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Dir: Jimi Drosinos. UK, Greece. 2024. 29 mins.
A former dancer returns to her hometown, encountering an unexpected heartwarming connection with a girl who has Down syndrome.
all the words but the one
Dir: Nava Mau. USA. 2024. 18 mins.
A dinner with her partner’s new boss becomes precarious when Maya realizes she’s also dining with someone from her past.
ALOK
Dir: Alex Hedison. USA. 2024. 18 mins.
Filmmaker Alex Hedison delivers a compelling portrait of her friend, Alok Vaid-Menon, the internationally acclaimed, non-binary, author, poet, comedian, and public speaker.
Blood Like Water
Dir: Dima Hamdan. Palestine. 2023. 14 mins.
Shadi embarks on a secret adventure, and accidentally drags his family into a trap where they only have two choices; either collaborate with the Israeli occupation or be shamed and humiliated by their own people.
Boys in the water
Dir: Pawel Thomas Larue. France. 2023. 39 mins.
End of summer on the Breton coast. Oscar invites his group of friends to spend a week’s vacation at his grandparent’s house. He hasn’t been back to his childhood home for years – not since he came out as a trans boy. On the beach, the gang meets Malo, a handsome local guy, also trans. The story is about their meeting, which will turn everything upside down.
Bunk
Dir: Piotr Jasiński. Czech Republic. 2023. 21 mins.
After learning that his best friend Ales is gay, Tomas tries to find out whether their friendship still makes sense.
Bust
Dir: Angalis Field. USA. 2024. 11 mins.
A trans girl cop with the NYPD goes undercover to make a drug bust.
Come Correct
Dir: Molly Coffee. USA. 2023. 14 mins.
Recently divorced from her husband, a woman with an unhealthy relationship with perfection explores her newfound queerness by hiring a female sex worker to teach her how to eat fruit.
Die Bully Die
Dir: Nathan & Nick Lacey. Australia. 2024. 16 mins.
Die Bully Die follows Max, who catches up with his highschool bully, Adam, 17 years later, in a fancy restaurant where Max’s grudge against Adam begins to manifest in horrific ways.
Dildotectónica
Dir: Tomás Paula Marques. Portugal. 2023. 16 mins.
Today, Rebeca attempts to create a collection of non-phallic ceramic dildos. During the Inquisition, Josefa finds a dildo that is used in their forbidden love relationship with Maria. Although in different timelines, the paths of Rebeca and Josefa end up crossing each other.
Don't Forget Me
Dir: Alice Wang. Canada. 2024. 19 mins.
After discovering her recently deceased grandmother’s secret love letters, a Chinese-Canadian millennial and her girlfriend try to track down the recipient to deliver her grandmother’s last letter.
Former Best Friend
Dir: Feicien Feng. Hong Kong. 2023. 27 mins.
Yi, who is about to get married, returns to his hometown to see his parents, meanwhile, he ran into his old friend Zhong. Their discreet past was revealed, and they are no longer the two teenagers they used to be.
G Flat
Dir: Peter Darney. Wales, UK. 2023. 18 mins.
An 84-year-old stroke survivor sends for a sex worker leading to an unexpected climax.
GIGI
Dir: Cynthia Calvi. France. 2023. 14 mins.
From the tormented little mermaid to the fulfilled woman she is today, Gigi tells us about her gender transition with humour and sensitivity.
HÉROÏNES
Dir: Astré Desrives. France. 2023. 29 mins.
Jersey, 1940. Threatened by the German troops’ arrival, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, lesbian and Jewish artists, decided to resist. Armed with their imagination, they create the “nameless soldier” army.
HONEYMOON
Dir: Alkis Papastathopoulos. Greece, France, Cyprus. 2023. 24 mins.
After a traumatising event involving the cops, Fay is leaving Greece for good. Sandra accompanies her to the bus station, taking this time as a chance to say goodbye. As they are travelling by bus across the country, a transphobic attack by two co-passengers leaves them stranded on a highway in the middle of nowhere.
I Never Promised You A Jasmine Garden
Dir: Teyama Alkamli. Canada. 2024. 20 mins.
Tara, a queer Palestinian woman in her late 20s, attempts to suppress her internal emotional turbulence during a phone call with her best friend Sarab.
iykyk
Dir: Bonita Rajpurohit. India. 2024. 18 mins.
We follow Kusum, a trans girl on a series of dates with boys; As they find themselves trying to straddle the line of respecting her boundaries and expressing themselves and failing at it most of the time.
Jia
Dir: Vee Shi. Australia. 2023. 15 mins.
A grieving Chinese mother travels to Australia and embarks on a road trip with Eric, to remember her late son. Ming’s conservative values are tested when she learns Eric was her son’s lover.
Kasbi
Dir: Farah Jabir. USA. 2024. 12 mins.
A middle-aged Pakistani housewife, in search of herself, hires a young, self-assured sex worker to keep her company for the night.
Love, Jamie
Dir: Karla Murthy. USA. 2024. 20 mins.
The story of Jamie Diaz, a trans artist incarcerated in Texas, and an enduring friendship that brought her art of liberation and pride to the world outside.
Mami
Dir: Alecio Araci. Sweden. 2024. 7 mins.
The matriarch of the family is worried. One of her grandchildren doesn’t come to visit and she doesn’t understand why, but soon a phone call comes that changes everything.
Mar(i)cona
Dir: Cande Lázaro. Spain. 2022. 13 mins.
An intimate reflection on the relationship between territory and trans identity, rurality and queerness, norm and dissidence, mapping out a space of expression between audiovisual essay and personal cinema.
Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)
Dir: Matthew Thorne & Derik Lynch. Australia. 2023. 24 mins.
Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) follows Yankunytjatjara man Derik Lynch’s road trip back to Country for spiritual healing, as memories from his childhood return. A journey from the oppression of white city life in Adelaide, back home to his remote Anangu Community (Aputula) to perform on sacred Inma ground.
MnM
Dir: Twiggy Pucci Garcon. USA. 2023. 15 mins.
MnM is an exuberant portrait of chosen sisters Mermaid and Milan, two emerging runway divas in the drag ballroom community. Celebrating their joy, siblinghood, and unapologetic personas, the film explores the power and beauty of being nonbinary in a community that prizes gender ‘realness’.
Niloo
Dir: Mehdi Koushki. Iran. 2024. 13 mins.
A film about a young girl who gives birth to a baby by her abusive father and is debating what action to take next.
Pill Nation
Dir: Bruno Tadeu. Brazil. 2024. 21 mins.
Dante is an old gay activist who refuses to retire. Facing the inevitable end of his existence, he decides to fulfil his old plans of opening the first LGBTQIA+ retirement house in Brazil, ignoring the advice of his great friend, Francisca, who argues that they no longer need to care.
RAT!
Dir: Neal Suresh Mulani. USA. 2024. 17 mins.
When a disgruntled music journalist accuses a global pop star of queerbaiting, the singer’s devoted fans seek retribution.
Ready for Ransom
Dir: Simon Dickel. Germany. 2022. 16 mins.
A biographical film about a so-called “conversion-therapy”, a belated filmic obituary, a meditation on loss and love, and a reflection on the filmmaker’s friendship with the late protagonist.
SKIN
Dir: Leo Behrens. Norway. 2023. 7 mins.
SKIN is a poetic exploration of identity and self-discovery, using visual symbolism to depict a woman’s transformation into a man.
Some Kind of Paradise
Dir: Nicholas Finegan. USA. 2024. 21 mins.
When a reclusive barman at an Arkansas line-dancing bar meets a Puerto-Rican film actor via Grindr, the intimacy they share leaves him questioning the isolated life he’s built for himself.
Terratoma
Dir: Liadán Roche. Ireland. 2024. 24 mins.
Alice tries to make sense of a relationship that stole two years of her life through an invasive and deeply personal film project. After finding someone who looks just like her ex, she begins to weave him into this project without his knowledge.
THE PERFORMANCE
Dir: Claire Zhou. The Netherlands. 2023. 20 mins.
Lin is preparing her solo performance for the Chinese New Year celebration at her church. When rumours start circulating about her son, she is faced with a difficult choice: will she hide or show her true self?
Where We Stay
Dir: Florence Bouvy. Netherlands. 2024. 23 mins.
Longtime friends Carry (31) and Daniel (28) have never acknowledged their underlying feelings for each other. Now that Carry is dying, time is running out.
