List of LGBT-related films of 2018 explained

Films

TitleDirectorCountryGenreCastNotesRef
1985 United States Drama Expansion of Tan's short film of the same name from 2016
5 Weddings United States
India
Canada
Drama
Alex Strangelove United States Comedy [1]
Andið eðlilega Iceland
Sweden
Belgium
Drama Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Babetida Sadjo, Patrik Nökkvi Pétursson
El Angel (El Ángel) Argentina Drama Lorenzo Ferro, Chino Darín, Mercedes Morán, Daniel Fanego, Luis Gnecco, Peter Lanzani, Cecilia Roth, Malena Villa
Austria Drama Sophie Stockinger, Kathrin Resetarits, Dominik Warta, Julia Franz Richter, Jack Hofer, Dominic Marcus Singer, Simon Morzé, Stefan Pohl [2]
Assassination Nation United States Comedy, Thriller [3]
Believer United States Documentary Dan Reynolds (singer with Imagine Dragons), Aja Volkman (Dan Reynolds wife), Ben McKee (Bassist with Imagine Dragons), Daniel Platzman (Drummer with Imagine Dragons), Wayne Sermon (Lead guitarist with Imagine Dragons), Tyler Glenn (singer with band Neon Trees), Savannah Skyler Dan helped organize the charity LOVELOUD Festival in Orem, Utah in support of Utah LGBTQ youth, to stop teen suicides [4]
Benjamin Comedy-drama
Blowin' Up United States Documentary Susan Liu and Toko Serita (first Japanese American female judge in New York) A group of women are trying change the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted in the US [5]
Bohemian Rhapsody United States
United Kingdom
Drama
Boy Erased United States Drama Released on November 2[6]
Bulbul Can Sing India Drama Arnali Das, Bonita Thakuriya, Manoranjoan Das [7]
Call Her Ganda United States Documentary Naomi Fontanos, Jennifer Laude (archive footage), Julita Laude (Jennifer's Mother), Virginia Lacsa Suarez, Meredith Talusan Follows the Death of Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, who was brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine and subsequent trial
Can You Ever Forgive Me? United States Drama
Carmen & Lola (Carmen y Lola) Spain Drama Moreno Borja, Carolina Yuste, Rosy Rodríguez, Zaira Morales, Rafaela León
Cassandro the Exotico! France Documentary
Colette United States
United Kingdom
Hungary
Drama based upon the life of the French novelist of the same name
Consequences (Posledice) Slovenia Drama Matej Zemljič, Timon Šturbej, Gašper Markun [8]
United States
United Kingdom
Drama, Short Susanne Sachße (billed as Susanne Sachsse), Dany Naierman, Lindsay Hicks, Fusako Shiotani, Cassils 29 mins long
Daddy Issues Amara Cash United States Drama
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan Canada Drama
Diamantino Portugal Drama Carloto Cotta
Disobedience United Kingdom
Ireland
United States
Drama Based on the novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman; released on April 28 (Premiered at 2017 Toronto International Film Festival)
Duck Butter United States Comedy-drama
Euphoria (Euforia) Italy Drama Riccardo Scamarcio, Valerio Mastandrea
Evening Shadows India Drama Mona Ambegaonkar, Anant Mahadevan (credited as Ananth Narayan Mahadevan)[9]
Every Day United States Romance, fantasy A teenager boy falls in love with a traveling spirit who experiences every day in the body of a different teenager.
Evidentiary Bodies United States Short drama 9 mins long [10]
The Favourite Ireland
United Kingdom
United States
Drama
Flawless Israel Drama [11]
Frig (film) FranceFrench art film Biño Sauitzvy, Gaëtan Vettier, Christine Mingo, Thomas Laroppe [12]
The Fruit Machine Canada Documentary film profiles the "fruit machine", a controversial device used by the Canadian government in the 1950s and 1960s in an attempt to identify LGBT employees and disqualify them from the civil service [13]
Game Girls France
Germany
Documentary Teri Rogers and her girlfriend Tiahna Follows a relationship in Los Angeles' Skid Row, aka the "homeless capital of the U.S."
Garbage India Drama Trimala Adhikari
Genesis (Genèse) Canada Drama Théodore Pellerin, Noée Abita, Pier-Luc Funk [14]
Giant Little Ones Canada Drama
Girl Belgium Drama
The Gospel of Eureka Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher United States Documentary [15] [16]
The Happy Prince United Kingdom Drama
Hard Paint (Tinta Bruta) Brazil Drama Shico Menegat, Bruno Fernandes, Guega Peixoto, Sandra Dani, Frederico Vasques
The Harvesters South Africa Drama Alex van Dyk, Brent Vermeulen, Juliana Venter, Morné Visser, Erika Wessels, Benre Labuschachne, Danny Keough, Roxana Kerdachi
Hearts Beat Loud United States Drama
The Heiresses (Las Herederas) Paraguay Drama Ana Brun, Margarita Irún, Ana Ivanova, María Martins, Alicia Guerra, Yverá Zayas
House of Hummingbird (Beol-sae) Kim Bo-ra South Korea Drama Park Ji-hu, Kim Sae-byuk, Lee Seung-yeon, Jung In-gi, Son Sang-yeon, Bak Su-yeon [17]
United States Comedy [18]
Ideal Home United States Comedy-drama
I Am Jonas (Jonas) France Drama Félix Maritaud, Nicolas Bauwens, Tommy-Lee Baïk, Aure Atika
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life Israel Documentary Jonathan Agassi, Michael Lucas
JT Leroy United States Drama
United States Drama Screenplay by Daniel Pearle, based on his stage play of the same name
Kingsway Canada Comedy, drama
Knife+Heart (Un couteau dans le cœur) France Drama
Lizzie United States Biography, thriller
Love Blooms (L'Amour debout) France Drama [19]
Love, Scott Canada Documentary Scott Jones [20]
Love, Simon United States Drama [21]
Making Montgomery Clift Robert Clift
Hillary Demmon
United States Documentary [22]
M/M Canada
Germany
Drama Antoine Lahaie, Nicolas Maxim Endlicher
Marilyn Argentina
Chile
Drama Walter Rodríguez, Catalina Saavedra, Germán de Silva
Mario Switzerland Romance, drama Max Hubacher, Aaron Altaras, Jessy Moravec
McQueen United States Documentary
United States Drama [23]
Mom + Mom (Mamma + Mamma) Italy Drama Linda Caridi, Maria Roveran [24]
Mr. SOUL! United States Documentary Ellis Haizlip
My Best Friend (Mi Mejor Amigo) Argentina Drama Angelo Mutti Spinetta, Lautaro Rodríguez [25]
The Night of All Nights (Die Nacht der Nächte) Germany Documentary Hildegard Rotthäuser, Heinz Rotthäuser, Kamala Nagarayya, Hampana Nagarayya, Shigeko Sugihara, Isao Sugihara, Norman MacArthur, Bill Novak
Njan Marykutty India Comedy, Drama The first Malayalam film to feature a trans woman as a protagonist. [26] [27]
Obscuro Barroco France
Greece
Documentary
Octavio Is Dead! Canada Supernatural drama
One of the Guys (Ti-Gars) Canada
France
Documentary Vincent Lamarre [28]
The Orphan (O Órfão) Brazil Short drama Kauan Alavrenga [29]
Papi Chulo Ireland
United States
Comedy-drama
France Drama Andranic Manet, Diane Rouxel, Jenna Thiam, Gonzague Van Bervesseles, Corentin Fila
The Pillar of Salt (Tuzdan Kaide) Turkey Drama Zinnure Türe, Dila Yumurtaci, Esme Madra, Banu Fotocan, Elit Iscan, Nihal G. Koldas, Reyhan Özdilek, Ayse Demirel, Bahar Çevik, Nazan Kesal, Nalan Kuruçim
Postcards from London Steve Mclean United Kingdom Drama
Prisoner of Society Rati Tsiteladze Georgia Documentary, short Adelina (transgender woman) 16 mins long [30]
Rafiki Kenya Drama
Red Cow (Para Aduma) Israel Drama
River's Edge Japan Drama
Sauvage (Savage or Wild) France Drama Félix Maritaud, Eric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla, Philippe Ohrel, Pavle Dragas, Mehdi Boudina, Azir Mustafic, Hassim Mohamed Saleh
Shakedown United States Documentary Egypt, Jazmyne, Junior, Mahogany, Ronnie-Ron, Slow-Wine, Keyonna Taylor
United States Documentary Yao, Yao's father and Yao's mother [31]
Skies Are Not Just Blue Canada Short, Documentary [32]
Sorry Angel (Plaire aimer et courir vite) France Drama
Splinters Canada Drama Adaptation of the play of the same name by Lee-Anne Poole
Studio 54 United States Documentary
United States Animation, Action, Fantasy
T.R.A.P. Argentina Short 16 mins long[33]
Tell It to the Bees United Kingdom Drama Based on the novel of the same name by Fiona Shaw
Third Wedding (Troisièmes noces) Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada Comedy-drama [34]
Touch Me Not Romania Drama Laura Benson, Tómas Lemarquis, Dirk Lange
Tranny Fag (Bixa Travesty) Brazil Documentary Linn da Quebrada (transgender Brazilian musician and activist)
Vice United States Biography
Vita and Virginia United Kingdom Drama Co-written by Eileen Atkins, based on her stage play of the same name
We the Animals Jerimiah Zagar United States Drama
What Keeps You Alive Canada Thriller
Where the Summer Goes (Onde o verão vai) Portugal Drama, short Miguel Amorim, Joana Peres, Rodrigo Tomás, Joana Petiz, André Simões, Rodolfo Major 21 mins long [35]
Yours in Sisterhood United States Documentary Various women [36]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alex Strangelove | SFFILM . 2018-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180418033332/https://www.sffilm.org/2018-sffilm-festival/festival-calendar/alex-strangelove . 2018-04-18 . dead .
  2. http://www.teddyaward.tv/de/programm/ 2018 Program
  3. Web site: Sundance Film Review: 'Assassination Nation'. Nicholson. Amy. January 22, 2018. Variety. August 13, 2018.
  4. Web site: Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds Confronts Mormon Church's LGBTQ Stance in Sundance-Bound Doc 'Believer'. Andrew. Barker. 29 November 2017. variety.com.
  5. https://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/tribeca-2018-gay-lesbian-movies-1201954348/ "Tribeca 2018: The Best LGBT Films to See at This Year’s Festival, From ‘Disobedience’ to ‘Studio 54’ Documentary"
  6. https://deadline.com/2017/06/boy-erased-focus-features-joel-edgerton-lucas-hedges-russell-crowe-nicole-kidman-1202117734/ "Focus Lands Joel Edgerton’s ‘Boy Erased’; Lucas Hedges, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman Star"
  7. Peter Knegt, "It's another queer year for TIFF — here are your 13 essential films". CBC Arts, August 29, 2018.
  8. Boyd van Hoeij, "'Consequences' ('Posiedice'): Film Review | TIFF 2018". The Hollywood Reporter, October 1, 2018.
  9. https://www.filmink.com.au/public-notice/indian-gay-film-evening-shadows-will-premiere-mardi-gras-film-festival-sydney/ "Indian Gay Film ‘Evening Shadows’ will premiere at Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney"
  10. Web site: Electronic Arts Intermix: Evidentiary Bodies, Barbara Hammer . www.eai.org . 10 September 2019.
  11. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Gay-themed-films-battle-for-the-Ophir-Prize-566614 "Gay-themed films battle for the Ophir Prize"
  12. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5788706/
  13. https://www.cbc.ca/arts/the-fruit-machine-why-every-canadian-should-learn-about-this-country-s-gay-purge-1.4678718 "The Fruit Machine: Why every Canadian should learn about this country's 'gay purge'"
  14. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/genesis-genese-1132342 "'Genesis' ('Genese'): Film Review | Locarno 2018"
  15. News: Nicholson . Amy . SXSW Film Review: 'The Gospel of Eureka' . March 7, 2019 . Variety . March 13, 2018.
  16. News: Uhlich . Keith . 'The Gospel of Eureka': Film Review . March 7, 2019 . The Hollywood Reporter . March 12, 2018.
  17. http://www.teddyaward.tv/en/program/ "Films 2019"
  18. http://www.newnownext.com/hurricane-bianca-2-bianca-del-rio-movie-release-date/11/2017/ "Batten Down The Hatches Because “Hurricane Bianca 2” Has A Release Date"
  19. Web site: Cannes 2018: Take a Look at the 15 Films Considered for This Year's Hornet-Sponsored Queer Palm. 8 May 2018 . . 8 May 2018.
  20. 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.
  21. https://ew.com/movies/2017/11/28/love-simon-trailer-nick-robinson/ "Love, Simon: Watch the first trailer for 2018's groundbreaking gay teen romance"
  22. Web site: Making Montgomery Clift LA Film Festival 2018 Clift Notes: The Full-er Monty. . September 28, 2018. September 16, 2020. live. Ed. Rampell. https://web.archive.org/web/20200916052148/https://freepress.org/article/making-montgomery-clift-la-film-festival-2018-clift-notes. September 16, 2020.
  23. http://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/38488/1/the-important-lgbt-films-coming-out-in-2018 "The important LGBT films that are coming out in 2018"
  24. Teresa Maddonni, "Con "Mamma + Mamma" racconto l'omogenitorialità e il desiderio di maternità attraverso il cinema". Huffington Post, June 12, 2019.
  25. Web site: Sat, June 2 – 2:30 PM – Cinestudio – Out Film CT – Connecticut's LGBT Film Festival. 29 May 2018 . outfilmct.org.
  26. News: Njan Marykutty review: The first-ever Malayalam movie to portray transgender with dignity and respect. Narayanan. Nirmal. International Business Times, India Edition. 23 June 2018.
  27. News: Njan Marykutty movie review: A breakthrough moment in Malayalam cinema. 2018-06-17. Deccan Chronicle. 23 June 2018. en.
  28. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/y-a-pas-deux-matins-pareils/segments/entrevue/85119/ti-gars-caporal-vincent-gabriel-lamarre "Vincent-Gabriel Lamarre raconte sa transition dans Ti-gars"
  29. James Prestridge, "Interview: Director Carolina Markowicz On Her Poignant Short Film ‘The Orphan’". Close-Up Culture, 15 January 2019.
  30. Web site: PRISONER OF SOCIETY Sections Golden Apricot . www.gaiff.am . 15 September 2019 . en.
  31. News: McNary . Dave . China Documentary 'The Silk and the Flame' Bought by Juno (EXCLUSIVE) . 15 September 2019 . Variety . 8 March 2018.
  32. Cara Powell, Liam McCloskey and Polina Gankina, "Queer immigrants and refugees take centre stage at Ottawa LGBT film festival". Capital Current, November 12, 2019.
  33. Web site: T.R.A.P. London Short Film Festival . shortfilms.org.uk . 15 September 2019.
  34. Aurore Engelen, "Review: Troisièmes noces". Cineuropa, 6 December 2018.
  35. Web site: Boyce . Laurence . Future Frames Review: Where the Summer Goes (Chapters on Youth) . Cineuropa - the best of european cinema . 15 September 2019 . en.
  36. News: BFI #LFF 2018: YOURS IN SISTERHOOD Film Review . 15 September 2019 . Frankly My Dear UK . 19 October 2018.