Gay chaos ensues when groom-to-be John Michael (Cole Doman) reunites with his best man and old flame Alex (Michael Hsu Rosen) at a lakeside bachelor party weekend that draws the whole wedding party into the drama. Joined by mischievous duo, Luís and Simon, and hunky, bisexual Kit, this quartet of college pals have a time, stir up some mayhem, and find true love in this cheeky rom-com.

Star student Luthando’s world is turned upside down when the charismatic Aydana arrives at her elite all-girls boarding school in this delightfully inventive coming-of-age debut feature from director Sandulela Asanda. Able to bring its protagonist’s comic book-loving inner world to life, this comedy portrays girlhood and first love in all their awkward sweetness.

If you’ve ever pined over a what-could-have-been relationship, this sapphic charmer is a must-watch masterclass in yearning. On one of her last nights in Shanghai, twentysomething Asher asks Tori to meet up for one last meandering adventure through the city. Measured, tender, and unafraid to sit with its characters, writer/director Shan Jiang’s queer romance echoes the most achingly satisfying elements of Richard Linklater’s beloved Before trilogy. 

Writer-director Hayley Kiyoko adapts both her hit single and best-selling young adult novel of the same name in this charming directorial debut about Coley (Maya da Costa), the new-to-town girl who falls in love with the ever-magnetic Sonya (Myra Molloy). Sun-drenched, heartfelt, and bolstered by new music from Kiyoko, this coming-of-age story aptly captures the complicated swirl of highs and lows that come with loving someone who might not be ready to love you back.

In a Spanish greenhouse, Hadoum, a cis woman, and Iván, a trans man, fall for each other amid grueling work and rising tension. But as a labor movement grows, personal loyalties and expectations start to test their budding romance. Winner of the Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, Iván & Hadoum is a moving love story shaped by class and identity.

Fleur arrives late for the recital, brushing past Julian, fleeting contact that inflames passions between the women in this moving, true-life drama of queer activism and everlasting devotion. Their white-hot affair inevitably leads to an engagement, and inspires a plan to tie the knot 22 times in each of the countries where same-sex marriage is legal as a way to draw attention to limited LGBTQ+ marriage rights.

This queer coming-of-age horror film is what happens when the star-crossed passion of Heated Rivalry and the unsettling atmosphere of It Follows collide. In Adrian Chiarella’s haunting-yet-sensual debut feature, teenagers Naim and Ryan live in an isolated and conservative small town that tries to “cure” them of their queerness. Forced to go on the run, the boys are stalked by a violent entity that takes the form of the person its victims desire most.

Lining up a perfectly paired funny/sad comedy duo in Rachel Dratch and Jack Plotnick, writer/director Jason Laurits re-imagines Stephen King's Misery as a much gayer and much funnier tale of deranged fandom. When a washed-up TV personality is rescued from a car crash by his biggest (and only) fan, he thinks he’s been kidnapped, but maybe a kidnapping scandal is just the publicity he needs to get back on the map.

Seamlessly blending comedy and melodrama, writer/director John Early stars as Maddie Ralph, a dishwasher at an L.A. food content studio with dreams of being a chef and recipe creator despite her secret struggle with an eating disorder. Backed by alt-comedy mainstays Vanessa Bayer, Conner O’Malley, Kate Berlant, and more, Early’s portrayal of Maddie is as full of love as it is moving.

Abandoned in the woods after rejecting her boyfriend’s proposal, Alex finds refuge with an alluring off-grid couple. Drawn to Kianna, she’s seduced by their freedom — until buried secrets emerge. A Safe Distance is a sapphic psychological thriller about desire, control, and the dangerous allure of starting over.

It’s a dingy bar bathroom and a cis guy with huge muscles is fucking you doggy style against the sink… Or maybe not… In Al’s cartoons, anything is possible, even if it's the furthest thing from reality. In truth, he’s an awkward trans guy who is completely in love with his oblivious best friend, Jesse, who happens to be his roommate at queer cartoonist camp.

Guided by Godard, styled like Araki, yet uniquely its own, Fergus Campbell’s debut feature is a charming exploration of youth told through the eyes of a bohemian group of misfits. Looking to escape the teenage wasteland known as Sparks, Nevada, they plan to go back in time through a mystical reservoir. At times melancholic, while other times hilariously bizarre, Sparks offers a visually striking and surreal journey worth hitching onto.

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.

Small-town dreamer Eddie (Brock Yurich) pursues his ambition of physical perfection and a career in bodybuilding, channeling his emotional burdens into devotion to his body. But his focus is broken in a moment of unexpected queer awakening in this sexy and visceral character study of body and spirit.

When Hein returns after 14 years to his tiny village on a remote North Sea island, he is met with suspicion and outright hostility, even by his own family, prompting a community trial to determine if he is an impostor. Told with the power and simplicity of a timeless parable, Trial of Hein is suffused with the longing to belong and the pain of ostracism, a worthy winner of Frameline’s Out in the Silence Award.