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Birds Of The Borderlands and A Dog Barking At The Moon
Birds Of The Borderlands
(Country: Jordan, Australia; Year: 2019; Director: Jordan Bryon)
Four different real life stories about queer experiences in the Arab world.
Brief Story From The Green Planet
(Country: Argentina, Germany, Brazil, Spain; Year: 2019; Director: Santiago Loza; Writer: Santiago Loza)
When Tania finds out that her grandma has spent her final years in the caring company of a cute purple alien, she embarks on a journey through small-town Argentina with two close friends to deliver the creature back to its origins.
But I'm A Cheerleader
(Country: US; Year: 1999; Director: Jamie Babbit; Writer: Brian Peterson, Jamie Babbit; Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Michelle Williams)
A naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian - with unintended results.
A Dog Barking At The Moon
(Country: China, Spain; Year: 2019; Director: Lisa Zi Xiang; Writer: Lisa Zi Xiang; Stars: Naren Hua, Nan Ji, Naren Hua, Nan Ji)
A Chinese family saga, told in different periods of time, commencing with the wife’s discovery of her husband’s homosexuality.
Evil Come, Evil Go
(Country: US; Year: 1972; Director: Walt Davis; Writer: Walt Davis; Stars: Cleo O'Hara, Sandra Henderson, Jane Tsentas, Rick Cassidy, Margot Devletian, Chesley Noone)
A religious fanatic murders people who are engaging in sex and enjoying it.
Moroni For President and A Girl's Band
From Zero To I Love You
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Doug Spearman; Writer: Doug Spearman; Stars: Darryl Stephens, Scott Bailey, Keili Lefkovitz)
When Peter bumps into handsome businessman Jack in a gay bar, they begin a passionate relationship, in spite of Jack being married. Peter keeps ending up with married men and realises that if his life is ever going to get better, something needs to change.
A Girl's Band (Una Banda De Chicas)
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2018; Director: Marilina Giménez; Writer: Lucia Cavallotti, Marilina Giménez)
A former bassist chronicles the stories of female musicians in Argentina, their music and their activism.
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.
Man Made
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: T Cooper; Writer: T Cooper, Alison Glock-Coope)
Tracking four pumped and proud bodybuilders at different stages in their transformation, this documentary unveils the supportive network of men preparing for the annual Trans FitCon
Moroni For President
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Saila Huusko, Jasper Rischen; Stars: Moroni Benally, Zachariah George, Alray Nelson)
Moroni Benally is running for the presidency of the Navajo Nation, the largest Native American nation in the US. Young, gay, Mormon and highly educated, he sets out to confront the political establishment in a homecoming that challenges what he imagined home, and himself, to be.
From Zero To I Love You and Lemebel
No Box For Me. An Intersex Story (Ni d'Eve, ni d'Adam: une histoire intersexe)
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Floriane Devigne)
A burgeoning movement aims to demystify intersex identities and stop the practice of forced surgical interventions.
Portrait Of Jason
(Country: USA; Year: 1967; Director: Shirley Clarke; Stars: Shirley Clarke, Jason Holliday, Carl Lee)
Documentary about a gay black prostitute.
Queen Of Lapa
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2019; Director: Theodore Collatos, Carolina Monnerat; Stars: Luana Muniz, Luana Muniz)
A proud transgender sex worker since the age of 11, Luana Muniz, now 59, shapes a new reality in her 'hostel' by housing a new generation of transgender sex workers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Tomboy
(Country: France; Year: 2011; Director: Celine Sciamma; Writer: Celine Sciamma; Stars: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani, Mathieu Demy)
Ever wondered what it would be like to switch sex? Laure, 10, does.
Transfinite
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Neelu Bhuman; Writer: Ryka Aoki, Neelu Bhuman, D'Lo, Stefano Gonzalez, Cody L Makil, Davia Spain, Lida N Vala; Stars: Shay Angelo Acevedo, Harmony Santana, Liz Anderson, D'Lo, Ryka Aoki, Blossom C Brown, Cooper Chow)
An anthology film in which supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to protect, love, teach, fight and thrive.
Queen Of Lapa and Brief Story From The Green Planet
Vision Portraits
(Country: Canada, Germany, US; Year: 2019; Director: Rodney Evans; Writer: Rodney Evans; Stars: Rodney Evans, John Dugdale, Kayla Hamilton, Ryan Knighton)
A black, gay filmmaker who is losing his sight explores the lives and work of other visually impaired artists in this documentary.
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