queer cinema
76 movies and shows
On Swift Horses
Thu, 24 Apr 2025
In the 1950s, a seemingly sensible newlywed and her wayward brother-in-law undertake parallel journeys of risk, romance, and self-discovery.
Bodies of Desire
Fri, 13 Aug 2021
Using Varsha Panikar's poetry series by the same name, it follows the journey of a poet as they rediscover love, passion, and identity after encountering their muse.
Outsider Girls
Thu, 11 Jan 2024
Free-spirited university student Rafaela’s carefree life is shaken when she falls pregnant. Desperate to get an abortion in a country where doing so could land her in jail and unable to fund one illegally, her situation shakes her world. But thankfully, she doesn’t face it alone by virtue of her best friend and sidekick, Gabriela. In her directorial debut, Hyland skilfully captures the incongruity of the inseparable duo’s lives as they move between their fuzzy pink apartment and the rough and raw backstreets of Santiago.
Three Kilometres to the End of the World
Fri, 19 Jul 2024
Adi, a gay teenager, is spending the summer in his home village in the Danube Delta. One night he is brutally attacked on the street, the next day his world is turned upside-down. His parents no longer look at him as they did, and the seeming tranquility of the village starts to crack.
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Fri, 25 Feb 2022
A journey through Swedish queer film history.
The Visitor
Thu, 05 Dec 2024
London, today. A refugee washes up naked in a suitcase on the bank of the Thames. The enigmatic, sexually fluid stranger introduces himself to a bourgeois, upper-class family, who invite him to stay on as an employee. The Visitor soon seduces each member in a series of explicit sexual encounters. He will turn their world upside down as they can redefine themselves in new, radical ways.
Usual Fevers
Fri, 07 Feb 2025
A young man's body is overtaken by an undefined itching fever, leading his parents to seek healing.
Car Wash
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
Two boys from a soccer team disguise their love relationship as sheer friendship so as not to be discovered. One night of passion inside a car wash could trigger a different path in their lives.
Labyrinth of Lost Boys
Fri, 01 Aug 2025
A kid from the country gets lost in the big city looking for love, going on a series of increasingly bizarre dates while a serial killer is on the loose targeting boys his age.
In, out and about
Tue, 18 Jun 2024
An exploration of the interconnected experiences of queerness and illness, this film navigates personal and collective journeys through medical spaces, sexual violence, and survival, displays the profound impact on body and identity.
After So Long
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
“After So Long // बरसों बाद” is a visual poetry set in Mumbai (India) and voiced by Simha and their parents to symbolise their connection with each other; a walkabout through time and memories. Directed by Varsha Panikar, the film takes inspiration from vintage-home-movie culture to create a contemplative and nostalgic vignette of an artist’s spiritual journey out of the darkness and into the light.
The Boy with the Light Blue Eyes
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High up on the Greek mountains, there is a remote village, whose residents strongly believe in myths and superstitions. Peter is a teenager, who has grown up in this suffocating environment with his strict grandmother and overprotective mother, who have forced him to wear a protective mask over his eyes since the day he was born. Peter suffers from an “eye disease” and he is gradually losing his sight. Before he becomes completely blind, he and his best friend Aemon will travel away from home and go to the place they desire the most: to see the view up from the top of the recently built wind turbines. Through their adventures, Peter will come-of-age, and learn the painful truth about his eye condition and the lies he has been told. He will understand that to complete his journey he must sacrifice his own eyes.
The Moon is a Hologram
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Sasha returns to Manchester to discover the city has been taken over by aliens in this apocalyptic queer Sci-Fi movie.
Matinee Baby
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
In this raunchy and outlandish queer comedy, best friends Robby and Noah-Lee – employees at Portland's historic Clinton Street Theater – find themselves confronted by a parade of increasingly wacky, genre-tinged suitors.
Trial Period
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
Jamie, a young queer Black DJ, belongs to an underground nightlife scene in New York City where he no longer feels like an outsider. He is part of a community that expresses itself through music, dance, and fashion.
I'm the Most Racist Person I Know
Sat, 08 Mar 2025
When a romantic gesture towards a bartender backfires, Lali unexpectedly finds herself offered a pity date by another bartender, Ana. What starts as an awkward encounter turns into a genuine connection as they bond over shared experiences as women of color. As they grow closer, Lali finds herself falling for Ana. But when the conversation takes an unexpected turn, Lali must confront her prejudices towards Ana and... herself.
Donner Party 2
Mon, 11 Mar 2024
A group of close friends take a trip to a snowy cabin for the winter. Drinks are spilled, lessons are learned, and memories are cultivated as the three day party comes unraveled.
This Area Is Under Quarantine
Sat, 24 Jan 2009
Thunska Pansittivorakol's documentary covers three disparatae topics: Gay life & sex, the 2004 Tak Bai incident, & the 2005 execution of two Iranian teenagers.
Pompeii New York, Part 1: Pier Caresses
Fri, 01 Jan 1982
A crumbling pier, its walls covered with graffiti and erotic frescoes reminiscent of pagan Pompeii, the locus of the seduction rituals of men longing for men, is the focus of this meditation on gay cruising at the height of sexual freedom before AIDS. Shot in 1982, this is the first segment of a film capturing the life, death, and rebirth of the legendary “sex piers” over the last three decades.
One White Feather
Fri, 31 Mar 2023
Following a strange encounter with a swan found on the streets of London, a girl begins to lose her grip on reality. She is led to a large house where the lines between dreams and memories become indistinguishable, as she struggles with her relationships, her obsession with perfection and her identity. Loosely inspired by the mythology of Leda and The Swan, it looks at the way women cope with trauma, questions the idea of self and takes you on a journey through one woman's psyche.