BIPOC Leads

This category highlights stories centered on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) protagonists. These films and series explore a wide range of experiences, cultures, and identities while celebrating diverse voices and perspectives within LGBTQ+ storytelling. From romance and drama to comedy and coming-of-age stories, these narratives place BIPOC characters at the heart of the story.

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  • Erin's Guide to Kissing Girls

    Movie

    In a classic coming of age story, middle-schooler Erin pursues a crush on the new girl in town, leaving her best friend Liz feeling left out. (dir. Julianna Notten, Canada, 2022)

  • Braids of Life

    Movie

    “Braid of Lives” is a film that explores the intertwined lives of three characters plagued by dilemmas and difficult choices. Lisa is addicted to gambling and finds herself trapped in a debt spiral, at risk of losing everything. Meanwhile, Val attempts to recover from a tumultuous relationship wh...

  • Between the Shades

    Movie

    Fifty conversations exploring the many different shades of being gay in America. This conversation focuses on the degrees and varying perceptions about how people define themselves, their lives, struggles and triumphs. (dir. Jill Salvino, US, 2017)

  • Afeminadas

    Movie

    A documentary following Safira O'hara, Khryz Amusa, Chandelly Kidman, Hellena Borgyz, and Jefferson Lemons. From different regions of Brazil, they managed to strengthen the female being as an art form.

    Afeminadas showcases their daily struggles and search for space, conquests, acceptance, and, a...

  • A Place We Go To

    Movie

    Set in the middle of a breathtaking South Dakota landscape, a love affair between Dong and Laurin, two women of different backgrounds buds, flowers, and fades. (dir. Jenny Wang, US, 2018)

  • A Night at Switch n' Play

    Movie

    Set over one unforgettable night at the Branded Saloon, a gay country-western bar in Brooklyn, this concert-style documentary introduces the members of a queer performance collective, Switch n’ Play, through their electrifying show. More than entertainers, they emerge as a chosen family who welco...

  • Italian 101

    Jen, a shy university student, falls for her cool and confident classmate, Riley. When partnered up for a class project, Jen must decide whether or not she can gather up the courage to ask Riley out on a date.

  • Italian 102

    They flirted in Italian 101, now it’s time for Jen and Riley to go out on their first date. But when they run into unwanted leers and hostility from strangers, Jen struggles to find the courage to be herself around Riley.

  • Alfi (English Subtitles)

    16 year old Noga is trying to write a speech for the Animal-Liberation demonstration with the help of Lea, an older activist. Noga imagines a world without oppression while struggling with her newfound desire.

  • And Each Night (Et Chaque Nuit - Animated Short)

    Since childhood, Lea has seen a ghostly deer loom about her. Now in a relationship with Maud, her visions are getting worse. How can she prove to her girlfriend, and to herself, that this is a real problem to be dealt with?

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Stagger (English Subtitles)

    During a heated argument with her younger lover over a sudden departure, Olive falls into the memories that originally drew them together.

  • Awake (English Subtitles)

    Anna, who’s chronically ill, is visited by Doreen, a door to door proselytizer who makes herself at home and stays the day, slowly defrosting her non-welcome. Together, they walk in the park, bake a cake and watch an Ingmar Bergman film. Blind actresses Alex Bulmer and Margo Cargill star in this ...

  • MC Jess (English Subtitles)

    Jessica has to face everyday prejudice. She seeks in art and poetry a way of expressing herself and overcoming her insecurities.

  • Persephone Mara (English Subtitles)

    Memory, love, and mental health are explored in this hybrid-fiction-cinema-play about two adolescents named Persephone and Mara, who decide to escape from the world around them by none other than locking themselves away in an old projector room at the Cinematheque.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short...

  • 6.23 AM

    Two women watch the sunrise together as they ponder their future.

  • Come Around

    A Filipino family deals with the aftermath of her daughter Bela coming out as gay. Bela’s parents must learn to accept her sexuality before their relationship is permanently strained. Through their interactions in the kitchen, they gradually grow apart but eventually find their way to each other.

  • Lucky Fish

    Two Asian-American teenagers meet in the bathroom of a Chinese restaurant while having dinner with their families.

  • I Love You Where the Sunny Days Are (English Subtitles)

    Mati leaves the country to meet Julia, her girlfriend, who currently lives in a distant and cold place. There, they face the lack of identity and the impossibility of returning home

  • Mum Singh (English Subtitles)

    Mum Singh is the story of a family that is confronted with the daunting choice of supporting a parent as part of the household or move them to an old folks home. The grandmother Mum Singh thrives being part of her daughter's family, particularly bonding with her granddaughter Norah. What will hap...

  • A Matter of Prejudice

    A Matter of Prejudice takes a modern twist on an 1893 short story by Kate Chopin and explores the beauty of love and acceptance when an aging woman finally overcomes her prejudice. Our hero is a French-speaking African immigrant named Madame Carambeau, aka Madame C. Because of her religious belie...

  • Bathroom Break

    Mari secretly prefers to spend their night out in the club bathroom, where they connect with many strangers and eventually themself.

  • Jane's Wedding (English Subtitles)

    On the day of Jane’s wedding to a much older British man, Jane bumps into an exgirlfriend, Geraldine, and inexplicably offers her an invitation. At the reception, Jane boldly decides to act on an urge to reconnect with Geraldine.

  • The World Can Wait

    Vic is a popular lesbian character in a hit television series. Her mission: to save humanity against evil. But when the Execs in charge of the show gather to decide her fate, she finds herself having to fight for her survival.

  • We're Not Who We Used To Be Anymore (English Subtitles)

    A Portuguese Film - Two women face their breakup head-on as they pack up the apartment they once shared.