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A showcase of the best LGBTQ+ films in the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARDS: (from the Audience Feedback Festival)
Best Feature Film: HUMANS OF PRIDE
Best Short Film: YAGA
Best Micro-Short Film: THE CLOSET
Best Story: A PRIEST WALKS INTO A BAR
Best Romance Film: WAT DENG AEN MIR SOEN
Best Transgender Film: FORBIDDEN SOUL
Best Performances: TIL’ DEATH DO US PART
Best Direction: I KNOW WHO MY GOD IS
Best Experimental Film: OUT OF FOCUS
Best Documentary: HERFREQUENCY: A Conversation with Women of Color in Sound
Best Gender Awareness Film: PITH
Best Visual Design: HE/SHE/US

A Priest Walks into a Bar, 7min., Canada
Directed by Timothy Lenko
Scandal, grace, and mistaken identity collide when a priest approaches a man day-drinking alone.

https://www.instagram.com/heartswornfilms

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-a-priest-walks-into-a-bar

Wat deng Aen mir soen, 6min., Luxembourg
Directed by Alexandra Kurt, Joshua Thil
Nina struggles with dating as a woman who loves women until a chance encounter with an intriguing stranger by the reservoir sparks an unexpected connection.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-wat-deng-aen-mir-soen

Yaga, 12min. USA
Directed by Katy Grossman
When a woman accidentally summons an immortal witch while hiking with her girlfriend, she must learn to stand up for herself or risk losing herself forever.

https://instagram.com/katygman

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-yaga

The Closet, 5min., USA
Directed by Olivia Jean Hamilton
In 2025 we’re no longer scared to come out as Bisexual to the straights, we’re nervous to tell our judgmental gay friends. The Closet is a fun and quirky short about Olympia coming out to her closest friends.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-closet

Forbidden soul, 29min., Pakistan
Directed by Baidar Bakhat
The inner spiritual feelings and emotions of transgender are considered forbidden in the eyes of society.This story is based on transgender Act 2018.when a decision by the Islamic court declared such lewd feelings un Islamic.maina is a eunuch who after castration became a member of the eunuch community and lives with her mentor.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-forbidden-soul

Til’ Death Do Us Part, 14min., USA
Directed by Miranda Wear
Allison falls terminally ill, only for her wife to suddenly file for a divorce.
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https://instagram.com/shuttermommy

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-til-death-do-us-part

I Know Who My God Is, 28min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Smita Adhikary
“I Know Who My God Is” explores the role of faith within the LGBTQ+ community, delving into how belief, spirituality, and identity intersect in deeply personal and often complicated ways. For centuries, mainstream religious institutions have positioned themselves in opposition to LGBTQ+ lives, shaping a narrative of exclusion, judgment, and silence. To say that the treatment of LGBTQ+ individuals by many orthodox traditions has been “unkind” is to understate the pain, rejection, and loss countless people have endured in the name of faith.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-i-know-who-my-god-is

Out of Focus, 9min., USA, Documentary
Directed by India Martin
Blurring the boundaries between past and present, Out of Focus is an experimental film series and living archive that honors Black queer families and chosen families through a poetic exploration of memory, love, and kinship.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-out-of-focus

HERFrequency: A Conversation with Women of Color in Sound, 44min., USA
Directed by Jae Gilyard
With stories that span from childhood inspirations to professional triumphs, HER Frequency is an intimate documentary that follows a deep and sometimes hilarious conversation between Black women and women of color about their authentic experiences and artistry in Sound.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-herfrequency

Humans of Pride, 100min., USA
Directed by Kevin Coop
Humans of Pride chronicles half a century of Pride in NYC, tracing its journey from the Stonewall Riots of ’69 to the historic WorldPride celebration of 2019. When this powerful ensemble of activists step into their moments, we go behind the scenes to understand what it takes to evolve as a movement.

https://instagram.com/humansofpridee

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-humans-of-pride

PITH, 4min., USA
Directed by Olivia Tirol
This short film was initially adapted from a student poem. Pith, the white insides of an orange, reflects the author’s personal relationship with the world around them and their own gender expression.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-pith

He/She/Us Short Film, 19min., USA
Directed by Susan Kelejian
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https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-he-she-us

Ricardo’s dad is a big shot basketballer who only wants the best for him. However, what his dad wants and what Ricardo wants are totally different. With his mother passed on, Ricardo and his dad Jorge are trying to spend more time together. But a surprise visit leaves Ricardo’s hidden life exposed.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Laura: Val Cole
Ricardo: Shawn Devlin

Ben-Hur meets To Wong Fu in this whirlwind adventure when a time traveling priest, devoted to the blood cult of Cybele threatens the life of Jesus both past and future unless the Three Magi, with a propensity for being tardy, can stop him. The fact that the Magi are gay adds an inclusive spin on faith at this time of division in our world.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Arkaban: Shawn Devlin
Murat: Sean Ballantyne

Aging lesbian couple Debbie and Jean are hosting their annual gay Christmas party in the gayborhood of Boston — but when their messy adult son Corey (30) shows up in need of a place to live, he threatens to disrupt their retirement plans.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Sean Ballantyne
Mary Ellen/Barb/Daryl: Val Cole
Corey: Geoff Mays
Debbie/Trish: Hannah Ehman
Jean/Luisa/Paula: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

“Hambach Awakening” – Pilot episode of a limited series on the life and times of Karl Heinrichs Ulrichs – a German gay rights pioneer and scholar who wrote the first queer theory known to the LGBTQ movement, published the first gay magazine, and used his privilege and law degree to go into battle for those who were being prosecuted for their sexuality, as well as take on the conservative Prussian government’s hateful homophobic sodomy laws, with the conviction that every human being has a right to live their truth and pursue their happiness in love and life. His efforts would get him thrown in prison twice, and ultimately exiled from his beloved Germany.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Geoff: Shawn Devlin
Karl; Geoff Mays