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This year's event opens with La Bola Negra and brings LGBTQ-themed films from around the world to the heart of New York City.
The festival runs from 15 to 25 October.
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Drama exploring the inter-connected lives of three gay men.
Account of Ian Charleson’s life, capturing the moment when he faced his own mortality as he prepared to play Hamlet at the Royal National Theatre.
Following the outrageous activist group Gays Against Guns, the film takes us on a rollercoaster through neon-splashed street protests and the ivory corridors of power.
When a transgender couple move in together, differences quickly surface. One seeks stability while the other seeks something more.
Three young men travel to a remote house on the promise of a party, to find just three women who have a secret and sinister agenda.
A group of French high-school students travel to Naples on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius. There, they are drawn into a dizzying descent.
Feng Xia lives a life of dutiful servitude to her husband, children and community of Chinese ex-pats. When she finally decides to put herself first, and explore the sexuality that she has long concealed, she meets the free-spirited Camille.
Kyler Prescott and Blake Brockington were just two high-profile examples of approximately 50% of trans boys in the US who did not survive a suicide attempt. This film highlights the importance of combating prejudice and prioritising prevention among trans youth.
The story of the wildly popular, annual Easter Sunday tradition in San Francisco known as Hunky Jesus.
Drama revolving around a little boy, with a love of football who is living with his increasingly frail gran.
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