Sue Thomson
Australia
2018
English
Documentary LGBTQ
A group of elderly LGBTQI's have been invited to attend a Ball celebrating their gender and sexual identity. Faced with the complexities of ageing and isolation, these extraordinary people seize each day with determination and humour. In a time that is rapidly changing for the LGBTIQ+ community around the world, we witness some of our cast experiencing acceptance and love for the very first time in their lives.
Marcel Gisler
Switzerland
2013
Swiss-German
Drama Family LGBTQ Romance
Lorenz, a successful gay author suffering acute writers’ block, has to return home to his hometown to provide care for his aged mother, Rosie. When he finds himself confronted with the fact that fun-loving Rosie refuses both outside assistance and a care home. But it is not only his mother’s battle against being dictated to and losing her dignity that he is struggling with. It’s also his own midlife crisis. And when long-kept secrets are suddenly revealed under the tensions of family dynamics, Lorenz almost fails to notice that love is knocking on the front door of his parent’s house.
Pirjo Honkasalo
Denmark Finland Sweden
2013
Finnish
Action Comedy Drama
From master filmmaker Pirjo Honkasalo, Finland's Academy Awards Entry 2014, Concrete Night tells the story of two brothers, Simo and and Ikka. Ikka is about to start a prison sentence, and their mother convince them to spend their last evening together. Set against the backdrop of a concrete jungle, the two venture into an unforgiving darkness from which they may not return. Edited by Nils Pagh Andersen (The Act of Killing), the film also earned Cinematographer Peter Flinckenberg the ASC Spotlight Award.
Kuba Czekaj
Poland
2015
Polish
Comedy Coming Of Age Family Youth
Mickey House is an 11-year-old who is increasingly frustrated with his changing body. He is no longer a child but he doesn’t know who he is. A loner at school, his mom is an enigma to him, and he finds solace in dealing in urine at school to put off the medical checks of other students. On top of hating everything that is happening to his body his imagination and reality blend together into a toxic mix and as everything takes a turn to the extreme, Mickey faces the fact – that growing up is not for kids.
Matthew Mishory
France United States
2012
English
Biopic Drama LGBTQ Romance
Joshua Tree, 1951 is a fearless, intimate portrait of James Dean on the cusp of becoming both a great actor and an outsider icon. Set in the early 1950s and focusing on Dean’s experiences as a rising star in Los Angeles, part portrait of a great artist, part love story, part exploration of the postware Hollywood machine, the film’s surreal and dreamlike vignettes blend biographical and fictionalized elements to present pivotal moments in his short yet remarkable life.
Claudia Lorenz
Switzerland
2015
German Swiss-German
Drama Family LGBTQ Romance
Alice and Frank have just moved to a new house in the country with their children, but as their day-to-day life takes its course, Alice notices that Frank is worried about something. He only opens up to her gradually and the more he reveals about himself, the less Alice wants to know about the truth; that he is increasingly attracted to men. As the shadow of their former life dwells on them, and their 18 year old marriage comes to an abrupt halt, she discovers he has concealed a relationship with his new lover and she promptly expels him from the family home. Faced with the helplessness of her situation, Alice must choose between two paths; that of breaking up her family, or attempt to solve their difference and consider whether reconciliation with her husband is at all possible.
Drew Lint
Canada Germany
2018
English French German
LGBTQ Romance
Matthew is a young Canadian new to Berlin. He’s come to make a fresh start, but he feels the isolation of living in a strange, new city. When he meets Matthias, he is entranced. Beautiful and charismatic, Matthias is everything Matthew wants to be. Soon Matthew’s interest escalates, becoming an obsession. He begins to transform himself to embody the object of his desire, cutting his hair, getting new clothes. When Matthias gets into a motorcycle accident, the opportunity is too perfect. Matthew is Matthias. In a coma in the hospital, Matthias’ waking life, dreams and memories blur. Where the real ends, the artificial begins.
Patric Chiha
Austria
2016
Bulgarian Romani German
Documentary LGBTQ
In an underworld, against the backdrop of the Danube and Vienna’s skyline, live the underdogs of respectable society. Sporting their leather jackets like suits of armour, these Bulgarian Roma pose, play and seduce Marlon Brando style. They moved to Vienna in search of an adventure, freedom and a quick buck, but poverty has drawn them to sell their bodies instead. Sucked into an inescapable nocturnal life, they spend their nights servicing their customers, often lonely men living in public housing. They call it ‘doing business’ to make a clear distinction between work and pleasure. Their curse is their good looks, but as the twilight hours draw near, their second life begins in their strive to support their families and children back home. However, there is a ray of comfort in their feeling of togetherness, where they can be young, reckless and free for the very first time.
Karolina Bielawska
Poland
2015
Polish
Documentary LGBTQ Society
Marianna is an attractive 40-year-old woman who has just sued her parents in order to obtain a gender reassignment. Alienated by her mother and neglecting her best friends, she seeks refuge in a theatre group where she comes to make sense of her situation by rehearsing a play based on her past. When the days to the operation loom over her, Marianna kindles an unlikely romance with an older gentleman who offers her a ray of hope, but she remains confronted with the idea of losing what she holds dearest to her – her family – and she must face the chilling reminder of the sacrifices one takes to be themselves.