1. Outside the Lines (Outside the Lines)
Three young queer people share their experiences on what it’s like to deviate from the straight cis-norm. Throughout the film, painful experiences make room for a more positive perspective, such as the overwhelming sense of connection with millions of other queer individuals worldwide or the freedom that arises as one can relinquish certain expectations. This so-called ‘queer-joy’ is being discovered, providing inspiring and moving insights.
2. Fabulous (Maravilhosa)
A glance at the queer universe throughout vogue battles, an emerging street subculture in which gay, transgender and other LGBTQ people take the lead. The film sheds light on the movement and on the expressiveness of the bodies, while stepping into the space of dance – from the backstage to the stage –, exalting diversity and the LgBT culture.
It has an average vote of 9.5 on TMDB.
3. No Dress Code Required (Etiqueta no rigurosa)
Victor and Fernando are hairstylists in Mexicali. They are the go-to professionals for the city's socialites. To their customers, they were a lovely couple until they decided to legally marry. Losing the support of people and friends an confronting a blacklash of criticism, through their fight they woke up members of Mexiciali's society to fight homophobia and inequality.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
4. Alfredo Doesn't Like Goodbyes (Alfredo Não Gosta de Despedidas)
Based on family interviews and records of his trajectory, the director André Medeiros Martins performs an analysis of his mother's life history while documenting his own journey through self-knowledge. André is an artist obsessed with sex and who tries to find the reasons for these obsessions in stories about his late mother. From the exhibition of his works and reports from family members, he creates this auto-fictional documentary.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
5. Cyborg Society
What does the looming A.I. revolution mean for us as individuals and as a society?
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
6. Eddy Wally in China (Eddy Wally in China)
(Eddy Wally in China)
7. Panoramic Images of a Loving Home
A documentary short created by Olivia Lancaster while moving into a new home, 08/31/23.
8. An Act of Affection
While making a portrait of a single gay man in Lisbon, a Vietnamese filmmaker offers his character a little gift from the bottom of his heart. This is a film about the act of filming.
9. The First Year
The First Year tells the inside story of Jamie Driscoll’s first 12 months as the new North of Tyne Mayor.
10. Growing Up Coy
A Colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they fight for the rights of their 6-year-old transgender daughter in a landmark civil rights case.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
11. Malmi Airport Documentary
While on the surface Malmi Airport seems like just another airport, it is in fact, an incredibly important historical, cultural, and practical landmark with a rich past. However, the Finnish government has decided to demolish the airport. Hosted by the duo of Omar Kadir and Jolle Tolvanen, this documentary was made to raise awareness for the airport they love.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
12. Tsukiji Wonderland (TSUKIJI WONDERLAND（築地ワンダーランド）)
Through the lives of professionals working at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, the film portrays how Tsukiji has been the center of fish culinary culture and helped Japanese food culture to flourish as we know it today.
It has an average vote of 7.853 on TMDB.
13. The Sculpture of Place & Time (The Sculpture of Place & Time)
Phnom Penh-based dancer Prumsodm Ok—a Cambodian-American and pioneer of the first Cambodian gay dance company Prumsodun Ok & NATYARASA—demonstrates the meticulous form of Khmer dance. This short draws a parallel between the nature of film as a time machine and the dancing human body as both fundamentally dynamic and temporal. Within the frame beckons a prayer for healing and empowerment in the face of violence and conflict.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
14. Real Boy
REAL BOY is the coming-of-age story of Bennett Wallace, a transgender teenager on a journey to find his voice-as a musician, a friend, a son, and a man. As he navigates the ups and downs of young adulthood, Bennett works to gain the love and support of his mother, who has deep misgivings about her child's transition. Along the way, he forges a powerful friendship with his idol, Joe Stevens, a celebrated transgender musician with his own demons to fight.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
15. Iwan der Schreckliche (Iwan der Schreckliche)
(Iwan der Schreckliche)
16. A Month With the Girls (Un mois chez les filles)
The French female pioneer of immersion journalism, Maryse Choisy, who infiltrated in 1928 the prostitution underworld of Paris. Posing as a chambermaid, a lesbian bar dancer and more, she wrote a very successful and scandalous book about that avant-garde experience, and changed her mind about this world and these women's difficult condition.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
17. Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's performances and films punctuate interviews with artists, critics, friends and foes to create an engaging portrait of the artist. Widely known for his banned queer erotica film Flaming Creatures, Smith was an innovator and firebrand who influenced artists such as Andy Warhol and John Waters.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
18. Patriarcado, Uma História Por Acabar (Patriarcado, Uma História Por Acabar)
A documentary that brings together interviews with 20 activists who address the issue of intersectional feminism and patriarchy in Portugal.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
19. Women on Watch
A mini documentary about the untold contributions lesbians made during the A.I.D.S epidemic.
20. Lance Loves Michael: The Lance Bass Wedding
On February 5, 2015, Lance Bass and Michael Turchin made television history when their wedding, which took place Dec. 20, 2014, premiered on E!. LANCE LOVES MICHAEL — a 90-minute special — follows the couple from the early stages of planning right up to their vows on the altar.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
