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When we talk to each other, we talk to ourselves. An exploration of queer lives and living; sometimes painful, sometimes joyful, always complicated and ALWAYS real.

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Breaking Silence[MADE AU CANADA]11 minutesThis programme includes 6 filmsDOCUMENTS96 minutes

Cole, a resilient transgender man, navigates his coming out journey within the confines of an all-girls school, while his mother confronts her own emotional struggles. Together, they learn to push societal norms and embrace the power of acceptance.

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Corps tannés (Worn Bodies)[Focus France]19 minutesThis programme includes 6 filmsDOCUMENTS96 minutes

At nightfall, the boxers of the La Frapppppe collective are training in a park in Marseille. Bodies are set into motion and start shaping a community of gestures, sensations, and emotions.

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Legacy of Joe Rose: Queer, Bars and Police Brutality[MADE AU CANADA]4 minutesThis programme includes 6 filmsDOCUMENTS96 minutes

A short queer history of violent police raids on queer bars between the 70s and 2000s, and the rise of LGBTQ+ communities fighting back. Tribute to Joe Rose.

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Mother23 minutesThis programme includes 6 filmsDOCUMENTS96 minutes

There hasn't been a lesbian bar in San Francisco for almost a decade. Driven by nostalgia for a time when queer women had spaces, Malia Spanyol, a self-identified dyke, sets out to build one for the next generation of women and femmes.

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Old Lesbians29 minutesThis programme includes 6 filmsDOCUMENTS96 minutes

For the last quarter century, Houston native Arden Eversmeyer journeyed across the country to record hundreds of oral "herstories" with a mostly invisible population that is rapidly disappearing. Old Lesbians honors Arden's legacy by animating the resilient, joyful voices she preserved in the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project, from first crush to first love, from the closet to coming out, and finally from loss to connection.

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Stud Country10 minutesThis programme includes 6 filmsDOCUMENTS96 minutes

Stud Country, the largest queer country western line dancing event in America, was created to preserve Los Angeles' little known 50+ year queer line dancing tradition. Despite its success and fiercely committed community, the event is set to lose its venue due to gentrification.