This year's festival presents an eclectic selection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex films from around the world.

The festival runs from 23 to 31 May.

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Cactus Pears
Cactus Pears
Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.
Lakeview
Lakeview
Darcy, a bisexual woman, is divorcing her husband. Her close friends all arrive at her parents’ lakeside house, ready to see her through this major life development. However, everyone is distracted by their own dramas, relationships and personal milestones.
I'm Your Venus
I'm Your Venus
Documentary considering the unsolved murder of Paris Is Burning star Venus Xtravaganza.
Really Happy Someday
Really Happy Someday
Once a rising star of musical theatre, a young man has to find his voice, career and identity all over again after his transition.
Sandbag Dam
Sandbag Dam
In a village threatened by flooding a young man's life is turned upside down by the rekindling of a forbidden romance.
27
27
Alice lives at her parents' place at the age of 27 with no private life or a relationship. It takes a bicycle accident and a short coma to make her realize that it's time to move out.

Inside Out Features

Time goes slowly
Rohan Kanawade on telling a different kind of story in Cactus Pears
Finding his voice
J Stevens and Breton Lalama on singing, changing voices and Really Happy Someday
Bringing it all together
Tara Thorne on telling lesbian stories, ensemble filmmaking and Lakeview
A difficult age
Flóra Anna Buda on the challenges facing young adults, and making 27
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