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- DirectorMichael BenthamStarsGeraldine HakewillMark Leonard WinterMatilda RidgwayWhen a 4-year-old girl makes an allegation against the son of a politician, an attempt by the children's parents to resolve the situation soon degenerates into a vicious confrontation.
- DirectorChris BolanStarsTerry DonahuePat HenschelDiana BolanFalling in love in 1947, two women -- Pat Henschel and pro baseball player Terry Donahue -- begin a 65-year journey of love and overcoming prejudice.
- DirectorJoanna Reposi GaribaldiStarsPedro LemebelWriter, Visual Artist and pioneer of the Queer movement in Latin America, Pedro Lemebel shook up conservative Chilean society during Pinochet's dictatorship in the 1980s. Body, blood and fire were protagonists in his work that he attempted to perpetuate in the last eight years of his life in a film he was never able to see finished. In an intimate and poetic journey through his risky performances dealing with homosexuality and human rights, "Lemebel" portrays a culmination of yearning immortality.
- DirectorLorne ClarksonStarsIssa IsmailA Year in Transition follows a 21 year old Arab-American transman from the Midwest in his first year of transition.
- DirectorLaura Marie WayneStarsVox: A Choir for Social ChangeScott JonesScott JonesScott Jones, a musician, was attacked outside of a Nova Scotia nightclub and left paralyzed from the waist down. "Love, Scott" follows him over the course of three years after this traumatic event.
- DirectorDean HamerJoe WilsonHinaleimoana Wong-KaluStarsJoey Joleen MataeleEva BaronHon. Frederica Tuita FilipeThe story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga Leitis, an intrepid group of transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in the South Pacific Kingdom.
- DirectorHikaru TodaFumi and Kazu are life partners, both professionally and privately: they run the first and only law firm in Japan set up by an openly gay couple. The lawyers know all too well the realities of being a minority in a conformist society, where the collective unity is absolute and often maintained at the expense of individual rights and freedom. Not being part of the majority could lead to prosecution by law and alienation by society at large - illustrated by the cases that the two lawyers take on. The individual freedom is viewed as a privilege not a right, and the fundamental human rights of equality and security are only extended to the majority. In a 2014 report, Amnesty International slammed Japan for 'veering away from global human rights standards', while the World Economic Forum places Japan 101st out of 145 countries in the global gender equality ranking, far behind developing countries such as Rwanda and the Philippines. Laws of Love and Other Things follows the two lawyers as they enter into the lives of their clients; each revealing the hidden diversities of the homogeneous and conservative society. As the two lawyers work hard to defend the rights of their clients, they have their own dilemma to deal with - to raise a family of their own in a society where their partnership have no legal recognition or protection. The film explores the universal concept of love, family, and equality with the personal stories of the characters revealing modern Japan in transition. The film also poses the questions - what are the risks of being an outsider in your own country? What happens when you don't belong to the masses?
- DirectorMatt WolfStarsWalter NaegleBayard Rustin was the organizer of the March on Washington and one of the leaders of the civil rights movement. In the 1980s Bayard adopted his younger boyfriend Walter Naegle to obtain the legal protections of marriage. In this intimate love story, Walter remembers Bayard and a time when gay marriage was inconceivable. He reflects on the little known phenomena of intergenerational gay adoption and its connection to the civil rights movement.
- DirectorSara JordenöStarsLoretta CoombsTakima CoombsAfrika Juicy CoutureA group of LGBTQ youths of color unite to form a safe gathering space.
- DirectorDavid FranceStarsKurt WolfeSue YackaCatherine Shugrue Dos SantosVictoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of black gay rights activist and Stonewall veteran, Marsha P. Johnson. Using archival interviews with Johnson, and new interviews with Johnson's family, friends and fellow activists.
- DirectorJennie LivingstonStarsBrooke XtravaganzaAndré ChristianDorian CoreyA chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
- DirectorIvan OlitaStarsSofiaRubitchVictoriaThe latest documentary by Ivan Olita is a piece documenting the far reaches of the southern state of Oaxaca where, in the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, the world is not divided simply into males and females. The local Zapotec people have made room for a third category, which they call "muxes" - men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned limbo between the two genders.
- DirectorRüzgâr BuskiStarsSevval KiliçElif KeskinkiliçYesim Basaran#direnayol accompanies trans* activist Sevval Kilic during the 21st Istanbul LGBTI Pride caught up in the reflexions of carnivalesque Gezi Park Uprising. #direnayol is a turbulent audiovisual journey witnessing a wind of hope, humour, and solidarity wished to be remembered in the politics of Turkey today.
- DirectorJames HoskingStarsOlivia HartCollette LegrandeDonna PersonnaA documentary following three older drag entertainers at Aunt Charlie's Lounge in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco. The film explores the rituals of these performers' transformations, along with themes of aging, labor, and self acceptance. Featuring Collette LeGrande, Donna Personna, and Olivia Hart.
- DirectorRodney Uhler'Not Broken Not Alone' follows a group of asexuals in London as they prepare for their biggest international meet-up, World Pride 2012. The film explores not only the complexities asexuals experience within their own community, but within their efforts to gain visibility and acceptance by the greater public.
- DirectorChelsea McMullanStarsChase ConstantinoRae SpoonAlberta singer/songwriter Rae Spoon reflects on gender identity, faith, and the challenges of family through songs and stories.
- DirectorMarie LosierStarsGenesis P-OrridgeLady Jaye Breyer P'OrridgeBig Boy Breyer P'OrridgeA documentary on artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and his wife and collaborator, Lady Jaye, centered around the transformations the pair underwent for their Pandrogyne project.
- DirectorJim HubbardStarsDavid BarrKen BingGregg BordowitzUnited in Anger: A History of ACT UP is an inspiring documentary about the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches fighting the epidemic. Utilizing oral histories of members of ACT UP, as well as rare archival footage, the film depicts the efforts of ACT UP as it battles corporate greed, social indifference, and government negligence.
- DirectorCan CandanStarsMehmet Yilmaz AkYunus AlbayrakMehmet AslantugWhat happens when your child comes out to you? In this feature documentary, parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender individuals in Turkey intimately share their experiences with the viewer, as they redefine what it means to be parents, family, and activists in this conservative, homophobic, and trans-phobic society.
- DirectorRaphael AlvarezTatiana IssaStarsJosephine BakerCiro BarcelosNorma BengellA Brazilian Theater group that through talent, irony and humor confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970's revolutionizing the gay movement worldwide and changing theater and dance language to an entire generation.
- DirectorVictor SilvermanSusan StrykerStarsRay BaxterElliot BlackstoneAleshia BrevardDocumentary about transgender women and drag queens who fought police harassment at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco's Tenderloin in 1966, three years before the famous riot at Stonewall Inn bar in NYC.
- DirectorKate DavisStarsRobert EadsLola ColaMaxwell Scott AndersonSouthern Comfort documents the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a transgender man. Eads, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, was turned down for treatment by two dozen doctors out of fear that treating such a patient would hurt their reputations. By the time Eads received treatment, the cancer was too advanced to save his life. Filmmaker Kate Davis follows Robert and a group of transgender Southerners in this captivating and truly touching documentary.
- DirectorJohn ScagliottiStarsJaneane GarofaloJohn McManusMaher SabryDocumentary presenting the realities of coming out in lesser developed countries.
- DirectorMichelle HandelmanStarsSkeeterRainbeauPat CalifiaFrom pushy bottoms to macho femmes, Bloodsisters is an A-Z documentary guide that takes an in-depth look at the San Francisco Leatherdyke scene during the mid-nineties.