After moving to a conservative small town in southern Brazil, Alice, a transgender girl, has to confront her repressive new surroundings. But, full of courage, energy and self-confidence, the young YouTuber turns established stereotypes upside down.
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2019; Director: Gil Baroni; Stars: Anne Celestino Mota, Emmanuel Rosset, Thaís Schier, Surya Amitrano, Matheus Moura)
The comedy dries up from around the middle of the film.
A pair of gay teenagers fake a relationship to avoid prejudice.
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2020; Director: David Freyne; Writer: David Freyne; Stars: Barry Ward, Sharon Horgan, Fionn O'Shea, Peter Campion, Lauryn Canny, Simone Kirby, Lola Petticrew, Emma Willis, Ian O'Reilly, Arian Nik, Andrew Bennett, Tara Flynn, Ally Ni Chiarain, Corey Millar, Shauna Higgins)
Between work, swimming and anonymous sex, Sandro lives a rather monotonous life in the hot and arid expanse of Goiás in Brazil. When Maicon, a Tom-of-Finland comic strip lookalike, appears in his small town, his life takes a turn.
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2020; Director: Daniel Nolasco; Writer: Daniel Nolasco; Stars: Leandro Faria Lelo, Bruno Battaglia, Toti Cardoso, Renata Carvalho, Marcelo Davila, Guilherme Farkas, Mel Gonçalves, Guilhermina Guinle, Conrado Helt, Wilker Rodrigues, Allan Jacinto Santana, Larissa Sisterolli, Rafael Teóphilo, Leandro Faria Lelo, Bruno Battaglia)
Ríos is superb in the lead, revealing a natural sensuality that we rarely get to see in older actresses yet never allowing us to doubt the strength that lies behind it.
A lonely widow from the countryside moves in with her daughter in a small, conservative town, and falls in love with an independent married woman who sings in a bar.
The production values are modest, in accordance with the budget, but the actors acquit themselves well.
Burnt-out trans activist Caz returns to the rural dairy community he fled before transition, to reconnect with his father. As father and son reconcile, Caz finds new purpose, spearheading the town's environmental fight against 'Big Dairy'.
(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2020; Director: Max Currie; Writer: Cole Meyers, Oliver Page; Stars: Elz Carrad, Arlo Green, Awahina Rose Ashby, Kirk Torrance, Aroha Rawson)
A story of love and courage, at the end of the world, between two men in search of freedom.
(Country: Chile; Year: 2019; Director: Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo; Writer: Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo; Stars: Samuel González, Antonio Altamirano, Marcela Salinas)
Sublet
A gay travel writer trades New York for Tel Aviv, where a charming young man helps him get perspective on his long-term relationship.
(Country: Israel; Year: 2020; Director: Eytan Fox; Writer: Eytan Fox, Itay Segal; Stars: John Benjamin Hickey, Niv Nissim, Lihi Kornowski, Miki Kam, Peter Spears, Tamir Ginsburg, Gabriel Omri Loukas, John Benjamin Hickey, Niv Nissim, Lihi Kornowski, Miki Kam, Peter Spears, Tamir Ginsburg, Gabriel Omri Loukas)
Summer Of 85
When 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams. But will the dream last for more than one summer?
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2020; Director: François Ozon; Writer: Aidan Chambers, François Ozon; Stars: Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Melvil Poupaud, Isabelle Nanty, Laurent Fernandez, Aurore Broutin, Bruno Lochet, Yoann Zimmer, Antoine Simoni, Patrick Zimmermann, Samuel Brafman-Moutier)
Twilight's Kiss
(Suk Suk)
A married taxi driver who refuses to retire meets a retired single father. Although both are secretly gay, they are proud of the families they have created through hard work and hardship over the years, complicating their chances of building a future together.
(Country: Hong Kong; Year: 2019; Director: Ray Yeung; Writer: Ray Yeung; Stars: Tai-Bo, Ben Yuen, Patra Au, Lo Chun Yip)
