Alphabetical Listing of All Films

Adrift
Best of US & World Cinema
A poetic, sensual drama set in Vietnam about a sexually frustrated newlywed who sets off on a journey of erotic desire and sexual explorations.
Alex and Leo
Best of US & World Cinema
The sexual games people play —in this case, young hip Berliners — is the subject of this high energy ensemble comedy.
Arias With A Twist:The DocuFantasy
The Beats Go On Queer Artists in 1950s-90s New York
A wildly enjoyable documentary about performance artist Joey Arias and his puppeteer collaborator, Basil Twist.
Barbra-Palooza
Special Presentations
Barbra-Palooza: Barbra Karaoke
Special Presentations
Barbra-Palooza: Funny Girl
Special Presentations
BearCity
Centerpiece Screenings
Take a fantastic trip into the New York City Bear scene with this winning film from director Douglas Langway. A witty and sexy story of a group of big, hairy men – living, loving, and learning in the Big Apple.
Beautiful Darling: The Life And Times Of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar
The Beats Go On Queer Artists in 1950s-90s New York
The life of Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling, is lovingly revealed in this poignant and often funny documentary.
Benefit Dinner with Kelly McGillis
Parties and Events
Help sponsor The Philadelphia Cinema Alliance and QFest and chat one-on-one with Kelly McGillis over dinner and wine at the same time.
Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride
Best of US & World Cinema
A documentary exploring the role and relevance of Pride Celebrations, detailing the vast differences in Pride movements around the world.
Bloomington
Best of US & World Cinema
Destined to be a Sapphic classic like Loving Annabelle, a cute former child-star turns college student and embarks on a torrid love affair with a seductive female professor.
Children of God
Best of US & World Cinema
Finding inspiration in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Kareem Mortimer’s film is the tale of an intense romance between an artist and a closeted musician on a small island in the Bahamas.
Crush
Best of US & World Cinema
Get carried away to the place where love begins in this poignant new collection of shorts by Michael J. Saul. Touching, involving, and fresh —we are privy to an inside view of four very different relationships.
David's Birthday
Best of US & World Cinema
A sexy, over-the-top melodrama set against the operatic score of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. A happily married man finds himself sexually attracted to his friend's ravishingly handsome son. Death in Venice meets Lolita as if directed by Ken Russell!
Dearest Mother
Best of US & World Cinema
An older gay gentleman reminisces about his life, his loves and his own beloved mother while dressing and decorating a statue of “the Holy Mother.”
Deleted Scenes
Best of US & World Cinema
A chance meeting between two guys develops into a relationship, which the viewer gets to see from beginning to (maybe) end—via a series of fragmented scenes.
Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement
Best of US & World Cinema
Directed by Susan Muska and Gréta Olafsdóttir, winner of countless awards for Best Documentary at festivals around the world, this moving film is a love story about two remarkable women whose passion and commitment to each other is an inspiration to all.
Elena Undone
Opening Night Film
For the first time in QFest’s 16 year history, we are proud to present a film worthy enough to kick off our electrifying lesbian programming on Opening Night. Destiny brings two women from different walks of life serendipitously together in this enchanting homage to the power of love.
Elvis & Madona
Focus on: Latin American Cinema
A ditzy Copacabana drag queen and a butch lesbian fall in love in this enormously enjoyable post-queer comedy/drama.
Eyes Wide Open
Best of US & World Cinema
Much to the shock of their tightly-knit, ultra-Orthodox community in Jerusalem, a married butcher with four children falls in love with a twenty-something young man in this stunningly moving Israeli film.
Fashion Victim
Best of US & World Cinema
A truly original 16th century comedy about a gay fashion designer who is selected to make a wedding gown for a Spanish noble. "Project Runway" meets “Monty Python” in this hilarious farce.
Fierce & Funny
Shorts Programs
If you and your friends are in need of a good laugh, the seven short films in this program are likely to do the trick. Mixing awkward, endearing and completely ridiculous comedy, these are some of the funniest films we’ve found all year.
Fiona's Script
Best of US & World Cinema
A refreshing look at love, break-ups and hot hook-ups. A cute, twenty-something queer Latina daydreamer strives to find herself in this charming coming-of-age tale.
Flight of the Cardinal
Closing Night Film
A sense of dread and paranoia becomes increasingly intense in this thriller set in a remote lodge in the Smokey Mountains. With a Philadelphia cast and crew and atmospheric North Carolina locales, this tale of good and evil is a memorable feature to end this year's festival.
The Four-Faced Liar
Best of US & World Cinema
Named after a clock that fails to keep the same time on each of its four faces, The Four-Faced Liar is the Greenwich Village Irish bar that provides the backdrop to this screwball comedy of sexual confusion with lesbian inclinations!
From Beginning to End
Focus on: Latin American Cinema
This controversial Brazilian drama follows the love and sexual intimacy between two men…who are half-brothers.
Handsome Harry
Best of US & World Cinema
In this sublimely crafted, performance-driven drama, a closeted Navy vet sets out on a mission to reconnect with the one true love he betrayed and lost.
Hermafrodita
Focus on: Latin American Cinema
Based on a true story and set on the lushly tropical Dominican Republic, Albert Xavier’s Hermafrodita is a powerful drama about love between two people caught in the cross-hairs of sexual identity politics.
Howl
The Beats Go On Queer Artists in 1950s-90s New York
Assembling an all-star cast, directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman take viewers on a kaleidoscopic journey through the evolution of Allen Ginsberg’s classic four-part poem “Howl,” and the obscenity trial that ensued over its content.
I Killed My Mother
Centerpiece Screenings
A cute gay teen's fiery relationship with his mother drives this audacious, comedic debut from 20-year-old star/writer/producer/director, Xavier Dolan.
Is it Just Me?
Centerpiece Screenings
A witty, feel-good romantic comedy about a sexually-frustrated young man, his hunky go-go boy roomate and the man he meets in an online chatroom. Romance turns to chaos when a case of mistaken identity upsets his chance for true love.
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
The Beats Go On Queer Artists in 1950s-90s New York
A very personal portrait and homage to the artist Jena Michel Basquiat by his close friend filmmaker Tamra Davis.
The Last Summer of La Boyita
Focus on: Latin American Cinema
It’s the summer of changes, secrets and transformations in this touching coming-of-age story of the passage from childhood innocence to youthful adolescence.
LE TIGRE On Tour
Best of US & World Cinema
Fun, friskyand wildly entertaining are just a few adjectives that describe this luminous documentary that follows one of the most illustrious queer punk bands: Le Tigre!
Leading Ladies
Best of US & World Cinema
Gay and lesbian audiences will discover much to enjoy in this dramedy which is chock full of sparkly one-liners, vintage frocks and spectacular dance sequences. Choreographed by, and starring renowned ballroom and Latin dancer Melanie LaPatin and the 2006 winner of "You Think You Can Dance," Benji Schwimmer.
Leo's Room
Focus on: Latin American Cinema
Coming out is not easy for affable college student Leo in this funny and endearing comedy/drama.
Love Her or Leave Her
Shorts Programs
What is there to be said about lesbian relationships? They are intricate, intense, fervent, sometimes frustrating; and the entire dyke population knows your whole business! This program tackles the complexities of love as well as the romantic and hilarious situations that happen after girl meets girl.
A Marine Story
Centerpiece Screenings
Based on inspirationally true stories; an ex-Marine returns home from the war to start over, but not without crossing paths with a feisty young woman who needs discipline and direction.
Michael Lucas: Lip Service
Special Presentations
La Mission
Focus on: Latin American Cinema
Benjamin Bratt delivers the performance of his career as a macho yet loving Latino father who struggles to accept his teenage son’s homosexuality.
My Normal
Best of US & World Cinema
A sharply written and observed tale of a young lesbian who works for men as a dominatrix. After falling in love with a woman who disapproves of her whip-snapping profession, she seeks a legitimate film career.
Out of Annapolis
Best of US & World Cinema
Crisp story-telling and lively interview subjects make this documentary about LGBT graduates of the Annapolis U.S. Naval Academy a must-see for non-fiction film-lovers.
The Owls
Best of US & World Cinema
Gifted, pioneer filmmaker Cheryl Dunye (Watermelon Woman) is back with yet another landmark masterpiece that fuses a funny, frenetic thriller featuring an all-star lesbian cast with fascinating character study.
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
Best of US & World Cinema
A wildly funny farce about two Jewish parents who don't want to believe their son is gay. A great cast headed by the Jewish mother to end all Jewish mothers, Lainie Kazan.
The People I've Slept With
Best of US & World Cinema
From gay director Quentin Lee comes this sparkling comedy about a sex-loving woman who finds herself pregnant and wants to find the father—from her backlist of affairs.
Piggies
Best of US & World Cinema
A Polish boy gets caught up in the seedy world of child prostitution and its materialistic payoff in this controversial, transfixing drama.
Plan B
Focus on: Latin American Cinema
A decidedly different kind of sexual comedy—a straight guy plots to make his ex-girlfriend jealous by trying to seduce her new boyfriend. Complications arise.
Release
Best of US & World Cinema
Set in a hellish prison where violence and sexual degradation are the norm, a young priest and a prison guard fall secretly in love. From the maker's of last year’s hit, Shank.
Role/Play
Centerpiece Screenings
Two young gay men, both on the run from the tabloid press, meet in a Palm Springs resort in this World Premiere screening of Rob Williams' new film.
Secret Cinema: Madame X
Special Presentations
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania benefit party with the Secret Cinema screening of Madame X. Friday, July 16 6:00 pm - light food and drink 7:30 pm - film screening Admission: $20 minimum donation (tax deductable). Festival VIP passescannot be accepted. Prepaid reservations recommended. Digitas Health at The John Wanamaker Building, 11th floor 100 Penn Square East (use Juniper Street entrance), 1 Tickets and info: AIDS Law Project, (215) 587-9377, www.aidslawpa.org or www.thesecretcinema.com
Secret Cinema: This Nude World
Special Presentations
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Centerpiece Screenings
Considered by many to be the first modern lesbian, Anne Lister—born in the same era as Jane Austen—was an inspiring 19th-century landowner, industrialist and traveler. A prolific diarist, she detailed her observations on life, and her passionate affairs with other women in over four million words, one-sixth written in secret code!
Seeing Heaven
Best of US & World Cinema
A British psychological thriller about a young male prostitute haunted by visions of his long-gone twin brother who he believes was lured into the potentially dangerous world of porn.
Short, Sexy & Sweet
Shorts Programs
Scorching hot fantasies, first encounters, loving relationships, one-night stands. Whether they’re looking for “Mr. Right” or “Mr. Right Now,” the boys in these shorts are searching for someone special with whom to share their souls.
Shut Up and Kiss Me
Best of US & World Cinema
Ben’s friends think he is catch – smart, successful, sexy…and a commitmentphobe. Ben thinks he just hasn’t found the one. Find out who's right.
Straight & Butch
Best of US & World Cinema
A fascinating locally produced documentary on the making of an original photo calendar: that of one openly gay man (Butch Cordora) and twelve different straight men — posing together in the nude.
Strapped
Centerpiece Screenings
A handsome young prostitute learns about life and love during a sex-filled odyssey in an apartment building filled with strange inhabitants.
The String
Best of US & World Cinema
Set in Tunisia, this involving drama is about the love of two young men threatened by Muslim cultural oppression and Western class snobbery.
Swimming With Lesbians
Best of US & World Cinema
With an endearing tone, this documentary follows the proud residents of a working class city as they tirelessly work to ensure that they have their place in LGBT history.
Tales from the Closet
Shorts Programs
Not everyone is out and proud. These four stellar short films follow men and boys who either hide or aren’t completely aware of their sexual identity. This program offers a stark reminder that the closet can be a dark and scary place.
Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
Best of US & World Cinema
Only marginally queer (but enough for us!), this hard-hitting documentary on the Muslim punk rock scene in the States makes for an eye-opening, sensibilities-shaking, ear-ringing event.
Taxi zum Klo
Best of US & World Cinema
A one-time revival of one of the most successful and notorious gay-themed films of the 1980s: Taxi Zum Klo (Taxi to the Toilet) Want to see what life was like for a sexually promiscuous guy in pre-AIDS times? Check it out.
Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives
Best of US & World Cinema
A bevy of curvaceous but seriously pissed off trannies take bloody revenge on violent homophobes is this hilarious film, fashioned as a trannie homage to the pulp "classics" of the 1970s.
Undertow
Focus on: Latin American Cinema
Shot in a scenic Peruvian fishing village, Undertow is the emotionally powerful story of a secret love between a married man with a pregnant wife and an openly gay artist.
Violet Tendencies
Centerpiece Screenings
Meet Violet (Mindy Cohn, "The Facts of Life") – she’s forty, fabulous, surrounded by beautiful men and living a girl's New York City dream. Watch Violet breakdown - she’s forty, single, surrounded by beautiful gay men and is the last fag-hag standing in New York City.
What Now?
Shorts Programs
Female filmmakers, in general, are difficult to find. Lesbian filmmakers of color are even harder to find! That’s why, this year, we’re celebrating women of color in this program featuring two excellent shorts and two documentaries – one of which is local.
Wild About Harry
Best of US & World Cinema
A stylishly executed, ‘70s-based period piece, Wild About Harry follows two teenaged sisters as they attempt to come to terms with their semi-closeted father’s homosexuality and their community’s disapproval.
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
The Beats Go On Queer Artists in 1950s-90s New York
The first posthumous documentary about William S. Burroughs, Beat Generation author, artist, drug-addict and queer icon, traces the life of one of the most colorful men of the 20th century. Like Allen Ginsberg, Burroughs writings about homosexuality garnered accusations of obscenity but he and his his works have inspired later generations of alternative artists.
You Can't Have It All
Opening Night Film
Our co-Opening Night feature is the World Premiere screening of You Can't Have It All, a sparkling, wacky comedy about finding love.
You Should Meet My Son!
Best of US & World Cinema
Family values just the way we love them, and lots of laughs in this wonderfully joyous film about a pair of Southern women who try and set their son/nephew up with the right man.
TBA
Best of US & World Cinema