European Premiere
Philippines, 2015, 100′
The film is about a life style photographer and a student activist caught up in a relationship amidst contrasting ideals and principles.
2016 FILMS
AMOR A PASO DE GIGANTE (A GIANT STEP LOVE)
World Premiere
France, Argentina, 2016, 53′
Mariela Muñoz was born named Leonardo. Transexual, he was imprisoned and fighted for his personal condition, and devoted himself to bringing up 17 children who were left to his charge with dignity. Mariela was the first transgender person who got the official documents in Argentine.
BRUISING FOR BESOS
European Premiere
USA, 2016, 89′
A charismatic Xicana lesbian seduces and alluring Puerto Rican woman, only to find herself recreating her tumultuous past.
KISS ME, KILL ME
European Premiere
USA, 2015, 100′
A contemporary film noir, set in West Hollywood…
In Los Angeles, it’s sometimes hard to tell your friends from your enemies, and all of Dusty’s friends, it seems, are capable of murder.
LA LUCIÉRNAGA (THE FIREFLY)
European Premiere
Colombia, 2015, 88′
Lucia, a married woman, after the sudden death of her estranged brother Andrés, goes through an emotional crisis. At the funeral, Lucia cannot bear to see him being buried and escapes to Andrés’ apartment. There she meets Mariana, Andrés fiancée, who has been using the apartment as a hideout since the wedding day. Slowly the two women begin to help each other mourn their loss and grow to love one another. After going on a road trip together, Lucia realizes she no longer wants to be married and decides, once and for all, to follow her dreams next to Mariana, the love of her life.
LAST MEN STANDING
European Premiere
USA, 2016, 66′
“We felt like every day was wonderful and anything could happen.” Rich and distinguished stories unfold among the lives of long-term survivors who have learned how to celebrate, heal, love, and thrive after the devastation of the early AIDS crisis (…)
Survivors are still affected by the trauma of not only their diagnosis but also the loss of community and way of life. Nobody knew they would grow old with AIDS.
Collaborator
OTHER PEOPLE
Spanish Premiere
USA, 2016, 97′
A struggling comedy writer, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worst year of his life, returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother.
SALVAJE DESPERTAR
World Premiere
Catalonia, 2016, 105′
Emma and Toni are two brothers who when they became orphans should take over the family business: a riding school. Emma is still young and Toni takes an uncontrolled and promiscuous gay life, so Ramon, the foreman, and his son Aaron, are the ones who keep the business going on. Problems arise when both brothers fall in love with Aaron and he feels pressured by his father’s homophobia.
WO WILLST DU HIN, HABIBI? (WHERE ARE YOU GOING, HABIBI?)
Spanish Premiere
Germany, 2015, 79′
This film is asking the question of affilation on different levels, it is a Buddy-Movie about an unlikely friendship. Ibrahim, young, gay, & Turkish, falls in love with “Ali”, a wrestler and criminal, German & straight. A kind of lovestory develops between the two men that surpasses both of them.
1992
European Premiere
France, 2016, 25′
Martin is seventeen and films his daily life with his Hi8 camera. He films everything and anything, his room, the world around him. Never his father. He does not think about it. One day he meets Dominique. He is twenty-three and is a pawn in his high school.
ALFA
Spanish Premiere
Cuba, 2016, 18′
Alfa Méndez Cuban gay porn actor who has to face the challenge of returning to a film set without Yerry, his sentimental and artistic partner for years. On his first day of shooting without him, Alfa tries to act as in the past but things cannot be like before.
AMORE PROSSIMO (NEXT LOVE)
Spanish Premiere
Awards: Audience Award for Best International Short at Rio Gender & Sexuality Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro
Italy, 2015, 14′
Salvatore and Giuliano train and play basketball in a park in the suburbs. After the sport they relax on the lawn while speaking of women and their own intimate desires. An intense conversation that will take the two friends on a unexpected direction.
BADERECH HAZARA (ON THE WAY BACK)
World Premiere
Israel, 2015, 9′
While on a trip to an isolated waterfall, Aviv decides to express his secret to his best friend, Barak, a secret that he has been hiding for a long time. The way back home will never be the same again.
CABALLEROS (GENTLEMEN)
Spanish Premiere
Ecuador, 2015, 8′
Five gentlemen gather in a house of one of them for telling stories about their former loves. During their conversation each one will explain his life and love experiences. Among laughs, sorrows and crazy acts, a surprise will be revealed at the end.
CELUI QUI A DEUX ÂMES (HE WHO HAS TWO SOULS)
France, 2015, 17′
They called him “He who has two souls”. He was beautiful like a woman, and he was handsome like a man. He hesitated…
COMING OF AGE
Spanish Premiere
Germany, 2016, 14′
The planned Daddy-Son-Afternoon turns into a conversation about male role models – until the roles getting fixed again.
DAESH GIRL
European Premiere
Saudi Arabia, USA, 2016, 11′
A compelling story of love, death, and sacrifice, set against a backdrop of war, hatred, and intolerance, in one of the world’s most troubled regions.Daesh Girl tells the story of Sarah, a young woman drawn into a world of violence and treachery when her friend, Noorah, is abducted by Daesh and forced into servitude. The necessity of freeing Noorah forces Sarah to concoct a desperate scheme which will put her in the greatest possible danger, as she goes undercover to infiltrate one of the world’s most ruthless and deadly extremist groups, with the aim of freeing her friend and killing her captors.
DANCE CARD
European Premiere
Australia, 2016, 7′
Cara has something important to tell her grandfather, and she’s worried he might find it a bit shocking. But ol’Gramps has some surprises for Cara, too.
DE VUELTA (BACK AGAIN)
Spain, 2015, 13′
Alex returns to his village with Jordi, after a while, in order to celebrate San Juan night. However, due to a summer storm, they have to shelter in an old abandoned house where both played when they were children. In there, some conflicts of the past will turn up.
EICH LIHIYOT LEVAD (HOW TO BE ALONE)
Barcelona Premiere
Awards: Best Israeli Short Film Tel Aviv FilmFest 2016
Israel, 2015, 22′
Listen to me: there is life without love. Loneliness is the soul’s forgotten desire. You don’t need anyone. Don’t search, don’t hope, don’t dream; and only then, perhaps, you too will learn how to be alone.
G. O’CLOCK
Spanish Premiere
United Kingdom, 2015, 10′
G O’Clock is the groundbreaking new film about the unseen world of house music, muscles, drugs and sex. This is London’s booming gay chemsex scene. After being called out to an emergency, a gay paramedic named Alex saves the life of a young boy who has overdosed on GHB.
Even though this is a daily scenario for Alex, he leads a double life as a frequent sex party reveller. He believes his medical knowledge and responsible party habits are enough to keep him safe from the dangers of the chemsex world. That is until he arrives at a chillout and meets Nik, a sexy, young Spanish boy whom he takes under his wing.
Alex is about to learn that when it comes to chemsex, arrogance can be just as dangerous as naiveté…
GABBER LOVER
Spanish Premiere
Awards: Cannes Palm Queer 2016
France, 2016, 13′
Nerac, France, early 2000s. Laurie and Mila, 13 years old, are dancing gabber next to a remote lake. Mila is in love with Laurie and tries to tell her. Troubled by her declaration, Laurie reacts violently. Mila runs away. Laurie sets out to find her.
HOUSE NOT HOME
European Premiere
USA, 2015, 15′
A firsthand account of Terran, an African American gender fluid teenager navigating bullying, violence and rejection from their father and peers before finding their courage and voice to come out.
To Leelah Alcorn (1997-2014) who said:”The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender people aren’t treated the way I was (…) Gender needs to be talked about in schools, the earlier the better. My death needs to mean something.”
LA CANDIDATA
Spain, Catalonia, 2014, 7′
The Iron Woman, The Black Woman with a Golden Heart, Jesusa, the Rose Woman, The Calm Woman, and Esperanza Constitución. All of them are The Candidate: Six stories, six worlds, six voices, six women willing to say what they think and offer the best of them and to be themselves if you vote for them.
LA ORQUÍDEA
Barcelona Premiere
Spain, Catalonia, 2016, 3′
A man has something important to tell his son, but can only get through to his voicemail.
LETARGO (LETHARGY)
Barcelona Premiere
Spain, 2015, 19′
Alex is a boy who has just broken up with Marc, his partner for several years. In a cold winter nights, their dog sickens and Alex brings him to the hospital. This situation forces Marc and Alex to meet again in a long night in which everything that seemed asleep awakens.
NASSER
Spanish Premiere
Awards: ‘Best Film’ and ‘Best Actress’(2015) De Ronde Venen Open Film Festival Vinkeveen,
Honorable Mention Noordelijk Film Festival Leeuwarden
Holland, 2015, 20′
Nasser is a 13-year-old Dutch girl from Moroccan descent named Nassira. Her friends call her Nasser because she feels different than other girls. When Nassira has her first period, her mother thinks it is time for her to behave like a young woman. But Nassira struggles with the expectations and her identity crisis.
OH-BE-JOYFUL
Barcelona Premiere
United Kingdom, 2015, 14′
Rita is about to kick the bucket, but before she does she’s got one final job to do: drag her granddaughter out of the closet.
PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE
European Premiere
Israel, 2016, 8′
The insecure Amitai finally gets invited to the appartment of the desirable Aitan. But when Aitan reveals his special secret to Amitai, the tabels turn and the dominant becomes the submissive.
PICK UP
European Premiere
USA, 2015, 20′
Jesse Ritter has been living with a secret. What begins as a quiet evening of driving for Pick Up (the latest car service to share the road with Uber and Lyft), turns into a life changing journey filled with conversations about life, sex, stigma, and guilt, as Jesse falls for one of his passengers and is forced to confess the truth.
PINK BOY
Spanish Premiere
Awards: Grand Jury Award for Best Short DOC NYC Winner, Jury Award for Best Documentary Palm Springs
USA, 2015, 15′
BJ, a butch lesbian, successfully avoided dresses her entire life until she and her partner Sherrie adopted Jeffrey, who starts to dance in gowns and perform for his parents. Now that six-year-old Jeffrey wishes to dress up in public, BJ must navigate where it is safe for him in conservative rural Florida.
PONY TALE
World Premiere
Israel/Palestina (The West Bank, Palestinian National Authority), 2016, 9′
17 years old Adva is trapped in a never ending life circle between fantasy and reality. Surviving the religion life style through a fantasy life she created. Adva goes on a night journey from her life in the West Bank settlement in order to fulfill her fantasy- to kiss a girl and fuck her with her back to the wall of a club’s bathroom.
She is unfamiliar with Tel-Aviv’s night life and has no idea what to expect, but she is eager to fulfill the fantasy. She is hitchhiking her way to Tel-Aviv, changes her religious appearance and puts on her alter identity…
PORQUE NO (BECAUSE)
European Premiere
Colombia, 2016, 14′
Victoria and Paula are going to a wedding party near Bogotá, but an unsolved conversation is waiting for them.
POSHIDA (HIDDEN LGBT PAKISTAN)
European Premiere
Pakistan, 2016, 29′
This first-of-it’s-kind independent documentary follows hidden LGBT individuals and communities in Pakistan. Travelling across the country, Poshida delves into the history and modern culture of LGBT Pakistan providing a deep insight into this hidden world.
The film examines sexuality and gender identities in south Asia and discusses colonialism, religion, class and the influence of US foreign policy.
It also spotlights the role of the Pakistani media in the case of the Lahori serial killer of 2014 and human rights abuses of transgender men and women for entertainment.
¿QUIÉN MATÓ A LA SRA. AIBOFSNART?
Spain/Catalonia, 2015, 10′
Three women are suspect of murder, but all of them have the perfect alibi. Who is Ms. Aibofsnart?
RYANS
22 October. International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization 2016
European Premiere
USA, 2016, 14′
A trans woman goes on a blind date with a man with the same name as her ex…
Rain Valdez kept her gender identity secret for years in Hollywood. Now, she’s out, and ready to finally represent her community in her favorite film genre: the comedy.
S.T.A.R.
22 October. International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization 2016
European Premiere
USA, 2016, 5′
“The transgender movement may be making headlines, but our rich history is often overlooked,” Ernst said in a press release. “Transgender people have always existed, and have lived many different lives. These stories show us just how important it is to share our histories.
SIXTH GRADE SLOW DANCE
Spanish Premiere
Israel, 2015, 17′
Amit (12) finds out that Noam (12) is going to a different junior high than they’d agree on. Amit wonders if he could win back his secret crush and for once dace with someone he loves.
TAYELET (BOARDWALK)
European Premiere
Israel, 2016, 6′
A steamy date on the beach take a rough turn after an homophobic threat.
TRADE QUEEN
Barcelona Premiere
Germany, 2015, 8′
Mr. Jonas and Mr. Schmidt look like boring salesmen but they have their secrets. Beneath their perfect gray suits shines love, courage and many other things. They are united against homophobia.
YOM EHAD BAKAEITZ (ONE SUMMER’S DAY)
World Premiere
Israel, 2016, 9′
17-year-old Zohar, meets her good friend Noam at an isolated waterfall, their usual spot, for the last time before Noam is about to run away from home. The closer they are to saying goodbye, Zohar refuses to come to terms with the situation and tries to stay close to her.