Viva Queer

Open Up to Me   Open Up to Me   PG
Simo Halinen
芬蘭 Finland / 2013 / Color / 95mins

Maarit is a beautiful woman – who used to be a man. She is estranged from her daughter, her ex life and is working as a cleaner. When she falls in love with Sami – soccer coach, teacher and family man – she finally feels like she can ‘fit in’ somewhere. In a world that considers Maarit a freak, Sami is forced to confront his own deeply hidden prejudices. Maarit has to step into a brave new world where only she can determine her sense of belonging.

Bridegroom  Bridegroom  P
Linda Bloodwoth-Thomason
美國 USA / 2013 / Color / 80mins

Bridegroom tells the emotional journey of Shane and Tom, two young men in a loving and committed relationship — a relationship that was cut tragically short by a misstep off the side of a roof. The story of what happened after this accidental death– of how people without the legal protections of marriage can find themselves completely shut out and ostracized– is poignant, enraging and opens a window onto the issue of marriage equality like no speech or lecture ever will.

G.B.F.  G.B.F.  P
Darren Stein
美國 USA / 2013 / Color / 92mins

When closet-case Tanner is outed, he becomes a hot commodity for three teen queens who believe that a G.B.F. – “gay best friend” – is this season’s must-have accessory. Fashionista Fawcett, drama queen Caprice and Mormon ’Shley stop at nothing to score Tanner as their pet, even if it means driving a wedge between him and his real G.B.F. Brent.

Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda  Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda  P
Michael Lucas Scott Stern
俄羅斯 Russia / 2014 / Color / 78mins

In 2013, the Russian parliament passed a ban on so-called “gay propaganda” that effectively makes nearly any public discussion of gay equality a crime. The city of Moscow has outlawed Gay Pride parades; legislation is now being considered that would permit the government to remove gay people’s children from their homes... The Kremlin has chosen the LGBT community as its scapegoat in a populist campaign against supposedly decadent “Western” values, and there are ominous signs of much worse to come.

Boy Meets Girl  Boy Meets Girl  PG
Eric Schaffer
美國 USA / 2013 / Color / 95mins

This is a coming of age comedy about three twenty year-olds living in Kentucky: Robby and his best friend since childhood, Ricky, a gorgeous transgender girl, have never dated. Lamenting the lack of eligible bachelors, Ricky considers dating a girl. In walks Francesca, a beautiful young debutante waiting for her Marine fiance to return from the war. Ricky and Francesca strike up a friendship, and maybe a little more, which forces Robby to face his true feelings for Ricky.

How to Survive a Plague  How to Survive a Plague  P
David France
美國 USA / 2012 / Color / 110mins

In the early years of the AIDS pandemic, HIV-positive activists - literally fighting for their lives - took on Washington and Big Pharma by forming ACT UP (The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and TAG (Treatment Action Group). Combining theatrical protests with self-taught scientific training, these heroic groups both gave a sense of purpose to the dying and shook up the medical and governmental bureaucracies.

Night Flight  Night Flight  PG
李宋熙
南韓 South Korea / 2014 / Color / 144mins

Three teenage boys who were once close friends grow apart when they reach high school: Yong-ju lives hiding his true gender identity, Gi-woong becomes the leader of the school gang, and Gi-taek an obsessive manga fan. Tired of the constant malicious bullying by Gi-woong’s gang, Gi-taek betrays them by disclosing that Yong-ju has loved Gi-woong for years. Surrounded by an insecure boundary of the school and wounded by betrayals, the boys are driven into catastrophe.

Eat With Me  Eat With Me  P
David Au
美國 USA / 2014 / Color / 95mins

Tired of being invisible in a bland marriage, Emma moves in with her son Elliot, a gay chef at a lackluster Chinese restaurant facing foreclosure. Emma’s distaste and denial over this has made strangers of mother and son. But the two need each other now more than ever, and as Emma indulges herself with the encouragement of a saucy new friend, and Elliot confronts his fears of intimacy, the pair find ways to communicate with food where words fail.

Tru Love  Tru Love  P
Kate Johnson & Shauna Macdonald
加拿大 Canada / 2013 / Color / 94mins

One day, commitment-phobic Tru helps her good friend Suzanne, a type-A lawyer, to let her widow mother Alice into her house.

Appropriate Behavior  Appropriate Behavior  PG
Desiree Akhavan
美國 USA / 2014 / Color / 86mins

Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite. But she’s not quite anything enough. After being dumped by her girlfriend Maxine, Shirin faces an unimaginable task: trading the idyllic lesbian haven of Park Slope for a shared artist’s loft in Bushwick. Unable to let go of the memories of their excruciating highs and lows, the endearingly superficial narcissist finds herself plotting to win back her ex.