Matias and Fabio are friends and actors, but it’s Fabio who’s chosen for the lead role in a TV series. Devastated, Matias finds comfort in Rafael, a mysterious 35-year-old man who refuses to reveal much about himself. They begin a passionate relationship and discover a fetish for having sex in public places. In this erotic thriller, a sultry nocturnal dance between desire and power unfolds, where the two men increasingly feel the urge to risk their public ambition and hidden identities.

Céline is expecting her first child, but she’s not the one who’s pregnant. In three months, her wife Nadia will give birth to their daughter. Under the watchful eyes of her friends, mothers, and the law, Céline searches for legitimacy and her place in society. Featuring Monia Chokri and Elia Rumpf, Des preuves d’amour is a comedy with absurd twists and unique energy. Placed in every possible situation, the irresistible duo remains strong right up until the film’s magnificent finale.

Set during Valentine’s Day in New Jersey in the early 2000s, a young intersex sex worker named Ponyboi must flee the mafia after a drug deal gone wrong which forces him to confront his past. Will an encounter with a sexy daddy be Ponyboi’s ticket out of Jersey? Get ready for shock and violence set against a backdrop of laundromats, American diners, and the New Jersey coast. There’s also plenty of fun and tenderness in this atypical thriller with an intersex protagonist like we’ve never seen before.

When two boys are kidnapped in a border town in Nepal, Inspector Pooja, who insists on being called Sir, is assigned the case. Teaming up with a local policewoman, they are both quickly confronted with local corruption and systemic misogyny. It all happens just as a resistance movement led by an ethnic minority group opposed to the central government is growing, the plot intertwining the two themes of sexism and racial discrimination. Shown at the 2024 Venice Festival, Pooje Sir allows us to discover an unexpected and unknown Nepal, torn between modernity and the most acute conservatism.

Benoît built his paradise hidden from view, emancipated in his own way, resolved to face the constraints of a space which, in imaginations, conflicts with his identity. The countryside. One day, he and other queers from the area decide to organize the first Pride of the Périgord vert.

Today we ask ourselves: is the socio-cultural sector doing well? Between declining subsidies, attacks on the status of artists, and the proliferation of precarious contracts, the sector has been weakened. As is too often the case, it is minorities who suffer the most. Artists, activists, workers, students, unemployed people, retirees: let’s get together to discuss the precariousness of the socio-cultural sector and its implications for our queer communities.

A lush, hypnotic 16mm fever dream that reinvents "The Fool’s Journey of the Tarot" through the story of AP - a feisty young woman on a quest for salvation from a curse. AP is promised by several fortune-tellers that her curse will be lifted in return for $1,000 and the sacrifice of a lamb. To find the money, she rides her scooter through the night and into the filthy, chaotic depths of Trashtown. Dark, irreverent and sensual, her journey brings her face to face with a gallery of peculiar characters and situations, each more delirious than the last, right up to the inevitable.

In a broken city, a gay man impersonates men he has had sex with and brings this new persona with him to his next hook-up. Only by pretending to be someone else can he be truly himself. As he passes through their various homes, he observes their living spaces and tells the stories that have been told to him, but reimagined for himself, triggering unexpected, sometimes disturbing reactions.

In Malaysia, where LGBTQ+ identities are criminalized, trans man Faris and his punk band defy harsh laws through music, protest, and friendship. Over six years, this vibrant documentary follows Faris’s transition, fearless activism, personal journeys, and camaraderie amid state persecution, capturing the spirit of rebellion and the power of chosen family in a society that demands silence.

Trace, leave a trace, traces, texts, photos, words, preserve them, defend them. This year, the collective Where We Belong is looking at the archives of our past and future struggles, continuing the connection with the struggles of our old lesbian aunts, carrying them on today among cousins, and passing them on to our baby dykes nieces.

Seeking asylum after being discovered in Nigeria to be gay, Isio arrives in a centre where survival, anxiety, and waiting become his daily routine. In the centre, an unexpected passion blossoms with Farah, his roommate. The two bond with other women to plan their escape. More than a love story behind closed doors, Dreamers is a tale of friendships and solidarity that are woven in the hostile world of confinement, a quest for breathing space in migratory journeys subject to laws as violent as they are unjust.

If both the patriarchy and toxic relationships could be explained in 90 minutes, this refreshingly provocative film would do it. After being dumped by the partner she idolises, Saira goes on a mission, travelling across space to save her. Hopping between planets and encountering all types of situations, this misguided princess thinks she will win back her lost lover... but something else awaits her at the end of her journey. Lesbian Space Princess is a queer epic that dusts off the genre and could serve as group catharsis full of humour and welcome reminders.

There’s a languid mood hanging in the summer air. Two friends are staying in a holiday home, rented from a former lover. To withstand the grip of the owner and the precarity closing in on them, the pair turn to sex work. Despite the apparent comfort of this elegant setting, the house becomes a gilded cage where time stretches endlessly. It also turns into a refuge for other marginalized people and a space for unexpected encounters. In this film, Abdellah Taïa takes his time with settings, characters, even gestures. With sharp precision, he reveals power dynamics and portrays siblinghood as a force of resistance.

A fragile bond is formed between Jérémie and Baptiste thanks to a shared source of embarassement: their baldness. Together, they decide to go to Istanbul, a modern metropolis known for low-cost cosmetic miracles and surgical scams. Yet, at its core, Avant/Après tells the story of other losses, touching on the wandering nature of humans and the need for connection to ward off loneliness. This disconcerting, unadorned film requires an open mind and a willingness to be moved by a quest for connection and embrace.

Janine, with a shy smile and dark chestnut hair, decides to leave Berlin and move to the countryside because her partner, Pierre, suffers from asthma. The couple rents a house from a woman who lives next door with her two adult sons, Enrico and Peter, the latter of whom has an intellectual disability. Janine quickly realizes that almost everything—and everyone—in the village is hostile, except for Peter, who develops a strange fascination with her and begins spying on her through the window. Mixing fictional imagery with archival photos and videos, the film unfolds like an investigation into the clash between trans and gender-nonconforming individuals and environments rooted in the past—traumatic, unwelcoming places. Cheap and offbeat, a radical, defiantly queer UFO.

The director (he/him) Kani Lauerta follows the progress of Karla, a flamboyant teenager in the throes of transitation. With Ninxs, we follow daily life in Karla’s family and village, Tepoztlán, located at the foot of a a sacred hill in Mexico. Everyone around Karla ends up participating in the film, resulting in a lively and characterful documentary, with tones of the self-assertion of a Gen Z, just like its main protagonist.

In the neon-lit underbelly of Manila, a group of young men work the streets near a bus station. After the death of one of them, the remaining four decide to fulfill his last wish: to bring his body back to his home village. Zion, a mysterious stranger with a troubled past, insists on joining them, despite the reluctance of the group’s leader. As the boys travel across the country, their bonds grow stronger, taking them on an incredible journey. Capturing the soul of the Philippines—and Manila in particular—Petersen Vargas paints a portrait that is both social and intimate. Blending dream and reality, he makes us feel the importance of chosen families, especially within the queer community.

Jaya, a non-binary teacher and former comedian whose career ended after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, travels the country to win a drag beauty pageant and prize money. Meeting Arnel, a student searching for his father, changes their solitary plans. Blending surreal comedy with documentary realism, this genre-defying journey explores climate change, colonial legacy, and queer identity through humor, resilience, and connection.

The intersection of queer and migrant struggles, the discrimination and hostility they face, but also the exploitation of queerness by xenophobic agendas and the appropriation of LGBTQIA+ struggles by the right wing! Faced with increasingly fascist societies and states governed by far-right and xenophobic parties, let us reflect, fight, share our experiences and anger, and create spaces together for solidarity and resistance.

In a broken city, a gay man impersonates men he has had sex with and brings this new persona with him to his next hook-up. Only by pretending to be someone else can he be truly himself. As he passes through their various homes, he observes their living spaces and tells the stories that have been told to him, but reimagined for himself, triggering unexpected, sometimes disturbing reactions.

A pioneering figure in queer body art, and founder of the controversial “Modern Primitive” movement, Fakir Musafar has redefined the physical boundaries of the body. His work spans photography, the underground scene, the Church of Satan, and flower power. Behind the guise of a classic documentary, director Angelo Madsen painstakingly reconstructs the archives, which intertwine and reinvent themselves as extensions of Fakir Musafar’s performance art.

If both the patriarchy and toxic relationships could be explained in 90 minutes, this refreshingly provocative film would do it. After being dumped by the partner she idolises, Saira goes on a mission, travelling across space to save her. Hopping between planets and encountering all types of situations, this misguided princess thinks she will win back her lost lover... but something else awaits her at the end of her journey. Lesbian Space Princess is a queer epic that dusts off the genre and could serve as group catharsis full of humour and welcome reminders.

Anand lives in Mumbai and returns to his native village after the death of his father. His mother, his discreet accomplice, tries to protect him from the family traditions. In the emotional turmoil stemming from this grief, he gradually grows closer to his childhood friend Balya, who is also single. Director Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s largely autobiographical debut film, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears), is a discreet and sensitive perspective on grief and the quietly radical act of being queer in rural western India.

It goes without saying that many Asian films have the ability to explore family dynamics with almost unrivaled finesse. In this beautiful Taiwanese feature film, a mother, Shu-Yi, tries her best to keep her family together while dealing with an absent husband. Meanwhile, her eldest son becomes infatuated with a female photographer Shu-Yi knew well in her youth. This brings back memories and shatters the balance of the home she strives to preserve. With remarkable sensitivity, Julian Chou suggests that happiness lies not in conformity, but in accepting the subtle differences that make us human.

Several awards highlight queer short films from Belgium and abroad. Three awards are presented: the award for best international fiction short film, the award for best animated and/or experimental short film, and the award for best Belgian short film.