English and Xhosa with English subtitles A film about the joy that comes from owning one’s own story and identity, Black Burns Fast follows a bookish scholarship student at a prestigious boarding school whose rigid life is upended by the arrival of a magnetic new student.

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One part striking Queer history lesson and one part introduction to some of the most courageous activists of our time, Out Laws follows three litigants putting their own lives at risk to make their countries safer places for 2SLGBTQ+ people.

Filmmaker Benito Bautista introduces us to Sydney, a renowned choreographer who left the Philippines to follow her dreams as a dancer. After years of putting her own needs on the back burner, she has finally transitioned into the woman she always knew she was—though this journey comes with its own set of challenges.

English and French with English subtitles On the opening day of the Olympic Games, we meet Elisabeth as she performs the thankless job of taking rich tourists to their apartment rentals across Paris. In one such tourist, she meets her foil, a free spirit who threatens to find fault in her jaded worldview.

French and Flemish with English subtitles SKIFF captures the volatile intensity of coming of age, unfolding over a summer that feels both liberating and tense. With sensitivity and restraint, the film traces 15-year-old Malou’s journey through self-discovery, where innocence gives way to experience, and every decision carries a deeper consequence.

In a world where trans rights remain fragile, directors Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos use a lens of love and honesty to delve into the harsh reality of the high suicide rate within the transmasculine community.

Khmer and English with English subtitles Whisperings of the Moon, the debut feature from late filmmaker Yuqing Lai, is a tender, time-shifting portrait of love, memory, and loss from a singular artistic voice whose vision knew no bounds.