The Job

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In Slovakia, Andrej Dúbravský prepares for his Olomouc exhibition GOOD BOY. While creating intimate work in the midst of tranquil rural surroundings, he is facing homophobic criticism from government officials, highlighting tensions between personal expression, societal backlash, and the fight for LGBTQ+ visibility.

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Anita Louise Martinez dedicated fifty years to capturing Nova Scotia's queer and trans community, including the Wild Women Don't Get the Blues lesbian camping weekends of the 1980s and 1990s.

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A filmmaker revisits a 1997 second-grade memory, exploring her queer identity, a legendary PE teacher, and a mysterious plastic fish, questioning what it means to be seen before seeing yourself.

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Black. Brown. Trans. Cis. Queer. Immigrant. Full Bodied. Embodied. Femme. A conversation with women from Toronto's ballroom scene exploring the intersections of identity and how they channel the presence and power of womanism on the runway.

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An artist’s attempt to recreate experimental filmmaker Chris Marker’s Sans Soleil from memory. Working from fragments, the film weaves together into an engrossing narrative. It follows patterns of thought through material such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, WG Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn, Virginia Woolf’s The Waves, and combines it with personal, intimate footage, images of the Welsh landscape, San Francisco, and of course, Chris Marker’s favourite animal.

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say my names is a video that answers a frequently asked question...'but what is your name... really?' or 'but how do you want me to call you... which name?' So, after a few years of thinking, here is my answer in 100 words/100 second video.

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Interview with Gilbert Higgins, one of the 146 victims of the police raid on the Truxx, a gay bar on Stanley Street in Montreal, on the night of October 22, 1977. The reaction it triggered became one of the precursor events to the creation of what was first called Le Village de l’Est (in contrast to the gay bar sector west of downtown), then Le Village gai, and now simply Le Village.

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Chants d’amours is a powerful video work based on the appropriation of homophobic and transphobic slurs. By reinterpreting them, Lamathilde and her LGBTQ+ friends from Montreal transform stigma into poetic and political resistance, hoping to inspire more love, dignity, and resilience through words.

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A remix of sounds and images from the Prelinger Archives that feature fashion trends.

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The filmmaker, starting a documentary research, interviews clients from the Champs bar to understand the importance of lesbo-queer bars for the community.

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Stéphane’s sister attempts once more to convince him that he suffers from HIV/AIDS. This time, however, she has no intention of forcing him to go to a hospital. She has something different in mind...

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Through the game Final Fantasy XIV, we follow trans folks using the game to find a strong sense of community. They will discuss different topics related to gender, virtual life, identity and existing as a trans person.

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Madonna Swimming is a video work created from footage of Madonna's music videos, Madonna is a cultural figure of excess, and her iconography appropriated from a saturated visual culture. This video collects the leaking Madonna, her images of sexuality and religion, and ultimately presents a more ambiguous product.

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Un film original is a very short comedy, a parody of American features from the 90's or 2000's, in the shape of a storyboard. Jane leaves her family to live her life. She meets someone who turns her life upside down. Her life will change forever. Or not. Or maybe a little.