The beautiful rainbow of queer experience defiantly resists facile attempts at categorization, and so does queer cinema. With filmmakers breaking free from the celluloid closet, coming-out stories have become undoubtedly vital narratives of film history, yet mainstream cliches surrounding trauma and acceptance have also left audiences hungry for more. In place of all-too-familiar tropes, the bold and audacious films in this collection depict queer lives through a prismatic lens. Turning toward communities and subcultures that exist outside of heteronormative ideals, these complex character portraits do not make queerness their sole focus, but approach it as a facet of vaster emotional terrains and sociopolitical frameworks. From the groundbreaking New Queer Cinema of the 1990s to contemporary arthouse standouts and hybrid experiments, these works are liberated from linear thinking regarding sexuality and identity. Instead of well-trodden cinematic paths, celebrated auteurs make space for surprise and provocation, as tired motifs give way to righteous anger, ecstatic euphoria, and camp chaos. Eclectic in their range of explorations, these uncompromising films are just like their characters: they’re queer, and they’re here to stay.

<p>The beautiful rainbow of queer experience defiantly resists facile attempts at categorization, and so does queer cinema. With filmmakers breaking free from the celluloid closet, coming-out stories have become undoubtedly vital narratives of film history, yet mainstream cliches surrounding trauma and acceptance have also left audiences hungry for more. In place of all-too-familiar tropes, the bold and audacious films in this collection depict queer lives through a prismatic lens. Turning toward communities and subcultures that exist outside of heteronormative ideals, these complex character portraits do not make queerness their sole focus, but approach it as a facet of vaster emotional terrains and sociopolitical frameworks. From the groundbreaking New Queer Cinema of the 1990s to contemporary arthouse standouts and hybrid experiments, these works are liberated from linear thinking regarding sexuality and identity. Instead of well-trodden cinematic paths, celebrated auteurs make space for surprise and provocation, as tired motifs give way to righteous anger, ecstatic euphoria, and camp chaos. Eclectic in their range of explorations, these uncompromising films are just like their characters: they&#8217;re queer, and they&#8217;re here to stay.</p>

This Is Not a Coming Out Story

THIS IS NOT A COMING OUT STORY

While coming-out stories are vital to dismantling the celluloid closet, well-worn narratives have also left audiences hungry for more. Liberated from linear thinking around identity, the uncompromising films in this collection are just like their characters: they’re queer, and they’re here to stay.

<p>While coming-out stories are vital to dismantling the celluloid closet, well-worn narratives have also left audiences hungry for more. Liberated from linear thinking around identity, the uncompromising films in this collection are just like their characters: they&#8217;re queer, and they&#8217;re here to stay.</p>

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Contains material and themes suitable only for mature audiences.

strobe lighting

graphic sexual content

injury detail

discriminatory language

Robin Campillo

120 battements par minute

BPM (Beats Per Minute)

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BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE)

Contains material that may not be suitable for children or young adults.

Minh Quý Trương

Trong Lòng Đất

Việt and Nam

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VIỆT AND NAM

self harm

Ira Sachs

Keep the Lights On

KEEP THE LIGHTS ON

animal cruelty

Jeffrey Schwarz

I Am Divine

I AM DIVINE

Jay Dockendorf

Naz + Maalik

NAZ + MAALIK

sexual assault

Chintis Lundgren

Draško Ivezić

Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves

TOOMAS BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE WILD WOLVES

Vera Drew

The People's Joker

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THE PEOPLE'S JOKER

Levan Akin

Crossing

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CROSSING

Benjamin Mullinkosson

午夜出走 | Wǔyè chūzǒu

The Last Year of Darkness

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THE LAST YEAR OF DARKNESS

Passages

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PASSAGES

Sebastián Silva

Rotting in the Sun

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ROTTING IN THE SUN

Léa Mysius

Les cinq diables

The Five Devils

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THE FIVE DEVILS