Marie's femininity puts 10-year-old Chloe's self-confidence and her male friends in danger.  More...

A young woman feels isolated as the only lesbian in her large extended family until an old photo album offers clues to a family secret.  More...

A young woman feels isolated as the only lesbian in her large extended family until an old photo album offers clues to a family secret.  More...

This haunting and lyrical drama explores the place of women and sexuality in Orthodox Judaism. The Secrets focuses on two young women, Naomi and Michelle, and their efforts to help a third woman make penance for her past sins. In the midrasha (Jewish women’s seminary) at Safed, Naomi, the devout daughter of a rabbi, meets secular roommate Michelle, and the two become fast friends. When assigned to bring food to a dying French woman, Anouk (Fanny Ardant), they learn of her quest for salvation and agree to perform Kabalistic rituals to help her. In so doing, they awaken within one another forbidden feelings that force them to question their path in life.  More...

In the provocative Fairytale of Kathmandu, a filmmaker accompanies her idol, Cathal O Searcaigh, a celebrated gay Irish poet, on his regular trip to Nepal, only to find herself questioning his character after observing his interactions with the young Nepalese men who view him as a generous benefactor. Though the young men involved are of the legal age of consent, maturity, power, money, and a generally homophobic culture all play a factor in the situation. As the filmmaker’s perceptions change, the film becomes nearly as much about documentary filmmaking as it is about O Searcaigh and his alleged involvement in third world sex tourism, raising difficult questions sure to spur on controversy.  More...

What happens to aging gay gigolos after their sugar daddies die? With a refreshing lack of sentimentality and brimming with caustic honesty and wit, Jacques Nolot (2003’s Porn Theater) follows one man who struggles with aging, mortality, and sickness after his benefactor dies and his inheritance is contested. Driven by fear of ending up where he began, he indulges himself with drugs, alcohol, and young hustlers, but must ultimately face his own inner demons to survive. Led by a standout performance by Nolot, Before I Forget emerges as touching, charismatic, and often darkly funny.  More...

In an homage to Gilbert & George, two androgynous individuals with chests bound by black tape dance on gallery podiums.  More...