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The Serpent's Skin and Jaripeo
10s Across The Borders
(Country: Philippines, Singapore, Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Chan Sze-wei; Writer: Aurora Sun Labeija, Chan Sze-wei; Stars: Teddy Oricci, XYZA Pinklady Mizrahi, Aurora Sun Labeija)
A deep dive into Southeast Asian ballroom culture.
Bearcave
(Country: Greece; Year: 2025; Director: Krysianna B Papadakis, Stergios Dinopoulos; Writer: Krysianna B Papadakis, Stergios Dinopoulos; Stars: Xara Kyriazi, Pamela Oikonomaki)
Argyro and Anneta are two best friends living in the Greek mountain village of Tirna. Once Anneta reveals that she’s pregnant and planning to skip town with her cop boyfriend, Argyro, devastated, dares her to embark on a hike into the legendary Bearcave.
The Broken R
(Rotacismo)
(Country: Ecuador, Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Ricardo Ruales Eguiguren)
Documentary follows Ricardo, a 24-year-old man born with Treacher Collins Syndrome, who has struggled to pronounce the letter R since birth.
Cherri
(Country: Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico; Year: 2025; Director: Fabian Suarez; Writer: Fabian Suarez; Stars: Juan Miguel Más, Noslen Sánchez, Roberto Díaz Gomar)
Cherri, an obese ballet choreographer, leads a troupe at a Havana weight-loss clinic while caring for his disabled husband and grappling with an obsessive crush on Tim, a manipulative young security guard.
Don't Come Out
(No Salgas)
(Country: Dominican Republic; Year: 2026; Director: Victoria Linares Villegas; Writer: Victoria Linares Villegas, Carlos Marranzini; Stars: Cecile van Welie, Gabriela Cortés, Camila Issa)
A queer medical student grapples with her sexuality as deadly forces pursue her.
Jaripeo
(Country: Mexico, US, France; Year: 2026; Director: Rebecca Zweig, Efraín Mojica)
A journey to Michoacán’s hypermasculine rodeos descends into the subconscious of memory, queer desire, and longing, leading to a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind.
Keep Coming Back
(Siempre Vuelven)
(Country: Uruguay, Argentina; Year: 2025; Director: Sergio De León; Stars: Bruce Pintos, Juan Wauters, Anabella Bacigalupo)
An 18-year-old Uruguayan navigates grief, financial struggles and uncontrollable hormones.
Low Rider
(Country: UK, South Afrida; Year: 2025; Director: Campbell X; Stars: Emma McDonald, Thishiwe Ziqubu, Martin Kluge)
A young woman embarks on a road trip to find her estranged dad, aidd by a charismatic stranger.
Maspalomas
(Country: Spain; Year: 2025; Director: Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi; Writer: Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi; Stars: Jose Ramon Soroiz, Nagore Aranburu, Kandido Uranga)
An accident forces a septugenarian to return to his home town and the daughter he abandoned years before.
Mickey & Richard
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Ryan A White, AP Pickle; Stars: Richard Bernstein)
A frank portrait of Richard Bernstein, aka 1980s porn star Mickey Squires.
Perro Perro
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2025; Director: Marco Berger; Stars: Juan Ramos, Germán Flood)
While on vacation, Juan discovers a naked man who behaves like a stray dog. Fascinated, he brings him home, caring for him with food, baths and affection.
Queen Of Coal
(Country: Argentina, Spain; Year: 2025; Director: Agustina Macri; Writer: Erika Halvorsen, Mara Pescio; Stars: Lux Pascal, Laura Grandinetti, Romina Escobar)
A woman takes up a role long reserved for men in the superstitious environment of Patagonia.
The Serpent's Skin
(Country: Australia; Year: 2025; Director: Alice Maio Mackay; Writer: Alice Maio Mackay, Benjamin Pahl Robinson; Stars: Alexandra McVicker, Avalon Fast, Jordan Dulieu, Charlotte Grimes)
A young woman leaves her transphobic small-town, and develops a romance with tattoo artist Gen with whom she shares a paranormal connection. But their deep-rooted insecurities unknowingly release a demon, which possesses one of their ex-lovers and begins feeding on their friends by sucking out their lifeforce.
A Sweetness From Nowhere
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2026; Director: Ester Bergsmark; Writer: Ester Bergsmark)
The director interrogates her response to a transphobic slur hurled at her following her move to Berlin.
Treat Me Like Your Mother
(Country: Lebanon; Year: 2025; Director: Mohamad Abdouni; Writer: Mohamad Abdouni)
A contemplative journey through the lives of five Lebanese women.
Warla
(Country: Philippines; Year: 2025; Director: Kevin Alambra; Writer: Arah Jell Badayos; Stars: Jervi Wrightson, Lance Reblando, Serena Magiliw)
A group of vigilante Filipino trans women kidnap foreign businessmen to fund gender-affirming surgeries.
We Are Pat
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Ro Haber; Writer: Hannah Buck, Ro Haber; Stars: Murray Hill, Kevin Nealon, Julia Sweeney, Sabrina Wu, River Gallo, Joey Soloway, Molly Kearney, River Butcher, Roz Hernandez, Ever Mainard, Grace Freud, Nico Carney, Esther Fallick, James Tom, Hayden Johnson)
A documentary examining It’s Pat through the lens of 2025, trans visibility and their own conflicted
recollection of the controversial SNL character played by Julia Sweeney.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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