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1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture (1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture) (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sharon Roggio; Writer: Jena Serbu, Jill Woodward; Stars: Kathy Baldock, Ed Oxford)
The mystery of how theology, history, culture, and politics led to a Biblical mistranslation, the man who tried to stop it, and the impassioned academic crusade of the LGBTQIA+ Christian community driven to discover the truth.
Casa Susanna (Casa Susana) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Sébastien Lifshitz; Writer: Sébastien Lifshitz)
In the Fifties and Sixties, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden house with a barn behind it was home to the first clandestine network of cross-dressers.
Eismayer (Country: Austria; Year: 2022; Director: David Wagner; Writer: David Wagner; Stars: Gerhard Liebmann, Luka Dimic, Julia Koschitz, Anton Noori, Karl Fischer, Christopher Schärf, Lion Tatzber, Lukas Johne, Matthias Hack, Harry Lampl, Matthias Böhm, Thomas Momcinovic, Jagersberger Joshua, Paul Winkler, Thomas Otrok)
A closeted Army instructor finds his identity challenged when an openly gay man joins his unit.
Esther Newton Made Me Gay (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Jean Carlomusto; Stars: Esther Newton)
Esther Newton was drawn to the drag scene as a student in the 1950s. Identifying as both butch lesbian and between genders, she felt a kinship with the queens; what the feminine clothing society expected her to wear felt like a form of drag.
My Emptiness And I (Mi Vacio Y Yo) (Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Adrián Silvestre)
When an office worker is diagnosed with gender dysphoria, her life is transformed as she goes on a journey of self-discovery and discovers the things she really wants in life for the first time.
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1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture and Nelly & Nadine
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.
Punch (Country: New Zealand; Year: 2022; Director: Welby Ings; Writer: Welby Ings; Stars: Tim Roth, Jordan Oosterhof, Conan Hayes, Abigail Laurent, Sage Klein, Karl Willetts, Matt Hicks, Connor Johnston, Simon McConnon, Stephanie Cope, Wesley Dowdell, Wilson Downes, Peter Ford, Fergus Ross)
Drama about a young boxer and his troubled relationship with his father.
Winter Boy (La Lyceen) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Christophe Honoré; Writer: Christophe Honoré; Stars: Paul Kircher, Vincent Lacoste, Juliette Binoche, Erwan Kepoa Falé, Christophe Honoré, Xavier Giannoli, Wilfried Capet, Jean-Philippe Salerio, Isabelle Thevenoux)
Set over the course of one winter, a 17-year-old high school student struggles with grief.
You Can Live Forever (Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Mark Slutsky, Sarah Watts; Writer: Sarah Watts, Mark Slutsky; Stars: Anwen O'Driscoll, June Laporte, Liane Balaban, Antoine Yared, Hasani Freeman, Deragh Campbell, Catherine-Amélie Côté, Marc-Antoine Auger, Jude Ferris, Tim Campbell, Xavier Roberge, Lenni-Kim Lalande, HoJo Rose, Jordan Sawyer, Bentley Hughes)
Two teenage girls begin a secret relationship in a strict Jehovah’s Witness community.
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