Chasing Chasing Amy

CHASING CHASING AMY examines the transformational impact of a ’90s rom-com on a 12-year-old kid from Kansas, questioning their place in the world. For young Sav Rodgers, the Kevin Smith cult classic Chasing Amy became a marker of queer identity. A deeper dive into the film as a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ cinema finds the director at many unexpected crossroads.

DIRECTOR Sav Rodgers

Labor

Hanna leaves her family behind to go to the city of her dreams, San Francisco. At a party, she meets the professional dominatrix Chloe and the escort Cyd and they embark on a self-fulfilling journey together.

DIRECTOR Tove Pils

Sediments

Six trans women travel to a small town in Spain where they will explore unusual landscapes, as well as the ins and outs of their own personalities. Special Jury Award Newcomers at Thessaloniki.

DIRECTOR Adrián Silvestre

Building a Bridge

From executive producer Martin Scorsese and named after the book by American Jesuit priest James Martin, BUILDING A BRIDGE follows a priest on his journey to make the Catholic Church more accepting to the LGBTQ+ community, despite loud opposition from both within and outside the church.

DIRECTORS Evan Mascagni, Shannon Post

Cherry Grove Stories

Michael Fisher’s documentary chronicles the evolution of Cherry Grove, a pristine beachfront hamlet on Fire Island, N.Y., that’s been called a “gay Shangri-La.” Through interviews with residents, new and archival footage, Fisher recounts how the enclave became a safe haven for gays in an era when it was illegal for two men to hold hands in public.

The Fabulous Allan Carr

Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr’s parties defined the 1970s. A producer, manager, and marketing genius, Carr’s bombastic reputation was built on mega-hits such as Grease and Broadway’s La Cage Aux Folles. Until he produced the notorious debacle that was the 1989 Academy Awards…

DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz

Tab Hunter Confidential

In the 1950s, Tab Hunter, Hollywood’s most sought-after star and America’s boy next door, was number one at the box office and on the music charts. Now, Tab Hunter tells all in this documentary adaptation of the New York Times bestseller. Directed by queer biopic master Jeffrey Schwarz (I am Divine, Vito).

The Royal Road

Jenni Olson’s 16mm cinematic essay offers up a primer on the Spanish colonization of California and the Mexican American War alongside intimate reflections on nostalgia, butch identity, the quest for unattainable women, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo.

Regarding Susan Sontag

Passionate and gracefully outspoken throughout her career, Susan Sontag became one of the most important literary, political and feminist icons of her generation. An intimate and nuanced investigation into the life of one of the most influential and provocative thinkers of the 20th century.

DIRECTOR Nancy Kates

The Year We Thought About Love

One of the oldest queer youth theaters in America, made up of inner city Boston youth ages 14-22, perform plays about their lives to packed high school auditoriums. Camera crew slip into classrooms, kitchens, subways, and rehearsal rooms with this fearless and endearing troupe during the first year the troupe dares to talk about love.

DIRECTOR Ellen Brodsky

Seed Money
The Chuck Holmes Story

Videographer Chuck Holmes almost singlehandedly took gay porn from the back alleys to the mainstream with his legendary Falcon Studios, building a worldwide porn empire of flesh and fantasy. But when he attempted to use his fortune to fund the growing gay rights movement, he was dealt a much harsher reality.

DIRECTOR Michael Stabile

Born to Fly
Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

A cinematic look at choreographer Elizabeth Streb and her groundbreaking extreme action dance company, the STREB Extreme Action Company. Propelled by Streb’s edict that “anything too safe is not action,” these daredevils challenge the assumptions of art, aging, injury, gender, and human possibility.

DIRECTOR Catherine Gund

Kidnapped For Christ

“Troubled” teenagers are unwillingly carted off to Escuela Caribe, an American-run Christian behavior modification program in the Dominican Republic. When a young evangelical filmmaker is granted unprecedented access to film behind the gates of this controversial school, she discovers shocking secrets and young students that change her life.

DIRECTOR Kate S. Logan

I Am Divine

The definitive documentary about the one, the only, DIVINE!…

DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz

Trans

Inspired by the incredible story of Dr. Christine McGinn and her work as a transgender surgeon, TRANS provides an up-close and very personal vision into the lives, loves, and challenges of a remarkable cast of characters of all ages and from all walks of life.

DIRECTOR Chris Arnold

Taking a Chance on God

A POW in Nazi Germany, Vietnam peace promoter, leading gay rights advocate, co-founder of the LGBT Catholic group Dignity NY, and loving partner of 46 years to Charles Chiarelli, Jesuit priest John McNeill refused to let his voice be silenced despite being expelled from the Jesuits after forty years of faithful service.

DIRECTOR Brendan Fay

Florent
Queen of the Meat Market

For 23 years, Florent, the legendary all-night eatery in the city’s Meat Packing District, was prime stomping ground for a surprising mix of A-list celebrities, tourists, families, and club kids, and it played an important role in LGBT activism and culture. This wildly entertaining documentary chronicles the history and final days of this outrageous icon!

DIRECTOR David Sigal

The Adults in the Room

In 1995, Andy Blubaugh—then a curious and lonely fifteen-year-old—began a sexual relationship with a successful, deeply closeted man nearly twice his age. In 2010, Andy now a filmmaker and teacher, revisited this complex relationship in a hybrid documentary film and how it informed his own sense of boundaries with his teenage students.

DIRECTOR Andy Blubaugh

Shut Up Little Man!
An Audio Misadventure

Two young punks in 1987 San Francisco tape-record the fights of their two violently noisy, alcoholic, middle-aged neighbors: one a raging homophobe, the other, a flamboyant gay man. The nightly fighting they were both treated to and terrorized by turned out to be an audio goldmine and one of the world’s first ‘viral’ pop-culture sensations.

DIRECTOR Matthew Bate