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Hunky Jesus and Meanwhile
Before I Do
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Gary Jaffe; Writer: Gary Jaffe; Stars: Cole Doman, Michael Hsu Rosen, Nico Greetham, Robin de Jesús, Jared Reinfeldt)
A young man invites his closest group of gay pals to a remote cabin in the Berkshires to celebrate his upcoming marriage, but between the catching up, skinny-dipping, and Meryl Streep karaoke, old flames and new secrets start to come out.
Black Burns Fast
(Country: South Africa; Year: 2025; Director: Sandulela Asanda)
Adorkable Luthando is on track for an ordinary year at the prestigious boarding school she attends on scholarship – until the arrival of a new girl in her class ignites Luthando’s suppressed desires and threatens her self-image and relationships.
Corpus
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Corrin Evans; Writer: Lily Cowles, Corrin Evans; Stars: Jeff Wahlberg, Brodie Townsend, Michael Vlamis, Lily Cowles, Nuha Jes Izman, Ching Valdes-Aran)
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.
Coward
(Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands; Year: 2026; Director: Lukas Dhont; Writer: Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens; Stars: Valentin Campagne, Emmanuel Macchia, Jonas Wertz)
Soldiers try to keep their hope alive on the frontline in the First World War.
Chavela
(Country: US, Spain, Mexico; Year: 2017; Director: Catherine Gund, Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi)
The life of singer Chavela Vargas.
La Gradiva and Gugu’s World
Elephants In The Fog
(Country: Nepal, Germany, Brazil, France, Norway; Director: Abinash Bikram Shah; Writer: Abinash Bikram Shah)
In a small Nepalese village nestled in the heart of a forest populated by wild elephants, Pirati is the matriarch of a community of transgender women. But when one of her "daughters" disappears, she must choose between love and responsibility to her community.
Gabbeh
(Country: Iran; Year: 1996; Director: Moshen Makhmalbaf; Stars: Rogheih Moharami, Hossein Moharami, Shaghayeh Djodat)
A nomad woman dreams of the day when she can matty the man she loves, who has been rejected as a suitor by her family but follows it on horseback.
Gays Against Guns
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Paul Rowley; Stars: John Waters, Kit Beane, Antonius Wiriadjaja)
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.
La Gradiva
(Country: France, Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Marine Atlan; Writer: Marine Atlan, Anne Brouillet; Stars: Antonia Buresi, Julie Sokolowski)
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.
Gugu’s World
(Feito Pipa)
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2026; Director: Allan Deberton; Writer: Andre Araujo; Stars: Yuri Gomes, Lázaro Ramos, Teca Pereira, Carlos Francisco, Georgina Castro, Alda Pessoa, David Santos, Beatriz Carwile, Luan Vasconcelos, Nathyel Martins, Manuela Paulino, Pablo Vinícios, Enzo Uejo)
Drama revolving around a little boy, with a love of football who is living with his increasingly frail gran.
Iván & Hadoum and Corpus
The Hidden Face Of The Earth
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Arnaud Alain; Stars: Dimitri Jean, Pierre Marragou)
Dimitri loves photographing friends, strangers, lovers. Over the years, images have slipped away from his sight. Behind his camera, he gathers light and bodies, inviting us to gaze toward the hidden face of the Earth.
Hunky Jesus
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Jennifer M Kroot; Stars: Sister Barbara Battista, Sister Shalita Corndog, Donal Godfrey, Honey Mahogany, Sister Roma, Sister Bella Donna Summer)
The story of the wildly popular, annual Easter Sunday tradition in San Francisco known as Hunky Jesus.
Indigo Elsewhere
(Year: 2026; Director: Willow Skye-Biggs; Writer: Willow Skye-Biggs; Stars: Aidan Powell-Croft, Serena Hommes, Francesca Ball, Taylor Nyx, Andrew Alba, Ariana Alba)
Two unemployed, directionless trans lesbians connect in a reality-shifting way at the edge of an unnamed city.
Iván & Hadoum
(Country: Spain, Belgium, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Ian de la Rosa; Writer: Ian de la Rosa; Stars: Silver Chicón, Herminia Loh, Gregor Acuña-Pohl)
In a greenhouse in southern Spain, Iván falls in love with his newly hired co-worker, Hadoum. But his long-awaited promotion interferes with their relationship, forcing Iván to decide what kind of person he wants to be.
I Am Going To Miss You
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2026; Director: Daniel Ribeiro; Writer: Alice Marcone, Daniel Ribeiro; Stars: Alice Marcone, Gabriel Lodi, Luca Scarpelli)
When a transgender couple move in together, differences quickly surface. One seeks stability while the other seeks something more, in this touching drama tale by Daniel Ribeiro.
Montreal, My Beautiful and Coward
Karen Williams: I Had To Laugh
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Andrea Meyerson; Stars: Karen Williams, Kate Clinton, Marga Gomez, Diane Amos, Karen Ripley)
The year is 1983, and Karen Williams bursts onto the standup comedy scene as the first out Black lesbian to perform lesbian-specific material on stage.
Madfabulous
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Celyn Jones; Writer: Lisa Baker; Stars: Callum Scott Howells, Ruby Stokes, Rupert Everett)
Meet Toppy, a fabulously flamboyant aristocrat. Born in 1875, he inherited a fortune and promptly set about spending every last penny of it on jewels, theatre productions and scandalously lavish parties. While polite society clutched its pearls, Toppy became a beloved figure to the people of Bangor.
The Man I Love
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Ira Sachs; Writer: Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias; Stars: Rami Malek, Rebecca Hall)
Musical fantasy set against the backdrop of New York's AIDs epidemic in the 1980s.
Masc
(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Bertil Nilsson; Writer: Bertil Nilsson; Stars: Joshua Griffin, Tega Alexander, Reece King, Ed White, Robbie Bellekom, Hi Ching, Lincoln Conway)
A young autistic man tries on different roles in search of belonging.
Meanwhile
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Catherine Gund)
A poetic, non-linear journey that explores the impact of white supremacy on connection, relationships, and life.
Mickey
(Year: 2026; Director: Dano García)
Trans YouTube personality Mickey has spent the last decade exploring her transition while living in conservative Sinaloa, Mexico. This documentary, a collaboration between friends, traces her memories and process of self-discovery
Montreal, My Beautiful
(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Xiaodan He; Stars: Joan Chen, John Xu, Charlotte Aubin)
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.
No Money No Honey
(Country: Chile, US; Year: 2026; Director: Nicole Costa; Writer: Nicole Costa, Daniela Camino, Melisa Miranda; Stars: Máxima Mauricio Rodas, Sebastian Quiencke a.k.a. La Baronesa Ditra, Antonia Martinez, Nellie Benittez, Mila Miller, Darius M. Curry, Nirvana Garcia, Iván Monalisa Ojeda)
Dusting off old VHS tapes, travesti immigrant sex worker Máxima revisits a flow of memories from 1990s Buenos Aires to present-day NYC as they reconcile with and reclaim their past.
On The Road
(En El Camino)
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2025; Director: David Pablos; Writer: David Pablos; Stars: Victor Prieto, Osvaldo Sanchez)
A drifter forges a relationship with a long-distance trucker.
Out Of The Woods
(Year: 2025; Director: Sal Bardo; Writer: Sal Bardo; Stars: Frances Fisher, Mimi Kennedy, Bruce Davison, Stefanie Estes)
Max is slowly losing her memory to Alzheimer’s. When a reunion with an old friend stirs up long-hidden feelings, she is forced to choose between her husband and the woman she’s always loved.
Perfect
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Millicent Hailes; Writer: Millicent Hailes, Kendra Miller; Stars: Julia Fox, Ashley Moore, Lío Mehiel, Micaela Wittman, Ryder McLaughlin, Kate Moennig, Creed Bratton)
In a world devastated by a contaminated water supply, a woman living out of her car embarks on a passionate relationship with a wealthy pregnant woman living out an escapist fantasy.
The Riverbank
(A Margem do Rio)
(Country: Brazil, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Matheus Farias, Enock Carvalho; Writer: Enock Carvalho, Matheus Farias; Stars: Caique Copque, Ítalo Martins, Artia Lauandah, Renna Costa, Robério Diógenes, Ísis Broken)
Izaquiel works as a cleaner in Recife. At night, he dangerously ventures out in search of secret
encounters in the mangrove forest. His world shifts when he crosses paths with Jeremias, an intriguing and magnetic fisherman.
Sinner Supper Club
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Daisy Rosato, Nora Kaye; Writer: Nora Kaye, Daisy Rosato; Stars: Ashil Lee, Elise Kibler, Genevieve Simon, Jayae Riley Jr, Nora Kaye, Sophie Sagan-Gutherz, Daisy Rosato)
Relations between a group of friends begin to disintegrate at a gathering one hot night.
Something You Should Know About Me
(Year: 2026; Director: Andy Fidoten; Writer: Andy Fidoten; Stars: EJ Marcus, Morgan Sullivan, Sydney Mae Diaz)
At an artists’ retreat, an insecure trans cartoonist is caught in a love triangle between his best friend and his creative nemesis.
Tangles
(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Leah Nelson; Writer: Leah Nelson, Trev Renney; Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Abbi Jacobson, Bryan Cranston, Samira Wiley, Beanie Feldstein, Seth Rogen, Wanda Sykes, Bowen Yang, Pamela Adlon, Sarah Silverman, Adam Shapiro, Fern Grandin)
When Alzheimer's disease begins to strip away her mother's vibrant personality, a headstrong young woman is forced to return to her oddball family in the conservative small town she recently fled in order to care for her
Test
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Sam McConnell; Writer: Brock Yurich; Stars: Brock Yurich, Tammy Blanchard, Mike Edward, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Matthew Morrison)
An amateur bodybuilder in rural Ohio must confront a dysfunctional family, substance abuse, and his own emerging sexuality on his quest to become a champion.
Tiger
(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Anshul Chauhan; Writer: Anshul Chauhan; Stars: Takashi Kawaguchi, Maho Nonami, Kenzo Shirahama)
Tiger works at a men-only massage shop and hops between gay porn auditions until his father falls critically ill, drawing him back to his hometown. Though his father intends to leave him the house, his sister denies his right to inherit and threatens to out him.
Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
(Country: Germany, Netherlands; Director: Viv Li; Writer: Viv Li)
A Chinese wannabe artist drifts between Berlin’s overwhelming alternative scene and her traditional family in Beijing. With wit and insight, the film follows her search for identity and belonging in a globalised but polarised world.
Uncle Roy
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Keri Pickett; Writer: Keri Pickett)
The filmmaker explores the life and legacy of renowned ice skater, gay photographer, and her uncle Roy Blakey, known to many as 'Uncle Roy' throughout his life.
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