HADI MOUSSALLY | FRANCE | 2023 | 4 MIN | FRENCH S.T.EN.
Inspired by Charles Baudelaire’s letter to the Empress Eugenie after being censored and fined for his book, Les fleurs du mal for offenses to public and religious morality, Hadi Moussally’s Super 8 film embraces a mysterious creature named Salma to speak of their non-binary identity.
JETT GARRISON | USA / USA | 2023 | 13 MIN | ENGLISH
Two best friends, JJ and Casey, are getting ready to go to a party – the theme of which just so happens to be twin night, which JJ somehow forgot to mention. While JJ hurriedly tries to put matching outfits together for the two of them, Casey silently deals with the aftermath of his recent breakup and the difficulties of dating while being trans.
MARS VERRONE | CAMBODIA | 2023 | 18 MIN |KHMER + ENGLISH S.-T.EN.
Forty years after the Khmer Rouge regime, a transgender man returns to the village where he survived the genocide and miraculously found queer and trans community, including the love of his life.
Encounters fraught with apprehension, anticipation, that butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling. Provocative, yet heart-affirming tales offering up all the feels.
DÉCLARATIONS
Queer in your face with NO apologies. These are declarations: bold gestures, actions and attestations told with power and purpose.
QUEER FIGHTERS (КВІР-БОРЦІ)
Powerful contemporary Ukranian queer shorts; trans identities, queer in the Ukraine army and living as LGBTQ+ in a less than tolerant society.
QUEERMENT QUÉBEC
Perspectives queer québécoises; histoires d’un Québec contemporain.
EPISODICS / WEB SÉRIES
A saucy, sexy music video trilogy from Sapphic sensation, Zolita and an intergenerational sex comedy that explores the comforts and awkwardness of sex from 25 to 69, episodic offerings this year bubble over with laughs and lust.