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- DirectorJulia DyerStarsConnie NelsonDee HenniganGary Mitchell CarterHigh School basketball coach, Dinah Groshardt, falls for the school secretary, Carly Lumpkin, and upsets the entire school in the process.
- DirectorNisha GanatraStarsNisha GanatraJill HennessySakina JaffreyReena is a young, gay Indian-American woman who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is married, discovers that she is infertile. Reena offers to be a surrogate mother for her sister's baby, hoping to improve her relationship with their mother, who disapproves of Reena's sexual orientation. Reena has second thoughts when her girlfriend Lisa feels left out.
- DirectorAngelina MaccaroneStarsJasmin TabatabaiNavid NavidMossadegh HamidThe educated Fariba Tabrizi flies from Teheran to Germany expecting to have asylum, since she is persecuted in Iran due to her lesbian relationship with her beloved Shirin. However, her application is denied by the authorities and Fariba has to return to her home country. When her recent acquaintance Siamak, who is grieving the death of his brother, commits suicide, Fariba assumes his identity and status of political refugee and is sent to a refugee camp in a German village. Fariba finds an illegal work in a cabbage factory and she has many difficulties for not having bath with the other male workers. She becomes close to her colleague Anne and they fall in love for each other. However, prejudice and her illegal condition jeopardize her exile in Germany.
- DirectorPratibha ParmarStarsLaura FraserShelley ConnArt MalikA feisty young woman returns to Glasgow to run her deceased father's curry house.
- DirectorMaria MaggentiStarsKen BarnettJulianne NicholsonBrian LetscherA recently-singled New York writer finds herself in two surprising and complicated relationships.
- DirectorWendy Jo CarltonStarsSharon GlessMaureen GallagherKelli StricklandA film about a lifelong love affair between an independent spirit and the woman she calls home.
- DirectorLisa AschanStarsMathilda ParadeiserLinda MolinIsabella LindquistTwo adolescent girls on an equine acrobatics team form an intimate friendship that becomes threatened by their competitive nature.
- DirectorMai ZetterlingStarsStina EkbladErland JosephsonPhilip ZandénSwedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna defies convention and her family's wishes by writing erotic fiction. As she harnesses her talent and explores her own sexuality, she puts herself on a dangerous path.Most Wanted!
- DirectorHeidi ArnesenStarsKathleen FontaineTara HowleyDesi del ValleIn San Francisco, Kira has a day job at a warehouse, writes jokes for her sister (who does stand-up back East), wants to perform her own material, hangs out with best friend Sydney (who writes food reviews), and sleeps once with every woman she can. Then, her roommate sets her up with Robin - who's recently come out and hasn't had a serious relationship yet - and her friendship with Sydney gets rocky. Meanwhile, Kira's being stalked by one of her one-night stands, her sister isn't showing any appreciation, and a night at an open microphone goes badly. Is this all life can offer?
- DirectorAleksi SalmenperäStarsMinna HaapkyläKari-Pekka ToivonenMinttu MustakallioLongtime couple Venla and Antero come to a serious impasse: After years with Antero, Venla wants to start a family, but her boyfriend, worried that parenthood will stifle his speed-skating career, secretly gets a vasectomy. Determined to have a child, Venla seeks help from a female fertility doctor, a decision that breeds new possibilities for the prospective mother when she falls in love with the doctor.
- StarsGeraldine McEwanElizabeth SpriggsFreda DowieJessica, raised in a fanatical cult, endures brainwashing until her forbidden relationship with Melanie opens her eyes. They face cruel treatment for their 'unnatural' bond, but Jessica's spirit overcomes the oppressive teachings.
- DirectorJacques DoillonStarsJane BirkinMaruschka DetmersPhilippe LéotardWith the help of a couple of her oddball friends, a woman takes her former lesbian lover to a hotel to convince her that their affair shouldn't end. After much shouting and some sex, things complicate when the lover's husband shows up.
- DirectorKôji KawanoStarsRei YoshiiAsami ImajukuNaomi AkimotoIchiko and Eri are two Japanese university students who are in a lesbian relationship. Ichiko comes out to her father who tells her he is also gay and her mother was a lesbian. Her best friend is gay too, though he has a female who is after him. Their liaison is very intense, but Eri suggests a temporary separation so she can concentrate on her law studies. The break from their affair is difficult for Ichiko to deal with. But Eri soon sorts out her priorities.
- DirectorDaniela FejermanInés ParísStarsLeonor WatlingRosa Maria SardàMaría PujalteA classical pianist introduces her female lover to her three daughters.
- DirectorAnnette Haywood-CarterStarsHedy BurressAngelina JolieJenny LewisLegs Sadovsky gets four other high school girls to think for themselves and react to a teacher's sexual harassment, which gets them suspended. They bond, and rebel, at an abandoned house.
- DirectorZero ChouStarsRainie YangIsabella LeongKris ShenWhen web-cam girl Jade visits Takeko's tattoo studio, she becomes entranced with the image of the spider lily--and with Takeko. In order to get closer to the object of her desire, Jade asks Takeko to give her the same lily tattoo, challenging Takeko's monastic existence and opening up memories which threaten to tear the two women apart.
- DirectorNed FarrStarsDreya WeberAddie YungmeeDavid De SimoneJane left gymnastics when an injury killed Olympics hope. Now 43, she gets a chance to perform a demanding "dance" in the air with Serena. The intimate act makes her forget her dead marriage.
- DirectorLucía PuenzoStarsInés EfronMariela VitalePep MunnéA desperate love story between two young girls of extremely different social backgrounds who, unable to find a place for their love in the world they live in, are pushed to commit a crime.
- DirectorTim FywellStarsZoë TapperAnna MadeleyDomini BlytheA grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. Of all her friendships with prisoners, she is most fascinated by Selina - a medium. Set in the 1870s.
- DirectorSascha RiceStarsDanièle FerraroMichelle WolffSally Kirkland"Mango Kiss" is a story about Lou whose world turns upside-down when she falls in love with her best friend Sassafras. They journey to San Francisco and stumble into the wild world of role-playing and non-monogamous S/M dykes. Comedy ensues as these wholesome girls get in over their heads.
- DirectorJosiane BalaskoStarsVictoria AbrilJosiane BalaskoAlain ChabatAfter learning of her husband's infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same again.
- DirectorDominique CardonaLaurie ColbertStarsBrooke JohnsonYanna McIntoshMaya RitterWith the death of her partner Nancy, Finn must raise their daughter alone while receiving death threats at the abortion clinic Nancy founded.
- DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsBibi AnderssonAnthony PerkinsSandra DumasWhen a museum directer, who has long been divorced, takes a young girl as a lover things quickly become more complicated when her ex-husband also engages in a relationship with the girl.
- DirectorPercy AdlonStarsRosel Zechk.d. langAngayuqaq Oscar KawagleyA woman who grew up in a small town in Alaska goes to the public library to try and find out who her parents were. She was brought to town as a baby in a cardboard box with "Kotzebue" on it, which is the name of the town and also the name of the family that founded the town. She eventually befriends the librarian, an East German immigrant who lost her husband while escaping from behind the Iron Curtain. They help each other try to find closure to the events in their past.
- DirectorGeorgia LeeStarsTzi MaJacqueline KimElaine KaoThe Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York.
- DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsMariel HemingwayDavid KeithDavid MillbernWhen the Vice President's plane goes down near a remote Pacific island, he is kidnapped by rebel forces and held for ransom. It is up to his female Secret Service agent and a press secretary to infiltrate the camp and save him.
- DirectorSijie DaiStarsMylène JampanoïXiaoran LiDong Fu LinAt the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.
- DirectorCheryl DunyeStarsDeak EvgenikosGuinevere TurnerV.S. BrodieTwo middle-aged, lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger lesbian and hide the body, without reporting it to the authorities. Their guilt and long-kept, dark secret comes back to haunt them, as an unexpected stranger shows up in their lives, bringing tension and discord. Little do they know that this mysterious stranger has a plan which includes all four of them.
- DirectorMaryam KeshavarzStarsSarah KazemyNikohl BoosheriReza Sixo SafaiA wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession.
- DirectorNana NeulStarsAnjorka StrechelLucie HollmannManuel CortezMelanie meets Jenny and falls in love. But Jenny thinks she's met Miguel.
- DirectorCheryl FarthingStarsJulie GrahamJessica AdamsRachel GrimsteadIn this adult film, Kay has just moved into a new flat. Her neighbours are a stylish lesbian couple who are very much in love. Kay is fascinated by their easy intimacy and fantasises about erotic images of women and female sensuality.
- DirectorDonatella MaiorcaStarsValeria SolarinoIsabella RagoneseEnnio FantastichiniNothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend and great love, Sara in a 19th century Italian village.
- DirectorLaure CharpentierStarsLou DoillonEduardo NoriegaMarie KremerSet in the risque world of 1960's Paris, Gigola is a witty and desirable young girl who explores the lesbian underworld of the city and soon becomes a high-priced escort.
- DirectorMyriam AzizaStarsAlba Gaïa BellugiLioSophie MounicotLike many of her classmates, 12 year old tomboy Juliette has a crush on Mrs. Solenska, a teacher distinguished by stylish attire and an uninhibited, provocative classroom demeanor. Juliette's fascination turns into all-consuming obsession, forcing revelations from both the girl and her teacher.
- DirectorSusan MuskaGréta OlafsdóttirStarsThea SpyerEdie WindsorAfter 42 years, feisty and delightful lesbian couple Edie and Thea are finally getting married. From the early '60s to the present day, the tireless community activists persevere through many battles, both personal and political. As Edie says, We just went on with this talent we have for wrestling joy from the shit. Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir (THE BRANDON TEENA STORY) return with a love story of two remarkable women whose commitment to each other is an inspiration to us all.
- DirectorRoland JofféStarsMischa BartonShantel VanSantenAnton YelchinTwo teenage girls, Janie who is American and Lana who is Russian, fall in love after meeting at a t.A.T.u concert and are swept into a dangerous world of obsession, drug abuse and murder.
- DirectorJuan Carlos ClaverStarsCarme EliasSusi SánchezJulieta Serrano2 teachers fall in love at a time when it is a crime to be homosexual. One teacher's mother has her committed to a psychiatric hospital. When the lovers reunite, they must deal with the after effects of years of electroshock therapy.
- DirectorKanchi WichmannStarsKat RedstoneSophie AndersonKai Brandon LyThree days in the lives of four friends on the streets of East London. Girlfriends Liza and Sally have a band to pull together and a birthday to celebrate, yet from this moment on their lives will change forever.
- DirectorMia SalsiStarsSarah ReardonStella JohnsonPeter BoggiaWhen pretty but troubled Kaye moves to New Orleans with her family, she forges a special friendship with sexy, rebellious high school senior Emily. Will pressure from families and friends bring their passion to a dangerous breaking point?
- DirectorAvi NesherStarsFanny ArdantAnia BuksteinMichal ShtamlerTwo brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where females are forbidden to sing, let alone speak out.
- DirectorDaniel BeahmErika Randall BeahmStarsMelanie LaPatinBenji SchwimmerLaurel VailA zany comedy about two sisters, their gay best friend, and their overzealous stage mom. When one sister gets pregnant and the other plans to waltz out of the closet, the family must hustle to maintain their status quo in the harsh arena of competitive dance.
- DirectorConnie MacatunoStarsAndrea Del RosarioMylene DizonRafael RosellROME AND JULIET follows the romantic journey and soul mating of two women caught in a web of forbidden love. Juliet (a conservative pre-school teacher) is a bride to be who befriends and hires Rome (a liberated businesswoman) as her wedding planner. As they go through the preparations, Rome and Juliet develop a deep friendship, a soulful connection and a love that is physically consummated. But conflicts arise when Marc, the groom who is a young politician, shockingly discovers the ongoing relationship between the two women. Angered and humiliated, Marc calls off the wedding and a huge scandal explodes, leaving Rome and Juliet in a state of emotional turmoil. Not long after, Juliet is driven away from home by her mother, gets fired from work and later becomes a victim of a road mishap that puts her in a coma. But in the end, despite all the trials and hurdles Rome and Juliet's unconventional love for each other remains strong and intense.
- DirectorBradley Rust GrayStarsRiley KeoughJuno TempleKylie MinogueDiane's feelings for Jack -- the girl she met over the summer -- begin to manifest themselves in terrifying ways when she learns that her friend will soon be moving away.
- DirectorMyriam FougèreStarsJackie AndersonSuzanne BoisvertNicole BrossardDocumentary constructed with archive images and testimonies of the lesbian movement in Canada and the US from the 70s until the 90s.
- DirectorJohn IrvinStarsJacqueline BissetHannah Taylor GordonNatalia Tena"Laughing Water - Mine Ha-Ha" is based on "Mine-Haha or Physical Education of Young Girls" by German author Frank Wedekind (Spring Awakening, Lulu, Pandora's Vase). Thuringia, Germany, in the early 20th century. A group of young girls are brought up in a college withinh dark forests and gloomy lakes. Young Hidalla and her friends Irene, Vera, Blanka, Melusine and Rain are brought up in an isolated world: the girls don't know anything about live outside the college's high walls. At the age of 16, some of them start asking questions about their origins, their parents and the true purposes of the Headmistresses strict rules. When two of them disappear mysteriously, the initial fairytale atmosphere grows more and more eerie. Will the inspector from the nearby city discover the real purpose of the college? Will Hidalla be successful in her revolt against the destiny assigned to her by the Headmistress?
- DirectorJennifer McGloneStarsAlexandra PaulKarri V. BowmanTia HunnicuttThis short film chronicles a lesbian relationship up until its demise.
- DirectorShahar RozenStarsAnat WaxmanEyal RozalesNthati MosheshA divorced Israeli woman hires a single African woman as a nanny, and soon the two women form a passionate friendship that leads to a romantic relationship.
- DirectorLigy J. PullappallyStarsSuhasini V. NairShrruiti MenonK.P.A.C. LalithaIn Sancharram ("The Journey"), Kiran is mortified by her growing lesbian desire for the effervescent Delilah, in an idyllic Indian village where arranged marriage is the only acceptable form of coupling.
- DirectorRobert CrombieStarsAvalon BarrieTodd SoleyLyudmila ShiryaevaSappho, a newly wed American wife, with her husband on the Greek island Lesbos, goes through the pain of unrequited love to a young woman, very much like the namesake poet in ancient times.
- DirectorMaggie GreenwaldStarsBrooke ShieldsCherry JonesAnne MearaWhen an artificially-inseminated woman dies, her partner must fight to regain custody of their child.
- DirectorValérie MinettoStarsMila DekkerAurélia PetitMalik ZidiCheyenne, a journalist, decides to leave Paris after being laid off and to settle down in the middle of nowhere, far from the society she hates.The trouble is that she leaves Sonia, her true love, behind. The latter, a teacher who loves her job, refuses to give up everything -including her comfort- to follow her. Sonia makes all the efforts in the world to forget Cheyenne, whether in the arms of Pierre, a charming anarchist, or in those of Béatrice, a gay woman who soon proves perverse and dangerous, only to realize that her heart belongs to Cheyenne and nobody else. If Cheyenne does not come back, Sonia feels life is not worth living any longer...
- DirectorSu FriedrichStarsChelsea HollandAriel MaraLinzy TaylorMixes documentary interviews of memories of lesbian adolescence with the story of the 12-year-old girl Lou discovering her sexuality in 1960s America.
- DirectorMartine DugowsonStarsRomane BohringerElsa ZylbersteinFlorence ThomassinThe film tells the story of two girls who are of totally different character. They know each other since their childhood and were friends until they became teenagers. But growing up and becoming adults they go different ways.
- DirectorJean-Claude BrisseauStarsFrédéric van den DriesscheMaroussia DubreuilLise BellynckA filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his project about female pleasure.
- DirectorJean-Claude BrisseauStarsCarole BranaArnaud BinardNadia ChibaniA sexually unsatisfied young woman decided to pursue various sexual experiments and scenarios.
- DirectorZero ChouStarsSerena FangChih-Ying PaiYi-lan ChaoTeddy Award-winning Director Zero Chou (Spider Lilies) weaves three poetic tales as the lesbians in Drifting Flowers seek their true identify. In the first story, Jing, a blind singer, falls in love with her band's tomboy accordionist Diego. In another time and place, Lily, an elderly lesbian and Yen, her gay friend, create an unexpected bond and support each other in a time of crisis. Finally, we see Diego before she joined the band, when as a teenager she came to grips with her gender identity.
- DirectorAngela Evers HugheyStarsLisel M. GorellStacy MarrTim McMillanA family of friends is forever changed when two of the friends realize that their love for one another goes beyond the confines of their conventional relationship.
- DirectorLuane BeckStarsDeidre KotchKatherine LeeMaria Biber-FerroA coming of age piece: an exploration of love, relationships, and sexuality. The story revolves around a married college Professor who unexpectedly falls in love with one of her female students. They awaken things in each other that they had been trying to suppress creatively and emotionally. Through their love, they are forced to examine these passions and find the strength and courage to pursue their dreams. Intentions is a character driven, actors showcase that takes the audience on an emotional journey of sacrifice, love, heartbreak, desire, and eventual resolve.
- DirectorHelen LesnickStarsHelen LesnickErica ShafferArlene GolonkaRachel flees NYC after another traumatic breakup and arrives at her parents' home in San Diego.
- DirectorDominique CardonaLaurie ColbertStarsNicola Correia-DamudePatrick McKennaClaire LautierBehind the facade of a beautiful urban home, a combination of complacency and bad investments has left power couple Ben and Gail disconnected, resentful and just about broke. When the cash-strapped yuppies fire their teen-aged daughter's lesbian Mexican nanny, Margarita, they set off a chain of events that lead to her deportation.
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsGlenn CloseJudy DavisJan RubesThe true story of a decorated officer's legal challenge to her involuntary discharge when she admitted she was homosexual.
- DirectorDennis IliadisStarsKaterina TsavalouDanae SkiadiIoannis PapazisisLeaving behind a hard life with their families, two young girls end up in a brothel, fall in love and support one another against the adversities and violence of the night.
- DirectorLauren HimmelvoStarsAngie RedmanNina LandeyAnnette MillerCasey has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. She lives with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex in what seems like a cozy new life until her stuffy family demands that she come home for Christmas - without Alex.
- DirectorKimberly K. WilsonStarsAmy ThielJoy YandellAdam KnoxAnnie, a happily married woman with a loving husband and daughter, joins her company's softball team and becomes good friends with her teammate, the openly gay Maggie. Much to Annie's surprise, her friendship with Maggie gradually develops into a strong attraction.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsAnthony MackieKerry WashingtonEllen BarkinFired from his job for exposing corrupt business practices, a former biotech executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
- DirectorHenri CalefJoão CorreaStarsMarie-France PisierOlga Georges-PicotCarlosMarie-Hélène lives in a manor but is not happy. Georges, her husband, is gentle to her but she feels stifled by the constant presence of Cécile, her intrusive mother-in-law. One day, Jacques, a friend of George's comes to visit him. He is in the company of a beautiful woman, Françoise. Marie-Hélène, who feels ill-at-ease in her new environment, gets more and more attracted to Françoise. To such an extent that the two women fall in love. The lovers run away to the city but their affair will prove short-lived.
- DirectorNikos PapatakisStarsFrancine BergéColette BergéPascale de BoyssonA bourgeois family, who is harassed and humiliated, ruins their young maids without pay for several years.
- DirectorJean RollinStarsMarie-Pierre CastelMireille DargentPhilippe GastéTwo girls on the run get lost in the French countryside, and wind up in a haunted chateau occupied by an ailing vampire and his servants.
- DirectorJoseph StrickStarsShelley WintersPeter FalkLee GrantIn a fictional country, the Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsJames DarrenBarbara McNairMaria RohmA jazz trumpeter becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman whose corpse he discovers on a beach, after which she seemingly returns to life to take revenge on those responsible for her death.
- DirectorDomenico PaolellaStarsAnne HeywoodLuc MerendaOrnella MutiDuring the 1570s, in the convent of Sant'Arcangelo di Baiano, after the death of the mother superior, a power struggle rages on, as one nun, who comes from a powerful family, is willing to do anything to become the new abbess.
- DirectorAngela RobinsonStarsAlexandra BreckenridgeShanti LowryTammy Lynn MichaelsA quartet of girls from a prep high school are recruited by a secret paramilitary academy to conduct cloak-and-dagger missions.
- DirectorGeneviève LefebvreStarsMarie-Christine BarraultAlida ValliGuillemette GrobonIn Paris, three women of very different ages and social backgrounds are drawn into romance.
- DirectorLiz GillStarsSean CampionFlora MontgomeryStuart GrahamA light-hearted look at the dangers and delights of dating in contemporary Dublin
- DirectorOle GiæverStarsEllen Dorrit PetersenMarte Magnusdotter SolemNora and Solveig are hiking through snow-covered, rough, but beautiful scenery on a tour of several days that will take the two young women to the top of a mountain. Solveig, three months pregnant, seems incapable of doing anything the way Nora wants her to. The further the women advance on their trip, the closer they come to the place where a tragic accident happened two years earlier; one that changed their lives completely. Solveig hopes that the trip will set in motion a process of soul-searching that will help them to cope with their grief and give their relationship a chance. But although their plan sounds sensible, in reality, it proves to be a painful process during which all their pent-up bitterness, hurt feelings and fears gradually surface. The closer the women get to the site of the accident, the more they seem to be drifting towards the end of their relationship.
- DirectorLinda ThornburgStarsLucy BrightmanHarley KaplanMoynan KingIn the 1920s she wrote a scandalous novel about two women in love. Now, it's 1964 and everyone wants to know, "Who was the muse?"
- DirectorSalvatore MairaStarsAnna GalienaPeter StormareSimona CavallariIn 17th century France, a theater troupe is allowed by its patron to go to Paris to produce an erotic play. The head of the troupe dreams of fame while his wife, the leading actress, and a new leading girl fall for each other.
- DirectorFaith TrimelStarsLeslie GilliamNikki KlechaFadhia Carmelle MarcelinAfter suffering with the dire consequences of being in the closet, a group of lesbian friends forge a pact to deal with the dire consequences of coming out.
- DirectorSachi HamanoStarsKazuko YoshiyukiMickey CurtisUtae ShôjiDelightful romantic complications are stirred up with the arrival of a 75-year-old Casanova, Mr. Miyoshi, at a senior citizens' apartment building. Mrs. Miyano and her five other apartment mates, who range in age from 69 to 91, find their lives forever transformed by his flattery and sexual attentions. Dauntlessly they break out of their shells, reclaiming their own desires. Lily Festival is a humorous and subversive erotic fantasy in which Mrs. Miyano, having found her desire, is now confronting the possibilities of lesbian love for the first time. Lily Festival portrays the lively reawakening of older women who have been shackled by both oppression of women and discrimination against the elderly # these women are definitely not cute old ladies. Director Sachi Hamano has released over 300 low-budget adult films portraying sexuality from women's perspectives. Funding for Lily Festival was provided in part by donations from more than 12,000 women from all over Japan who support Hamano's filmmaking. High production values, great acting and an engaging story make Lily Festival such a delight. If you are looking for granny-on-granny action, be patient # this romantic comedy unfolds in the most lovely and unexpected ways. Lily Festival celebrates golden girls who are bold and overflowing with energy and who find that there is sex after 60.
- DirectorKyle HenryStarsChristeeneGary ChasonDanielle ReneA feature anthology of short tales of sexual intimacy set in four American cities.
- DirectorIlias MylonakosStarsTina SpathiMagda MakriAntonis LiotsisAfter the death of her wealthy father, Marina learns that her entire fortune is lost. Pavlos is an old family friend who offers to help. He is in love with Marina but she rejects him for the sake of Eli, the secretary of her father.
- DirectorIrma AchtenStarsWivineke van GroningenNelleke ZitmanRosa HerzbergExistential tale of a woman in search of herself and meaning in her life. Belle's lifelong commitment to her lover, Marthe, is the emotional lynchpin of her life. But when Belle's desperate desire for independence mutates into an obsession with power and control, she pushes Marthe out of her life. Still, though she marries to gain independence, her repressed love for Marthe continues to influence her life.
- DirectorMegan SilerStarsStacey HavenerGayle CohenCarla MilfordThe daughter of a lesbian couple seeks a tale about a "knightess". One of her mothers tells her a story of a Lady and a midwife who fall in love.
- DirectorLee FriedlanderStarsDesi LydicMike FarrellReginald VelJohnsonEver have an identity crisis? Tell a little white lie here and there, just to make everyone happy? Well, Alex Houston has got you beat, hands down. After telling her fiancé, Dana, that her entire family is dead, Manhattanite Alex whisks off to her childhood home in South Carolina to serve as bridesmaid at her high-maintenance, estranged sister Jeannie's wedding. As she tries not to steal Jeannie's thunder by telling her family that a) she's engaged, and b) the man she's going to marry is a Jewish African American, things get a little mixed up. For starters, Alex's sharp-tongued, mischievous best friend Jonathan unwittingly starts a rumor at the wedding that Alex is gay and Dana is a woman. When her family reacts in a surprisingly supportive way, Alex decides to go with it. It's easier than telling the truth, right? But when Alex and Jonathan decide to hire sexy lesbian Risa to act as her lover when Jeannie comes to visit Alex in New York, things really start to get out of hand. Director Lee Friedlander follows up her award-winning 2004 film "Girl Play" with this witty, farcical romp that explores the sometimes comically bumbling way in which we come out to the people we love - whether we're gay or straight. As she becomes increasingly entangled in her web of lies, Alex struggles to come to terms with her fiancé, her family and most of all herself along the way.
- DirectorVentura PonsStarsDavid SelvasLaura ConejeroJulieta SerranoEleven episodes portray different encounters in Barcelona during the course of a single night towards the end of the millennium.
- DirectorStewart MainPeter WellsStarsJennifer Ward-LealandKevin SmithLisa ChappellIn a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him. Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?
- DirectorOtto ChanStarsHitomi OkazakiLei Hung YipLai Hing ChanA depressing, sweet tale about the relationship between two former school girls that cannot survive in a strict, ignorant world.
- DirectorSalvatore PiscicelliStarsIda Di BenedettoMarcella MichelangeliTommaso BiancoA love story between two women in the Naples outskirts, a universe so far away from the glare of modernity, turbid, rural, completely naked in its ugliness and sorrow, where "people are talking".
- DirectorDaniel FilhoStarsGlória PiresAndrea BeltrãoLília CabralAfter the death of their mother, four sisters gather to divide their inheritance, and bring back several family troubles.
- DirectorSteve BeckerStarsChris ElwoodLinda ShingEddie DanielsA rock & roll romantic comedy set in NYC about the pursuit of love, passion, and the meaning of life, all punctuated by an original, pulsating soundtrack and live performances by the all girl group MaxiTit.
- DirectorBeth BaileyStarsRuth BellaviaEric CubittMarlo DiCrastoAlexandra needs to leave behind her deceased ex-girlfriend. Donnie wants a partner for role-playing romps. Naomi seeks help her navigating through her spiritual doubts. Jill has an emotional debt to repay. Paul can't seem to find the right woman no matter how hard he tries. Stephanie only wants a hot fling. Jake thinks maybe he'll finally find a voluptuous pin-up to end his bachelor lifestyle. And, Anderson just craves a man to sweep him off his feet and into bed-or wherever. They make up four couples who find themselves drawn together through on-line personal ads. As they meet and go on first dates, these people explore themselves and each other through their conversations about politics, sex, pornography, infidelity, and religion. While all of the singles make discoveries, most of the realizations come at a price-which none of them is expecting. Getting Personal paints a comic and poignant portrait of human interaction in its myriad forms-love, lust, romantic relationships, or...just really bad dates.
- DirectorPhillip MarzellaStarsTessa WellsKaren PangPhillip MarzellaGreta is madly and deeply in lust for her straight room mate Cassandra. Too shy to confess her feelings, she writes passionate love letters, signing them "Jean Pierre." Her roommate is fixated so Greta hires an actor to play the fake Jean.
- DirectorSeiichi NomuraStarsAyanoErenaAyumi KinoshitaYoko and Hanayo fell in love while working together as manga artist at their university newspaper. The intensity of their affair was such that for years after their breakup Yoko avoided forming any new relationships. However, after finding employment as a photographer with a small magazine, Yoko meets Yuriko, an attractive editor, and sets upon a path to seduce her. Just when she thinks she has found a new life, Yoko has a chance encounter with Hanayo that triggers old feelings.
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsMeg ImperialAra MinaWendell RamosFifteen-year-old Jen doesn't have a very happy life - bullied by classmates, dumped by her boyfriend and picked on by her mom. Seeking comfort in a violent gang of girls led by her cousin, and in the arms of her Filipino teacher Ariel, things turn sour as he rejects her advances, and soon both are caught in lies that will change their lives forever.
- DirectorFernández ConstanzaStarsMoro AndreaFrancisca BernardiRomano KottowA MAP FOR A TALK is an independent project, an intimate play evolving around three main characters: an adult woman, her mother and her female lover. Two days in their lives occur in two opposing setting, everyday life in the demanding metropolis of Santiago and a sailboat trip cruising a beautiful bay. The three character remain trapped in a claustrophobic confrontation. The film dialogs with 'Knife in the water' from the side of women, an intense character drama with many involuntary humorous scenes. The eternal, never completed quest of seeing and recognizing the other as they are or, at least, as they want to be seen.
- DirectorNoelle BrowerMaggie BurkleCherien DabisStarsStephen AlexanderTony ArnaudMichele BalanThe D Word is a NYC parody of that 'other' Sapphic series. It follows a group of young queer friends and family as they stumble through work and sex lives with tongue placed firmly in cheek and other interesting bodily orifices.
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsRuffa GutierrezRufa Mae QuintoIza CalzadoThis Filipino story centers around four beautiful half-sisters each with a different lifestyle and unresolved issues on family, relationships, and personal hang-ups. Each sister is searching for answers on love and life. The sisters face a variety of challenges as they struggle and cope with life's trial and adversities in this charming comic drama from the Philippines.
- DirectorMiguel PicazoStarsCarmen MauraMercedes SampietroAurora BautistaIn the middle of the Spanish Golden Age, a Castilian convent is about to be closed and the nuns residing there dispersed. Then, one of the sisters comes up with a saving idea that could restore well-being to the community: to pretend that she has stigmata on her hands.