First Love Stories

These films capture the excitement, confusion, and intensity of falling in love for the first time. Whether tender, awkward, or transformative, first love stories explore the powerful emotions that come with discovering romance and identity.

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  • Bumblefck USA

    Movie

    Distraught by the suicide of her gay friend Matt, Alexa travels from Amsterdam to her dead friend’s small American town, hoping to uncover the reasons that led Matt to take his own life. She arrives with a backpack, her video camera and intentions to make a film about what it must be like to be g...

  • Brushfires

    Movie

    When a shy girl, secretly in love with her rocker-grrl housemate, meets an unbalanced heiress on the run, anything could (and does) happen in BRUSHFIRES. As the three women negotiate the dangerous relationships among them, the seven women directors weave a sensual tale of suspense. Drawing inspir...

  • 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)

  • Silver Haze

    Movie

    Franky, a queer nurse still carrying the scars of a traumatic fire, struggles to find stability in her life. When she meets Florence, a tender but complicated connection begins to form. As their relationship deepens, Franky is forced to confront her past, her anger, and what healing might really ...

  • 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.

  • I Love Her (English Subtitles)

    This movie is about two girls who both feel lonely living in the big city. One of them is a street musician who comes to play every day in the same place. And there, on the street, among the thousands of passer-bys,

  • Chuck Chuck Baby

    Movie

    

Set against the hum of a chicken factory, this tender musical romance follows Helen, a woman stuck in routine who reconnects with a long-lost love. As old feelings resurface, she’s forced to confront the life she’s built versus the one she truly wants. Blending raw emotion with unexpected music...

  • 6.23 AM

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

  • Lucky Fish

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

  • The Birthday (English Subtitles)

    Two Taiwanese girls, Ron and May, are living in Berlin. As Ron’s birthday approaches, the different love that they feel for each other places them in front of a meaningful change.

  • 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

  • O Resgate Da Rosa (English Subtitles)

    Mariana dreams of finishing Art School, but her husband is a traditionalist who doesn't intend to let her pursue her dream. On the other hand, her best friend Paola always encourages her. The two women start to fall in love with each other, causing Mariana to be torn between pursuing her dreams o...

  • In Orbit

    There was once an invisible optician, trapped in a strange and lonely world. Her story starts with a broken lens and the woman who taught her to see things differently.

  • MAI

    Carmeta, Mari, and Pilar are three old ladies who spend every afternoon sitting on a bench, next to the main street of their village. The arrival of a mysterious pair of girls turns into the main topic of discussion among the women.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • 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.

  • Akagire

    Teenager Satsuki feels desolate. Loving her girlfriend Jun is so natural to Satsuki, but even her mother thinks that her daughter’s love for her girlfriend is “not normal.” Dating a woman but also having relationship with a man, Satsuki’s sexuality is swaying. As a bisexual, she does not know whe...

  • Peach

    A socially anxious young woman lands a hot date. There's just one problem: she's not sure if it's actually a date.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • The Pick Up

    A sullen teen, resentful of her divorcing parents, doesn't like their controlling ways. So when her mom picks her up late from swim practice and gets a flat tire along the way, she sulks. That is, until a mysterious and intriguing stranger comes to help.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Lydia

    Annie has just lost her great love, she rides without knowing where to go. She ends up parking at the side of a road and thinks about this lost romance.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Entre Deux (English Subtitles)

    On their high school basketball team, Gaby is the indisputable holder and Juliette her eternal substitute, until the day when their rivalry takes them to a new playground.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Adeline

    Adeline, a stubborn woman, is spending her final days in an end-of-life care home where visitors and few and far between. Before passing, Adeline opens up to her caretaker and shares a story she has never told before. She recounts a tale of youth, forbidden love, and a lost girl. Moved by Adeline...

  • Violet and June

    You know that feeling when you realize that everyone you know is going to die so nothing you do will ever be of consequence in comparison to the movements of the universe and then you accidentally fall in love with your best friend? ...Yeah, me neither.

    Rescued from the depths of an existentia...

  • The Faint Goodbye

    An experience between two people meeting at a coffee shop after years apart. As they reconnect, past thoughts and feelings come back in flashes of both love and pain. What on the surface is just a small casual meeting between past lovers internally feels bigger for the both of them.

  • RIP

    At a photoshoot, two women share an initial attraction that advances through moments mirroring the stages of grief.