Jose Enrique Tiglao’s feature debut boldly carves a new space for an honest intersex coming-of-age story, one that is equal parts intimate nuances and explosive feeling. Fourteen-year-old Adam, an outcast who keeps to himself aside from the occasional fist fight at school, has identified as male up until the day he unexpectedly starts menstruating. Thus begins a journey of discovering he is intersex.

In one of the queer standouts at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, a veteran sex worker Sascha (Katharina Behrens) embarks on a passionate affair with the new girl at her brothel, Maria (Adam Hoya). Anchored by two riveting central performances, Henrika Kull's sensual sophomore feature explores the women's hard-edged world and finds a fresh and surprising intimacy.

In 1999, a groundbreaking documentary on gender fluidity hit the screen; Monika Treut’s Gendernauts (Frameline23) illuminated the shifting nature of gender through the eyes and lives of several unapologetic, iconic San Franciscans. Twenty years later, Treut returned to the city to document where time and life have led the pioneering gendernauts.

A moving portrait of unconditional love, gay identity, and the ties that bind—centering around a trio of people who form their own chosen family within the confines of their apartment building. Over the past five years, kind-hearted gay man Mr. Lin has formed a rich, caring bond with the aging Mrs. Chou and her young grandson—moving far beyond the expected tenant-landlord dynamics. When Mrs. Chou dies unexpectedly, complicated questions of inheritance and guardianship quickly arise.