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'La belle année' by Angelica Ruffier
The Fluidity of Desire: 'La belle année' by Angelica Ruffier
ROTTERDAM 2026: This graceful documentary self-investigation uncovers all that remains in the home of her late father, including her now 20-year-old desire for her childhood teacher.
Still from Moshe Rosenthal's 'Tell Me Everything'
Scent Memories: 'Tell Me Everything' (2026) by Moshe Rosenthal
SUNDANCE 2026: Hateful thinking might be difficult to unlearn, but words are the most powerful way to disrupt a socially enforced fear of queerness in the director’s moving sophomore feature.
Nadia Melliti in Hafsia Herzi's 'The Little Sister'
Sapphic Origami: 'The Little Sister' (2025) by Hafsia Herzi
TROMSØ 2026: Starring breakout Nadia Melliti, this Queer Palm winner unfolds a potent queer coming-of-age story that’s soft to the touch and warm to the heart.
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Resorting to Tenderness – A Temporal Implant: 'Before/After' (2025) by Manoël Dupont
THESSALONIKI 2025: The filmmaker's debut feature suggests the connection formed might be as temporary as cosmetic surgery itself.
Still from 'Queens of Drama' by Alexis Langlois
All You Need is Love and Queerpop: 'Queens of Drama' (2024) by Alexis Langlois
XPOSED 2025: The French filmmaker soars to beautifully chaotic, queer, campy heights with this festival favourite about two star-crossed lovers looking down the barrel of the music industry’s straight and conformist gun.
Still from Rohan Parashuram Kanawade's 'Cactus Pears'
Beneath the Shade of Your Leaves, I Grow: 'Cactus Pears' (2025) by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
SXSW LONDON / INSIDE OUT 2025: This multi-award winner is a quiet journey into sensorial discovery between a man who goes to the Maharashtra countryside for his father’s funeral and an unwed farmer.
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