LGBT+
15 films
27
dir. Flóra Anna Buda
anim2023
Alice is 27 years old today. Even though she is suffocating a bit, she still lives with her parents and tends to live in her dreams to escape her dreary everyday life. After a psychedelic party on a factory roof, she has a serious drunken bike accident. Will this give her the courage to become an adult?
Read moreAbraham (Ebrahim)
dir. Elnaz Ghaderpour, Reza Gamini
fab2023
A short, dramatic conversation. A man is trying to elicit some information from a clearly scared woman. Where is she? In a cave. With a fire burning at its entrance. How did she get there? And, first and foremost, what happened to Abraham? The teenage boy went missing. He is not at home. There are only burnt women’s clothes.
Read moreAmma's Pride
dir. Shiva Krish
dok2024
Srija, a transgender woman from a small town in the south of India, is trying to get her marriage recognised. Unfortunately, her fight for justice, the media’s interest and the inconsideration of many people overshadow her relationship. But even when the problems start to mount, Srija can still count on the unconditional support of her mother.
Read moreBabylonia (Babilonia)
dir. Duda Gambogi
dok2024
It is a hot night in Cuba. During her long-awaited debut on the stage of the biggest drag show in the entire province of Artemisa, Elizabeth de Victória must confront all the difficulties that precede a live performance.
Read moreBaldiga - Unlocked Heart (Baldiga - Entsichertes Herz)
dir. Markus Stein
dok2024
In the 1980s, West Berlin was the European LGBT+ capital. Jürgen Baldiga, a photographer, poet and activist, became its co-founder and chronicler. The archival materials he left behind were used to tell a neurotic story about himself and the community living in the shadow of AIDS. Age rated: 18+
Read moreBetter This Way (E Mai Bine Așa)
dir. Emanuel Pârvu
fab2023
Sixteen-year-old Adi is taken for a physical examination. He has obvious traces of beating, his face is lacerated and it is evident that he has been whipped. He does not say much. The police find out very soon that the motive behind the assault was his sexual orientation. In a small community, this is a reason to be ostracised, and for the family, especially his religious father, it is dishonour.
Read moreComme Des Cowboys
dir. Julia Sadowska
fab2024
Can one’s adolescent love which ended with separation flourish again after years? Julita and Stacy parted ways, but now they meet again at a stud farm where Julita is working together with her mother. Stacy comes to participate in an important competition. The infatuation is back, but is it worth the reopening of old wounds?
Read moreAwards:Golden Hobby-Horse
Diamond Beauty
dir. Anna Korom
fab2023
Maria is addicted to plastic surgeries. Successive augmentations do not satisfy her and she wants new ones. Her nose, lips or facial fillers are never perfect. Now, she is looking forward to the opportunity of a date with her former love. But where to find money if she is drowning in debt?
Read moreAwards:Silver Dragon
Everything Needs to Live [PL audio description] (Wszystko ma żyć)
dir. Tetiana Dorodnitsyna, Andrii Lytvynenko
dok2024
Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world – that’s the motto of Anna, the strongest woman in the world, who loves animals. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Anna joined by a group of volunteers are doing everything possible to save as many wounded and abandoned animals as they can in these difficult days.
Read moreFahnenflucht
dir. Emil Ahlhelm, Konradin Schuchter
dok2023
If you are a man, you have only two options during a war – stay and fight or leave to save your life. Not everyone wants to lay down their life for their homeland and this should be respected. A story of people who refused to participate in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine on account of their beliefs.
Read moreMonogamia
dir. Ohad Milstein
dok2023
The director observes his senior parents whose relationship burned out a long time ago, for which his mother tries to compensate with shopaholism. The son initiates a psychodrama featuring his parents and at the same time tests his own marriage, which is falling into a routine. Is monogamy still the best form of a relationship?
Read moreOuvidor
dir. Matias Borgström
dok2023
In Ouvidor, the largest art squat in Latin America, 120 artists from different countries resist constant eviction threats from a government with fascist tendencies in Brazil, while internal tensions are fueled by Red Bull's sponsorship of their Art Biennial.
Read moreStimulants & Empathogens (Stymulanty & Empatogeny)
dir. Mateusz Pacewicz
fab2024
Antek fell in love head over heels. The object of his affection is Kuba, a teenage drug dealer. The boys have nothing in common. How to initiate a meeting? Antek does not take drugs, but he is in love, so he continues to buy fixes. Eventually, the boys have a chance to spend a longer evening together. Can anything go wrong?
Read moreTeaches of Peaches
dir. Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer
dok2024
Peaches, who is a performer, provoker and a sassy lady, does not slow down in the sixth decade of her life. To the contrary, her tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of her album ‘Teaches of Peaches’ was an explosion of creativity. For the filmmakers, it was an opportunity to find out more about this rebellious artist, an icon of feminism and queer culture. Age rated: 18+
Read moreAwards:Golden Heynal