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Lakeview and Sandbag Dam
Baby
(Country: Brazil, France, Netherlands; Year: 2024; Director: Marcelo Caetano; Writer: Marcelo Caetano, Gabriel Domingues; Stars: João Pedro Mariano, Ricardo Teodoro, Ana Flavia Cavalcanti, Bruna Linzmeyer, Luiz Bertazzo)
After being released from a juvenile detention center, Wellington finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São Paulo, without any contact from his parents and lacking the resources to rebuild his life. During a visit to a porn theater, he encounters Ronaldo, a mature man, who teaches him new ways of surviving. Gradually, their relationship turns into a conflicting passion, oscillating between exploitation and protection, jealousy and complicity.
The Best Friend
(O Melhor Amigo)
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2024; Director: Allan Deberton; Writer: Raul Damasceno, Otavio Chamorro, Pedro Karam, Allan Deberton)
Spooked by his long-term boyfriend’s very public proposal, Lucas flees to the resort town of Canoa Quebrada. It’s here, walking the white sand beaches, that he’s reunited with his unrequited college crush, Felipe.
Cactus Pears
(Sabar Bonda)
(Country: India; Year: 2025; Director: Rohan Kanawade; Writer: Rohan Kanawade; Stars: Bhushaan Manoj, Suraaj Suman, Jayshri Jagtap)
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.
The Crowd
(Jama'at)
(Country: Iran; Year: 2025; Director: Sahand Kabiri; Writer: Sahand Kabiri; Stars: Shoja Giyahi, Razie Mansori, Keyvan Mohammadi, Rambod Motalebi, Baset Rezaei)
Friends risk their freedom to throw good friend Raman a going away party - especially when his deeply religious brother turns up.
Dreams In Nightmares
(Country: US, Taiwan, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Shatara Michelle Ford; Writer: Shatara Michelle Ford; Stars: Denée Benton, Mars Rucker, Dezi Bing, Sasha Compère, Charlie Barnett, Molly Bernard, Alfie Fuller, Malek Mouzon, Joss Barton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Regina Taylor, Robert Wisdom, Zoe Himmel, Lindsey Hailes, Zahalea Anderson)
Three friends go on a road trip looking for a fourth who has disappeared off the grid.
I'm Your Venus and Really Happy Someday
Enigma
(Country: US, France, Spain, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Zackary Drucker; Stars: Amanda Lear, April Ashley)
April and Amanda allegedly transitioned in the same era – the 1950s - but Amanda found disco lights while April faced the flashing lights of a transphobic press.
Flamingo Camp
(Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2025; Director: Chris Coats)
In the near-lawless squatter town of Slab City, a group of young queer and trans anarchists create a thriving safe space for themselves known as Flamingo Camp - until a shocking incident turns everything upside down.
I'm Your Venus
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Kimberly Reed; Stars: Gisele Alicea, Daniella Carter, Gia Marie Love, John Pellagatti Jr., Joseph Pellagatti, Louie Pellagatti, Michael Roberson, Maximo Xtravaganza, Venus Xtravaganza)
Documentary considering the unsolved murder of Paris Is Burning star Venus Xtravaganza.
In Ashes
(Si Gennem Aske)
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2025; Director: Ludvig Christian Næsted Poulsen; Writer: Ludvig Christian Næsted Poulsen; Stars: Rex Leonard, Marie Askehave, Laura Bach, Jakon korsholm Borun)
After getting dumped by his first love, Christian is spiralling. The breakup was brutal, one-sided, and he’s still stuck—mentally replaying every moment of their romance. Desperate for connection, he dives headfirst into hookup apps.
Lakeview
(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Tara Thorne; Writer: Tara Thorne; Stars: Lesley Smith, Hilary Adams, Nicole Steeves)
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.
Cactus Pears and Move Ya Body: The Birth Of House
Lucky, Apartment
(Reokki, Apateu)
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2024; Director: Kangyu Garam; Writer: Kangyu Garam; Stars: Sohn Suhyun, Park Gayoung)
Seonwoo and Heeseo have put everything into their small flat and life together. After losing her job, Seonwoo finds herself at home every day, obsessing over a foul odour she cannot get rid of.
Move Ya Body: The Birth Of House
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Elegance Bratton; Writer: Elegance Bratton)
Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.
The Nature Of Invisible Things
(A natureza das coisas invisíveis)
(Country: Brazil, Chile; Year: 2025; Director: Rafaela Camelo; Stars: Camila Márdila, Larissa Mauro, Aline Marta Maia, Serena, Laura Brandão)
Two ten-year-olds meet in hospital and form a bond.
Outerlands
(Year: 2025; Director: Elena Oxman; Writer: Elena Oxman; Stars: Asia Kate Dillon, Louisa Krause, Ridley Asha Bateman, Lea DeLaria, Daniel K. Isaac, Melinda Meeng, Allie Heng, Winter Dewitt, Safia Fredericks, Sedrick Cabrera)
When Cass is asked by an alluring woman to watch her 11-year-old daughter while she goes out of town, Cass is forced to confront the truth of their own tumultuous childhood.
Parade: Queer Acts Of Love & Resistance
(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Noam Gonick)
A documentary about the history of Canadian 2SLGBTQI+ activism.
Ponyboi and Two Women
Ponyboi
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Esteban Arango; Writer: River Gallo; Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Victoria Pedretti, Indya Moore, Murray Bartlett, River Gallo, Keith William Richards, Bryant Carroll, Juan Carlos Hernández, Jari Jones, Moisés Acevedo, NaTonia Monét, Annie Henk, Stephen Moscatello, Miles Coreas, Kevin Matthew Mcdonald)
Unfolding over the course of Valentine’s Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker must run from the mob after a drug deal goes sideways, forcing him to confront his past.
Rains Over Babel
(Llueve sobre Babel)
(Country: Colombia, Spain, US; Year: 2025; Director: Gala del Sol; Writer: Gala del Sol; Stars: Jhon Narváez, Sofia Buenaventura, John Alex Castillo, Saray Rebolledo, Felipe Aguilar Rodríguez, Celina Biurrun, Jose Mojica, Jhon Bayron Quintero Valencia, Mairen Valoyes, William Hurtado, Jacobo Velez, Johan Zapata, Román Escobar, Santiago Ortiz, Christian Calles)
A group of misfits converges at Babel, a legendary dive bar that doubles as purgatory, where La Flaca - the city’s Grim Reaper - presides. Here, souls gamble years of their lives with her, daring to outwit Death herself.
Really Happy Someday
(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: J Stevens; Writer: J Stevens, Breton Lalama; Stars: Breton Lalama, Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Xavier Lopez, Ali Garrison, Katharine King So)
Once a rising star of musical theatre, a young man has to find his voice, career and identity all over again after his transition.
Row Of Life
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Soraya Simi)
In 2020, at the age of 60, Angela Madsen embarked on her most ambitious challenge yet: rowing 2,400 miles across the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles to Hawaii. As if this feat weren’t already remarkable, Madsen became the first paraplegic and the oldest woman to attempt this solo, unassisted ocean row.
Sally
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Cristina Costantini; Writer: Cristina Costantini, Tom Maroney; Stars: Lindsey Lamer, Billie Jean King, Varda Appleton, Sally Ride, Tam O'Shaughnessy, Anna Lee Fisher, Kathryn D. Sullivan)
Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her unflappable composure was a secret. Sally’s life partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, reveals their hidden romance and the sacrifices that accompanied their 27 years together.
Rains Over Babel and Sally
Sandbag Dam
(Zečji nasip)
(Country: Croatia, Slovenia, Lithuania; Year: 2025; Director: Čejen Černić Čanak; Writer: Tomislav Zajec, Čejen Černić Čanak; Stars: Lav Novosel, Andrija Žunić, Leon Grgić, Franka Mikolaci, Tanja Smoje, Alma Prica, Filip Šovagović)
In a village threatened by flooding a young man's life is turned upside down by the rekindling of a forbidden romance.
Sauna
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2025; Director: Mathias Broe; Writer: William Lippert, Mads Ananda Lodahl; Stars: Magnus Juhl Andersen, Nina Terese Rask, Dilan Amin, Klaus Tange, Peter Oliver Hansen, Morten Burian, Billie N. Hviid Andersen, Theo Suissa, Anton Hjejle, Fuad Gumas, Sam Koosha, Niels Munk Plum, Christian Gade Bjerrum, Daniel Muniz, Kenneth Cockwhore)
Johan thrives as a gay man in Copenhagen, enjoying endless bars, parties, and casual flings. Everything changes when he meets William, a transgender man, and falls into a deep love that defies societal norms around gender, identity, and relationships.
Some Nights I Feel Like Walking
(Country: Philippines, Italy, Singapore; Year: 2024; Director: Petersen Vargas; Writer: Petersen Vargas; Stars: Jomari Angeles, Argel Saycon, Tommy Alejandrino, Gold Aceron, Miguel Odron)
When an old man dies the sex worker he was with decides to fulfil his last wish.
Speak
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Jennifer Tiexiera, Guy Mossman)
Five top-ranked high school oratory students spend a year crafting spellbinding spoken word performances with the dream of winning one of the world’s largest and most intense public speaking competitions.
Starwalker
(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Corey Payette; Writer: Corey Payette; Stars: Dillan Chiblow, Jeffrey Michael Follis, Stewart Adam McKensy, Jason Sakaki, Jennifer Lines)
An IndigiQueer Two-Spirit callboy is newly entranced by the world of drag after being introduced to a vibrant drag house, and confronted with a cultural past they once neglected.
Speak and Sauna
Sweet Angel Baby
(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Melanie Oates; Writer: Melanie Oates; Stars: Michaela Kurimsky, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Peter Mooney, Emily Bridger, Patricia Andrews, Colin Furlong, Rhiannon Morgan)
A young woman faces relationship problems after her secret social media identity is exposed.
Two Women
(Director: Chloé Robichaud; Writer: Catherine Léger; Stars: Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Laurence Leboeuf, Félix Moati, Mani Soleymanlou, Sophie Nelisse, Juliette Gariépy)
Violette is having a difficult maternity leave. Florence is dealing with depression. Despite their careers and families, they feel like failures. Florence’s first infidelity is a revelation. When having fun is far down the list of priorities, sleeping with a delivery guy could be revolutionary.
Unlabelled
(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Colette Johnson-Vosberg)
Three members of the trans community in Toronto take us on a journey through their experiences, both joyful and painful, as they navigate their own paths in the world.
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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