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.

Recipient of the Teddy Jury Award at this year's Berlin International Film Festival for both its craftsmanship and its profoundly honest look at one couple’s struggle to live openly, Instructions for Survival is an exquisite and timely documentary portrait.

The rolling vineyards and sun-washed French villages may be ancient, but the shifting dynamics of a polyamorous relationship are fresh and tingling in this contemporary romance set in the picturesque South of France. Bertie, is having trouble adjusting to her sultry surroundings and a new language. To lift her spirits, her husband encourages a visit from Lane, hoping to recapture the free-spirited relationship that they all used to share.

With their long, wild hair now streaked with gray, if not outright white, the women of Fanny still know how to rock. The band — comprised at various times of musically self-taught sisters June and Jean Millington, Brie Howard Darling, Nickey Barclay, Alice de Buhr, and Patti Quatro — kicked down the door for the likes of The Runaways and The Go-Go’s by being the first all-woman rock band to release an album with a major record company.