continuing our cinematic voyage of discovery and through queer realities, the collection of transition queer shorts promises a damn good variety of queer highlights! the films put queer bodies in the spotlight and are breaking new ground in film production. purposefully proclaiming lgbtqia+ pride, these films are an expression of body positivity and a demand for visibility for people and sexualities that are hardly represented in mainstream culture.

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AUSTRIAN PREMIERE
A devastating earthquake hits Oaxaca and causes hundreds to fall victims to its effects. The drastic physical effects are felt in Mexico while across the globe its emotional effects are felt in Finland. This seismic movement has caused an emotional tremor in the lives of people with secrets, frustrations, and hidden relationships that will materialise amongst the debris, screams, and dust. After this earthquake, nothing will be the same for the lives of the Muxes.

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Mixed follows Howard J Davis aka Haui in his feature film directing debut, as he navigates what it means to be BIPOC and LGTBQ+. Haui’s mixed-up manifesto demands that we celebrate the existence of being “other” and different on the journey to finding inner cohesion.

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Five scrappy queer comic book artists journey from DIY work and isolation to the cover of Time Magazine and the international stage, offering a fascinating window into everything from the AIDS crisis and workplace discrimination to the search for love and a good haircut. Their work and personal stories are sure to make you laugh, but also make you think about the challenges and triumphs encountered and overcome along the way.

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After losing their mother, Mía and Moi take refuge in a ramshackle family home, in the countryside, in the middle of nowhere. With them, Biel, Moi’s boyfriend. Together the three of them try to rest and heal the wounds. Especially in the case of Moi, who is recovering from a severe nervous breakdown. These are days of recovering family memories, some of them painful, of meeting again, of living without haste. The arrival of Mikel, Mía’s boyfriend, will alter the coexistence and disturb each of the inhabitants of the house in different ways. The tension grows until it explodes in an act of violence with irreversible consequences.

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In 1994, a closeted teen struggles to part ways with his 4 high school drama friends at their final murder mystery party before they leave for college.

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A strong story about a transgender girl in Iran who is finding a rich man to pay for her gender operation, only to find out that it was just a horrific plan against her. “May Gender Dysphoria be the right answer to this question? In simple words, how can someone accept to live in a body not belonging to him/her?”

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It’s the summer of ’75 in Sines, Portugal. Al Berto, the writer, embodies an entire moving generation. He and his friends exude youth, eccentricity and hope for the future – but right after the fall of Portugal’s dictatorship system, the country is not yet ready for this love story.

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Six trans women travel to a small town in Spain where they will explore unusual landscapes, as well as the ins and outs of their own personalities.

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Who killed Marsha P. Johnson? When the beloved, self-described “street queen” of NY’s Christopher Street was found floating in the Hudson River in 1992, the NYPD called her death a suicide. Protests erupted but the police remained impassive and refused to investigate. Now, twenty-five years on, Academy Award® nominated director and journalist David France (How to Survive a Plague) examines Marsha’s death—and her extraordinary life—in his new film.

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The story of two women who begin to question their belief in love and the laws of physics. As teenagers, Eren, the daughter of a powerful member of the Turkish parliament, and Reyhan, the daughter of the keeper in the summer house that Eren’s family owns, fall deeply in love. Their ill-fated love affair gets ended abruptly and forcibly by Eren’s parents. 20 years later, they cross paths again and embark on a day-long journey around the stunning island of Büyükada near Istanbul. Together they try to lift an old love spell, which Reyhan had put on Eren, while taking a trip down memory lane. Ümit Ünal’s film is a nostalgic and modern melodrama and a queer response to conventional and heteronormative currents within Turkish cinema.

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OPENING FILM

Umut is a gentle and quiet high-school senior, trying to live his life in a complicated world. His parents, Selma and Sinan, are frustrated with each other after years of marriage. All three are dissatisfied with their lives. When a rumor starts regarding his orientation, Umut refuses to comment, feeling the world has no right to know either way. While Selma and Sinan pull at the edges of their relationship, Umut’s situation spirals out of control, until one day he disappears. As they search for their son, Selma & Sinan come to realize that they have been lost themselves. Facing an uncertain future, they must come to terms with  their lack of answers to life.

Tickets: 8€
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springtime in berlin. the relation between marcus and claudia has reached a downturn. marcus doesn’t know where to go and seeks refuge at his sister jana. however, jana and claudia get to know each other – none of the three is aware of the interconnections. the two women fall in love, while homeless marcus finds himself more and more marginalized…

Tickets: 8€
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