
In a moment of deep crisis, I decided to recover to ease my pain. Sharing my thoughts and channeling them into a concrete product helped me make sense of my suffering.
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In a moment of deep crisis, I decided to recover to ease my pain. Sharing my thoughts and channeling them into a concrete product helped me make sense of my suffering.
2023-09-04
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Who are we when we look in the mirror?
0.0A documentary in which 5 men describe their experiences with gender dysphoria as they wrestled with feelings of inadequacy as men, and their ultimate pursuit to find peace in their natural bodies.
0.0As young adult Quinn cleans out their childhood closet, they reflect on the keepsakes they associate with their gender identity struggle, and ultimately come to a decision that could change their life for the better.
4.0In a small, close-knit town, lifelong best friends Justin and Lennon (or Lena) each harbor deep secrets. As the school year begins, the arrival of a new student helps Lennon explore their identity, while Justin’s hidden feelings for their friend intensify, driving tension and conflict. Over one summer, their bonds are tested, leading to emotional and potentially destructive confrontations, as friendship, love, and self-discovery collide.
7.4Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a 'beautiful gender of one'.
6.4A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.
1.7A graphic exploration of the undesired effects of testosterone on a young transgender woman's (pre-HRT) body.
6.8Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.
6.1Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
5.7Wide meadows, romping in the woods and building cabins. Leo (12) spends the autumn holidays with big sister Noémie and cousin Emil on Grandma Marlies' farm. However when Leo is surprised by what Grandma Marlies calls big news, Leo faces an identity crisis. "I am Leo" immerses itself into the emotional world of a child who is on the way to discover their gender identity. A film about expectations that overwhelm, about thoughts that restrict and about the courage to find yourself.
1.0After all his unhappy experiences Aytug come to the turning point of his life. Either he refuses the life which society offers for him and will end his life, or choose to live as he wants and stand out against society's norms of ideal gender role.
0.0This short film tells the story of Bianca, a nonbinary person, struggling to find the place for gender fluidity within the rigid world of ballet. Bianca finds their own voice, in this dance-filled rumination on coming out, not as one thing or another, but as something in between.
5.1In a first-person documentary, Diako Yazdani, a political refugee in France, returns to see his family in Iraqi Kurdistan and introduces them to a 23-year-old gay man from Kojin who seeks to exist in a society where he seems unable to find its place. With humor and poetry, the director delivers a moving portrait where the meetings of each other invite to a universal reflection on the difference.
1.0After coming to terms with their identity, it's time for Bailey to come out at school. However, this proves harder than they anticipate and Bailey is faced with a choice between social ridicule or the closet.
1.0When a mysterious person gatecrashes Madhav and Sufi's wedding, the couple are forced to face past secrets and reevaluate their definitions of what makes a family.
Amy is a depressed college student who hasn't left her apartment in days. Once she does leave her apartment, she half-heartedly confronts the absolute stasis and isolation she is experiencing.
0.0Hannah takes her nonbinary teenager, Frances, to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather, Jim — lovingly known as Jimpa. But Frances’ desire to stay abroad with Jimpa for a year means Hannah is forced to reconsider her beliefs about parenting and finally confront old stories about the past.
0.0Two weary travellers seek out shade and sustenance from an idle tree. Based on the fable, "The Travellers and the Plane Tree" by Aesop.
6.8Riley, a mid-level cheerleader, lands on the All-Star squad, Thunderhawks. With a competition looming, Riley must navigate her crippling anxiety, her relationship with her girlfriend, and her desperate need for approval from her new coach.
0.0A non-binary person hates their body so much that they decapitate themself.
0.0When Imani goes to her friend's housewarming party, she meets a boy who piques her interest. She invites him over to hang out, only to realise that they have more in common than she thought.