The Watermelon Woman and Pink Narcissus
Impure Nuns
(Kegareta Nikutai Seijo)
(Country: Japan; Year: 1958; Director: Michiyoshi Doi; Writer: Akira Sugimoto; Stars: Miyuki Takakura, Mayumi Ôzora, Minoru Takada)
Three years after she was forcibly enrolled in a religious school, a young nun meets a newcomer with whom she falls head over heels in love, inspiring jealousy in others.
I Am My Own Woman
(Ich bin meine eigene Frau)
(Country: Germany; Year: 1992; Director: Rosa von Praunheim; Writer: Valentin Passoni; Stars: Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Jens Taschner, Ichgola Androgyn, Robert Dietl, Beate Jung, Sylvia Seelow, Evelyn Cron, Utz Krause, Rainer Luhn, Tima die Göttliche)
Portrait of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who lived for decades as a transsexual in Communist East Germany.
Mysterious Skin
(Country: USA, Netherlands; Year: 2004; Director: Gregg Araki; Writer: Scott Heim, Gregg Araki; Stars: Chase Ellison, George Webster, Rachael Nastassja Kraft, Lisa Long, Chris Mulkey, Elisabeth Shue, David Lee Smith, Bill Sage, Riley McGuire, Ryan Stenzel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
The wrenching childhood mystery of two indivisually despearte teens.
Parting Glances
(Country: US; Year: 1986; Director: Bill Sherwood; Writer: Bill Sherwood; Stars: Steve Buscemi, John Bolger, Richard Ganoung)
A man negotiates his relationship with his current boyfriend and his former lover, an HIV-positive musician.
Pink Narcissus
(Country: USA; Year: 1971; Director: James Bidgood (as Anonymous); Writer: James Bidgood (as Anonymous); Stars: Bobby Kendall, Charles Ludlam, Don Brooks)
A young hustler fantasises about a world of matadors, sultans, centurians and bad decor.
The Watermelon Woman
(Country: US; Year: 1996; Director: Cheryl Dunye; Writer: Cheryl Dunye; Stars: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Cheryl Clarke)
A young black lesbian in Philadelphia tries to track down a once legendary actress.
Westler
(Country: Germany; Year: 1985; Director: Wieland Speck; Writer: Wieland Speck, Egbert Hörmann; Stars: Rainer Strecker, Sigurd Rachman, Andy Lucas)
Although Thomas and Felix are in love, there’s a problem: they live on different sides of the Berlin Wall. While they try to see each other as much as they can, they are all too frequently thwarted by the East German authorities.
Woubi Chéri
(Country: Ivory Coast, France; Year: 1998; Director: Laurent Bocahut, Phillip Brooks)
A documentary looking at the lives of transgender Ivorians in Abidjan in the 1990s.
