DIVERSITY AWARD
After Louie de Vincent Gagliostro
SHORT FILM - LGTIB AWARD
Piscina de Carlos Ruano
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
Santa y Andrés de Carlos Lechuga
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
Villa Rosa de Lázaro J. González González
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Lily de Graham Cantwell
Spanish Premiere
USA, 2017, 100′
Sam (Alan Cumming)is a troubled New York-based artist. A survivor of the AIDS epidemic, his loft is full of souvenirs and memories of former lovers, along with evidence of his time as an activist in ACT UP. He meets a young man, Braeden (Zachary Booth) in a bar and assumes that because of his youth the only reason for him to pursue a sexual encounter is a commercial one. However, it turns out to be the catalyst for a new phase in his life as an artist. Through Sam, a generation deals with the unresolved trauma of loss for those who lived through the 1980s and 1990s. Sam’s grief and anger turn into a sharing of knowledge and experience, expanding the possibilities of intergenerational understanding.
Spanish Premiere
United Kingdom, 2017, 82′
2017 sees the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act which decriminalised homosexual acts in England and Wales between adult males, in private. While it would take several decades before homosexuals would reach anything like full equality in this country, this legislation marks the beginning of this journey, through those dark days, when homosexuals were routinely imprisoned or forced to undergo chemical aversion therapy in an attempt to cure them of their ‘condition’. There is also testimony from a retired police officer whose job it was to enforce these laws, and a former psychiatric nurse who administered the so-called cures. All these accounts amplify the themes of the drama and help to immerse us in the reality of a dark chapter in our recent past.
Spanish Premiere
Italy, 1990, 58′
Recovering memory: Barcelona is preparing the Olympic Games of ’92. There are people who transform their lives and at the same time they show us another reality.
The documentary CHINATOWN is a witness of the pre-Olympic Barcelona transformation: as a cosmopolitan city and that of some citizens such as Carmen de Mairena, who lives in the red-light district and exhibits the human squalid conditions and wealth values. Together with Nino Spaghetti, both are the main characters of this city transformation and at the same time its personality.
Spanish Premiere
France, 2017, 86′
A young, modern and very happy woman falls in love with beautiful Cecile. The only cloud in this perfect picture: her 76 ex-girlfriends and crazy family! This film has the ambition to be the first mainstream romantic comedy where the central couple consists of two very funny women.
Spanish Premiere
Puerto Rico, Venezuela, 2016, 113′
Teresa is a vegetarian lesbian and a successful astrophysicist living with her fiancé, Daniela in the Canary Islands. After years of auto-exile, she goes back to her rural home in Puerto Rico to invite her family to her wedding. The Díaz family is a conservative clan that owns a Poultry Processing Plant. Unwilling to reveal their secrets, no one in the family is who they say they are, which is why Teresa opts for lying.
FIPRESCI’s Award, 32 Festival de Cinema de Guadalajara (Mexico)
Spanish Premiere
Mexico, 2017, 103′
An old house in a traditional neighborhood of Guadalajara is inhabited by five people who share the expenses, dreams and a part of their lives, while observed by Schrödinger, a cat that seems to be part of the place. Through its eyes, we know the conflicts of these boys from different regions of the country and opposite cultures, who left their home in search of a life of their own, finding a dysfunctional family on the way.
Awards: Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Lola Amores) Guadalajara International, Special Honorary Award (Maguey LGBT Competition) 2017
Spanish Premiere
Cuba, France, Colombia, 2016, 105′
The story of an improbable friendship between a revolutionary country girl and a noncompliant gay writer she has to watch over for three consecutive days. The story goes on in the East of Cuba, in the early 80’s. It deals with the friendship that arises between two people who, apparently, are very different, but who gradually become aware that the things that unite them are more important than the ones that separate them.
European Premiere
USA, 2016, 86′
A misanthropic woman is forced in sensitivity training and forms an unlikely friendship with the bubbly woman who is assigned to be her coach.
European Premiere
Cuba, 2016, 50′
Caibarien was one of the most prosperous Cuba fishing villages. Now their progress seems due, rather, to the LGBTI activism of many of its inhabitants. For that reason, the Russian Roxana Rojo says that the former Villa Blanca is stained pink in the middle of the national gray.
European Premiere
Israel, 2017, 11′
After her father passed away, Ayelet – a lesbian woman – finds out that her father had an affair with a man. Although her mother disapproval, Ayelet decideds to meet her Father’s lover.
Spanish Premiere
Israel, 2017, 25′
Noam, a young gay guy, discovers his father, who just died, had a secret affair with another married man. He Follows and meets that man without telling him who he is. He now holds his father’s secret.
World Premiere
USA, 2017, 6′
This film shows what Andy (Warhol) kept off screen (and the world wondering about for over 50 years)
World Premiere
France, 2017, 4′
My great torment in this existence comes from the fact that I am eternally alone, and all my efforts, all my actions are directed toward escaping the solitude. From « Solitude » by Guy de Maupassant.
European Premiere
China, 2017, 25′
1997 China is a place of transitions. Control of Hong Kong has just returned to the mainland. Western values are beginning to impact traditional Chinese values. At this time, 11-year-old Qingqing is also in a place of transition. On the cusp of adolescence, she lives with her mom in the peaceful city of Wuhan. When Qingqing discover her mom’s oddly close relationship with a female friend, she starts stalking them, only to discover her secret.
USA, 2016, 17′
A pair of senior citizens have a relationship that shocks both their families. In this endearing comedy, a potty-mouthed octogenarian in an assisted living facility gets a big-time surprise engineered by his daughter, in this funny and endearing sketch directed (and with a delightful cameo) by Danny DeVito.
Spanish Premiere
Brazil, 2016, 22′
Diamante is a gay boxer who stands out for his body control and fast leg movements. At night, he performs as a drag queen in a nightclub. Judgemental, his coach leaves him out of a boxing competition, but Diamante wants to be a champion.
Spanish Premiere
Germany, 2016, 16′
Markus is the city’s most popular public pisser. That’s what we learn on his blog where he posts his videos. In these he seems unrestrained and shameless. Yet behind the digital facade we meet a self-conscious and shy man…
Spanish Premiere
Germany, 2016, 15′
The Russian expat Mikail lives happily in a civil partnership with his husband in Berlin, when chief inspector Böhnenkamp accuses him of not being gay and leading a green-card marriage. A witness saw him kissing a woman! But as it turns out, things are not always what they seem.
Spanish Premiere
Mexico. USA, 2016, 22′
Sthefany Galante is a Mexican trans woman who migrated to the United States after experiencing gender discrimination in her hometown. After being away from home for six years, Sthefany is preparing for an imminent trip to Hidalgo, Mexico, to confront her parents about her gender identity.
Catalonia, 2016, 10′
When the road is not yours, the more difficult it is to follow your own path. Fina was born in Vic, made her change at age 50, was married and had two children. This is his story.
European Premiere
United Kingdom, 2016, 13′
Quan arriba un de nou amb talent i comença a utilitzar el club de boxa local, París, un lluitador expert, es veu obligat a una lluita inesperada amb ell mateix. Una pel·lícula sobre vulnerabilitat en un món hiper-masculí que no la permet.
Spanish Premiere
Mexico, Germany, 2016, 16′
In a city with constant movement like the subway rides, the paths of Andre´s and Miguel are crossing. It seems like the beginning of a new Romance but Andre´s doesn’t know which direction to take, because every road leads him to something sexual.
Barcelona Premiere
Cuba, 2016, 29′
Aristotle is an obese man following a therapy to lose weight. When he meets Tim, a security guard from the first McDonalds factory in Cuba, his expectations increase.
Barcelona Premiere
Catalonia, 2017, 7′
Carmeta, Mari and Pilar are three old ladies from Sucs, a little village in Plana de Lleida, who spend every afternoon sitting on a bench to catch up. The arrival of a strange couple of young girls turns into the main topic of discussion among the three friends… until gossip awakes deep feelings from their past.
Spanish Premiere
Germany, 2017, 10′
A pair of thirtysomethings picks up a young, attractive black man for a threesome. As they review the experience, they probe each other, masking their own insecurities with hipster irony and provocation, including homophobic and racist jokes. Soon the situation turns very embarrassing for them.
European Premiere
Lebanon, 2016, 15′
Fourteen-year-old Nidal is one of the 4.8 million Syrians who has been displaced by war. Born female, Nidal has identified as a boy since he was nine years old which coincided with their escape from Syria. As his body starts to mature, he is forced to navigate the complexity of his circumstances in the confines of a refugee camp and a culture that cannot comprehend gender fluidity.
Spanish Premiere
Spain, 2017, 4′
Two women have just finished their relationship. They gather for a family meal in which they will continue to pretend they are a couple. If one can not keep up the farce, there is one keyword: Platypus.
Spanish Premiere
United Kingdom, Portugal, 2016, 14′
This is a poetic film about The Penis becoming a diary with a unique story to tell. All penises have a story to tell. If yours could speak what would it say?
Spanish Premiere
Spain, 2017, 10′
Santi and Jota are two neighbourhood friends forever. Like many others, they don’t study nor work, and they live their lives by getting drunk in the park, going to Nightclubs, and talking about which of their girl friends is hotter. But Jota is worried about something else. Oppressed by the heat of August, Santi is decided to make him talk, and in order to persuade him, has worked out an infallible plan.
European Premiere
Guatemala, 2017, 33′
Film about three relationships between men happening simultaneously in a country without any rights for LGBTI individuals. “First” tells the story of two teenage boys who don’t fit in their school and randomly meet at a birthday party. “True” is a comedy of errors, when Alejandro decides to attend the wedding of his ex-boyfriend and discovers that his future husband has a secret. “Last” is the tragic story of a seven-year long closeted relationship when individuals are not honest with each other and their families.
Spanish Premiere
Spain, 2017, 15′
Antonio and Carmen read the letter that their son Lucas has written to the Three Wise Men. A very special gift from the kid’s list will test the social convictions and his parents’ love.
Barcelona Premiere
Canada, 2016, 15′
This is a short horror film set in present-day Moscow. The short film follows 16 year-old Pyotr as he is baited over a dating app by an ultra-nationalist group known for their violent abductions, bolstered by Russia’s recent passing of an anti-LGBT propaganda law, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret…
European Premiere
Spain, 2017, 22′
Moonif, a young Syrian man, leaves the refugee camp to wander the streets of Berlin. He starts to discover the city that feels alien to him. He embarks on a journey where he will confront outer dangers and inner desires.
Spanish Premiere
Catalonia, 2017, 8′
A young woman who feels man and how this feeling affects in her daily life. For the recognition of gender identity.
Spanish Premiere
Netherlands, 2017, 15′
As the Syrian civil war rages, Sami (Noah Valentyn) has fled Damascus and now lives in Amsterdam. He hopes to be able to build a home here and be able to live openly as a gay man. Most of all, he hopes to escape the ghosts of the past that still haunt him. A chance encounter brings him face to face with Johan (Daan Colijn): A self-assured, direct and sensual man. Over the course of a night, some unsettling secrets are revealed that will make both men confront some harsh truths about the very different worlds they come from.
European Premiere
Spain, 2017, 19′
Mateo and his boyfriend, Marc, arrive home after a night out with Luke, a guy they’ve just met. After an argument, Mateo leaves the flat and bumps into Jon, a drug dealer they have called. Mateo convinces Jon to take him to his house where he discovers he can’t feel anything if it’s not through pain.
World Premiere
Spain, 2017, 11′
What is the reality of gays and lesbians when they reach a certain age? This is the testimony of those who had to remain silent, in front of a hostile environment, beginning in their own families and, in many cases, ended in jail. Carlos, Rosa, Eduardo and Ricardo explain the route that has marked their lives and how they face their present and future.
Spanish Premiere
2016 Aspen Shortsfest: Audiene Award, Best Drama
2016 MiFo LGBT Film Festival, Miami: Best Short Film
Noruega, 2016, 19′
A lifelong relationship is coming to an end, as we follow two elderly men and former athletes the last winter they are living together.
Spanish Premiere
Canada, 2016, 5′
As the night cleaner in Canada’s busiest gay bathhouse, Travis, with good humour he shyly takes us on an amusing and sometimes harrowing tour through his nightly duties.
European Premiere
USA, 2016, 6′
A short conversation with a transwoman has a profound impact on young Mel. This is our response to the Trump Administration’s rescission of the rights of transgender students across America.
Barcelona Premiere
Euskadi, 2016, 11′
Miren is preparing her wedding. One day she meets an old friend from university. An encounter that will lead to know herself.
Spanish Premiere
Brazil, 2017, 6′
From the foam of the sea, fertilized by the blood of the sky, was born Venus, enchanting goddess. In the animated fairy tale Filly,a lesbian fairy tale with nimble fingers, seduces women by day, dressed as boy. But at night something strange happens and soon half the population of Whitsitt Village are eagerly queuing up.
Spanish Premiere
Catalonia, 2017, 14′
Alex and Hugo are a young couple who are together for 6 months. One Friday night, when Hugo is at Alex’s apartment some issues about the sexual roles will be discussed. What it seemed a simple argument, it ends up by bringing to light some very important issues about the necessary basis for a working relationship.
Spanish Premiere
Chile, 2016, 25′
When a Catholic school humiliates the daughter of two mothers, Victoria (45) and Rosana (42), they both enter into a couple crisis because of their opposing visions of justice and privacy.
Spanish Premiere
USA, 2016, 15′
Virgin Territory is sex-positive, queer, and questioning coming-of-age story about a teenage girl who decides to have sex for the first time in commencement of her journey of sexual exploration.
Spanish Premiere
Germany, 2017, 23′
Laura is a self-confident young woman, a member of the new “Me Me Me Generation“, also known as “Generation Y”. Spoilt for choice by life’s abundance of options, Laura has lost track of her own aims and ideals. She’s always looking for something, she just doesn’t know what. One night she meets Safi, who has fled her homeland. The encounter gives Laura food for thought.
