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Dykes, Camera, Action! and Queer Japan
Brothers' Nest
(Country: Australia; Year: 2018; Director: Clayton Jacobson; Writer: Jaime Brown; Stars: Clayton Jacobson, Shane Jacobson, Lynette Curran, Kim Gyngell, Sarah Snook)
Two brothers plot to commit murder for money, but the situation gets worse and worse.
Be Like Others
(Country: UK; Director: Tanaz Eshaghian)
An intimate and unflinching look at life in Iran, seen through the lens of those living at its fringes. A provocative look at a generation of young Iranian men choosing to undergo sex change surgery.
Code Of Fear
(Country: Germany, Norway; Year: 2023; Director: Appolain Siewe)
Triggered by the recent death of a Cameroonian activist, Siewe travels home to initiate conversations within his community regarding homosexuality. From the offset, Siewe’s family ostracises him and he finds himself confronted with the steep cost of African allyship.
Dykes, Camera, Action!
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Caroline Berler; Stars: Desiree Akhavan, Cheryl Dunye, Su Friedrich, Jenni Olson, B Ruby Rich, Yoruba Richen, Sarah Schulman)
A history of queer cinema told by women who had pivotal roles in its development.
Flee
(Country: Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway; Year: 2021; Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen; Writer: Jonas Poher Rasmussen)
Amin arrived as an unaccompanied minor in Denmark from Afghanistan. Today, he is a successful academic and is getting married to his long-time boyfriend. A secret he has been hiding for 20 years threatens to ruin the life he has built.
Rebel Dykes and Orlando, My Political Biography
Gendernauts (Gendernauts - Eine Reise durch die Geschlechter, Gendernauts - A Journey Through Shifting)
(Country: US; Year: 1999; Director: Monika Treut; Writer: Monika Treut; Stars: Sandy Stone, Texas Tomboy, Susan Stryker, Max Velerio, Jordy Jones)
Documentary on transsexuals in San Francisco.
Lemebel
(Country: Chile, Colombia; Year: 2019; Director: Lissette Orozco, Joanna Reposi; Writer: Manuel Maira, Joanna Reposi)
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.
Nelly & Nadine
(Country: Sweden, Belgium, Norway; Year: 2022; Director: Magnus Gertten; Writer: Magnus Gertten)
The story of two women who fell in love whilst imprisoned in Ravensbrück concentration camp.
Nitrate Kisses
(Country: US; Year: 1992; Director: Barbara Hammer; Stars: Jerre, Maria, Ruth)
A film visually structured around four couples making love and narratively structured around four chapters in lesbian life.
Orlando, My Political Biography (Orlando, ma biographie politique)
(Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Paul B Preciado; Writer: Paul B Preciado; Stars: Paul B Preciado)
Docufiction interpretation of Virginia Woolf's novel.
Lemebel and Flee
Queer Japan
(Country: Japan, US; Year: 2019; Director: Graham Kolbeins; Stars: Atsushi Matsuda, Aya Kamikawa, Chiga Ogawa, Fumino Sugiyama, Gengoroh Tagame, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Leslie Kee, Nogi Sumiko, Tomato Hatakeno, Vivienne Sato)
Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to live unconventional lives in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ culture in contemporary Japan.
Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution
(Country: Germany; Year: 2017; Director: Yony Leyser; Writer: Yony Leyser; Stars: John Waters, Beth Ditto, Peaches, Kim Gordon, Silas Howard, Bruce La Bruce, Kathleen Hanna, Justin Bond, Patty Schemel, Genesis P-Orridge, Hole, Dennis Cooper, G.B. Jones, Jayne County, Lynn Breedlove)
Considering the cultural and social movement that became known as Queercore.
Rebel Dykes
(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Harri Shanahan, Siân A Williams)
Documentary about the underground lesbian scene in London in the Eighties.
Silent Love
(Country: Poland; Year: 2022; Director: Marek Kozakiewicz)
A documentary following a woman who moves back home to Poland to care for her brother whilst hiding her same sex relationship from the authorities.
Who I Am Not
(Country: Romania, Canada, Germany, South Africa, US; Year: 2023; Director: Tunde Skovran; Writer: Tunde Skovran, Andrei Zincã)
Born with typically male and female attributes within one single body, a beauty queen and a male-presenting activist break the intersex taboo through a personal and intimate exploration of truth, faith, and belonging.
Gendernauts and Nelly & Nadine
Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
(Country: UK; Year: 1973; Director: DA Pennebaker; Stars: David Bowie)
David Bowie in his final performance as Ziggy Stardust, with behind the scenes footage.
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