Dark Star Pictures released the official trailer for Henrika Kull’s Bliss (Glück), an unconventional LGBTQ love story set in the world of sex workers. Katharina Behrens, Ian Hansen, and Maria Mägdefrau star in this beautiful romantic drama out of Germany.
Kino Lorber will release Private Desert (Deserto Particular), the latest feature from Brazilian director Aly Muritiba (Rust, To My Beloved). Described as “a triumphant affirmation of queer love”, the drama opens Friday, August 26 at the Quad Cinema in New York City and on Friday, September 9 at the Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles, followed by other select cities nationwide.
Nicholas Stoller’s Bros, the gay romantic comedy featuring an entirely 2SLGBTQIA+ principal cast will have its World Premiere at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
XYZ Films debuted the official trailer for Hypochondriac, the LGBTQ horror-thriller starring Zach Villa, Devon Graye, Paget Brewster, Marlene Forte, Madeline Zima, Yumarie Morales, and Chris Doubek.
Out Film CT announced the winners of the 35th Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival with the Jury Awards – for Feature Film going to Finlandia, and for Documentary going to Prognosis – Notes on Living. The Audience Awards for Best Feature went to Mascarpone, and for Best Documentary went to Invisible.
Directed by Leland Montgomery, the indie gay romance drama Hotter Up Close starring Christopher Matias Aguila (The Non Essentials) makes its LA Premiere at Dances with Films film festival on June 13, 2022.
Donna, a documentary film by award-winning Welsh filmmaker, Jay Bedwani will premiere at Frameline46 San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival at the Castro Theater on June 25 at the height of San Francisco’s Pride Week. The film paints an intimate and candid portrait of Bay Area trans activist, artist, performer and personality, Donna Personna, who was 60 when she made her drag debut at the iconic Aunt Charlie’s.
Kino Lorber will release Chase Joynt’s innovative hybrid film Framing Agnes, which explores the lived experiences of trans people past and present through reenactments of transcripts from a UCLA gender study conducted in the 1960s. The film will make its New York premiere at NewFest on June 5, followed by a theatrical release from Kino Lorber in December.
The official trailer is here for Anything’s Possible, Billy Porter’s feature directorial debut starring Eva Reign and Abubakr Ali, and Reneé Elise Goldsberry. The coming-of-age romance drama launches globally on July 22, 2022, exclusively on Prime Video.
Emily Branham’s first feature documentary Being Bebe roars into Pride Month on June 7th on Video on Demand and will make its Broadcast Premiere on Fuse in the U.S. and OUTtv in Canada on June 21st.
Andrew Ahn’s new film Fire Island, starring Bowen Yang and Joel Kim Booster, will open the 2nd edition of NewFest Pride, the summer series of NewFest, the New York LGBTQ+ film and media organization.
Here is the official trailer for Workhorse Queen – an intimate exploration, through a tender mix of touching moments and wise-cracking humor, of the complexities of reality television’s impact on queer performance culture.