Birds Of The Borderlands
Four different real life stories about queer experiences in the Arab world.
Brief Story From The Green Planet
When Tania finds out that her grandma has spent her final years in the caring company of a cute purple alien, she embarks on a journey through small-town Argentina with two close friends to deliver the creature back to its origins.
Crypsis
A gay asylum seeker finds his past trauma triggered as he tries to provide evidence of his sexuality to the home office.

D

A Dog Barking At The Moon
A Chinese family saga, told in different periods of time, commencing with the wife’s discovery of her husband’s homosexuality.
Evil Come, Evil Go
A religious fanatic murders people who are engaging in sex and enjoying it.
From Zero To I Love You
When Peter bumps into handsome businessman Jack in a gay bar, they begin a passionate relationship, in spite of Jack being married. Peter keeps ending up with married men and realises that if his life is ever going to get better, something needs to change.
A Girl's Band
A former bassist chronicles the stories of female musicians in Argentina, their music and their activism.

I

Lemebel
A multi-layered portrait of one of South America’s most important and most provocative artists, a tireless fighter in dictatorial Chile and an uncomfortable gay activist who spoke out – right up to the end of his life.

M

Moroni For President
Moroni Benally is running for the presidency of the Navajo Nation, the largest Native American nation in the US. Young, gay, Mormon and highly educated, he sets out to confront the political establishment in a homecoming that challenges what he imagined home, and himself, to be.
No Box For Me. An Intersex Story
A burgeoning movement aims to demystify intersex identities and stop the practice of forced surgical interventions.
Portrait Of Jason
Documentary about a gay black prostitute.
Queen Of Lapa
A proud transgender sex worker since the age of 11, Luana Muniz, now 59, shapes a new reality in her 'hostel' by housing a new generation of transgender sex workers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

R

Tomboy
Ever wondered what it would be like to switch sex? Laure, 10, does.
Transfinite
An anthology film in which supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to protect, love, teach, fight and thrive.

V

Vision Portraits
A black, gay filmmaker who is losing his sight explores the lives and work of other visually impaired artists in this documentary.
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