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, […]
Between 1975, when the “X” classification was introduced, and 1983, when VHS copies became more widespread and the HIV/AIDS epidemic began, 75 French homosexual pornographic films shot on film were officially released in cinemas. A quasi-fertile decade for gay porn cinema, with scripted works of undeniable cinematic quality, far removed from the pseudo-schematic scenarios of […]
Four black transgender sex workers from Atlanta and New York City share their unfiltered stories about their lives: their challenges, their insecurities, their hard-won wisdom in a social context where racism and transphobia can lead to violence and sometimes death. D. Smith directs a raw, edgy and authentic debut film. A talented producer, singer and […]
Aunt Neirud was always present at family gatherings. Tall, athletic, she was also Gorilla Woman, a wrestler in a circus run by women in Brazil. She died without leaving any trace of her past. But who was this woman who’d been so close to the family? The investigation is launched by the director, stubborn, immersed […]
OLD LESBIANSMeghan McDonough – United States29 min – doc. (2023) – vo : angA collection of 800 life stories from lesbians across the United States, the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project was launched over 25 years ago. Some of these women are now sharing their stories with great joy! FALLING FOR GRETAGustavo Arteaga – United […]
A decolonial and queer tour of the “Mémoires. Genève dans le monde colonial” exhibition at the Musée d’ethnographie de Genève (MEG) This guided oriented tour is intended as a dialog between visitors, guides, the exhibition and the museum. Through situated perspectives, the aim is to question the practices and knowledge underlying the exhibition “Mémoires. Geneva […]
1996, in a small fishing village in the Northeast of Brazil, it is the last summer for Tamara, before going to study in Brasilia. Her nonchalant days with her group of friends are lulled by swimming, discussions in the palm trees, night dances, exploring abandoned buildings and unoccupied villas. There she meets the mysterious Sem […]
Twenty-four hours in the life of a biker on winter roads: an encounter with a gas station attendant drenched in petrol and grease, locker room orgies, early morning embraces—the daily lives of men navigating who play pinball, the “game over” on a changing world that we know will soon turn merciless. A masterpiece of melancholic […]
Jaya, a non-binary teacher, and TV comedian, loses their job following the typhoon that devastated the Philippines in 2013. They then decide to participate in a drag competition at the edge of the country. Arnel, an introverted former student, in search of his father, imposes himself on their journey… Thus begins a tragi-comic road trip […]
