7 queer film tips for you to watch this summer

In 2018, Dalton Harris, a young musician from rural Jamaica, became the first Black man to win The X Factor UK. This coming-of-age documentary follows him over four years as he fights for fame, love, and acceptance, while grappling with dangerous accusations regarding his sexuality and mental health.

Sylvie Bianchi finds a moving love story in a box of grandmother's diaries, letters, photographs and Super 8 films. Nelly and Nadine met in Ravensbrück concentration camp on Christmas Eve 1944 and continued their relationship after the war in Venezuela. A heartwarming story that remained hidden for years.

‘Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,’ but Kena and Ziki want more. Despite the political strife between their families, they stay together. When their love blossoms, they must choose between happiness and safety.

In a remote village in New Mexico, the life of gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) is completely turned upside down when bodybuilder Jackie shows up at her gym. Jackie, who works at the shooting range of Lou's criminal father (Ed Harris), puts everything into training for the most important bodybuilding competition in Las Vegas, something Lou is only too happy to help her with. This gory thriller did not run at our festival, but it will soon be available to watch via our friends at Picl and too surprising not to include in this list.

Halim and Mina own a kaftan shop in Salé, Morocco. In their caring relationship, they have a tacit understanding about Halim's homosexuality. Their balanced life is disrupted by the arrival of apprentice Youssef and Mina's illness. Delicate and enchanting, like the kaftan in the title.

In FEMME, we follow Jules, one of London's most popular drag queens. After a violent homophobic attack, he stops performing and retreats. As he tries to pick up his life again, he runs into one of his attackers in a gay sauna. It seems the perfect opportunity for revenge, but is that really what Jules is looking for?

Love & Revolution is set in Seville, 1977. Reme is proud that her son Miguel will be the first in the family to go to university. But what Miguel really wants is to become an artist and sing in a popular television competition. At a time when homosexuality is a crime in Spain, Reme will also discover who her son's new friends are: the emerging Andalusian LGTBI movement, paradoxically born in the bosom of the Church.