2024 - UPDATED: November 2024

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Carol Resende

Brazil / 19 mins
Marcia, católica devota de 50 anos, enfrenta seus demônios, incluindo alcoolismo, em jornada de autoconhecimento com amizade inesperada com Paula, enfermeira homossexual.

A Body Transgressive

Charlie Galea McClure

Canada / 4 mins
A love letter to Frankenstein’s Monster, the Queer Body, Theatre, and Horror Cinema, “A Body Transgressive” is an exploration of subversive existence.

A Conversation

Tre King

USA
Through an intimate series of flashbacks, Levi must struggle with the decision to reconcile his differences with his best friend after a heated argument.

A Different Home

Jules Lacave-Fontourcy

UK / 15 mins
A Different Home asks what “home” means for queer people who live in a city but grew up in a rural place. Interviews layered on Scottish landscape shots explore the tensions between craving a rural life and thriving in an urban queer community. Interviewees share their sense of belonging to and alienation from both cities and rural spaces. Visually rooted to the land, this documentary reflects on what it means to grieve a space and a home which are still there but do not welcome us as who we are.
Trailer… here

A Quick Fix

Oran Julius,
April Flores,
Manon Praline

2024

Germany / 7 mins
Housewife April Flores' washing machine breaks down. When dykey plumber Manon Praline arrives, April turns on her bimbo charm, and reveals her real intentions. Soon Manon is sliding into April's velvet robe, and she wants that wrench where?!

A Rose in the Mud

Kailey McComas

2024

USA / 9 mins
Two young women, Thana and Monde, experience a whirlwind romance that highlights their deepest hopes, fears and insecurities. They spend quality time together in unusual spaces that reflect how their relationship feels in a heteronormative world. The strength of their relationship reminds them of the beauty in their differences.
Watch… here

Accepte toi comme je suis

Emmanuelle Roberge

Canada / 57 mins
De l’autre côté de l’Atlantique, en plein golf du fleuve Saint‑Laurent, se trouve l’archipel des îles de la Madeleine où 12000 âmes vivent loin du continent. Sur l’une d’elles, une jolie maison balayée tantôt par les vents capricieux et tourmentés, tantôt par des rayons de soleil lumineux et réconfortants. Ici, c’est le cocon d’Elise. Une rencontre intime, un plongeon dans cet espace de vie, où l’on suivra son cheminement d’identité de genre, l’évolution de ses pensées et de son regard pour comprendre l’essence même de ce qu’elle vit et de ce qui l’habite. Un témoignage comme rarement entendu.
Trailer… here

Adult Child /
Voksenbarn

Hugo Francker

Norway / 24 mins
With humor and vulnerability, the director reaches out to their distant father as they experiment with a more masculine gender identity. A unique and personal film about growing up and longing for closeness. Dressing up in suits and acting out traditional masculine activities, reveals the potential of rebuilding a lost connection.
Trailer… here

Adulting

James Duesing

2024

USA / 8 mins
A queer valentine has a fever dream.
Trailer… here

Afterglow /
Astaraag

Rahul Biswas

India / 30 mins
The mystic evening light dwells in the moments of afterglow. This afterglow appears as the messenger of the night to us, it sustains for just a short moment in time but gifts us a reddish heaven’s hue. The protagonist, Aditya, is a sad child of a broken home, love having been created and destroyed in his lonely life. In the islands of his dreams the Mother symbol deepens. After separation from Som (his ex-lover) he binds himself to the illusionary fiction of life. In time those illusions are broken with the presence of Aviraj. In the Akhara of the Vaishnavis, Soma is a new member who has come there after her parents’ death. Here she comes face to face with her past. In the midst of life’s play, Tagore’s song recites the truth ... the illusion ties us to pain, and when we try to get rid of it, it hurts.
Trailer… here

Al fin del mundo

Antonia Sanchez Suarez,
Isaac Brand Zuñiga

Chile / 19 mins
Demian (25) es un joven que vive una vida monótona y solitaria en Santiago, dedicando sus días al trabajo y añorando el pasado que vivió con Azul (28) una joven que conoció en el sur y con quien mantuvo una relación durante un verano. Una tarde, Demian recibe una llamada de Aurora (30), una amiga de Azul, quien contacta a Demian para darle una trágica noticia que lo lleva nuevamente hacia el sur, donde debe enfrentar una nostálgica despedida.
Trailer… here

All Boys Do

Aaron Lovett

USA / 14 mins
A trans drag queen crosses paths with an old flame on the streets of Los Angeles. Over the course of a weekend, the pair act on their unexplored desire for each other.

All That Matters /
Tudo que Importa

Coraci Bartman Ruiz

Brazil / 20 mins
All That Matters tells the story of three Brazilian families of trans people and their processes of understanding and celebration of their identities. These mums, dads and grandparents take a step forward and decide to fight for a society that respects and values diversity. Directed by a filmmaker who is herself the mother of a young trans person, the film connects generations by showing stories of love, transformation and learning.

Allergic to

KWON Sumin

South Korea / 27 mins
Haesoo, allergic to lying, experiences her first kiss with Siyeon. However, she feels uncomfortable about the kiss and their sexualised touching. Seeing herself different from others, Haesoo thinks, “Do I not love Siyeon?” and feels confused about her love. Because she is uncomfortable with the word ‘love’, her back is getting more severe allergic reaction.
Trailer… here

Alterous

Arwynn Aristizabal

USA / 3.30 mins
This animated short film explores the concept of Alterous attraction, the feeling of being emotionally drawn to someone in a way that you wouldn’t describe as “just friends”, but also is not romantic. June is a teenager on the asexual spectrum who struggles to put his feelings for his best friend into words. He makes up scenarios in his head to try to understand his emotions, and he realizes that love and emotional closeness don’t need to fit into pre-determined categories.
Watch… here

An Afternoon to Take a Portrait /
Uma Tarde Pra Tirar Retrato

André Sandino Costa

2024

Brazil / 24 mins
Três amigos de longa data marcam um encontro semanas antes de um deles mudar-se para outra cidade .A meta é através de uma sessão de fotografias diminuir a saudade e fortalecer o apoio mútuo em um momento dramático do convívio em sociedade e ao mesmo tempo projetar ações futuras com a esperança de que este momento irá passar. Márcio Januário ,Carlos Oxalá e José Roberto Pacheco, homens negros, gays acima de cinquenta anos são os protagonistas dessa história.
Trailer… here

Ana Cecília

Julia Regis

Brazil / 20 mins
The small town where Ana Cecília lives doesn’t fit her dreams. Caught up between conflicts with her older sister and managing first crushes, she must figure out who she is, both within and outside of her family.
Trailer… here

Andrimeda

Alejandro Cervantes

Mexico / 2:04 mins
La historia sigue a Julieta, una joven que, en medio de un intento de escapar de una abducción extraterrestre, se encuentra con Andrómeda, una enigmática alienígena. Desde el primer encuentro, Julieta se siente atraída por Andrómeda, desencadenando una conexión cósmica entre ellas.

Annapolis: In My Lifetime 

Arctic Diva

Arrocco

as to not die in these places /
pra não morrer nesses lugares

Márcia Bellotti

2024

Portugal / 29:39 mins
"as to not die in these places" is a documentary about Brazilian Queer immigration in Portugal. Marginal and dissident subjectivities are presented in a film that combines performativity with reflections on invisibility, resistance, and freedom.
Trailer… here

Atopia

Oli De Vos

2024

Belgium / 17 mins
Atopia or the non-place, the space that does not exist, that needs to be invented. A space where the imaginary is embodied as well as the pursuit of gender fluidity.

Atrapadas

María Mondragón

Mexico, 14 mins

Aunt Cindy and the Alchemist

Devin Scott 

USA / 11 mins
Aunt Cindy and The Alchemist is a short film that revolves around a seemingly ordinary family whose lives take a surprising turn. The story centers on Elena, a spirited woman with a close bond with her father, a retired advertising man who’s claim to fame was promoting the new Ford Mustang convertible. Elena’s life with her husband and son appears idyllic on the surface, but as the film unfolds, subtle hints reveal underlying tensions. The family’s dynamic shifts when Elena takes a road trip through Italy with (The Alchemist) and discovers the true meaning of love. As they delve deeper into the alchemist’s world, long-buried secrets and ambitions rise to the surface, leading to an unexpected and life-altering twist in the final moments. 

Back to Mamanville /Retour à Mamanville

Batucada

Sara Lizz

2024

Brazil / 3:34 mins
É sempre assim quando você está por perto
Faz aparecer um mar num deserto
Meu coração não quer calar no meu peito
É batucada até de madrugada

Before I Die

Julian Foglietti

USA / 9 mins
"BEFORE I DIE" is a short film that delves into the complex dynamics of friendship. Set in Columbus, Ohio, the story follows Dom and Derrick, two longtime friends, who spend the night before a big event drinking and finally confronting the issues they've kept hidden for years.
Watch… here

Being Her

Maheshkumar Munjale

2024

India
A short documentary that explores a 200-year-old ritual in Ahmedabad’s ‘Saduba-ni pol’, where male members of the Barot community wear female attire and perform Garba during Navratri. It questions whether this act is merely fleeting or a deeper embrace of femininity.

Beyond Hatred and Power, We Keep Singing

Germany / 92 mins
In these times of authoritarian and patriarchal interventions that stifle democratic voices, constitutional rights and personal freedom, this film is about resistance through songs and lyrics. As eloquently put forth by Maya Angelou, these are the ballads of those who raised their voices against the power-wielding forces who spread hatred and animosity. The film has been carved as a collage of many non-hierarchical spaces that exist around us.
Trailer… here  

Beyond Norms: Exploring Identity - Masc vs. Masc

Kelly Balch

2024

USA / 24 mins
"Beyond Norms: Exploring Identity" is a captivating mini-documentary series that delves deep into the multifaceted relationships within the LGBTQIA+ community. As societal perceptions of love and attraction continue to evolve, the LGBTQIA+ community is leading the discoveries of such diversity. Yet, amidst this progress, a paradox unfolds—the queer community has created its own stereotypical constructs, especially prevalent in the realms of dating and hookup culture. "Beyond Norms'' aims to shine a spotlight on this phenomenon by exploring the unique, and sometimes "not normal" dynamics within different subcultures, including the lesbian community, queer deaf community, gay community, trans and non-binary community, drag community, and asexual community. Beyond Norms challenges the participants to embrace their vulnerabilities and delve into unconventional aspects of their identities when connecting with the other participants.

Beyond the Binary

Sudesh Abeynayaka

2024

Sri Lanka / 5 mins
A middle-class family gives birth to an intersex child. The rural setting of Sri Lanka is contextualized throughout the film. Here, the father and grandmother are talking in the hospital about the child. They are thinking and debating about what to do. The film portrays the father's demand as a genuine culture shock. The father is torn between traditional beliefs and the welfare of the child, highlighting the complexities of navigating social expectations in a changing world. As the story unfolds, viewers are invited to question their perspectives on gender and identity.
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Black Ibis /
Zwarte Ibis

The Netherlands / 18 min
Black Ibis is a short poetic film portraying a young Black woman’s quest for intimacy in a world where the boundaries between the individual and the collective, the political and the personal, the past and the present, become ever blurrier. The short film is an afro-surrealistic reverie, poetically re-imagining our contemporary conceptions of relationships with the self and with imagined communities through a questioning of historically and culturally imposed views on Black people’s intimate lives in the diaspora.
Trailer… here

Blue Pandora /
Azul Pandora

Cuba / 12 mins
Pandora, a 40-year-old transgender woman living in a residential neighbourhood in Havana, rejects Roy, the teenager who tries to win her over. While caring for a neighbour’s child, she gets an unpleasant surprise that makes her consider whether or not to give Roy a chance. 
Trailer… here

Body-oddy-oddy-oddy: Destabilizing the Surveilling of Queer Bodies

Benjamin Rosenthal, Eric Souther

2024

USA / 9 mins
Body-oddy-oddy-oddy: Destabilizing the Surveilling of Queer Bodies explores the nature of how we understand our bodies, the ways in which we queer the body, and performative nature of how we explore our identities in mediated space. The work challenges the supremacy of normative human body-to-body contact, by exploring the role that a hybrid human-object-virtual encounter might pose for alternative forms of intimacy and exchange. The use of self-surveillance as a strategy of making and being is critical to our understanding of contemporary bodily experiences in the piece. The lens, the camera, video as both electronic mirror and surveyor, the scanner, generative A.I., and motion capture technology construct the performance of identity - who we are as hybrids and how we exploit our self-awareness and positions. Through the act of making this work, we aim to disrupt the hegemony of stable bodies in search of what might be greater potential. Breaking the intentions of the software and hardware specifications, and revealing the tools of its making, we blast open possibility for new rules and new narratives. The future is undoubtedly queer, and it’s one hell of a party.
Trailer…here

Boi, Trans

Rivanildo Feitosa

2024

Brazil / 15 mins
“Boi, Trans” apresenta a história de Mahhy Silva, que brilha como cantora e puxadora do boi Mimo de São Jorge, em Timon/MA. O curta fala de sua relação com as águas e conflito familiar com a onipresente figura do pai - o que traz reflexões sobre o universo patriarcal em torno da dança e das famílias tradicionais sertanejas. O filme reflete também sobre preconceito, depressão e religião, mas também fala de acolhimento, abrindo portas para novos personagens da diversidade no bumba-meu-boi. A história tem como pano de fundo a opereta A Morte do BOI, uma metáfora para a fase em que vive a personagem - de transicionamento. “O boi vive e morre. Vive e Morre”.

Both, Instrument & Sound

Sharlene Bamboat

Canada / 40 mins
In the face of an increasingly individualistic political discourse, this work employs tension as an aesthetic strategy and calls upon the experiences of Tony, an 80 year-old queer elder. In recalling his long life of political activism, it becomes clear that such work requires true intersectionality, solidarity, and collective struggle. Shot on hand-processed 16mm film.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/963202980

Boyilove

Phillip Dean Merritt

USA / 2 mins
"Boyilove" is a mesmerizing journey through the realms of love, desire, and polyamory, set against the tumultuous transition from the popper-fueled dancefloors of the 1970’s to the 80’s embrace of Reaganism and post-modern suburbanism. With pulsating synths and old-school R&B melodies, the song evokes the spirit of an all too fleeting moment marked by designer jumpsuits, scratchy guitars, and new wave attitude. The animated music video for "Boyilove" transports viewers to a liminal world where roller disco reigns supreme, and neon emotions ignite under the twirling mirrorball.

BrainHeart

Noah Wiseman

USA / 7 mins
Michael shows his strange neighbor around town. A growing obsession leaves Michael spiraling. He must rely on his friend Ava and his thoughts to get rid of his obsession.

Breaking Silence

Ty Tufts

Canada / 10:45 mins
Cole, a resilient transgender man, navigates his coming out journey within the confines of an all-girls school, while his mother confronts her own emotional struggles. Together, they learn to push societal norms and embrace the power of acceptance.

Brim Broome Boulevard

PJ Magerko Liquorice

USA / 7 mins
In need of some retail therapy? Welcome to Brim Broome Boulevard! When Jasper wanders through a set of mysterious doors on a mystical Halloween night, they embark on a journey of self-discovery where fear and fashion intertwine. Plunged into a fantastical world of high-fashion artistry courtesy of the renowned House of Wiederhoeft, through Jasper's eyes, we invite viewers to embrace the extraordinary, celebrate the beauty of difference, and find inspiration in the unexpected. 
Trailer… here

Buon Solstizio!

Werther Germondari

Italy / 4:36 mins
Everything you wanted to know about Santa Claus but never dared ask. 

Tutto quello che avreste voluto sapere di babbo natale ma non avete mai osato chiedere. 

Buraco

Diego Migliorini

Portugal / 8 mins
Self-portrait for Kino Eyes Movie Mastrers.

Butch Dyke by A.S. Valentino

Cai Indermaur

USA / 4:35 mins
A transgender darkwave/industrial artist based in Portland, Oregon, is a tribute to butch dykes throughout history.
Watch… here

By Hand

YOU Junsang

Korea / 14 mins
Anchan and Deokwoo are inseparable friends, one helping the other approach girls and write love letters. Yet their feelings are drifting in different directions. This teenage romance movie delicately unfolds the narrative of “you don’t know how I really feel” with a sense of calm and tenderness.
Trailer… here

Call Me Ro /
Dime Ro

Carolina Meza

Mexico / 20 mins
Romelia, a queer young mexican raver, starts a journey of self-discovery and identity transition. This exploration hinders their relationship with El Flako (with whom they have an important generational gap), breaking and questioning their routine with new needs and desires.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/1019284750

Cannot Talk

Karim Lazaar

France / 3:44 mins
In the hauntingly beautiful music video "Cannot Talk," we enter the private world of two boyfriends navigating an unspoken distance that looms between them. Set against a backdrop of dimly lit interiors and a melancholic melody, the visual narrative unfolds within the confines of a shared space that echoes with the weight of unsaid words.

Canyon Chorus

Eddie Bauer

2024

USA / 17 mins
Set against the backdrop of Desolation Canyon, UT, Mikah Meyer, a world-record traveler and LGBTQ+ advocate, reflects with three close friends and his mentor, Larry Edwards, on their stories and the power of mentorship within the queer community.
Watch… here

Carmen

Carla Forte

2024

USA / 4 mins
Carmen is an experimental short film in which the character tells the story through her body, creating new body language.
Watch… here

Casa Preti: Carmina 8/10

Enrico Bellenghi

2024

Italy / 8 mins
Something that has the appearance of a traditional family – mother, father, son, daughter – wanders through the rooms of a baronial villa near Monte Pellegrino, in Palermo: looking out the window, reading the newspaper, watering the plants. However, the constant comparison with objects, sculptures and paintings triggers something else, another family portrait, free and different.
A fashion film of ghosts and ideas of coexistence, commissioned by the fashion house Casa Preti. A work that expands the boundaries of formats and restores tactility and passionate moods throughout shooting on film. A meeting place, pictorial and almost metaphysical, an invasion that becomes dialogue, other possibilities for space and bodies in 7 minutes suspended in time.

Caterpillar

Ella Richie Teresa DeMaria

2024

USA / 9 mins
Watch… here

Celebrating “So Many Women” at 35

Zanne D’Aglio

2024

USA / 8 mins
In 1989, The Flame, a lesbian bar in San Diego, California, became the ideal setting for the music video “So Many Women.” This tribute was directed by its singer, who has toured in Switzerland several times. 
Watch… here

Chase Me

Sal Ardongde

USA / 3 mins
When runner Tony comes upon a curiously competitive runner, Eva, their encounter turns into a fierce race of athleticism and wits. Who might Eva be?
Trailer… here

Cherry, Passion Fruit

Renato José Duque Cereja

Portugal, Bélgica, Finlândia, Brasil / 5 mins
A natureza contém tanto a cachoeira fluindo quanto o fogo devorador. Dentro de uma floresta tropical misteriosa, o desejo toma forma entre o amor e a dor. Você enfrentaria seu desejo assombrador? 

Clan /
Kordh

Jaime Lock

Close Friends

Eleanor “Ellie” Propp

11:11 mins
A young woman comes face to face with a Thing that she hasn't seen since her childhood.

Closet Witch - My Words Are Sacred

Autojektor

UK / 1 min
Experimenting with trans porn, from a trans-viewer perspective.   
Watch… here

Come Back to What You Know

James Marquez

2024

USA / 2:40 mins
This short animation explores creator James Marquez's experiences of being groomed online happening concurrently with his discovery of his gender identity. With the hazy visuals of his vacant, unfamiliar childhood theme park, the ghosts of his past and present self reclaiming the agency once taken from him, his short film is one of catharsis and retribution.
Trailer... here 

Compass Rose & All that Glows

Celeste Gersten

2024

USA / 11mins
Once upon a time isn’t our start, it repeats itself over in cycles, like a spinning clock. This is the plight of Yaphet and Pallu, unbeknownst to them. In the present, the cycle continues. They are separated, and hope grows dim.

Corahe

Lucía Román Canivell

Spain / 15 mins
Lola y Julia trabajan como intérpretes de flamenco en Sevilla, España. Sin embargo, su relación y su amor por el flamenco se ven amenazados por las difíciles condiciones de trabajo y la lucha de la tradición flamenca por sobrevivir en los tiempos modernos.

Cris

Jonay García

Spain / 9 mins
Far from the party crowd, somewhere in the house, they kiss passionately. Everything seems to go well until it doesn’t.

Cuadro

Juan Martín,
Fran Frías

2024

Spain / 2:32 mins
En un estudio impecable y estéril, un grupo de artistas aguarda a su modelo. Cuando este llega, rompe todas las expectativas, desafiando las normas establecidas y dejando fluir sus emociones en un mundo que lo oprime.

Dames & Sea Smoke

Aditya Karatagi

Australia / 4 mis
Deep fires burn in the aching embers of stolen glances, as a stop for water sets off something steamy.

Dancing Dhamaal!

Nimisha Sanjeevani-Chandrashekhar Mahatme

USA / 5 mins
A Bollywood inspired hybrid animated music video about Aadarshini, an anxious Indian-American girl, who feels out of place at an Indian wedding until she learns to make space for herself in her culture through Parvati, a traditional dancer who catches her eye.
Trailer... here

Daphne

Nicola Bianchi

Italy / 20 mins
Daphne, a transgender drag queen living in Milan, lives on the edge of two worlds: daytime with friends and dating apps, and nighttime with parties and drugs. We follow her journey to discovering her true self.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/1018922149

Dear Georgena

Cat Haines

1 min
A letter written to Georgena, a transsexual woman who lived in Esterhazy in 1994, and wrote a series of letters and articles I found in archived copies of the Saskatoon-based LGBTQ+ publication Perceptions. This film features Super-8 footage that was hand processed with caffenol.
Watch… here

Dear God /
Dear God - Music Video

USA / 10:39 mins & 3:32 mins
A short story about a man coming to terms with his authentic self at a later age.
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Dear Money: A Trans Perspective

USA / 5 mins
Three trans siblings share about how money has impacted their lives and their gender-affirming care.
Watch… here

Dearly Departed

The Netherlands / 3 mins
A queer comedy horror about accidental death, interfering ghost hunters, and how joy can be found despite the hand the (after)life might deal you.
Trailer… here

Décalé-Es: A sports experience by and for queers /
Décalé-Es, Une Expérience Du Sport Par Et Pour Les Queers

France / 15 mins
They belong to a handball team “Décalage,” made up of LGBTQI+ members. More than just a sports team, this association represents a true personal and collective revolution! 
Trailer… here

Degenere /
Degenerado

Sara J Asprilla Palomino

¿Desayunamos?

Moiset Pacheco

Spain / 13 mins
Dos amigas se encuentran después de largos años. Tras un café aflorarán sentimientos y secretos bien guardados que tenían que ser confesados. ¿Son felices actualmente? ¿Estarán arrepentidas de alguna decisión del pasado?Trailer… here

Dirt Pride

Christina Rosetti

2024

USA / 11 mins
A community of bikepackers sets off in Washington’s Olympic National Forest to make friends, learn outdoor skills, and celebrate Pride their way.

Discolight Vigil

Stuart Blue

USA / 11 mins
A young man attends the unconventional funeral of a childhood friend.
Trailer… here

Does He Like Me? /
Será que ele gosta de mim?

Diego Trevisan

Brazil / 20 mins
Lúcio is a teenager on a journey of self-discovery and gender transition. His friend Ana accompanies and supports him at each stage of this process. However, as Lúcio becomes more confident and comfortable in his new identity, Ana begins to have feelings for him that go beyond friendship.
Trailer… here

Double Life

Mellie Parks,
Trinity Byonie

2024

USA / 5 mins
Max, a 22 year old man leads a double life; working in the hypermasculine corporate world in one life yet performing as a drag queen in another, realizing the duality of both existences.

Dream on Nykvarn

Easy Way Out

Camryn Garrett

2024

USA / 7 mins
Twenty-something New Yorker Grace frequently lies about being a lesbian in order to deflect catcalls or unwanted pickup-lines. But when a man at a bar doesn’t believe her, she has to pretend to date a random customer, one she might actually develop feelings for.

Eden

Simone Hile-Bassett

2024

USA / 10 mins
Following the rediscovery and subsequent monetization of the Garden of Eden, as people who can afford it begin migrating back at top dollar, a young woman has to choose whether to follow their brother on the one-way journey or continue to live in a broken world.
Trailer… here

El Buen Gusto

Matías Leiva

Chile / 24 mins
Marco, un diseñador de vestuario desmotivado, decide una noche salir a cazar sueños y así encontrar nuevamente su inspiración. Cuerpos y anhelos se cruzarán en su camino.
Trailer… here

Embrasse-moi

Hristo Todorov

2024

France / 12 mins
In a sporadic encounter between two men and just when one of them is about to leave, he encounters an unexpected detail that leaves him stunned.

Emergency Contact

Yvonne Onakeme Etaghene

2024

USA / 10 mins
Haunted by a devastating heartache, an Ijaw and Urhobo Nigerian dyke realizes that grief is an expression of love she can never outrun.

Encuerados

Orlando Bedolla

USA / 11 mins
Encuerados chronicles the year-long involvement of seven Latino men in the leather scene, primarily focusing on the historical attainment of the first Latino man winning the title of Mr. Los Angeles Leather, Leo Iriarte. By showcasing the legacy of Leo, Encuerados takes a deep dive into the leadership of seven trailblazers, empowered to create representation in leather competitions such as MLAL, IML, and events, such as Up Your Alley, Folsom, CLAW LA, and Pride.
Trailer… here

Espejo

Leandra Pascuzzi

2024

Mexico / 6 mins
In this emotional story, an individual tired of living repressed accepts her true identity as a transgender woman, however, she decides to hide it from her partner and when she discovers the truth, both are forced to face society’s prejudices and reevaluate their relationship. Together, they will struggle for acceptance and happiness in a world that is often unkind to those who are different.

Eu Não Nasci Para Isso

Erik Ely

2024

Brazil / 18 mins
O processo de alistamento militar obrigatório traz consigo uma determinação da qual não se pode fugir, forçando muitos jovens a servirem contra a própria vontade. Mas determinadas convocações são perpassadas por um complexo jogo de forças, que envolve desejos e preconceitos, em relação aos alistados com comportamento fora dos padrões normativos do ponto de vista social, racial e sexual.
Trailer… here

Everything is easy, Everything is hard

Pamela C. Saade

2024

France, Lebanon / 6 mins
Omar returns from a date with Alex, and he seems somewhat disconnected. A little game with Alex makes him burst and start talking about everything he experienced abroad.

Exile

Eliza Knaggs

2024

Australia
Claire is banished to the streets after her father finds out she is gay.

Familiar Touch

Ember Haskings

2024

UK / 5 mins
When her boyfriend neglects her, an emotionally broken trans woman has a rebound with her future self.

Familiar Unknowns /
Retrouvailles inconnues: Les francoqueers à Vancouver avant et après l'an 2000

Fast Life

Belgium / 4 mins
What’s behind Fast Life? A deeply personal story, a nine-month job that revolves around a shared feeling: the fear of love.
Watch… here

Femme Disturbance

UK / 25 mins
Femme Disturbance investigates a closeted adolescence, its surrounding family dynamic and the empowering figure of the Action Heroine. To tell these stories the Sisters are interviewed and the Adolescent speaks alongside the Critic. Home movie footage and action heroine performances across Hollywood film and video games are reembodied, cut and collaged.

Finding My Voice

USA / 10 mins
Two transgender women are working on their voices. One of them is Bernie, 67, who has one of the most famous voices in New York: the voice of the subway, heard by millions of commuters every day. 

Fishy

Nicole de Meneses

2024

USA / 20 mins
Fresh off a recent break up, Erica is a scientist that believes in hard data and cold facts. All bets are off when warm hearted Marina, a mermaid from the wrong side of the cove swims into her pool and summons a tidal wave of emotions Erica isn't ready for.

Forbidden

Anelise Salan

Romania / 98 mins
In Romania, 44-year-old Anelise, a gay woman, faces unexpected legal barriers when her girlfriend proposes. Determined to secure rights for herself and others, she takes their case to the European Court of Human Rights, joined by 20 same-sex couples in the largest LGBTQ+ lawsuit in the Court’s history. As they confront humiliating refusals from officials, the intense pressure affects Anelise’s personal life. Filmed with warmth and intimacy by her partner, who serves as the film’s cinematographer, the documentary captures Anelise’s struggle to balance love and resilience as they await a verdict that could change their lives.

Freedom of Movement

Fadl Fakhouri

USA / 23 mins
A poetry film that draws comparisons between haflat shabab (Palestinian bachelor parties), Oakland California's illegal rave scene, and the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Trailer… here

From Nothing to Everything

Kai Barakat

Lebanon / 10 mins
“From Nothing to Everything” is a short documentary about my own journey through depression, anxiety, and the fear of being true to myself, including my exploration of gender identity. It’s a personal story about overcoming tough times and finding the courage to embrace who I really am.

Fruits of the Spirit: a Gathering Film

Georgia Day

2024

UK / 16 mins
When Maddy and Carys get outed to their church worship band, they have to fight to stay together, in the face of an institution that wants nothing more than to see them apart. Can they hold onto faith when it seems that their faith doesn’t want them? 'Fruits of the Spirit' is a dramatic tale of hope, perseverance, and religious intolerance – a tale that is familiar to many.

Fuck This Shit, Love Me!

Daniel Path

2024

Czech Republic / 7 mins
"FUCK THIS SHIT, LOVE ME!" is a romantic comedy that tells the story of a teenage girl navigating the modern dating world. Emma pours out her frustrations into her diary about the challenges of finding true love in a world where bad dates follow worse ones, and dating apps bring more despair than hope. But what if what Emma really needs is not what she's been so desperately searching for? The film reveals that love can come unexpectedly.
Watch… here

FuReality

Aly Labbé-Hervieux

2024

Canada / 4 mins
A journey into Aly’s world and their personal growth through the eyes of their new furry, Eden.

Gamètes

Nova Lov

2024

Belgium / 15:51
To finally start her hormonal transition, Nova needs to go through one last step : the freezing of her gametes. To support her in this difficult masturbatory endeavour in a hospital ward, Matos, Estech and Aimé-es decide to accompany her. Armed with their cameras, lights and colour gel filters, the dream team of CLAP ! infiltrates the ART service to make this trial the most pleasurable as possible.

Gametes is an ode to T4T loves, mixing documentary and fiction to highlight a little-known stage of MtoF transitions.

Ghosted

Danni Fenech

Australia / 7 mins
When a jock and a dork unexpectedly wind up on a ghost hunt in a haunted house, things take a turn for the spookily sweet.
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glide by LILY CHOU-CHOU

Bart Seng Wen Long

2024

UK / 4 mins
A rubber gimp and its warden exchange their favourite YouTube recommendations.
Watch... here 

Gloria

Nikos Mpouyioukas

Greece / 6 mins
"Gloria" invites you to experience life through the eyes of its titular character, a trans woman and sex worker navigating the streets of contemporary Athens.
Trailer… here

Good Ally x MMDA

Sean Sean McGuire

2024

USA / 4:42 mins
Good Ally is the debut video from band MMDA (Peter Kalisch & Aaron December) and is an exploration of homo nationalism and neoliberal approaches to queer and trans rights which favor politeness over liberation.
Watch… here

Grand Dandy (For Ezra)

The Campbells

USA, UK / 4 mins
Grand Dandy is a special film based on the poem “For Ezra” about the real life experience of non-binary author Libro Levi Bridgeman and their love letter to their grandson, Ezra. The film follows the playful and tender moments of their daily routines as a queer grandparent with their grandson. And while it captures slices of their everyday life, it also explores the question, how to tell a child you are queer and non-binary? This film also highlights the importance that the common bond of any child with a queer relative is the same and endearing as any family.
Trailer… here

Grounded

Andrea “Andy” Whipple

USA / 6 mins
A pre-transitioned trans boy is transformed into a harpy and learns the importance of knowing one’s limits. He realizes that although he doesn’t have his ideal body, he can work with his body to create a life that’s worth living.
Watch… here

Guapito, Divino

Hands Tied - Ukulele Death Squad

Sam Osborn-Rassaby

Australia / 4 mins
The planet's "most dangeous ukulele band" fearlessly explores the chaos of queerness and temptation, featuring a thrilling running-in-heels sequence that rivals Jurassic World.
Watch… here

Hatheli

Kshitij Mudgal

India / 90 mins
This film promises a nuanced portrayal of LGBTQ+ experiences that will stay with you long after the credits roll.

Here Come the Dykes!

Devon Blackwell,
Paul Moakley

2024

USA / 15 mins
From 1979 to 1984, photographer JEB (Joan E. Biren) created a slideshow entitled ‘Lesbian Images in Photography’ aka The Dyke Show.

Hermaphrodite

Samuel Bester

France / 10 mins
Based on Hermaphrodite from Book IV of Ovid’s Metamorphoses translated by Marie Cosnay.

Hey Dad

Taiwan / 5:36 mins
I’ve practiced these words for 20 years now, but maybe being candid isn’t the best idea. I’m starting my countdown again, another 20 years. Maybe it might be the right time by then.
Trailer… here 

Hide & Seek
מחבואים

Israel / 19 mins
In a strict and conservative international school in Mexico, an ostracized Israeli boy cuts class and hides in the shadows, facing his attraction to men, and the hatred that grows inside him.
Trailer… here  

Hold Still

Australia / 12 mins
A tradie and a dancer meet during a lilting summer in a rural town, two young women on the edge of something big.
Trailer… here

Hole Theory

USA / 12 mins
Hole expert Ashely Paige and expert hole Corey More star in this visceral meditation on the gloriousness of holes. With interdimensional illustrations by Oona Taper and sound design by Paleo Pony aka Jonah Rosenberg, Hole Theory explores the cosmic unknowability of that which engulfs. “Holes are the original time travel. You come out more yourself than you were when you entered: rearranged, holy, new. Holes make you whole.” Trust us. We know holes.

Home Within

Azerbaijan / 7 mins
Home Within explores the challenges faced by trans people in politically restricted and queerphobic societies. The film follows Carmen, a young trans woman from Baku, as she struggles to find a safe space while staying true to her identity. It delves into the difficulties the queer community encounters regarding access to housing. Ultimately, the film portrays the universal quest for acceptance and belonging.
Trailer… here

House /
Casa

Argentina / 13 mins
Azula is an artist from Venezuela who found a new voice in the Ballroom scene in Argentina, a cultural space that helped them recognize and express themselves as a non-binary trans person. Through the organization Socio Ballroom, Azula supports the LGBTIQ+ community.

Humano Sin Cabeza

Enrique Gimeno

Spain / 70 mins
Es un proyecto entre el documental y la ficción en el que el propio director narra cómo recupera su carrera y la cabeza en tres años. Pseudodocumental de autoficción rodado en Etopía, Zaragoza.

I Can’t Do Anything

Tiago Tereza

Brazil / 15 mins
The film deals with the relationship between Erika and her mother, who returns to her daughter’s house in the countryside of Minas Gerais, in a region known for intense mining. Sick, the mother suffers from a terminal illness. The days go by, relations become harder, and the cinema operates.

I Feel (For) You /
Los siento

Bella Cintra

Spain / 7:08 mins
Noa, Kim, Izan, Débora, Andra, Kika, Laurent and Lola introduce themselves and recount how their feelings and desires have been marginalized throughout their lives, especially after transitioning. The sounds, the voices, the images… everything envelops us in this display of love composed of the feelings of the couple, two individuals discovering their freedom together.

I Have Something To Get Off My Chest

Cedar O'Dowd

USA / 8:27 mins
A trans man as he recovers from top surgery and his partner takes on the role of his sole caregiver. Live action blends with experimental animation.
Watch… here  

I Kiss Your Hand, Madame /
Kezét Csókolom

Jeremy Luke Bolatag

Hungary, Portugal, Belgium / 18 mins
After living a heteronormative life for fifty years, Mónika finally goes through with her orchiectomy. The filmmaker follows Mónika’s first steps in her gender-affirmation journey: her new relationship with her body and with her biological 11-year old son, Gabi, as she also navigates the repressive Orbán regime in Hungary.
Trailer… here  

I’m a Faggot /
Sóc maricó

Javier Riera,
Miguel Vingur

I'm In Love with Mother Nature

The Salt and Pepper Collective

if this were purgatory

Honey Birch

Ijin

Noam Shimashita

Ikaros Reborn

Menelas

Greece / 7 mins
In this poetic retelling of the myth of Ikaros, creators Menelas and The Peacock give us a different interpretation of the story and a much happier ending. Shot on location in Ikaria Island, this ancient cautionary tale about the hubris of youth becomes a BDSM love story.
Trailer… here

Ila

Pruthvi Kantha L

India / 29 mins
Pradeep in his mid thirties, with an inherent aversion towards the transgender community. When he is trying to come to terms with the inevitable separation from his wife, a series of events lead him spending a night with a member of the transgender community. As they make a journey together, their impressions and perspectives about each other change. These events also helps Pradeep to take a more confident decision about his life. The movie ends with a question of whether or not Pradeep truly undergoes a transformation with regards to his feelings about the transgender community.
Watch… here

In Case of Conscious Inhibition: Break Glass

Lebanon / 15 mins
At a house party, a young man navigates his sexual identity through a surreal mix of genre and performance, highlighted by a mesmerizing choreographed vampire dance with a mysterious woman.
Trailer… here  

In Search of Light

Daniel Pinheiro

Portugal / 5 mins
A portrait of the self-deprecating mental processes often connecting guilt with (homo)sexual desire.
Trailer… here

In the Closet

Vannah Smalley

USA / 20 mins
Quinn, while cleaning out their childhood closet, reflects on the keepsakes they associate with their gender identity struggle. We watch, from the closet, a series of flashbacks that results in their decision to identify as trans and achieve that gender euphoria they’ve been searching for.

In The Clouds

Hongyu Chen

China / 17 mins
The story follows Kang, who adopts the unconventional disguise of cross-dressing to accompany his boyfriend Du on a visit to Du's grandmother's home.

In the interval

Æryka Jourdaine Hollis O'neil

USA / 24 mins
Both an intimate family portrait and a cinematic collage of Black and trans collective memory and (be)longing, meditating on themes of safety, bodily autonomy and generations of compounding loss across time and media.

In the Words of Firman /
Firman Firman

Into The Bloo

USA / 15 mins
Into The Bloo is a music documentary short film that captures drag musician; Lagoona Bloo (David Brumfield) as they prepare for a show and tell us their story of loss and triumph in the intimate confines of their dressing room.

The untimely deaths of both David’s parents become a precursor for their onstage persona, and a liberation from a traumatic past.
Trailer… here  

Is Gay Marriage Next?

USA / 16 mins
A woman looks for the lesbian couple on the historic cover of a 2003 Newsweek magazine to thank them for inspiring her.
Trailer… here

JJ

France / 71 mins
JJ suit le voyage d’Ami et Popo à New York au printemps 2022. Sur les traces de Jill Johnston (1929-2010), les deux gouinxes enquêteurices rencontrent des personnes qui ont connu Jill critique de danse, Jill lesbienne radicale, Jill performeuse, etc. Les multiples facettes de Jill sont autant d’accès aux héritages lesbiens, à la place des gouinxes dans l’art et aux corps dans les espaces militants.

Kiss Kiss Wolf

Germany / 17 mins
In the ORWO film factory in Bitterfeld-Wolfen is almost exclusively staffed by women, yet patriarchal ideas persist. The hybrid documentary questions the idea of factory work as emancipatory praxis; the darkrooms of ORWO are transformed into a safe space and filming location for lesbian porn.

Kuuk Aah?

La Hemi

La Otra Orilla

Spain / 12 mins
La otra orilla nos sumerge en las aguas profundas de la historia, donde discurre con fuerza el río de la resistencia de las mujeres lesbianas de Bilbao. Explora el cruce entre las teorías feministas y las experiencias de las lesbianas, analizando el nacimiento y la evolución de su lucha contra las opresiones sociales, políticas y culturales impuestas a lo largo del tiempo.

Landing On Ice

Hong Kong / 23 mins
Hong Kong figure skater Wing-yee travels to Toronto alone for advanced training, aspiring to compete on the international stage. Despite the warm welcome and encouragement she receives there, very soon Win-yee faces setbacks and realises she is falling behind her peers. It is the friendship and support of warm-hearted Christy that eventually helps Wing-yee through her initial confusion and self-doubt, and she gradually develops a fondness for this beautiful roommate.
Trailer… here

Larry (They/Them)

Canada / 103 minutes
A look at the intimate world of young non-binary trans photographer Laurence Philomène as they put together their first book, Puberty, a series of self-portraits documenting their transition during hormone therapy. Mirroring Philomène’s autobiographical approach, LARRY (THEY/THEM) highlights the cinematic power of the artist’s vibrant, colour-saturated images and, above all, their willingness to share their story with authenticity and vulnerability. Gender non-conforming identities, body diversity and the challenges of self-affirmation are also explored through an exclusive foray into Philomène’s family and community.

 Beyond the story of individual transformation, the film chronicles a society that is likewise transitioning, evolving as it grows. A celebration of those who refuse to conform, LARRY (THEY/THEM) is a luminous and engaging portrait of the complex, often misunderstood multiplicity of trans and non-binary identities and experiences, bringing to the screen one of the most inspiring and original voices of their generation and an LGBTQ+ community icon.

Leave the Doll in the Car /
Deixa a boneca no carro

João Victor Almeida

Brazil / 15 mins
From an old email written by the director, wishing not to be gay, João Victor modifies his childhood’s pictures using collage to explore LGBTQIAP+ fantasies of dissident identities that clash with conservative society imaginary. The director is motivated by realizing that some feelings are shared among people in the community.

A partir de un viejo e-mail escrito por él, deseando no ser gay, Almeida modifica fotografías de su infancia mediante el collage para explorar fantasías de identidades disidentes que chocan con el imaginario de una sociedad conservadora. A partir de sus reflexiones, el director se entusiasma al darse cuenta de que algunos sentimientos son compartidos entre las personas de la comunidad.
Trailer… here

Les Petites Phrases

Hugues Willy Krebs 

France / 10 mins
During a camping in the forest, Eliane and Sofia argue because one will go to work far away and the other does not tolerate it. Separated, Eliane ventures out of the path to find Sofia. She does not know that the trees are watching her and setting a trap for her… 

Loitering with Intent

Eve Jablonkay

USA / 88 mins
A deeply thoughtful and intimate look at a group of male dancers and sex workers in West Hollywood.

LOLO

Ana Gabriela Gutiérrez Salgado

México / 15:30 mins
LOLO works on a quiet farm in Xochimilco, but their non-binary identity is constantly challenged and questioned. One day while selling produce at the local market, they reconnect with an old friend, KAT. She presents them with some friends, a bit of affection and the chance to be free-spiritedly themselves.
Trailer… here

Louanne & Thaïs

Josephine Jeltsch

Austria, Germany / 30 mins
Louanne is young and hungry for life when the doorbell of the Vienna apartment rings where Thas lives, which will reveal a world to her.

Love Bound

Shanshan Chen

2024

UK / 80 mins
LGBTQ+ activist Qiuyan Chen became an unexpected celebrity due to her courageous legal battle against homophobic university textbooks in the 2010s. However, this newfound fame came at a price: she was outed by her tutor, subjected to conversion therapy by her parents, and monitored by the Chinese government. To escape these pressures, Qiuyan left for the UK, where she met her partner Bling: but her struggles were far from over. Interweaving reflections on Qiuyan’s sexuality and relationships, Shanshan Chen’s documentary examines this inspiring activist’s commitment to building a close-knit community designed to support queer East Asian people in the UK: a solo endeavour that evolves into a movement with a growing support base. Love Bound is a compelling story about love, resilience, and the ongoing struggle for a better world.
Trailer… here

Love in Transition

Warangkana Chomchuen

2024

USA / 23 mins
Jane of Ukraine and Love of Thailand fell hard for each other, unaware of the twists and turns to come. Jane underwent a gender transition from a man to a woman, months into their relationship.
Watch… here

Loverboi

Tyra Sugar Baby Vasquez,
Ciello Mansilla

USA / 25 mins
An exploration of gender identity and lived experiences as a Two-Spirit individual undergoing gender affirming surgery.
Watch… here

Lusco-Fusco

Murilo Ribeiro

Brazil / 5:43 mins
The animation Lusco-Fusco tells the story of two gay characters, who have visions different from the world from their respective realities. But that through the love, show that everything can be more “colored”.
A animação Lusco-Fusco, conta a história de dois personagens gays, que tem visões diferentes do mundo a partir de suas respectivas realidades. Mas que através do amor, mostram que tudo pode ser mais “colorido”.

Macedonia

Pablo Baena 

Spain / 14mins
Jose is an extravagant and eccentric sculptor who must create a work of art to captivate the jury to keep his workshop. Alongside will be his son Bruno, a teenager who does not share the artistic view of his father. 

Maitemina

Erik Rodríguez Fernández

Spain
Maitemina is about a trumpet player who, in the middle of the San Fermin festivities, feels ignored by the thousands of people around him. No one seems to pay any attention to him except for another boy who quickly gets lost in the tide of people flooding the city. Finding him is then an almost impossible job, and he will only meet him again in his dreams.

Malfouf

Omar Alqahtani

2024

USA
Henan, ingrained in her ways, confronts her repressed desires when she meets a queer weaving instructor.

Mary: Her Journey from Pain to Purpose

SLA Video Productions

2024

USA / 60 mins
A documentary following Mary’s story of transition and her path through the pain of rejection to a life of hope and purpose.
Trailer… here

Más Allá De La Carne

Juan Briseño

Mexico / 37 mins
Jacinto y Mateo, dos seminaristas tienen un romance secreto que es descubierto por el Padre Bonifacio. Todo se complica por el estallido de la guerra Cristera.
Trailer… here

Mea culpa

Patrick Tass

Belgium / 72 mins
Lies and guilt are at the core of Patrick’s relationship with his mother Randa. Over the years, he has collected their audio messages and video calls, which transform into a portrait of her life in Lebanon and his own in Belgium. This very intimate yet social piece revals a complex relationship marked by the distance between the two characters, and shows what one may experience as a homosexual migrant. By turns moving, provocative and hilarious, Mea Culpa questions the links between national and sexual identities for a young Palestinian migrant.
Trailer… here

Mecha Meraki

Babi Astolfi

2024

Brazil / 4 mins
In a robotic society moved by the consumption of colorful mechanic members, an insecure gray robot faces the pressure to find the perfect piece for himself.

Messages personnels

Géraldine Charpentier

Belgium /12 mins
A story about overcoming a romantic breakup to the tune of Françoise Hardy, through messages that ultimately open up a new horizon.
Trailer… here

Meu Corpo Me Transcende

Raquel Eshilley

Brazil / 25 mins
A short documentary that reveals the stories of three transsexual women who performed sex reassignment surgery. Through intimate and exciting accounts, they share their experiences, the challenges experienced throughout life and the impact of their journeys on the relationship with family and society. With courage and determination to become who are, each of them narrates their struggle and the search for the realization of their dreams, revealing not only the dramas, but also the beauty of transformation and self-knowledge of their identities.

Meu Valor É Não Te Amar

Daniel Manhães

2024

Brazil / 9:25 mins
Francisco não se sente amado por Rafael e cobra afeto. Rafael incomodado com a cobrança diz que quer se separar. Francisco não querendo perder seu amor, tenta contornar a situação e convencê-lo a ficar.

Midna

Argentina / 12:26 mins
At a traditional bowling alley in Mar del Plata, Midna is dumped by her girlfriend Dani through a voice message. This triggers in her an episode of anger and violence.

Miss Honey: The Catsuit

Monad 3

Dubai, USA, Spain, France / 26 mins
Monad, situates webcam footage, projection mapping and texting both within the time space of the film and in the real time space outside, reformulating itself with each screening until Monad becomes fully saturated or until submarine internet cables stop working, whichever comes first.

Monument

Maksim Avdeev

2024

Germany / 15 mins
1.5 years after fleeing Russia for being queer, filmmaker Maksim Avdeev breaks the silence with their nationalist father over the phone.

My Bear Path

Albert Koomen

2024

Australia / 10 mins
What is a bear? Through his art, photography and films, Albert Koomen explores what it personally means to him to be part of the big, wide and furry.

My Dear

Greg Ellis

USA
Untreated mental health issues disrupt the harmony of what once seemed like a flawless family. Caught in the crossfire is their six-year-old daughter.
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My Horoscope Says I Should Go Ahead With What I’m Doing

Aderet Fishbane

USA / 5 mins
A personal exploration of trans nonbinary self creation in community, trying to understand the intimacy and intensity of change in the body and in bodies of friends.

Navel Gazer

Shirin Mori

USA / 18 mins
Birth-fearing Kora (they/them) is puzzled when they receive a check for $8,000, accompanied by a note thanking them for their egg donation. When they investigate the mysterious fertility clinic behind it, Kora needs to escape a motherhood-obsessed cult that only sees them for their body.

No es tan difícil

Irene García Torres

2024

Spain / 11 mins
Amanda and Christine have an intimate relationship, but an unexpected visitor interrupts their time together.
Trailer… here

No Man’s Love

Tullio Lavaysse,
Temim Hammadi

France / 14 mins
Marc, a young soldier, returns from war. On the way back, he is accompanied by his best friend, Luis, who seems tormented. What should be a pleasant moment becomes increasingly unbearable. His secrets and his past come to the surface.

Non-Binary Mission Play KD-230922-SP

USol Kang

2024

Korea, Republic of / 11 mins
When it's time to perform, I am going to sexualize myself in front of you with my non-binary body. If you agree to participate, Please pick out the mission note. After selecting the mission note, You MUST proceed with the mission. I will become a SUB(Submissive), a tool to carry out the mission and play the mission with you. You can participate with your partner or friends simultaneously, but you must practice one at a time. An alcohol swap is available to clean the SUB(Submissive) before you master it. The mission was based on the archive collection of other people's desires (fetishes, erogenous zones) through research. As you are exercising the mission, you are carrying out the desires of others to me. After a while, I will appear as the image of other people's desires. After completing the mission, Please feel free to use me. Give me a drink, slap me on the cheek, pet me, and adore me. Anything the MASTER wants is fine. Today, by mutual consent, you will be the SUB(Submissive) who carries out the mission I have instructed and, at the same time, the DOM(Dominant) who uses me.

Not Another Fairytale

Amshu Medapa

2024

19 mins
Princess Layea is cursed into a deep slumber after she rejects a warlock's romantic advances.

Not to be?

Matthew Shoup

2024

Canada
A conversation with a mysterious stranger helps Rowan navigate her feelings for her best friend Emma.
Trailer… here

Novanta giorni

Alice Malingri

2024

Italy / 57 mins
Ninety days to make a life-changing choice. Women of all social backgrounds go to the Cervello Hospital in Palermo for a voluntary termination of pregnancy while the pro-life center ostracizes this practice. Nurse Antonietta guides the women on their path into having an abortion with pills and sanitary pads, while the women of the anti-abortion movement carry on their battle by offering layettes and showing photographs of newborn babies. Two opposing worlds united by a race against time.
The director tells stories, hopes, desires, doubts and fears of some women who are facing a life changing choice. Untangling the difficulties that follow their decision, the women protagonists confront guilt and the whys of their choices. The female body is absent and present at the same time, crossed by tensions and uncertainties.

O Punk Goiano: Vozes Trans

Lucca Brasil

2024

Brazil / 10:35 mins
Goiás is one of the most conservative states of Brazil, still the punk movement resists! But, when it's analyzing this movement closely you can notice something even more interesting: a large presence of trans people, mostly non-binary, who are claiming these spaces.

O ventre do traviarcado

Gaia do Brasil

2024

Brazil / 20 mins
Created by drag queen Gaia do Brasil, the film tells the story of a trans woman expelled from home by her family at the rise of the HIV and AIDS outbreak in Brazil and the world.

Object(s) of Desire

Liberty Antonia Sadler

UK / 4 mins
An intimate colour-drenched celebration of queer fat sensuality, ‘Object(s) of Desire’ is a three performer portrait & poem film.

Old Fashioned /
Meio Antiquado

On The Other Side Of

Mia Felić

2024

Croatia, Estonia / 6 mins
The work explores the transgender body in transition through the alternative photographic process Mordançage. The mordançage, using its tremendous chemical pressure alters the silver gelatine prints, causing them to undergo slow, gradual transformation. The tissue of the body and of the print breaks and a new life, new forms are born.

Open Dialogue: Generation QueerZ

Freddy Rodriguez

2024

USA / 19 mins
Open Dialogues: Gen QueerZ captures the LGBTQ+ narratives of eight South Florida students who are part of Generation Z. The fourth film in the Center’s Open Dialogues series, Gen QueerZ gives voice to students who are among the first generation to be “out” while attending school and living at home. Their stories reflect a diversity of gender identities, cultural backgrounds, and academic studies while exploring allyship, threats, and the dynamics of being out at home with family.
Trailer… here

Ou Mazine Pa

Marcelino Méduse

2024

France / 18 mins
Dayann et Samir vivent depuis plusieurs années leur amour à distance. Tous les ans, ils se retrouvent pour quelques semaines à La Réunion, leur île natale, où Dayann a décidé de rester travailler tandis que Samir est étudiant à Paris. Dayann est persuade que cette fois-ci Samir rentre pour de bon…

Parallel Lines

Danny Wascou

2024

USA / 16 mins
Two strangers, each having a terrible night, cross paths and embark on a profound conversation about missed opportunities, fate, and the twists of destiny.

Parida por el mar

Santiago Aldunate

2024

Chile / 18 mins
Los traumas, en ocasiones, resultan imposibles de reconstruir por completo; nuestro cuerpo, como mecanismo de defensa, los borra, dejando huellas en el inconsciente. Jeana nos guía en un viaje por la infancia, en sus palabras ‘la herida más grande que todes llevamos dentro’. A partir de una performance de su propia vida, nos relata los personajes que alguna vez la habitaron, entre imágenes entrecortadas y superpuestas, que se repiten, avanzan o retroceden, ilustrando la complejidad de la memoria cuando se enfrenta a lo inombrable.huella indeleble en el camino hacia un futuro en el que la moda y la humanidad se reinventen.

Park Life

Marco De Luca

UK / 13 mins
Noah and Medhi were not expecting to make any real connections when they encounter one another cruising in a park. But what starts as a meaningless hook up, blossoms into something unexpectedly romantic and meaningful as they wander the quiet streets of London.

Pasiphae

Ron Athey

10 mins
Hermes interpretation of the enchanted womb of a cow, this myth is truly the earliest reference of a glory hole being used to deceive and coerce, in this case, the seed of Poseidan’s bull. Wherein in a future story, Pasiphäe gives birth to the Minotaur.
Trailer… here

Pedaling with Purpose

Alfredo Trejo III

USA / 24 mins
Can we end HIV/AIDS in our lifetime? In this documentary, Black and Brown queer men discuss how HIV/AIDS has impacted their communities and how a 545-mile bike ride across California has changed their lives. With each pedal stroke, the Papis are amplifying BIPOC voices, fighting to eradicate HIV/AIDS stigma, and advocating for health equity for everyone.
Trailer… here

Perfectly Queer

Carin S Jacobs

USA / 29:25 mins
Carin Jacobs made a short film of 6 staged monologues by LGBTQ people telling their personal stories. Carin's hope is to share these stories to further understanding and acceptance of the LGBTQ community in our country.

Personal Mythologies

Susan O’Brien

USA / 4 mins
Painter Dominique Castelano reflects on her trans identity through folklore from her native Philippines in this visually rich portrait.
Trailer… here

Pic Pic

Carol-Ann Belzil-Normand

Canada / 6:49 mins
Pic Pic is an experimental animated film that metaphorically and conceptually reveals an erotic and exhilarating dimension of touching. The haptic relationship with the pin screen reveals forms and a primitive language that evoke a sensual relationship with the device.
Trailer… here

Pieces

Germany / 4 mins
A confused, two-dimensional misfit, unloved in their 2D home, ventures into the 3D world. Desperate to feel loved and find a safe space, they start losing touch with reality. 
Watch.. here 

pîķîwî

Canada / 5 mins
The fragmented memories of a Two Spirit Métis person weave into landscapes as they imagine healing after sexual assault.

Polar

UK / 2 mins
An avalanche changes a polar bear's life, sending him on a journey across a barren fantasy world. A rich narrative exploration of mental health.
Inspired by testimonials on bipolar disorder, this disorienting frame by frame animated short gives life to the experience of millions through fantasy, vivid colour, and metaphor.

Quando foi que acordei?

Brazil / 21 mins
In the near future, Clarice is a young woman who works as an image editor at a company that records dreams. During her work she meets Maria, a photographer who is temporarily in the city, and is surprised to realize that they both had the same dream that night. The two then enjoy the short time together as they engage in two worlds, between shared dreams and reality.
Trailer… here

Queens in Finistère

France / 63 mins
15 cm high heels, false eyelashes, and a sharp tongue—follow Britany Hart, the Queen of Brittany, and her girls through the wild Breton nights and, more importantly, their daily lives! Drag show, Parties, Friendship, and Commitment. A dive into the heart of the Hart family and the Drag Queens at the edge of the world, in a small town in France. Where they are redefining new ways to live together.

Queer

USA / 5 mins
A gay man grapples with the fallout from being arrested in a gay bar in the backdrop of pre-Stonewall America.

Queer, Broke & Amazing!

USA / 89 minutes
Queer, Broke & Amazing! is an inspiring exploration of the struggles and triumphs of low-income LGBTQ+ people and their communities in the queer coastal meccas of the U.S. and points in-between—from the Deep South, Midwest, Navajo Nation, and Southwest to the Borderlands. Distilled from interviews with over 200 queer people and their fierce allies, the documentary refreshingly challenges the myth of gay affluence to reveal an extraordinary world of resilient LGBTQ+ people trying to survive, thrive, and get everyone free amidst plenty, and in an era of unprecedented hatred and legislative attacks against them.

Queer Exile

Germany / 10 mins
After fleeing Egypt in the wake of the 2011 revolution, an activist seeks refuge in Berlin, yearning for a fresh start and the promise of safety and freedom. Yet, his journey leads him to a refugee camp situated in an area frequented by far-right groups staging anti-refugee demonstrations. Caught in the crossfire of hostility in his adopted home and the longing for his former life, he grapples with the complexities of his identity and the challenges of walking down a queer path. As he reflects on his past and contemplates his future, he confronts profound questions about belonging, sacrifice, and the true meaning of freedom. 

Queer (Un)Belongings

Euskadi / Basque Country / 108 mins
Film in two parts consisting of interviews with seven artists who live in the Basque Country, identify as LGBTQ+ and are marked by different histories of migration. In the first part, the participating artists are Gerri Cruz, Atic H. Deba, Camila Téllez and Anaís Córdova Páez, while the second part features Komba Mingomba, Styles Osunde and Leo Bueriberi. The project focuses on the intersections between queerness, artistic practices and migrancy with the intention to create discourse on these issues in the Basque context and to break with linear and simplifying imaginations of belonging, be it in terms of gender, sexuality or geo-political territories.
Trailer… here

Ranger Danger

USA / 7 mins
Every urban space has its rhythm, a pulse that underlines its daily chaos. In the sprawling expanse of Inwood Hill Park, that rhythm finds its heartbeat in Ranger Rocksy. As we navigate the leafy trails and spirited playgrounds of this urban oasis, "Ranger Danger" becomes more than just a tale of a ranger and her comedic recruits. It transforms into a reflection on responsibility, adaptability, and the unpredictable challenges city life can present.

Raposa

Brazil / 15 mins
In the interior of the state of Ceará lives Raposa, a woman with a peculiar manner who catches the attention of Lelé, who works next door. The relationship between the two changes after strange sounds come from Raposa’s house.
Em uma pequena casa no interior do Ceará, mora Raposa, uma mulher com um jeito peculiar que chama a atenção de Lelé, um faz-tudo que trabalha na casa ao lado. A relação entre eles muda com sons estranhos vindos da casa de Raposa.

Red Rose Aroma

Albania / 15 mins
Fiori, a provincial girl, forms a deep emotional connection with Era a librarian who happens to stop by at her florist shop. Their friendship grows more when she helps her discover the beauty of the riviera.
Trailer… here

Release

Lau Zautsen

2024

Netherlands / 22 mins
Young Bo goes on a sexual journey in a gay sauna. His escapades become wilder and darker until he reaches a breaking point.

Remains of the Film

Maral Ayurzana

2024

Mongolia / 13:41 mins
Micheel accompanies her mother to visit her grandmother, whom she has never met. But along the way, she learns the truth about her family. She knows she has another mother.

Répercuté

Lindsay Owen Pierre

2024

Canada
A man comes home to his lover on their anniversary expecting a romantic night of celebration only to find his lover has another plan in mind…revenge.
Trailer… here

Ressaca

Pedro Estrada

2024

Brazil / 15 mins
Theater and life become confused in a morning routine, when an actress who plays Teuda Bara tries to memorize her text.

Ride It

Xiaotian Cai

China / 4 mins
“Ride It” is Enema Stone’s second single, and includes a tutorial on how to ride – “laughs” – a giant thing. A metaphor for queer desire.
Watch… here

Rituales

Alan David Cabrera

Mexico / 60 mins
Arturo Ramírez Juárez defied conventions with his art in the 80s, becoming a pioneer of homoerotic art within the gay movement. His iconic poster of Saint Sebastian, used to lead one of the first marches, remains a visual testament to the fight against LGBTQ+ repression in the country. However, Arturo’s fate, like that of his contemporaries, was drastically altered by a devastating pandemic, reflecting the challenges they faced in their struggle for equality and freedom.
Trailer… here

Rockland Palace

Robert Philipson

2024

USA / 5:13 mins
Rockland Palace hosted the largest of the drag balls in not only Harlem but New York City during the Roaring Twenties. This stylized reimagining of the ball contextualizes snippets of conversation actually heard at the drag and published in the scandalous gay novel, The Young and Evil, in 1933.

Sagrada Travesti do Evangelho

Júlia F. Cândida

2024

Brazil / 18:49 mins
Manuela anda tendo pesadelos terríveis. Ela suspeita que sua alma esteja morta. Talvez fazer um filme sobre isso resolveria?

Saint-Rémi

Simon Vermeulen

2024

Canada / 4 mins
Abandoned in the debris of a mine, a dancer is revived by the celestial energy pulsating within him.
Trailer… here

Same-Gender /
Samlingi

Mohan Singh Aulakh

India / 37 mins
A homoerotic exploration of beauty to the rhythm of Richard Wagner, Zarah Leander and Sergei Eisenstein.

Santa Fe & Esmeralda – Crossroads

Christel Veraart

USA / 16 mins
In the transformative backdrop of Argentina’s evolving democracy and vibrant art scene from 1987 to 1996, “Santa Fe & Esmeralda – CrossRoads” chronicles the profound and enduring friendship between Kita, a young Dutch woman, and Lorenzo, the gay son of a prominent Argentine family. United by their love for music, they navigate complex family dynamics and the harsh realities of AIDS, with Kita becoming Lorenzo’s caregiver and preserving their bond through storytelling after his death, celebrating a love that transcends boundaries.

Savtoosh /
סבתוש

Israel / 9 mins
I have been meeting with my grandmother several times a week for eight years. We eat together, talk about life, watch telenovelas and take a nap together. I documented our special relationship and combined it into a short film. 

School Birds

Quentin Corker-Marin

2024

UK / 6 mins
Burnt out by the pressures of conforming to an isolating world, a primary school teacher is unable to find meaningful connection in life. At breaking point, he gives into his inner desires and begins to dance. Will the school's janitor accept him? Can he find the strength to accept himself?
Trailer… here

Scrapped Fabric /
Retaso

Jake Muñoz Consing

2024

Philippines / 11 mins
Fearing her mother’s disapproval, a teenage trans girl secretly sews a prom dress from her mother’s scrap fabric.

Sea of Memory /
Kai Hali’a

Angelique Kalani Axelrode

2024

USA / 9 mins
Through layers of space, time and memory across the ocean and ʻāina (land) on Maui, a diasporic Kānaka (Hawaiian) remembers how to connect back to themselves, their family and their lover.
Trailer… here

Seahorse /
Cavalo Marinho

Leo Tabosa

2024

Brazil / 22 mins
On the eve of the Feast of St. John, a son arrives home in São Paulo to find his mother on the verge of exploding like fireworks.

Sette Minuti

Alessia Bottone  

Italy / 15 mins
Alfredo parla da solo, o meglio parla con una sigaretta. Brutta cosa la solitudine, quella vera, soprattutto a settant’anni.
Alfredo è un uomo che ha amato un altro uomo, Mario. Lo ha amato talmente tanto da trovare il coraggio di fare coming out e perdere il lavoro e la famiglia. Mario invece ha continuato la sua vita matrimoniale, poi è diventato padre e infine nonno, perché lui è gay, ma solo part-time.
Alfredo non ce la fa a lasciarlo andare ma non riesce neanche a vivere quella relazione a metà e allora ecco che la separazione diventa inevitabile. 

Alfredo speaks to himself, or better speak with a cigarette. Bad thing the loneliness, the real one, especially at seventy. 

Alfredo is a man who loved another man, Mario. He loved him so much that he found the courage to come out and lose his job and family. Mario instead continued his married life, then became a father and finally grandfather, because he is gay, but only part-time.

Shame (عيب)

Hadi Moussally

2024

Lebanon / 4 mins
In the 19th century, in the Levant region, Salma Zahore, along with her parents and neighbors, participated in a photoshoot using a long exposure technique. At the end of it, Salma decided to take off her coat, revealing her body. Unaware of the chaos this gesture could cause within her circle, she did not know it could lead to shame (عيب).
Trailer… here

Shoreline Frontrunners, 40 Years, Presidents Look Back

Michael Klyde

USA / 20:32 mins
Shoreline Frontrunners is an LGBTQ running club in Long Beach. The club celebrated 40 years in 2024. This film is a short documentary of the club history from the beginning to 2024.

Shortened by a Curve. The Journey to Reversal

Mark Corey

USA / 24 mins
Shortened by a Curve: The Journey to Reversal is a riveting and enlightening documentary that follows the journey of Mark, a gay man diagnosed with Peyronie’s disease.

Show Up

Maria Zakhodiaichenko

USA / 11 mins
Friday evening. Coney Island, New York. Russian- American drag artist Maxim and his mom Ilona separately tell us the history of their family back in Russia and during their immigration to the US while getting ready for the Maxim’s performance. Soon they will reunite, just it should be.
Trailer… here

Silent Queer

Florenci Salesas

France / 80 mins
A selection of silent films from the early 20th century with live music by Florenci Salesas.

Skin Beneath Sand

Katy Alberdingk Thijm

Netherlands / 6 mins
Two young women are lying on an empty beach, where a silent battle ensues. Boundaries between tenderness and aggression, jealousy and admiration fade in a choreography, shot in black and white.

Sobra Tanta Falta

Augusto Ramos

2024

Brazil / 9:16 mins
Daniel é um jovem gay que pela superproteção de seu pai, tem muitas inseguranças. Após a morte de sua esposa, Jorge cria Daniel sozinho, através da sua masculinidade imposta e de cuidados excessivos. Num dia comum, Jorge acaba flagrando Daniel se despedindo de Igor de maneira carinhosa. No ápice do seu desespero ele volta para casa e agora precisa decidir em como vai enfrentar essa situação com seu filho.

Sole

Ana Berdeja

2024

Mexico / 15 mins
As an embalmer dreams up dialogue with a teenage trans boy she's been told to put in a dress, she struggles to honour the dead without wounding his grieving family.

Sombra

Brazil / 23 mins
Two metalheads go on an after-dark adventure.

Someone Who Treats Me Better

Canada / 2 mins
PomBe, the lonely pumpkin kid, yearns to join the fun and treats of Halloween festivities and befriend three children in the neighbourhood. He imitates their actions in hopes of being included, unaware that genuine friendship awaits him elsewhere.

Spiral

Canada / 2 mins
Experimental and documentary techniques converge to paint a dreamy picture of two twenty-somethings on a night out.

Split Ends

Slovenia / 14:54 mins
Špela (26), who has undergone chemotherapy due to lymphatic cancer, and her friend Hannah (26) are casually socializing in Špela's college dormitory room. Through their conversation, we become aware of our own fragility and insecurities, even when it comes to the most mundane matters, such as visual appearance.
Trailer… here

State of mind

USA / 3 mins
State of Mind is a dance of bodies in black and white. This aesthetic gem is as erotic as it is delicate.
Trailer… here

Steam /
Vapor

USA / 30 mins
A middle-aged man, fatigued by the monotony of his life and disenchanted with romantic relationships, resigns himself to never again experiencing deep, genuine affection. Seeking reprieve, he enters a men’s sauna—a realm where myriad chance encounters unfold each day.

Stori Strong

USA / 72 mins
 An imaginative, donor-conceived girl loves telling everyone about her two-mom family in this episodic series for kids in LGBTQ+ families! Protagonist Stori Strong has two moms… and a donut! Well, that’s what she thought when she was little. It turns out she has a “donor,” not a “donut,” and a “donor” is someone who helped her parents create their family. Stori thinks her donor might have superpowers. Her moms support her creative vision. While hosting a bake sale, gardening, and celebrating her 10th birthday, Stori is fiercely proud to share her story: Stori’s story!
Trailer… here

STP

Brook Lee Karner,
Pat Shafer

USA / 7 mins
3 boys, Lil D, Cam, and Egg strut around LA recording a day of  shameless perversion, debauchery and castration.
Trailer… here

Straight to the Bottom

Christian Alexandrov Varbanovski

Czech Republic / 9 mins
When relationship issues push Alex into finding a job, he ends up in the Czech gay porn industry.
Trailer… here

Stuck

Emma Grace Lukens

USA / 13 mins
A couple’s ambiguous relationship becomes slightly more clear as they lie on their living room floor, discussing their dating lives.

Stuck /
תקוע

Israel / 22 mins
Distraught from his recent breakup, Ram storms out of therapy after accusing his therapist Rinat of ineffectiveness. However, an unexpected terrorist attack nearby forces him back. Amidst the city’s lockdown, the two realize they’re going to spend the next few hours together.
Trailer… here

Sweethearts

Rainer Sellien

2024

Germany / 20 mins
Suse and Ulla are happy together. Together with Ulla's son Karl, they live in the country and enjoy the summer. One day, Tom comes by. Tom is Suse's ex - and he is on his way to a rehab clinic. But as the morning progresses, it becomes clear that Tom is not really happy with the fact that Suse has broken up with him. And Suse's hope that Tom will have grown up a little as a result of the planned rehab is soon dashed.
Watch… here

Tampon

Carla Adell

2024

Mexico / 10 mins
In a school’s bathroom, two young women will start a conversation triggered by a tampon. As they interact, they will share personal experiences, discuss about what it means to be a woman, and the difficulty of acceptance regarding gender identity issues. The conversation highlights themes of personal acceptance, gender identity, and the importance of empathy and mutual support.

Te separas mucho

Paula Veleiro

2024

Spain / 65 mins
Realizado con material de archivo íntimo, este documental, primer largometraje de su directora, es un diálogo entre dos separaciones: la de Paula y su novia Joy, con la que había vivido 10 años en Francia; y la de José Luis y Luz María, padres de Paula que se divorciaron en 1989.

Teledoc Campus - Ik zeg je eerlijk

Eva Nijsten

2024

25 mins
Captivating documentary about a gay teacher who has converted to Islam and candidly discusses sexual and religious diversity with his pupils. But how do the children react when he tells them about his private life?

Telehealth top surgery

Liam Coerr

USA / 15 mins
This video piece explores (psychic) surgery, body modification, and other gender affirming procedures as a site of trans healing and identity building. It embraces the visceral nature of surgery (not shying away from the blood, guts, or horror) but also the agency that access to surgical transition procedures gives trans patients over the fate of their bodies. The video was shot in December 2022, two months prior to the director’s top surgery in February ‘23, after over a year of planning, preparation, waiting, and schedule changes for the procedure.

Telepathic Encounters

Henfil

Brazil / 5 mins
Love at first sight between two young women reveals an unusual telepathic community in the midst of a silent library.
Trailer… here

Tengamos un kiki

Daniel Morán

Spain / 15 mins
"Tengamos un kiki" es un cortometraje documental que explora la escena del ballroom en Panamá. Sigue a Seven y Jupiter, líderes de la escena panameña, mientras comparten consejos y experiencias, y se preparan para un evento importante llamado "parthners in crime". El documental muestra cómo el ballroom impacta en la vida de las personas y busca incentivar la participación y el conocimiento sobre este arte.

Thank You

Nicolle Marquez

2024

USA / 6 mins
Tony lives in a plastic-free Brooklyn apartment. She invites her date Dre to come over for a dinner night. Dre shows up with groceries and wine that are inside two Thank You plastic bags. Tony panics when she sees the bags, but decides not to make a big deal out of it. She steps away for a second and goes to the bathroom to try to shake off. Meanwhile, Dre gets comfortable and starts looking around the apartment until entering Tony's room. When Tony comes out of the bathroom, she sees that the plastic bags are no longer there. Tony gets happy and assumes Dre got rid of the bags, but soon finds out that the plastic bags were still there.

The Apprentice /
La Discípula

Rafael Martínez-García

2024

México / 21 mins
Tamara, una exitosa escritora, se encuentra batallando para escribir su siguiente novela, con la que, además, celebrará sus primeros 25 años de carrera. Mariana, su mejor alumna en la escuela de literatura, podría convertirse en su salida a tan agobiante bloqueo creativo.
Tamara, a successful writer, is struggling to write her next novel, which will also mark her 25th anniversary in her career. Mariana, her top student from the school of literature, might become her way out of this daunting creative block.
Trailer… here

The Bend

Sarah McCarron

2024

USA / 11 mins
A trans man migrating from Tennessee to Minneapolis gets stranded in rural Wisconsin and encounters a fisherman. Unsure whether he is safe, he ultimately finds help, a shared humanity, and makes his way to his chosen family.

The Butterflies /
Las Mariposas

Mariana Posada

Colombia, Argentina / 6 mins
A transgender girl discovers the butterflies world and goes through a metamorphosis process.

The Butterfly: Victory Lap

Amariah Hardwick

USA / 12 mins
The Butterfly: Victory Lap is a short documentary that explores the journey of Amariah Hardwick, who made history as the first openly transgender woman to graduate from her HBCU, Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis, MO.
Watch… here

The Dangers of Painting Your Nails in Bed /
Los Peligros De Pintarse Las Uñas En La Cama

Natalia Franco

Mexico / 11:07 mins
Susana is a young writer who got a good contract with a publishing house. She starts to put pressure on herself when the deadline approaches and she is unable to write anything good enough. In a roller coaster of emotions she will try to remove everything that doesn't let her achieve her objective.

The Day of Amala /
Quarta de Amalá

The Debutante

USA / 14 mins
In a bid to avoid her debutante ball, a girl teams up with a hyena and hatches a murderous plan for it to go to the party in her place. Based on a story by Leonora Carrington.
Watch... here 

The Dream with Sofa

Korea / 20mins
Taesan and Dongju are a long-time couple. As they prepare to move, they find an old sofa on the street and bring it home. Their cramped apartment, now filled with the sofa, the couple preparing for their move, and their dreams, are depicted with an air of detachment. The film captures their emotions with a unique rhythm, floating in the air.
Trailer… here

The Flower Duet

USA / 5 mins
Directed by Artist Eddie Jelinet this art visual film is an homage to the musical piece of Leo Delibes “the flower duet”
Trailer... here

The Inescapable Desire of Roots

Singapore / 6 mins
A man with hair growing wildly over his body is taken by manic expressions of ecstasy and anguish. He struggles with the hair becoming a mode of his subjugation, while being overwhelmed by the explosive jubilance of its sprouting. A bizarre vision of discipline and the body in Singapore.
Trailer… here

The Inner Truth

Israel / 45 mins
“The Inner Truth”, led by Hila Alroi, the health correspondent of Channel 13, and directed by Liran Atzmon, sets out to examine how the transgender issue, while indeed affecting a very small percentage of the population, is at the heart of the media attention, discourse on social networks, a matter of dispute for organizations dealing with the subject (both in terms of community rights and in the struggle against its legitimacy), protests, films, and books.

The Journey Home

The Kitchen Sink

The Legend of the Dun Cow

The Martyr /
El Mártir

The Notch

Mina Sadati

2024

Iran / 20 mins
Despite the love they have for each other, a young Iranian couple are going through a separation because of the different sexual desires and gender identity that the husband has been noticing in the past years.

The Popstar Water Deer and I

Sasha Lee

2024

South Korea / 17 mins
Although globally rare, the water deer is common in Korea and typically encountered when it suddenly jumps out and gets hit by a car.

The Princess and the Peacock

Daniel Baker-Wells

Germany / 13 mins
A portrait of an extraordinary queer trans woman; and a rare and intimate glimpse into the transformative world of FLINTA (femme, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, trans, asexual) freak-show.
Trailer… here

The Sound of the Stonewall Uprising

The Third World After the Sun /
El tercer mundo después del sol

The Voice of Fear

Henrique Arruda

2024

Brazil / 6 mins
In how many worlds has your fear trapped you? This film may not give you an answer, but it'll show you some of mine.

The Weaver

Mistress Iris,
Paul Flé

France / 9 mins
In Mistress Iris & Paul Flé's atmospheric short film, "The Weaver," an alluring dance takes an unexpected turn, blurring the lines between passion and peril. The narrative begins innocuously enough with two women, Melissa (Lara Mistretta) and Iris (Mistress Iris), returning home, presumably from a date. At the outset, Melissa appears to take on the role of seductress, choosing music and initiating a provocative dance for Iris.

These Kids Don't Get It, Ma.

Elle Jung

USA / 6:28 mins
A trans woman attempts to translate a poem to her mother over the phone. Subtitles escape containment. Diegesis explodes.
Trailer… here

They Shoot Horses

Ryan Harman

2024

USA / 7 mins
A determined athlete faces a grueling rooftop gym class, pushing his limits to secure his name at the top of the board, but at what cost? As he battles physical and emotional exhaustion, this workout becomes a test of his willpower and resilience.
Trailer... here 

Threaded

Naaman Azhari

2024

UK / 5 mins
From a young age, Faisal has been marked by his indecisiveness. Each birthday, his mother would lovingly knit him a sweater in a different color, symbolizing the various paths he could take in life. These colorful threads tell a story of a boy growing up under the warm and watchful eye of a mother who wishes only the best for her son.
Trailer… here

through the bushes and the trees, you'll find me

Morgan Sears-Williams

Canada / 3:38 mins
through the bushes and the trees, you’ll find me intertwines the personal and political histories of Hanlan’s Point Beach, the site of Canada's first pride gathering in the early 1970s. A strategically placed hole punch serves as a symbolic peephole, reflecting the cruising areas on the beach that invite both spectatorship and participation. This work was made by hole punching frame by frame using a cricut machine, then manually taping together 10,000+ frames.
Trailer… here

Tiger Lily Mountain Pass 

Nate King

USA
Tiger Lily Mountain Pass explores nature as a space of queer erotic encounter. King animates his likeness in multiple forms, with focus on compositing hand drawn line-work in a transforming stream of consciousness, at once the pursuer and the pursed, the heartbreaker and the heartbroken. 
Trailer… here

Time Before Kevin

Raine Gado

Philippines / 9 mins
Set in a near future, Kevin, a young scientist haunted by his childhood memories, attempts to construct a time machine that brings him back to his past. After numerous setbacks, the machine springs to life! But to his surprise, the machine takes him to a realm saturated with pictures of his adolescence, where his memories had become toxic to the core of his true self. Kevin attempts to enter each memory, but cannot bare seeing his younger self burdened with the suppression of his true identity. With a new way to assure and be the hero to his younger self, he is determined to change the story that had already been written.
Trailer… here  

Time Capsule

Constanze Brodbeck

USA / 5 mins
Through interactions with a self who has yet to exist, Constanze creates a time capsule for herself in 10 years exploring themes of aging, transition, and consciousness.
Trailer... here 

Time to Dilate

Kim Nayoung

South Korea / 22 mins
Two lovers, Myung-ki and Do, break up because of a secret Myung-ki’s been hiding. When they meet again, this secret cannot be ignored.
Trailer… here

Todo lo que se transforma

Fran Caffarel

Argentina / 24 mins
Un joven trans se enfrenta a su familia y a la violencia médica al confesar su embarazo. Solo y deprimido pasa la noche con una mujer trans que lo acompaña a tomar una decisión.
Trailer… here

Touche Avec Les Yeux

Mathis Robin

France / 5 mins
A young man plunges into a work of art and discovers through the lines of painting his sexuality.

Transcendence

Didi Paulini,
Jennifer Spell

USA / 53 mins
"Transcendence," set in Atlanta, tells the compelling stories of seven transgender individuals who bravely share their journeys of self-discovery and acceptance. Through intimate interviews, the documentary captures their struggles, hopes, and everyday lives, offering a powerful exploration of resilience and positivity. Celebrating diversity and the universal quest for authenticity, "Transcendence" invites viewers from all walks of life to connect with the human experiences portrayed, inspiring a deeper understanding of acceptance and the beauty of living authentically.
Trailer… here

Transition to Death

Nate Newman

2024

Vietnam / 20 mins
With the help of a strange witch and an armoury of deadly sex toys, an undead trans stripper seeks gory, grindhouse revenge.

Tusi Taxi

Omar Beretta

2024

Argentina / 11 mins
Postcards from a bourgeois family: Joel, his dealer, his mother and his guardian angel. A taxi ride to a destination they don't want to escape from.
Trailer… here

Twenty Something

João Nunes

Portugal / 14 mins
After the end of a 3-year relationship, João writes a letter about the past, the future, love, friendship, fears and personal growth.
Trailer… here

Two Little Mice /
Hai Con Chuột

Nguyen Anh Thach

2024

Vietnam / 16 mins 
In an old apartment in Saigon, a 25-year-old man named An has a close friend, Chuột, over to hang out and spend the night. An has secretly loved him for a long time, but tomorrow Chuột will be getting married. An knows that this is the last night they will be close to each other.
Trailer… here

Último México

Alejandro Schonfeld

2024

Argentina / 19 mins
Mariano y yo nos separamos. Habíamos estado juntos nueve años. En estos videos estamos promediando nuestra relación. Estamos de viaje, estamos enamorados, sabemos que el amor se acaba pero no que se nos va a acabar también a nosotros. Yo quería hacer un documental, un diario de viaje. Hoy en estos videos encuentro otra cosa. Una intimidad que ya no existe, detenida en el tiempo.

Under the Cherries

Frida Retz

2024

Denmark / 16 mins
In an absurd landscape where the grass is alive, and flowers grow out of asses, a goat and a goddess explore gender, sex, and power.

Unexplored

Bryn Woznicki

USA / 13 mins
Digital artist Lex Carre documents her struggle with anxiety through work that she posts anonymously online. Her pieces capture the attention of cunning curator Andrea Caulfield, who offers mentorship in exchange for control of Lex’s career.
When Lex’s mental health starts to spiral from the pressure, Andrea assumes ownership of her work—prompting Lex to plot a psychological showdown against the exploitative mentor who stole her art and nearly destroyed her mind.

URMI - My Life as a Hijra

Michael Schmidt-Olsen,
Akul Tripathi

Denmark, India / 14 mins
A poignant portrait of Urmi Jadhav, a trans activist and member of India’s ancient Hijra community. Urmi recounts her upbringing and journey of self-discovery and acceptance, in a society that often marginalizes transgender individuals.

Vafanila

Arjun Prema Surendran

India / 26 mins
Vafanila is the heartfelt story of Vafa and Nila, whose teacher- student bond blossoms into love. The film explores their deep bond through shared moments of intimacy and companionship, culminating in a heartbreaking twist of fate. It’s a touching tale of love, loss, and the enduring power of memory.
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Velipadu:
“The Revelation”

India / 26 mins
Against the sensory landscape of Kottayam, Johnny, a soon-to-be priest, must navigate his way out of his dissonant life and towards self-discovery. The film reanimates Malayali gay desire through an expressionistic use of Christian music, intimate tastes and unabashed touches, while depicting delicate specifics of same-sex fondness. Resisting the popular narratives, the film discusses plural possibilities of romantic relationships. Interspersing semi- autobiography with fiction, Velipadu: “The Revelation” is a bitter-sweet rhapsody that sings of love and faith, both lost and regained like some Miltonic Paradise.
Trailer… here  

Walk

Beth Ashby

2024

USA / 6 mins
A fashion designer with social anxiety conjures an imaginary dominatrix to force her to face a career-defining presentation and move forward.

Watsonville Drag Story Time

Rita Carmona

2024

USA / 10 mins
Watsonville Drag Story Time follows the first official bilingual drag story time in Watsonville, CA. After an anonymous hate letter was published in a local newspaper, security and support for the queer community and this debut event becomes more important than ever. Local organizers work together to curate a powerful family friendly event.

We Deserve an Empire /
Merecemos Un Imperio

Mauricio Maldonado

Colombia / 23 mins
Scrap metal thieves prepare to excavate an abandoned mine for gold.
Trailer… here

What Ales Us?

Cathy van Ingen

Canada / 22 mins
Two women reckon with a broken beer industry in Canada and start a movement to change it.

What we have done What we have left undone

Catherine Crouch

2024

USA / 75 mins
Examining the racial history of All Saints in Indianapolis and exploring how racist policies and actions continue to impact the congregation in uneven ways, this film combines stories from community members historicized with archival footage documenting neighborhood changes that impacted the racial make-up of the congregation and the internal dynamics of the church.
Trailer… here

Where to Piss

Karter Masuhara

2024

UK / 8 mins
A trans man wants to use the men’s bathroom for the first time, however, he’s hindered by his own fears and insecurities. He shares these fears to his friend shown through imaginary scenarios.

White Noise
רעש לבן

Israel / 20 mins
Adam is 18 years old, in the closet, and afraid to go to the army. He uses his brother’s illness to try and evade it, against his mother’s wishes. 

Whitewash

Jerry Hsu

USA / 13 mins
After being accepted into the Ivory Estates, a queer Asian man moves in with his new fiancé and discovers that he’s the only person of color in the neighborhood and soon uncovers the estates' secrets.
Trailer… here

Wintering

Jang Jun-young

Korea / 66 mins
Yeon is an ordinary woman in her mid-30s who is ambiguous everywhere: this is a story about things coming up to her.
Trailer… here

Y Por Si Fuera Poco, Godard

Jose Luis Campos Javier 

Spain / 15 mins
Julio, a young man caught between societal expectations and his own desires, maintains simultaneous relationships with Gladys, an older woman obsessed with appearances. Through surreal situations, Julio navigates the complexities of modern love while grappling with his identity and the weight of his decisions. Everything comes to a head when the four characters cross paths in an unexpected encounter, revealing uncomfortable truths and unmasking the facade that they have all built. 

You Don’t Have to Apologize /
Não precisa pedir desculpa

Franco Cavezale

2024

Brazil / 16:48 mins
Rafa is a young transgender gay man living in a small town. He has resigned himself to the belief that he will never find another guy who accepts him, until he meets Henrique, a boy from São Paulo who seems to see Rafa for who he truly is. However, after the events of one night that lead to Rafa’s death and subsequent return as a supernatural being, he realizes that he will never be accepted by cisgender society. Fueled by this realization and the circumstances of his death, he seeks vengeance.

You are here

Sarah Hill

USA / 9 mins
“You are here” is a love letter between Hayley Morgenstern and Sarah Hill. We started this film before we were even pregnant, it was our way of bringing you here. This film portrays a nonlinear narrative of the alienating process of becoming pregnant as a trans and non-binary couple. The images move between, claymation, animation, paper dolls receiving medical care, puppets and live footage and archival footage from our previous collaborations as well as found audio from a 1950’s informational pregnancy video. The rabbit is the third character in the film, representing a multitude of histories in regards to pregnancy and eventually becomes our baby.

you who were loved, like no others 

Finnur Kaldi

9 mins
you who were loved like no others is an experimental short film that traverses through various moments and memories in transition. The film is made from both shoot footage and personal archives which the filmmaker has gathered through their life. It is a journey that delves into unrequited grief.
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Your Love is Burning

Balkis Guetta

Morocco / 13 mins
Izgar represents the new Moroccan generation. They constantly question society and redefine our vision of love. For them, leaving is not an option.
Trailer… here

Zagêro

Marcio Picoli,
Victor Di Marco

Brazil / 15 mins
A queer Brazilian man frames how his 'disability' makes them invisible, in this groundbreaking insight from a part of the community we don't often include, but should.