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Flare 2021

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9 films · 3 reviews

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Colors Of Tobi

There is a tiny village in Hungary, where Éva and her family live. Her 16-year-old child recently came out as transgender and lives by his chosen name of Tobi. After the initial shock, the whole family comes together to support him, but Éva is mourning for the daughter she thought she had.

(Country: Hungary; Year: 2021; Director: Alexa Bakony)

Cowboys

Review preview for Cowboys

Rather than following somebody raised a girl who is learning to live as a boy, it's about a boy who, all too quickly, has to start learning to be a man.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Anna Kerrigan; Writer: Anna Kerrigan; Stars: Steve Zahn, Jillian Bell, Ann Dowd, Chris Coy, Bob Stephenson, Gary Farmer, Sasha Knight, Steve Zahn, Jillian Bell, Ann Dowd, Chris Coy, Bob Stephenson, Gary Farmer, Sasha Knight)

Full review See: Interview with Anna Kerrigan about Cowboys, part two , Interview with Anna Kerrigan about Cowboys

La Dosis (The Dose)

Review preview for La Dosis

Portaluppi makes a great lead, fully invested in his character and easy to relate to no matter one's opinion of his choices.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
Marcos is an experienced nurse. He works in the night shift of a provincial private clinic. He is applied and professional but has a secret: in some extreme cases he applies euthanasia. Then he meets a handsome young nurse who kills patients on a whim.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2020; Director: Martin Kraut; Writer: Martin Kraut; Stars: Carlos Portaluppi, Ignacio Rogers, Lorena Vega)

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I Am Samuel

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Although the film has a heartfelt sweep, it is so tightly focused that questions go unanswered.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
An intimate portrait of a gay Kenyan man balancing pressures of family loyalty, love, and safety and questioning the concept of conflicting identities.

(Country: Kenya, Canada, UK, US; Year: 2020; Director: Peter Murimi; Writer: Ricardo Acosta, Peter Murimi)

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Jump Darling

A rookie drag queen, reeling from a break-up, escapes to the country, where he finds his grandmother in steep decline yet desperate to avoid the local nursing home.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2020; Director: Phil Connell; Writer: Phil Connell, Genevieve Scott; Stars: Cloris Leachman, Linda Kash, Jayne Eastwood, Thomas Duplessie)

No Ordinary Man

The story American jazz musician Billy Tipton was framed as the sensationalistic story of an ambitious woman passing as a man in pursuit of a music career. Now that history gets re-interrogated by trans artists as they try to reimagine Tipton’s life through acts of performance, reclaiming him as a trans icon.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2020; Director: Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt; Writer: Aisling Chin-Yee, Amos Mac; Stars: Billy Tipton, Billy Tipton)

The Obituary Of Tunde Johnson

A wealthy, Nigerian-American teen is pulled over by police, shot to death and immediately awakens, reliving the same day over and over, trapped in a terrifying time loop - forced to confront difficult truths about his life and himself.

(Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2019; Director: Ali LeRoi; Writer: Stanley kalu; Stars: Steven Silver, Spencer Neville, Nicola Peltz, David James Elliot)

Valentina

A trans girl and her mother move to a new town in order to start fresh, but quickly face dilemmas when the local high school needs a second parental signature for enrollment.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2020; Director: Cássio Pereira dos Santos; Writer: Cássio Pereira dos Santos; Stars: Thiessa Woinbackk, Guta Stresser, Rômulo Braga)

Well Rounded

A documentary about fatphobia and a celebration of fat bodies.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2020; Director: Shana Myara; Stars: Jenny Ellison, Ivory, Lydia Okello, Candy Palmater)