1. Ten (Тень, или Может быть, всё обойдется)
(Тень, или Может быть, всё обойдется)
It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.
2. Two Nights
Over two nights, a young Chinese immigrant has sexual encounters with two very different men. Consequently, he has to choose between the one he wants or the who wants him.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
3. Two Straight Girls at a Queer Fest
Em and Jay, respectively a woman film director and her lead actress, both with an ailing career, embark on a journey between Montreal, Canada and Durham, North Carolina, where a short film of theirs is being presented at the North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. They drive a Jeep and pull a pop tent, and decide to shoot a film along the way. Nothing much happens except that they develop a beautiful friendship and debunk quite a few taboos.
4. Pond, Fish (池鱼)
Qingyan Yu confronts confusion and self-identity problems as she gets to the point where romance starts to take place in her adolescence.
5. Cabaret Kadne
Otto and Lola, two cabaret artists, fill their lives with their passion: acting.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
6. Myth
Collaborating with Australian circus company Gravity & Other Myths, 2020 BAFTA Newcomer and Berlinale Talent Campus alumna Alies Sluiter crafts a disquieting, quasi-surrealist tale of bravery and grief.
7. Le Virage (Le Virage)
(Le Virage)
8. Baliko
Mara, a once renowned photographer, journeys deep into the mountains in search of a mythical beast never photographed before.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
9. The Heart of the Forest
On a hunting trip in the forest, a mother and daughter come across a man who intends to commit suicide.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
10. Alba
An aspiring Peruvian-Australian performer is partnered with her ex-boyfriend in a community Marinera dance competition.
11. As One
In the woods, a young woman and man scuffle as they fight for life. Gently lit and accompanied with a soundtrack of soaring strings, this film by Jessie Oldfield and Adam Murfet explores vulnerability, connectedness and a renewed sense of self among the autumn leaves.
12. Finding Jedda
Betty and Rosalie are best friends living on a Northern Territory mission. When cinema titans Charles and Elsa Chauvel arrive, searching for the perfect star for their revolutionary moving picture, the girls are forced to decide whether to rise up to the occasion.
13. Giants
Impressively shot over an 18-month period, Giants documents the changing drought-ridden landscape – from green to yellow to a Mars-like brown-red dust – from the perspective of one farmer, who risks losing everything as he holds fast to remain on his land.
14. Jungle
A young woman awakens to find herself in the midst of a living nightmare.
15. Nest
In early-colonial Australia, a timber feller, kept awake by his infant child’s cries of hunger, encounters something perturbing in the woods.
16. Prom Night
A Lynchian depiction of self-transformation in the social media age. Steeped in saturated colour, unnerving cinematography and bold sound design, this chamber piece depicts a young woman’s confrontation with impostor syndrome and racialised beauty standards.
17. Reptile
A group of schoolboys engage in tomfoolery, but it’s not long before playful behaviour turns primal.
18. Slap
An intimidating encounter with a group of teens forces a 12-year-old to ponder her place in the world.
19. Instinct
A psycho-sexual thriller about Isabelle, a lonely gallery owner who meets a dangerously seductive performance artist and discovers they have more in common than expected. Will Isabelle allow herself to let Camila in without giving in to her true nature?
It has an average vote of 1.3 on TMDB.
20. The Story of Lee Ping
In the 1920s, the unlikely bond between Chinese erotic dancer Lee Ping and an Aboriginal farmhand enables her to escape the clutches of her white employer.