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#TwoMoms
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Satoko Nagamura
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2025 |
Japan / 89 mins
This documentary follows four female same-sex couples in Japan as they build their families through assisted reproductive technology. Each couple faces discrimination and legal challenges, and the film portrays the common joys and struggles of becoming parents, as well as the additional trials of being an LGBTQ+ family in modern Japan. Uniquely, this film is shot by a lesbian mother who is also navigating her own journey through parenthood. It invites viewers to reflect on the hidden diversity of families within Japanese society.
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A Kin Sin
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Gulzar
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2025 |
Canada / 6 mins
While giving an oiled scalp massage to a friend, filmmaker Gulzar seeks to understand their gender amidst their familial and cultural wishes.
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A Night on the Footpath
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Bharat Duvvada
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2025 |
India / 28 mins
A thought-provoking story about the struggles and strength of a transgender individual navigating life through challenging circumstances.
Trailer… here
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A Thousand Waves Away
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Helena Wittmann
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2025 |
Germany / 10 mins
There is worry in the air. The earth trembles in a garden, some people feel it with their touch, with their hearing, and suddenly they are lost. The world becomes a fan of clues, but they all seem inane, empty. Sensations carry us far away with the force of thousands of waves.
An enigma signed with the very recognizable style of Helena Wittmann, a use of film that is the more tactile the more the senses become deceptive, the more touch sight and hearing say nothing but the happening of things, and the parameters with which we evaluate reality are lost, depending on the point of view, in a world of possibilities or in an abyss.
Trailer… here
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A Woman's Last Cigarette /
O Último Cigarro de uma Mulher
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Lia Fortes
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2025 |
Brazil / 15 mins
A young adult woman decides to quit smoking after her ex, during their breakup, accuses her of not being able to control her impulses. Confronted with her own decision, the Woman faces unexpected challenges, as the absence of pleasure gives way to questioning her entire lifestyle.
Uma jovem adulta decide parar de fumar quando sua ex, durante o término, a acusa de não saber controlar as suas vontades. Frente à sua própria decisão, Mulher se depara com impasses inesperados, à medida que a abstinência do prazer abre espaço para o questionamento de todo seu estilo de vida.
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An Ex in Provence
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Sofia Chapman
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2025 |
Australia / 26 mins
Provence is the best place to break up, as lavender helps one sleep. Yet lavender has been banned due to allergies when Therese and Reggie arrive, seeking culture and to rekindle their relationship.
Trailer… here
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Acá arriba
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Carlos Castro
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2025 |
Puerto Rico / 19 mins
Una semana después de su ruptura amorosa, Venecio decide regresar al bar que solía frecuentar con su expareja. Mientras se sumerge en la melancolía y el alcohol, conoce a un joven que transforma el rumbo de su noche. Acá arriba es un drama íntimo sobre el duelo, la conexión inesperada y la posibilidad de un nuevo comienzo.
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American Mamas
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Tony Ferraiolo
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2025 |
USA / 9 mins
In the aftermath of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, three Connecticut mothers discuss their fears and share their outlook for the future with trans-activist Tony Ferraiolo. For anyone feeling helpless or scared right now, this discussion is meant to inspire hope.
Trailer… here
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Americana
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Agarb Braga
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2025 |
Brazil / 20 mins
Cinco amigas são detidas após uma briga em praça pública motivada por uma traição. Na delegacia, durante os depoimentos, segredos vêm à tona, revelando verdades inesperadas.
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Amida
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Majid Mirhashemi
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2025 |
Iran / 25 mins
Qasem, a young man on the verge of gender transition, is invited by his brothers to a celebration where he receives a new name and becomes Parvaneh. But the arrival of Khandadash (Eldest brother) disrupts the calm, revealing the true intentions of the brothers. Amidst the chaos, Qasem is caught in a purgatory between her inner truth and outer appearance, while Khan Dadash is trapped in his own purgatory, unable to accept this new reality. In the end, only two remain, connected by a silence in the damned purgatory.
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Ancestor /
Dédé
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Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume
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2025 |
UK / 4 mins
Examining the divine female figure in West African sculpture through an exploration of the director/animator’s Bété ancestry, drawing upon the spiritual iconography of the Bété people.
Trailer… here
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Anyway, I Piss Sitting Down /
Anyway, j'pisse assis
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Zak Slattery
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2025 |
Canada / 12 mins
Three friends journey back to their hometown while Sasha, recovering from gender affirming surgery, dreams of swimming shirtless at his childhood beach.
Trailer… here
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B and S
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Lipika Singh Darai
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2025 |
India / 30 mins
A personal essayistic documentary that explores the beauty and depths of friendship between B and S. While going through corridors of loneliness, as they struggle with their immediate world that refuses to see them for who they are, friendship becomes the idea of home and family, where the deepest connections and belongingness are found. The filmmaker introduces this tender friendship to her late grandaunt through imaginary conversations that carry in them fragments of shared love and longings, drawing intimate connections between human and non-human worlds.
Trailer… here
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Bazooka /
Lança-foguete
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William Oliveira
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2025 |
Brazil / 16 mins
Levi e sua mãe lidam com o luto de uma pessoa querida depois que Diná, uma jovem trans, ter sido uma das vítimas de misteriosas abduções extraterrestres que ocorreram na cidade do Recife.
Trailer… here
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Because
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Sunita Malpani
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2025 |
India / 19 mins
Neil, a young man who loves to dance, and Javed, a man with a quiet, radiant depth, find their relationship at a crossroads when Neil shares that his mother wants to meet Javed. Fear grips Javed—he isn’t ready to be as open about who he is as Neel is with his
family. Convinced that heartbreak is inevitable, he wants to pull away from their intense,month-old relationship. But as they sit together at a café, Neil is struck by an idea that transforms a moment of doubt into one of possibility.
Watch… here
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Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo
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Barbara Malaran, Desireena Almoradie
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2025 |
USA / 41 mins
Because of You tells the story of queer Filipnxs who, in 1990s NYC, built a joyful, defiant community against racism and lesbophobia. Through archival footage, it celebrates love, protest, and reunion.
Trailer… here
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Biology
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Oz Arshad
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2025 |
UK / 10 mins
As Liz and Jess debate using Jess's brother as a sperm donor, Liz's true feelings about Jess's family begin to surface, sending their once-solid relationship into a nosedive.
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Bodyrebuilding
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Vivek Shraya
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2025 |
Canada / 11 mins
How diversity work led to chronic pain and a journey to healing through weightlifting.
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Brigitte, planeta B
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Santiago Posada
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2025 |
Colombia / 87 mins
Brigitte Baptiste is a female transgender ecologist whose groundbreaking research has challenged scientific and social conventions for years. With the help of tracking, archive footage and digital animation, the film weaves an intimate soliloquy and a richly nuanced portrait around an extraordinary protagonist, whose refreshing ideas about life, family and current issues may, perhaps, rekindle hope for the future of our planet.
Trailer… here
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Burcu’s Angels
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Özgün Gündüz
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2025 |
Canada / 19 mins
At the heart of Vancouver, Burcu's Angels is more than just a vintage store —it's a haven, a stage, and a sanctuary. Owned by Burcu Özdemir, a Turkish queer elder, the store has become a pillar of the community, often described as a "coming out center" for generations of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
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Cat Sitters
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Claren Grosz
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2025 |
Canada / 12 mins
Four friends reunite to watch scary movies while cat sitting, but a power outage and the nagging suspicion that they’re not alone threatens to kill the vibe.
Trailer… here
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Cherries
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Jaimee Poipoi
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2025 |
New Zealand / 9 mins
When two single ladies attend an orgy for the first time, they end up exposing more than they ever could have imagined. Jaimee Poipoi (Māori) is a director/producer whose aim is to tell unique and diverse stories through a comedic lens.
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Chosen /
Escolhidos
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Pablo Diego Garcia
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2025
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Brazil / 9 mins
Behind the innocent game lies silent suffering. Who is watching and who is really seeing? Missionaries become witnesses to a hidden judgement.
Trailer… here
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Chronique de la Forteresse du King
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Noah Guardiola
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2025
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France / 17 mins
Chaque jour, Achraf est suivi d'une immense armure de chevalier, silencieuse et imposante. Elle est là quand il travaille, quand il voit ses ami.e.s, et même quand il performe en tant que Drag-King dans son groupe de musique. Personne d'autre ne remarque l'Armure.
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Cowboy Dinner
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Bethany Canchola,
Isabel Nixon Klein
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2025
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USA / 6 mins
Alice is a lonely bookshop owner who decides to bring a community of movie lovers together for friendship and companionship. Her successful weekly movie nights gather more and more diverse attendees enjoying films and potlucks called “Cowboy Dinners.” Along the way, the community finds healing and love, along with a surprise visitor, Alice’s long separated sister.
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Curmán /
Cousin /
Primo
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Alejandro Jato
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2025
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Spain / 24 mins
Antón viaja até o vilarejo de seus avós para receber sua primeira comunhão. Lá, enquanto celebra esse momento especial com a família, uma nova forma de enxergar o mundo ao seu redor começa a se formar dentro dele, dando início a uma experiência que marcará para sempre o rumo de sua vida — como indivíduo, como primo e como filho de Deus.
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Dead Fish /
Peixe Morto
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João Fontenele
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2025
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Brazil / 14 mins
Em uma estrada de terra, dois amigos caminhoneiros enfrentam um problema mecânico e são surpreendidos pela ajuda de uma mulher que mora ali por perto. Ela indica uma oficina, leva os dois para sua casa e a convivência vai se desenrolado de forma misteriosa.
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Decisive /
Deciso
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Florencia Amado, Wanda Davenport
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2025
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Argentina / 15 mins
Plastic artist Leo invites young Dante to his art studio and proposes a peculiar game to leave all tension behind.
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Deserter /
Trânsfuga
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Ana Mendes
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2025
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Brazil / 12 mins
Aion é uma pessoa não binária cuja performance oscila entre o masculino e o feminino, ainda que tenha sido designada mulher ao nascer. Prestes a participar de uma seleção de emprego, elu se depara com a pressão externa para se conformar a uma expressão de gênero que enquadre como homem ou mulher.
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Drag Me in Red /
Quando a Noite é Vermelha
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Caio Marques,
Nilton Silva
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2025 |
Brazil / 20 mins
2 de maio de 2024. Em meio a grandes nomes do cenário drag paulistano, um jovem cineasta mergulha na experiência de se tornar drag queen por uma noite.
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Estigma
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Pilar García Elegido
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2025
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Spain / 23 mins
¿Sigue existiendo el estigma hacia el VIH? Testimonios de expertos y de personas que viven con VIH responden a esta pregunta. Uno de los participantes es Josep María Tomás que en el año 2000 protagonizó ‘Positivo’, documental nominado al premio Goya y ganador de múltiples galardones. ‘Estigma’”’ retoma el tema 25 años después. Ahora distintas personas seropositivas plasman una visión más coral en éste trabajo. Premios y festivales: ha participado en numerosos ciclos de cine sobre VIH.
Trailer… here
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Everything You Want /
Tudo O Que Quiser
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Mariana Machado
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2025
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Brazil / 20 mins
Este é um curta-metragem de ficção sobre três pessoas kuir brasileiras que se amam e vivem juntas em Bruxelas, Bélgica. Acompanhamos sua jornada por um dia nas ruas dessa cidade e as pessoas que encontram pelo caminho. Esse filme é também um retrato de sua busca por pertencimento em uma terra estrangeira.
Trailer… here
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Finding the Rainbow /
무지개를 찾아서
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Hwanga Yang
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2025 |
Korea, Republic of / 13 mins
Ae-young and Ji-woo go in search of a rainbow for a perfect breakup.
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Girl /
Thiếu, Nữ
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Cà Rốt Thái
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2025 |
Canada, Vietnam / 15 mins
A trans Vietnamese woman's letter to herself and her family before secretly starting hormone replacement therapy.
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Fourteen and Nine Months
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Yvette Turnbull
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2025
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Australia /10 minutes
Teenager Freya works at the kitchen supply store in her regional town. On her first solo shift, things take an unexpected turn when a local lesbian couple come in looking to buy a turkey baster.
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Good Game
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Jezer Serafica
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2025 |
USA / 8 mins
A homophobic gambler bets big in a series of video game money matches, but finds himself more tangled in the web of sensual competition than the cash he’s chasing.
Watch… here
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Gym Classes /
Lezioni di Ginnastica
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Gabriele Lippi
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2025
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Italy / 14:50 mins
Why don’t you just… leave?
Siblings Clara and Pietro aren’t close, but they share a hatred for the high school that she’s recently started attending and that he graduated from years before. Forced to wait in the school with their father, familial tensions arise.
Trailer… here
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Her Dance
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Julián Córdoba
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2025
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France, Argentina / 10 mins
A day in the life of a trans dancer excluded from her prestigious company in Buenos Aires. As her world and landmarks crumble, she feels herself gradually disappearing.
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High Tension
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Candra Aditya
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2025 |
Indonesia / 27 mins
A happy couple celebrates their six-month anniversary, wrapped in the illusion of a perfect love. But as the night unfolds, buried truths resurface, forcing them to confront whether their relationship is built to last or just a beautiful lie.
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I Am Revathi /
Njan Revathi
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Abhijith P
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India / 115 mins
A powerful documentary that chronicles the inspiring life of E. Revathi, a prominent trans woman from India who is a writer, activist, and actress. The film delves into her journey of self-discovery, her struggles against systemic discrimination, and her unwavering fight for the rights and dignity of transgender individuals in Indian society. Through personal interviews, archival footage, and artistic storytelling, the documentary offers a deep, empathetic portrait of Revathi — not just as a trans rights activist, but as a human being who carved a path through social and cultural barriers. It brings to light the emotional, political, and cultural battles she faced, while also celebrating her role as a voice for the marginalized. The film’s title echoes her assertion of identity: "Njan Revathi" — "I am Revathi" — a declaration of existence, pride, and resilience.
Trailer… here
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I Had Sex But…
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Ang Li
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2025 |
UK / 14:44 mins
How would you define intimacy and how would you find it? The filmmaker tried to find it by having his first sexual experiences with strangers. The film shows the interactions between them before and after sex. And after these encounters, the filmmaker had some new thoughts about intimacy and sex.
Trailer… here
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I Have to Run
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Oleg Hristolübskiy
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2025
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Germany / 19 mins
A gay artist flees the repressive laws and war in Russia to go to Berlin, leaving his boyfriend behind. Meanwhile, life in Berlin turns out to be less inclusive he had expected.
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Iconic
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April Daneau
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2025
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Canada / 4:15 mins
ICONIC is a raw, unapologetic blend of music video, experimental cinema, and queer manifesto. Featuring the original song ICONIC, this fully independent short is powered by an all-trans and non-binary team. No budget safety net. No rules. Just pure self-expression. Shot entirely on vibrant Super 8mm, it captures the fierce presence of Montreal’s Aizysse Baga, who performs, styles, and designs every detail herself.
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Instantànies
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Irene Corts
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2025
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Spain / 12 mins
Four friends reunite during a summer weekend after Julia's return from a trip. While playing a game, Julia kisses Marta. Could it be that Julia has reconsidered her sexuality? Will Marta dare to find out if there's something more than friendship between them?
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Kin
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Bruce Thomas Miller
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2025 |
Canada / 3 mins
A man is beckoned by the spirit of the earth in a plea to reconnect with his own spirit. Bruce Thomas Miller is an Anishinaabe writer, director, and producer from Northern Ontario, now based out of Calgary, Alberta. He is passionate about storytelling and uplifting underrepresented communities.
An honest & comedic exploration of the urban queer & trans indigenous experience centred around a group of friends & their social media engrossed lives.
Watch… here
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La Barriga de la Montaña
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Lola Clavo
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2025
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Spain / 21 mins
In Montjuic, a magical mountain and a mountain of death, normativity and monstrosity converge and feed off each other. The belly of the mountain seeks to penetrate the different layers of the urban mountain, understood as a living queer entity, a reflection of contemporary Barcelona and its history, where diverse and often contradictory realities and temporalities coexist.
Trailer… here
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Lady is with Me
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Saeed Bonardi
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2025
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Iran, Persian Islamic Republic of / 15 mins
In a remote outpost, Farid, a talkative soldier, entertains his comrades by reading love letters he supposedly receives from a girl named Leily. However, his comrade Gholam uncovers a bitter truth: Leily doesn’t exist, and the letters are a way for Farid to hide his forbidden love.
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Land of Fireflies /
Sítio dos Vagalumes
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Eduardo Piotroski
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2025
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Brazil / 20 mins
Carlos e Lúcio são um casal em busca de um sonho: comprar um sítio. Hugo é dono de um sítio à venda. Nesse encontro aparentemente banal, o horror é revelado. Não alheias a situação, as galinhas do sítio tomam uma providência.
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Last Call
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Tricia Hagoriles
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2025
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Canada / 10 mins
A lesbian couple must rely on a jaded bartender to work through their recent-breakup bubble to survive a sudden zombie attack inside a dying Queer bar.
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Les Rieuses
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Lou Zidi
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2025
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France / 14 mins
Dans un futur proche, un régime autoritaire prive les femmes de leurs droits, y compris celui de rire. En secret, un groupe de résistantes crée un comedy club clandestin, « Les Rieuses », caché dans la cave d’un pressing. À l’abri des regards, elles utilisent l’humour comme un super pouvoir pour lutter contre l’oppression patriarcale.
Watch… here
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Lesbian Custody
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Samuael Topiary,
Molly Skonieczny
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2025
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USA / 18 mins
This essential short reflects on the making of In the Best Interests of the Children, featuring filmmaker Frances Reid and Julie Stevens, the daughter of filmmaker Elizabeth Stevens. It explores Julie’s separation from her mother — who was, at the time, Reid’s partner — after coming out as lesbian and facing a custody battle. Blending archival footage with hindsight’s poignancy, it offers a layered historical perspective on queer family struggles and the fight for parental rights.
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Maximina
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Blu Diego Fasoli
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2025
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Italy / 20 mins
Massimina is a 56-year-old woman. Massimina is a sex worker. Massimina was born in Rome. Massimina doesn't believe in God... but she believes in Buddha. At night, she reflects on the ghosts of her past and attempts to push them away, with closed eyes in front of the altar. When her mind is crowded with thoughts, she walks by the sea. Massimina lost her brother. She lost many sisters in the streets. She has many clients... she goes to dinner with them, she calls them, has sex with them. Massimina has a great friend, her name is Denis. She also has a cat, Cirillo. Massimina fears no death... and she stares life straight in the eyes. Massimina is saintly and cursed. Massimina is sincere and a lier. Who is Massimina...?
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Meet Me Again /
Reencuentro
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Julio César Silva García
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2025 |
Mexico / 6 mins
At a wild party, queer teen Almos uncovers a betrayal that forces him to confront his fears to rediscover his identity.
Trailer… here
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Mommy /
Mãe
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João Monteiro |
2025 |
Brazil / 20 mins
Em um Rio Grande do Sul marcado por desafios e preconceitos, Maria, uma mulher transexual, se vê em uma jornada desafiadora, a maternidade. Ao lado de Dário, seu marido, ela assume a responsabilidade de criar seu filho, Zezim. Enquanto luta para construir uma vida digna e manter sua família unida, ela enfrenta o peso do racismo e da discriminação, desafiando barreiras sociais e pessoais. Sua história revela o poder transformador do amor, da coragem e da luta por um lugar. |
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Pink Moon
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YOON Han-seok
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2025 |
Korea / 76 mins
Yun Suknam, born in 1939, supported her widowed mother and siblings from a young age. By the time she turned 40, she felt suffocated by societal roles and chose to pursue painting, spending all her money on supplies and refusing to quit. As a first-generation feminist artist, she continues to paint in her eighties, proving that art is about perseverance, resilience, and an unbreakable will.
Trailer… here
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Polish film about abortion
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Pamela Porwen
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2025
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Poland / 91 mins
Six stories. Six voices that have been silenced for years. ‘Polish Film About Abortion’ is not just a record of experiences – it is a cry that cannot be silenced. Pamela Porwen, known for her uncompromising activist photography, this time gives space to the protagonists, whose lives have become entangled in politics. In a raw, almost intimate form, the film interweaves the narratives of people from different backgrounds – a transgender man, a victim of sexual violence, an activist convicted of helping someone have an abortion – to create a brutally real picture of a reality in which decisions about one’s own body are a luxury available to few.
There are no aesthetic filters or glamorous shots here – instead, there are emotions so thick you could cut them with a knife. Silence is no longer an option. This is a film that shocks, teases, opens your eyes and doesn’t let you forget.
Trailer… here
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Ponay (or You Are Not F***ing Welcome)
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Hesome Chemamah
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2025
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Thailand / 27 mins
Cherry is one bureaucratic checkmark away from obtaining a gender identity exemption for the military draft: they ‘just’ have to travel from Bangkok to their family home in Thailand’s deep south to get a residency document. On this final stretch, not only do they have to deal with their conservative family’s outright rejection and abuse, but even those who do recognise their queerness harbour misplaced expectations towards how Cherry performs their gender.
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Report From the Interior
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Lucas Crawford
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2025
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Canada / 4 mins
An animated, pop and poetic enchantment. A celebration of intimacy.
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Silent Night /
Amígdalas
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Andrezza Czech,
Laís Catalano Aranha
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2025
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Brazil / 24 mins
Década de 90. Uma família de mulheres se reúne apenas no Natal. A cada ano, a vida de Emily passa por mudanças, mas algo permanece: sua garganta arde quando está na presença de sua mãe, Norma (Gilda Nomacce).
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Socks /
Calcetines
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Miguel Ángel Olivares, Ana Beyron,
Alejandra Beyron
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2025
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Spain / 19 mins
In the 1990s, Rafa and Álvaro are quietly in love, forced to keep their relationship hidden from those around them. As they navigate the pressures of secrecy and societal judgment, a seemingly small mistake—Álvaro leaving behind a pair of socks—leads Rafa’s grandmother to uncover their connection. Her discovery triggers a series of events that unravel long-held family secrets and reveal unexpected truths about the past Rafa and Álvaro thought they understood.
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Surajmukhi
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Ritik Mehta,
Kriti Edwankar
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2025 |
India / 13 mins
Surajmukhi, a flower of the sun, aches for the night. Drawn to the moonlit world of Parijatika & raatranis, she tastes freedom and desire. But night is fleeting, and dawn is merciless. As light and dark meet, so do love and loss.
Trailer… here
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Stagmite
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Sydney Violet Gray
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2025
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USA / 13 mins
A trans girl moves into an apartment with two cis roommates who will go to brutal measures to push her out.
Trailer… here
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The Bubble /
A Bolha
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Caio Baú
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2025
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Brazil / 19 mins
A Bolha é um retrato da Liga Nacional de Futebol de Times LGBTQIA+ que aconteceu em São Paulo. Atletas amadores compartilham opiniões e memórias, costurando uma imagem rara e inédita do universo desportivo LGBTQIA+ do Brasil.
Trailer… here
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The Cat Sitter
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Edie Eberhardt
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2025
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USA / 20 mins
In search of quick cash, a young professional takes on a cat-sitting job for quirky ladies in Slabtown. Little does she know, these seemingly innocent feline companions harbor a sinister secret.
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The Daddy Issue "Samtalet"
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Michaela & Daniela Runesson
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2025
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Sweden / 10 mins
Systrarna Lou och Ina får ett kryptisk sms från sin frånvarande pappa. Han har något att berätta, men vad?! De två systrarna går igenom varje tänkbart scenario medan Lous flickvän försöker vara den förnuftiga rösten. En film om systerskap och frånvarande fäder.
English: The sisters Lou and Ina receive a cryptic text message from their absent father. He has something to tell them, but what?! The two sisters go through every possible scenario while Lou’s girlfriend tries to be the voice of reason. A film about sisterhood and absent fathers.
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The Gypsy /
A Cigana
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Thiago Furtado
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2025
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Brazil / 75 mins
A deeply personal documentary that follows Benício Bem, a queer artist from Piauí whose music and identity are shaped by the vibrant fusion of Romani heritage and Northeastern Brazilian popular culture. More than a portrait of a performer, the film is an intimate exploration of gender, self-expression, and resistance. In a society where queerness and regional culture are often marginalized, Benício embarks on a symbolic and cosmic journey of affirmation, challenging binary norms, confronting stigma, and reclaiming space as an LGBTQ+ artist in a conservative landscape. Through his voice, body, and artistry, he navigates questions of visibility, belonging, and the spiritual dimensions of identity.
A Cigana é um longa-metragem documental que apresenta o compositor e intérprete Benício Bem, artista piauiense que tem relação direta com a cultura cigana e a cultura popular nordestina. Em uma viagem cósmica em busca de reconhecimento, Benício perpassa por uma reflexão desde as questões de gênero até o estigma do "artista local".
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The Insect Graveyard
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Alex Simões
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2025 |
Portugal / 20 mins
Where were you when you realized the irreversibility of death? Through grief, Alex recreates their childhood in a mechanic's workshop, transforming memory into a performance space for overcoming loss.
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The Invention of Orum /
A Invenção do Orum
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Paulo Sena
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2025 |
Brazil / 18 mins
A drag queen Jéssica revive uma "história para não se perder", rememorada por sua mãe, de quando ela fugiu de Novo Céu para ser feliz e agora volta para entender suas escolhas mais profundas, entrelaçando-se numa relação atemporal de saudade, culpa e redenção.
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The Last Goodbye
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Ahlaam Yasmin
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2025 |
USA / 3 mins
A vibrant hum synchronizes its rhythm to the bright life of a Chicago park in the summer. Nic and Kitty laugh alongside each other, seated a familiar distance away on the bench. The two wade between what was and what will be. Why is life so bittersweet? Kitty initiates their final goodbye, marking the end of their romantic connection. Nic sheepishly tries to extend their time together, but Kitty asks for her apartment key back. A quiet understanding: this is the end. Nic hands the key over, and the two embrace. |
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The Metronome
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Laura Jean Healey
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2025
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UK / 3:40 mins
The metronome, an ever-present and indifferent tool designed to help the drummer find her rhythm, becomes her biggest antagonist. It serves as a blank slate onto which she projects all of her negative thoughts and deep-seated fears – of not being good enough, of being an imposter.
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The Root /
La raíz
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Isabel Sáez Pérez
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2025 |
Spain / 8 mins
La memoria nos ofrece una base sobre la que reconocer-nos, pero ¿Cómo recordar algo de lo que nadie habla?
Trailer… here
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The Story /
Історія
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Vadim Mochalov |
2025 |
Ukraine / 30 mins
Working on his screenplay about two guys admitting their feelings for each other, a film directing major from Kyiv Lyonya asks his classmate Andriy, with whom he’s secretly in love, to help with the script editing. |
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This Is Everything I Never Told You
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Luz Alejandra Perez
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2025
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USA / 14 mins
After deciding to move on from their romantic history, life gets complicated when two best friends struggle to navigate their friendship as their journeys to coming out don't align.
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To Fight /
Travando Lutas
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Beni Campos
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2025 |
Brazil / 15 mins
Como a sociedade produz doença em corpos dissidentes? Travando Lutas é um mergulho nos receios, na resistência e nas celebrações de pessoas trans. Nesse curta-metragem documental sensível, a pulsão de vida é o maior grito por saúde e cuidado.
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Tri-County
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Gerard Shaka
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2025
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USA / 25 mins
A hot mess Florida gay ignores the warnings of his friends and family, who are all worried about him working on a project with his ex-fiancé, but his lies to them only cover up the puzzling attachment he has to the love of his life.
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True Receiver
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Judebird
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2025
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USA / 4 mins
A work of hand-painted 16mm film evoking the motion of leaving earth, burrowing deep into time and space and coming out the other side.
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Tutti Frutti Cake
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Rohit Prajapati
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2025
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India / 18 mins
Maya, a transwoman, and her chosen family host a vibrant Diwali party celebrating love and acceptance. As tensions simmer beneath the festivities, unexpected transformations and surprises spark healing, joy, and reconciliation – making it a night of true new beginnings.
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Tutto il resto è noia
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Federico Cianferoni
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2025
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Italy / 12 mins
Lupo is bored, frustrated, and restless. Meri tries to help him, but everything falls apart when he meets Tancredi: he feels inadequate. He knows he isn’t “normal”: normality isn’t a path he can take.
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Two Sides
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Mi Ni Ni Aung
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2025 |
Myanmar / 18 mins
Thit Lwin Htun, a transgender man, lives in the bustling city of Yangon, in a quiet neighbourhood where he runs a barber shop. He is finally happy with his body and loves his job. Now, he must learn to emotionally navigate his past life as a mother of a budding teenage daughter and presence as a recently married man.
Trailer… here
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Vanished Season
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KIM Daehan
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2025 |
Korea / 36 mins
Su-yeon, burdened by guilt over the death of Hye-gyung, receives a letter from Hye-gyung's twin sister, Ja-yeong. While sorting through Hye-gyung's belongings, Su-yeon discovers that the address in the letter was the home they had planned to share. Confronting Ja-yeong, the two women share their grief and begin to heal, each finding their own way forward as time starts to flow again.
Trailer… here
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Warm Shadows
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Aakash Chhabra
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2025 |
India, Singapore / 15 mins
Weaving personal family archives, reenacted rituals and stories of Priya's girlhood which Raag grew up listening to, Warm Shadows is about a secret between a mother and a son that must be kept hidden, despite the yearning to break free.
Trailer… here
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We’ve Always Been Here
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Khevyn Ibrahim
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2025
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UK / 11 mins
Growing up in Lewisham.
Trailer… here
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Why Did You Invite Me to Your Wedding
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Gus Black
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2025 |
USA / 4.20 mins
When Kevin Atwater gets a bizarre invitation out of the blue from an old friend, he’s met with tumultuous feelings of past love, heartbreak, and grief. Inspired by the true story told in Atwater's acclaimed song of the same title
Watch… here
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Womb Mates
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NOH Heejeong
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2025 |
Korea / 16 mins
"Seriously? Ugh, my period again?!" Minhee is frustrated because her period cycle doesn't align with her girlfriend's, making sex difficult. Then, Jisoo shows her something. And that is... The app that gives hope to all women: Womb Mates! 'Swipe to choose your ideal womb and enjoy perfect love and sex!' Minhee's wild adventure to find a period-free womb begins now!
Trailer… here
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