Film Categories: lesbian

  • Arrival, The

    In this satirical short, a close-knit community is rattled by an invasion of the queerest kind. Eyewitness accounts reveal the terror that has befallen the members of an Asian-American church, leaving them fragile and shaken. “The Arrival” is a hilarious take on LGBT issues that cleverly mixes fact and fiction.

  • Abstract Random: Mi Nah Wanna

    “me nah wanna hear dem chat bout violence, if you can’t take care of the children, it’s time to raise a generation, YO, the whole world is listening…” ABSTRACT RANDOM: rap electro dub hop + bring-back-cool feminist political. An all-female Toronto-based group composed of Jamilah Malika (vocals), LoverSun aka F.Nocera (producer, vocals, visuals) and Ayo Leilani (vocals). AR’s new music video for the rhythmic “Mi Nah Wanna.”

  • Yes! I am…single!

    An ambidextrous demonstration of how a Lesbian can forgo the need to be in a relationship and be quite fine with being singular and unique. Italian with English subtitles/close captioning Winner First Prize at “The L Factor,” Five Lesbian Days (Rome, 2010)

  • Nous

    Filmed over a nine-year period, a close look at how we build relationships and how relationships build us. A bi-lingual film in French and English. Optical printing done during an artist residency at Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto in 2005.

  • Happy Hour

    Set in a bar in 1960, two women share a look that launches a fantasy encounter. An homage to the women who had the courage to explore their sexuality in the mid 20th century, and a lament for those who could not. Set to the song, “Oh Regret” by singer/songwriter Mary Lorson.

  • Where Are the Dolls

    “Where Are the Dolls” follows a woman as she embarks on a late-night journey through an unfamiliar urban landscape, searching for something she cannot name. The film is inspired by the poem “Where are the dolls who loved me so….” by Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911 – 1979). An impressionistic dream that emerges from the woman’s subconscious, the film navigates issues of femininity, intimacy and sexuality. It features Megan Follows in the lead role, known to audiences around the world as “Anne” in “Anne of Green Gables.”

  • Cross Your Fingers

    Su-yeon, a manicurist in a hair salon in Brixton, South London, is a good Catholic girl. But when punk girl Maya walks into the salon, Su-yeon is confronted with new feelings and desires.

  • What I LOVE about being QUEER

    34 beautiful queers. One big question.

  • Kiss

    An experimental reinterpretation of Andy Warhol’s 1963 silent short film of the same name, “Kiss” recontextualizes his protest against the Hays Code’s time restriction of onscreen kissing as an impassioned indictment of laws that prohibit and punish homosexuality in certain countries. Featuring a cast of performers hailing from countries where these laws exist transforming an expression of love and desire into a political protest, “Kiss” artfully challenges and resists the sanctioned condemnation and persecution LGBTQ persons confront. Selected screenings: Sicilia Queer Film Festival (2012); Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg – Freiburg International Gay Film Festival (2012); Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and…

  • Quiet

    Ali must lie and say she is her wife Sam’s sister so that she can be with Sam in the hospital because gay marriage is not legally recognized in the small Texas town where they live. Reluctant to listen to the doctor’s opinions about Sam’s condition, Ali loses herself in the couple’s memories: their first meeting, their first date and the day before Sam’s accident. Simultaneously, the hospital situation comes to a head when Nurse Lucy realizes their true relationship. Ali must confront those who would keep her from Sam as well her own fears of letting go. Selected screenings:…