Public screenings can be a safe space for LGBT+ people. But the uncertain future many cinemas now face could rob us of that.
Malou Reymann’s feature debut presents a potentially dangerous perspective on the issue of gender identity.
By Rahul Patel
Jennie Livingston’s seminal portrait of New York’s ballroom culture still resonates throughout the queer community.
By Ryan Coleman
Isabel Sandoval’s third feature, Lingua Franca, gives a voice to some of the world’s most vilified and vulnerable people.
Over half of the virtual 2020 edition is comprised of directors who identify as female or non-binary.
Sam Feder’s latest documentary, on Hollywood’s harmful transgender stereotypes, is a great conversation starter – but we need to go further.
By Brian Quinn
Beyond its anti-war rhetoric, the Czech director’s version of the Broadway musical is a story of same-sex love.
By James Palmer
Themes of bisexuality and polygamy are subtly veiled in 1940’s My Favorite Wife.
By Sam Moore
Gregg Araki’s mid-’90s triptych explores the hope and hopelessness of being young and openly gay.
By Katie Goh
Ron Peck’s Nighthawks survives as much more than a historical document of gay life in a bygone era.
Director Kelly Walker explains how she came up with a novel solution to a creative problem.
By Jack King
The director of And Then We Danced discusses his film’s impact on the LGBT+ community in Georgia and beyond.
Rivalry and romance bloom in Swedish-Georgian director Levan Akin’s captivating coming-of-age drama.
Levan Akin’s And Then We Danced has put LGBT+ rights centre-stage in the conservative, Orthodox country.
Over 100 artists are taking a stand against the annual TLVFest in Tel Aviv.
By Jack King
David France’s vital documentary interrogates the ongoing queer genocide in the Russian republic.
Céline Sciamma’s 18th-century romance beautifully portrays the hiddenness of same-sex relationships.