LGBTQ+ Film Festival: Selected Films

Dozens of films specially curated for the festival that do not receive continuous screenings in Israeli cinemas, alongside meetings with filmmakers from Israel and around the world. This year, the festival places an emphasis on encouraging original Israeli work, will hold an award-winning Israeli short-film competition, and will showcase artists and works from within the community and beyond.

Special offer on selected films at the 21st International LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Madfabulous

A colorful period drama about Henry Paget, the 5th Marquess of Anglesey, an extravagant aristocrat who defied conventions of gender and class and spent his fortune on theater, costumes, and parties. Callum Scott Howells and Rupert Everett lead this funny, accessible queer crowd-pleaser.

Frost

Mirjana, a rational, emotionally distant police investigator, arrives in an isolated village in eastern Serbia to investigate the disappearance of a girl. In a region where pagan beliefs, black magic, and Christian tradition coexist, the criminal investigation gradually melts into a mythical world. A slow-burning, dark folk-fantasy thriller inspired by a Balkan legend about a dragon that takes human form, in which desire, fear, and faith gradually unsettle the boundaries of reason.

Gugu's World

Gugu, an almost 12-year-old feminine boy who dreams of becoming a footballer, is raised lovingly by his grandmother, Dilema. As her Alzheimer's disease worsens, he tries to hide it so that he will not be sent to live with a father who does not accept him. A warm coming-of-age story about family, difference, fear, and the joy of life.

A Woman's Work

A young woman in rural Kentucky works as a coal miner to support her two younger sisters after their parents die in the opioid crisis. The drama observes the dangerous work, class tensions, and a young woman's struggle to keep her family together within an Appalachian community dependent on the mines.

It Kinda Scares Me

For two years, Tomer Heymann documents his relationship as a youth counselor with a group of tough, troubled teenagers from the town of Azor. Their collaborative work on a play based on their lives becomes a personal and social journey in which alienation, violence, class, and masculinity take on new meaning.

Bookends

After a painful breakup and financial collapse, Nate, a young writer from New York, moves in with his grandparents at a Jewish assisted-living facility. As his Holocaust-survivor grandfather begins showing signs of dementia and his grandmother refuses to acknowledge it, Nate is torn between the desire to rebuild his life, responsibility toward his family, and a new romance with his grandfather's doctor.

Velvet Goldmine

In 1984, a British journalist is sent to investigate the disappearance of Brian Slade, a bisexual, androgynous glam-rock star who staged his own death onstage a decade earlier. Through interviews, memories, and dazzling performances, the film reveals his rise, his relationship with rocker Curt Wild, and the way glam culture gave an entire generation a language for identity and desire.

Bound

Corky, an ex-convict and tough plumber, is hired to work in an apartment next to Violet's, the girlfriend of a mobster. Their immediate attraction turns into a dangerous alliance: they plan to steal two million dollars from the mob and frame Violet's partner. An elegant, sexy, and deceptive lesbian neo-noir, and the debut film by the Wachowskis.

Youthful Grace

In a mixed Jerusalem neighborhood, the local grocery store becomes a secret distribution point for prescription drugs, supplying its customers with their preferred dose of painkillers; a lost adolescent pursues a destructive flirtation with her soldier brother; two boys search for pockets of air in a suffocating, alienated world, but behind it all lies one major drama.

That's Gila, That's Me

The life story of Gila Goldstein, one of the pioneers of Israel's trans community and a Tel Aviv icon who became a legend during her lifetime. Filmed between 1997 and 2010, the film moves from her childhood in Haifa and her days as a young football player, through her move to Tel Aviv and her work in prostitution and clubs, to her status as a beloved figure in the community—and preserves her optimism, humor, and one-of-a-kind way of speaking.

Tell Me Everything

The year is 1987. Twelve-year-old Boaz discovers a devastating secret about his revered father, Meir—a revelation that turns his world upside down and leads to destructive consequences for his family. A decade later, guilt-ridden Boaz embarks on a journey in which he tries to confront the demons of the past.

A conversation with the film's director will take place after the screening.

Flesh & Fuel

Étienne, a lonely French truck driver, meets Bartosz, a Polish driver, in a nighttime cruising area. Their relationship grows among loading docks, gas stations, and endless roads, but the lifestyle of long-haul drivers leaves almost no room for lasting love. A class-conscious, delicate romance about work, loneliness, and the possibility of building a life together.

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