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John Lithgow and Oscar winner Olivia Colman star in Sophie Hyde's funny and heartfelt tale of a queer family reunion, as three generations of an Australian family reconvene in Amsterdam. Lithgow plays the titular Jimpa, an HIV-positive academic at the end of his tenure in the Netherlands, whose filmmaker daughter (Colman) and non-binary grandchild (Aud Mason-Hyde) come to visit in this Sundance standout.
Featuring Dylan O’Brien in a career-best turn, Twinless finds a charming odd couple pairing between straight Roman and gay Dennis, who meet at a support group for people who have lost their twin. A double prize winner at Sundance, James Sweeney's sophomore feature achieves a high-wire balancing act of laugh-out-loud comedy and gut-punching sadness, with filmmaking and storytelling sophistication to boot.
A salient document of our current moment, Sam Feder’s film centers on ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, the first out trans person to argue before the Supreme Court. Fighting to overturn Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, Strangio and other leading activists — like Laverne Cox and Elliot Page — examine how media bias influences the public’s perception of trans rights.
Working with LGBTQ+ activists, poets, dancers, and rappers, Black visual artist Rashaad Newsome embarks on a new immersive project. Through personal stories and tributes, odes to ballroom culture, live music, and Afro-futurist AI, Newsome transforms an NYC armory into a performance, art, and resistance sanctuary for the queer community.
Croatia’s official submission to the Oscars is a stunning historical epic following four gay artist friends in Communist Yugoslavia. Lovro, Nenad, Stevan, and Ivan find themselves the target of the vengeful eyes of party loyalists and are forced to risk everything. The film serves as a haunting reminder of the danger of systems that demand unquestioning allegiance.
A casual one night stand between an aspiring young actor and a high profile political hopeful opens a Pandora's box of lusty power play, escalating dares, and public sex. For their scorching third feature, directing duo Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon boldly mix the themes of Fassbinder with the style of DePalma to resurrect the lost art of the erotic thriller for our contemporary queer era.
In this heartwarming tragi-comedy, a stoic plumber is forced to drive his estranged, gay brother home from jail in 1970s Canada. With Alan Cumming in a standout role, Drive Back Home is a funny, tender road movie about queer resilience, family baggage, and finding common ground across a snowy thousand-mile journey.
Drag Race star Peppermint takes center stage in this up close and personal documentary about her journey with fame, identity, and the art of drag. Sharing her story alongside a close network of trans individuals, one of the world’s favorite drag performers takes you inside her rise from humble beginnings to her current reign as outspoken trailblazer for the trans community.
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LGBTQ+ Film Festivals and Audiences just hit different! These films may have already begun their festival circuit runs but will be making their first stop at a queer film festival with us in June!
Three college friends embark on a cross-country road trip/rescue mission in search of missing fourth, confronting the choices that increase — or sacrifice — their joy along the way. Celebrating the complex interior lives and loves of Black queers across a spectrum, Dreams in Nightmares is expertly helmed by director Shatara Michelle Ford and a cast of majority queer and trans Black actors.
A trans sex worker considering motherhood, a cis man dangerously spiraling into inceldom, and all of their assorted friends, clients, DL partners, exes, and black market HRT dealers are just some of the characters you’ll meet in this first 4.5 hour installment of director/star Louise Weard’s fearlessly DIY epic film about trans life in our modern world.
Winner of the Festival Favorite Award at Sundance, Come See Me in the Good Light is a poignant and funny portrait of poet and activist Andrea Gibson following a terminal cancer diagnosis. Gibson and partner Megan Falley unearth a profound sense of resilience in small, everyday joys as they discover what it means to really live.
Amidst his vibrant Copenhagen gay nightlife, young bathhouse attendant Johan finds himself unexpectedly falling for William, a charming trans man. What starts as a torrid romance quickly becomes a turning point for Johan. This forces him to confront the pressure of social norms that still persists in the gay community today and just how much he has to learn about the complexities of queer relationships.
Twentysomething Anna finally leaves her small, transphobic hometown for good and quickly begins dating goth tattoo artist Gen after the two discover they share supernatural powers. But before Anna can call up the U-Haul, the sick neck tattoo Gen gives one of her clients inadvertently summons a demon that begins feeding off of their friends. Preceded by The Age of Flowering Plants.
Finding true love is hard but falling in love with these shorts is easy. This program brings the romance with stories of queer angels coaxing together the perfect match and awkward first dates that bloom into relationships.
A restful turned reckless retreat with a group of queer women reuniting for a weekend to celebrate a divorce, new loves, and old flings. With humor and grace, Lakeview navigates power dynamics in messy but loving relationships while questioning what happens when lessons learned don’t lead to patterns broken.
Known for being the first American woman to fly in space, astronaut and physicist Sally Ride kept her personal life private until her death — where it was revealed she had a long-term partnership with science writer and professor Tam O'Shaughnessy. This Sundance Award-winning documentary seamlessly blends archival footage and intimate interviews for a complete portrait of Earth’s first known lesbian space traveller.
When Isio, an undocumented Nigerian fleeing homophobia, meets Farah, her roommate at a UK detention center, she finds an unexpected chance at happiness by allowing herself the luxury of dreams. Writer/director Joy Gharorro-Akpojotor’s timely, tender look at the migrant experience gives voice to oft-unnamed asylum seekers navigating an unjust system.
Filmmaker Sasha Wortzel returns to Frameline with a glorious and impassioned tribute to the Florida Everglades. Drawing inspiration from the work of writer and activist Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the film beautifully summons regional history to serve as a call to action to preserve the local ecosystem and fight the systemic threats of the climate crisis.
In a San Francisco losing its soul to rapid gentrification, nonbinary newbie Cass barely scrapes by nannying for wealthy kids, waiting tables, and dealing just enough party drugs to cover rent on a small apartment. A one-night stand with co-worker Kalli sparks something real, but when Kalli disappears — leaving her 11-year-old daughter, Ari, in Cass’ hands — the seams start to come undone.
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