An exploration of Black gay male desires and dreams. Affirmations starts with an affectionate, humorous confessional and moves on to a wish for empowerment and incorporation.

Two incompatible Italian families—one sophisticated, bohemian, and neurotic; the other narrow-minded and loud—are both equally stunned when their middle-aged dads announce that they are getting married…to each other. Can the genuine love between silver fox Tony and sensitive bear Carlo survive the scheming of their children to derail the nuptials?

An old favorite has returned! This year’s offerings include a Teddy Award winner, a shapeshifter on a secret mission, phalluses in space from Sundance, a mother and child learning to communicate, a peek into the kinky world of BDSM, and a romantic comedy about love and lists in Sweden.

Marlon Riggs' experimental music video politicizes the homoeroticism of African-American men. With images—sensual, sexual, and defiant—and words intended to provoke, Anthem reasserts the self-evident right to life and liberty in an era of pervasive anti-gay, anti-Black backlash and hysterical cultural repression.

Sometime in the future in France (or perhaps in an alternate universe), a film wraps shooting, but the director Joy D’Amato (Elina Löwensohn) — who describes herself as the most hated filmmaker of her generation — isn’t ready to end the fiery affair with her leading lady Apocalypse (Pauline Jacquard), even if the feeling isn’t mutual...

Made in conjunction with OculusVR for Good, these three virtual reality episodes cover the spectrum of the transgender experience, highlighting portraits of a Two-Spirit artist and historian in Boise, a proud veteran fighting for equality in Washington D.C., and a down-to-earth mechanic in Missoula.

Set to a dreamy song and shot with fresh vérité vision, Baby follows a young man through the Bronx on a Saturday and quietly builds into a beautiful ode to first love.

A young woman apathetic to her current existence, is enticed by Bacchus into a colorful and mysterious world to explore her deepest desires.

Winner of Best Animated Short Film at this year’s Oscars, Pixar’s Bao revolves around a Chinese Canadian woman suffering from empty nest syndrome, who gets a second shot at motherhood when one of her handmade dumplings comes magically to life.

Narrated by Stéphane Rideau, a young man flees the city and ventures into nature after receiving a breakup letter from his boyfriend, finding a surreal, erotic paradise hidden in the woods.

During a sultry summer in Berlin, twentysomethings Maria and Niels explore the possibilities—and perplexities—of polyamory. Push and pull, back and forth, their trinity with gorgeous Brit Chloe comes together and apart, following the languorous rhythm of hot and drunken days without much more to do than plumb their desires. But can they sustain this small paradise?

Before You Know It welcomes us into the eccentric Gurner family home, perched atop their business: a community theater in downtown NYC. Type A lesbian Rachel’s responsibilities as the stage manager of both their performances and private lives have kept her from having her own life. But sudden tragedy and the discovery that their presumed-dead mother is a soap opera star throw Rachel and her flighty sister Jackie into more than their usual chaos.

In this uproarious comedy set in hipster London, an up-and-coming indie filmmaker feels the pressure to live up to his early-career promise as he scrambles to finish his (possibly very bad) second film—sending his self-confidence into a nosedive. But when awkward Benjamin (Colin Morgan) meets and falls for an enchanting French musician, he finds his insecurities may torpedo his one chance at happiness.

Swipe away the grayscale with this bi-rainbow of animated sexventures, unexpected romances, and crushes that range from hilarious to hallucinogenic to heartbreaking. Curated by Allegra and April Hirschman.

Based on the work of Indigenous musician-writer-poet Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, this beautiful stop motion animation which played at the Toronto International Film Festival follows a non-binary Indigenous youth and a ten-thousand-year-old shapeshifter as they set out to harvest sap from sugar maples in Ontario.

When baby butch Billie is outed and exiled to the countryside to live with her religious aunt, she tries to go unnoticed (despite combat boots) in her new school. But star student Emma is intrigued, and Billie’s initial distrust quickly develops into something more. Balancing classic teen romance with thoughtful reflections on love, choice, and women’s autonomy, writer-director Samantha Lee offers a tender queer film with a flavor all its own.

A summer vacation in LA quickly turns into a fight to survive for Laurel (Nicole Maines), a transgender teenage girl who falls in with a glamorous quartet of queer feminist vampires. Unsure if they want to kill her, eat her, or recruit her, Laurel skeptically tags along with the bloodsucking clique as they rid the streets of predatory men in this wickedly funny, gleefully gory, defiantly postmodern spin on a coming-of-age tale.

Radical feminism, international vegetarian cuisine, and the search for home in queer community converge at Bloodroot, the humble restaurant/lesbian bookstore visited by the likes of Mary Daly, Audre Lorde, and Andrea Dworkin. Whether elucidating on the beauty of a treasured knick-knack or pontificating on open relationships, abortion, and working at the Playboy Mansion, each woman shares not only her personal history, but that of a time and place in the feminist movement.

In this captivating documentary-fiction hybrid, transgender Death Cult leader Arely Vazquez attempts to fulfill a promise she made to her saint years after a life-threatening episode.

A man narrates the meticulous process he goes through in the service of self-pleasure.

In Buenos Aires, feisty trans performer Tania takes on a bizarre mission: to deliver her grandmother’s extra-terrestrial companion to its home. With her two childhood friends, Tania travels through rural Argentina on a journey where they will discover hidden strengths in themselves and one another. Winner of the Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, this poetic film fable explores the themes of selfhood, friendship, and the meaning of otherness.

While on the soccer field, two longtime buddies — Khalid (Poyan Karimi) and Nico (Philip Oros) — cagily broach the subject of taking their friendship to the next level.

Frameline is proud to present a 15th anniversary screening on 35mm of Rodney Evans' narrative feature debut, Brother to Brother. Stradling between the past and the present in Harlem, painter Perry Williams (Anthony Mackie) meets an elderly writer named Bruce (Roger Robinson), and their friendship opens up a window to the rich history of Black art, politics, and sexuality in the 20th century.

In this comedic coming-of-age story set during the 2008 financial crisis, a Filipina teenager struggles with her parents avoiding the reality of their home foreclosure and her growing realization that she’s in love with her female best friend.