Queer

  • My Wonderful West Berlin

    My Wonderful West Berlin

    Documentary, Queer

    2017

    1h.38min

    16 FSK

    Romy Haag, Rosa von Praunheim, Ades Zabel and Udo Walz talk about their fascination with the dream destination West Berlin.


  • Transfariana

    Transfariana

    Documentary, Queer

    2023

    2h.32min

    12

    An unexpected love story between a trans former sex worker and a FARC rebel begins in a Colombian prison and leads to an unforeseen alliance.


  • Islands in the City

    Islands in the City

    Comedy, Queer

    2021

    23min

    0 FSK

    A soft-apocalyptic rom-com featuring sunsets and sweets.


  • Desire Will Set You Free

    Desire Will Set You Free

    Drama, Queer

    2016

    1h.32min

    16 FSK

    In the hedonistic Berlin of the 2010s, a writer drifts through the party scene. With Nina Hagen, Peaches, Rosa von Praunheim and Blixa Bargeld.


  • Diane Has the Right Shape

    Diane Has the Right Shape

    Queer, Romance

    2017

    1h.23min

    16

    In this unconventional dramedy, Diane carries the child of her homosexual friends Thomas and Jacques as a surrogate mother.


  • Para:dies

    Para:dies

    Drama, Queer

    2022

    1h.16min

    16+

    Lee and Jasmin's lesbian idyll on the outskirts of Salzburg starts to crack when they give documentary filmmaker Amira a glimpse into their lives.


  • Natural Selection

    Natural Selection

    Queer, Thriller

    2017

    16+

    The murder of the transsexual artist Madorilyn Crawford reveals the dark schemes of Colombian politics.


  • Poppy Field

    Poppy Field

    Drama, Queer

    2020

    1h.21min

    12 FSK

    The threat of being outed causes an explosion of violence: Cristi, a gay Romanian policeman lives under the threat of being outed against his will.


  • Narcissism: The Auto-Erotic Images

    Narcissism: The Auto-Erotic Images

    Love & Sex, Queer

    2023

    1h.30min

    16+

    "Challenging Identities" - A lesbian non-binary artist's documentary on gender, self-love, and narcissism, honored at Berlin Pornfilmfestival.


  • Polichinelles

    Polichinelles

    Drama, Queer

    2019

    16+

    The journey of a French lesbian couple aspiring to become parents and the challenges on the way.


  • Butterflies in Berlin – Diary of a Soul Split in Two

    Butterflies in Berlin – Diary of a Soul Split in Two

    Animation, Queer

    2019

    16+

    A transgender person's journey of self-discovery in early 1930s Berlin just as the Nazis rise to power is magnificently told in this animated short.


  • What the Fuck is Going On Between Us, Fuck?

    What the Fuck is Going On Between Us, Fuck?

    Shorts, Queer

    2022

    9min

    16+

    Lola's hidden love for teammate Zoe challenges her both on and off the soccer field. Will she score or lose her chance?


  • Wolf and Dog

    Wolf and Dog

    Drama, Queer

    2023

    1h.51min

    16+

    In a traditional Azorean island, Ana's journey of self-discovery and queer friendship challenges the confines of her world.


  • Heavy Girls

    Heavy Girls

    Drama, Queer

    2012

    1h.15min

    12 FSK

    With a budget of 517 euros, Axel Ranisch created his debut, a tragicomedy in a warm-hearted, improvisational style.


  • Fogaréu

    Fogaréu

    Drama, Queer

    2022

    1h.40min

    16+

    In her surreal and fantastic debut, Flávia Neves masterfully combines the search for her own origins with Brazil's colonial past.


  • My Emptiness and I

    My Emptiness and I

    Drama, Queer

    2022

    1h.44min

    16+

    Between everyday call center life and fairy tale fantasies, Raphi goes through her gender reassignment.


  • Féminin/Féminin

    Féminin/Féminin

    Independent, Queer

    2014

    16+

    A refreshingly realistic, contemporary, and self-ironic look at the lives of 10 lesbian women in Montreal, Canada.


  • The End of Wonderland

    The End of Wonderland

    Documentary, Queer

    2021

    1h.25min

    18

    Artist and sex-industry veteran Tara Emory tries to finish her video porn opus before her landlord kicks her out of her Wonderland studio.


  • The Surrogate

    The Surrogate

    Drama, Queer

    2021

    1h.33min

    16+

    Jess is thrilled to be the surrogate mother for her best friend and his husband, but a positive prenatal test threatens their young happiness.


  • Talk Straight – The World of Rural Queers

    Talk Straight – The World of Rural Queers

    Independent, Queer

    2003

    1h.39min

    12 FSK

    How is life as a gay in the Swabian province? An intimate insight into a hitherto unknown terrain between church and Stammtisch.


  • Out in East Berlin

    Out in East Berlin

    Documentary, Queer

    2013

    1h.34min

    12 FSK

    In the documentary, which was successfully screened in the Panorama section of the Berlinale, gays and lesbians from the former GDR have their say.


  • Castanha

    Castanha

    Drama, Queer

    2014

    1h.35min

    16+

    João Carlos Castanha. 52 years old. Actor. Gay. Son. Crossdresser. Capable of doing anything for those he loves. Or hates.


  • Menmaniacs - The Legacy of Leather

    Menmaniacs - The Legacy of Leather

    Classics, Queer

    1994

    1h.26min

    16 FSK

    An intense trip into the gay bondage and leather scene: We meet contestants, bondage film actors, uniform fetishists and long-term slaves.


  • Enigma

    Enigma

    Drama, Queer

    2018

    1h.20min

    16+

    A mother wants justice for her dead daughter and takes part in a True Crime TV show – an action which will change her life and those of her family.


  • Welcome to the Dome

    Welcome to the Dome

    Documentary, Queer

    1992

    15min

    0 FSK

    During the final prayer of the German Catholic Bishops' Conference in 1991, one of the most spectacular protest actions takes place.


  • Stop-Zemlia

    Stop-Zemlia

    Drama, Queer

    2022

    2h.2min

    12 FSK

    Delightfully light-hearted and wonderfully honest coming-of-age story that flows seamlessly between fiction to documentary.


  • Bambi: A French Woman

    Bambi: A French Woman

    Biography, Queer

    2021

    1h.23min

    16+

    The new Director's cut of Sébastien Lifshitz's intimate and portrait of one of the first French trans woman, Marie-Pierre Pruvot, called BAMBI.


  • Hallelujah!

    Hallelujah!

    Queer, Shorts

    2006

    5min

    16+

    Christians on the one hand, and gays and lesbians on the other. Direct Cinema in short form.


  • Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

    Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

    Documentary, Queer

    1979

    1h.38min

    16+

    In blunt, direct, sometimes quite graphic sequences, von Praunheim explores the entire gay subculture which touches all facets of American life.


  • Queens Don’t Cry

    Queens Don’t Cry

    Documentary, Queer

    2002

    1h.29min

    16 FSK

    The groundbreaking members of the legendary Berlin club SchwuZ talk about their career, political activism in drag, and 'doing it' for the first time.


  • Too Much Pussy! Feminist Sluts, a Queer X Show

    Too Much Pussy! Feminist Sluts, a Queer X Show

    Love & Sex, Queer

    2010

    1h.39min

    18 FSK

    An indulgent, feminist and quirky docu-road movie about post-pornography and the sex-positive women's movement.


  • Fire Under Your Ass

    Fire Under Your Ass

    Documentary, Queer

    1990

    52min

    16+

    Part 3 of the groundbreaking Rosa von Praunheim documentary trilogy on the AIDS epidemic


  • Silence = Death

    Silence = Death

    Documentary, Queer

    1990

    55min

    16 FSK

    Part 1 of the groundbreaking Rosa von Praunheim documentary trilogy on the AIDS epidemic


  • Mon enfant, ma bataille

    Mon enfant, ma bataille

    Documentary, Queer

    2019

    1h.25min

    16+

    35 years of successful struggle for equal rights for homosexual parents.


  • Colors of Tobi

    Colors of Tobi

    Documentary, Queer

    2021

    1h.21min

    16+

    The powerful and inspiring story of a transgender teenager and his family in Orbán's Hungary.


  • The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

    The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

    Drama, Queer

    2000

    1h.36min

    16+

    Rosa von Praunheim recounts the fascinating biography of the revolutionary sex researcher Magnus Hirschfeld and his groundbreaking findings.


  • Positive

    Positive

    Documentary, Queer

    1990

    1h.16min

    16+

    Part 2 of the groundbreaking Rosa von Praunheim documentary trilogy on the AIDS epidemic.


  • Rent Boys

    Rent Boys

    Documentary, Queer

    2011

    1h.23min

    12 FSK

    This authentic documentary follows male sex workers from Bahnhof Zoo in Berlin as they work, shedding light on the issue of male prostitution.


  • Berliner Bettwurst

    Berliner Bettwurst

    Comedy, Queer

    1975

    1h.11min

    16+

    With 'Die Bettwurst', Rosa von Praunheim established the camp film genre in Germany. The sequel follows the couple through an odyssey of bourgeoisie.


  • Aria le film

    Aria le film

    Documentary, Queer

    2017

    1h.0min

    16+

    How can you become a parent in France as a lesbian, gay or trans person if the laws forbid you to do so?


  • Praunheim Memoires

    Praunheim Memoires

    Biography, Queer

    2014

    1h.24min

    0 FSK

    PRAUNHEIM MEMOIRES pays tribute to 1950s West Germany for better and for worse and how it shaped the nascent artist.


  • Océan

    Océan

    Biography, Queer

    2019

    16+

    This Series follows the moving journey of comedian and trans man OCÉAN through his gender reassignment process.


  • Les Invisibles

    Les Invisibles

    Documentary, Queer

    2011

    1h.55min

    16+

    This César-winning documentary provides an insightful glimpse into the lives of older gay men and lesbians in France.


  • Ladies of the Wood

    Ladies of the Wood

    Love & Sex, Queer

    2021

    1h.32min

    16+

    This fairy tale-tinged documentary explores the urban forest of Paris where trans sex workers and their clients meet.


  • To Kill the Beast

    To Kill the Beast

    Love & Sex, Queer

    2022

    1h.20min

    16+

    Queer meets Gothic meets Fantasy. On her journey to sexual awakening, Emilia must confront her past in order to slay a beast.


  • AIDE MÉMOIRE - ein schwules Gedächtnisprotokoll

    AIDE MÉMOIRE - ein schwules Gedächtnisprotokoll

    Biography, Queer

    1996

    16min

    16+

    Two years before his death, the HIV-positive Baldiga reviews his life, in selected episodes.


  • One Zero One: The Story of Cybersissy & BayBjane

    One Zero One: The Story of Cybersissy & BayBjane

    Documentary, Queer

    2013

    1h.33min

    12 FSK

    The exciting world of drag queens Cybersissi and BayBjane are at the center of this documentary fairytale.


  • The Phantom of the Sauna

    The Phantom of the Sauna

    Music, Dance, Theater, Queer

    2021

    1h.33min

    16+

    This LGBTQ musical revolves around Javi, a young sex worker, and his quest for love and happiness.


  • Loverfilm

    Loverfilm

    Icons & Media Art, Queer

    1997

    22min

    16+

    Berlin filmmaker Michael Brynntrup exposes his own sex life in a radical, relentless yet humorous invasion of privacy.


  • Sounds From the Fog

    Sounds From the Fog

    Documentary, Queer

    2012

    1h.29min

    12 FSK

    The musician Wilhelm Heckmann survived 8 years of concentration camp, branded with the 'pink triangle' for gay prisoners.


  • Vilom

    Vilom

    Independent, Queer

    2020

    1h.20min

    16+

    A tragic independent Indian queer love story and an exploration of same-sex relationships in an intolerant society.


  • Mon Amour

    Mon Amour

    Documentary, Queer

    2020

    2h.52min

    16+

    In the cold and mysterious vastness of Siberia, a French filmmaker is in search of solace and healing.


  • Two Mothers

    Two Mothers

    Drama, Queer

    2013

    1h.15min

    12 FSK

    Katja and Isabella want a child together - but the practical, legal and emotional hurdles threaten to drive the couple apart.


  • Not Yet Over

    Not Yet Over

    Independent, Queer

    2016

    1h.3min

    16+

    A position-finding exercise: where does feminism stand today in relation to reproduction?


  • Occidental

    Occidental

    Drama, Queer

    2018

    1h.14min

    16+

    A visually and sonically striking ensemble piece set in a hotel on the city outskirts as Paris is mired in political chaos...


  • After the Future

    After the Future

    Documentary, Queer

    2017

    47min

    16+

    Gay left-wing activist and disaster relief volunteer Ortwin Passon navigates between a military-like bourgeois world and wild sex parties.


  • Do Not Fear

    Do Not Fear

    Documentary, Queer

    2019

    1h.6min

    0 FSK

    Germany's only trans* pastor.


  • We will survive

    We will survive

    Documentary, Queer

    2018

    29min

    16+

    At the Julie-Roger-Haus in Frankfurt am Main, a care facility for seniors of all sexual orientations, "grandpa is finally allowed to be gay" (FAZ).


  • Amorous, Antiquated, Audacious

    Amorous, Antiquated, Audacious

    Documentary, Queer

    2009

    1h.4min

    16+

    This ambitious directorial debut chronicles lesbian lifestyles and social networking in Vienna in the 1950s and 60s.


  • Abu: Father

    Abu: Father

    Documentary, Queer

    2017

    1h.21min

    16+

    Arshad Khan, a gay man from Pakistan, examines his relationship to his father, a devout Muslim, through a vast amount of home video footage.


  • Performance

    Performance

    Love & Sex, Queer

    2014

    1h.3min

    16+

    Paula and Rodrigo are young, queer artists, like many others in Berlin. Outside of their utopian rehearsal room, they have to fight German red tape.


  • Un coup d'oeil

    Un coup d'oeil

    Shorts, Queer

    2015

    17min

    16+

    Maryam and Frida are close friends living in a small Swedish town. They invite Monique, a mysterious couch surfer, to stay the night.


  • Something Is Happening

    Something Is Happening

    Drama, Queer

    2018

    1h.37min

    12

    In the glistening light of southern France, the paths of the two women cross at seemingly opposite points in their lives.


  • Unveiled

    Unveiled

    Drama, Queer

    2005

    1h.36min

    12 FSK

    Survival is not enough. Fariba Tabrizi has made it. Under peril of death she has fled from Iran.


  • C'est l'amour

    C'est l'amour

    Queer, Romance

    2016

    1h.37min

    16+

    Odile suspects that her husband Jean is cheating on her, so she gives him a taste of his own medicine.


  • Call Me Marianna

    Call Me Marianna

    Documentary, Queer

    2015

    1h.13min

    16+

    Marianna is an 40-year-old woman who has just sued her parents in order to obtain a gender reassignment.


  • Unsound

    Unsound

    Drama, Queer

    2020

    1h.28min

    16+

    Moving drama about the love story of two musicians who fight to preserve a youth club.


  • Here I am... Here you are

    Here I am... Here you are

    Documentary, Queer

    2017

    1h.9min

    16+

    A director and his partner are forced into a long distance relationship thanks to strict European visa laws between Italy and Lebanon.


  • Uferfrauen - Lesbian Life and Love in the GDR

    Uferfrauen - Lesbian Life and Love in the GDR

    Documentary, Queer

    2020

    1h.56min

    12

    Six very different lesbian women talk about their lives and loves in the socialist system of the GDR.


  • Chronic

    Chronic

    Drama, Queer

    2017

    1h.27min

    16+

    Omar, a photographer, lost his male lover in an explosion. He turns his experience of loss into an art project.


  • Searching Eva

    Searching Eva

    Documentary, Queer

    2019

    1h.34min

    16 FSK

    Eva, 25, living in Berlin, leads a public life with all the consequences. At 14 she took a new name and declared privacy an outdated concept.


  • East/West – Sex and Politics

    East/West – Sex and Politics

    Independent, Queer

    2008

    1h.35min

    12 FSK

    A snapshot of the multifaceted life in the megapolis Moscow, with the focus on lesbians and gays who take to the streets for their rights.


  • You’ll Never Be Alone

    You’ll Never Be Alone

    Independent, Queer

    2016

    1h.21min

    16+

    In this harrowing drama, the father of a gay Chilean man tries to deal with the violent death of his son.


  • Wasp

    Wasp

    Queer, Romance

    2015

    1h.12min

    16+

    Love. Friendship. Lust. Sexuality. Complicated states of mind and body set against the backdrop of a deceptively picturesque south of France.


  • I Dreamt Under The Water

    I Dreamt Under The Water

    Drama, Queer

    2009

    1h.39min

    16+

    Wild, engaging drama about a bisexual man's journey through the dark Parisian night world and its sexual possibilities.


  • Dear John

    Dear John

    Documentary, Queer

    2015

    42min

    16+

    A single decision can change the rest of your life - a film about what could have been.


  • Making Montgomery Clift

    Making Montgomery Clift

    Documentary, Queer

    2018

    1h.28min

    16+

    Edward Montgomery Clift, four-time Academy Award nominee, was one of the first method actors and known for his roles as "moody, sensitive young men".


  • Dream Boat

    Dream Boat

    Documentary, Queer

    2017

    1h.32min

    16 FSK

    All aboard, for the biggest cruise for gay men.


  • Darkroom

    Darkroom

    Drama, Queer

    2020

    1h.29min

    16 FSK

    Cult director Rosa von Praunheim tells a true-crime story based on a real case about knockout drops in the Berlin party scene.


  • Euphoria

    Euphoria

    Drama, Queer

    2018

    1h.50min

    12 FSK

    Two dissimilar brothers find each other again through a stroke of fate.


  • Double Income, Kids

    Double Income, Kids

    Documentary, Queer

    2019

    1h.34min

    16+

    A gay couple from Tel Aviv wants to become parents, ideally twins with an American surrogate mother, one child from each father.


  • Tranny Fag

    Tranny Fag

    Music, Dance, Theater, Queer

    2018

    1h.15min

    16+

    A portrait of POC transgender musician and artist Linn da Quebrada, who uses her body and performances to fight sexism, homophobia and racism.


  • FtWTF - Female to What The ...

    FtWTF - Female to What The ...

    Documentary, Queer

    2015

    1h.32min

    16+

    Six people talk about the absurd, the sad and above all the beautiful aspects of transitioning.


  • Femme Brutal

    Femme Brutal

    Music, Dance, Theater, Queer

    2015

    1h.10min

    18

    The farewell show of queer performers at the Burlesque Brutal club in Vienna.


  • Sweat

    Sweat

    Queer

    2014

    30min

    16+

    Two bored teenage girls go on a rampage through their home village. Will their friendship survive this day?


  • The Country Teacher

    The Country Teacher

    Love & Sex, Queer

    2008

    1h.55min

    12 FSK

    Petr gets to know Marie, a young widow and farmer. In the sun-drenched fields of Bohemia, a deep friendship develops between them, but Marie hopes for ...


  • Funeral Parade of Roses

    Funeral Parade of Roses

    Drama, Queer

    1969

    1h.44min

    16 FSK

    The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in the Tokyo gay scene of the late 1960s.


  • Sex/Life in L.A.

    Sex/Life in L.A.

    Love & Sex, Queer

    1998

    1h.30min

    16 FSK

    An insight into the world of gay porn stars and nude models - behind the scenes and undiscovered fields of a creative part of social reality.


  • Jonathan

    Jonathan

    Drama, Queer

    2016

    1h.39min

    16+

    Jonathan sacrifices himself for his sick father and his farm. When an old acquaintance turns up, an old secret comes to light.


  • The Cockettes

    The Cockettes

    Documentary, Queer

    2002

    1h.39min

    16+

    A flamboyant ensemble of gender-bending hippies created a series of LSD-fueled musicals in early 1970s San Francisco.


  • The GDR Complex

    The GDR Complex

    Documentary, Queer

    2016

    1h.30min

    12 FSK

    The moving life story of Mario Röllig, who fell in love with a gay West German politician in the mid-80s and was imprisoned for it.


  • Be There

    Be There

    Queer, Drama

    2017

    1h.21min

    16+

    A reclusive man must break out of his self-imposed prison. But neither he nor the outside world is ready for it.


  • The Sun Assassinated

    The Sun Assassinated

    Biography, Queer

    2002

    2h.0min

    16+

    A dramatization of actual events portraying both the contentious rise and success of Jean Senac in Algeria and a friendship that ends in tragedy.


  • The Good American

    The Good American

    Biography, Documentary

    2009

    1h.32min

    18 FSK

    A portrait of Tom Weise, one of the initiators of HustlaBall, a project to promote the acceptance of male prostitutes.


  • Pierrot Lunaire

    Pierrot Lunaire

    Music, Dance, Theater, Queer

    2014

    50min

    16 FSK

    Musical drama about a woman who dresses like a man and falls in love with a young girl. Soundtrack with Arnold Schoenberg's music.


  • And You Belong - Scream Club!

    And You Belong - Scream Club!

    Documentary, Queer

    2013

    1h.26min

    12 FSK

    The inspiring story of the hip-hop electro duo "Scream Club!".


  • Miss Kicki

    Miss Kicki

    Drama, Queer

    2009

    1h.28min

    12 FSK

    This Swedish drama is full of regret and missed opportunities. Miss Kicki is a mother who tries to rediscover the fun of life by dragging her gay son half ...


  • Working On It

    Working On It

    Music, Dance, Theater, Queer

    2008

    50min

    16+

    Explore the contemporary queer arts scene in Berlin and how perceptions of femininity and masculinity are constructed.


  • Saturn Returns

    Saturn Returns

    Comedy, Queer

    2008

    1h.33min

    16+

    Lucy and Derek roam the streets of Berlin. The city is their stage and playground, and life is a never ending post punk hedonism party.


  • Pashke and Sofia

    Pashke and Sofia

    Documentary, Queer

    2003

    30min

    16+

    Documentary about an age-old Albanian custom that lets women change their social gender by taking the oath of a “sworn virgin”.


  • The Parade

    The Parade

    Comedy, Queer

    2011

    1h.51min

    12 FSK

    The organizers of the Pride Parade in Belgrade find unexpected allies in the criminal milieu.