Thursday, October 3rd @ 7:30 pm
An Audience Award winner, Papi Chulo is about an unlikely friendship between a handsome gay TV weatherman (Matt Bomer) and a straight 50-year-old Mexican migrant (Alejandro Patiño). Despite the fact that neither can communicate well in the other’s language they make an entertaining, mismatched duo in a movie with a big heart.
Friday, October 4th @ 7:00 pm
What can you do with an amateur water polo team more interested in other men than the competition at the Gay Games? Send in a buff, straight, homophobic coach (Nicolas Gob) to whip them into shape. By the end of this French box office hit, hearts and minds are changed, but perhaps not in the way you’d expect.
Saturday, October 5th @ 1:00 pm
Jump out of the closet and into a world of flower princes, summer camp, quirky animation, and a special premiere screening of a documentary on the infamous Blue Moon Bar! This program is perfect for the young and young at heart and it’s Pay What Makes You Happy for everyone 21 and under!
Saturday, October 5th @ 3:00 pm
Pete (Darryl Stephens) has an unfortunate habit of beginning affairs with closeted married men. When sparks fly with handsome Scott Bailey things might be different. This time will it be boy-meets-boy, boy-loses-boy, boy-gets-boy after all?
Saturday, October 5th @ 5:30 pm
Dykes, Camera, Action is a crash-course in lesbian film, covering everything from the first tragic glimpses of lesbians on film, through groundbreaking experimental work, to the New Queer Cinema of the 1990s and beyond. While the film documents important moments in film and LGBTQIA+ history it also makes for good entertainment.
Saturday, October 5th @ 7:00 pm
A lesbian couple wants to spice things up with a threesome, and shy Jenna agrees reluctantly. Soon she develops a sense that not everything she was told about the situation is true. Tensions build, jealousy unfurls, and secrets are revealed in this hot and engaging — and very entertaining — movie.
Saturday, October 5th @ 9:00 pm
Léo is a young, hot and gay sex worker surviving the mean streets of France where sex, drugs and pain predominate. Although Sauvage is the most sexually explicit film of the festival, the director’s nonjudgmental approach and the outstanding acting should keep audiences invested.
Sunday, October 6th @ 1:00 pm
Travel across the globe from the comfort of your seat as these films take you to Iran, Myanmar, India, and more to explore the stories of people just like you from around the world.
Sunday, October 6th @ 3:00 pm
Winner of numerous awards in film festivals around the world, Socrates would be too disheartening a tale were it not for the charismatic actor (Christian Malheiros) in the title role. This is a provocative film about the obstacles many queer youths are forced to struggle with alone.
Sunday, October 6th @ 5:00 pm
This unique shorts program turns the lens to the trans community and their experiences today. Whether facing the past or accelerating into the future, there’s a lot to consider in this genre-defying program.
Sunday, October 6th @ 7:30 pm
Called “a gay romantic comedy for people who hate romantic comedies,” Sell By focuses on Adam (Scott Evans), a frustrated artist going nowhere and in a stalled relationship. Add a star-studded line-up of characters, and it’s no wonder the film is getting such positive hype.
