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  100 Crushes Chapter 6: They

  Canada , 2014 , 2 min. Winner of Best Emerging Artist at the Inside Out 2014 Toronto LGBT Film Festival, filmmaker Elisha Lim lyrically recounts struggling within and finding liberation from the gender binary by embracing a new preferred-gender-pronoun.... Read more
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  ABSENCE: No Fats, No Femmes, No Asians

  USA , 2014 , 7 min. An experimental documentary contemplating race/racism, queerness, fat, femininity, and belonging, ABSENCE is a fiercely honest quest—for community, for visibility, for that queer fat API femme utopia.... Read more
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  Adrift in Sunset

  USA , 2015 , 21 min. Dao is ready to go on her date but she also has to spend time with her mom who has Alzheimer’s—bringing her gallivanting ways to a halt. Is it really a good idea to combine the two?... Read more
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  Ascendance: The Angels of Change Documentary

  USA , 2015 , 78 min. Filmmaker Deb Simone takes us backstage as LA trans youth prepare for a runway show and calendar launch fundraiser—these young people are also engaging in an intentional process of becoming visible, having a voice, and claiming a future as vital community members.... Read more
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  Baby Steps

  Taiwan , 2014 , 103 min. In this cross-cultural comedy, Taiwanese-American Danny and his American partner Tate contemplate having a child—anything but simple in the complex world of international surrogacy—when Danny’s well-intentioned but meddlesome mother unexpectedly arrives from Taipei and attempts to control the entire process.... Read more
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  Beat

  Canada , 2015 , 15 min. Beautifully shot and amplified with magical realism, Beat finds a shy illustrator ignited by a mysterious bike courier.... Read more
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  The Birthday

  Germany , 2014 , 16 min. Young Taiwanese German immigrants Ron and May show that love can persist under the grey skies of Berlin in The Birthday.... Read more
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  Dyke Central Episodes 6-10

  USA , 2015 , 105 min. From new tensions in old friendships to sex scenes that will make you gasp and bite your lower lip, this Oakland webseries gives you everything you want—and everything you didn’t realize you craved until you watched this show.... Read more
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  Glow

  USA , 2014 , 18 min. Three performers—a Korean American drag queen, a Chinese opera singer who plays male roles, and a mime—talk about their relationship to art and culture in this fascinating docu-narrative.... Read more
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  Heft

  USA , 2014 , 10 min. Set in the East Bay, Heft is about the daily encounters between a large queer black woman and the suitors and scoundrels who vie for her attention.... Read more
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  Kumu Hina: A Place in the Middle

  USA , 2014 , 24 min. This short is the true story of a young Hawaiian girl who aspires to become the leader of her school’s all-male hula troupe, and an inspiring teacher who uses traditional culture to empower her.... Read more
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  No No, Homo

  USA , 2014 , 3 min. Two boys sit alone at a matinee together, with a big, mouthwatering bucket of popcorn.... Read more
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  Queens at Court

  USA , 2013 , 21 min. Four diverse players who compete in US Tennis Association competitive leagues, the Gay Games, and an LGBTQ international tour, share their stories of adversity and how this sport and community has empowered their lives.... Read more
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  Scrum

  Australia , 2015 , 54 min. Three gay rugby athletes are vying for a spot on the elite Sydney Convicts team, competing for the 7th Annual Bingham Cup. Can they put behind their past struggles and win the prize? This is a steamy, pulsating documentary about acceptance, sportsmanship, and male camaraderie.... Read more
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  Sex, Politics & Sticky Rice

  USA , 2014 , 8 min. Protests, potlucks, and three-ways are just the “tip of the rice bowl” for five Asian American lesbians recounting their adventures in sex, love, and queer activism in the San Francisco Bay Area since the 1980s.... Read more
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  Visible Silence

  USA , 2015 , 42 min. A delicate but probing look at “tom” and “dee” lesbians in Thailand, as they confront expectations to conform to a rigidly gender-assigned society. Silent but visible within it, they speak to us from a rich variety of experience.... Read more