Fifty conversations exploring the many different shades of being "gay" in America. This conversation focuses on the degrees and varying perceptions about how people define themselves, their lives, struggles and triumphs. Official Selection at over twenty festivals, including the **Soho Film Festival**. *"It is an honest, considerate and necessary conversation." - Amyana Bartley, **Film Inquiry***

A rare glimpse into the unspoken lives of Thai toms, dees and lesbians striving for recognition, authenticity, and acceptance in a traditional Buddhist society. It is an intimate story of self and family, love and sexuality, and self-determination where conformity is prized. VISIBLE SILENCE highlights the experience of masculine women (toms) who visibly transgress gender norms, yet are bound to remain silent about who they really are. It gives voice...

A stunning collage of ecstatic Super-8 fragments, GLITTERBUG is a loving tribute to Derek Jarman posthumously assembled by friends from his prolific filming of everyday events and his experimental investigations of the format. Jarman's vibrant photography combined with dynamic cutting reveals glimpses into his picaresque life, from London streets to Spanish countryside-with visions of dances, performances, intimate moments and quiet observations....

"Out in the desert in a place called the Palace, a young man tends to a dying soul, someone he once knew briefly but who has haunted the edges of his life: Juan Gay. Playful raconteur, child lost and found and lost, guardian of the institutionalized, Juan has a project to pass along, one built around a true artifact of a book--Sex Variants: A Study of Homosexual Patterns--and its devastating history. This book contains accounts collected in the early...

Directed by James Franco & Travis Mathews, this docufiction film is inspired by the mythology surrounding the highly controversial 1980 film, *Cruising*, starring Al Pacino - in which, 40 minutes of sexually explicit material was forced to be cut out. The filmmakers set out to re-imagine the lost footage. Assembling a mix of gay and straight men in the lead role, the result is a provocative exploration of the importance of the radical and transgressive...

Joaquim Pinto has been an instrumental figure in Portuguese cinema for over 30 years, as a director of his own films, or producer and sound designer for other renowned filmmakers. In WHAT NOW? REMIND ME, Pinto, who has been living with HIV, looks back at his life in cinema, at his friendships and loves, and at the mysteries of art and nature. Winner of two prizes at the **Locarno International Film Festival**. Best Documentary Feature Film nominee...

This documentary follows drag queen Panti Bliss, created by Rory O'Neill. Since the Pantigate scandal in 2014, Panti has become a figurehead for LGBT rights in Ireland and her fight for equality has become recognized across the world. Winner of Best Irish Film and Best Documentary at **Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards**. Official Selection at the **European Film Festival**. *"A glorious testament to a national treasure..." - Sarah Griffin, **Film...

Two lifelong friends revisit some painful memories from their Catholic school days, with unexpected consequences.

Apples and Oranges is designed to raise children's awareness of the harmful effects of homophobia and gender-related name calling, intolerance, stereotyping and bullying. In the course of a lively in-class discussion among elementary students and an equity educator, children's paintings magically dissolve into two short animated stories. In Anta's Revenge, Anta finds out that creativity--not revenge--is the best way to deal with a school bully who...

Gay Youth is a powerful and accessible educational video for high schools and colleges that breaks the silence surrounding adolescent homosexuality. This important film addresses the ways in which gay and lesbian teens are still at high risk for dropping out of school, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, homelessness, and suicide. By contrasting the tragic suicide of 20-year old Bobby Griffith, a gay teen who could not find acceptance, with the remarkable...