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The Five Devils and Kokomo City
Le Beau Mec
(Country: France; Year: 1979; Director: Wallace Potts)
The story of an athlete, hustler, stripper, and it-boy.
Before I Change My Mind
(Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Trevor Anderson; Writer: Trevor Anderson, Fish Griwkowsky; Stars: Vaughan Murrae, Dominic Lippa, Lacey Oake, Matthew Rankin, Shannon Blanchet, Rohan Khare)
1987: While the other students wonder if new kid Robin is a boy or a girl, Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in.
Big Boys
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Corin Sherman; Writer: Corin Sherman; Stars: Isaac Krasner, David Johnson III, Emily Deschanel)
Jamie’s dream camping trip is ruined before it even begins when he finds out that his beloved cousin is bringing her new boyfriend. However, Jamie’s initial jealousy of the competent and confident Dan quickly turns into a friendship as they bond over cooking, games and both being ‘big boys’ - and Jamie gradually realises that he has other feelings for Dan too.
Bread And Salt (Chleb i sól)
(Country: Poland; Year: 2022; Director: Damian Kocur; Writer: Damian Kocur, Marta Konarzewska; Stars: Tymoteusz Bies, Jacek Bies, Nadim Suleiman, Nikola Raczko, Bartosz Olewinski, Dawid Piejko, Malgorzata Puzio, Wojciech Walkiewicz, Nadim Shalabi)
A pianist returns to his home town, where he finds a new kebab bar in town, which begins to generate friction between the employees and local youths.
Fierce: A Porn Revolution
(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2022; Director: Patrick Muroni; Writer: Emmanuelle Fournier-Lorentz)
A group of young women and non-binary people start a porn company with the intention of creating new images of themselves.
Wolf And Dog and Before I Change My Mind
The Five Devils
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Léa Mysius; Writer: Paul Guilhaume, Léa Mysius; Stars: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Daphne Patakia, Noée Abita, Patrick Bouchitey, Moustapha Mbengue, Sally Dramé, Swala Emati)
Eight-year-old Vicky possesses a special power: a hyperacute sense of smell. She spends her days exploring this gift, and lives happily with her mother Joanne, a swimming teacher whom she adores exclusively - to the despair of her firefighter father. When her mysterious aunt Julia suddenly reappears in their lives, secrets from their past resurface both violently and magically.
How To Tell A Secret
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2022; Director: Anna Rodgers, Shaun Dunne; Stars: Robbie Lawlor, Enda McGrattan, Michael Clancy)
Actors speak the words of people who can’t acknowledge their HIV status in public, contrasting with activists – young and old – determined to break down the need for the secrecy around HIV.
Kokomo City
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: D Smith)
Four Black transgender sex workers explore the dichotomy between the Black community and themselves, while confronting issues long avoided.
Mel
(Country: Armenia; Year: 2022; Director: Inna Sahakyan, Paul Cohen)
One of Armenia’s most decorated athletes is faced with leaving his country and career behind when his transition unexpectedly hits the headlines.
Monica
(Country: US, Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Andrea Pallaoro; Writer: Andrea Pallaoro, Orlando Tirado; Stars: Trace Lysette, Patricia Clarkson, Adriana Barraza, Emily Browning, Joshua Close)
An intimate portrait of a woman who returns home to care for her dying mother.
Winter Boy and Swallowed
Peafowl
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Byun Sung-bin; Stars: Hae-jun, Kim U-gyeom)
Steely Shin Myung is a fierce trans queen on the Seoul nightclub scene who reconnects with her Buddhist heritage after the death of her father.
Rule 34 (Regra 34)
(Country: Brazil, France; Year: 2022; Director: Júlia Murat; Writer: Gabriel Bortolini, Gabriela Capello, Rafael Lessa; Stars: Lucas Andrade, Julia Bernat, Lorena Comparato, Marcos Damigo)
A young woman studies criminal law and advocates for women's rights and at night she performs in front of a live sex cam. One night watching a film awakens her dark impulses for a more dangerous means of sexual gratification.
Something You Said Last Night
(Country: Canada, Switzerland; Year: 2022; Director: Luis De Filippis; Writer: Luis De Filippis; Stars: Carmen Madonia, Ramona Milano, Paige Evans, Joe Parro, Xxavier Woon-A-Tai, Augustus Oicle, Drew Catherine, Mark Winnick, Nate Colitto, Mark Soltermann, Anna Starnino, Lorcan DaSilva Déiseach, Jennifer Balen, Michelle Gidari, Carmelo Nelson)
After being fired from her job, Ren, an aspiring writer and mid-twenty-something, accompanies her Canadian-Italian family on vacation.
Swallowed
(Year: 2022; Director: Carter Smith; Stars: Jena Malone, Mark Patton)
A creepy-crawly-fable of survival and heartwarming friendship.
Winter Boy (La Lyceen)
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Christophe Honoré; Writer: Christophe Honoré; Stars: Paul Kircher, Vincent Lacoste, Juliette Binoche, Erwan Kepoa Falé, Christophe Honoré, Xavier Giannoli, Wilfried Capet, Jean-Philippe Salerio, Isabelle Thevenoux)
Set over the course of one winter, a 17-year-old high school student struggles with grief.
Peafowl and Monica
Wolf And Dog
(Country: Portugal; Year: 2022; Director: Cláudia Varejão; Writer: Leda Cartum, Cláudia Varejão; Stars: Ana Cabral, Ruben Pimenta, Cristiana Branquinho, Marlene Cordeiro, João Tavares, Nuno Ferreira, Mário Jorge Oliveira, Luísa Alves, Maria Furtado, Tomás Furtado de Melo, Emanuel Macedo)
A girl begins to question the world around her through her friendship with her gay best friend.
XX + XY
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Lee Soh-yoon; Writer: Hong Sung-Yeun; Stars: Hyun-Ho Ahn, Woo-Sung Choi, Ji-in Kim)
An intersex teen and their friends navigate the complex feelings and urges that come with adolescence.
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