Films

Filmmaker and queer film historian Jenni Olson has created a moving meditation on the life and times of Harvey Milk. Shot on the set used as the camera shop in Gus Van Sant’s feature Milk, the film’s soundtrack is an edited-down version of the actual recording Milk made in November, 1977, to be played in the event of his death by assassination.… More info

When Buffy Brad and Shapely Sally settled down to enjoy a sunny quiet California day at the beach, they could not have imagined how “spicy” their day would turn out to be! Politically correct seagulls; gorgeous lifeguards and Brazilian music will be a perfect setting for love at first sight! … More info

At turns funny, heartbreaking, and poignant, A Place to Live follows seven gay and lesbian seniors from varying backgrounds as they attempt to secure a much sought-after place in Triangle Square, the nation’s first affordable housing community specifically for LGBT elders. This moving documentary profiles the efforts of the dedicated activists trying to address the lack of adequate LGBT senior housing, the ambitious creation of the Triangle Square project, and the vibrant, emotional stories of those hoping to make a home there. … More info

Yair Hochner directs a stunning ensemble cast in this light-hearted and sexy comedy about looking for love in all the wrong – and sometimes the right – places. Nearing his 30th birthday, smart, adorable Omer is faced with a choice - between Danny, a young dancer; Ronen, a handsome journalist; and his desire to simply lose himself among the stacks of books at the local library. Meanwhile, Omer’s sister Shirley struggles to make her own choice between her dreams of travel and her romance with Michal, Shirley’s boss and owner of Tel Aviv’s hippest coffee house.… More info

Kyle and Marcel fall in love at first sight. Marcel is from France, and marries his lesbian friend Sarah in order to stay in the U.S. with Kyle. Enter Kyle's sister, April, a former prostitute who needs a place to crash. Taking a quick disliking to Marcel, April methodically drips poison into their happiness. But where Marcel sees a conniving woman with a not-so-hidden agenda, Kyle only sees his sister in need. The perfect couple falls headlong into possessiveness, jealousy and rage; trapped in the tangled emotions found in that space between love and goodbye. … More info

Shawn Cotter presents his painted black and white and color hand-processed super-8 film. "Floating in an endless void, midnight memories flash endlessly through our mind's eye, twilight until dawn." … More info

“Robinson recycles his family’s home movie version of Poltergeist, made when he was ten, into a raw look at the performative.” – Onion City … More info

Set in a parallel world, this fragmented visual poem explores the quest for sexual identity self-representation and perception.… More info

I locate my video-based work within the dance community with the proposition that dance is an embodied shift that can exist without a represented body as its location. Casting the audience as subject and performer, I desire to generate a hyper-self-awareness in the viewers, who join the performance by gazing at their selves. –Jillian Peña … More info

Dancers Daniel and Avi choreograph an ephemeral affair in the transitory city of Tel Aviv, playfully hunting each other and withholding desire in a tormented chase of unchartered Eros. Oree Holban, a great performer, a known personnage in the Tel Aviv drag scene, and a star of the film will be present. He is currently an exchange student at the Rhode Island School of Design. He will be present for a Q & A about the making of the film. … More info

Lesbian feminist filmmaker Barbara Hammer chronicles the ancient diving art of women on the South Korean island of Jeju-do. For hundreds of years the women have sustained themselves by diving without breathing apparatus to collect shellfish, octopus, and urchin. In this lively portrait, Hammer dives with the women and explores the history of their disappearing tradition. … More info

Two women reflect on love, friendship, and growing older as they swim down the river that flows through their town.… More info

Filmmaker and photographer Zanele Muholi chronicles reactions to an exhibit in Johannesburg of her photographs depicting black lesbian life.… More info

Part documentary and part opera, Fig Trees chronicles the work of two prominent AIDS activists - Canadian Tim McCaskell, founder of AIDS Action Now!, and South African Zackie Achmant, who went on a treatment strike in 1999, refusing to take his pills until they were widely available to all South Africans. … More info

The sizzling, sexy story of a woman who discovers she has a lot in common with her son's new girlfriend. … More info

hokum is a short experimental video that borrows from popular images of black queerness to interrogate the implications that arise when one takes pleasure in viewing the black lesbian body.… More info

From Shamim Sarif, writer-director of last year’s opening night film The World Unseen, comes a new sweet and sexy romantic comedy. Tala (Lisa Ray), a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla (Sheetal Sheth), a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Though spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different, the attraction is immediate, and deeper than friendship.… More info

Local first-time filmmaker Sarav Chitambaram’s It’s My Life is a personal documentary exploring what it means to be South Asian and queer in the U.S. Through onscreen interviews, the filmmaker creates a first-of-its-kind dialogue between gay and straight South Asian communities in Massachusetts, bringing to light many of the issues faced by queer South Asians as a minority within a minority. … More info

Kiss the Moon portrays the life of Khusras, members of a closely-knit sub-culture of transgender women in Pakistan. The sizeable community is well aware of the complex and ancient cultural traditions of Pakistani society. The Khusras struggle to maintain a harmonious relationship with society, but often they are at noticeable odds. Kiss the Moon forges intimate contact with the Khusra community, to comprehend how it feels to live in a world where life is divided into a rigid binary of either masculine or feminine.… More info