27
Alice lives at her parents' place at the age of 27 with no private life or a relationship. It takes a bicycle accident and a short coma to make her realize that it's time to move out.
Aligned
Two dancers find a connection that goes beyond their art.
Chasing Chasing Amy
A documentary about the complex legacy of Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy for LGBTQ+ people and its life-saving impact on director Sav Rodgers.
Close To You
A young man happens to encounter with an old friend on his way back home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.
Commitment To Life
Against a rich Hollywood backdrop, this film documents the true story of the fight against HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles - and how an intrepid group of people living with HIV/AIDS, doctors, movie stars, studio moguls and activists changed the course of the epidemic.

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Good Boy
A man's plans go awry thanks to his mum.

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I Don't Know Who You Are
A gay musician spends his weekend trying to find the money for HIV-preventive treatment after being sexually assaulted by a stranger.
Lesvia
The history of the lesbian community that sprang up on Lesbos in the 1970s.
Life Is Not A Competition, But I'm Winning
Consideration of the historic bias against female Black and queer athletes.
Love Lies Bleeding
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.

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Orlando, My Political Biography
Docufiction interpretation of Virginia Woolf's novel.
The Queen Of My Dreams
Against the backdrop of a shared obsession with Bollywood fantasy, Mariam, a Pakistani Muslim woman, and her Canadian-born daughter Azra come of age in two different eras.

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Reas
A group of prison inmates re-enact their lives and sentences, balancing memories with fantasy.
Stories Of Our Lives
A collection of stories about LGBT life in Kenya.
Toll
Suellen, a toll booth attendant, realises she can use her job to raise some extra money illegally. But this is only for a noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay conversion workshop led by a renowned foreign priest.
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