free queer films by Leeds Queer Film Festival

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4	Please also note: this is a UK-centric list. We cannot guarantee all links will be available outside the UK and sadly we don't have the resource to test this. Thank you for understanding!
5	Film	Year	Running time	Description	Link	Expiry date?	Access info

6	120 BPM	2017	2hr23m	Director Robin Campillo draws on personal experience of gay activism in 1990s Paris to tell the story of anti-AIDS pressure group, ACT UP, as their campaign of direct action ramps up	https://www.channel4.com/programmes/120-bpm	28/3/20	French with English subtitles
7	A Bigger Splash	1974	1hr44m	Semi-fictionalized documentary biopic of British artist David Hockney. After a difficult break-up, Hockney is left unable to paint, much to the concern of his friends.	http://www.ubu.com/film/hockney_splash.html		In English, no subtitles available
8	A Year in Transition	2018	1hr10m	Trans man and film maker Lorne Clarkson documents their friend Issa’s personal journey as a 20 year old Arab-American trans masculine person. A positive and charming insight into coming out, taking hormones, having top surgery, and finding solace in the trans community. CN: discussion of surgery and misgendering	https://vimeo.com/259562788		In English with English or French subtitles available
9	Aban + Khorshid	2014	16m	Inspired by true events, Aban and Khorshid is an intimate portrait of two lovers, glimpsing into the world in which they met, moments before their execution for being gay.	https://vimeo.com/147873227		In Persian with English subtitles
10	Acid Soda	2017	10m	A love story between a mouse and a ballerina.	https://vimeo.com/222200243/3066b4374b		In English, no subtitles available
11	Alan Bennett's Diaries	2016	59m	Inspired by his acerbic and often hilarious diaries, this documentary shows Alan Bennett as he has never been seen before. The film follows Bennett to New York, the scene of his early triumph in Beyond the Fringe, to his community library in Primrose Hill which, he despairs, some would rather see turned into a pizza restaurant, to the East Coast railway line, which he would like to see renationalised, and to the village in Yorkshire he calls home.	https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b086kc2c/alan-bennetts-diaries	31/3/20	In English with English subtitles available. Audio Description available.
12	All Out! Dancing in Dulais	1986	23m	The original 1986 documentary which the film 'Pride' is based on. Radical queers at the time were involved with supporting the miners in the 1985/5 Miners’ strike and we in the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners’ Group made a record of our involvement with a mining community in South Wales.	https://vimeo.com/22972867		In English, no subtitles available
13	Alone With People	2014	30m	Growing up gay in the US South, a high school girl seeks the help of a therapist to come out to her family and friends in this coming-of-age story.	https://vimeo.com/136354421		In English, no subtitles available
14	Anya Kneez: A Queen in Beirut	2018	11m	Drag artist Anya Kneez moves back home from New York To Beirut.	https://vimeo.com/224944116		In English with English subtitles
15	Apart From Everything	2017	20m	After a two-year absence and a recent stint in rehab, Fran returns home to Toronto. Struggling to live soberly for the first time in her adult life, she must face the emotional fallout of her disappearance and make amends with the girlfriend and the brother she left behind.	https://vimeo.com/160495898		In English, no subtitles available
16	BalaclavaQ	Various	Various	More than 60 queer artists films. Balaclava.Q is an international queer visual art project & collective that seeks to connect, promote and create platforms for queer artists.	https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMzQZCY5Oyl-VJmtOdF6HQ?fbclid=IwAR0lvU7CsxHq0LgTLSrn04W-cnfuNt3r96ljEPUxGpGDRMSjCad7w-ahqmA		Auto-generated captions available
17	Balloon	2019	16m	In the brutal battlefield of junior high, Sam has always tried to stay below radar. But all that changes when he discovers he has super powers.	https://vimeo.com/371525503		In English with English or Spanish subtitles available
18	Beautiful By Night	2014	29m	A documentary following three older drag entertainers at Aunt Charlie's Lounge in San Francisco's Tenderloin. With Olivia Hart, Collette LeGrande, and Donna Personna.	https://vimeo.com/106252146
19	Bedding Andrew	2014	5m	Short doc about gay sex and disability.	https://vimeo.com/94185101		In English, no subtitles available
20	Before Stonewall	1984	1hr27m	Documentary history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.	https://youtu.be/cvvk9jDDjKg		In English with German subtitles. Autogenerate English captions available.
21	Being Marcus	2019	28m	Observational documentary, providing an honest insight into the experiences of a Deaf trans man.	https://www.bslzone.co.uk/watch/being-marcus		In BSL and English with English subtitles available
22	BFI Flare			Due to cancellation Flare have put their programme online which can be watched for free if you sign up for a 14 day trial version of BFI Player OR free for 7 days with Amazon Prime.	https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/collection/lgbt-britain	29/3/20
23	Brace	2015	25m	After coming out and leaving his girlfriend, Adam dreams of finding acceptance within London's gay scene. His burgeoning freedom is soon challenged when he meets Rocky, a handsome stranger who is harboring a secret that he desperately wants to share with Adam. As their bond strengthens and Rocky prepares to reveal his secret to Adam, their fledgling romance is ruptured by a cataclysmic event that forces the truth to come out in the most explosive manner.	https://vimeo.com/131741261		In English, no subtitles available
24	Catherine Opie	2019	15m	Catherine Opie shares the emotional and political motivations for her provocative and influential photography.	https://vimeo.com/350734594		In English, no subtitles available
25	Cecil And Carl	2016	15m	Previous LQFF Audience Award winner. Cecil has lived alone in a giant house ever since Carl, his partner of 43 years, was diagnosed with advanced dementia and admitted to a nursing home. Not about grand gestures of love or being gay, this story focuses on commitment and the duties that come with it.	https://vimeo.com/144881960		In English with English subtitles available
26	Chelsea Girls	1966	3hr14m	Lacking a formal narrative, Warhol's art house classic follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel in 1966 New York City, presented in a split screen with a single audio track in conjunction with one side of screen.	http://www.ubu.com/film/warhol_chelsea.html		In English, no subtitles available
27	Chocolate Babies	1996	1hr23m	The first major production from Stephen Winter, a perpetual upender of queer cinema, Chocolate Babies is an outlandish, effervescent portrait of queer New Yorkers at the height of the AIDS crisis. For all its rip-roaring flair, the film’s emotional core still packs a tender wallop.	https://vimeo.com/62632619		In English, no subtitles available
28	CineQ watch parties			CineQ are hosting watch parties each night at 7pm	https://www.facebook.com/groups/232066437709671/	29/3/20
29	Curtain Down	2017	15m	A love story that takes a surreal but tender look at gender, identity and ageing as our hero is forced to choose between career and love.	https://vimeo.com/161462593		In English, no subtitles available
30	Danny Didn't Feel Like Himself Anymore	2018	5m	Animation. Danny doesn't fit in the box they've been put in.	https://vimeo.com/272843538		No dialogue
31	Danny's Parade	2007	15m	If you are fourteen years old - and gay - life can be boring. It drives Danny Hoekzema from Bovenkarspel up the wall. Many of his friends are still in the closet and meeting someone in a pub is out of the question. So Danny, who no longer makes his sexual inclination a secret, bends things to his own will. He plans to participate in the annual gay event in Amsterdam, the Canal Parade. For this purpose, he arranges a gay boat for teenagers.	https://www.idfa.nl/en/film/866c424b-4b04-4886-91ec-2e53c606ea50/dannys-parade		Dutch with English subtitles
32	Dottie Gets Spanked	1993	30m	Early Todd Haynes short film. An artistic six-year-old boy in 1960s America is obsessed with The Dottie Show. His father is concerned about the show's sexual influence, especially the boy's fascination with a spanking scene.	https://youtu.be/RF_4prniOkY		In English, auto-generated subtitles available.
33	Double Lucky	2018	25m	Children of gay parents talk about growing up, fitting in, coming out, and how their "normal" differed from their peers.	https://vimeo.com/276215465/1d0e852049		In Dutch with English subtitles
34	Dragtime	1997	1hr10m	Feature documentary about the lives of NY drag artists Varla Jean Merman, Candis Cayne, Lady Bunny and Lypsinka.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWDlhwYJcpg		In English, no subtitles available
35	Enraged by a Picture	2005	14m	Enraged by a Picture features a photography exhibit that causes a stir and provokes an outcry on a subject that is particularly taboo: being black and being a lesbian.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLSMCBWDKSU		In English with auto-generated subtitles available
36	Feel Good	2020	2hr30m	Not a film but a TV series - all episodes available to stream free. The series follows recovering addict and comedian Mae, who is trying to control the addictive behaviors and intense romanticism that permeate every facet of her life.	https://www.channel4.com/programmes/feel-good		In English with English subtitles available. Audio Description available.
37	Five Films for Freedom	2020	1hr2m	Self-expression, homophobia in rural communities, coming out as a teenager, and finding love later in life - this year's short films look at an intersection of LGBTIQ+ perspectives to explore love and acceptance.	https://www.britishcouncil.org/arts/fivefilmsforfreedom	29/3/20	Multiple languages, all with English subtitles available
38	Flash Flood - A Rotoscoped Documentary	2017	6m	Deep within a rotoscoped dream, three transgender people confront a cataclysmic flood.	https://vimeo.com/285885237		In English, no subtitles available
39	Forbidden Lives: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives	1992	1hr24m	This feature documentary delves into the rich history of Canadian queer women’s experiences in the mid-20th century. Compelling, often hilarious and always rebellious, the women interviewed in this film recount stories about their search for the places where openly gay women gathered in urban centres.	https://www.nfb.ca/film/forbidden_love/		In English with English subtitles available.
40	Foxy Trot	2018	15m	A married lesbian couple unexpectedly face their relationship issues when they take ballroom dance lessons.	https://vimeo.com/232069515/d08cfcb443		In English, no subtitles available
41	Francis Bacon: Fragments of a Portrait	1966	44m	Francis Bacon's paintings have been called sick and corrupt. He has also been hailed as the greatest British painter since Turner. This film study - Bacon's first appearance on BBC Television - shows his work and its sources, and critically assesses his paintings.	https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02t7ck5/francis-bacon-fragments-of-a-portrait		In English, no subtitles available
42	gal-dem Chosen Family	2019	28m	Documentary series produced by gal-dem, the new media publication, committed to telling the stories of women and non-binary people of colour. "Over several weeks we followed artist Travis Alabanza, performance artist Chloe Filani, artist Joy Miessi and writer and DJ Aisha Mirza on personal journeys that underscored the importance of relearning and engaging with queer history and the power that can be found in historical precedent."	https://youtu.be/oiuE8FIky1A https://youtu.be/2RqfyTl1uGo https://youtu.be/5TY_VbQXlkU https://youtu.be/U7IyzFr2B1A		In English with English subtitles.
43	Gentleman Jack	2019	8h	BBC TV Series. Halifax, 1832. Rejected by aristocratic Vere Hobart, Anne Lister returns to her shabby ancestral home, Shibden Hall, determined to restore its fortunes and find herself a wife.	https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00059m9/gentleman-jack	6/4/20	In English with English subtitles available. Audio Description available.
44	Girl Talk	2018	17m	Girl Talk follows 20-something Mia, as she explores the disparity between emotional and physical intimacy, coming to a head when she meets an intriguing couple.	https://vimeo.com/264363128		In English, no subtitles available
45	Guilty Prejudices	2016	1hr29m	A police lieutenant is determined to uncover the truth after a gay man is brutally attacked and his boyfriend is arrested for the crime. CN: homophobic language and violence	https://vimeo.com/236421618		In French with English subtitles available
46	Harsh Beauty	2005	54m	Harsh Beauty follows over a period of 3 years the lives of Jyothi, Usha and Hira bai, three hijra/intersex people who live openly as women, and want to be accepted as their true selves.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYIz45Uklns		In Hindi and Tamil with English subtitles
47	Homophobia	2012	23m	An adolescent boy, who serves the Austrian Military Forces, experiences homosexual feelings towards one of his comrades. It's their last night at the Austrian-Hungarian border, socially isolated and armed with loaded weapons.	https://vimeo.com/41979122		In German with English subtitles.
48	How To Make A Rainbow	2019	16m	Over two formative years, a young girl and her mother journey through the joy and struggle of a parent in transition.	https://vimeo.com/343099753		In English, with partial English subtitles
49	Hyper Hyper I-Id	2016	17m	The conceptual short film HYPER HYPER I-Id. explores debates on neoliberalism, self-management and identity politics. Three protagonists attempt to discover a way together, and within their own space of work/identity. With lots of dark humour, poetic language. powerful costumes and settings, and the ongoing beat of petra und der wolf’s music, the film opens up new spaces for queer images.	https://vimeo.com/182840354		In German with English subtitles.
50	I Am A Girl	2010	10m	Every 13-year-old girl dreams of that nice, but hard-to-get, boy. And Joppe is no different, consulting her friend on how to ask Brian out. But just how should she tell him that she was assigned male at birth?	https://www.idfa.nl/en/film/51433083-b659-4023-94f5-ad2e76cc297a/i-am-a-girl		Dutch with English subtitles
51	I'm Sorry	2018	17m	Addy and Salka look like they have the perfect relationship, but there's another story behind closed doors. Will Addy be able to ask for (and get) the help she needs? CN: intimate partner abuse (physical, emotional, sexual)	https://youtu.be/VariiiCvfQs		In Icelandic with English subtitles
52	If She Grows Up Gay	1983	23m	A blue collar African-American mother, talks about her pregnancy and raising her daughter with her lesbian lover.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7E_GeguQiA		In English with auto-generated subtitles available
53	Iris Prize film library	Various	Various	30+ Welsh short films including Côr Blimey by South Wales Gay Men's Chorus, which documents the choir's successful journey to compete at the Cornwall International Male Choral Festival.	http://www.ffilmcymruwales.com/index.php/en/news-and-events/668-13-new-lgbt-short-films-available-for-free		auto-generated captions
54	I Want To Kill Myself	2015	9m	This short, quietly devastating film by Vivek Shraya, a Canadian trans woman, is a solid introduction to her consistently compelling poetry and film.	https://vimeo.com/198124732		In English, no subtitles available
55	Jamie: Drag Queen at 16	2011	57m	Documentary following the story of teenager Jamie Campbell, who wants to be a drag queen. Inspiration for the musical and upcoming feature film, There's Something About Jamie.	https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b012p4kc/jamie-drag-queen-at-16	27/3/20	In English with English subtitles available. Audio Description available.
56	Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life	2018	1hr31m	Originally released under the title 'The Rise and Fall of a Porn Superstar' this 2018 doc follows Jonathan Agassi, one of the world's most successful gay porn stars. This is a rare and intimate look at the world of porn and escorting, as well as on a unique relationship between a mother and son.	https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000frcl/storyville-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-porn-superstar		In English and Hewbrew with English subtitles available
57	Kenneth Anger short films	1949-2010	Various	Collection of films by gay occultist film maker, Kenneth Anger.	http://www.ubu.com/film/anger.html		No spoken dialogue in most films
58	Kiss of the Rabbit God	2019	14m	A Chinese-American restaurant worker exhausted by his job finds himself intrigued by a customer who seems to visit him in dreams.	https://vimeo.com/298076755		In English, no subtitles available
59	Last Men Standing	2015	1hr6m	Surrounded by the ghosts of a generation lost to the AIDS epidemic, eight gay men search for meaning in a life they never expected to have.	https://vimeo.com/158080641		In English, no subtitles available
60	Leitis In Waiting	2018	56m	Shown at LQFF 2019. A feature documentary and short film about an intrepid group of transgender women rising to reclaim their righteous place in a South Pacific Kingdom	https://www.kcet.org/shows/pacific-heartbeat/episodes/leitis-in-waiting		In English and Tongan with English subtitles available
61	Leo: Becoming a Trans Man	2017	24m	Assigned female at birth, 15 year old Leo is one of the first children in Britain to be prescribed a new treatment – hormone blockers – to help him achieve what he feels is his natural gender identity of becoming a man.	https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0559vr5/leo-becoming-a-trans-man		In English with English subtitles available
62	Leroy	2017	20m	On an estate in North London, Leroy, a socially awkward misfit, finally realises his passion for dancing after finding a mixtape in his dead grandfather's belongings.	https://vimeo.com/278454272		In English, no subtitles available
63	Let's Be Friends	2018	9m	Connor, the new kid in school, is a lonely boy whose only friend is a stuffed toy named Beadie. When Connor brings Beadie to school, despite his father’s warnings, a run-in with a bully leads to horrific consequences.	https://vimeo.com/267067585		In English with English subtitles available
64	LGBT Britain	Various	Various	This colourful and challenging collection explores screen representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lives over the past century.	https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/collection/lgbt-britain		No subtitles, some are labelled as silent
65	Little Potato	2017	14m	Masculinity, movies, and what happens when a Russian mother becomes a mail-order bride to an unpredictable American man.	https://vimeo.com/273586165		In English with English or French subtitles available
66	Lockdown	2019	12m	Struggling with feelings for her best friend, fourteen-year-old Marie stages an almost perfect plan.	https://vimeo.com/367670191		In English, no subtitles available
67	Love Intersections	Various	Various	Love Intersections is a media arts collective made up of queer artists of colour dedicated to collaborative filmmaking and relational storytelling. They produce intersectional and intergenerational stories from underrepresented communities – centering the invisible, the spiritual, the metaphysical and the imaginary. This collection includes previous LQFF faves Carla & Hayfa and Regalia: Pride in Two Spirits.	https://loveintersections.com/videos/		Subtitles available
68	Margueritte	2017	19m	Oscar nominated and previously screened at LQFF 2018.. An aging woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing and thus help her make peace with her past.	https://vimeo.com/341649588		In French with English subtitles
69	Maya Deren's Sink	2011	30m	Experimental film tribute to the mother of avantgarde American film by Barbara Hammer	http://www.ubu.com/film/hammer_deren.html		In English, no subtitles available
70	Memories of Maurice	2016	11m	A fond(ish) rememberance of the late Maurice Dobson, a gay sweet shop owner from Barnsley.	https://youtu.be/_H6mfnEfWRI		In English with auto-generated subtitles available
71	Memory of You	2015	12m	Adam is going to dinner with his wife, when he is disrupted by something from his past. A story about a love that never was, shot in one single take.	https://vimeo.com/111971099		In Swedish with English subtitles available
72	Misdirection	2019	14m	Camila is your average college freshman with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a big, gay crush on her roommate.	https://youtu.be/6xiLjWa6V0k		In English with English subtitles available
73	My Prairie Home	2013	1hr16m	In this feature documentary-musical by Chelsea McMullan, indie singer Rae Spoon takes us on a playful, meditative and at times melancholic journey. Set against majestic images of the infinite expanses of the Canadian Prairies, the film features Spoon crooning about their queer and musical coming of age. Interviews, performances and music sequences reveal Spoon’s inspiring process of building a life of their own, as a trans person and as a musician	https://www.nfb.ca/film/my_prairie_home/		In English with English subtitles available. Audio Description available.
74	National Film Board of Canada	Various	Various	NFB have tons of free films to watch on all kinds of topics, including LGBT films from all different genres; animation, documentary, fiction, experimental, etc	https://www.nfb.ca/subjects/sexuality-and-reproduction/sexual-minorities/		Subtitles available
75	Natives	2013	20m	Comedy drama. Rachel and Anita, a young Manhattanite couple, are visiting Anita's parents on the Indian reservation she grew up on, for the first time as a couple. Anita, estranged from her parents, wants the fact that they are a couple to be kept secret. As Rachel's attempts to connect with the parents become more and more desperate, Anita begins to question whether her background is what attracted Rachel to her in the first place.	https://vimeo.com/82531615		In English, no subtitles available
76	Night Star	2007	13m	Traditionally, Zulu woman were barred from household chores during menstruation, and the maidens were isolated in the girls hut, a time for rest and contemplation called Ukuya Enyangeni, "going to the moon." Lindiwe's dreams are disturbed by her desire for the Amamqhikiza, her "guide" during this time.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1uDn2fYzCc		Zulu with English subtitles
77	Now TV			7 day free trial with a bunch of LGBT movies available. Includes A Moment in the Reeds, previously shown at LQFF 2018 "While helping his father renovate their summer home, Leevi meets and falls for Tareq, a Syrian architect turned handyman who is building a new life in Finland. A sensual and romantic take on human connection."	https://www.nowtv.com/stream/lgbt
78	Olly Alexander: Growing up Gay	2017	60m	In this eye-opening film, popstar Olly Alexander explores why the gay community is more vulnerable to mental health issues, as he opens up about his own long-term battles with depression.	https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p057nfy7/olly-alexander-growing-up-gay	25/6/20	In English with English subtitles available. Audio Description available.
79	Once Upon A Zipper	2015	18m	Rachel falls for the bridal shop employee helping her try on wedding dresses.	https://vimeo.com/136882316		In English, no subtitles available
80	Other Black Boys	2019	16m	A queer, black college student is forced to confront the masks he wears from day to day when an old friend comes to visit.	https://vimeo.com/385579329		In English, no subtitles available
81	Outdooring	2019	18m	A young man attends his nephew's Ghanaian baptism with a plan: steal the donated money and keep a deep secret hidden from his family.	https://vimeo.com/337190771		In English, no subtitles available
82	Paris Is Burning	1990	1hr16m	A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.	https://youtu.be/xf6Cn2y2xEc		In English with auto-generated subtitles available
83	Pay It No Mind	2012	55m	The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson	https://vimeo.com/41327842		In English, no subtitles available
84	People Open A Box of LGBT Myths and Gasp, Cringe and Laugh at What They Find	2019	12m	Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people living in the Middle East and North Africa share their responses to myths and stereotypes about LGBT people in the region	https://vimeo.com/344114774		Various languages, with English subtitles
85	Pink Narcissus	1971	1hr4m	A beautiful sex worker fantasizes about a variety of gay sex scenarios, in which he himself plays all the protagonists.	https://youtu.be/t5j3a6qjqNM		No spoken dialogue
86	Pose	2019		Series 1 & 2 available. Pose is set in the world of 1987 and "looks at the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York: the rise of the luxury universe, the downtown social and literary scene and the ball culture world."	https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0003g1h/pose		In English with English subtitles available. Audio description available.
87	Pria	2017	22m	Caught between the traditions of his upbringing in rural Indonesia and his idealization of Western freedom, a teenager struggles with the expectations of imminent manhood.	https://vimeo.com/292074983		In Indonesian and English. Indonesian parts are subtitled, no English subtitles available.
88	Pronouns	2016	10m	A Chicago teenager decides to reveal their true identity during a spoken word performance.	https://vimeo.com/146870232		In English, no subtitles available
89	Queer As Folk	1999	7h	Not a film obvs but all episodes available to stream free. Set in and around the Manchester 'scene', this groundbreaking Channel 4 drama written by Russell T Davies, documents the lives and loves of young gay men Stuart, Vince and Nathan	https://www.channel4.com/programmes/queer-as-folk		In English with English subtitles available.
90	Queer Britain	2017	33m	In a bid to understand what queer is and why it is becoming an umbrella term, Riyadh meets the people who use the label. From the iconic queer club night Sink the Pink to the trans man educating others on masturbation, Riyadh finds himself amidst a queer revolution.	https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p052q803/queer-britain-series-1-6-queer-and-proud	25/5/20	In English with English subtitles available.
91	Queer Heroes	2016	5m	A celebration of queer figures in both historical and contemporary times who have helped push forward arts, politics or science. A collaboration between 14 animators, the structure is based on the old Surrealist drawing game Exquisite Corpses. Each animator was given a hero to animate, passing on their last frame to the next animator to form their first frame and so on.	https://vimeo.com/185201333		No Dialogue
92	Rabbi Knows Better	2018	5m	On the Sabbath, is a wife allowed to spank her husband if he's begging? Are two drag queens allowed to sew if it's an emergency? Avoiding work can be hard work.	https://vimeo.com/298794895		In English, no subtitles available
93	Rafiki	2018	1hr23m	Opening night film from LQFF 2019. In Nairobi, the daughters of two opposing politicians fall in love.	https://www.channel4.com/programmes/rafiki	11/4/20	English/Swahili with subtitles
94	Random Acts	2017	~1hr20m	26 short films from Channel 4's Random Acts	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRFsgaSRNhA&list=PLHeXy6WDGTvwrSWaCncTnKTsIJR65vmwQ		In English or No Dialogue, no subtitles available
95	Riot Not Diet	2018	18m	A short film by Julia Fuhr Mann Riot Not Diet creates a queer feminist utopia far away from BMI norms and male* gaze. The fat women* and queers in this movie are not ashamed of their expansive body dimensions, but confidently claim space for themselves. They use their bodies to blow up patriarchal structures and enjoy their corporeality beyond the neoliberal logic of exploitation. In times of self-optimization, your belly is a statement!	https://vimeo.com/244649777		In German with English subtitles.
96	Rituals for Change	2018	44m	A series of rituals created by artist Emma Frankland to explore gender transition and the fluid notion of change. CN: discussion of sexism and transphobia	https://youtu.be/5Oj4yjsYQBI		In English with English subtitles available
97	Safety In Numbers: A Trans History	2018	16m	What was it like to be transgender before there was such a thing as a trans community? Pioneers who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s reflect on their personal experience, while young people in the community today offer their own stories.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQwS7LqfJys		In English with English subtitles available.
98	Sanctus	1990	18m	The fragility of the human body, as seen thru X Rays, is explored in this documentary by Barbara Hammer <3	http://www.ubu.com/film/hammer_sanctus.html		No dialogue
99	Screaming Queens	2005	56m	Documentary by Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman about the San Francisco Compton Cafeteria riot of 1966, where drag queens and trans women spontaneously revolted against police harassment in the diner that served as a nightly refuge. The film contains interviews with many of the women who were there as well as some footage from the era. (some footage contains outdated language)	https://youtu.be/G-WASW9dRBU		In English with English subtitles available
100	Shakedown	2018	1hr12m	Shakedown chronicles explicit performances in an underground lesbian club in Los Angeles. The story functions as a legend where money is both myth and material. Cumulatively, questions arise about how to diagram the before and after of a utopic moment. Directed by Leilah Weinraub. The first non-adult film to stream on pornhub (in case you were wondering about the link)	https://www.pornhub.com/shakedown		In English, no subtitles available
101	Short of the Week	Various	Various	Catalogue of LGBT short films including previous LQFF faves Landline and Pink Boy	https://www.shortoftheweek.com/channels/lgbt/		Some with subtitles
102	Skate Bitches	2012	17m	Skate Bitches is a short DIY film inspired by the 1986 Danny Plotnick film Skate Witches.	https://vimeo.com/43638418		In English, no subtitles available
103	Sleepover	2018	8m	A film about friendship and the longing for something more.	https://vimeo.com/227643351/11c961b625		In Swedish with English subtitles
104	So Long Suburbia	2016	1hr4m	So Long Suburbia is a campy queer coming of age teen film by Samuel Shanahoy. After her mother gifts her a one-year transit pass, a disillusioned 17-year-old decides to participate in her own adventures, providing they don't take her very far from home.	https://vimeo.com/195164161		In English, no subtitles available
105	Southern Comfort	2001	1hr30m	Southern Comfort documents the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a transgender man. Eads, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, was turned down for treatment by two dozen doctors out of fear that treating such a patient would hurt their reputations. By the time Eads received treatment, the cancer was too advanced to save his life.	https://youtu.be/IH0L3wlV0hg		In English, no subtitles available
106	Splendid Case of Doubt	2018	4m	Just your average love story between a furry and a dodgems operator.	https://vimeo.com/241854499		No dialogue
107	Step Up And Be Vocal	2001	60m	A documentary by Uta Busch and Sandra Ortmann. Interviews from 1999 with some queer artists, activists and bands about queer punk, feminist concepts and actions. Filmed during a trip to San Francisco.	https://vimeo.com/69761978		In German with English subtitles.
108	Stoop on Kent Ave	2018	7m	On the verge of nineteen, Dakota faces a quarter-life crisis sitting on a stoop. A conversation with a stranger ensues.	https://vimeo.com/271389856		In English, no subtitles available
109	Summertime	2015	1hr45m	Set in 1971, Limousin farm girl Delphine moves to Paris and meets radical feminist and teacher Carole.	https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0008kc2/summertime	30/3/20	French with English subtitles
110	Swarm of Selenium	2018	23m	Screened at LQFF 2019. Two group of friends cohabit the shells of an abandoned factory. As a troubling pattern begins to emerge in the form of shattered glass, all are shaken, but some are hit harder than others.	https://vimeo.com/234991315	28/4/20	In English, no subtitles available
111	The Attendant	1993	10m	Memory mixes with desire as a museum attendant is caught up in sado-masochistic fantasies inspired by a 19th century painting of slaves in chains called Scene on the coast of Africa. The man remembers his past as a singer and delivers Dido's lament from Purcell's opera. Short film by gay British film maker Isaac Julien.	http://www.ubu.com/film/julien_attendant.html		No spoken dialogue
112	The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye	2011	1hr12m	A documentary on artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and his wife and collaborator, Lady Jaye, centered around the transformations the pair underwent for their Pandrogyne project	http://www.ubu.com/film/p-orridge_lady-jaye.html		In English, no subtitles available
113	The Bisexual	2018	3h	Yeah we know, it's a TV series (not film) :-p Leila takes a break from her decade-long relationship with her partner Sadie and begins to explore her own bisexuality, though she struggles to come out to her friends.	https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-bisexual		In English with English subtitles available. Audio Description available.
114	The Black Lesbian Handbook	2015	40m	10 part mini series - a lively guide to the underground Black Lesbian scene in Britain and the US.	https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-black-lesbian-handbook/		In English with English subtitles available.
115	The Garden	1990	1hr32m	Derek Jarman's lyrical, experimental film follows a young gay couple whose fate echoes the Passion of Christ in the barbaric way they are harried, persecuted, tortured and ultimately murdered.	https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-garden	28/3/20	English subtitles available
116	The Infamous T	2017	30m	The Infamous T examines an intimate year in the life of Jonathon, a young gay man finding himself while living at the intersection of queer and black identities and struggling with a lifetime of homelessness. As he struggles to balance his family of origin and family of choice, stay in school, and be his most authentic self, Jonathon discovers that home is more than four walls, and friendship can transform us.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UvnXLMKf6Y		In English with auto-generated subtitles available
117	The Japanese Sandman	2007	12m	Both wry travelogue and heartbreaking tale of love lost, The Japanese Sandman adapts a letter William S. Burroughs wrote to Allen Ginsberg in 1953.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bzhGCv1vBE		In English, auto-generated subtitles available.
118	The Performance of Drowning	2011	10m	On a trip to "Crippled Children's Camp," Terry Galloway falls for the deep-end swimming instructor, nearly drowning as she learns to perform her newly discovered queer, differently-abled identity in the Frameline36 animated film The Performance of Drowning.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkYZTiF0thY		In English with auto-generated subtitles available
119	The Queen	1968	1hr5m	The behind the scenes of a national drag queen contest in New York City, including the rehearsals leading up to the contest, the conversations in the dressing room and the jealousies that emerge before and after the competition.	https://youtu.be/R1TBmMEvvhY		In English, auto-generated subtitles available.
120	The Real Thing	2017	7m	A soldier returns home to meet his daughter, who transitioned while he was on tour.	https://vimeo.com/223044638		No dialogue
121	The Things You Think I'm Thinking	2017	15m	A black male burn-survivor and amputee goes on a date with an able bodied man for the first time since his accident.	https://vimeo.com/374292554		In English, no subtitles available
122	The Watermelon Woman	1996	1hr30m	Cheryl Dunye plays a version of herself in this witty, nimble landmark of New Queer Cinema.	https://www.kanopy.com/category/29301		available with a Leeds Beckett logon (plus many other educational institutes)
123	Time And Again	2018	28m	Eleanor and Isabelle meet again, sixty years after their relationship break up.	https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000g2w0/time-and-again	February 2021	English with captions
124	Tooth And Nail	2018	22m	A sister makes a bargain with her terminally ill brother. He agrees to let her use his sperm if she comes out to her family that night.	https://vimeo.com/291415973		In English, no subtitles available
125	Two Spirits	2007	22m	Joey Criddle is a Two Spirit man fighting with other LGBTQ Native Americans to reclaim the place of honor that many Two Spirits once held prior to colonization. The film follows Joey as he leads parallel lives - one as a co-director of the Two Spirit Society of Denver and the other as a father attending the Mississippi wedding of his Pentecostal son.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY21Iirhp5o		In English with auto-generated subtitles available
126	Un Chant D'Amour	1950	25m	Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of communication. Jean Genet's only film.	http://www.ubu.com/film/genet_chant.html		No sound, no spoken dialogue
127	UR Dead To Me	2017	10m	If there’s one thing Jordan knows from delivering dried bouquets, it’s that while every relationship is different, they all share one thing in common; they end. When faced with an enlightening delivery message, Jordan must learn the value of the inevitable cycles of life, death, love, and loss in the process.	https://vimeo.com/243546406		In English, no subtitles available
128	Vamanos	2015	12m	A woman whose butch-identified girlfriend recently passed away butts heads with the deceased woman’s mother, who insists on burying her daughter in a dress.	https://vimeo.com/150081605		In English, no subtitles available
129	Venus	2016	6m	Venus Dimilo, a female drag performer, deals with issues of disability and empowerment.	https://vimeo.com/171120916		In English, no subtitles available
130	Vicarious	2016	6m	Animation in which two grieving friends exchange haunting visions of an impending outbreak, in which a mandatory skin suit uploads every bodily sensation to a government cloud. CW: sexual content (language/discussion of), discussion of violating boundaries and consent	https://vimeo.com/177112689		In English, no subtitles available
131	Vow of Silence	2018	28m	A heartbroken composer takes a vow of silence to win back the heart of her ex girlfriend. Vow of Silence features an original score by Be Steadwell.	https://youtu.be/NGfATcO3ZZE		In English, no subtitles available
132	We Are Queer	2013	30m	A portrait of the queer artist, who goes against the dominant vision of gender roles, challenges the binary categorization of gender, and develops a unique activist voice. This documentary explores the link between artistic creation and identity claim.	https://vimeo.com/156241956		In English with French subtitles available
133	Welcome To My Queer Bookstore	2009	19m	Located in Taipei, Taiwan, Gin Gin’s Bookstore is the one and only bookstore dedicated to the LGBTQ community in the Chinese-speaking world. The director explores the lawsuits and the discussion this iconic space has ignited, as well as its place in gay culture: hosting numerous public forums, book signing and promotional activities for queer films and television shows.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG743S90aq4		In Chinese and English. English subtitles available for Chinese speaking parts, autogenerated subtitles available for English speaking parts.
134	West Yorkshire Queer Stories	2019	48m	West Yorkshire Queer Stories has been gathering oral histories from a diverse range of LGBTIQ+ people across the region, as part of an archiving initiative supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Yorkshire MESMAC. Part of their collection includes films and videos.	https://photos.app.goo.gl/WDPsjyrfTEDXVc9F6		English with subtitles
135	Wigstock	1995	1hr25m	Documentary/Concert film covering the annual Drag festival in New York City. Highlights include a performance by Ru Paul, and the infamous Lypsinca.	https://youtu.be/YmqL3DaOrew		In English, no subtitles available