Blue (2011)

Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.

This romance movie has strong representation of Taiwanese people.

Eloquent and informative, Hajera Sheikh’s documentary Kathak: Dancing With Taboos tells a story of love for one’s culture and perseverance through adversity.

Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.

Adrian Chiarella’s Leviticus is a beautiful, poignant, enraging, gut-wrenching, and heartbreaking film about the trauma and harm conversion therapy inflicts on young queer people. Even though its classification as horror holds, the emotional bond between the two main characters, Naim and Ryan, elevates the story into a realistic romantic drama on par with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

This thrilling film about feminine rage and male hostility is an incredible depiction of the fragility of the male ego.