Maya excitedly leans into the joy of her first queer relationship, but must confront the seemingly never-ending sexualisation of her identity
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Elle McCarney
Maya
Greta Oliver
Riley
Theodore Coy
Joel
A fleeting encounter in a train station draws a withdrawn young man into a shadowy world of desire and danger. As obsession deepens, innocence destroyed, and an irreversible transformation begins.
As Andrea moves into her college apartment she looks back at her memories with her best friend Mariela, who could not join her on her journey to college. Overwhelmed by sadness, there might be more than meets the eye when exploring their friendship.
A Duel for Love is a 1914 dramatic short.
Middle-aged Jean-Marc invites the much younger Simon for dinner in his Paris apartment. After an initially warm meeting, they discover each other’s expectations, leading to an escalating tension throughout the evening…
Charley, a cyborg vampire who does the Vatican's dirty work, is the thrall of the local vampire playboy Johnny Rayflo. As the two fight crime—and each other—hilarity, violence and sacrilege ensue! But can Charley resist his own desperate cravings for blood? Find out as the devilish duo go up aginst a childlike vampire princess, a mysterious branch of the Unitarian Church...and one another.
A chance encounter dangerously intertwines the lives of three people with differing perspectives on love.
In the window of the house, where some say the sweetness dwells, is reflected, every night, a delicious story.
After traveling hundreds of miles, a woman must wait another twenty-four hours before she can get an abortion.
Simmons, best-known for her photographs of miniature rooms populated by dolls and of oversized objects—such as a house, birthday cake, and pistol—balanced on female legs, both human and fake, brings these characters to life in a three-act mini-musical. The film is inspired by three distinct periods of Simmons’s photographic work: vintage hand puppets, ventriloquist dummies and walking objects enact tales of ambition, disappointment, love, loss, and regret. Working with composer Michael Rohaytn ("Personal Velocity") and cameraman Ed Lachman ("The Virgin Suicides" and "Far From Heaven"), Simmons’s puppets come to life in miniature domestic scenes that echo real life.
A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.
Laura is a vampire who has remained a 12-year-old girl for over a century. She lives on a plot of land outside the city of Talca with a human woman, Carmen, who pretends to be her mother. Their relationship is put to the test when Laura decides to turn Javiera, a human teenager she met long ago, into a vampire
Milo, an awkward lesbian goes on a Hinge date with who seems to be the girl of her dreams. But when they meet face to face, Milo's plans to woo her do not go as planned
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
Prometheus, on an Odyssean journey, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge in search of the characters of his imagination. After meeting the Muse, he proceeds to the "forest." There, under an apple tree, he communes with his selves, represented by celebrated personages from the New York "underground scene" who appear as modern correlatives to the figures of Greek mythology. The filmmaker, who narrates the situations with a translation of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, finds the personalities of his characters to have a timeless universality.
Xiaoxing, who was diagnosed with "Ublis syndrome" (in simple terms, she lost the ability to be afraid) did not believe that she had this disease, so she tested herself. Turns out anything scary only amuses her. She has become very "manly" since she stopped being scared. In order to find a brave man to fall in love with, Xiao Xingxin will conduct some tests on the boys after meeting them. In the end, they never meet again, until a timid mushroom-headed boy Danan appears......
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
This intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield the results she expects, a perfect ending is still in reach.
Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer.
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents. As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself.
A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Camp Belvidere is a lesbian romance set in the 1950s about the coming of age of Camp Leader Rose and her forbidden encounter with Nurse Gin. It depicts the journey and evolution of a friendship into a romance between two women when their rapport would have been unlikely.
The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.
An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
Remi and Barnes, two very different teenagers, meet by chance in the winter of their senior year, then spend four days together over the course of a year that will change their lives forever.
An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible--forgiveness and love.
A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.