Dampened by office life during a wet Vancouver winter, a genderqueer Trinidadian woman, Marlinn, misses out on the chance to celebrate Carnival season back home. Until, one night, they discover that the power of masquerade is within them no matter where they are.
When Naomi realises she is queer, the life plan she has made must be quickly rewritten.
Rom-com obsessed teen Christine has always longed for the picture-perfect romance – but she’s soon confronted with the fact that her ideal prince charming might actually be a princess charming instead.
Told through the tales of Bobbie Nugent, A Big Life is a story of butches and femmes, gangsters, sex workers, travelling sideshows and early Australian transgender history.
An ambitious artist struggles to bury her envy when her idle girlfriend captivates the art world with an accidental masterpiece.
Camille and Marie are in love. But everyone has something to say about their relationship.
Métis Femme Bodies returns the narratives to those who have had their voices muted and cultures stolen from them.
Trinity: a radical, Indigenous, feminist, and Addison: a devout, Black, Mormon are forced to work together on a school project. They soon discover they have more in common than either cares to admit.
Izzy is a queer writer from Toronto. After quitting hockey as an embarrassed pre-teen, they tell the story of joining a women’s community league to gain confidence and access to a community they deeply value. In a culture that habitually rewards perfection and performance, Small Congratulations is a whimsically poignant story about a young person who sucks at their hobby – hockey.
Two Asian-American teenagers meet in the bathroom of a Chinese restaurant while having dinner with their families.
Maximilienne discovers a new side of herself while playing with her appearance alone in her bedroom. One night, she runs away and finds herself in a nightclub at a drag king show. A new world opens itself before her. She has found a new family.
In a relationship, two women decide that the white partner will carry her partner’s Indigenous child.
Hoping to take the next big step in their life together, two women await the results of a test that could not only put an end to their plans, but perhaps even their relationship.
Body politics is a short doc about an educator, activist, eccentric cat -lady turned politician.
SIRENS intimately chronicles the lives and music of Slave to Sirens, a band made up of five young metalheads whose burgeoning fame is set against the backdrop of the Lebanese revolution. Its members wrestle with friendship, sexuality, and destruction as their music serves as a refuge to Beirut’s youth culture.
This is a story of love. The head over heels, can’t see anyone but them, did you even exist before you knew them kind. You’re captivated. Every day, they do something to take your breath away. This is the love story I dreamt of as a little girl.
Melting Point is a queer, experimental erotic short that captures the heat between two lovers, literally. Shot with a thermal camera, the film records the scene using temperature instead of light, revealing new ways of seeing pleasure, play, and desire.
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After a year living in a zero rainbow New Zealand beach town, First Nations Canadian lesbian, Tallulah can stand it no longer– she’s going back to Toronto where the rainbows fly and the glitter sparkles! But her only gay friend in the bay, Māori Johnny is not letting her go that easy! Determined to show her that the bay IS gay so she’ll stay, he sets out to prove it over the course of a day – but unable to find one gay person what the lone LGBTQ+ friends discover instead, is that the real pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is PRIDE. A comedic cross-Indigenous, Rainbow story about identity, visibility, friendship and hope.
Randi is visually striking with close-cropped hair and presents as very masculine of center, which defies most people’s image of a mother. Birthing her son felt triumphant, then confusing as he was immediately whisked away to the NICU. When doctors shared that Moses was profoundly disabled and faced a tenuous future, Randi fell into a well of grief before unearthing a new language by which to love.
A young immigrant searches for her own identity while fighting for recognition in a male-dominated classroom.
A couple checks into a rental cottage at the end of the vacation season and finds a mysterious twin bed inside that wasn’t mentioned in the online listing.
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Hole expert Ashely Paige (she/her) and expert hole Corey More (they/them) star in this visceral meditation on the gloriousness of holes. With interdimensional illustrations by Oona Taper and sound design by Paleo Pony aka Jonah Rosenberg, Hole Theory explores the cosmic unknowability of that which engulfs.
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Sarah and Bec are a queer creative couple that collaborate, perform and live together. A snapshot of their excessively busy pre-pandemic lifestyle contrasts the following scenes in which we witness a day in the life of their adaptation to a new found existence amid an arts industry in turmoil.
Illegal immigrant, Nkechi, lives happily in the shadows with her partner Martha, but when immigration officers turn up unexpectedly, they have to make difficult decisions about their future together.
Fiona Devers, a quirky, awkward, charming social worker-turned-performer and her long-time girlfriend, Kimberly Mills, navigate the roller coaster ride of polyamory for the first time. Can Fiona stay true to herself and what she wants AND still be in relationship with the love of her life?
On the day of her school pictures, Alex feels stuck with an appearance that doesn’t fit right with her body. When she retreats into her mind, she is able to imagine the person she wants to be. Ultimately, she transcends the judgement of others through fashion in an authentic expression of herself.
A celebration of sexual freedom, non-binarity, and the urgency to love.