SÎNOR-NEYÊ Rosida Koyuncu – Switzerland10 min – doc. (2024) – vo: ang, fr, kur, tur – st: frEight years after seeking refuge in Geneva, Kurdish artist, filmmaker, and queer activist Rosida Koyuncu attempts to see her mother and sister at the border. PĀCAT (Peace)Ivona Homicianu – Belgium12 min – doc. (2022) – vo : fr Since the […]
THE MALE GAZE RECIPEJoey Arand and Alma Weber – Germany03 min – animation (2024) – vo: de – st: frA filmmaker dreams of shooting a 16mm masturbation film, guided by her grandmother – according to a tried and tested recipe. DUSK Jake Graf – United Kingdom15 min – fiction (2017) – vo: ang – st: frIn […]
In a small Hungarian town, Ana is a dedicated and progressive literature teacher. Loved by her students for her creative approach, she introduces them to the film Total Eclipse (1995) by Agnieszka Holland, which explores the relationship between poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine. However, when the father of one of the students learns about […]
In the Vietnamese countryside of the 19th century, May, 14, becomes the third wife of a wealthy landowner. There, patriarchal mechanisms seem to be rooted for eternity and women’s ambition is conditioned. In a setting as precious as silk, bathed in a scintillating atmosphere, are the fleeting movements of innocent awakening to love, the touches […]
Launched by the Dialogai association, the Regards Croisés/Shared Glances series spotlights four pairs of LGBTQI+ individuals from different generations in Geneva. Through joint interviews, these videos explore the critical issues that LGBTQI+ people have faced over time. With an authentic and heartfelt look at their experiences, they share their progress, challenges, and perspectives on human […]
When Pat dies, her partner of over 30 years, Angie, is confronted with the greed and selfishness of Pat’s family. With gay marriage being illegal in Hong Kong, Angie’s place and rights are not recognized, nor is her love… From the accuracy of deep feelings to the greed of loved ones, from the injustice of […]
At 17, Adi enjoys a tranquil holiday in his quiet native village, nestled in the remote Danube Delta, a place often described as “the end of the world”… But when he returns home with a swollen face, long-buried truths surface. Yet, what is the real truth? And how much do we truly want to know? […]
ZÉRO DEGRÉ (Zero Degree)Matias De Sa Moreira and Adrien Stoclet – France 05 min – fiction (2024) – vo: frBruno and Thomas have decided to host a weekend with friends—without alcohol! While shopping in the supermarket parking lot, they begin to argue: is this idea really as reasonable as it sounds? DREAM BURGER Sami Kali – […]
Tekla has vanished. She left her village in Georgia for the city of endless possibilities: Istanbul. After too long without any news, Lia, her stern and strong-willed aunt, along with her young, naive neighbour, set off to find her. In the bustling heart of the city, their encounters multiply—between hope and despair, activism and prostitution. […]
A compassionate middle school teacher is accused of harassment, but the principal seeks to suppress both the complaints and any chance of explanation. No waves allowed. Based on real events experienced by the director, the film strikes deeply: when dehumanizing systems take over, turning them into fiction becomes cathartic. The filmmaker describes his work as […]
Language exchanges are not only an opportunity for discovery, for meeting others, but also a chance to spread one’s wings and move out of our comfort zones. For Fanny and Lena, 17 years old, from France and Germany, it is time for a leap into the unknown. In the restlessness, they will lie to be […]
Wether visible or invisible, sublimated or invisibilized, heroines or victims, lesbian women have undoubtedly entered an era of emancipation. Lesbian women, present from the earliest days of feminist protests, have fought relentlessly for legal and economic equality. Does their history of struggle, both intimate and political, finally allow them to live a “great” life? Have […]
Paul leaves Jérôme for a week in New York. He writes to him every day, but in his final letter, he reveals that he will never return: Jérôme then sets out to find him. Shot in New York in 1977, it is the cult film of gay porn of the 1970s: direct cinema, mondo, filmSMand […]
In the south of Thailand, on long beaches embroidered with artificial dykes, Fon and Shati meet. One is a visual artist activist in residence, the other is a young local Muslim woman. In this landscape where concrete has killed sand, they tell each other ancient fantastic tales, they scrutinize the details of nature together and […]
Paul and Gabriel meet in front of the Château de Vincennes and quickly decide to “move in together.” After an orgy and a fuck with gigolos at a hotel, Paul—who has always seen himself as a dominant top—begins to question whether he is now tempted by sodomy. A forgotten gem of French gay porn, this […]
How ethologists have actively participated for centuries in the normalization of LGBTIQ+ identities. Here expert and pioneering voices mingle with the artistic practices of queer protagonists, in order to deconstruct these instrumentalizing theories. Scientist Fleur Daugey, psychologist and philosopher Vinciane Despret, trans biologist specializing in evolution, Joan Roughgarden and biologist Thierry Lodé, an expert in […]
Young Elias lives in the Dutch countryside, in a close-knit and ordinary family, except for his father, a semi-famous and narcissistic pop singer. When Alexander moves in across the street, the 14-year-old boy seems fascinated. Slowly, he befriends him. Then, his feelings turn into love. This simple story combines a unique naturalness, the usual tragic […]
Creating your own spaces, inventing your own rules, expressing yourself freely, absolutely, dizzyingly: the essence of voguing and its ballrooms. Here, in Rio de Janeiro and its surroundings, many non-white LGBTQI+ people go beyond the repressive society in which they live. The filmmaker duo takes their camera and delves into the heart of the Brazilian […]
From 1975 to 1983, 75 films of a new cinematographic genre were released in French cinemas: homosexual porn. This genre, replaced by video, died out in 1983 and since then, homosexual pornographic cinema has never again been distributed in cinemas in France. Through the testimony of directors and actors, and numerous extracts, the film reveals […]
There are figures who have changed the world, often women who have been made invisible by the dominant patriarchal culture. Sally Gearhart is one of them, Harvey Milk’s little-known sidekick, an openly queer teacher, precursor of gender studies, radical feminist, possibly a lesbian separatist, and certainly charismatic and visionary. This optimistic film highlights the character, […]
