Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: TINSELTOWN’S QUEER: 30 YEARS LATER
Best Direction: STUCK
Best Short Film: UPSIDE DOWN PINEAPPLE
Best Performances: SARIAH
Best Story: Santa Fe & Esmeralda – Crossroads
Best Documentary: BENDER DEFENDERS
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TINSELTOWN’S QUEER: 30 YEARS LATER, USA
Directed by Nicholas Snow
Long before Will & Grace, Brokeback Mountain, Queer Eye or RuPaul, there was Nicholas Snow and Tinseltown’s Queer. In preparation for the 30th Anniversary of Nicholas Snow’s ground-breaking public access television show, Tinseltown’s Queer, he accidentally made this documentary featuring iconic archival television clips of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, as well as champions of the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement.
http://www.promohomo.tv/TinseltownsQueer
https://www.facebook.com/Nicholas.Snow
https://www.twitter.com/PromoHomoTV
https://www.instagram.com/PromoHomoTV
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Santa Fe & Esmeralda – Crossroads, 16min., USA
Directed by Christel Veraart
In the transformative backdrop of Argentina’s evolving democracy and vibrant art scene from 1987 to 1996, “Santa Fe & Esmeralda – CrossRoads” chronicles the profound and enduring friendship between Kita, a young Dutch woman, and Lorenzo, the gay son of a prominent Argentine family. United by their love for music, they navigate complex family dynamics and the harsh realities of AIDS, with Kita becoming Lorenzo’s caregiver and preserving their bond through storytelling after his death, celebrating a love that transcends boundaries.
https://www.christelveraart.com/
https://www.facebook.com/christelveraart
https://www.instagram.com/christelveraart/
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SARIAH, 11min., USA
Directed by Jessica Orcsik
A young lesbian struggles to envision her life apart from her partner, while finding solace and acceptance within her grief.
http://www.diversitypictures.org/https://www.instagram.com/sariah_shortfilm
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BENDER DEFENDERS, 25min., UK
Directed by Ira Putilova
Four members of a queer martial art club “Bender Defenders” in East London get together to celebrate trans people in sports through conversations about the necessity of anger, the pleasure of pain and the inevitability of friendship and joy as main tools of resistance.
https://www.badtablemanners.co.uk/bender-defenders
https://www.instagram.com/bender.defenders.film/
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STUCK, 13min., USA
Directed by Emma Grace Lukens
A couple’s ambiguous relationship becomes slightly more clear as they lie on their living room floor, discussing their dating lives.
https://www.instagram.com/stuck.short.film/
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UPSIDE DOWN PINEAPPLE, 17min., USA
Directed by Cory Nixon
The true story of her best friend’s mysterious murder would make the perfect prime time miniseries. . . but can former queen bee Penelope Pierce convince her reluctant clique to sign over their life rights?
https://instagram.com/upsidedownpineapplefilm
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LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 