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thequeenofmydreams
The Queen of My Dreams

2023: Toronto International (World Premiere); BFI London (International Premiere)
2024: SXSW (U.S. Premiere)

The Queen of My Dreams

Queer Pakistani grad student Azra is worlds apart from her conservative Muslim mother. When her father suddenly dies on a trip home to Pakistan, Azra finds herself on a Bollywood-inspired journey through memories, both real and imagined; from her mother’s youth in Karachi to her own coming- of-age in rural Canada.

DIRECTOR Fawzia Mirza

lilnasx
Lil Nas X
Long Live Montero

2023: Toronto International (World Premiere), 2024: CPH:DOX (International Premiere), BFI Flare (UK Premiere)

Lil Nas X
Long Live Montero

LIL NAS X: LONG LIVE MONTERO follows trailblazing rapper, singer, and songwriter, Lil Nas X, as he embarks on his first ever tour. This diaristic film is a surprisingly intimate portrait of an artist navigating identity, family, expectations and acceptance, all while reflecting on his place within the legacy of Black, queer performers.

DIRECTORS Carlos López Estrada, Zac Manuel

ahouseisnotadisco
A House Is Not A Disco

2024: SXSW (World Premiere)

A House Is Not A Disco

What if you really did put all the gays on an island? In this kaleidoscopic portrait of queer paradise, Fire Island Pines, past and present blur as the iconic beach town bands together to celebrate its legacy and redefine itself for a new, more inclusive era.

DIRECTOR Brian J. Smith

preconceived
Preconceived

2024: SXSW (World Premiere)

Preconceived

"Preconceived" explores the pervasive presence of crisis pregnancy centers throughout the US, and their role in furthering the anti-abortion movement.

DIRECTORS Sabrine Keane, Kate Dumke

musica
Música!

2023: Telluride (World Premiere)

Música!

Oscar/Emmy/Grammy-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (The Celluloid Closet, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music ) follow four young Cubans who view music as a way of life. Through music, they hope to find success and fulfillment, some choosing to remain in Cuba, and some seeking to venture out into the world beyond.

DIRECTORS Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

lesvia
Lesvia

2024: Thessaloniki, BFI Flare (World Premiere)

Lesvia

Lesvia chronicles 40+ years of lesbian identity and conflict between the locals of a small village on the Greek island of Lesvos and lesbians who arrived searching for love, freedom and community.

DIRECTOR Tzeli Hadjidimitriou

commonground
Common Ground

2023: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Common Ground

COMMON GROUND is the sweeping and uplifting story of the pioneers of the “Regenerative Movement” who are forgoing the toxic seeds and sprays pushed by Big Ag in order to produce tremendous quantities of nutritionally dense food while bringing our entire ecosystem back to life.

DIRECTORS Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell

taboo
Taboo
Amos Guttman

2024: Rotterdam (World Premiere)

Taboo
Amos Guttman

Director Amos Guttman’s life, marred by an untimely death from AIDS at 38, was a ceaseless battle. His mission: pioneering queer films, a response to Israel’s norms, conservatism, and the film industry.

DIRECTOR Shauly Melamed

maxroach
Max Roach
The Drum Also Waltzes

2023: SXSW (World Premiere)

Max Roach
The Drum Also Waltzes

In this unconventionally collaborative music doc, both directors Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro began (separately) filming and documenting famed drummer Max Roach in the late 1980s, and eventually decided to work together to combine their films into one project. Featuring: Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Questlove, Quincy Jones, Harry Belafonte, Sonny Rollins, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Abdullah Ibrahim, Randy Weston, and more.

DIRECTORS Sam Pollard, Ben Shapiro

chasingchasingamy
Chasing Chasing Amy

2023: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Chasing Chasing Amy

CHASING CHASING AMY examines the transformational impact of a ’90s rom-com on a 12-year-old kid from Kansas, questioning their place in the world. For young Sav Rodgers, the Kevin Smith cult classic Chasing Amy became a marker of queer identity. A deeper dive into the film as a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ cinema finds the director at many unexpected crossroads.

DIRECTOR Sav Rodgers

ourson
Our Son

2023: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Our Son

Nicky (Luke Evans), a book publisher devoted to his work, lives with his husband Gabriel (Billy Porter), a former actor and stay-at-home dad, and their eight-year-old son, Owen. When Gabriel files for divorce, a custody battle forces both of them to confront the changing reality of their love for each other and for their son.

DIRECTOR Bill Oliver

timebomby2k
Time Bomb Y2K

2023: True/False (World Premiere), BAFICI (International Premiere)

Time Bomb Y2K

As the clock counts down to the dawn of the new millennium, America is forced to contend with the largest technological disaster to ever threaten humanity. Crafted entirely through archival footage, TIME BOMB Y2K examines how we grapple with existential threats in an increasingly technological world.

DIRECTORS Brian Becker, Marley McDonald

bigboys
Big Boys

2023: BFI Flare (World Premiere)

Big Boys

A teenage boy’s unexpected crush turns a camping trip into a weekend of self-discovery in this heartwarming coming-of-age comedy.

DIRECTOR Corey Sherman

omoiyari
“Omoiyari”
A Song Film By Kishi Bashi

2023: Woodstock Film Festival, Heartland International Film Festival, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

“Omoiyari”
A Song Film By Kishi Bashi

Violinist and songwriter Kaoru Ishibashi travels on a musical journey to understand WWII era Japanese Incarceration, assimilation, and what it means to be a minority in America today.…

DIRECTORS Justin Taylor Smith, Kaoru Ishibashi

beyondtheaggressives
Beyond the Aggressives
25 Years Later

2023: Newfest (World Premiere)

Beyond the Aggressives
25 Years Later

Immersive and sensorial, BEYOND THE AGGRESSIVES: 25 YEARS LATER revisits four of the original subjects from Daniel Peddle’s groundbreaking 2005 film THE AGGRESSIVES - a seminal documentary centering masculine-presenting people of color assigned female at birth.

DIRECTOR Daniel Peddle

2023 Oscar® Nominee

allthatbreathes
All That Breathes

2022: Sundance (World Premiere), Cannes (International Premiere)

All That Breathes

As legions of birds fall from New Delhi’s darkening skies, and the city smolders with social unrest, two brothers race to save a casualty of the turbulent times: the black kite, a majestic bird of prey essential to their city's ecosystem. The first feature to win the award for Best Documentary at both the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals.

DIRECTOR Shaunak Sen

blackbarbie
Black Barbie
A Documentary

2023: SXSW (World Premiere)

Black Barbie
A Documentary

Through intimate access to a charismatic Mattel insider, Beulah Mae Mitchell, BLACK BARBIE delves into the cross section of merchandise and representation as Black women strive to elevate their own voices and stories, refusing to be invisible.

DIRECTOR Lagueria Davis

deeprising
Deep Rising

2023: Sundance (World Premiere)

Deep Rising

Directed by Matthieu Rytz (Anote’s Art, Sundance 2018), this exquisite fly-on-the-wall environmental doc is also a gripping and up-to-the-minute tale of geopolitical, scientific, and corporate intrigue that exposes the destructive machinations of a secretive organization empowered to extract massive amounts of of metals from the deep seafloor. Narrated by Jason Momoa, DEEP RISING illuminates the vital relationship between the deep ocean and sustaining life on Earth.

DIRECTOR Matthieu Rytz

mtvdocumentaryshorts
MTV Documentary Shorts

Alive in Bronze, The ABCs of Book Banning, Birthing a Nation, Last Song in Kabul, A Tattoo on My Brain

MTV Documentary Shorts

TFC is proud to partner with MTV Documentary Films for festival distribution of their slate, including these award-winning shorts:

The ABCs of Book Banning
Alive in Bronze
Birthing a Nation
Last Song From Kabul
A Tattoo on My Brain

thejudgment
The Judgment

2023: Chicago Reeling (World Premiere)

The Judgment

An Egyptian gay couple return from the U.S. to Egypt for a family emergency and have to force themselves back into the closet and pretend to be just friends. When they fall prey to witchcraft as punishment for their “homosexual sins,” one of them falls into religious terror and exposes his unhealed past.

DIRECTOR Marwan Mokbel

joonam
Joonam

2023: Sundance (World Premiere)

Joonam

Spurred by a provocative family memory and a lifetime of separation from the country her mother left behind, a young filmmaker delves into her mother and grandmother’s complicated pasts, and her own fractured Iranian identity.

DIRECTOR Sierra Urich

beforeichangemymind
Before I Change My Mind

2022: Locarno (World Premiere)

Before I Change My Mind

While the other students wonder if new kid Robin is a boy or a girl, Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in.

DIRECTOR Trevor Anderson

labor
Labor

2023: Göteborg (World Premiere), CPH:DOX (International Premiere)

Labor

Hanna leaves her family behind to go to the city of her dreams, San Francisco. At a party, she meets the professional dominatrix Chloe and the escort Cyd and they embark on a self-fulfilling journey together.

DIRECTOR Tove Pils

leon
Leon

2023: Thessaloniki Documentary

Leon

Leon, a 60-year-old performance artist, rejects limits between art and life. Only Thierry Mugler, his famous boyfriend, the iconic fashion designer, seems to understand him. Encouraged by Thierry, he decides to make his last big show to cure his middle-age crisis. It drives him to an emotional journey, the finale of which no one can predict.

DIRECTOR Wojciech Gostomczyk

toetag
Toe Tag

2023: OUTshine Miami (World Premier)

Toe Tag

Based on a true story by Michael Fisher, Sam Foster discovers a toe tag in the dunes of Fire Island. While searching for its owner, he’s struck by memories of his lover who succumbed to AIDS. Sam brings the tag to the engraved address, a crematorium in New Jersey. As Sam connects with a stranger also in mourning, he learns his memories hold the true answer to understanding grief.

youcanliveforever
You Can Live Forever

2022: Tribeca (World Premiere), Frameline46

You Can Live Forever

When lesbian teen Jaime is sent to live in a Jehovah's Witness community, she falls hard for a devout Witness girl and the two embark on an intense affair with consequences that will reshape the rest of their lives.

DIRECTORS Sarah Watts, Mark Slutsky

subject
Subject

2022: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Subject

SUBJECT explores the life-altering experience of sharing one’s life on screen through the participants of five acclaimed documentaries. As tens of millions of people consume documentaries in an unprecedented “golden era,” the film urges audiences to consider the impact on documentary participants—the good, the bad, and the complicated.

DIRECTORS Jennifer Tiexiera, Camilla Hall

goldendelicious
Golden Delicious

2022: Vancouver International (World Premiere)

Golden Delicious

When basketball-obsessed Aleks moves in across the street, Asian-Canadian teen Jake finds himself trying out for the basketball team to get his attention in this classic coming-of-age drama set in the digital age.

DIRECTOR Jason Karman

hiddenletters
Hidden Letters

2022: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Hidden Letters

Connected through their love for Nushu—a centuries-old secret text shared amongst women—two Chinese women try to balance their lives as independent women in modern China while confronting the traditional identity that defines but also oppresses them.

DIRECTOR Violet Du Feng
CO-DIRECTOR Zhao Qing

onlyintheaters
Only in Theaters

2020: Santa Barbara International (World Premiere)

Only in Theaters

Laemmle Theatres, the beloved 84-year-old arthouse cinema chain in Los Angeles with deep ties to the history of Hollywood, is facing seismic change and downward pressure. Yet the family behind this multigenerational business—whose sole mission has been to support the art of film—is determined to see it survive.

DIRECTOR Raphael Sbarge

longlivemyhappyhead
Long Live My Happy Head

2022: BFI Flare, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (Premieres)

Long Live My Happy Head

A touching and unexpectedly uplifting love story about a Scottish comic book artist with a brain tumor, who uses his art to communicate his experience of cancer.

DIRECTORS Austen McCowan, Will Hewitt

myemptinessandi
My Emptiness and I
(Mi Vacio y Yo)

2022: Rotterdam (World Premiere)

My Emptiness and I
(Mi Vacio y Yo)

Raphi is young, androgynous and naive. In Barcelona, she begins a gender transition as well as an arduous journey to find her true identity. Co-written by and starring Raphaëlle Pérez, this is the narrative follow-up to director Adrián Silvestre’s ground-breaking hybrid doc Sediments, featuring many of the same trans performers and artists.

DIRECTOR Adrián Silvestre

unidentifiedobjects
Unidentified Objects

2022: InsideOut Toronto (World Premiere)

Unidentified Objects

An uptight dwarf and his free-spirited, alien-obsessed neighbor hit the road on a border-defying search for their place in the universe.

DIRECTOR Juan Felipe Zuleta

chrissyjudy
Chrissy Judy

2022: Provincetown International (World Premiere), Outfest

Chrissy Judy

Everybody…and especially gay guys… has that one friend who can’t get their act together, but we can’t help but love them to pieces anyway. For thirty-something Chrissy, that’s his bestie Judy, an endearing but perpetually messy ride-or-die who’s always got more than a few cocktails in the tank. CHRISSY JUDY is a dark comedy that peers into the underbelly of queer culture and examines the struggles and triumphs gay men face in their pursuit of love, acceptance, romance, and identity.

DIRECTOR Todd Flaherty

allman
All Man
The International Male Story

2022: Tribeca (World Premiere)

All Man
The International Male Story

A small-town dreamer with a big idea leads an unlikely band of outsiders to create the International Male catalog, changing the way men would look—at themselves, at each other—and how the world would look at them.

DIRECTORS Bryan Darling, Jesse Finley Reed

jeannette
Jeannette

2022: San Francisco International (World Premiere)

Jeannette

Jeannette is unlike any character we’ve seen depicted on screen before; she’s a competitive bodybuilder and a lesbian single mother who struggles to cope with trauma after surviving a mass shooting.

DIRECTOR Maris Curran

missionjoy
Mission: Joy
Finding Happiness in Troubled Times

2021: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Mission: Joy
Finding Happiness in Troubled Times

Academy Award®-winning director Louie Psihoyos teams up with co-director Peggy Callahan to bring unprecedented access to the unlikely friendship of two international icons who transcend religion: His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Archbishop Tutu.

DIRECTOR Louie Psihoyos Co-Director Peggy Callahan

nostraightlines
No Straight Lines
The Rise of Queer Comics

2021: Tribeca (World Premiere)

No Straight Lines
The Rise of Queer Comics

The extraordinary emergence of five queer comic book artists as they go from being relegated to gay newspapers and bookstores to eventual worldwide fame, spanning everything from the AIDS crisis and workplace discrimination, to the search for love and a good haircut.

DIRECTOR Vivian Kleiman

tryharder
Try Harder!

2021: Sundance (World Premiere)

Try Harder!

With humor and heart, TRY HARDER takes us to the reality of the American college application process and the intersection of class, race, and educational opportunity at the top public high school in San Francisco, where a majority of the student body is Asian American.

DIRECTOR Debbie Lum

firebird
Firebird

2021: BFI Flare London (World Premiere)

Firebird

Blending a Cold War thriller and a romantic tale of forbidden queer love, director Peeter Rebane’s FIREBIRD tells a based-on-a-true-story of two Estonian pilots in the Soviet Air Force pursuing an illegal affair amidst a torrid love triangle that threatens their safety, their careers, and their relationship with a childhood friend.

DIRECTOR Peeter Rebane

boulevard
BOULEVARD!
A Hollywood Story

2021: Outfest (World Premiere)

BOULEVARD!
A Hollywood Story

Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young songwriters and romantic partners, find themselves caught in movie star Gloria Swanson’s web when she hires them to write a musical version of Sunset Boulevard; Life imitates art when Gloria falls for Richard, and the men find themselves living a real-life version of the classic film.

DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz

sweetheart
Sweetheart

2021: BFI Flare London, Glasgow International Audience Award Winner 2021

Sweetheart

A socially awkward, environmentally conscious misfit named AJ becomes unexpectedly captivated by a chlorine smelling, sun-loving lifeguard named Isla while on a depressing caravan holiday with her family.

DIRECTOR Marley Morrison

homebody
Homebody

2021: Outfest (World Premiere)

Homebody

Nothing is quite as special as a child’s relationship with their babysitter, and nine-year-old, gender-queer Johnny is obsessed with their babysitter — so much so that they’ve meditated their spirit right into her body!

DIRECTOR Joseph Sackett

tigregente
Tigre Gente

2021: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Tigre Gente

A Bolivian park ranger and a young Hong Kongese journalist risk their lives to go undercover and investigate a new, deadly jaguar trade that’s sweeping South America. Along the way, they grapple with questions of empathy, responsibility, and bridging a cultural gap to prevent the jaguar trade from spiraling out of control.

DIRECTOR Elizabeth Unger

boyculture
Boy Culture: The Series

2021: Outfest (World Premiere)

Boy Culture: The Series

In the continuation of Q. Allan Brocka’s 2006 fan favorite Boy Culture, Derek Magyar returns as X, who is still working hard as an escort for hire. But in 2021, he’s up against a younger generation who has gained a competitive edge on the market in the digital age. He’s also dealing with the realities of still living with Andrew (Darryl Stephens), who’s aiming to move on from their former romantic entanglements.

sediments
Sediments

2021: Málaga (World Premiere), Thessaloniki (International Premiere)

Sediments

Six trans women travel to a small town in Spain where they will explore unusual landscapes, as well as the ins and outs of their own personalities. Special Jury Award Newcomers at Thessaloniki.

DIRECTOR Adrián Silvestre

rawuncutvideo
Raw! Uncut! Video!

2021: Outshine Miami (World Premiere)

Raw! Uncut! Video!

Jack Fritscher met Mark Hemry at Harvey Milk’s 1979 birthday party and the two fell head over heels. As AIDS epidemic swept through San Francisco, the couple left the city to begin a new venture: turning a rural ranch in Sonoma County into a safe-sex porn studio that offered viewers new sexual possibilities in an age of plague.

DIRECTORS Ryan A. White, Alex Clausen

jumpdarling
Jump, Darling

2020: InsideOut Toronto (World Premiere), 2021: BFI Flare, Frameline

Jump, Darling

At a crossroads in life, Russell flees his straight-laced boyfriend and sputtering drag career for refuge at his loving grandmother's house, only to find she is on a downward spiral of her own. Played by the brilliant Cloris Leachman in her final starring role before her death in 2021, JUMP, DARLING pairs love of drag with an aging iconic diva to ask the questions about what inspires us to carry on.

DIRECTOR Phil Connell

sonofmonarchs
Son of Monarchs
Hijo de Monarcas

2021: Sundance (World Premiere, Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize)

Son of Monarchs
Hijo de Monarcas

After his grandmother’s death, a Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown, nestled in the majestic monarch butterfly forests of Michoacán. The journey forces him to confront past traumas and reflect on his hybrid identity, sparking a personal and spiritual metamorphosis.

DIRECTOR Alexis Gambis

psburnthisletterplease
P.S. Burn This Letter Please

2020: Tribeca (World Premiere)

P.S. Burn This Letter Please

A box of letters, held in secret for nearly 60 years, ignites a 5-year exploration into a part of LGBTQ history that has never been told.The letters, written in the 1950s by a group of New York City drag queens, open a window into a forgotten world w…

DIRECTORS Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera

redheaven
Red Heaven

2020: SXSW (World Premiere), DOC NYC, Hot Docs

Red Heaven

In preparation for the first human mission to Mars, six volunteers take part in the ultimate dress rehearsal, living inside a year-long NASA simulation to understand the effects of isolation on the human mind. RED HEAVEN is a testament to the human ability to endure in body and spirit, despite isolation and uncertainty.

DIRECTORS Lauren DeFilippo, Katherine Gorringe

pauldoodsdeadlylunchbreak
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

2021: SXSW (World Premiere)

Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

When Paul’s chances of winning a national talent competition are ruined and his dreams of fame slashed, he plans a deathly revenge mission. 1 lunch break, 5 spectacular murders! Will the sparkly suited Paul pull it off and stay one step ahead of the cops?

DIRECTOR Nick Gillespie

buildingabridge
Building a Bridge

2021: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Building a Bridge

From executive producer Martin Scorsese and named after the book by American Jesuit priest James Martin, BUILDING A BRIDGE follows a priest on his journey to make the Catholic Church more accepting to the LGBTQ+ community, despite loud opposition from both within and outside the church.

DIRECTORS Evan Mascagni, Shannon Post

stormlake
Storm Lake

2021: Full Frame (World Premiere)

Storm Lake

An indelible parable for the state of contemporary journalism, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Art Cullen and his family fight to unite and inform their rural Iowan farming community through their biweekly newspaper, The Storm Lake Times—even as the paper hangs on by a thread.

DIRECTORS Jerry Risius, Beth Levison

swansong
Swan Song

2021: SXSW (World Premiere)

Swan Song

Udo Kier gives the performance of a lifetime (and the one he was born to play) as “Mister Pat,” a formerly flamboyant hairdresser who escapes his nursing home and takes a long walk across a small town to style a dead woman’s hair for her funeral. Also starring Jennifer Coolidge, Michael Urie and Linda Evans.

DIRECTOR Todd Stephens

seeyouthen
See You Then

2021: SXSW (World Premiere)

See You Then

Kris, a transgender computer programmer, and Naomi, an Asian-American performance artist, dated in college but haven’t seen each other since Kris left town 15 years ago. They reconnect, and over the course of a single night, engage in increasingly intimate and revealing conversations, until a revelation sends everything spiraling out of control.

DIRECTOR Mari Walker

noordinaryman
No Ordinary Man

2020: Toronto International (World Premiere), Vancouver International, Calgary International, Montreal International Documentary, AFIFEST, DOC NYC, Inside Out Toronto

No Ordinary Man

The legacy of Billy Tipton, a 20th-century American jazz musician and trans icon whose trans identity was not known throughout the echelons of the jazz and pop worlds, is brought to life by a diverse group of contemporary trans artists.

DIRECTORS Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt

cicada
Cicada

BFI London International 2020, Outfest 2020, Frameline 2020

Cicada

After a string of unsuccessful and awkward encounters with women, Ben comes out to the world and develops an intense relationship with Sam, a man of color struggling with deep wounds of his own. As the summer progresses and their intimacy grows, Ben must face a childhood trauma he has long suppressed.

DIRECTOR Matthew Fifer
CO-DIRECTOR Kieran Mulcare

hedreamsofgiants
He Dreams of Giants

2019: DOC NYC, AFI FEST

He Dreams of Giants

From the team behind Lost in La Mancha and The Hamster Factor, HE DREAMS OF GIANTS is the culmination of a trilogy of documentaries that have followed film director Terry Gilliam over a twenty-five-year period. Charting Gilliam’s final, beleaguered quest to adapt Don Quixote, this documentary is a potent study of creative obsession.

DIRECTORS Keith Fulton, Lou Pepe

aheadofthecurve
Ahead of the Curve

2020: Frameline44 Pride Showcase (World Premiere)

Ahead of the Curve

From its start in 1990, Curve magazine was a visionary and unapologetic celebration of lesbian life. Facing the magazine’s possible demise in 2019, director Jen Rainin and Curve founder Franco Stevens explore questions of lesbian visibility, legacy, and current day issues.

DIRECTOR Jen Rainin
CO-DIRECTOR Rivkah Beth Medow

thedilemmaofdesire
The Dilemma of Desire

2020: SXSW (World Premiere)

The Dilemma of Desire

Setting out to shatter the myths and outright lies women have been taught about their sexual desire and their bodies, THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE follows four compelling women as they intimately explore what it means for them in to find their voice and the courage needed to own their sexuality.

DIRECTOR Maria Finitzo

disclosure
Disclosure

2020: Sundance (World Premiere)

Disclosure

A look at the history and present-day landscape of transgender depictions in film and television, exploring how screen stereotypes have penetrated their psyches and shaped self-perceptions over the decades. Leading trans thinkers and creatives—including Laverne Cox, Lilly Wachowski, Yance Ford, Mj Rodriguez, Jamie Clayton, and Chaz Bono—weight in.

DIRECTOR Sam Feder

mydarlingvivian
My Darling Vivian

2020: SXSW (World Premiere)

My Darling Vivian

The story of Vivian Liberto—Johnny Cash’s first wife—as told for the first time by their four daughters. A classic tale of stardom, love, isolation, fear, heartbreak, and survival, illustrated with never before seen photographs and home videos. Produced by Cash's grandson Dustin Tittle, and directed Tittle's husband, filmmaker Matt Riddlehoover.

breakingfast
Breaking Fast

2020: Cinequest, Outfest Fusion

Breaking Fast

In this romantic comedy set against the twinkling lights of West Hollywood, Mo, a practicing Muslim still reeling from heartbreak meets an all-American guy named Kal and asks him to join him for nightly Iftars (the traditional meal eaten by Muslims during Ramadan). Meal after meal, the two discover they have more in common than meets the eye.

DIRECTOR Mike Mosallam

rockcamp
Rock Camp
The Movie

2020: Cleveland International (World Premiere)

Rock Camp
The Movie

Summer camp meets Spinal Tap in this documentary directed by Doug Blush and co-directed by Renee Barron. Dreamers from around the world gather to shred with their heroes and learn to rock like the legends. Featured rock legends include Paul Stanley (KISS), Roger Daltrey (The Who), Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Alice Cooper, Brian Wilson, Gene Simmons, Nancy Wilson, Sammy Hagar, Jeff Beck, and Slash.

ourtimemachine
Our Time Machine

2019: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Our Time Machine

When conceptual artist Maleonn’s father is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Maleonn pours everything into an ambitious new theater project: “Papa’s Time Machine,” a visually stunning time-travel adventure told with human-sized puppets.

DIRECTORS Yang Sun, S. Leo Chiang
CO-DIRECTOR Shuang Liang

dragkids
Drag Kids

2019: HotDocs (World Premiere), InsideOut Toronto, Newfest; 2020: Rotterdam

Drag Kids

Four very different drag performers under the age of 12 meet and celebrate their shared interest in drag. Having already faced an enormous amount of scrutiny over their brief careers, director Megan Wennberg frames their gathering through an essential lens of loving and upstanding parenthood, following them as they prepare for the biggest performance of their lives at Montreal Pride.

queeringthescript
Queering the Script

2019: Toronto InsideOut, Frameline34, Outfest (Special Programming Award for Freedom)

Queering the Script

Stars join with the voices of numerous kickass fangirls in this fast-paced history of queer women’s representation on contemporary television, not only charting the evolution of queerness on the small screen, but also demonstrating the extraordinary impact of activism on its many diverse fans.

DIRECTOR Gabrielle Zilkha

songlang
Song Lang

2018: Tokyo International (World Premiere); 2019: Frameline43 (Audience Award)

Song Lang

A hunky, brooding debt collector forms an unlikely friendship with the charismatic lead actor of the struggling local opera troupe, and their friendship, to their surprise, awakens feelings in both men.

DIRECTOR Leon Le

screamqueen
Scream, Queen!
My Nightmare on Elm Street

2019: Fantasic Fest (World Premiere), sneak previews at Outfest & Frameline

Scream, Queen!
My Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 has been dubbed Hollywood’s gayest horror film, and the industry’s homophobic backlash effectively ended its closeted young star’s film career. Following the “revenge of first male scream queen,” this doc also cautions today’s LGBTQ community that the nightmare isn’t over.

DIRECTORS Roman Chimienti, Tyler Jensen

strangenegotiations
Strange Negotiations

2019: SXSW (World Premiere)

Strange Negotiations

An indie rock doc exploring the spiritual, artistic, and personal turmoil of musician David Bazan, set against America’s own crisis of faith highlighted by the 2016 presidential election.

DIRECTOR Brandon Vedder

visionportraits
Vision Portraits

2019: SXSW (World Premiere)

Vision Portraits

A moving and daring exploration of artistry as identity. Filmmaker Rodney Evans (Brother To Brother, The Happy Sad) embarks on a scientific and artistic journey, questioning how his loss of vision might impact his creative future. The film won Best Documentary at Frameline and Outstanding Artistic Achievement at Outfest.

DIRECTOR Rodney Evans

artifishal
Artifishal

2019: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Artifishal

Tracing the impact of fish hatcheries on wild rivers and wild fish, this documentary explores the high cost—ecological, financial and cultural—of our mistaken belief that engineered solutions can make up for habitat destruction.

DIRECTOR Josh “Bones” Murphy

leonardsolowaysbroadway
Leonard Soloway’s Broadway

2019: Cleveland International (World Premiere)

Leonard Soloway’s Broadway

A fun-filled stroll through the golden age of Broadway through the eyes of a legendary 90-year-old Gay, Jewish producer who is still peddling his latest show! The film weaves between Soloway’s modern day production, while looking back at his role working in some of Broadway’s biggest shows with many legendary stars.

DIRECTOR Jeff Wolk

aftersomanydays
After So Many Days

2019: Dallas International (World Premiere)

After So Many Days

After a decade of making music together, Jim and Sam, a recently married singer/songwriter duo from Los Angeles, were not the conventionally successful band they hoped they’d be. Feeling stuck and anxious about their future, the duo went “all in,” making a pact to play one show every day for a year.

DIRECTORS Jim Hanft, Samantha Yonack

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The Garden Left Behind

2019: SXSW (World Premiere)

The Garden Left Behind

Tina, a young Latinx trans woman, and Eliana, her grandmother, navigate Tina’s transition and struggle to build a life for themselves as undocumented immigrants in New York City.

DIRECTOR Flavio Alves

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The Map to Paradise

2019: Santa Barbara International (World Premiere)

The Map to Paradise

An adventure-filled and spectacularly gorgeous tale about the birth of the global movement to protect the sea. From underwater worlds of ice to glistening coral sanctuaries, discover what it takes to build a movement and to create positive change.

DIRECTORS Danielle Ryan, James Sherwood

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Surfer’s Paradise

2019: Wicked Queer Boston (World Premiere)

Surfer’s Paradise

A human invited to live in the company of AI struggles between divided loyalties.

DIRECTOR Max Gold

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Sell By

2019: InsideOut Toronto, Frameline, Outfest (World Premiere)

Sell By

Does every relationship have an expiration date? Adam and Marklin are about to find out. Their 5-year relationship has gone from a passionate flame to a medium burn, forcing them to reconcile with each other’s shortcomings, all while watching their support network crumble around them.

DIRECTOR Mike Doyle

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Good Kisser

2019: Seattle International (World Premiere)

Good Kisser

Jenna agrees to a sexy weekend fling with materialistic girlfriend Kate and the worldly Mia. But as the night unfolds, Jenna realizes she’s bitten off more than she can chew, and the love triangle begins to crack.

DIRECTOR Wendy Jo Carlton

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Wild Nights With Emily

2018: SXSW (World Premiere)

Wild Nights With Emily

Molly Shannon plays poet Emily Dickinson, popularized since her death, became that of a reclusive spinster—a delicate wallflower, too sensitive for this world. This film explores her vivacious, irreverent side that was covered up for years—most notably Emily’s lifelong romantic relationship with another woman. Written and Directed by fabulous queer auteur Madeleine Olnek.

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The Cockettes
50 Years of

2002: Sundance (World Premiere)

The Cockettes
50 Years of

Celebrating 20 years since Sundance premier of the eponymous film about the legendary alt-drag troupe that first took the stage in San Francisco in 1969! Digitally re-mastered in surround sound and featuring astonishing visuals and outrageous performances, THE COCKETTES is more relevant in today’s gender-fluid universe than ever before.

DIRECTORS Bill Weber, David Weissman

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Jules of Light and Dark

2018: New Orleans (World Premiere)

Jules of Light and Dark

Two young lovers, Maya and Jules, are found wrecked on the side of the road in North Texas by a loner roughneck, Freddy. As her relationship crumbles, Maya forms a friendship with Freddy, whose past mistakes and experiences offer her insights on her life.

DIRECTOR Daniel Laabs

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Making Montgomery Clift

2018: Los Angeles Film Festival (World Premiere)

Making Montgomery Clift

Classic film star and queer icon Montgomery Clift’s legacy has long been a story of tragedy and self-destruction. But when his nephew dives into the family archives, a much more complicated picture emerges.

DIRECTORS Robert Clift, Hillary Demmon

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The Devil We Know

2018: Sundance (World Premiere), HotDocs

The Devil We Know

In 1945, DuPont introduced Teflon to the marketplace and changed millions of American households. Today, a biopersistent chemical used in the creation of those products is in the bloodstream of 99% of all Americans. A compelling and ultimately terrifying watch that will make you question everything in your kitchen.

DIRECTOR Stephanie Soechtig
CO-DIRECTOR Jeremy Seifert

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Mapplethorpe

2018: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe’s homo-erotic portraits, images of calla lilies, and chronicles of New York City’s underground BDSM scene remain touchstones of 20th-century photography even now, nearly three decades after his death from complications of HIV/AIDS in 1989. Ondi Timoner’s guilty pleasure of a bio-pic, featuring Matt Smith (Doctor Who, The Crown), eyes the brash man who made them.

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Tucked

2018: Outfest (World Premiere, Best Narrative Audience Award and International Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize)

Tucked

When veteran drag queen Jackie Collins receives a diagnosis with six weeks to live, all he wants to do is perform his long-running act and behave as if all is normal. But between a surprising new friendship with a rising young queen and unfinished business with his estranged daughter, he may just have the most eventful month and a half of his life.

DIRECTOR Jamie Patterson

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Steam Room Stories
The Movie

2019: World Premiere TBD

Steam Room Stories
The Movie

The most popular LGBTQ+ webseries in history with over 52 million YouTube views is now a feature film. Traci Lords stars as an evil cosmetics mogul bent on acquiring an Encino gym, which she believes sits atop a magical fountain. But the handsome hunks in towels will do anything to save their beloved steam room from her evil clutches.

DIRECTOR JC Calciano

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the T

2018: Frameline42 (World Premiere)

the T

Set across Chicago, the T follows Jo and Carter, a young trans woman and queer Black man, as they learn how to be best friends in the wake of their romantic relationship and Jo’s transition.

DIRECTORS Deven Casey, Bea Cordelia, Daniel Kyri

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Do You Trust This Computer?

2018: CinemAmbiente Environmental Film Festival

Do You Trust This Computer?

Today, a new generation of self-learning computers is reshaping every aspect of our lives. Incomprehensible amounts of data are being collected, interpreted, and fed back to us in a tsunami of apps, smart devices, and targeted advertisements. This documentary explores the promises and perils of this developing era of machine intelligence.

DIRECTOR Chris Paine

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Ideal Home

2018: Mardi Gras Sydney (World Premiere)

Ideal Home

Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan star as Paul and Erasmus, a bickering gay couple whose life is turned inside out when a ten-year old boy shows up at their door claiming to be Erasmus’ grandson.`

DIRECTOR Andrew Fleming

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306 Hollywood

2018: Sundance (World Premiere, Opening Night), HotDocs, Full Frame

306 Hollywood

A magical realist documentary of two Jewish siblings who undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother’s house. They embark on a journey from her home in New Jersey to ancient Rome, from fashion to physics, in search of what life remains in the objects we leave behind.

DIRECTOR Elan + Jonathan Bogarín

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Man Made

2018: Atlanta International (Premiere: Jury Award for Best Documentary) Outfest, Newfest (Audience Awards for Best Documentary)

Man Made

At the world’s only all-transgender bodybuilding competition, four male bodybuilders take the stage. Told through the intimate and honest lens of a trans filmmaker, this documentary intertwines the nuances of manhood, the drive for social justice, and the competitive desire to forge our own paths and be our personal best.

DIRECTOR T Cooper

1985
1985

2018: SXSW (World Premiere)

1985

Inspired by the award-winning short film by the same name, Yen Tan’s 1985 follows Adrian (Cory Michael Smith), a young man who returns to his Texas hometown for Christmas during the first wave of the AIDS crisis. Adrian reconnects with his brother (Aidan Langford) and estranged childhood friend (Jamie Chung), as he struggles to divulge his dire circumstances to his religious parents (Virginia Madsen and Michael Chiklis).

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Dykes, Camera, Action!

2017: Frameline (World Premiere)

Dykes, Camera, Action!

Between Stonewall, the feminist movement, and 1970s experimental cinema, lesbians have built visibility and helped transform the social imagination about queerness. Filmmakers Barbara Hammer, Su Friedrich, Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, Yoruba Richen, Desiree Akhavan, Vicky Du, film critic B. Ruby Rich, Jenni Olson, and others discuss how they have expressed queer identity through film.

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Shakedown

2018: Berlinale Panorama (World Premiere)

Shakedown

‘Shakedown,’ a series of parties founded by and for African American women in the underground lesbian scene in L.A., featured go-go dancing and strip shows. Using backstage footage and interviews, this intimate chronicle by director Leilah Weinraub reveals how it was one of the few spaces for lesbian subculture, bringing together and galvanizing a community of freaks and queers of color.

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White Rabbit

2018: Sundance (World Premiere)

White Rabbit

Sophia, a Korean-American queer performance artist living in L.A., is struggling with the meaning of art and her recent break-up, when she meets a free-spirited Ghanian-American woman photographer who she develops strong feelings for. The only problem is….are the feelings reciprocated?

DIRECTOR Daryl Wein

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Instructions on Parting

2018: Doc Fortnight Festival, The Museum of Modern Art (World Premiere)

Instructions on Parting

Over the course of one tumultuous year, Director Amy Jenkins confronts the cancer diagnoses of her mother, sister, and brother, and also welcomes her first child to life. Crafted in a unique visual style by a highly accomplished visual artist, the film weaves breathtaking vignettes of nature unfolding with cinéma vérité family footage to lead us to a bold and daring acceptance our own mortality.

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A Moment in the Reeds

2017: BFI London (World Premiere)

A Moment in the Reeds

Leevi, who had left Finland to study abroad, returns for the summer to help his father renovate the family lake house. Tareq, a Syrian asylum seeker, has also been hired to help. When Leevi’s father leaves on a business trip, the two young men give into their mutual attraction and spend a few midsummer days discovering one another, in this intimate drama from Mikko Makela.

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Every Act of Life

2018: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Every Act of Life

World-renowned Playwright Terrence McNally’s pioneering 5-decades in the theatre, in the struggle for LGBT rights, and through his pursuit of love and inspiration at every age. Featuring Angela Lansbury, F. Murray Abraham, Meryl Streep, Bryan Cranston, Larry Kramer, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, Stanley Tucci, and many more.

DIRECTOR Jeff Kaufman

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Cherry Grove Stories

2018: BFI Flare (World Premiere)

Cherry Grove Stories

Michael Fisher’s documentary chronicles the evolution of Cherry Grove, a pristine beachfront hamlet on Fire Island, N.Y., that’s been called a “gay Shangri-La.” Through interviews with residents, new and archival footage, Fisher recounts how the enclave became a safe haven for gays in an era when it was illegal for two men to hold hands in public.

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Freelancers Anonymous

2018: Inside Out Toronto LGBT (World Premiere)

Freelancers Anonymous

Rushing to get to her pointless job every morning sucks, and Billie’s not putting up with it anymore. After telling everyone to f*ck off, she unfortunately has to break the news to her soon-to-be-wife. Billie takes the risk of her life, lying to her fiancée in order to buy time until her plan can come to fruition.

DIRECTOR Sonia Sebastian

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Punk Voyage

2017: Helsinki International (World Premiere); 2018: CPH:DOX (International Premiere)

Punk Voyage

Directed by SXSW Alumni filmmakers of The Punk Syndrome, PUNK VOYAGE marks the end of a remarkable chapter in music history: the last years of the Finnish punk rock band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät (PKN), known for the fact that its members all have Down syndrome.

DIRECTORS Jukka Kärkkäinen, J-P Passi

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Bee Nation

2017: HotDocs (World Premiere)

Bee Nation

Kahkewistahaw First Nation Reserve is a world away from Toronto in so many ways, but for Grade 3 student William Kaysaywaysemat III, it’s a journey he’s keen to make. Through the first province-wide First Nations Spelling Bee, William and many others have an opportunity to compete against the nation’s best.

DIRECTOR Lana Šlezic

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Living Proof

2017: Toronto International (World Premiere)

Living Proof

Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, documentarian Matt Embry takes viewers on a transnational journey—from Italy to Canada, and from the lab to the home—in order to examine the eye-opening politics of the condition.

DIRECTOR Matt Embry

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After Louie

2017: BFI Flare (World Premiere), Frameline41 (Closing Night)

After Louie

Sam (Alan Cumming) is an artist and activist from ACT UP who lived through the early years of HIV/AIDS, struggling with survivor’s guilt. He’s bewildered by the younger generation of gay men, until he meets the seductive Braeden at a bar late one night. Their pants quickly come down and, eventually, so does Sam’s guard.

DIRECTOR Vincent Gagliostro

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The Feels

2017: Seattle International (World Premiere)

The Feels

A lesbian bachelorette weekend goes awry when one of the brides admits she's never had an orgasm. Constance Wu (Fresh Off the Boat) stars in this funny and raunchy, yet poignant and real, reflection on trust, love, and the journey every woman shares.

DIRECTOR Jenée LaMarque

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A Bad Idea Gone Wrong

2017: SXSW (World Premiere)

A Bad Idea Gone Wrong

A comedy about two would-be thieves who accidentally arm the alarm system and have to break out of the house they just broke into. When they discover an unexpected housesitter, they suddenly have to deal with a hostage situation, double crosses, sexual tensions, and discoveries that make their difficult escape even more dubious.

DIRECTOR Jason Headley

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The Light of the Moon

2017: SXSW (World Premiere)

The Light of the Moon

Bonnie—a young, successful Latina architect (Stephanie Beatriz)—is walking home in Brooklyn when she is sexually assaulted. She attempts to keep it a secret from her boyfriend, as she tries to deny the impact of what has happened to her, but in the end must fight to take back control and regain intimacy in her life.

DIRECTOR Jessica M. Thompson
Assistant Director Carlo Velayo

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The Fabulous Allan Carr

2017: Seattle International (World Premiere)

The Fabulous Allan Carr

Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr’s parties defined the 1970s. A producer, manager, and marketing genius, Carr’s bombastic reputation was built on mega-hits such as Grease and Broadway’s La Cage Aux Folles. Until he produced the notorious debacle that was the 1989 Academy Awards…

DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz

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I Dream in Another Language

2017: Sundance (World Premiere)

I Dream in Another Language

A young linguist travels to the jungle of Mexico to research a language on the verge of disappearing. Once there, he discoverers its last two speakers clashed 50 years ago, and have refused to speak to each other since. Attempting to reunite them, the researcher discovers a secret past—and a forbidden gay love story.

DIRECTOR Ernesto Contreras

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The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

2017: SXSW (World Premiere)

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

Best known his ground-breaking Tales of the City, this remarkable doc by Jennifer Kroot follows the renowned author’s journey from intolerant conservative to beloved writer known for his outrageous wit and open heart. Included are interviews with Sir Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, Amy Tan, and Neil Gaiman, among others.

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Legion of Brothers

2017: Sundance (World Premiere)

Legion of Brothers

An intense depiction of the risks undertaken by two of the first U.S. Army Special Forces units deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11, and the long-term personal impact of such experiences on those who fought.

DIRECTOR Greg Barker

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Pornocracy

2017: SXSW (World Premiere)

Pornocracy

French feminist icon, filmmaker, and adult film director Ovidie investigates shocking modern changes in the international adult film industry, and how the arrival of web sites showing amateur and pirated clips has transformed the way porn is made and consumed.

DIRECTOR Ovidie

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Signature Move

2017: SXSW (World Premiere)

Signature Move

A secret new romance with Alma forces Zaynab, a thirty-something Pakistani, Muslim lesbian, to confront her complicated relationship with her recently widowed mother while taking up Lucha-style wrestling, in this comedic and heartfelt look at love.

DIRECTOR Jennifer Reeder

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Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall

2017: SXSW (World Premiere)

Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall

American Idol/YouTube sensation Todrick Hall launches his most ambitious project yet: a full-scale original musical, Straight Outta Oz. From small town Texas to big-time show business, Hall struggle to write songs about growing up gay and black in small-town Texas, his difficult relationship with his mom, and the harsh realities of trying to make it in show business.

DIRECTOR Katherine Fairfax Wright

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A Suitable Girl

2017: Tribeca (World Premiere)

A Suitable Girl

Three young women in India struggle to maintain their identities and follow their dreams amid intense pressure to get married. Documenting the arranged marriage and matchmaking process in vérité over four years, the film examines the women's complex relationship with marriage, family, and society.

DIRECTORS Sarita Khurana, Smriti Mundhra

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Motherland
(Bayang Ina Mo)

2017: Sundance (World Premiere), Berlinale

Motherland
(Bayang Ina Mo)

Motherland takes us into the heart of the planet’s busiest maternity hospital in one of the world’s poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines. The film’s viewer, like an unseen outsider dropped unobtrusively into the hospital’s stream of activity.

DIRECTOR Ramona S. Diaz

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Supergirl

2016: Hamptons International (World Premiere), DOCNYC; 2017: Slamdance

Supergirl

Naomi seems like a typical pre-teen Orthodox Jewish girl. But watching her compete to lift almost three times her bodyweight tells a different story. Do little girls even lift? Absolutely! Director Jessie Auritt takes us into the world of powerlifting through the eyes of nine-year-old Naomi Kutin—your average everyday Orthodox Jewish pre-teen world record-holding powerlifter.

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Score
A Film Music Documentary

2016: Hamptons International (World Premiere), DocNYC

Score
A Film Music Documentary

This documentary brings Hollywood's premier composers together to give viewers a privileged look inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of one the world's most widely known music genre: the film score.

DIRECTOR Matt Schrader

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195 Lewis

2017: Rotterdam (International Premiere)

195 Lewis

A narrative series about the loves and challenges faced by a group of Black, queer, and polyamorous women in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Refreshingly unburdened by the usual tropes of the genre (coming out, crushing poverty, among others), this series showcases the universality in the specific.

DIRECTOR Chanelle Aponte Pearson

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The Last Laugh

2016: Tribeca (World Premiere)

The Last Laugh

A feature documentary about what is taboo for humor, seen through the lens of the Holocaust and other seemingly off-limits topics, in a society that prizes free speech.

DIRECTOR Ferne Pearlstein

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Women Who Kill

2016: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Women Who Kill

Commitment phobic Morgan and her ex-girlfriend Jean, locally famous true crime podcasters, suspect Morgan’s new love interest is a murderer.

DIRECTOR Ingrid Jungermann

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Forever Pure

2016: Jerusalem (World Premiere), Toronto (North American Premiere)

Forever Pure

A secretive transfer deal in 2013 transported two Muslim players into the heart of Israel and the Jewish oriented Beitar Jerusalem Football Club., leading to the most racist campaign in Israeli sport.

DIRECTOR Maya Zinshtein

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AWOL

2016: Tribeca (World Premiere)

AWOL

A young woman, Joey, is in search of direction in her small town. A visit to an army recruiting office appears to provide a path, but when she meets and falls in love with Rayna, that path diverges in ways that neither woman anticipates.

DIRECTOR Deb Shoval

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I Promise You Anarchy
Te Prometo Anarquía

2015: Toronto, Locarno, San Sebastián

I Promise You Anarchy
Te Prometo Anarquía

Newcomers Diego Calva and Eduardo Martínez Peña, non-actors the director found on Facebook, give outstandingly honest and committed performances in this daring new feature from Mexico follows two teenage lovers in Mexico City who become embroiled in the city’s illegal, narco-run blood trade.

DIRECTOR Julio Hernández Cordón

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Boone

2016: SXSW (World Premiere)

Boone

A unique sensory and unsentimental peek behind the veil of the Utopian dream of farming.

DIRECTOR Christopher LaMarca

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Icaros
A Vision

2016: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Icaros
A Vision

Her medical options exhausted, an American woman travels to the Amazon in search of a miracle. Thanks to a young ayahuasca shaman who is losing his eyesight, she learns instead to confront her ‘susto’: the disease of fear.

DIRECTORS Leonor Carabello, Matteo Norzi

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A Song For You
The Austin City Limits Story

2016: SXSW (World Premiere)

A Song For You
The Austin City Limits Story

Packed wall to wall with the greatest music from Texas and beyond, with performances from Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ray Charles, Beck, Alabama Shakes, and Radiohead,

DIRECTOR Keith Maitland

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Hunky Dory

2016: Slamdance (World Premiere)

Hunky Dory

After his ex-girlfriend disappears, Sidney, a grifting glam rock dilettante, is forced to look after his 11-year-old son full-time. His “cool dad” facade crumbles and his life goes into full tailspin as he struggles to let go of his rock-and-roll lifestyle.

DIRECTOR Michael Curtis Johnson

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For the Love of Spock

2016: Tribeca (World Premiere)

For the Love of Spock

A one-of-a-kind documentary sure to unite trekkies worldwide, FOR THE LOVE OF SPOCK tells the life of Star Trek’s Mr. Spock and the actor who played him, Leonard Nimoy, for nearly fifty years.

DIRECTOR Adam Nimoy

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Jewel’s Catch One

2016: Provincetown, Outfest

Jewel’s Catch One

Eerily timed in the wake of the Orlando massacre, JEWEL’S CATCH ONE spotlights one of America’s oldest safe space for LGBT people of color, the fabulous Los Angeles night club Catch One and its impact on LGBT life in the city. Featuring Sharon Stone, Madonna, Thelma Houston, Sandra Bernhard, Bonnie Pointer, and CCH Pounder.

DIRECTOR C. Fitz

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Cameraperson

2016: Sundance (World Premiere)

Cameraperson

Famed cinematographer Kirsten Johnson (Citizenfour, The Invisible War) presents an extraordinary and deeply poetic documentary of her own, an elegant meditation on the relationship between story-telling and the camera frame.

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Slash

2016: SXSW (World Premiere)

Slash

Neil is an awkward, questioning high school freshman with a hidden talent: he writes amazing homo-erotic fan fiction. Tender and charming, SLASH is as heartfelt and grounded as a film featuring multiple intergalactic pan-sexual orgies can be.

DIRECTOR Clay Liford

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Racing Extinction

2015 Sundance Film Festival (World Premiere)

Racing Extinction

Oscar®-winner Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists to show the world never-before-seen images that expose issues around endangered species and mass extinction. Whether infiltrating notorious black markets or exploring our effect on the environment, RACING EXTINCTION will change the way we see the world.

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Uncle Howard

2016: Sundance (World Premiere)

Uncle Howard

Director Howard Brookner died of AIDS in New York City in 1989 while in post-production on his breakthrough Hollywood movie. His body of work has been buried for 30 years in William Burroughs’ bunker…until his nephew Aaron unearths his uncle’s story and the memory of everything he was.

DIRECTOR Aaron Brookner

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Tab Hunter Confidential

2015: SXSW (World Premiere)

Tab Hunter Confidential

In the 1950s, Tab Hunter, Hollywood’s most sought-after star and America’s boy next door, was number one at the box office and on the music charts. Now, Tab Hunter tells all in this documentary adaptation of the New York Times bestseller. Directed by queer biopic master Jeffrey Schwarz (I am Divine, Vito).

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The New Man
El Hombre Nuevo

2015: Berlinale (Teddy Award for Best Documentary)

The New Man
El Hombre Nuevo

At the age of twelve, Roberto supported the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua and fought for education and social reforms. Thirty years later he is struggling to live his life as a woman named Stephanía and striving to be accepted by both society and his family.

DIRECTOR Aldo Garay

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All Eyes and Ears

2015: Tribeca (World Premiere)

All Eyes and Ears

Interspersed with remarks from journalists and experts, ALL EYES AND EARS interweaves the stories of U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, his adopted Chinese daughter, Gracie Mei, and blind legal advocate Chen Guangcheng as they find purpose, identity and resolve amid the two nations’ evolving relationship.

DIRECTOR Vanessa Hope

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Those People

2015: Seattle International Film Festival (World Premiere), Frameline

Those People

On Manhattan’s gilded Upper East Side, a young painter, Charlie, finds the man of his dreams—an older pianist from across the globe—but is secretly in love with his own manipulative best friend, Sebastian, who is embroiled in a financial scandal. In the wake of Sebastian’s notoriety, their tight-knit group of friends must confront the new realities of adulthood.

DIRECTOR Joey Kuhn

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The Hunting Ground

2015: Sundance (World Premiere)

The Hunting Ground

One in five women in college are sexually assaulted, yet only a fraction of these crimes are reported, and even fewer result in punishment for the perpetrators. From Kirby Dick and the intrepid team behind The Invisible War comes a monumental exposé of rape culture on campuses, poised to light a fire under a national debate.

DIRECTOR Kirby Dick

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The Royal Road

2015: Sundance (World Premiere)

The Royal Road

Jenni Olson’s 16mm cinematic essay offers up a primer on the Spanish colonization of California and the Mexican American War alongside intimate reflections on nostalgia, butch identity, the quest for unattainable women, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo.

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Regarding Susan Sontag

2014: Tribeca (World Premiere), Seattle International, Sheffield Doc/Fest

Regarding Susan Sontag

Passionate and gracefully outspoken throughout her career, Susan Sontag became one of the most important literary, political and feminist icons of her generation. An intimate and nuanced investigation into the life of one of the most influential and provocative thinkers of the 20th century.

DIRECTOR Nancy Kates

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The Year We Thought About Love

2015: Santa Barbara International Film Festival (World Premiere)

The Year We Thought About Love

One of the oldest queer youth theaters in America, made up of inner city Boston youth ages 14-22, perform plays about their lives to packed high school auditoriums. Camera crew slip into classrooms, kitchens, subways, and rehearsal rooms with this fearless and endearing troupe during the first year the troupe dares to talk about love.

DIRECTOR Ellen Brodsky

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Song From the Forest

2013: IDFA (World Premiere); 2014: SXSW, Thessaloniki

Song From the Forest

Louis Sarno left America 25 years ago after hearing a song on the radio. It led him to the Central Africa Jungle to live with the Bayaka pygmies. Now he's headed back to New York with his 13-year-old Bayakan son to an entirely different kind of jungle—this one made of concrete.

DIRECTOR Michael Obert

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Appropriate Behavior

2013: Sundance, Frameline

Appropriate Behavior

A hilarious and poignant comedy about one woman's struggle to reconcile her Persian heritage, bisexuality, becoming an adult and living the hipster Brooklyn life.

DIRECTOR Desiree Akhavan

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Five Star

2014: Tribeca (World Premiere)

Five Star

Set during those New York summer weeks where the stifling heat seems to encase everything, FIVE STAR, the second narrative feature film by director Keith Miller (Welcome to Pine Hill), plunges into NYC gang culture with searing intensity.

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Seed Money
The Chuck Holmes Story

2015: Boston LGBT (World Premiere)

Seed Money
The Chuck Holmes Story

Videographer Chuck Holmes almost singlehandedly took gay porn from the back alleys to the mainstream with his legendary Falcon Studios, building a worldwide porn empire of flesh and fantasy. But when he attempted to use his fortune to fund the growing gay rights movement, he was dealt a much harsher reality.

DIRECTOR Michael Stabile

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Born to Fly
Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

2014: SXSW (World Premiere)

Born to Fly
Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

A cinematic look at choreographer Elizabeth Streb and her groundbreaking extreme action dance company, the STREB Extreme Action Company. Propelled by Streb’s edict that “anything too safe is not action,” these daredevils challenge the assumptions of art, aging, injury, gender, and human possibility.

DIRECTOR Catherine Gund

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The Dog

2013: Toronto, NYFF; 2014: Berlin

The Dog

DIRECTOR Allison Berg, Frank Keraudren

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To Be Takei

2014: Sundance

To Be Takei

Forced into Japanese-American internment camps as a child, actor-turned-activist George Takei and his husband Brad have become the poster couple for marriage equality. Takei also targets homophobia through television interviews and hilarious skits, many of which have gone viral and garnered widespread attention.

DIRECTOR Jennifer M. Kroot
CO-DIRECTOR Bill Weber

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Kidnapped For Christ

2014: Slamdance Film Festival (Audience Award, Best Documentary)

Kidnapped For Christ

“Troubled” teenagers are unwillingly carted off to Escuela Caribe, an American-run Christian behavior modification program in the Dominican Republic. When a young evangelical filmmaker is granted unprecedented access to film behind the gates of this controversial school, she discovers shocking secrets and young students that change her life.

DIRECTOR Kate S. Logan

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The Immortalists

2014: SXSW (World Premiere)

The Immortalists

Bill Andrews is a lab biologist and famed long-distance runner racing against the ultimate clock. Aubrey de Grey is a genius theoretical biologist who conducts his research with a beer in hand. They differ in style and substance but are united in their common crusade: cure aging or die trying.

DIRECTORS David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg

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Boy Meets Girl

2014: Boston LGBT Film Festival

Boy Meets Girl

DIRECTOR Eric Schaeffer

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Interior. Leather Bar.

2013: Sundance, Berlinale

Interior. Leather Bar.

Controversy plagued the 1980 film Cruising, in which Al Pacino plays an undercover cop investigating a murder in the NYC gay leather bar scene), and its director was forced by the MPAA to cut 40 minutes of sexually explicit material, which has never been screened publicly. Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews reimagine what might have transpired in those lost scenes in this intriguing film about the making of a film.

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I Am Divine

2013: SXSW (World Premiere)

I Am Divine

The definitive documentary about the one, the only, DIVINE!…

DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz

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G.B.F.

2013: Tribeca (World Premiere)

G.B.F.

A Gay Best Friend is the hottest new trend and when Tanner is accidentally outed this shy comic geek becomes the object of affection for all 3 prom queen front runners.…

DIRECTOR Darren Stein

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A River Changes Course

2013: Sundance (World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary)

A River Changes Course

Working in an intimate, verité style, filmmaker Kalyanee Mam (Director of Photography for the Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job), spent two years in her native homeland of Cambodia, following three young subjects as they struggled to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt.

DIRECTOR Kalyanee Mam

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Gore Vidal
The United States of Amnesia

2013: Tribeca

Gore Vidal
The United States of Amnesia

DIRECTOR Nicholas Wrathall

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Aluna

2013: Raindance Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest

Aluna

A 1990 BBC1 documentary brought global attention to a remote Colombian people, the Kogi, who cautioned us about environmental damage to the earth. Now, the next generation of Kogi, convinced that their message has gone unheeded, are once more reaching out with a much more specific warning about the future of the planet.

DIRECTOR Alan Ereira

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Pit Stop

2013: Sundance, SXSW

Pit Stop

This lyrical narrativelook at the struggles of people both gay and straight to find love while living in rural America.…

DIRECTOR Yen Tan

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Elemental

2012: Mill Valley (World Premiere), Austin

Elemental

A rogue Indian government official, an indigenous Canadian activist, and a visionary Australian inventor try to overcome monumental ecological challenges.

DIRECTORS Gayatri Roshan, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee

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Kink

2013: Sundance

Kink

DIRECTOR Christina Voros

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The Happy Sad

2013: Frameline (World Premiere)

The Happy Sad

DIRECTOR Rodney Evans

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Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf

2013: Frameline

Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf

DIRECTOR Anna Margarita Albelo

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Mosquita y Mari

2012: Sundance, San Francisco International, Outfest (Jury Prize, Best First Feature; Jury Prize, Best Actress: Fenessa Pineda)

Mosquita y Mari

From writer/director Aurora Guerrero comes the story of two 15-year-old Chicanas growing up in Huntington Park. Focused on college, sheltered Yolanda is an only child to older, immigrant parents. Street-wise Mari hustles to help her undocumented family stay above water. Desipte Yolanda and Mari’ contrasting approach to survival, their forged friendship proves more complex and sensual than anticipated.

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Red Hook Summer
A Spike Lee Film

2012: Sundance (World Premiere)

Red Hook Summer
A Spike Lee Film

The latest in Spike Lee’s Chronicles of Brooklyn series, a sullen young boy from middle-class Atlanta comes to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather in the housing projects of Red Hook. His summer appears to be a total disaster—until he meets a pretty girl his age who shows him the brighter side of Brooklyn.

DIRECTOR Spike Lee

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Gayby

2012: SXSW (World Premiere), Los Angeles International, Seattle International, Frameline

Gayby

Jenn and Matt, best friends since college, decide to have a child together, by trying to have sex—even though Matt is gay and Jenn is straight.

DIRECTOR Jonathan Lisecki

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Valley of Saints

2012: Sundance (World Cinema Audience Award, Alfred P. Sloan Prize)

Valley of Saints

In the valley of Kashmir, a lakeside city convulses with riots and curfews. A young man tries to escape when he meets a beautiful environmentalist in an abandoned houseboat. Trapped together in his floating village, their blossoming romance threatens to threatens to derail his dreams.

DIRECTOR Musa Syeed

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Joshua Tree, 1951
A Portrait of James Dean: Joshua Tree, 1951

2012: Seattle International (World Premiere), Frameline, Outfest

Joshua Tree, 1951
A Portrait of James Dean: Joshua Tree, 1951

An intimate portrait of James Dean on the cusp of becoming both a great actor and an outsider icon. Set in the early 1950s and focusing on Dean’s experiences as a rising star in Los Angeles, the film’s surreal and dreamlike vignettes blend biographical and fictionalized elements to present pivotal moments in his short yet remarkable life.

DIRECTOR Matthew Mishory

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Keep the Lights On

2012: Sundance, Berlinale, Tribeca, Seattle International, Frameline, Outfest (Jury Prize, Best Feature; Jury Prize, Best Screenwriting)

Keep the Lights On

Director Ira Sachs’ fearlessly personal screenplay is anchored by Danish actor Thure Lindhardt’s riviting performance. A documentary filmmaker Erik and his closeted lawyer boyfriend—both compulsive risk takers who are fueled by drugs and sex. Their decade-long relationship defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, as Erik struggles to negotiate boundaries and the dignity to be true to himself.

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Facing Mirrors

2011: Montreal World Film Festival (Jury Award for Best Film), Frameline (Jury Award, Best Feature), Philadelphia QFest (Jury Award, First Time Director)

Facing Mirrors

From director Negar Azarbayjani comes the first narrative film from Iran to feature a transgender main character. Rana, a traditional wife and mother, must drive a cab to pay off the debt that keeps her husband in prison. She picks up the wealthy and rebellious Edi, who is desperately awaiting a passport to leave the country, and attempts to help. But upon discovereing Edi is transgender, a dangerous series of conflicts arise.

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A Fierce Green Fire

2012: Sundance, Sheffield Doc/Fest

A Fierce Green Fire

Featuring narration by Robert Redford, Meryl Steep, Ashley Judd, Van Jones, and Isabel Allende, the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement—grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change.

DIRECTOR Mark Kitchell

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Trans

2012: Thessaloniki (World Premiere), Torino GLBT (Best Documentary), Philadelphia QFest (Audience Award, Best Documentary)

Trans

Inspired by the incredible story of Dr. Christine McGinn and her work as a transgender surgeon, TRANS provides an up-close and very personal vision into the lives, loves, and challenges of a remarkable cast of characters of all ages and from all walks of life.

DIRECTOR Chris Arnold

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Jobriath A.D.

2012: London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (World Premiere), Florida Film Festival (U.S. Premiere), Frameline

Jobriath A.D.

Feature documentary about '70s glam rock musician Jobriath, the first openly gay rock star.

DIRECTOR Kieran Turner

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Revenge of the Electric Car

2011: Tribeca

Revenge of the Electric Car

In 2006, as many as 5,000 modern electric cars were destroyed by the major car companies that built them. But by 2011, the electric car was back…with a vengeance. Director Chris Paine goes behind the closed doors of Nissan, General Motors, then-start-up Tesla Motors, to find the story of the global resurgence of electric cars and as their makers fight to be the first, the best, and to win over the public.

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I Want Your Love

2012: Frameline (World Premiere), Outfest

I Want Your Love

Jesse struggles to take responsibility for himself after a decade of treading water in freewheeling San Francisco. On his final night in the City, friends and ex-lovers gather for a going away party that promises to heighten Jesse’s already bittersweet feelings about leaving.

DIRECTOR Travis Mathews

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Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same

2011: Sundance, Seattle International

Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same

In this original mash-up of a lo-fi New York City romantic comedy and a sci-fi B-movie spoof, three aliens from the planet Zots are sent down to Earth on a mission to rid themselves of romantic emotions, which are considered toxic to their planet’s atmosphere, by getting hearts broken on Earth, something that they have been told is a given on this planet.

DIRECTOR Madeleine Olnek

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Some Guy Who Kills People

2011: Imagine: Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival

Some Guy Who Kills People

Ken Boyd, lonely and fresh out of the loony bin, returns to his small hometown, where he works at the ice cream parlor and lives with his overbearing mother (Karen Black), who is sleeping with the Town Sheriff (Barry Bostwick). When not scooping ice cream, Ken spends his time either drawing, or trying to kill each of the guys he deems responsible for his miserable life.

DIRECTOR Jack Perez

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August

2011: Seattle International

August

After spending several years in Spain, Troy returns to Los Angeles and decides to reconnect with his former lover Jonathan. A seemingly innocent rendezvous turns into an attempt to revive past passions. Only this time, it’s not so simple: Jonathan has a new beau, Raul, and is trying to make the right decision a second time around.

DIRECTOR Eldar Rapaport

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Hit So Hard

2011: SXSW, New Directors/New Films, Seattle International

Hit So Hard

Patty Schemel, the hard-hitting drummer of “Hole,” Courtney Love’s seminal rock band, always knew she was “different” from the other kids in her farm town home outside of Seattle. But she never dreamed she would one day have her picture on the cover of Rolling Stone. And she never fathomed that she could lose it all…

DIRECTOR P. David Ebersole

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Leave It on the Floor

2012: Berlinale Panorama

Leave It on the Floor

Sheldon Larry’s audacious, raunchy, and big-hearted musical—with songs by Beyoncé’s music director Kim Burse, and choregraphy by Beyoncé’s dance master Frank Gatson Jr —takes us into the fabulously funky world of voguing (remember the documentary Paris is Burning?). Only here, the setting is contemporary downtown Los Angeles…

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Weekend

2011: SXSW (World Premiere, “Emerging Visions” Audience Award Winner), Outfest (Grand Jury Award for Outstanding International Dramatic Feature)

Weekend

On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a nightclub, alone and on the pull. Just before closing, he meets Glen. And so begins a weekend—in bars and bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories and having sex—that will resonate throughout their lives.

DIRECTOR Andrew Haigh

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We Were Here

2011: Sundance, Berlinale Panorama, Outfest (Outstanding Documentary Feature)

We Were Here

A deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco through interviews with some of the people that were there. The film speaks to an individual’s ability to rise to the occasion, and to the incredible power of a community coming together with love, compassion, and determination.

DIRECTOR David Weissman
CO-DIRECTOR Bill Weber

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The Wise Kids

2011: Outfest (Grand Jury Awards for both U.S. Dramatic Feature Film and Outstanding Screenwriting)

The Wise Kids

In a Baptist church community in Charleston, South Carolina, three teenage friends contemplate the next stage of life: Brea, the introspective pastor's daughter experiencing debilitating doubt; the hyperactive Laura, Brea's best friend and a devout believer; and Tim, the open-hearted son of a single father, confronting his homosexuality for the first time.

DIRECTOR Stephen Cone

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Taking a Chance on God

2011: Woodstock International (World Premiere); 2012: Frameline

Taking a Chance on God

A POW in Nazi Germany, Vietnam peace promoter, leading gay rights advocate, co-founder of the LGBT Catholic group Dignity NY, and loving partner of 46 years to Charles Chiarelli, Jesuit priest John McNeill refused to let his voice be silenced despite being expelled from the Jesuits after forty years of faithful service.

DIRECTOR Brendan Fay

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Undertow
(Contracorriente)

2010: Sundance (World Cinema Audience Award), Peru's Official 2010 Oscar® Selection

Undertow
(Contracorriente)

In this unique ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside, a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town’s rigid traditions.

DIRECTOR Javier Fuentes-Léon

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Eyes Wide Open

Cannes Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival; released theatrically in 2010; currently available on DVD and Netflix

Eyes Wide Open

DIRECTOR Haim Tabakman

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Maggots and Men

2010 Outfest

Maggots and Men

DIRECTOR Cary Cronenwett

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Florent
Queen of the Meat Market

2010: Outfest

Florent
Queen of the Meat Market

For 23 years, Florent, the legendary all-night eatery in the city’s Meat Packing District, was prime stomping ground for a surprising mix of A-list celebrities, tourists, families, and club kids, and it played an important role in LGBT activism and culture. This wildly entertaining documentary chronicles the history and final days of this outrageous icon!

DIRECTOR David Sigal

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A Small Act

2010: Sundance

A Small Act

When Holocaust survivor Hilde Back sponsored a young, rural Kenyan student, she certainly never expected to hear from him. Now a Harvard graduate and a Human Rights Lawyer for the United Nations, Chris Mburu, inspired by her generosity, starts a scholarship program of his own and names it for his former benefactor.

DIRECTOR Jennifer Arnold

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The Adults in the Room

2010: Ashland, Outfest

The Adults in the Room

In 1995, Andy Blubaugh—then a curious and lonely fifteen-year-old—began a sexual relationship with a successful, deeply closeted man nearly twice his age. In 2010, Andy now a filmmaker and teacher, revisited this complex relationship in a hybrid documentary film and how it informed his own sense of boundaries with his teenage students.

DIRECTOR Andy Blubaugh

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Shut Up Little Man!
An Audio Misadventure

2011: Sundance, New Directors New Films, True/False

Shut Up Little Man!
An Audio Misadventure

Two young punks in 1987 San Francisco tape-record the fights of their two violently noisy, alcoholic, middle-aged neighbors: one a raging homophobe, the other, a flamboyant gay man. The nightly fighting they were both treated to and terrorized by turned out to be an audio goldmine and one of the world’s first ‘viral’ pop-culture sensations.

DIRECTOR Matthew Bate

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Woman’s Picture

2011: Outfest

Woman’s Picture

An anthology film set in the present but inspired by classic women’s films of the thirties, forties, and fifties. The story is divided into three sections, each of which revolve around its own specific female character. The segments function as parallel dimensions, exploring the often tense relationships between mothers and daughters.

DIRECTOR Brian Pera

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A Perfect Ending

2012: Frameline (World Premiere), Outfest

A Perfect Ending

A repressed and uptight socialite—the ideal wife and mother—has a very unusual secret, one that not even her best friends know about. The last person on earth she expects to reveal it to is a high-priced escort, who helps her go from perfect control to unbridled passion and not only reclaim worthless years, but redeem and vindicate painful regrets.

DIRECTOR Nicole Conn

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While You Weren’t Looking

2015: Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

While You Weren’t Looking

The changing landscape of post-Apartheid South African politics and lifestyles is portrayed through two central relationships: a successful black real estate woman who is cheating on her white wife, and their bohemian daughter dating a gender non-confirming woman in the Khayalitsha township.

DIRECTOR Catherine Stewart

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Black Beauty

Black Beauty

Directed by and featuring activist Elle Moxley, BLACK BEAUTY is a visual diary that traces Elle’s story in her own words—as she reconnects with loved ones from the past, recalls her coming of age experience as a woman from the Midwest, and reflects on her journey as a movement leader and founding strategic partner of the global movement Black Lives Matter.

DIRECTOR Elle Moxley

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The Films of Cheryl Dunye

The Films of Cheryl Dunye

Known as the first out Black lesbian to ever direct a feature film with her 1996 film The Watermelon Woman, Cheryl Dunye’s career includes two additional features, including The Owls, and another short (Black is Blue), as well as directorial work in both film and television. Her work often concerns themes of race, sexuality, and gender, particularly issues relating to Black lesbians, and integrates documentary techniques into much of her narrative work. TFC is thrilled to be able to team up with her once again to showcase her important work.