2016 KQFF
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- DirectorCatherine StewartStarsCamilla WaldmanSandi SchultzFezile MpelaThe story outlines the lives of the gay and lesbian experience and relationships in a contemporary South Africa.
- DirectorJason BenjaminStarsJillian T. WeissA behind-the-scenes look at the Brooklyn tailoring company Bindle and Keep.
- DirectorHui-Chen HuangStarsAnu HongHui-Chen HuangBound by their painful past, a mother and a daughter go on a journey in an attempt to find salvation.
- DirectorChristopher BirkStarsRuPaulPeppermintBarry HumphriesA Documentary team follows a group of drag queens and their lives.
- DirectorSophia LuvaraStarsAndyCherryIn a desperate attempt to meet their parents' expectations, Andy goes on a hunt for a lesbian woman to marry and Cherry in search of a baby to adopt. Being homosexual makes it hard to conform to their families' and society's expectations, but both Andy and Cherry are determined to do things 'the right way'.
- DirectorMarusya BociurkiwFollows the progress of the Euromaidan revolution from the perspective of LGBT Ukrainians. From accounts of exile and torture, to stories of resistance, this film shows a side of the conflict in Ukraine the world has not yet seen.
- DirectorLucky KuswandiStarsPaul AgustaMarissa AnitaIna PanggabeanA tender, melancholic night is experienced through the eyes of three women as they struggle to find themselves in this ever-changing jungle of Jakarta.
- DirectorAaron BrooknerStarsAaron BrooknerJohn GiornoJim JarmuschAn intertwining tale of past and present this Award Winning Sundance documentary rediscovers NYC filmmaker Howard Brookner and his body of work, unveiled by his nephew, after being buried in William S. Burroughs bunker for over 30 years.
- DirectorNick NeonStarsNick NeonKuciia DiamantTami KimUltra Bleu follows Jim Park for the first 24 hours after a violent break up with his ex-boyfriend and how a chance meeting with a stranger reveals deeper issues he must confront.
- DirectorChichiJiggiSapphoIn Korean schools, homosexuality is considered a more serious offense than drinking, smoking or getting pregnant. While her mother and uncle discuss her transfer to another school, Chun-jae, in her third junior high, is on the rooftop, listening to the dogs barking. She can not understand why her school, which should provide education on human rights and protect its students from the world, is oppressing and censoring her love.
- DirectorSoon-ae ChoseokHye-ran LeeYoung LeeThree high-school lesbians in Seoul worry about love, sexuality, school, and family. The girls, who were junior-high-school kids in the last film, titled Lesbian Censorship in School, have grown up, made boyfriends and girlfriends, and experienced heartbreak. Each of them trains the camera on the things around her, and previews the footage she has shot for one of the directors; the meetings often become a sort of counseling as they expose their true selves through the filmmaking process.
- DirectorJoey KuhnStarsJonathan GordonJason RalphHaaz SleimanOn Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous socialite best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign concert pianist.
- DirectorLee YoungStarsMuk LeeLee Young'You do not belong here on earth!' people cry out against lesbian film director LEE Young and LGBTQ people. It is a time of hatred in South Korea. LGBTQ people are easy targets, considered dangerous to the nation's safety and future, and branded as 'Pro-North Korean Commies'. In searching for what makes a marginalized life livable, LEE Young embarks on a journey.
- DirectorKristine StolakisStarsDana EdwardsMonterey MorrisseyMatt NixonA gay Korean War Vet reflects on his time as the office clerk tasked with writing the discharges of outed gay seamen.
- DirectorJulie ZammarchiStarsPat HaggertyGrowing up in the 1950's, Pat began to understand he was gay. It was something he thought he was hiding well. But one day, after performing at a school assembly, Pat learned that his father could see him much more clearly than he realized.
- DirectorMichael RittmannsbergerStarsAli Osman BerberA young man is led to the scaffold. He feels no regret, only pride that he was able to love the man of his dreams.
- DirectorOndrej HudecekStarsJulius FeldmeierCyril DobrýMarie PoulováA twisted gay romance set in the 19th Century picturesque Bohemia telling a tabooed true story of birth of one of the nation's most influential writers, starring Julius Feldmeier (Tore tanzt). Suspense, laughter, violence, hope, heart, nudity, sex and happy ending. Mostly happy ending.
- DirectorSonya ReynoldsToronto, 1955. In the heart of Chinatown, a new bar opens: The Continental. It's dark, grimy, and attracts an unusual clientele. Local tabloids scream in 20-point font: 'Sapphos overflow Chinatown!' The bar becomes the meeting place for two of Toronto's marginalized communities: Chinese-Canadian men and lesbians living 'the life' full time. Recounting this forgotten piece of Toronto queer history, artists Hortie and Reynolds tell the story of Toronto's first long-standing lesbian bar using original shadow puppets, overhead projector animation and archival images. Pull a stool up to the bar and watch lesbians and Chinese men stand side by side, battling crooked cops, fractured families, tabloid rumors, and the wrecking ball of 'progress'.
- DirectorTim EllrichStarsAtheer AdelAmira El SayedAlexander E. FennonTahir's life is determined by a bold double life. He is fascinated by wearing a niqab without the knowledge of his family.
- DirectorKai StänickeStarsSusanne BormannAndreas JähnertThe true story of B.: Torn between an unkind relationship with K. and her feelings for another woman, shy and insecure B. is heading for a disaster. For too long she suppressed her desire and lived a lie. But is it really too late for B. to follow her heart?
- DirectorAndrew AhnStarsMuki GrossbergJoshua KwakJames S.W. LeeA gay Korean-American man yearns for a family life just out of reach.
- DirectorFlorence PelletierStarsValérie GagnéSébastien HuberdeauÉlizabeth Marcoux-BélairJuliette brings her first girl lover Kim to a family dinner. Juliettes mother, unaware that Kim is more than a friend to her daughter, drinks one too many wine and won't stop talking about Juliettes previous sex life.
- DirectorYoann LuisStarsJacques ChambonVictor ChambonJacques VanelA tormented father is driving his son to work. The young man will use this time to announce an important revelation.
- DirectorSonali GulatiStarsMarikh MathiasA personal diary of a 13-year old girl named Maya dealing with puberty, pop culture, and her parents getting divorced. Doodled diary entries sketch an intimate journey of a teenager growing up in the 80's in India, negotiating her independence and freedom, and discovering the complexities of gender and sexuality.