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Director Levan Akin centers the vital spirit of Istanbul’s trans community in this poignant story of unlikely connection. With three exquisite performances that vividly transcend generational divides, Crossing is a defiant city symphony and a compassionate tale of hope, identity, and forgiveness.

With sharp wit and cathartic intensity, Coralie Fargeat turns toxic beauty culture inside out in her Oscar®-winning latest feature. Powered by a career-best performance from Demi Moore, The Substance fearlessly bulldozes its way into the midnight-movie pantheon and the feminist canon.

Long before Queer and Call Me By Your Name, Luca Guadagnino partnered with the one-and-only Tilda Swinton for his experimental debut feature. A surreal faux-documentary about a mysterious murder, this cinematic fever dream presciently taps into the current cultural obsession with true-crime dramas.

British filmmaker Andrew Haigh is a jewel: a uniquely measured dramatist profoundly concerned with the inner lives of his characters. We adore his breakout feature, taking place over a stretched-out weekend, for its tender, sensual and poignantly realized evocation of the bliss of falling in love.

Director David France (How to Survive a Plague) captures the work of LGBT+ activists in Russia in this urgent, award-winning documentary. Using deepfake technology to protect the subjects’ anonymity, Welcome to Chechnya remains, above all, a tender and empathic masterwork of political filmmaking.

In 2020, comic actor Rachel Sennott starred in two films that muddle religion and sex into the poignant mess of coming-of-age: Shiva Baby and Olivia Peace’s inventive, insightful debut. Tapped into irrepressible desire, Tahara is a darkly funny, sensitive take on the eternal dramas of adolescence.

The warm atmosphere of a queer-friendly small-town bar is palpable throughout this playful documentary short. Casual talking-head interviews with owners and regulars form a delightful patchwork, capturing both the joy and the challenges of accommodating difference while fostering community.