Film Categories: LGBTQ

  • Kiss

    An experimental reinterpretation of Andy Warhol’s 1963 silent short film of the same name, “Kiss” recontextualizes his protest against the Hays Code’s time restriction of onscreen kissing as an impassioned indictment of laws that prohibit and punish homosexuality in certain countries. Featuring a cast of performers hailing from countries where these laws exist transforming an expression of love and desire into a political protest, “Kiss” artfully challenges and resists the sanctioned condemnation and persecution LGBTQ persons confront. Selected screenings: Sicilia Queer Film Festival (2012); Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg – Freiburg International Gay Film Festival (2012); Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and…

  • Quiet

    Ali must lie and say she is her wife Sam’s sister so that she can be with Sam in the hospital because gay marriage is not legally recognized in the small Texas town where they live. Reluctant to listen to the doctor’s opinions about Sam’s condition, Ali loses herself in the couple’s memories: their first meeting, their first date and the day before Sam’s accident. Simultaneously, the hospital situation comes to a head when Nurse Lucy realizes their true relationship. Ali must confront those who would keep her from Sam as well her own fears of letting go. Selected screenings:…

  • Lust Life

    Madeleine, caught between a painful past and an uncertain future, must come to terms with the loss of her lover, Claire. Making her way through Paris, Madeleine follows Aubrie, a beautiful and elusive woman who happens to work at the café below Madeleine’s apartment. – Inside Out LGBT Film & Video Festival French and English with English subtitles

  • My Best Dress

    The title “My Best Dress” is interpreted in two divergent yet related directions: the attire one would wear out to a club, or alternatively, to a funeral. In this context, the music video represents both a celebration of youth culture, particularly with finding acceptance, expression and love within queer youth ball culture, and conversely, the inherent dangers associated with the reckless, uninformed and unprepared dark-side of underground culture. Music by MURR, featuring Rosina.

  • Scaffolding (Andamio)

    Eduardo, a snob publicist who lives cranky most of the day and David, a shy student of literature are neighbors in a building under construction. After 6 months hardly greet a scaffold intercede between them causing unexpected reactions in each. Spanish with English subtitles

  • My Lesbian Friends

    A little girl tries to attract lesbians into her backyard, but soon it becomes and infested and her mother must call an exterminator.

  • The Thing

    A woman, a transgender man, and their cat travel towards a mysterious roadside attraction known as “The Thing.” Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival, 2012

  • Gay Women Will Marry Your Boyfriends

    Lesbians explain what will happen if you don’t support gay marriage.

  • Dawn

    Dawn tells the story of two strangers who have more in common than they first realize. After Tye detects what he considers a racist glance from another passenger on the evening train home, a confrontation ensues. Tye is shocked to discover that they share something big, and both men are forced to face their prejudices in ways they never expected. Iris Prize Shortlist 2013

  • Howard

    “Howard” is a documentary about the filmmaker’s estranged Uncle Howard who was murdered in Yonkers in 1995. The film uncovers his complex and conflicted life as a gay man troubled with piety and self worth, which drove him to success, yet, ultimately led to self-destructive behavior and death. The story is intertwined with the filmmaker’s musings about the life/death of the Uncle she did not know in an attempt to comprehend what it means to have an estranged relative murdered.