Transported back in time through her Super-8 home movies, Bambi, now 86 and said to be one of the first transgender women in France, sits us down for a fascinating firsthand account of trans life in the 1950s-60s.

In this beguiling modern fable, a woman returns home to her family’s dairy farm with her two children as protests erupt around contamination of the local water supply and as strange events begin to occur.

By turns hilarious and poignant, El Houb – The Love takes us inside the stressed-out and put-upon mind of a successful Moroccan-Dutch businessman who is panicked about coming out to his traditional Muslim parents.

Powerful and heartfelt, this doc compassionately unpacks the cultural nuances of coming out in a South Asian household as it recounts three narratives told with confessional frankness and unwavering love.

Director Chase Joynt and a star-studded team of trans luminaries breathe new life into unearthed transcripts in this astute hybrid of fiction and nonfiction which took home a pair of awards at Sundance.

In this frightening and funny queer horror film, Will is adjusting to life following a traumatic family event. But when grip on reality begins to slip, he must confront his demons before they consume him forever.

A renowned author invites her pansexual nephew, a former model, to participate in a series of interviews for her next book. Over the course of a weekend, the two engage in a game of conversational cat and mouse.

In this gorgeously shot drama, a brooding young businessman returns to a windswept Irish village to get rid of an old family property where he is thrown into a fraught, hypnotic connection to a free-spirited local boy.

Jimmy in Saigon follows the director’s investigation into the mysterious death of his brother—a rebellious kid drafted into the Vietnam War, who stayed in Saigon after his tour of duty to enjoy “hedonistic pleasures.”

When director Robin Hunzinger’s grandmother died, she left behind a cache of letters from a woman named Marcelle. From these letters spins this tale of a passionate but thwarted relationship in 1920s France.

Director Elene Naveriani’s powerful, award-winning drama is a rich, contemplative exploration of prejudice and defiance, set in a small seaside village in the Republic of Georgia rocked by a death in the town.

Sometimes those closest to you are the last to understand you. In these diverse short dramas, family members take awkward, scary, sometimes funny steps to be fully seen by their loved ones.