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Almamula Almamula
Almamula and The School Of Rock
All the Colours Of The World Are Between Black And White (Country: Nigeria; Year: 2023; Director: Babatunde Apalowo; Stars: Tope Tedela, Riyo David, Martha Ehinome Orhiere, Uchechika Elumelu, Floyd Anekwe)
Bambino and Bawa meet in Lagos and hit it off immediately. During their long trips around the city, they develop a deep affection for each other. But in a society which considers homosexuality taboo, they feel the pressure of social norms.
Almamula (Country: France, Argentina, Italy; Year: 2023; Director: Juan Sebastián Torales; Writer: Juan Sebastián Torales; Stars: Nicolás Díaz, Martina Grimaldi, María Soldi, Cali Coronel)
12-year-old Nino is assaulted for being homosexual. In an effort to protect the boy, his parents move the family to a small rural village.
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.
Mutt (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Vuk Lungulov-Klotz; Writer: Vuk Lungulov-Klotz; Stars: Lío Mehiel, Cole Doman, MiMi Ryder, Alejandro Goic)
Over the course of a single hectic day in New York City, three people from Feña's past are thrust back into his life. Having lost touch since transitioning from female to male, he navigates the new dynamics of old relationships while tackling the day-to-day challenges of living life in between.
Narrow Path To Happiness (Country: Hungary, US; Year: 2023; Director: Kata Oláh; Writer: Borbála Csukás, Sándor Csukás, Kata Oláh; Stars: Gergo Gagyi, Zsófia Kemény, Lénárd Váradi)
A young gay Romani couple from a remote village in Hungary has a dream so absurd that it seems impossible: making a musical film based on their lives.
Mutt Mutt
Mutt and Wolf And Dog
Norwegian Dream (Country: Norway, Poland, Germany; Year: 2023; Director: Leiv Igor Devold; Writer: Justyna Bilik, Gjermund Gisvold, Radoslaw Paczocha; Stars: Øyvind Brandtzæg, Izabella Dudziak, Runar Koteng Frønes, Jakub Sierenberg, Hubert Milkowski)
A 19-year-old Polish immigrant working at a fish factory in Norway has feelings for his colleague. A strike begins among the Polish workers at the factory testing their relationship, and with their fellow workers.
A Place Of Our Own (Ek Jagah Apni) (Country: India; Year: 2022; Director: Ektara Collective; Writer: Rinchin, Maheen Mirza, Manisha Soni, Muskan)
Two trans women fight to find a place to live in Bhopal after the sudden eviction from their home by a prejudiced landlord.
Queendom (Country: France, US; Year: 2023; Director: Agniia Galdanova)
Gena, a queer artist from a small town in Russia, dresses in otherworldly costumes made from junk and tape, and protests the government on the streets of Moscow. Born and raised on the harsh streets of Magadan, a frigid outpost of the Soviet gulag, Gena is only 21. She stages radical performances in public that become a new form of art and activism.
The School Of Rock (Country: US; Year: 2003; Director: Richard Linklater; Writer: Mike White; Stars: Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack, Sarah Silverman, Miranda Cosgrove, Joey Gaydos Jnr, Kevin Alexander Clark, Robert Tsai, Maryam Hassan)
A drop-out muso poses as a schoolteacher and finds himself setting up a rock band with a group of schoolkids.
The Venus Effect (Venuseffekten) (Country: Denmark; Year: 2012; Director: Anna Emma Haudal; Writer: Anna Emma Haudal, Marie Limkilde; Stars: Johanne Milland, Josephine Park, Sofie Gråbøl, Lars Mikkelsen)
Responsible and level-headed Liv believes she has her whole life figured out. She works with her parents at their garden centre and goes home each night to her comfortable relationship with her loving boyfriend. Her stable and simple life, however, is much more fragile than she thought, and the cracks begin to show with the arrival of eccentric artist Andrea. As the two women grow closer Liv’s life is thrown off course and she must contend with a breakup, a divorce, and an identity crisis that jeopardises her shot at a happy life with the woman she loves.
Queendom Queendom
Queendom and The Venus Effect
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.
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