“I love watching time unfold.” Amy muses as she watches a caterpillar form into its chrysalis. Always with a camera, Amy has been documenting time unfolding as her transgender child, Adam, grows up – even more so over the last eight years while the two have been filming this documentary together. This beautifully intimate film is the story of three characters: a trans kid, a mother, and the ever-present march forward of time.

A poetic supernatural horror film from Two-Spirit director Bretten Hannam filled with ominous dread and ambitious narrative time leaps, At the Place of Ghosts follows two estranged Mi’kmaq brothers who venture into the wilderness to exorcise a demon that is stalking them and to mend a division between the siblings from years ago.

Suddenly dumped by his boyfriend and totally broke, Nate crawls to the only people that will take him, his sweet, offbeat grandparents, played by Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham and Caroline Aaron who welcome him to their lovely Jewish old folk’s home. Fueled by amusing energy, colorful characters and unique setting, the film digs deeper with big questions about identity and belonging.

Inspired by the Emmy Award-winning short documentary of the same name, The Dads chronicles fathers of trans and nonbinary children as they are forced to choose between country and family when a new right-wing administration and conservative Supreme Court take hold in the United States.

Caught between a magical upbringing with his grandmother, Dilma, and an uncertain future, 11-year-old Gugu plays soccer fabulously — glitter and all. But when Dilma’s Alzheimer’s disease worsens, Gugu tries to hide signs of Dilma’s illness from the disapproving outside world in this award-winning feature from Brazil.

When Lilia returns to Tunisia following the sudden death of her uncle, the unanswered questions surrounding his passing — and the quiet truth of his hidden sexuality — begin to unravel the echoing silences holding her family together. As grief gives way to suspicion, Lilia is forced to confront her own fears about living openly. Hiam Abbass stars in Tunisian filmmaker Leyla Bouzid’s elegant meditation on family, secrecy, and queer identity.

A group of tangentially-connected gay teenagers in the remote coastal town of Geraldton encounter the thrills and devastations of first love and sexual discovery set against the backdrop of Australia voting to legalize same-sex marriage in 2017. Catch the first 5 episodes of your next gay TV obsession — a YA limited series chock-full of hot sex, high drama, and plenty of Aussie charm.

A group of tangentially-connected gay teenagers in the remote coastal town of Geraldton encounter the thrills and devastations of first love and sexual discovery set against the backdrop of Australia voting to legalize same-sex marriage in 2017. Catch episodes 6 through 10 of your next gay TV obsession — a YA limited series chock-full of hot sex, high drama, and plenty of Aussie charm.

When Angelica Ruffier returns to her childhood home after the death of her father, she rediscovers her teenage diaries and, in them, her secret, all-consuming infatuation with her history teacher, Mademoiselle B. Surrounded by her father’s belongings and her re-animated memory, Ruffier starts to long once more to find her. A sensuous and dreamy meditation on young love and fantasy, La belle année will leave you in tears.

In this incisive French romantic drama about a truly modern queer family, Céline sets out to collect a series of letters of support as the final administrative hurdle before she is allowed to adopt her soon-to-be-born child. As she navigates her relationship with her wife, the birthing parent, Céline confronts her own estranged mother and reevaluates her feelings about becoming a mom.

This shorts block centers on queer folks grappling with life-altering decisions, both big and small.

For ruggedly handsome Jack (Barry Ward), life as a married fisherman on the coast of Wales is as constant as the churning of the ocean. Enter Daniel (Lorne Macfayden), a seasonal worker with a don’t-fuck-with me attitude. Living a life as free as Jack’s is frozen, Daniel turns out to be the chance Jack can’t afford not to take. Fans of God’s Own Country will find much to love in this stormy, sexy, working-class romance.

“Space is big and freaky and full of dangerous shit.” Even with a dad who studies the stars for a living, Sheri has always been afraid of the cosmos — and meteors in particular. After she begins to have strange dreams that coincide with a meteor shower and a string of local disappearances, Sheri uncovers an otherworldly evil that dates all the way back to her father’s youth.

Before the reading challenge on Drag Race, before Madonna’s “Vogue,” there was ballroom. Paris Is Burning shines a light on the late 80s ballroom culture of New York City, emerging from Black, Latino, and Trans communities. Winner of the Audience Award at Frameline14 and still as vital, entertaining, and moving 35 years later, Jennie Livingston’s essential documentary is a profound record of the experiences, ambitions, and talent of an underrepresented culture.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Dustin Lance Black dives into the hidden queer history, influences, and subtext thrumming beneath the surface of the rock, heavy metal, and punk music genres. Alongside queer icons like Elton John, David Bowie, Little Richard, Rob Halford, and Freddie Mercury, backstage figures are brought out front-and-center — some for the very first time — to show that the entire history of rock ‘n’ roll is filled with unsung LGBTQ+ heroes.

Androgynous teen Malou lives in a small town and idolizes her older brother, Max — though things all start to change when she develops a crush on Nouria, Max’s girlfriend. Although initially invigorating, this secret relationship stirs up a complex swirl of emotions for both teens. While Nouria struggles with the weight of betraying Max, Malou navigates newly unearthed feelings of gender dysphoria in this striking, beautifully acted coming-of-age film.

Like an uncanny fairy tale — by turns thrilling, mysterious, and erotic — Strange River casts a marvelous spell as it unfolds a transformational week in the life of a 15-year-old boy on a family camping trip in Germany. Disturbed by strange dreams (or are they apparitions?) of a beautiful boy water nymph, the teen’s river journey promises both the wonder and fear of sexual awakening.

A neon-lit snapshot of queer life in contemporary Japan, Tiger centers on a 35-year-old erotic masseur named Taiga (the equally sensitive and sensual Takashi Kawaguchi). Taiga is attempting to parlay his skills into on-camera sex work while trying to revive his unsatisfying love life and navigate complicated family dynamics and inheritance disputes after his father falls ill. 

To the world, Roy Blakey is a pioneering gay photographer who amassed the world's largest collection of figure skating memorabilia. But to award-winning filmmaker Keri Pickett, he's beloved Uncle Roy. She reconstructs his extraordinary life through vivid archival footage and interviews, but as his memory begins to fade the film becomes a way of recounting his legacy back to him — and sharing it with us.

Long unavailable, this newly restored period drama by writer/director Srđan Karanović — made during the outbreak of the Yugoslavian civil war in June 1991 — depicts the travails of a girl raised as a boy in early 19th-century Serbia.