Wereldvreemd (1997)

The Wet Season

Jocelyn works at her Uncle's 'Crying Booths' in the country, while crying is forbidden in the cities.

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A young boy frequently visits an old man who lives alone, keeping him always in good company. One night, he chances upon the old man watching a dated clip of himself as a cross-dressing boy. This sparks within the young boy an interest to find out more about the old man's past. What he ultimately discovers aids both him and the old man towards a richer understanding of how the weight of life and identity should be carried.

Univitellin

Marseille, today. Aminata works as a hairdresser in an Afro hairdressing salon, Badara works as mechanic. When they meet, their love story will change their lives.

True

While he's receiving an enigmatic phone call from his girlfriend Francine, Thomas remembers the milestones of their relationship, from the very moment they met in a really strange way. A segment of “Paris, je t'aime” (2006).

Good Time

A group of party crazed high school students, deep in the drug scene, begin to learn about the negative side effects of using drugs when one after another they fall.

Ditirambo vela por nosotros

In a desolate world, in a city of madness, José Ditirambo is a wolf among wolves, a fury among furies, an intrepid journalist whose favorite weapons are humor and logic, until he embarks on a mission to find a woman he has heard asking for help through the pipes in his bathroom.

A Girl, She Is 100%

A man ran into a woman on a street. She was not attractive, but was a perfect girl for him. After missing the chance to talk to her, he contemplates on how he should have approached her.

7 vidas

Jorge comfortably lives in a traditional building, now modernized with Artificial Intelligence. His stability is shaken with the death of René, the cat he cares for. A mysterious young woman claims to be its reincarnation and seeks help to solve its murder. Jorge, fearing to lose his home, agrees, embarking on a dizzying journey, uncovering dark secrets. The A.I. reveals flaws, making the environment claustrophobic and dangerous. Friendship between species is explored as they unravel mysteries, revealing surprising connections in this dark comedy of suspense.

Run(a)way Arab

A queer Arab boy, Nazeem, looks up to his Muslim mother with awe. Later in life, it is only through being a drag queen that he holds on to their lost and fraught connection.

El barril de amontillado

An Italian city, 1860. During the carnival, Fortunato de Bettini mocks his friend Montresor who, humiliated, plans an elaborate and cruel revenge.

Proxemics

Two strangers, a confident sorority leader and a reserved underclassman, discuss their differing accounts of an ongoing college party after an awkward, physically intimate encounter.

I Am Yet to Make You a Love Song

Greg and Alessandro are in the bedroom, looking at one another. The feeling of guilt and nostalgia of that moment may forever mark their lives, but it's only a gateway to allow love to walk freely amongst them. They look at one another. They feel one another. They love one another. Regardless of the unrevealed pictures or the unwritten songs.

Carlito Leaves Forever

In the Amazonian jungle, the village of Palma Real resists the modern world. Carlito, a silent young man, decides to leave. On the muddy bed of the immense river, an encounter reveals the secret that Carlito has hidden from his community.

A Walk in Winter

When Conrad returns to his hometown to identify his mother's body, he is forced to confront the painful memories of his childhood.

Where Burning Cold Lies

Based on a real testimony, "Where the cold burns" takes us back in time through an atmospheric journey towards the feelings of a woman. Aurora arrives at her childhood home in the midst of an accumulation of fog and intense cold. Uneasy, she visits this place to reunite with her dead father. But the past overwhelms her, those uncomfortable events of her childhood are relived, which has been marked by the love and abuse of her father.

The Embroidered Dress

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Dear Diary, Please Come Home

It has been a year since Juliette’s sister has passed and she hasn’t been doing so well since that day, but she must learn how to be kind to herself.

It's Just in My Head

Andreas and Alessandro are two friends who have known each other since their childhood. Now that they have grown up, they study at University in different cities but they always spend the summer together in the place where they were born: a seaside resort that regularly fills up with tourists every year.

Dödlig Natt

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Drimage

Mike lives in New York. Every day he walks in the streets and what he sees mixes with his thoughts, while his dreams blur with the mirages of the society of images. In such a large city it may be difficult to find a balance between the words and the noises around. Suddenly, Mike realizes what he wants: to go away, as far as he can.

Not That Kind of Guy

Léto, a young trans and gay man, lives in a small, social housing apartment near Tours. During the day, he kills boredom on his phone from the ticket booth of a movie theater on its last legs. But where he's looking for feelings, he's only offered sex. So at night, he flees disillusionment by heading for the stars. The roof of his high-rise building is like his moped: a refuge, an escape. However, one morning, the parking lot of an ice rink becomes the setting for a life-changing encounter when he comes face to face with Hamza, a solitary employee with an enigmatic charm. The emotional disturbance is immediate. With all due respect to the scoundrels!

Ruis

A young man struggles to cope with the effects of hearing damage.

Thirsty for Likes

From the outside, Diamond and Harmony are living the high life as influencers. What no one knows is what they’ve had to endure behind closed doors.

Huff

Non-judgmental vignette following a day in the life of one young man living inside a poor, small-town filled with broken dreams and addiction.

No. 9

Hana is an LGBT master painter. she has been rejected from Iranian society because of her sexual orientation. At the age of 9, she showed her interest in a girl for the first time. For this reason, the family also rejected him. Hana is ready to do anything to save her lover because of the many tensions she has gone through in her life.

Coming Out of the Closet

Although Jay and his boyfriend Henry have been together for years, Jay has yet to tell his friends and family about his relationship.

Let Liv

A young alcoholic woman agrees to attend an AA meeting with her partner. When she unexpectedly runs into her estranged mother, she's forced to confront demons from her past.

Prelude

Samuel, a piano student, enters a piano competition. At a party, he meets Camilo, a carefree guy. Camilo will inspire Samuel to play his instrument in a different way... That journey will make him discover more important values.

The Beast

A young mexican smuggler and a little girl travel illegally on top of a cargo train, called La Bestia, to get to the USA. An injury transforms his perception of the journey.

The Male Gaze: First Kiss

The Male Gaze is a new series of releases from New Queer Visions that showcases short LGBTQ films from across the world. The first instalment, First Kiss, brings together five shorts that are based around men experiencing romantic and/or sexual interaction with other men for the first time. It takes in films from Sweden, Indonesia, USA, Australia and France giving a rounded look at how similar experiences are depicted across the world. The films are: Naked [Naken] (2013); Pria (2017); Walk With Me (2018), One Night Only (2018); Michel's Mouse [Tapette] (2016).

Venezia - La più antica città del futuro

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As Apple Pie

Written and directed by South African born Pierre Marais, ‘As Apple Pie’ is an immigrant’s observation of an American conversation. There seem to be fewer cultivated spaces to have an honest conversation with differing opinions and the result is that no one is really talking to each other. Not communicating seems to be as American as apple pie.

1,2,3 Pas Soleil

Louis, young Toulousain of 7 and fan of rugby, finds himself suddenly invaded by a newcomer. And trust me, he's not ready to become a big brother... Supported by his faithful toys, will they succeed to chase away the newbie?

Stray

Set in a parallel universe where the sexual bias favors homosexuals, Eric, a struggling heterosexual, admits himself into a straight conversion camp. What begins as a cure to his deviant lifestyle, becomes a journey of self acceptance.

Coche

David has to share his room with a stranger, although he is not so fond of the idea.

Two Cacti

An intimate portrait of Sofía and Mateo, a couple who embark on a journey to decide whether or not they are still together, fractured by their differences.

Run Away

Juan, a young Latin American student, is forced to run away after witnessing the enforced disappearance of his best friends in Mexico.

Funeral

Zacarías reunites with his ex-girlfriend to go to the funeral of a mutual friend.

Jaguar

After a concert, Jaguar and Javier go to collect a delivery, but they don't have in mind that this will put their friendship to the test.

Lily

Lily, a little girl, prepares a party for her father while she is in the care of her cousin Teo, who completes her idea of family.

It Comes at Night

Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

Caligula

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.