The Intimate Touch (2020)

Undress Me

Mikaela has undergone gender reassignment and is now a woman. One night at a bar, she meets a guy and takes him back to her place.

Harbinger

A Los Angeles detective discovers the unbelievable while searching for a missing child and in the aftermath his life begins to unravel.

Free Fall

Out of the haunting shadows of the sexual underground in Medellin, sixteen-year-old Jhony is excited and hopeful for this upcoming date with the boy he loves.

Enter

During a night of drinking, M. arrives by chance in an apartment where an orgy takes place. Embarrassed, he locks himself in the bathroom where he will find a sleeping guy he knows pretty well.

Younger

The two best friends Bente en Saar are secretly going camping for one night on a small island, down the polder. After a night of dancing, singing and enjoying their selfmade hotdogs by the bonfire while drinking Saar's mother's wine, something happens that might change their friendship forever.

Little Grey Bubbles

Devastated by her best friend Marlon's death, Kim travels from NYC to Canada to attend his funeral. There she meets his family and friends for the first time and awkwardness ensues as she tries to explain how she never met him in person because their friendship had been exclusively online.

Moriqueta

Lucas is a 19 years old deaf animator who explores life through his sketchbook. He encounters a handsome young man at his favorite library, leading him to seek a creative way to communicate with him. He chooses to set aside his beliefs and insecurities to ask him out on a date.

Day 23 of Quarantine

A mother and her son partake in a rage filled dinner together.

Donosti 2730

A youngster writes a letter to his grandmother about his last trip to Donosti (Spain). This city inspires him to ponder about the language of cinema, time, cities, and sharing memories with our loved ones.

Virgins4lyfe

It is the last night of 14-year-old Astrid's and Issi's holiday by the beach. The mission is clear, especially for Issi: to find a guy and hopefully lose her virginity before the holidays are over.

The Blonde One

Gabriel rents a room in Juan’s House. They work together in a Woodwork place. Gabriel is a very quiet guy and has a little daughter. Juan is a party boy who has a lots of girls around. Inadvertently the sexual tension starts to grow between them. It opens a new hidden forbidden world they have to deal with.

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.

My New Year

Based on author's childhood memories of the devastating 1988 Spitak earthquake. The father and his two young kids are left without a home and above all, the disaster had claimed the life of their beloved mother and wife. After painful quest to find her body and give her a proper burial, by the new year's eve the family is settled in a makeshift home near the wreckage of their home. While his daughter and son are still playing and merging the disaster into their games, the father for the sake of his children struggles to find strength and heart to live on.

Dotty

A lonely 9-year-old boy stumbles across a modest caravan in the American Midwest. Inside the caravan lives Dotty, an eccentric but kind women; old enough to be his grandmother. Dotty invites the boy into her rainbow decorated caravan that is littered with exotic memorabilia from her past, and in particular an incredible collection of brightly colored shoes. The boy, who has a hidden sadness he wont discuss and a suspicious bruise on one arm is able to forget about his troubles momentarily as Dotty and the boy embark on a journey that spans her colorful life.

Shallow

When newly elected MP Richard Dove runs over a young girl on a deserted forest road, he must decide to what lengths he will go to save his blossoming career.

The One

What appears to be a typical mother-son day in the park proves to be anything but typical.

Slow Dance

During a middle school dance, a boy is struggling with his courage when experiencing his first love.

At Sea

No Mar is a film about Cecília, the only teacher on a small fishing island. One fateful morning Cecília's daughter Maria asks her best friend Lúcia to cover for her as she goes to the beach to watch her father's boat come in. She never returns. Cecília struggles to deal with the guilt of her daughters death and attempts to embrace the impoverished Lúcia. Lúcia's own struggle with her friends death and eventual confession, forces Cecília to reconcile with her own grief and loss.

Implant

In a world where the technology exists to hack into peoples’ memories, a traditional housewife colludes with her close friend to expose her husband, who she suspects is unfaithful. A film about love, betrayal and technology.

The Last Dragon

Video poem based on The Last Dragon by Radu Stanca.

Casa de Carne

On a night out with friends, Eric tries a new restaurant that takes the dining experience full circle.

Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogo

In a country subjected to a cruel dictatorship, a political activist is savagely tortured, unleashing the indignation of certain leftist intellectuals.

Ruis

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

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.

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).

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.

Cold Coffee

Every morning, Pedro carefully prepares coffee for Tiago, but even with all his extraordinary efforts, he is unable to prevent the drink from getting cold.

Yardbird

A young girl who lives in a remote wrecking yard takes on the local bullies when they travel out to torment her father.

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.

Divine Intention

When young, innocent Eve joins her local Church, she must battle with religion and herself, to come to terms with her new-found love.

42 One Dream Rush

Collection of short films by various directors based on dreams, 42 seconds each. It was produced by the world's most awarded vodka "42 Below", known for doing things differently , with other Chinese User Generated Films.

Ponyboi

An intersex runaway searches for love and a way out of his working class neighborhood in New Jersey.

Crazy/Beautiful

At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.

Tomorrow

New Year's Eve 1999 finds college-bound Clark and Trevor concerned about the future of their friendship, and a request for Clark to be Trevor's wingman ensures things will never be the same again.

Pincée d'amour

This short tells the story of one crab who became a jilted lover. Even among crustaceans, love stories can end badly.