2015 Festival Schedule

Oct 02, 2015

An innocent man wrongly accused of a murder of passion? Or conniving killer exacting revenge on an unfaithful lover? This tale of intrigue, mystery and drama unfolds in classic noir…

Oct 03, 2015

In the Christian locked rural town of Deep Run, North Carolina, a brave queer teen faces the daunting conflict of faith and family as he embraces his authentic self. Called…

Oct 03, 2015

A weekend trip to Fire Island at the end of the summer season brings three couples together at different phases of their relationships. Alex and Jackie are long-term girlfriends currently…

Oct 03, 2015

This compelling and contemplative documentary follows a dozen men who have survived HIV, emerging startled from a past littered with the deaths of the many who passed. These marginalized gay men…

Oct 03, 2015

In downtown Philadelphia, four men wrestle with desire as they cross paths through the chill of the night. Brian is a poet looking for inspiration in all the wrong places.…

Oct 03, 2015

Legendary Falcon Studios founder Chuck Holmes had a vision of what gay porn should be and it was blond, clean-cut, and all-American. He almost singlehandedly took gay porn from the back alleys…

Oct 04, 2015

Jinkx Monsoon is the hardest-working woman in show business. The winner of Season 5 of Ru Paul's Drag Race is an incredibly talented and driven performer in the art form…

Oct 04, 2015

Tradesman’s Exit (Tom E. Brown, 2015, USA, 12 min) Breaking up is hard to do. Open Relationship (Carlos Ocho, 2014, Spain, 14 min) Serious negotiations are so complicated! The Future…

Oct 04, 2015

While buying tequila for some teenagers one afternoon, it strikes actor David Gold that he has a passion for helping today's youth. On the precipice of eviction and with only his…

Oct 04, 2015

In a remote Albanian village, the ancient laws of the Kanun allow a woman to eschew the burdens of her gender if she swears an oath to remain a virgin,…

Oct 04, 2015

Beautiful Laila has a loving, devoted family and she attends the University of Delhi where she writes lyrics for a rock and roll band. She falls in love with the lead…

Oct 04, 2015

There was a time that it would have been unheard of for active professional athletes to come out publicly. Any athletes who did came out well after their playing days…

Oct 04, 2015

Sebastián Silva directs and stars as Freddy, a performance artist preparing for his next installation at the local gallery. He and partner Mo (TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe) are…

Oct 04, 2015

We all know those people, the beautiful ones who seem to have it all. On Manhattan’s Upper East Side, art school student Charlie is so smitten with his manipulative best…

Oct 05, 2015

Handsome architect Bruno finds himself living alone after a recent separation from his wife. Their problems stem from Bruno's description of marriage in transitional terms instead of finite. A new monument…

Oct 05, 2015

Handsome architect Bruno finds himself living alone after a recent separation from his wife. Their problems stem from Bruno's description of marriage in transitional terms instead of finite. A new monument…

Oct 05, 2015

Breaking up is hard to do, but it is not impossible. So says Elsie, a "not so square" Toronto lesbian on the next big cusp of her life. Leaving her…

Oct 06, 2015

Who remembers being seventeen? The angst, the despair, the ecstasy and the sublime, all boiling in a sea of hormones and insecurities. Sangaile is seventeen and locked away in her…

Oct 06, 2015

Claire and David bond over the loss of Laura, Claire’s best friend and David’s wife. As they grieve together, they help each other become their more authentic selves. Like a…

Oct 06, 2015

Two Muslim teens living in post 9/11 Brooklyn balance their mutual romantic attraction with their small-time scheming operation. Reserved Naz and outgoing Maalik have recently taken their relationship to a…

Oct 07, 2015

Taiwanese-American Danny and his partner Tate live in West Hollywood and they want to have a baby. Danny's mom, Mrs. Lee, (expertly played by The Wedding Banquet's Gua Ah-leh) travels…

Oct 07, 2015

For better or for worse, in sickness and in health, till death do you part … are you sure? This middle class family consists of mom and dad and two…

Oct 07, 2015

You know it is going to messy when a woman professes, “I love my husband” and then lunges into a mind-blowing kiss with the woman her husband fantasizes about… and,…

Oct 07, 2015

“While you weren’t looking, I had an affair, our daughter grew up and began to explore her identity and sexuality, my politics swung a wide right, my value system changed…

Oct 08, 2015

Rejected by Hollywood, Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film funded by author and socialite Upton Sinclair. Eisenstein travels among Mexico's elite, including Frida Kahlo…

Oct 08, 2015

When Mom Visits (Chiung-Wen Chang, 2015, Taiwan/USA, 19 min) Surprise! Cue complications. The First Session (Ryan Logan, 2015, USA, 6 min) Therapy is a great place to meet chicks. Pepper…

Oct 08, 2015

“There’s a feeling here inside, that I cannot hide and I know I’ve tried. But, it’s turning me around.” The Wiz’s version of “Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore” is just…

Oct 08, 2015

Oat, a young man in Bangkok, remembers the turning point in his life. At eleven, his idolized older brother, Ek, must participate in Thailand’s bizarre military draft lottery. Cards are drawn and…

Oct 08, 2015

In a darkly beautiful Argentinian estate, Virginia waits at home alone. Her father, a doctor, has gone to help a sick cousin. Meanwhile, another cousin, the broodingly stunning Anabel, arrives…

Oct 09, 2015

Death is God's greatest betrayal. Who is innocent? No one. Patricia Velasquez, (“The L Word” and The Mummy) “the world’s first Latin supermodel” and recently out lesbian is the beautiful…

Oct 09, 2015

Every person has a unique story and shares that with the world accordingly. Stories of individuals transitioning their gender can also be told in vastly different ways. They can be…

Oct 09, 2015

Sex, drugs, disco, and at the center of it all, a bisexual anti-hero (Ryan Phillippe as Shane O’Shea)… Sounds perfect for 2015, or an underground movie from the 1960s. But…

Oct 09, 2015

Henry Gamble wakes up next to his close friend on the morning of his 17th birthday and, as boys his age do, they talk about sex. After their morning rituals,…

Oct 09, 2015

When your S&M pseudonym is Sally, you are obviously not a top! Even if you want to be the butchest, badass in the room, you are in for a world of…

Oct 10, 2015

Filmmaker Stu Maddux wants to bring us out of the closet, again. This delightful documentary explores the films, tapes and videos that are languishing in the closets and attics of…

Oct 10, 2015

Benny and Christopher are young freshmen at their rural Ohio college when they meet playing football and begin to fall for each other--hard. But when Christopher's mother reveals a tragic past…

Oct 10, 2015

Closets (Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, 2015, UK, 19 min) The ultimate queer time machine is a life saver. Vagina Is the Warmest Color (Trailer) (Anna Margarita Albelo, 2015, USA, 2 min) Sound…

Oct 10, 2015

Adam is rationing his testosterone while saving up for genital reconstruction surgery when an unexpected and complicated fling with his ex-girlfriend Miriam leads to them both getting pregnant. As if…

Oct 10, 2015

When Adam, an average Joe car mechanic from Anytown, America finally comes out to his best buds on his 24th birthday, they struggle to understand the surprising news. Ultimately, dudes…