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20.000 especies de abejas (20.000 Species of Bees)
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
In her tender debut, a powerful ode to a label-free identity reminiscent of the work of Céline Sciamma, Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren draws a portrait of childhood and family as both a blessing and a curse.
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All of Us Strangers
Andrew Haigh
Sophisticated ghost stories, they do exist. Following A Ghost Story, melancholic souls can get what their hearts desire with All of Us Strangers. British filmmaker Andrew Haigh knows how to simultaneously surprise and captivate with this restrained but sometimes steamy romance ...
All the Colours of the World are Between Black and White
Babatunde Apalowo
With All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White, Nigerian filmmaker Babatunde Apalowo delivers glowing, independent queer cinema. His moving feature debut deliberately resists cruelty and taboos.
Amal
Jawad Rhalib
A brilliant performance by Lubna Azabal (which is a pleonasm!) is the foundation on which Amal rests. A remarkable Belgian film by the tireless Jawad Rhalib.
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Conann
Bertrand Mandico
Confuse and conquer, that's the motto of director Bertrand Mandico, the French Sun King of artistic madness. In Conann, the fantasy legend of Conan the Barbarian mutates into a six-headed monster-trip.
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The Human Surge 3 (El auge del humano 3)
Eduardo Williams
Eduardo Williams' film, as experimental as it is spectacular, is a transcendental experience that connects young people in Peru, Taiwan and Sri Lanka.
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Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
Without Joan Baez Bob Dylan's career would've looked completely different. With this documentary, the folk singer, an icon of counterculture in the sixties and once upon a time extremely popular, gets the tribute she so rightfully deserves.
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Little Richard: I Am Everything
Lisa Cortes
A revealing documentary about one of the kings of rock & roll, Little Richard. He considered his homosexuality alternately as a badge of honour and a burden.
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Orlando, ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography)
Paul B. Preciado
In 1928, Virginia Woolf wrote Orlando, the first novel in which the main character changes sex in the middle of the story. A century later, trans writer and activist Paul B. Preciado decides to send afilm letter to Virginia Woolf: her Orlando has come out of her fiction and is ...
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Playland
Georden West
A raucous work of queer fantasy and history, Playland conjures a time-bending night in Boston's oldest and most notorious gay bar.
Un prince
Pierre Creton
A fascinating film poem by the unparalleled French filmmaker Pierre Creton.
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Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Stephen Kijak
The portrait Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed sheds light on the life of AIDS-stricken Hollywood adonis Rock Hudson between spotlight, screen and shadow. A relevant and respectful tribute to a late gay icon.
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She They Us - Veiligheid (She They Us - Safety)
Zaïde Bil, Sam Peeters, Heleen Declercq
She They Us - Ouderschap (She They Us - Parenthood)
Zaïde Bil, Sam Peeters, Heleen Declercq
Slow
Marija Kavtaradze
When dancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet, a bond is formed that will change them forever. The beginning of their relationship involves a tender search for their own kind of intimacy that challenges every stereotype.
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Anna Hints
In the darkness of the sauna, women share their most intimate secrets. The drops of sweat that glide off their bodies, take away their shame and while they rinse off their stories from the past they regain a sense of community that strengthens them for the outside world.
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Le temps d'aimer (Along Came Love)
Katell Quillévéré
For Le temps d'aimer, French filmmaker drew inspiration from her grandmother's gripping story. A post-war chronicle of passion, sacrifice and survival.
three sparks
Naomi Uman
Indebted to ethnographic cinema, Naomi Umans three sparks observes life in Albania, from its traditional rules of behaviour and idiosyncratic cultural specificities to the individuals who maintain or challenge them.