination suffered by trans and non-binary people in Zimbabwe. An invitation to know, defend and support the rights of queer subjectivities and to overcome gender stereotypes.
Watch… here

Outpicker

Le Luo

2023

Australia / 14 mins
A queer immigrant finds a sense of belonging in the Australian landscape through litter-picking.

Own Your Fetish

Henry Baker

2023

USA / 2:44 mins
“Own Your Fetish” is a powerful exploration of the journey towards self-acceptance of your fetish. Candid confessions and personal stories shed light on the emotional and psychological aspects of fetishism, and the transformative power of giving oneself permission to explore their desires. A thought-provoking and emotionally impactful documentary that encourages viewers to embrace their own desires and live authentically. A must-see for anyone struggling with shame or stigma around their sexual identity.

Pamela

Marina Carrasco,
Daniel Muchiut

2023

Argentina / 60 mins
Pamela es peluquera, chivilcoyana, contadora de anécdotas inagotable, amiga, compañera, hija, esposa y mujer trans. Este documental nos relata su mundo en primera persona, transitando el camino hacia la aceptación de su familia, sus vecinos y su comunidad. Desde que era una niña en los años  ́70 y jugaba con su amiga del barrio a las muñecas e iba al mercado vestida de mujer, pasando por su adolescencia donde comienza a juntarse con sus compañeras en la casa de sus padres, antes de ir al baile, porque era ahí donde podían ser quienes eran; hasta su cambio de DNI, su casamiento y su presente. ¿Cómo y por qué nos asombra su vida? Estas preguntas quedan instaladas desde el principio hasta el final del film.
Trailer… here

Pangea

Lina Rivera

2023

Colombia / 2 mins
En un mundo virtual extraterrestre, una mujer de raza estilizada y rústica es convocada para embarcarse en un viaje cósmico que la transformará en el símbolo del posthumanismo, un destello premonitorio del futuro. Al sumergirse en un ensamblaje sideral de la nueva moda, esta mujer sufre múltiples transformaciones, desvelando la esencia sensual, agresiva, transgresora y futurista de la marca, junto con su visión de un nuevo ser humano.
Trailer… here

Pari

Priya Sen

India / 31 mins
Pari tries to to describe an event in the days of Pari and Praveen; a violent rupture that allowed in a life held by desire and not duty. In this film, they recount their love story against the undertones and backdrop of threat and violence. The present is both fraught and romantic; the disruption of a past moment finds momentary comfort in recall; the future is hopeful.
Trailer… here

Paroxysme

Jeanne Lemay

2023

Canada / 1 min
Anxiety is all around and fluttering constantly around us, making it hard to reconnect to reality. This animated short film gives a raw and abstract representation of the anxious mind.

Particles

Piano Particles

2023

Germany / 3 mins
Creates a shimmering musical kaleidoscope, combining orchestra and pop into a colorful cosmos of sound.

Party Doc Anthem

Rose Diego

USA / 1:02
If you can't talk to your doctor, get a new doctor! Syphilis is here, it's treatable, get tested!

Party for Two /
Festa Para Duas

Marina Polidoro

Brazil / 14 mins
About to turn 15, Alana faces a generational dilemma after receiving a 15th birthday party as a gift from her grandmother, her only legal guardian.
Trailer… here

Passion of X

Camille Ora-Nicole Elston

2023

USA / 18 mins
Passion of X is a visual poetry anthology highlighting the joy, freedom and expanded understanding of being a trans, nonbinary, or genderqueer person of color. It is made up of five parts, each featuring an original poem created by trans, genderqueer, and/or nonbinary writers. Each part delivers the message through a different medium: animation, photography, narrative film, dance, and performance.

PDV (Punto De Vista)

Hedonistas

2023

Argentina / 6 mins
Velva no consigue dormirse y busca a una webcamer para que la acompañe en su insomnio. En la oscuridad de su habitación, encuentra una trasmisión en vivo: una mujer recostada, casi sin ropa, se toca en su pantalla. Luego de acabar con ella, Velva consigue finalmente dormirse.
Watch… here

Pedro y Héctor

Lucas Martinelli

2023

Argentina / 5 mins
Pedro y Héctor se conocen un día. Pueden volver a verse, o no. Lo importante es sentir el sol.

Perceived

USA / 3 mins
Perceived is a visual journey about gender fluidity and the containment of self-expression. Features as music Red Shift by Amon Tobin.
Watch... here

Perfect Flowers of the Scum Generation

Wilde Davis

2023

USA / 18 mins
A queer triptych following a clan of revolutionary femmes inspired to cause chaos by their hatred of this butch hustler named Hollywood. It’s an experiment in degradation, the film degrades and decomposes as it progresses until it bleaches and burns to ruin. It’s a practice of cinema as magick.

Personality Under Construction /
Ličnost u izgradnji

Bruno Lovrenčić

2023

Croatia / 11 mins
As an actress prepares to step onto the stage, she delves deep into her subconsciousness. She begins to question her own past and reflects on her relationship with a friend, a connection that served as the foundation for the monodrama she is about to perform.
Trailer... here 

Piece by Piece /
Stück für Stück

Reza Rasouli

2023

Austria / 9 mins
Two teenage friends stroll around the neighborhood, simply passing the time together, but piece by piece new perspectives and identities are revealed.

Pink Walls

Dylan Warrington

2023

USA / 6 mins
A 15-year-old transgender student must decide on reading a poem he wrote that will reveal his true self to his classmates. Based on a true story.
Trailer… here

Pipás

Lili Tóth

2023

Hungary / 9 mins
The notorious assassin is haunted by the murder victims and memories of when he himself was a victim of abuse.
Trailer… here

Pique Dame: Lisa’s Katharsis

Martin Willibald Meisl

2023

Austria / 13 mins
Trailer… here

Pirenopolinda

Izzi Vitório,
Tita Maravilha,
Bruno Victor

2023

Brazil / 24 mins
In Pirenópolis, Goiás, the Celebration of the Divine has been taking place for 200 years. Tita was born in the small town and has precious memories of the party. Years later, the transvestite multi-artist intends to rebuild and re-traditionalise the party under an affective decolonial bias.
Trailer… here

Pista

hiperlinque

2023

Brazil / 14 mins
Climax is different! Ledah and Clemix activate the sounds that groove José, Larissa and Luxúria in a seductive dance that transforms the dance floor into a sensual space of lust and affection.

Playout

Alessandro Toscano,
Fabrizio Nacciareti

2023

Italy / 22 mins
PLAYOUT is a short documentary which, starting from the experience of its five protagonists, takes us inside the team which presents itself not only as a tool for access to sport, but also as a political means for the entire transgender community to claim its identity and all rights denied.
Trailer... here 

Polyethylene Terephthalate

Hinata Asai

2023

Japan / 15 mins
Ryo and Kaoru recently graduated from university. During a party, they recognize their feelings for one another. The two start dating, although they hide their relationship from family and friends. Initially, their romance goes smoothly. Ryo and Kaoru move in together, creating many special memories.
Watch… here

Pool

Sophia Hochedlinger

2023

Austria / 20 mins
Two unlike groups of friends meet in a billiard pub and seem to get along at first, until Katharina confronts one of the bar's regulars.

Pot of Gold

EXYL

USA / 6:45 mins
An experimental film weaves anonymous trans voices from Reddit and 16mm rayograms, asking the question: Do I pass? Or do I need a bit more work?

Pour Exister

Fabien Lecorre,
Kelsi Phung

2023

France / 2 mins
The vibrant plea of a generation of trans and non-binary people for the recognition of their rights.

Le plaidoyer vibrant d’une génération de personnes trans et non-binaires pour la reconnaissance de leurs droits.

Power

Josh Taylor

2023

USA / 12:09 mins
The life of a high schooler in rural Arkansas is uprooted when he discovers that his best friends outed him to his high school as trans.

Pre-Op Liminality

Ileana Lam

2023

USA / 2 mins
This stream of consciousness animated short explores emotions before and after top surgery.
Watch... here

Precoz

Alejandro Aguirre

2023

Basque Country / 15 mins
Mikel learns that one of the people he has recently had sex with has tested positive for HIV. With fear and misinformation, he will have to face the possibilities of being infected for an afternoon.
Precoz narra la historia de Mikel un chico de 24 años que se entera que una de las personas con la cual ha tenido relaciones sexuales hace tres meses ha dado positivo a VIH. Con miedo y desinformación, tendrá que afrontar la decisión de conocer su propio estado serológico, tomando valor para acudir a realizarse el test rápido.
Trailer… here

Prends-moi dans les bois

Bande James Bond

2023

Belgium / 4 mins
A silky roman-photo through forest, winter and warm nymph mysteries.

Pressure Makes Diamonds

Stephanie Schleicher

2023

USA
Do you ever think maybe you ‘‘made it’’ years ago and just didn’t realize it?
When all the other kids in Port Chester, NY went outside to play after school, young Anthony Valbiro raced to his basement rec room…to grab a microphone, turn on the reel-to-reel and croon his heart out. In this film, based on an autobiographical one-man play of the same name, Anthony draws us into the “quest for fame” that was his 1960s childhood. Along the way, we ponder questions about how the people who raise us shape us, what constitutes “success” and at what cost do we pursue our deepest dream.
Trailer… here

PTPD – Put the Phone Down

Nicolas Karatzas

Cyprus / 6 mins
Jorge, a talented queer dancer, grapples with the isolation brought on by his social anxiety. Seeking solace one evening, he discovers an unexpected visitor in the form of a collared cat perched on his windowsill. This feline presence presents Jorge with a poignant dilemma: does he dare to venture out of his comfort zone to meet a stranger, or does he embrace the companionship of this mysterious cat as a new pet?

Public Displays of Affection

Callum Roome

2023

UK / 9:49 mins
A short documentary exploring the experiences and opinions LGBTQ+ people have about publicly displaying their love for their partners.
Watch… here

Puma

Jonangelo Molinari

2023

Brazil / 4 mins
A portrait of Puma Camille, the Brazilian capoeirista taking voguing into new explorations in movement.
Watch… here

Punk Fish

Miguel Maldonado

UK /12 mins
In a rebellious fusion of punk ethos and gender identity, Unapologetic Resonance delves into the poignant tale of a transgender protagonist defying societal norms and finding their true voice amidst the vibrant underground punk scene.
Trailer… here

PUP

Sarawut Intaraprom

2023

Thailand / 95 mins
"Note" is a middle-aged man who is lucky enough to have a good-looking younger boyfriend named "Jean." However, he later discovered that he has a sexual preference for BDSM, specifically pup play. Note doesn't want to break up with Jean, but he can't stop himself from wanting to be a dog. He often secretly plays with a Master without letting his lover know. However, things are not as easy as he thought they would be.
Trailer… here

Purple Hours

Vaughn Oeth,
Allison Jowers

2023

USA / 2 mins
A regency-era ball is being held, but the host, Edwin, is nowhere to be found. Sequestered in his private study downstairs, he dances with his partner, Pascal, and they bask in each other’s company - until Pascal asks a question Edwin wasn’t ready to answer.

Quando eu cheguei

Romy Huber

2023

Brazil / 6 mins
Um arquivo vivo diz que, na praça por detrás da igreja mais antiga da cidade, havia encontros de sapatões e um busto de uma mulher num monólito.
Trailer... here

Quears

Shabnam Singla

2023

Austria / 23:53 mins
Conversations about earrings dip into queerness and gender norms.

Queer AI Has No Imagination
(VR)

Caio Victor Brito

2023

Brazil / 6 mins
A ativação do corpo por meio dos comandos de duas bichas e uma Inteligência artificial. Performance instalativa em bytes. E quando o processo performativo se dá pela fruição das próprias testemunhas-performers?

Queer Embodiment

Jon Aagaard Gao

2023

Sweden / 15 mins
(as in embodying experiences, as in being gay, do queer, take care, as in creating queer film history without whites with dreads)

The idea actually started in frustration with all the whites with dreads I saw in Queer Moving History – part 2 and then I started digging in my own QMH archives and guess what – there were no whites with dreads!

Queer Fire

Clyde Petersen

2023

USA / 2 mins
What are the extremes you will pursue to fulfil your desires? Will they push you beyond the capacity of your mortal body?

Queer Glauben

Madeleine Corbat

2023

Switzerland / 59 mins
She is a lesbian. She is a believer. And maybe soon a priest: Stefanie Arnold from Uri is on her way into the church ministry with her ordination as a deaconess, a vicariate year should give her certainty. But does she, as a lesbian woman living in a registered partnership, fit into an institution that has been dominated by patriarchal structures for centuries? And how do other people from the queer community fight for their place in the church?

Stefanie Arnold ist lesbisch, bekennende Feministin, gläubig und vielleicht bald Priesterin. Als Christkatholikin kann sie das. Doch wird sie es am Ende auch? Wie kämpfen andere queere Menschen wie Ari oder Mentari für ihren Platz in der Kirche? Finden Menschen, die anders fühlen und lieben, überhaupt Platz in jahrhundertealten Strukturen in Kirche und Gesellschaft?

Queer Mama

Mathias Oppedal

Norway / 62 mins
Ines is queer, single, and wants to become a mother. In Norway she meets the gay drag artist Mio and together they try to realize their dream of becoming parents. This documentary tracks their journey over a number of years, from the initial idea and proposal all the waythrough the demands of raising a toddler. Both honest and unapologetic, Queer Mama is an intimate and realistic view into what it means to build a family.
Trailer… here

Queeroslavia

Marija Cupric

2023

Serbia / 6 mins
Where is queer culture hidden in Yugoslav cinema? A critical look into the shaping of queer representation in this region. It was always present but in what way and how visibly. Now these motifs and characters are brought into the light so they can finally be seen and appreciated.

Quiéreme

Saúl Gocha

Mexico / 10:45 mins
Israel es un chico que vive el proceso de identidad de género, por eso cuando busca descubrirse, decide hacerlo en secreto para no decepcionar a quienes ama, encontrando que el único lugar donde puede ser él mismo es su baño.

Quiero Ser Tu Madre 

Eba Guerrero Robles

2023

Spain / 13 mins
Un ensayo de humor ácido muy sentido y crítico sobre la obsesión por lo biológico, el ciclo perpetuado de madres a hijas y las cuestiones cotidianas de la vida que nos hace necesitar alcanzar la maternidad.

An essay with acid humor, deeply felt and critical, on the obsession with what is biological, on the cycle perpetuated from mother to daughter and on the daily questions of life that make it necessary for us to achieve motherhood.

Quitter Chouchou

Lucie Demange

2023

France / 28 mins
Holidays spent at my mother’s. The atmosphere is tense: not only does she find it hard to accept that I’m not the girly daughter she dreamt of having, but she is also in the middle of divorcing my stepfather. The stay promises to be eventful.

Razor Pedagogies: If the word is a spell, my tongue is a crossroads. /
Pedagogias Da Navalha: Se a palavra é um feitiço, minha língua é uma encruzilhada

re: promiscuous

Real Life Test

Italy / 9 mins

Recuerdos del Ayer

Brandon Catalán

2023

Spain
Juan is a teenager who is sexually attracted to his friend Jeremy, but he is not entirely sure about his sexual orientation, undecided he turns to a psychologist who will help him find out who he really is. Juan had several problems with his brother who heard him whispering in his room that he was gay, the brother did not take it well, this event makes it reach the ears of his father, Juan turns to his girlfriend, because of his attitude and nervousness decides to confess his attraction to men, his girlfriend who does not take it in a good way leaves frustrated and heartbroken. Juan, having the world against him, decides to put an end to his life.

Reflection of the Cranes

Juan Ballesteros

2023

Venezuela
Lucia, a 45-year-old woman, leads a routine life in her roadside inn, when one day Amelia, a young traveler trying to find part of her past in some local waterfalls, shows up at her reception. When an immediate attraction arises between them, the insecurities of one and the fears of the other will hinder the contact between them. It is only through a game of reflexes that one will be able to approach the vulnerabilities of the other.

Reflejo

Náyade Wong

Peru / 18 mins
Lucila leads a quiet life at home until her granddaughter Elizabeth arrives in search of temporary refuge due to problems with her mother. As Lucila takes Elizabeth in, she discovers the complexity of the bond that unites them, and they find the nuances that reflect their own identities.

Reflejos En Un Acto Luis

Enrique Pacheco Arias

2023

Chile / 19 mins
Julián, a young Chilean, feels affected by the homophobic crime of a teenager while reliving this sad and stormy situation in his own flesh, receiving continuous threats that lead him to a tragic end.
Trailer... here

Renaissances

Naomi Noiret

Belgium / 18 mins
Lukas, born under a different gender, tells us about the evolution of his physical and mental transition but also the parallel experienced his parents have lived.
Trailer… here

Residual

Ana Amélia Arantes

2023

Brazil / 25 mins
Aspectos sutis e explícitos das várias formas de segregação social se expressam nos banheiros. Se fazem notar nas relações, nos usos e até mesmo nos espaços físicos. Sob diferentes perspectivas, mulheres contam suas histórias de banheiro.
Trailer… here

Retaguardia Marica Juan

Ernesto Artuñedo

2023

Spain / 3 mins
36 people linked to the LGTBIQ+ community are mobilizing to defend our rights, which are gradually being weakened by far-right policies.
Watch… here

Retrieval Loop

Thomas Ellis

2023

UK / 2:34 mins
Through movement, the film dissects feelings of anger, separation, courtship and reunification. The two male characters perform dance of rejection, wooing, lust and tenderness; even pushing the boundaries of gravity itself.
Watch... here

Return to Ombabika

Ma-Nee Chacaby, Shayne Ehman,
Zoe Gordon

2023

Canada / 22 mins
A delicately realized meditation on family history, legacy, and colonization that follows activist, artist, and Two Spirit Oji-Cree elder Ma-Nee Chacaby on their journey home to Ombabika, Ontario.

Ring Around the Orchard

Adar Leventer

2023

Israel / 8 mins
Avner, an old man haunted by his past, returns to the orchard where everything happened. Memory ensues and Avner is transported back to the day he left his best friend Bezik amidst the orange trees.

Riopelle Was Non-Binary /
Riopelle était non-binaire

Aimé Majeau Beauchamp

2023

Canada / 6 mins
Through a fictional dialogue with Jean Paul Riopelle, this experimental film updates the painter’s heritage by seeking to build bridges with today’s generation. Between a tribute and a self-portrait, Riopelle was non-binary is above all an intimate reflection on the courage to be oneself.

River

Rafal Sokolowski,
Kanat Umurbekov

2023

USA / 9 mins
River, a trans woman, returns home to attend the funeral of her estranged father. She arrives consumed by regret for not seeing him before he passed, but instead of closure, she finds that the funeral has been staged and that her father faked his death to lure her into ‘conversion therapy’.

Road to Theobald /
Camino a Theobald

Ricky Piterbarg

2023

Argentina / 15 mins
While waiting for roadside assistance, Ernesto distracts himself by reading a comic book on a famous torero’s queer romance. A psychic offers him a past life reading which will unleash in him the drive needed to start a sentimental affair with the town’s mechanic.

Robin

Tris Arthur

USA / 14 mins
A teenager, unwillingly cast as the male lead in a coming-of-age film, runs away in search of their real identity. In accepting help from those around them, they begin to discover who they are while charting a path forward.

Roll on By

Lyra Murphy

Canada / 14 min
After Sammy is rejected by her childhood best friend, she finds a new group at the roller rink that embraces her eclectic sense of style. A local youth-made film about accepting yourself and navigating adolescence.
Watch… here

Romy & Laure...

Romy Alizée,
Laure Giappiconi

2023

France / 19 mins
After years of love, Romy & Laure face a major issue: boredom. Fortunately, every Saturday night, they go to the movies! That Saturday, a mysterious film will change the course of their lives and question their certainties . Is the key to happiness really on the other side of the screen?

Rose Tinted

Jay Casillas

USA / 12 mins
Lilly, a trans woman, slowly turns into a rose after taking her estrogen pills. Meanwhile, a bee suddenly appears in her room and tries to pollinate her. She must try to avoid this bee while coming to terms with the violent changes to her body.

Rural Butch Femme Rap

Krissy Mahan

2023

USA / 3:50 mins
In this short, humorous animation, a working class, rural lesbian couple happily plan their upcoming date night, in an ode to the joys of queers living with the land. Sung to the tune of 2008’s “(You Can Have) Whatever You Like” by T.I.

Sainte Sultana

Rita Moll

2023

France / 25 mins
Mado, a fierce pistolera, travels the roads of a wild country, a Provençal Wild West, on her bicycle, flanked by her two faithful acolytes. She is entrusted with a new mission: to escort Eisabèu, who has just murdered her husband, on a last pilgrimage where the widow will pray for her victim’s soul.

Mado, farouche pistolera, parcourt à vélo les routes d’un pays sauvage, un far west provençal, flanquée de ses deux fidèles acolytes. Elle se voit confier une nouvelle mission : escorter Eisabèu, qui vient d’assassiner son mari, pour un dernier pèlerinage où la veuve priera pour l’âme de sa victime. Prières et repentances faites, Mado devra exécuter Eisabèu.

Salty Blue

Masashi Sogawa

2023

Japan / 17 mins
Mitsuki Ayase, a college student, has a secret crush on her best friend, Umi Hoshino (“Umi” means “ocean” in Japanese). The end of summer is close, and so a party for single people is coming. Two friends sneak out from this event to a public bathhouse…
Trailer… here

Salvation /
Tot Heil Des Volks

Anouk van Otterloo

Netherlands / 9 mins
After exposure to Christian ‘conversion therapy’, a young man’s relation to the church changes.
Trailer… here

Sam and the Universe

Alicia Ramirez

2023

USA / 13 mins
Sam and The Universe is a queer sci-fi film about a non-binary person named Sam who goes on a birthday trip with friends, despite hating their birthday. The film explores mental health, friendship, and the experience of feeling alienated even around the people that love you the most.
Trailer... here 

Same Old Lang Syne

Zack Paslay

2023

USA / 6 mins
Two men nearing 30 reconnect by happenstance on Christmas Eve.
Trailer... here 

Sandcastle

Idan Argov

2023

Israel / 7 mins
In the middle of his fitness training, Dor’s imagination sweeps him into other realms – between fantasy of liberated sexuality and normative family life. A meeting with a child raises the possibility of creating his own alternative way of leaving.

Sangre Mía

Isabel Rosales

2023

Mexico
Valeria y Ximena son dos niñas criadas en una familia repleta de mujeres. Con 10 años, Valeria próximamente comenzará a menstruar; no sabe cuándo, pero sí sabe cómo será. Acompañada de la historia de su madre, abuela y tías, el documental explora cómo una niña rompe con una historia generacional llena detabúes y estigmas en torno a la menstruación.
Trailer… here

Sapir’s Story

Sapir Mishell

2023

Israel / 11 mins
In the film, I tell about the process I did in my life, my gender transition. How it all started, how I felt, how it progressed and where I am today.

Save the Last Dance for Me

Noah Dolinsky

2023

Israel / 25 mins
Two young women cross paths as they each try to chase after their dreams. The friendship that develops leads them to re-evaluate their lives.

Say No to Craft

David Lawrence

2023

Australia / 17 mins
Billy’s therapist recommends he dip his toe into the world of arts and crafts; naturally, it sends him to hell.
Trailer… here

Scorpion Grass

Jamie Chi

2023

Hong Kong / 17 mins
A chance encounter between Yan Yan, a local lesbian and Rosario, a migrant from the Philippines, brings back memories of a romance which Rosario has buried for many years.
Trailer… here

Scouts Honor

Benett Holgerson

2023

USA / 11 mins
In this documentary and meditation on trans sisterhood, two tight-knit roommates (Mila and Fenyx) get ready for their night out. As they inject hormones, bicker, put on makeup, and smoke a little too much weed, we get an intimate glimpse into their loving, yet flawed relationship.
Watch… here

Scratch That

Yaniv Lavi

2023

Israel / 19 mins
Since his boyfriend left him, Yotam hasn’t slept alone. He developed an obsession for dating apps and spends his nights in the arms of strangers. One day he discovers he’s been infected with an insufferable skin disease and realizes he’s got no choice but to stop his way of living for a while. His journey into the midst of his first night alone will find him and his obsession in very dark and itchy places.
Trailer… here

Se Não Posso Dançar, Esta Não É a Minha Revolução

Lillah Halla

2023

Brazil, Germany / 23 mins
Qual canção mais representa este momento da sua vida? Em seis retratos, protagonistas se encontram com uma câmera-espelho, nos oferecendo uma dança tão íntima como o mundo que as rodeia.

Se Saprai Starmi Vicino

Patrizia Lazzari

2023

Italy / 13 mins
Anna lives suffering from Matilde’s absence. Memories, dreams, visions overlap, eliminate the boundary between reality and fantasy, transform absence into presence. The memories of a happy past full of shared projects contrast with the desolate silence and solitude of the present. The narrative does not follow a sequence of events but accompanies Anna on her journey within herself, telling a story of emotions rather than facts.
Trailer… here

Section 28 and Me

Tom Marshman,
Paul Blakemore,
Sam Halmarack 

2023

UK / 8.30 mins
Exploring the lasting impact of Section 28.
Watch… here

See Me Burn

Sen Amory Challanor Thompson

UK / 4:22 mins
A trans allegory set during the witch trials of the 17th century. Caleb is targeted to be burnt at the stake, but has his own plans.
Watch… here

Sehnsucht in Mir

Julian Wonn

2023

Germany / 10 mins
Dita Rita Scholl has been an actor and pioneer of queer performance art since the 1970s. Having experienced frequent rejection throughout life, Rita developed a strong longing for physical and emotional touch. This short documentary provides intimate insight into the search for human connection and how this endless hunger can be satisfied through tantric rituals.
Trailer… here

Seven Inches

Yen-Chu Chen

2023

Taiwan / 6 mins
Two men discover being fooled by each other on a hook-up date.
Trailer… here

Shadi

Moria Rabbani

2023

Israel / 9 mins
Nervous and desperate after being kicked out of her apartment, Shadi takes to the lonesome streets of Tel Aviv, looking for a place to call home.
Trailer... here 

Shall We Talk?

Yi-Shen Kang

2023

Taiwan / 28 mins
I grew up in a broken family, which was fragmented due to my father’s emotional violence. Communication conflicts between my parents affected me and my brother under the same roof. During my upbringing, the four of us in the family became more distant and were unable to communicate properly with each other. As I grew older, I explored my gender identity, but found it difficult to balance my identification with my original family, so I decided to face why my family became like this. With the help of a camera, I opened up my own heart and the hearts of my family members, and found a way for each of us to express ourselves.
Trailer… here

Shameless Memories: Buenos Aires, 1979 / Memorias Sinvergüenzas: Buenos Aires, 1979

Shee

Lia Campbell

2023

UK / 10 mins
Shee and Magnus deal with the aftermath of an unplanned pregnancy in a country where same-sex couples face significant barriers to parenthood.

Shibari Turk I

Yavuz Kurtulmus

Turkey / 9 mins
Shibariturk is a BDSM group who are doing brave things in Istanbul. In this video you will see Serkan and Lena's bondage. It is a love and chain.
Trailer… here

Shibari Turk II

Yavuz Kurtulmus

Turkey / 6 mins
Janet sees herself as a sadist. When we ask her what the film is about, she says: 'You are any object that I want. My chalkboard, carpet, chair and sometimes a toy that's good for my boredom. You are what I want!'
Trailer… here

Shideh

Nazanin Vahed

2023

Iran / 14 mins
A young barber boy who is interested in one of his clients decides to reveal this interest and faces challenges along the way.

shifting bodies to fluid fiction

Daniela Gutmann

2023

Austria / 3 mins
Sensual Super 8 interventions reimagine the body as an abstracted landscape, adrift of conventional associations.

Shred

Giovanna Trujillo

2023

USA / 12 mins
A group of queer Latinx skaters struggle with crippling mental health and societal expectations in Southern California. In their local skate community, they find cathartic release, chosen family and mastery of empowerment.
Trailer... here 

Sing

Jose Oldenburg

USA / 8 mins
Sometimes our imagination is our most courageous companion.

Singing in Front of the Colosseo

Cristina Ducci

Italy
Chiara and Simone are friends who meet again after some time apart. Chiara has lost her desire to dream. Simone still dreams of becoming a dancer and tries to persuade Chiara to go back to dreaming. Suddenly Chiara’s words turn into a song…

Single Glance

Liliane Kaufman-Hill

UK / 3:15 mins
In a busy coffee shop, Hazel fantasies a relationship with a stranger in a single glance.

Siniestro

Canción Diez

2023

México
Un joven llega a su departamento para hacer sus tareas frente a la computadora en una tranquila tarde que se verá interrumpida por una serie de sucesos terroríficos que acabarán con la armonía que impera en su hogar.

Sinzere | Shades: Amplify her Voice

Salima Stanley-Bhanji

Canada / 3 mins
Sinzere is a rap/funk artist who is Black and Lesbian. Based in Calgary, Canada, she shares about her path growing up, finding music and becoming a mother.

Sir Valence Presents: Watching U

Sir Valence (Aka G Yi)

2023

USA / 5 mins
Log into the hellish Zoomscape of drag dæmon, Sir Valence, and their concussed/concursed post-police brutality exorcism of the masks we wear and the selves we’ve sold to surveillance capitalism.

Sissy

Caleb Harwood,
Simon Paluck

2023

Canada / 10 mins
An intimate exploration of a child and father navigating grief through gender expression.

Sixteen

Tammy Leviav

2023

Israel / 5 mins
Two high school friends who study in the same class, once close friends but now distant, find themselves locked together on the porch and forced to spend time together. But was this an unexpected situation or a deliberate one?

SK8RGRLS

Jean Zamora,
Florence Middleton

2023

USA / 8:31 mins
Constellations of women and nonbinary people of color map out a quad skating community.

Skin To Skin Talks

Pradeep Mahadeshwar

2023

Ireland / 12 mins
'The dark skin alien landed in the unknown, unfamiliar and unique landscape from the infinite darkness…' Completed as part of the artist's residency at IMMA, Skin To Skin Talks explores themes of alienation, otherness and outsiderness using abstract imagery, prose and sensation-invoking techniques to reflect on the intersections of race and sexuality.
Watch... here 

Slam, from heroin to meth /
Slam, Del Caballo a La Tina

David Pascual

2023

Spain / 67 mins
The scourge of the 21st century that is taking many people ahead every weekend. A global health problem with testimonials from addicts and professionals in prevention and psychology programs.
Trailer… here

Smoke, Smoke, Smoke

Nando Caballero

Spain / 17 mins
La nit de Nadal, una noia trans sense llar busca refugi en una casa en obres. Mentrestant, a la resta de llars continuen els excessos i les tradicions. Durant la nit, quan la noia dorm, l’esperança i la maldat fan acte de presència. Un curtmetratge sobre la transfòbia en clau de realisme màgic. 

Snugglzs - Occupy All Sheets

Alex Armao

2023

USA / 4 mins
"Occupy All Sheets" is the first music video written and directed by Pittsburgh, PA-based singer/musician/producer Snugglzs. Featuring a cast of over 20 musicians and performers from Pittsburgh's queer underground arts scene, the video sees the song's author moving through many different sets and personas before coming to a punishing end.

Soc maricó

Javier Riera,
Miguel Vingut

2023

Spain / 12 mins
La mayoría de las veces nos resulta más sencillo vivir en un mundo imaginario que aceptar las cosas como son, pero ¿cómo sería vivir en esa realidad donde todo es posible?

Soft Bwoi

Danny Bailey,
Alizée Ndiaye

2023

UK / 6 mins
SOFT BWOI is a short art/experimental film that explores the existence of black males in our society and the restrictive parameters in which they have been given to survive in. Through the creative lens of yardie, dancehall and sound system culture, the film is for black men to observe the negative stereotypes that are associated with them and the toxic traits they have prescribed to. Angling for our community to self define what it means to be black and male by inviting vulnerability and the divine feminine to discover SOFT BWOI.

Sol

Marianed Soria,
Sarah Greig

2023

Canada / 3:26 mins
Sol, a young girl with a huge mane of orange hair that makes her insecure, is struggling to hide her hair and keep her obsessed pet fox away from it. After many awkward situations, she’ll have to confront her insecurities and make a hard decision.

Sol de Invierno

Ivan Rafael Cruz Figueroa

2023

México / 60 mins
On New Year’s Eve, Nahúm faces the rude awakening of heartbreak. Between parties and casual encounters, he wanders the streets of a city where winter is everything but cold.

En la víspera del fin de año, Nahúm se enfrenta al crudo desperar del desamor. Entre fiestas y encuentros casuales, recorre las calles de una ciudad donde el Invierno es todo, menos frío.

Somewhere Else

Donna Lee

Sweden
In another world, Elliot dreams of a life with his forbidden love. But even in his dreams he is haunted by reality.

Spokesfist

Lee Campbell

UK / 6 mins
This is the probably the first film ever made about fisting told from the perspective of the fist; an honest and sometimes no-holes-barred graphic account of what it's like to 'go up inside another man's street’.
Watch… here

Stalking athens

Officer Flower

2023

Germany / 11 mins
A Berlin tourist visits Athens. Breaking into an abandoned stadium, they witness the aftertaste of the Olympic Games 2004. After years of desertion, the stadium hosts again a sporty encounter.

Starlight Sojourn

Chantal Rousseau, Darcy Tara McDiarmid

Canada / 4 mins
“Starlight Sojourn” – created from watercolours, fluid acrylic paintings, and digital imagery – features local fish, birds, and animals traversing a dreamlike night-time landscape in the Yukon.
Trailer... here

Starry Will

Jiajing Yin

Japan / 2 mins
One is born through chaos, the other avoids it. A film about trying to create a safe space for all.

Steal Your Girl

Kitty Richardson

2023

UK / 4:25 mins
In this music video, a heart-broken, queer young woman is pining for the love of a straight girl who is in a relationship with a good-for-nothing man.
Watch… here

Stonewall Postal Action Network

Sarah Elizabeth Drummond

2023

UK / 12 mins
Austin Allen ran one of the UK's largest postal LGBT action networks from his bedroom in the 1990s.
Stonewall Postal Action Network (SPAN), is a short documentary, telling the story of Austin's activism, his letter writing campaign and the packing up of his life work for an archive as he contemplates his legacy from his new home in rural Wales.

Storm’s Show

Teodora Đorđević,
Milica Marković,
Ana Bašić

2023

Serbia / 19 mins
Stefan is an employee of the Leoni factory in Kraljevo, where he works every day, except Sundays. On Sundays, Storm, his alter ego and drag persona, comes to life. Storm isn’t afraid to be who she is: fierce, brave, confident, everything that Stefan is weak at. We follow Stefan during his transformation into Storm, as well as their performance, while he introduces us to what it means to be Storm and what the life of a drag artist in Serbia looks like.
Trailer… here

Strangers

Klarissa Webster

UK / 4 mins
2 peoples worlds collide in a graveyard. One dealing with a near loss, another still harbouring the pain after many years.
Watch… here

Strass

Julián Lassa Ortiz

2023

Argentina / 7 mins
One night Tomás and his boyfriend Piter hide in the bathroom of a run down bar after being attacked on the street. Locked there they feel safe but the tranquility is soon interrupted by a mysterious shadow that Tomás must face.

Streaks of Color

MJ Gudiño

USA / 7 mins
Inspired by Alma Thomas’ Starry Night and the Astronauts, this short captures the smaller, transient moments in a relationship.

Stress Fracture

Jesse Robkin

USA / 9 mins
Space and time distort within the splintering mind of a young transgender woman as her relationship slips away from her. Six months after a suicide attempt, Grace feels another psychotic break coming on. She tries to hide her mental instability from her trans partner Adrian, but finds that shutting him out also pushes him away.

Sultana’s Reign

Hadi Moussally

France / 10 mins
Reflecting on her journey from Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, to New York, Sultana tells of the challenges of performing drag in conservative societies, her nostalgia for the glory days, the glamour of Egyptian cinema icons, and her struggle to prove her existence and her self-expression as a performer and artist. 

Summer in a Day

Jacob Lee Waldrop,
Karan Gupta

USA / 13:15 mins
Inspired by real events in the writer/director's lives, a group of college friends have their last day of summer together; a romance wrapped in a youthful summer memory and the bitter sweet feeling of the end of summer.

Sunday's Child

Vanessa Nicholson

2023

USA
A female martial artist who supports herself through sex work comes face to face with a violent challenge on the way to an underground fight. Upon arriving home and confiding in the one person she trusts, her girlfriend Reanne, Sunday is faced with a series of flashbacks and internal conflicts as she tries to reconcile her identity as a fighter, sex worker and now a victim of aggravated assault.

Superhero Intersex

Tugba Baykal

Turkey / 45 mins
'Superhero Intersex' documents the resilience of three intersex activists in Turkey, showcasing their solidarity and strength despite immense pressure. Aslı Yasemin Bahar, Belgin Günay and Şerife Yurtseven draw attention to the rights violations, medical abuse and life experiences of intersex people through their own lives.

Sweat

Wrik Mead

2023

Canada / 2:30 mins
Sweat presents a lone male figure who enters a sauna and eventually is drowned by his own fear. Is he really under attack by the whispers in the room or are they just voices in his head?

T4T

Emily M Van Loan

USA / 3 mins
Trans folks find comfort, joy, and a new level of intimacy in each other's arms.

"T4T" is a term within the queer community for trans folks who seek relationships with other trans folks.

Tacones Al Cielo

Andrés Dunayevich

Argentina / 70 mins
CELESTE es mamá junto a su compañero MATIAS un chico TRANS que juntos transitaron un embarazo el cual generó un gran revuelo en la ciudad de Córdoba en Argentina por ser la primera pareja en tener un hijo.
Trailer... here

Take Me There

Elliot Slade

2023

USA / 21 mins
A night of dating, romance, and love in San Francisco.
Trailer... Trailer… here 

Tales of Yakecan /
Notas de Yakecan

André Moura Lopes

2023

Brazil / 24 mins
"Tales Of Yakecan" narrates the initiatory journey of Jessika Yakecan, daughter of Pajé Cicero Potyguara and political activist. Immersed in her thoughts, the young woman alternates her time learning her father's ancestral knowledge, fighting for gender and sexuality causes with her “Coletivo Indígena LGBTI+ Caboclas” and fighting to defend the territory of her village.
Trailer… here

TEL.1717-1771

JO Yunji

2023

Korea / 28 mins
Anna lived a lonely life until she received a phone call that led her to meet Noa, her meant to be partner. At first, it seems like they are equally happy, but as time passed, their temperatures as lovers begin to diverge. This film is like a melancholic and sad essay for those who experience the feeling of being in love, particularly those who feel more passionate than the other. Although set in summer, the directing powerfully evokes the feel of a cold winter in every scene.

Tencha Reina

Maruja Bustamante

Argentina / 66 mins
An autofiction about Tencha de Sagastizabal: psychoanalyst, estate of Carmelo Arden Quin, actress, and fat woman. A queer fairy tale that is linked in the documentary. What happens when hegemony does not reign on the screen? Tencha Reina canonizes other ways of seeing the world and questions the supremacy of subtlety.
Retrato onírico sobre Tencha de Sagastizabal: psicoanalista, estate de la obra de Carmelo Arden Quin, actriz, chamana y gorda. Un cuento de hadas queer que se enlaza en lo documental.

Tenha Orgulo

Kamila K. Stanley

Brazil
Durante cuatro años, Kamila K. Stanley viajó por Brasil fotografiando las vidas de sus amigxs queer bajo el régimen represor de Bolsonaro.Tenha Orgulho retrata a una comunidad en resistencia silenciosa pero ensordecedora.

Kamila K. Stanley traveled four years around Brazil photographing the lives of her queer friends under Bolsonaro’s repressive regime. Tenha Orgulho portrays the community's silent yet deafening resistance.
Trailer

TENS Across the Board

Bobby Best

USA / 58 mins
Ballroom culture is now a mainstay in popular culture. Not to be confused with waltzing, swinging, or doing the two-step, ballroom has become a global phenomena. 

It’s championed by Black and brown LGBTQ artists in dance, music, and fashion. We take an in-depth look at the lives of those in the St. Louis, MO ballroom community and the performers of the TENS Experience, spearheaded by Maven Logik Lee.
Trailer… here

Tentacle Eyes 

Yuqing Lin

UK / 9 mins 
In the telling of a story about an underground kingdom, a pair of ambiguously related lovers also seem to be traveling back to their own past. 
Trailer… here

Test Sequence

Anne Golden

2023

Canada / 5 mins
Un remix de sons et d’images issus des archives Prelinger qui expose la technologie et les machines.

That Doesn’t Fit

Ackshaj Anand

India / 3 mins
As an avid observer of humans, the filmmaker has come across many situations where people try to fit in too much. He has brought these thoughts to life in his film That Doesn’t Fit, which creatively and humorously showcases scenes to point out societal obligations and bring out relatable moments in people’s lives. It is a slapstick miscellany that’s rife with satire and social commentary that challenges societal norms.
Watch… here

The Ascension Series- Hamish Frost

Emma Crome,
Matt Pycroft

UK
One of Europe’s leading adventure photographers, Hamish Frost lives twin lives. In the third episode of the Ascension Series, we explore the side of himself he has kept hidden from the outdoor community. A story of confidence and connection and a reminder of the importance of diversity in the great outdoors.

The Angel

Dorian Wood

2023

USA / 18 mins
This heady sex positive exploration of intimacy, self fulfillment and the pursuit of pleasure is an embodiment of queer magic via an interweave of sex-positive rituals.
Trailer... here 

The Appearances by Ass /
La apariencia por el culo

Carlos Cara

2023

Spain / 8 mins
What would happen if Erik lost that armor called toxic masculinity?

The Barman’s Daughter

Shawna Virago

2023

USA / 4 mins
Experimental Music Video.

The Big Bang of Dorothy Boom /
O Grande Espanto de Dorothy Boom

The Boat Is My Friend /
Le Bateau Est Mon Ami 

Edouard Trefert

2023

France / 10 mins
In 1831, on a british merchant ship, James Franklin dies from a sea accident and leaves behind his lover, Tom.
Watch… here

The Book /
El Libro

Cristian Cabrera

2023

Argentina / 5.30 mins
In Buenos Aires in 1985, Tomás, a fifteen-year-old student, took a prohibited book from the school library. Now, her mother, Mariana Montiel, is face to face with the school director. The biggest problem is not the book. But the possibility that Gonzalo, the young man's teacher, has encouraged him to take it. Why would he encourage him to take it? For the school director there are dangerous books, and especially dangerous teachers. But for Mariana, Gonzalo is the person who provides the greatest support for her son and his possible sexual inclination.

The Building Opposite /
Hustet Mittemot

Siri Pårup

Sweden / 14 mins
“From my window I see into the opposite building. In each apartment there is a movie going on where the plot never ends. The actors are ordinary people that I think I know all about, even though we have never met. What I see from my window mixed with my imagination creates fictional stories about these people and their day to day lives”.

The Dancer

The Demon's Waltz /
La valse des demons

The Destruction of Jane

The Dinner /
La Cena

Jesús Martínez “Nota”

2023

Spain
There are some issues which cannot be left for later! A recently out son shares some awkward and unexpectedly hilarious moments at dinner with his parents.

The Dream: A Love Story

Enrique Rosario

USA / 5 mins
Two people meet for the first time, and they get transported into the life that could be possible for them.
Watch… here

The Feels - An LGBTQ+ Short Film

Destiny Jackson

2023

USA / 19 mins
A pessimistic college student gets paired with her crush for an assignment and finds the courage to tell her how she feels with the help of her enthusiastic best friend.
Watch... here 

The Flag

Miha Mohorič

2023

Slovenia / 48 mins
Every year in Ljubljana, during the Pride Parade, we hang big rainbow flag from the Ljubljana castle tower. Each colour symbolizes a different component of the LGBTIQ+ identity, all of which illustrate the diversity of the LGBTIQ+ community. Film shows eight individuals, through their personal stories and the attitude of LGBTIQ+ people towards the flag.

The Hanky

Ramses Rodstein

2023

USA / 9:48 mins
The Hanky brings together two handsome strangers together for a sizzling and spontaneous hookup.

The History of the Carabiner

Gianna Mazzeo

2023

Netherlands / 7 mins
A tongue-in-cheek, historical documentary / fashion film hybrid that takes viewers on a journey through queer history to trace the origins of the carabiner as a lesbian symbol.
Watch… here

The King Dreams the King

Will Aitken

2023

Canada / 5 mins
Un ancien roi met tant de temps à construire son palais qu’il devient son mausolée. Il se souvient de sa vie, des jours froids, d’autres plus chauds, de son désir inextinguible de pouvoir… de son insatiable désir tout court.

The Last Lesbian Library

Christina Isabel Rodriguez de Conte

2023

USA / 11 mins
The dystopian film imagines a time in the way too near future when LGBTQ rights and reproductive rights have been radically altered and the younger queer generation no longer has access to the wisdom of the elders that came before. This short film follows two baby dykes as they search for the elusive "Lesbian Baby Making Recipe" and the hope for a queer future.

The Last of the Romanov

Andrea Cozzolino

Italy / 36 mins
Life testimonies in LGBT in the years before the civil rights movements: 1960s, 70s and 90s, in Turin, in Northern Italy. Alex/Alessia talks during a dinner with friends about her artistic activity as a showgirl, “soubrette” (does not recognize herself as a drag queen) and the clandestine room, the Paradis, which hosted playback performances by Turinese artists. History in 6 chapters: the beginnings; the Paradis; Yesterday and Today; Identity; Love; 1990 and 2000.

The Late Checkout /
Ang Huling Sayaw

Edrian Pangilinan

USA / 14 mins
A widower and a runaway secretly meet at a hotel one stormy night. The two bond in a way they would've never expected.
Trailer… here

The Lesbian Darkroom Fisting Operetta on Venus

Lasse Långström & The Homosex Syndicate of Precarious Avant Garde Artists

2023

Sweden / 10 mins
From a feature erotic fantasy musical under production.

The angels have given the Captain of the Sea Butches the holy assignment to travel to a lesbian bar on Venus to get hold of the strongest vibrator in the whole universe – the weapon needed in the fight to destroy the tall tower of the evil gentrifiers. But to get to the vibrator she first has to offer her hands to the two terrifying and tempting Tentacle Femmes, and they just invited her to the darkroom…

The Lesbian Lobster Song

Liss Platt

2023

Canada / 4 mins
The rural lesbians of the north shore of Nova Scotia gather each spring to celebrate lobster season, and their voracious appetites, with feast and song.