Crossing
Levan Akin 106' 2024 Sweden, Denmark, France, Turkey, Georgia
Friday 20 Sep 21:00
Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever.
Prejudice & Pride – Swedish Film Queer
Eva Beling 100' 2022 Sweden
Saturday 21 Sep 17:00
Prejudice & Pride is a roller coaster ride through Swedish film history. From Mauritz Stiller's filming of the world's first gay romance in 1916 to Sweden's exciting new wave of Scandinavian transgender films.
Avant-Drag!
Fil Ieropoulos 92' 2024 Greece
Saturday 21 Sep 21:00
Ten drag performers find solace in each other as they rebel against their oppressive reality and those who control it.
The Blood of A Poet
Jean Cocteau 55' 1932 France
Sunday 22 Sep 19:00
Told in four episodes – an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios.
Photo Booth
John Greyson 110' 2022 Canada
Sunday 22 Sep 21:00
A split-screen Opera-Documentary about Penguins, Palestine, and Queer BDS.
All of Us Strangers
Andrew Haigh 105' 2023 UK, USA
Monday 23 Sep 21:00
A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with his downstairs neighbor while discovering a mysterious new way to heal from losing his parents 30 years ago.
Lesvia
Tzeli Hadjidimitriou 84' 2024 Greece
Tuesday 24 Sep 19:00
Lesvia chronicles 40+ years of lesbian identity and conflict between the locals of a small village on the Greek island of Lesvos and lesbians who arrived searching for love, freedom and community.
20,000 Species of Bees
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren 128' 2023 Spain
Wednesday 25 Sep 21:00
An eight-year-old child struggles with the fact that people keep addressing her in confusing ways. During a summer at her grand aunt’s among the beehives, her life and her mother's will change forever.
Fairy Garden
Gergö Somogyvári 83' 2023 Hungary, Romania, Croatia
Thursday 26 Sep 19:00
Fanni, a rejected trans teenager, seeks refuge in Laci's hut close to Budapest. The solitary homeless man becomes a father figure to her and together, they confront Fanni's inner demons and their harsh rejection from the outside world.
Grief, Those Who Remain
Maria Louka, Myrto Patsalidou 71' 2023 Greece
Thursday 26 Sep 21:00 (screening with 2 shorts – Tribute to Zak Kostopoulos)
A descent into the world of mourning and loss through three homicide stories that shook Greek and European society: the cruel murders of Shahzad Luqman, Pavlos Fyssas, and Zak Kostopoulos.
The Summer With Carmen
Zacharias Mavroeidis 106' 2023 Greece
Friday 27 Sep 21:00
While having a day-long swim at Athens' queer beach, best friends Demos and Nikitas recall the events of a recent summer in the prospect of turning them into a screenplay for Nikitas' feature debut. Imagining their lives as a film, will bring the two face to face with the pending conflicts in their colourful friendship.
Teaches of Peaches
Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer 102' 2024 Germany
Saturday 28 Sep 21:00
Seamlessly weaving together exclusive archival gems with dynamic tour footage, this documentary captures the transformative journey of Canadian Merrill Nisker into the internationally acclaimed cultural powerhouse and electroclash music icon that is Peaches.
Huling Palabas (Love And Videotapes)
Ryan Machado 97' 2023 Philippines
Sunday 29 Sep 15:00
In search for his long-lost father, a young boy's reality becomes mystified when two movie-like characters appear in his hometown.
Different from the Others
Richard Oswald 51' 1919 Germany
Sunday 29 Sep 19:00
Two male musicians fall in love, but blackmail and scandal makes the affair take a tragic turn.
Love Lies Bleeding
Rose Glass 104' 2024 UK, USA
Sunday 29 Sep 21:00
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family. At once dreamy and nightmarish, Love Lies Bleeding tells of love, revenge and the magic of the endless, lonely desert roads in the US.