Brace
Can we truly understand the object of our affection?
Through the Fields
Lucas, hiding his attraction to men, navigates a secret life while supporting his younger brother, Théo, in a poignant exploration of family, identity, and acceptance.
Fairy Tale
Gay man brings his lover to meet his homophobic parents.
So Close Away
Two repeat offenders escape from Sofia Central Prison, one driven by vengeance, the other by matters of the heart.
A Boy’s Dream
Elias dreams of a family. Christian is happy about their free existence in an open relationship, where they have time and money to travel, buy expensive designer furniture and love each other. Elias has been able to keep his longing at bay for a long time, but when he starts his new job as a psychologist at a school home, it is as if the burden is overflowing. He must face the fact that a life without a human responsibility for others than himself can never be a happy life for him.
Colonial Gods
A complicated friendship between a Somali man and Nigerian man unfolds against the chaos of gentrification and displacement in a small immigrant community in Cardiff, Wales known as Tiger Bay.
We Are Dancers
Berlin 1932, Hitler is rising to power. Queer-Femulator Hansi Sturm must overcome the arrival of her partner’s former lover and his growing Nazism in order to save her relationship and discover the need for queer defiance in this new Nazi reality.
Placer
Seven friends gather, like every year, in a mountain cottage in the mountains. This year is different, it will be their last year as twenty-somethings before turning thirty. Everyone seems to have matured but the discovery of an adult movie will make them discover how sexual fantasies can change everything.
Skin on Skin
Two men displaced in the hell of the German meat industry. Something lies between them. Something makes them dream again.
The Revelations of Gavin Grey
High school junior, Gavin Grey has a big secret, a secret that’s he’s not ready to share with anyone.
Approaching
The search for a common path of a lonely widower and a 15-year-old Roma boy Martin, who is on the run from home. The two gradually find in each other a kindred spirit.
The Martyr
A young man’s obsession with the half-naked figure of Jesus Christ leads him down a dangerous path of self-harm and masochistic tendencies.
Butterflies in Berlin – Diary of a Soul Split in Two
Are you willing to pay the cost of being yourself, even if it differs from and challenges others? Find the courage to be yourself to inspire an awareness of diversity, to break down the barriers of discrimination.
Hotel Paradijs
Follows Paul’s routine crossing between Amsterdam’s city center and the north side, where a chance encounter with Claire leads him into a seductive and transformative journey.
Hands
When his boyfriend suddenly leaves him without an explanation, Michel develops a fear of emotional attachment. He starts meeting other people, but every new pair of hands remind him of his ex.
Pride
Manol, a retired general and a loving grandfather, is a patriarch of firm morals and fixed beliefs, which he has upheld in his household. But on this day he learns that the boy he raised is gay. The life choices of his loved ones challenge his values in a battle he has lost by default.
The Apple Tree
Gabe and Jonathan navigate a forbidden love in the 1940s, hiding their relationship until Jonathan’s death forces Gabe to confront prejudice in a poignant exploration of LGBTQ+ elders’ struggles.
Trivial
Valentin arrives to view a room for rent and is greeted by Renault and Pierre, two roommates whose relationship goes beyond friendship. When the house cat unexpectedly bites his hand, a simple moment of care turns into something far more charged. As one of the hosts steps away to find a tissue, the atmosphere shifts, and an undeniable tension takes hold, leaving everyone changed by the encounter.
Screwdriver
Michael arrives in a new town hoping for a clean start. He soon meets Josef, a boy who shows no interest in the labels or differences that others focus on. Their friendship deepens, and slowly the two begin to develop feelings for each other.
The Disco Years
Follows Tom’s coming out journey in high school amidst friendship and homophobia.
Journey to the Shore
High school couple Min Ha and Sang Bum celebrate their 100th day anniversary with a journey to the shore, where their differing attitudes towards public displays of affection reveal deeper insecurities and secrets.
Florence
Matthew Florence, a young man hungry for adventure, believes he’s found it when he meets Justin, but soon realizes that things aren’t always as they seem.
Steam
A middle-aged man, fatigued by the monotony of his life and disenchanted with romantic relationships, resigns himself to never again experiencing deep, genuine affection. Seeking reprieve, he enters a men’s sauna – a realm where myriad chance encounters unfold each day.
The Infamous T
Examines an intimate year in the life of Jonathon, a young gay man finding himself while living at the intersection of queer and black identities and struggling with a lifetime of homelessness. As he struggles to balance his family of origin and family of choice, stay in school, and be his most authentic self, Jonathon discovers that home is more than four walls, and friendship can transform us.
Palace of Nocturnal Delights
A young man interviews former child-actor Rodrigo Escher, only to be drawn into his idol’s nightmarish web of diabolical secrets and sexual perversions.
What Grown-Ups Know
A peculiar love triangle unfolds between a teenage boy, his childlike, ailing mother, and the solitary manager of a secluded caravan park.
Death in Venice, CA
A stressed-out writer’s retreat is disrupted by advances from a lascivious 17-year-old male relative, complicating his search for peace and inspiration.