An ode to the queers who have to hide, who can’t share their love, who keep waiting for spring, for one day those hearts will stop bleeding.

HUNDEFREUND
by Maissa Lihedheb, Germany 2022, 18'
A date takes an unexpected turn in this meditation on race, politics and history in Germany.

MUSLIM MINGLE
by Reem Morsi, USA 2022, 7'
An awkward, people-pleasing Arab immigrant finally decides to come out to his fiancee then his mom walks in on them.

LA DANSE DU PRINTEMPS
by Sido Lansari, France/Morocco 2022, 8'
On a spring day, a family celebrates the new season with a picnic in the woods of Casablanca’s surroundings. The sun beats down, darting its rays through the trees and lighting up the scenery. Suddenly, the kid starts dancing.

HABIB AND THE THIEF
by Naures Sager, Sweden 2021, 15'
Two Arab men are playing a sexy game but get interrupted by one of their biggest fears – a threat from the Arab world.

KOOSEH
by Behzad Azadi, Iran 2020, 19'
Samim, a teenage Afghan refugee, works illegally in a ceremony salon in Tehran. They are little by little embracing their sexuality as a girl in a young boy’s figure. Djalal, the head attendant, has his eyes on Samim and finds out about their secret. He makes a move to take advantage of this.

GUEST*HOUSE
by Ömer Tevfik Erten, Turkey 2019, 10'
Trans individuals, who are deprived of their right to work due to their gender identity, become a more vulnerable group in Turkey, especially in cases involving illness and old age.
In 2012, following the initiative of the Istanbul LGBTI Solidarity Association, the Trans Guest House was opened for trans individuals who are in distress, have no place to stay, and are exposed to violence. The short documentary film “Guest*House”, together with the photographs Ömer Tevfik Erten took in the guesthouse in 2014, is the gateway to the trans solidarity organized for the sustainability of the Trans Guesthouse and the search for a “safe space” for the people who temporarily host the guest house.