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Another year, another great line-up of cinema from around the world at one of the leading LGBTQ+ film festivals.
The festival runs from 12 to 23 October.
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![Before I Change My Mind](/images/stills/b/before_i_change_my_mind_2022.jpg)
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.
![Chrissy Judy](/images/stills/c/chrissy_judy_2021.jpg)
When a man leaves the city to be with his boyfriend, his unstable best friend, with whom he used to perform drag, struggles to cope alone.
![I'll Show You Mine](/images/stills/i/ill_show_you_mine_2022.jpg)
An author who made a career by examining her own trauma sits down to interview her nephew for a new book about his history as a model. Each of them reveal much more than expected and confront some of their most deeply hidden secrets.
![All The Beauty And The Bloodshed](/images/stills/a/all_the_beauty_and_the_bloodshed_2022.jpg)
The story of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty often blamed for the US opioid epidemic.
![The Blue Caftan](/images/stills/b/blue_caftan_2022.jpg)
Halim and Mina own a small family tailor shop that specializes in sewing ceremonial caftans. Since traditional hand-crafted work is time-consuming, Halim decides to hire an assistant, Youssef. The presence of the attractive young man arouses long-suppressed feelings in Halim, something that does not go unnoticed by his wife Mina.
![The Love](/images/stills/l/love_2022.jpg)
Moroccan-Dutch Karim returns to his family home and opens up to his parents about being attracted to men.
![Wendell & Wild](/images/stills/w/wendell_wild_2022.jpg)
Two scheming demon brothers, Wendell and Wild, must face their arch-nemesis, the demon-dusting nun Sister Helly, and her two acolytes, the goth teens Kat and Raul.
![The Inspection](/images/stills/i/inspection_2022.jpg)
Drama based on the filmmaker's own experiences as a gay man in Marine Corps basic training following a decade of living on the streets.
![Close](/images/stills/c/close_2022.jpg)
Two best friends find their bond upset by schoolmates.
![Rule 34](/images/stills/r/rule_34_2022.jpg)
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.
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