Skipping Stones
After trying his luck in Berlin, Mitja returns to Slovenia where he is greeted by his boyfriend Bojan. The reunion turns out to be less than ideal as Mitja struggles to tell Bojan a secret that could cost him their relationship. But before he finds the right moment to talk, things quickly get out of hand
Chavela
Through its lyrical structure, Chavela will take viewers on an evocative, thought-provoking journey through the iconoclastic life of game-changing artist Chavela Vargas. Centered around never before-seen interview footage of Chavela shot 20 years before her death in 2012, and guided by the stories in Chavela's songs, and the myths and tales others have told about her - as well as those she spread about herself - the film weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.
Heartland
Heartland tells the story of Lauren, an artist living in suburban Oklahoma, who has moved back home with her mom, Crystal, following the sudden death of her girlfriend. The arrangement leads the relentlessly chipper Crystal to believe her daughter is headed back to the straight and narrow. When Lauren's brother Justin comes home with his uptight girlfriend Carrie to help launch a local winery. Lauren, eager for a distraction, is excited to make friends with Carrie. When her closeness sparks a sexual affair that can't remain secret for long
Figure
Director Simon Savory's new video for French electronic outfit Anoraak is a sinuous portrait of unconventional love in flux. Here, the director talks about his Paris-set film.
120 battements par minute / 120 Beats per Minute
Early 1990s. With AIDS having already claimed countless lives for nearly ten years, Act Up-Paris activists multiply actions to fight general indifference. Nathan, a newcomer to the group, has his world shaken up by Sean, a radical militant. The director Campillo said: "I joined Act Up in April 1992. In other words, 10 years or so after the start of the epidemic. As a gay man, I had lived through the 80s in fear of the illness."
Rebellious Essence
A cat walks into the office of the Ministry for Cat Affairs and requests for a passport. All goes pretty well until the female and male cat clerks demand to know the cat's sex/gender.
Just Charlie
Football star Charlie has the world at his feet. With a top club desperate to sign him, his future is seemingly mapped out. But the teenager only sees a nightmare. Trapped in the body of a boy, Charlie is torn between wanting to live up to her father's expectations and shedding this ill-fitting skin. Charlie's next move will tear the family apart and threaten everything they hold dear.
As Human As I Am
As Human as I Am documents stories and strategies from LGBTI communities in Nepal, Malawi and Fiji, as they campaign for recognition, protection and inclusion. LGBTI activists in Nepal fight for the recognition of a 'third gender' category, religious leaders in Malawi come face-to-face with the very people that they condemn and in Fiji, a school teacher challenges his students to question their belief that homosexuality is wrong.
Upon the Shadow
We discover the mysterious side of Amina boui (former Femen) and her daily life. Her friends of the LGBT community, who live at her home, have been rejected by their families and the society. Through out Amina, we dive into their stories: Sandra (transvestite), Ramy (gay), Ayoub (gay), Atef (gay and transvestite). Many unexpected events keep coming and are caught live ...
Al-Jawza / Gemini
Zamen Ali, who graduated from Baghdad University's Faculty of Fine Arts this year, has produced a short movie featuring a lesbian relationship. In May, her film won the Silver Award at Baghdad University's International Film and Television Festival for students at the Faculty of Fine Arts.
Sis
Two estranged sisters, religious Fran and transgender Steph, reconcile their differences during the course of one night where honesty is the only policy.
Embrasse-moi / Kiss me
Océanrosemarie is an osteopath and during a session her on-off girlfriend Fantine decides to break up with her. The charismatic and very sociable Oceanrosemarie doesn't take long to get over her as she falls for beautiful Cécile, a photographer. However, there's a problem, Océanrosemarie has a lot of ex-girlfriends and a rather crazy family, plus she likes a good party with a lot of girls! Cécile is the opposite, very reserved and still pursuing a dream of becoming an artist. Will they find true love in all this mayhem?
1:54
Tim, a shy sixteen-year-old athlete, is both brilliant and talented. When he is pressured to give names of the kids bullying him, he refuses, saying he prefers to take care of it himself. But the pressure he undergoes pushes him to the edge, where human limits reach the point of no return. This coming-of-age sports movie meets a tale of cyberbullying, sexuality and even a homemade bomb.
Slutnja anđela / Angel's Premonition
Documentary is dedicated to the memory of Dejan Nebrigić, a Serbian peace activist and the first openly gay man in Serbia. He was also a writer, a poet and a theatre critic. He was a co-founder of the first gay and lesbian oganization Aradija in Serbia. Nebrigić was killed in 1999 on his 29th birthday by his ex-boyfriend
... ebang bewarish / ... and the unclaimed
On February 21, 2011, two young girls committed suicide together in Nandigram, one of the interior villages in West Bengal. As the story unfolded we came to know of their love affair, and non-acceptance of the village community as well as their families. To deal with "abnormal" relationship, one of the girls was married off in a haste. But their suicide did not end societal non-acceptance. After their death their bodies lay in the police morgue for several days, unclaimed by their families.
Mai
Carmeta, Mari and Pilar are three old ladies who spend every afternoon sitting on a bench, next to the main street of their village. The arrival of a mysterious pair of girls turns into the main topic of discussion among the women.
Gwaat Mui / Sisterhood
Sei moved from Macau to Taiwan 15 years ago with her husband. One day she discovers a missing person ad in the papers with her name. Her best friend in Macau, Ling, had just passed away. Sei recalls her younger days with Ling in the 1990s. Decades after, Sei learns that her late best friend has kept a secret she never knew... It was Ling who got Sei her first job at a massage parlor. Sei and Ling's friendship deepened when Ling discovered she was pregnant. Decades after, Sei learns that her late best friend has kept a secret she never knew...
Calamity
When France meets her son's girlfriend, Cleo, for the first tim she gets an unexpected shock... and loses control; Cleo is a trans woman. Calamity is deeply grounded in real life, capturing a realistic tone with moments of awkwardness, humour and coincidence. We learn about internal struggles and suppressed transphobia. A subtle, clever comedy
Rì Cháng Duì Huà / Small Talk
It's considered taboo in Taiwanese culture to question a mother's love, but that's exactly the topic of her daughter, Hui-chen Huang's intimate portrait. Mother and daughter set off on a journey together into the past, during which Hui-chen confronts Anu with questions that have tormented Hui-chen for many years.
Blow Job 2017
Blow Job 2017 is a remake, update and a deconstructive reimagining of Andy Warhol's most famous 1964 short film Blow Job. Told anew as a trilogy, "Blow Job 2017" is a faithful remake of Warhol's masterpiece with a modern twist.
Nadie nos mira / Nobody's Watching
Dissatisfied with a complicated relationship, an actor in Buenos Aires moves to New York City for a promised film role and a new start. When the project stalls he chooses menial work rather than give up on his acting dreams, a decision that puts him on the level of any other struggling immigrants, despite his whiteness and connections to the privileged. When he loses the trust of a generous friend, his life unravels, ultimately leading him to reconcile his imperfect situation back home with the harsh reality of an uncertain future in the U.S.
Pieles / Skins
Samantha, Guille, Ana and Cristian all have something in common - and yet they couldn't be more diverse. Their bodies are different to those of other people; be it the mouth, the left side of the face, the texture of the skin or the feeling that your legs don't belong to your body. They all live and love hidden away in strangely artificial interiors. As 'freaks', they rarely go out onto the street. A confrontation with the rest of the world could have fatal consequences.
La orquídea / The Orchid
Sometimes the biggest conversations are forced onto voice-mail. A surprising father-son tale played across an answering machine.
Sueño en otro idioma / I Dream in Another Language
An indigenous language is in peril as its last two speakers (Evaristo and Isauro, 70's) had a quarrel in the past and haven't spoken to each other in over 50 years. Martín, a young linguist, will undertake the challenge to bring the old friends back together and convince them to once again talk to each other so he can obtain a recorded registration of the language and study it. However, hidden in the past, in the heart of the jungle, lies a secret concealed by the language that makes it difficult to believe that the heart of Zikril will beat once again.
Rebellious Essence
A cat walks into the office of the Ministry for Cat Affairs and requests for a passport. All goes pretty well until the female and male cat clerks demand to know the cat's sex/gender.
Tamara
A successful lawyer Teo Almanza with a wife and two kids nally comes to terms with her visceral desire to live as a woman. This time, she is determined to follow her heart, even though this will turn her whole world upside down and put her life at risk. So her trip to gender reassignment begins...
A Date for Mad Mary
"Mad" Mary McArdle returns to Drogheda after a short spell in prison - for something she'd rather forget. Back home, everything and everyone has changed. Her best friend, Charlene, is about to get married and Mary is maid of honour. When Charlene refuses Mary a "plus one" on the grounds that she probably couldn't find a date, Mary becomes determined to prove her wrong. But her attempts at dating are a disaster and she winds up feeling more alone... until she meets Jess and everything changes.
Horizonte de eventos / Event Horizon
Gabriel discovers he has HIV and he decided to tell everyone.
After Louie
Sam is about to turn sixty. Looking back on his life as a painter and former AIDS activist, he is nostalgic for a time when he was taking on daily battles to make the world a better place. He drinks too much, he smokes too much, and he has sex with prostitutes. He spends his days in his conspicuously unfinished and cluttered loft, obsessively editing an art film about his late friend William Wilson, who died of AIDS in 1999. When his gallerist dumps him because he isn't producing new paintings and questions his ability to finish his film project, Sam looks to his friends for support.
Chavela
Through its lyrical structure, Chavela will take viewers on an evocative, thought-provoking journey through the iconoclastic life of game-changing artist Chavela Vargas. Centered around never before-seen interview footage of Chavela shot 20 years before her death in 2012, and guided by the stories in Chavela's songs, and the myths and tales others have told about her - as well as those she spread about herself - the film weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.
God's Own Country
Johnny Saxby works long hours on his family's remote farm in the north of England. He numbs the daily frustration of his lonely existence with nightly binge-drinking at the local pub and casual sex. But when a handsome Romanian migrant worker arrives to take up temporary work on the family farm, Johnny suddenly finds himself having to deal with emotions he has never felt before. As they begin working closely together during lambing season, an intense relationship starts to form, which could change Johnny's life forever.
Growing Up
An intimate portrait of a new-born baby boy Tibor and his two mothers, Daja and Jedrt, who fight against the social discrimination of their family. They are the only homosexual parents to take an active part in a campaign for same-sex marriage referendum taking place in Slovenia just before Christmas 2015. The challenge of motherhood is hardened by their political opponents who publicly expose them as pedophiles and label their relationship as non-natural.
Bai-Bai Boizu / Boys for Sale
The Shinjuku 2-chome neighborhood is considered to be "the gay center of Asia". Here you can find the highest density of establishments catering to homosexual customers in the world, a place where many young boys sell their bodies. Each of them has his own story. This relentlessly honest documentary will give you an unadorned glimpse into the daily lives of these male workers in the Japanese sex trade.
When we are together we can be everywhere
When We Are Together We Can Be Everywhere is a film with multiple layers. It is a sexy, sweaty hot porn. It is a film about making porn. It's a film about the relations beween the persons behind and in front of the camera. It is a film about friendship and sex. It is a loveletter from Marit, the director, the her star, Liz.
2 cool 2 B 4gotten
It depicts the coming-of-age story of Felix, a friendless and smart high school sophomore, who lives in post-lahar Pampanga in the late 1990s. His life takes a turn after the two new half-American students, the Snyder brothers, Magnus and Maxim, transfer to his school.
Lightrapping
Gustavo is a photographer who captures the bodies of naked men in public spaces of Sao Paulo. One night, young Pedro follows him, curious and undecided about participating in the project or not. The city will witness the journey.
Torrey Pines
Raised by a schizophrenic single mother, Petersen's life story unfolds in a series of baffling and hallucinated events. With a mother fueled by hallucinations of political conspiracy and family dysfunction, 12-year-old Petersen is taken on a cross-country adventure that will forever alter the family as they know it.
Just Charlie
Football star Charlie has the world at his feet. With a top club desperate to sign him, his future is seemingly mapped out. But the teenager only sees a nightmare. Trapped in the body of a boy, Charlie is torn between wanting to live up to her father's expectations and shedding this ill-fitting skin. Charlie's next move will tear the family apart and threaten everything they hold dear.
Upon the Shadow
We discover the mysterious side of Amina boui (former Femen) and her daily life. Her friends of the LGBT community, who live at her home, have been rejected by their families and the society. Through out Amina, we dive into their stories: Sandra (transvestite), Ramy (gay), Ayoub (gay), Atef (gay and transvestite). Many unexpected events keep coming and are caught live ...
1:54
Tim, a shy sixteen-year-old athlete, is both brilliant and talented. When he is pressured to give names of the kids bullying him, he refuses, saying he prefers to take care of it himself. But the pressure he undergoes pushes him to the edge, where human limits reach the point of no return. This coming-of-age sports movie meets a tale of cyberbullying, sexuality and even a homemade bomb.
Just Charlie
Football star Charlie has the world at his feet. With a top club desperate to sign him, his future is seemingly mapped out. But the teenager only sees a nightmare. Trapped in the body of a boy, Charlie is torn between wanting to live up to her father's expectations and shedding this ill-fitting skin. Charlie's next move will tear the family apart and threaten everything they hold dear.
Skipping Stones
After trying his luck in Berlin, Mitja returns to Slovenia where he is greeted by his boyfriend Bojan. The reunion turns out to be less than ideal as Mitja struggles to tell Bojan a secret that could cost him their relationship. But before he finds the right moment to talk, things quickly get out of hand
Slutnja anđela / Angel's Premonition
Documentary is dedicated to the memory of Dejan Nebrigić, a Serbian peace activist and the first openly gay man in Serbia. He was also a writer, a poet and a theatre critic. He was a co-founder of the first gay and lesbian oganization Aradija in Serbia. Nebrigić was killed in 1999 on his 29th birthday by his ex-boyfriend
... ebang bewarish / ... and the unclaimed
On February 21, 2011, two young girls committed suicide together in Nandigram, one of the interior villages in West Bengal. As the story unfolded we came to know of their love affair, and non-acceptance of the village community as well as their families. To deal with "abnormal" relationship, one of the girls was married off in a haste. But their suicide did not end societal non-acceptance. After their death their bodies lay in the police morgue for several days, unclaimed by their families.
Bai-Bai Boizu / Boys for Sale
The Shinjuku 2-chome neighborhood is considered to be "the gay center of Asia". Here you can find the highest density of establishments catering to homosexual customers in the world, a place where many young boys sell their bodies. Each of them has his own story. This relentlessly honest documentary will give you an unadorned glimpse into the daily lives of these male workers in the Japanese sex trade.
Embrasse-moi / Kiss me
Océanrosemarie is an osteopath and during a session her on-off girlfriend Fantine decides to break up with her. The charismatic and very sociable Oceanrosemarie doesn't take long to get over her as she falls for beautiful Cécile, a photographer. However, there's a problem, Océanrosemarie has a lot of ex-girlfriends and a rather crazy family, plus she likes a good party with a lot of girls! Cécile is the opposite, very reserved and still pursuing a dream of becoming an artist. Will they find true love in all this mayhem?
Heartland
Heartland tells the story of Lauren, an artist living in suburban Oklahoma, who has moved back home with her mom, Crystal, following the sudden death of her girlfriend. The arrangement leads the relentlessly chipper Crystal to believe her daughter is headed back to the straight and narrow. When Lauren's brother Justin comes home with his uptight girlfriend Carrie to help launch a local winery. Lauren, eager for a distraction, is excited to make friends with Carrie. When her closeness sparks a sexual affair that can't remain secret for long
Rì Cháng Duì Huà / Small Talk
It's considered taboo in Taiwanese culture to question a mother's love, but that's exactly the topic of her daughter, Hui-chen Huang's intimate portrait. Mother and daughter set off on a journey together into the past, during which Hui-chen confronts Anu with questions that have tormented Hui-chen for many years.
Skipping Stones
After trying his luck in Berlin, Mitja returns to Slovenia where he is greeted by his boyfriend Bojan. The reunion turns out to be less than ideal as Mitja struggles to tell Bojan a secret that could cost him their relationship. But before he finds the right moment to talk, things quickly get out of hand
After Louie
Sam is about to turn sixty. Looking back on his life as a painter and former AIDS activist, he is nostalgic for a time when he was taking on daily battles to make the world a better place. He drinks too much, he smokes too much, and he has sex with prostitutes. He spends his days in his conspicuously unfinished and cluttered loft, obsessively editing an art film about his late friend William Wilson, who died of AIDS in 1999. When his gallerist dumps him because he isn't producing new paintings and questions his ability to finish his film project, Sam looks to his friends for support.
Skipping Stones
After trying his luck in Berlin, Mitja returns to Slovenia where he is greeted by his boyfriend Bojan. The reunion turns out to be less than ideal as Mitja struggles to tell Bojan a secret that could cost him their relationship. But before he finds the right moment to talk, things quickly get out of hand
Fit
FIT tells the story of six "problematic" teenagers who are forced to go to dance class. As the students are drawn to wonder about sexuality and diversity, the dance classes become group therapy sessions where they deal with their anger and their ideas about diversity, repressed feelings and fears about coming out.
Skipping Stones
After trying his luck in Berlin, Mitja returns to Slovenia where he is greeted by his boyfriend Bojan. The reunion turns out to be less than ideal as Mitja struggles to tell Bojan a secret that could cost him their relationship. But before he finds the right moment to talk, things quickly get out of hand
Fit
FIT tells the story of six "problematic" teenagers who are forced to go to dance class. As the students are drawn to wonder about sexuality and diversity, the dance classes become group therapy sessions where they deal with their anger and their ideas about diversity, repressed feelings and fears about coming out.
