1. Touched
What happens when two profoundly lonely men who are strangers, one older and gay, and the second younger and questioning, take one last chance at making a sincere human connection? Based on true events in the life of the writer/director.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
2. Morning as a Mayfly
After a night of heavy drinking a young man has a dream where an angel tells him the world will end if he doesn't make a sacrifice.
3. Cold Frost & Sunshine (Cold Frost & Sunshine)
A lonely librarian in a rough neighborhood has a special relationship with a student on the verge of expulsion. Margherita's poetic world is confronted by reality as she tries to get through to Nehorai.
4. I Have To Say I Love You (Preciso Dizer que te Amo)
A documentary about resilience and the fight against suicide among trans people, the film portrays the characters’ relationships with their bodies, life and all that is sacred. It dives into the hearts of Aretha, Yago, Deniell and Ariel in an attempt to promote inner healing.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
5. The Boys Next Door (The Boys Next Door)
The Boys Next Door is a short documentary in which director Bobbie Fay Brandsen examines how she should live together with her new neighbors, Mootie from Syria, Meron from Eritrea and Salihou from Senegal. A film about integration, cultural differences, idealism but even more about the question: 'can we, despite all our differences, live together and if yes, how?' This film is one of the graduation documentaries from the class of 2017 made by a crew entirely consisting of students of the Dutch Filmacademy.
6. Haloperidol (Haloperidol)
Two young people are about to make a very important decision in their lives.
7. Korsakov (Korsakov)
(Korsakov)
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
8. Angels Unaware
God sends the archangel, Eden, to Earth where she is placed with people who are about to make a life decision that could negatively impact them and others around them. Will Eden be able to help, or will her brother Lucifer get in the way?
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
9. The death of the minotavr
The death of the minotavr talks about the concept of the heroine's journey. Suffering, horror and exhaustion lead the protagonist to a process of transformation, abyss and expiation, because only murdering to minotaur and everything he represents is possible to return to life. From the female gaze, it shows the depth of the emotional wounds caused by domestic violence; the same one that the surrealist Dora Maar lived and that ask why, as a society, instead of killing the minotaur, we blindly continue to send him women only to be devoured and ask them why they simply did not fight, why they did not try get out of the labyrinth.
10. The Irrational Fear of Nothing
The camera lingers over the back of a lonely New Yorker who ponders his own existence, his fears and fear of fears.</p><p> Shot with an Olympus E-M5 Mark II as part of a film series to promote the camera system.
11. Vainilla por la noche (Vainilla por la noche)
(Vainilla por la noche)
12. Sebelah (Sebelah)
A guy welcomes a new neighbor in his apartment.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
13. Nobody Plays the Trombone Anymore (Ya nadie toca el trombón)
Cutberto Ortíz Ramos, a young trombonist, was kidnapped, along with other 42 students, on September 26, 2014, and murdered in Ayotzinapa, México.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
14. Broken Night (부서진 밤)
An insurance fraudster earns a living with fake car accidents. One day he gets involved in a real accident, and the dilemma begins.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
15. Queer Bodies
A self-reflexive, multi-portrait film following the filmmaker, Emma Barda, and other queer artists exploring queerness and gender identity through their art. The film takes a deep dive on how queer / gender non-conforming people interpret and represent body and gender identity through various facets of art and identity, with the aim to showcase the unique and wonderful world of queerness.
16. Knock at the door (Llamar a la puerta)
A dreamy girl goes through puberty evading the loneliness and pressure of her environment until in just one night, treason and harassment lead her to big disappointments that push her to grow up abruptly.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
17. El mambo de las luciérnagas (El mambo de las luciérnagas)
A nostalgic-night trip through Mexico City. Through the heels of Gloria and Eden we will wander through those places that come to life when the sun goes down, where gender is blurred, colors vibrate, and souls shine under neon lights.
18. Winter (Invierno)
Nico's father, with whom he has a distant relationship, comes to town for medical reasons. Nico must hide his homosexuality in addition to his new life as a drag queen.
19. Alma Mater (Alma Mater)
(Alma Mater)
20. Interim
A young man meets a young woman under a bridge by a railroad. They shelter from the rain and exchange a kiss. The man grows sullen and leaves. The film starts with him and ends with her. It’s a straightforward anecdote told in traditional ways, the likes of which he’d forsake forever; that is, it uses actors, a soundtrack with music and post-dubbed sound effects, a photographer who frames everything professionally and a coherent edited narrative.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.