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The Confirmation

It's the big day of Mathias' confirmation, where he will confirm being a Christian and enter adulthood. Mathias is transgender and just wants to be a normal teenage boy. His mother does everything to protect him, but who is this day really about?

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps

Part comedy special, part oral history, part love letter to becoming your true self, Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps chronicles two decades of Emmy-nominated creator/performer Scott Turner Schofield’s life as an out transgender man. With a knowing nod to the often-overlooked comedy of transitioning, the film reflects on the many layers of becoming oneself, exploring nuanced truths and breaking important new ground in trans representation. Twice censored (so far) and arriving amid a cultural and legislative reckoning, the film resists simplification in what it explores, how it tells the story, and the form it takes. Instead, Schofield brings vulnerability, wit, and presence to the details of his own life, connecting the personal to the universal and reminding audiences of all we share. Funny, profound, and fiercely honest, Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps celebrates complexity and invites viewers to consider, more deeply and compassionately, what becoming—and being—a man can mean.

Back in Baby's Arms

When aspiring actor Jonathan is kicked out by his girlfriend, Emma, he has no money and nowhere to go. Out of options, he finds himself the unlikely housemate of Colleen, an older woman suffering memory loss who constantly mistakes Jonathan for her dead husband. Tired of contradicting her, he decides to give in and play the part...could it be the role of a lifetime?

Some Kind of Bug

A mysterious environmental borne illness is turning teenage girls trans across New England. At least, that's what their mothers are reading online. Katherine, concerned by her preteen's increasing symptoms, seeks a cure.

Georgina

Bienvenido, a grieving widower, finds his routine disrupted when a young woman sent to keep him company helps him confront emotions he has long avoided.

Transfarmers

Inspired by Michael Bay's "Transformers". Grim Luke is a man now. He likes to transform wearing ladies clothes. He left Hollywood and lives with chickens, pigs, and goats in the suburbs.

Just One More

A recovering addict, Jess, meets Charles, a dying man praying God will use him "just one more" time. As their lives collide, Jess battles shame, and doubt-discovering faith, forgiveness, and the hope to fight for a future beyond addiction.

Zoe

Based on a true story, this film immerses us in the life of Zoe, a young transsexual prostitute who, while living on the margins of society, she maintains an unbreaking hope for love and building a better future. Her journey, marked by violence, discrimination, and loneliness, finds a guiding light in Gina Rodríguez, a trans woman who takes for her the mantle of a maternal role, protecting her and teaching her how to endure in a hostile world. The fragile stability that Zoe had won breaks abruptly when Gina is brutally stabbed. This tragedy not only makes her face the pain of losing a loved one, but also makes Zoe rethink the meaning of her own life, trapped between fear, fury, and the need for justice.

Avant-Centre

The Zanctuary

The Zanctuary is a decadent bar in Lower Manhattan owned by a former prostitute, Dora Ramona del Pilar. An undercover police detective follows an investigation on human trafficking discovering what's hidden under the bar: rooms filled with Dora's terrible sins and her attempts at redemption.

Esta Noche

ESTA NOCHE follows Benni, a gay, homeless, 17-year-old Latin American runaway, and his much older boyfriend, RJ/25, on the day of Benni's first drag competition — which gets turned upside down when Benni suffers a brutal assault and is left wondering whether or not he can continue doing the show... and if so, why.

GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM

After getting harassed in the public toilets, two trans friends fight back. Or: a short film about pissing on transphobes.

Donde Crecen los Sauces

Mountain

In 1980s Wales, a neglected, young man named GG seeks friendship and community. He meets Bill, who lives in isolation on the mountain. Their lives collide by chance forming a brief but enduring connection, proving that, even though the world can appear cruel, life is inherently good and will find a way to survive.

The Shakes

A transgender artist who suffers from tremors is interviewed about her work for a podcast - but the interviewer doesn't know that she has recently discovered an unusual new way to deal with "the shakes".

Baker's Boy

Six months after small-town transmasc baker Sam starts using testosterone gel, they begin to notice that everyone they know is a little bit beefier, a little bit harrier, and a little bit hornier than they had been previously...

Refuge

Affluent American couple visit Goa, India to re-assess their marriage and meet a local girl who instigates a confrontation between the two.

Meridiano

An intimate essay about memory and belonging in the city of Porto Alegre, RS.

Oi-Jia

After becoming a mother, Ah-Hong returns to her late grandmother’s empty room, imagining the conversation they never had. Surrounded by old photographs and memories, she revisits stories of motherhood, sacrifice, and love, confronting the silence and resentment passed down through three generations of women.