List of LGBT-related films of 2017 explained

Films

TitleDirectorCountryGenreCastNotesRef
Abu Canada Documentary [1]
Alifu, the Prince/ss Wang Yu-lin Taiwan Drama Utjung Tjakivalid
Allure Canada Thriller drama
Anything Timothy McNeil United States Romantic drama [2]
Axolotl Overkill Germany Drama Based on Hegemann's novel of the same name
Battle of the Sexes United States Comedy-drama, Sport [3]
Bayard & Me United States Documentary, Short
Beach Rats United States Drama [4]
Believer United States Documentary [5]
Bones of Contention United States Documentary Miguel Ángel Muñoz (Narrator), Laura García Lorca, Emilio Silva, Antoni Ruiz, Isabel Franc, Empar Pineda, Fernando Valverde, Silvia Reyes, Miguel Caballero Stories of LGBT people during Spain's fascist regime [6]
BPM (Beats per Minute) France Drama Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz, Felix Marituad, Médhi Touré, Aloïse Sauvage, Simon Bourgade, Catherine Vinatier, Saadia Ben Taieb, Ariel Borenstein, Théophile Ray, Simon Guélat, Jean François Auguste [7]
The Cakemaker Israel
Germany
Drama Sarah Adler, Zohar Strauss, Tim Kalkhof, Roy Miller, Tamir Ben-Yehuda [8]
Call Me by Your Name Italy Drama
The Carmilla Movie Canada Drama
Casa Roshell Mexico
Chile
Documentary Roshell Terranova, Liliana Alba, Lia García, Diego Alberico, Cristian Aravena Casa Roshell is a place where men who want to be women in secret
Casting Germany Comedy, Drama
The Chances United States Drama Josh Feldman, Shoshonnah Stern
Chavela United States Documentary
Close-Knit (彼らが本気で編むときは、) Japan Drama
Coby France Documentary Coby, Jacob Hunt, Sara Mound, Ellen Richards-Hunt Story of a transgender person and family in Ohio
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson United States Documentary
Discreet United States Drama Jonny Mars, Atsuko Okatsuka, Joy Cunningham, Jordan Elsass, João Federici, Ed Hattaway
Disobedience Drama
Germany Documentary Michael A., Amit, Michael Anastasio, Ansgar, Daniel B. On a cruise only for gay men promising seven days of sunshine, love and freedom, appear five men from five countries
Dressed for Pleasure (Je fais où tu me dis) Switzerland Short Angélique Bridoux, Nathalie Cuenet, Naëlle Dariya, Vincent Chaumont, Raphaël Tschudi 17 mins long [9]
United States Documentary Archive footage of; Jack Smith (film director), Mario Montez, Beverly Grant, Tony Conrad, Agosto Machado, Francis Francine (actress), Irving Rosenthal (journalist), Tally Brown, Mary Waronor, [10]
A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantástica) Chile Drama
The Feels United States Comedy Constance Wu, Angela Trimbur, Josh Fadem, Ever Mainard [11]
Final Stage Germany Short Aaron Hilmer and Fynn Grossmann 27 min (happy end) or 32 min (sad end)
Fluidø Germany Science fiction Caprice Crawford, William E. Morris
For Nonna Anna Canada Short drama Maya Henry, Jacqueline Tarne [12]
Freak Show United States Drama
God's Own Country Francis Lee United Kingdom Drama
Golden Years France Drama Based on the non fiction book La garconne et l'assassin (The Flapper and the Killer) by Fabrice Virgili and Daniele Voldman
Hello Again United States Musical
Hidden Kisses France Drama Bérenger Anceaux
How to Talk to Girls at Parties United States
United Kingdom
I Dream in Another Language (Sueño en otro idioma) Mexico Drama Fernando Álvarez Rebeil, José Manuel Poncelis, Eligo Meléndez, Fátima Molina, Norma Angélica
If Not Love United States Short, Drama Zachary Booth, Mitchell Winter
In a Heartbeat Esteban Bravo, Beth David United States Animated short
Just Like Our Parents (Como nossos pais) Brazil Drama
Marguerite Canada Short, Drama
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Indonesia Drama Marsha Timothy, Yoga Pratama, Egy Fedly, Dea Panendra
Method South Korea Drama
The Misandrists Germany
Canada
Drama Susanne Sachße, Viva Ruiz, Kembra Pfahler, Caprice Crawford, Grete Gehrke
A Moment in the Reeds Mikko Mäkelä Finland Romantic drama Janne Puustinen, Boodi Kabbani Most dialogue in English [13]
Montana Israel Drama Noa Biron, Netta Shpigelman, Avi Malka, Keren Tsur
My Days of Mercy United Kingdom Drama
My Gay Sister (Min Homosyster) Sweden
Norway
Short Erika Coleman, Tina Pour Davoy, Juliette Safavi 15 mins long
My Wonderful West Berlin (Mein wunderbares West-Berlin) Germany Documentary, Biography, History Mabel Aschenneller, Wolfgang Cihlarz, Rolf Eden, Egmont Fassbinder, Romy Haag, Peter Hedenström (Journalist), Gerhard Hoffmann, Manuela Kay, René Koch, Patsy L'Amour LaLove, Wilfried Laule, Dirk Ludigs (Journalist), Detlef Mücke (politician), Wolfgang Müller (actor and comedian) and Aron Neubert
Never Steady, Never Still Canada Drama Shirley Henderson, Nicholas Campbell, Theodore Pellerin
The Prince of Nothingwood (also known as Nothingwood) France
Germany
Documentary Qurban Ali Afzali (cross dressing actor) and Salim Shaheen (director) Follows a film mogul in Afghanistan and his actor friend [14] [15]
Neruppu Da B. Ashok Kumar India Thriller
Brandon Gross, Skyler Gross Canada Documentary Ruth Blank, Roman Blank [16]
United States Documentary, Short Daniel Ashley Pierce
The Party United Kingdom Comedy
Paths (Ein Weg) Germany Drama Mike Hoffmann, Mathis Reinhardt, Cai Cohrs, Tom Böttcher, Eva Horacek
Porcupine Lake Canada Drama
Pre-Drink Canada Short, Drama Alex Trahan, Pascale Drevillon
Princess Cyd United States Drama Rebecca Spence, Jessie Pinnick [17]
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women United States Drama
Germany Documentary [18]
Rebels on Pointe Canada Documentary [19]
Retablo Peru Drama
Rough Night United States Comedy
Saturday Church Damon Cardasis United States Musical, drama
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood United States Documentary
Sebastian Canada Romantic drama Expansion of the 2014 short film of the same name, which was also written by Fanizza, but directed by Ricky Bryant
Signature Move United States Romantic comedy Fawzia Mirza, Shabana Azmi, Sari Sanchez
Skins (Pieles) Spain Drama
Small Talk (Ri Chang Dui Hua) Taiwan Documentary Huang (director) and her lesbian mother A-nu (also a Taoist priestess)
Soldiers, Story from Ferentari Romania Drama Vasile Pavel, Adrian Schiop, Ștefan Iancu, Dan Bursuc
Speech & Debate United States Dramedy
Take a Walk on the Wildside Canada Documentary Patricia Ann Aldridge About a clothing store in Toronto, Ontario which caters to the unique needs of cross-dressing men [20]
Tellin' Dad United Kingdom Short, drama
The Taste of Betel Nut (Bing lang xue) Hong Kong Drama Bingrui Zhao, Yue Yue, Shen Shi Yu
Thelma Norway Supernatural drama Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen [21]
They United States Drama Rhys Fehrenbacher
United States Documentary
Tom of Finland Finland Drama
Transformer Canada Documentary
Ulrike's Brain Canada
Germany
Drama Susanne Sachße
Venus Canada Comedy-drama [22]
We Forgot to Break Up Canada Short, Drama Adapted from the novel Heidegger Stairwell by Kayt Burgess[23]
Wild Mouse (Wilde Maus) Austria Comedy
The Wound John Trengove South Africa Drama Nakhane Touré, Bongile Mantsai, Niza Jay Ncoyini

Notes and References

  1. Aparita Bhandari, "In his feature debut, documentary filmmaker Arshad Khan opens his living room to the world". The Globe and Mail, March 29, 2018.
  2. Web site: ‘Anything’ First Look: Matt Bomer Stars As Transgender Woman In L.A Film Festival Movie. Patrick. Hipes. Deadline Hollywood. June 13, 2017. October 9, 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170617005446/http://deadline.com/2017/06/anything-movie-matt-bomer-transgender-woman-john-carroll-lynch-video-1202112443. June 17, 2017.
  3. Peter Knegt, "It's already been a massive year for LGBTQ film — but at TIFF, the spotlight finally turns to women". CBC Arts, September 7, 2017.
  4. http://www.newnownext.com/whats-queer-at-the-2017-sundance-film-festival/12/2016/ "What’s Queer At The 2017 Sundance Film Festival?"
  5. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2018/01/26/imagine-dragons-singer-hopes-sundance-film-about-lgbt-mormons-inspires-real-change-by-religions-leaders.html "Imagine Dragons singer hopes Sundance film about LGBT Mormons inspires real change by religion’s leaders"
  6. http://blog.teddyaward.tv/en/2017/01/31/all-films-at-the-31st-teddy-award/#more-1759 "All Films at the 31st TEDDY AWARD"
  7. http://tetu.com/2017/05/04/queer-palm-festival-de-cannes-films-competition/ "EXCLUSIVITÉ TÊTU : Tous les films en compétition de la Queer Palm au Festival de Cannes"
  8. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Gay-themed-films-battle-for-the-Ophir-Prize-566614 "Gay-themed films battle for the Ophir Prize"
  9. Web site: SWISS FILMS: Je fais où tu me dis . www.swissfilms.ch . 9 September 2019.
  10. News: DeFore . John . 'Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith': Film Review . 10 September 2019 . The Hollywood Reporter . 26 April 2017 . en.
  11. https://www.indiewire.com/2017/06/the-feels-constance-wu-lesbian-comedy-1201839019/ "‘The Feels’: Constance Wu Stars in Lesbian Comedy That Amusingly Untangles Differences Between the Sexes"
  12. Peter Knegt, "This filmmaker is pushing beyond 'sensational' trans narratives with a love letter to their nonna". CBC Arts, January 16, 2018.
  13. News: 24 March 2018 . Film Inquiry . 11 October 2017 . BFI London Film Festival: Week 3 – Awards Contenders & Hidden Gems . Alastair . Ryder.
  14. News: Kermode . Mark . The Prince of Nothingwood review – magical and intrepid . 4 September 2019 . The Guardian . 17 December 2017.
  15. News: Jolin . Dan . The Prince Of Nothingwood . 4 September 2019 . Empire . 15 December 2017 . en.
  16. https://www.cjnews.com/culture/new-film-is-a-survivors-love-story-game-changing-secret "A survivors’ love story, and a game-changing secret"
  17. Web site: Dry. Jude. The 11 Most Exciting Queer Films of 2017 So Far. Indiewire. September 12, 2017. en.
  18. Peter Knegt, "What's queer at Hot Docs? A guide to everything LGBTQ at North America's biggest documentary event". CBC Arts, April 25, 2018.
  19. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/movies/rebels-on-pointe-review.html "Review: ‘Rebels on Pointe,’ and in Tutus"
  20. http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/the-pov-interview-lisa-rideout-talks-take-a-walk-on-the-wild-side "The POV Interview: Lisa Rideout Talks ‘Take a Walk on the Wild Side’"
  21. Web site: Pahle . Rebecca. Power and Control: Joachim Trier adds another great to 2017's slate of LGBT films with supernatural drama 'Thelma'. Film Journal International. November 7, 2017. 24 June 2018.
  22. https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/venus-transgender-eisha-marjara/ "Venus tackles a transgender story from an immigrant lens"
  23. http://www.cjnews.com/culture/we-forgot-break-up-tiff "WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP PREMIERES AT TIFF"