Marusya is 16 and, like many Russian teenagers, is determined to end her life. Then she meets her soulmate in another millennial, Kimi. They spend a decade filming the euphoria and anxiety, the happiness and misery of their youth, muzzled by a violent an autocratic regime in the midst of a “depressed Russia”. This film is a cry from the heart, a tribute to an entire silenced ge...
Celebrity cat owners and online experts explore how the humble house cat has captured hearts and imaginations to become pop culture icons and the darlings of the Internet.
弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫在1928年创作的《奥兰多》,是世界上第一部主角在故事中途转换性别的小说。在一个世纪之后,跨性别作家同时也是哲学家、活动家的保罗·B·普雷西亚多(Paul B. Preciado),决定寄给伍尔夫一封影像信,告诉她她笔下的角色已经走进现实,奥兰多已经遍布世界各地。
普雷西亚多发起了一个试镜活动,召集到了26名8至70岁的当代跨性别与非二元性别人士来扮演奥兰多这个角色。他通过这些真实的声音、著作、理论和影像,重构了自己变性经历的各个阶段。他说,每个奥兰多,都是一个要每天冒着生命危险去生存的跨性别者,因为他们发现自己被迫要去对抗法律、历史和精神病学,还有传统的家庭观念和跨国制药公司的力量。但如果“男性”和“女性”归根结底都是政治和社会的虚构产物,那么这种转变就不再仅关乎性别,也关乎诗歌、爱与肤色。
Former leaders of the "pray the gay away" movement contend with the aftermath unleashed by their actions, while a survivor seeks healing and acceptance from more than a decade of trauma.
Barefoot roadtrip around Guinea in search of the first film made by a local filmmaker. A charming and cinematic adventure, where the journey and the destination are equally important, and a film about collective memory and porous film reels.
Does a film exist if no one has seen it? Guinean film director Thierno Souleymane Diallo goes on a barefoot road trip around his country t...
16-year-old Yuguo, who has a passion for Eastern European romantic poetry, makes a pilgrimage from his home in China to the foothills of Romania’s Carpathian Mountains.
There are not many 16-year-olds in China that spend their days reading 19th century Eastern European romantic poetry, but Yuguo is not like most 16-year-olds. This intimate film follows Yuguo’s own teenage roman...
A Black family in North Carolina battles decades of harassment by land developers trying to seize their waterfront property, in this searing documentary by Oscar-nominated director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro).
Spanning 19 years, The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone reveals the memories of Georgie Stone, an Australian transgender teen as she helps change laws, affirms her gender, finds her voice, and emerges into adulthood.
The Dreamlife Project, a collaborative storytelling campaign developed and led by an advisory committee of young transgender, gender diverse and non-binary people, will ...
Jeff Huang, takes the road less traveled for leaving behind a lucrative job in finance to become a Mixed Martial Artist at the age of 33. When life doesn't go according to the plan, will Jeff waver in the path he's chosen?
Six dads gather in rural Oklahoma for a weekend fishing trip. As the men cast their rods into the river, share their catch over dinner, and swap stories beside the bonfire, we learn what has brought them to this scenic idyll: the love for their trans and LGBTQ children, their fears for their children's safety, and the urgency to fight for the ground on which they all stand. The...
Remember when everyone wanted to be in The Strokes or look like Karen O? Then this is the film of the year for you! We’re in New York in the early ’00s. Rock n’ roll had long since been declared dead and buried when a tsunami of young bands suddenly swept across the city and up the charts everywhere, setting a new standard for urban cool. In a kaleidoscopic journey with an eye ...