Deception abounds in this nuanced portrait of lies and loss when a middle-aged woman discovers her recently deceased husband led another life in France, contradictory to the pious Muslim home they built together in England.
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LGBTQIA+
![Fiona Clark: Unafraid](/assets/resized/sm/upload/1k/vl/id/s1/Fiona-clark-unafraid-2000x1125px-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=c667c59e83)
Fiona Clark: Unafraid
Photographer Fiona Clark shocked 1970s New Zealand with her documentary images of Auckland’s burgeoning queer scene. The pictures they tried to ban were just the beginning for one of Aotearoa's photography greats.
![Flee](/assets/resized/sm/upload/oj/0m/9p/sc/Flee-2000x1125px-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=80e3b9b8e5)
Flee
A thrilling tale of resilience, Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner Flee is just as interested in the quiet toll trauma takes on survivors as it is the extraordinary acts that ensured their survival.
![Great Freedom](/assets/resized/sm/upload/qe/t3/c4/a6/Great%20Freedom_HERO-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=6d27bea058)
Great Freedom
Die Grosse Freiheit
In post-war Germany, Hans is repeatedly convicted for being gay. Over his many stints in prison, he develops a tumultuous friendship with Viktor. A moving film about the forces that conspire to destroy one man’s freedom.
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Shiva Baby
Dizzying and captivating, Emma Seligman’s feature-length debut stars Rachel Sennott as a young woman who cannot escape her sugar daddy, her ex-girlfriend or her own lies at a family wake.
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Signed, Theo Schoon
Tracing the story of one of our more complex characters, this layered portrait re-examines the exploits of influential outsider, Dutch immigrant artist Theo Schoon, told in his own words and through first-hand accounts.
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Summer of 85
Été 85
This queer coming-of-age romance combines all the sensuality of François Ozon’s best with the infectious energy of a CW drama and how meeting one person can open you up and change the trajectory of your life.
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Swan Song
“The Liberace of Sandusky” emerges from retirement for one last day in the sun – and one final night on stage – in a knock-out turn by Udo Kier.
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There Is No I in Threesome
In love, newly engaged and maintaining a long-distance relationship, director Jan Oliver Lucks and his fiancée decide to throw traditional rules out the window by opening up their relationship before they tie the knot.
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Titane
“Titane is coming, and it’s coming to fuck you up." — Jessica Kiang, The Playlist