THEME: RELATIVE FRICTION

Within this theme, we look at the tension a queer child or queer parent brings within the family. No matter what, these bonds remain strong; friction gives luster to these special stories.

100% USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC HOMEMADE TOFU (SHORT)

US 2023, 14 min, Gbenga Komolafe

When her spicy tofu goes viral, the bond between mother and trans daughter restores.

PEAFOWL

South Korea 2022, 114 min, Sung-bin Byun

Transgender woman faces a dilemma when, as "eldest son," she must perform a riyal at her father's funeral.

SOLO

Canada 2023, 101 min, Sophie Dupuis

Drag artist craves attention from his absent mother and his domineering new boyfriend, but in doing so torpedoes his career.

THE DINNER (SHORT)

Spain 2023, 11 min, Jesús Martínez ‘Nota’

How a "I have to tell you something"- conversation goes delightfully off the rails.

LOVE & REVOLUTION

Spain 2023, 110 min, Alejandro Marin

In the late 1970s, a mother takes to the barricades when her son is arrested for being gay.

LAMBING (SHORT)

Ireland 2022, 18 min, Katie McNeice

A young father in rural Ireland will have to change when his baby is born intersex.

OUR SON

US 2023, 104 min, Bill Oliver

Divorce drama with star cast, in danger of forgetting the child present.