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Swannsong

January 2024 •French

A mother goes searching for memories of her son after his death and struggles with the truth she finds out.

Os Santos

December 2022 •Portuguese

Shirley and Baby

January 2019 •English

Shirley is a transvestite boy working as a prostitute with a 50-year-old woman, Baby. Living together they will finally get to know who they really are.

Eggshells

October 2022 •English

Created in response to a traumatic hate crime, artist, Venus Patel, explores her emotional journey through several archetypes, each of whom perform with an egg. Using the weapon of the assailant, the egg itself becomes a tool with many psychological and symbolic meanings within it. The power of reincarnation, birth, nature, hope while also pointing to the power it has to utterly humiliate and embarrass if used in a certain way. There is an embrace of the absurdity of these performances while still speaking to the deeper subject matter. By placing the outlandish characters into public spaces, they confront a preconceived notion of pushing true queer expression into only hidden spaces or only at night, into the daylight and into the normal everyday experience.

Violet Nights

January 2024 •English

A short film about a transgender woman getting an Uber home after a night out when the drive soon turns tense.

Baja Come Down

September 2021 •English

Charlie and Hannah can't say it out loud, but they both know their relationship is coming to an end. As a last ditch effort, the two head south with Hannah's cat, along the dusty coast of Baja California. There they discover not only a new world, but that the troubles between them can't remain dormant for much longer.

Lesbionage

December 1988 •English

In this romantic thriller, blackmail, kidnapping, and fraud combine to give two lesbian private detectives (and lovers) their toughest case. Will their relationship survive? Produced by women for women.

Brother Mary

November 2021 •English

To understand a mysterious man in a Victorian gown, who sings praises to God on the streets of contemporary Vancouver, we meet the people who claim to be closest to him.

Scratch That

June 2023 •Hebrew

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

Children of Our Time

April 2019 •

Three kids are trying to stand strong. In a world where you don’t know for what you want to stay strong. Full of sexuality and the need to define their identity. “We are the children with no obligations, the most possibilities, with the most liberated freedom. We are children who build words. Children who give birth to children. We are children of our time, free from guilt.”

Les corps aqueux

April 2023 •French

An experimental film exploring gender identities excluded from the binary system. By constructing a theatrical space including fabricated sets and props, invented radio interviews, vignettes of archival footage, as well as overlays, the film explores the relationship between body and self. In this in-between space, uncertainty can finally have free rein.

The Cleanse

July 2018 •English

The Queer Clique loves fresh meat. Newbie Kayden must complete the sacred initiation: The Cleanse. No food. No sex. Just juice. Let the cravings begin.

Break Away

September 2010 •Korean

It intermittently captures a delicate moment of emotional breakdown. Absconding soldiers with an unfair story to tell, and a woman helping them, all come to a point at the end of the film.

Pseudoscorpion

Invalid date •English

Just days after settling into her new suburban life, Grace is inexplicably roped into a brutal murder case where all evidence points to her.

Dam$els of Luxury

June 2024 •English

Amanda's stoner slumber party is put to a halt when one of her guests is nowhere to be found.

A Taste of Youth

Invalid date •English

On the eve of his 46 birthday, Mateo Torres finds himself longing for the life that's seemingly passed him by. Though he loves his husband, Calvin, he can't help wishing he could do it all over again. Then, one night, he's given a chance to turn back the clock. All he must do is decide if the cost is worth it. Produced by SideKick Productions, A Taste of Youth is the world's first queer, fat-positive horror feature film.

Ponyboi

February 2019 •English

An intersex runaway searches for love and a way out of his working class neighborhood in New Jersey.

Eudaimonia

June 2024 •English

Prudence, a dishwasher and housecleaner with the telepathic power to eavesdrop on people’s consciousness, creates eccentric characters out of clothing she steals from her clients and stages confrontational performances in the street. She’s estranged from her mother, an artist, and the only person who shares this telepathic gift. As Prudence comes to terms with her mother's terminal illness and the knowledge that her telepathy comes at a cost, she gains a clearer understanding of how to find meaningful connections with others.

Keep Me In Mind

February 2023 •English

In an alternate universe, Jada continues her relationship with her deceased boyfriend.

A Plea

January 2024 •English

A young girl is forced to reckon with the changing nature of her relationship