A report from the 2024 TIDF sees art, empathy, a bit of violence and a hopeful vision for the future of Greek cinema.
By Robyn Quick
This Pride Month, Barbican Cinema will showcase eight films celebrating LGBTQ+ lives.
How Lukas Dhont’s Close adopts a more enlightened and empathetic approach to depicting young people on screen.
The dissolution of a tight friendship and a subsequent tragedy have a profound impact on the life of 13-year-old Léo in Lukas Dhont's poignant drama.
A mother and gender-curious child keep bees in Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s tender drama of division, renewal and the space in between.
This landmark film receives its UK premiere at Queer East Film Festival, but its journey has been a tumultuous one.
Austen McCowan and Will Hewitt’s warmly moving portrait of a lovestruck comic artist with an inoperable brain tumour.
Emma Seligman’s growing pains comedy ushers in a new era for bi characters who are not judged on their sexuality.
Céline Sciamma’s LGBTQ+ themed second feature found itself at the centre of a political storm in France.
Director Peter Murimi discusses capturing the experience of a young gay man in I Am Samuel.
There’s a touch of Gregg Araki about this formally ambitious LGBT+ drama about sex in the digital age.
A reclusive fossil collector has her quiet life interrupted in Francis Lee’s atmospheric coastal drama.
This vibrant biography explores much of what made the German filmmaker such a mercurial talent.
Jamie Patterson’s latest sees a young woman battling addiction find redemption through queer love.
Queer romance blossoms in this tactful tale of migrant identity from first-time director Faraz Shariat.
Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis star in Clea DuVall’s festive rom-com about going home and coming out.
By Logan Kenny
The film shows the everyday agonies of existing as queer and dealing with trauma in an apathetic world.
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