| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 365 Without 377 | India Italy | Documentary | Beena, Pallav and Abheena | Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code criminalizes any sexual acts between consenting adults of the same sex, stigmatizing them as 'against the order of nature'. On 2 July 2009 the Delhi High Court passed a landmark judgment scrapped this clause, thus the Indian LGBTQ community in Bombay celebrate.[1] It won the Turin LGBT Film Fest award in 2011.[2] | ||
| Abrupt Decision | United States | Drama | Steve Callahan, David LaDuca, Cynthia Schiebel, Jacquelyn Lies, Paul Bright, Peggy Mae Binn, Matthew Burnett | [3] | ||
| The Advocate for Fagdom | France | Documentary | Interviews with; Glenn Belverio, Bruce Benderson, Rick Castro, Jey Crisfar, Vaginal Davis, Richard Kern, Harmony Korine, Daniel Nicoletta, Javier Peres, Kembra Pfahler | About the work of queercore filmmaker Bruce LaBruce,[4] with a title credited to Kurt Cobain[5] | ||
| Albert Nobbs | Ireland | Drama | Based on the play The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs by Simone Benmussa, which itself is based on a novella by George Moore; coincidentally, Close starred in the title role when the play premiered Off-Broadway in 1982 | |||
| American Translation | France | Drama | Pierre Perrier, Lizzie Brocheré, Jean-Marc Barr, Gray Orsatelli, Marc Rioufol, Manon Klein, Arthur Harel, Thomas Rouer, Astrid Vermeulin, Pierre-Yves Kiebbe, Arnaud Koller, Zoe Schellenberg, Benjamin Bollen, Laurent Delbecque, Ionita Radu Georgescu, Djedje Apali, Ombeline of Lavenère | |||
| Angel | France | Documentary | Angel is a former boxer from Ecuador, now a transsexual prostitute in France, also known as Mujeron (the big woman in Spanish) | Produced in 2009[6] | ||
| (A)Sexual | United States | Documentary | [7] | |||
| August | United States | Drama, romance | Murray Bartlett, Edward Conna, Adrian Gonzalez, Daniel Dugan, Kevin McShane, Hank Ignacio, Bernhard Forcher, Maria Chung, Brad Standley | Rapaport's first full-length effort | ||
| Absent (Ausente) | Argentina | Drama | Carlos Echevarría, Javier De Pietro, Antonella Costa, Rocío Pavón, Alejandro Barbero | Winner of the 2011 Teddy Award for Best Feature Film | ||
| Bad Romance | François Chang | China | Romance, drama | Nranus Chen, Jason Lau, Hayden Leung, Will Bay, Chan Chan, François Chang, Macha Hsiao | ||
| The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye | United States Germany United Kingdom Netherlands Belgium France | Documentary | Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge (his wife), Big Boy Breyer P'Orridge, Edley ODowd, David Max, Alice Genese, Markus Persson and Bryin Dall | [8] [9] Winner of the 2011 Teddy Award for Best Documentary[10] | ||
| Beauty (Skoonheid) | South Africa France Germany | Drama | Deon Lotz, Roeline Daneel, Sue Diepeveen, Charlie Keegan, Albert Maritz, Michelle Scott | |||
| Becoming Chaz | United States | Documentary | Premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival[11] | |||
| Blinders | United States | Short, drama | Filmed over the Memorial Day weekend.[12] | |||
| Break My Fall | United Kingdom | Drama | Kat Redstone, Sophie Anderson, Kai Brandon Ly, Collin Clay Chace, Morgan Rhys, Yariv Perelmuter, Anthony Walker, Rob Schwarz, Timberlina, Chéo Rhodes | [13] [14] | ||
| Boys Village | United Kingdom Germany | Short, drama, fantasy, horror | Benjamin Thorne, Andrew McQueen, Hannah-Rose Jones, Jack Jones, Owain Collins | 22 minutes long,[15] [16] it was also released on DVD as part of the Peccadillo Pictures release Boys On Film X.[17] | ||
| Bye Bye Blondie | France | Comedy, drama | Emmanuelle Béart, Béatrice Dalle, Soko, Clara Ponsot, Pascal Greggory, Stomy Bugsy, Sasha Andres | |||
| Buffering | United Kingdom | Comedy | Alex Anthony, Conner Mckenzy, Jessica Matthews, Oliver Park, Bernie Hodges, Tony Banham and Ryan Spong | [18] [19] | ||
| Christopher and His Kind | United Kingdom | Drama | TV movie; based on Christopher Isherwood's memoir of the same name | |||
| Cibrâil – Eine Liebe in Berlin | Germany | Drama | Sinan Hancili, Engin Sert, Martina Hesse, Peter Beck, Volker Figge, Oliver Weidner | aka The Visitor[20] | ||
| Cinema Verite | United States | Drama | Fictionalized account of the production of An American Family | |||
| Circumstance | United States France Iran | Drama | Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy, Reza Sixo Safai, Keon Mohajeri | |||
| Cloudburst | United States Canada | Adventure, comedy, drama | Adapted from Fitzgerald's play of the same name | |||
| Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same | United States | Comedy, romance, science fiction | Lisa Haas, Susan Ziegler, Jackie Monahan, Cynthia Kaplan, Dennis Davis, Alex Karpovsky, Rae C. Wright and Clay Drinko | |||
| Çürük - The Pink Report | Germany | Documentary | Four young gay men recount their experiences in the Turkish military and with the exemption process, which includes psychological tests, anal examinations and the photographical proof of gay sex | [21] [22] | ||
| Deep End | Canada | Short, drama | Bailey Maughan, Gharrett Patrick Paon, Denis Theriault, Max Humphreys, Matt Tolton | 8 minutes long[23] [24] | ||
| Desire Street | Spain China United States | Comedy, drama | Alexandra Smothers, Alejandra Walker, Ellen Clifford, Javier Lopez, Kjord Davis, Jesus Guevara | |||
| Germany | Drama, comedy | Ruth Bickelhaupt, Heiko Pinkowski, Peter Trabner, Paul Pinkowski | aka Heavy Girls[25] [26] | |||
| Downing | United Kingdom | Short, drama | Jamie Brotherston, Ross William Wild, Krystina Coates, Rehanna MacDonald, Jack Hinks and Ling Law | 16 minutes long[27] | ||
| United States | Comedy | |||||
| United States | Comedy | Chris Salvatore, Daniel Skelton, Lilach Mendelovich, Harmony Santana, Michael Vara | ||||
| Facing Mirrors (Aynehaye Rooberoo) | Iran | Drama | Homayoun Ershadi, Shayesteh Irani, Nima Shahrokh Shahi, Qazal Shakeri | |||
| Family Affair (Assunto de Família) | Brazil | Short, drama | Kauê Telloli, Cláudia Assunção, Thiago Pinheiro, Ney Piacentini, Thiago Franco Balieiro and Johnnas Oliva | 12 minutes long[28] [29] | ||
| Famine | Canada | Horror | Beth Cantor, Christine Wallace, Christopher Patrick Donoghue, Nathan Durec, Dustin Elkins, Karyn Halpin, Glenn Hoffmann | a.k.a. Stupid Teens Must Die! and Detention Night | ||
| Father's Day | Adam Brooks, Jeremy Gillespie, Matthew Kennedy, Steven Kostanski, Conor Sweeney | Canada | Horror | Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Amy Groening, Mackenzie Murdock, Meredith Sweeney, Brent Neale, Garrett Hnatiuk, Kevin Anderson | ||
| Finding Mr. Wright | United States | Comedy, Romance | Matthew Montgomery, Rebekah Kochan, David Shae, Jason Stuart, Scotch Ellis Loring, Edward Gusts | [30] [31] | ||
| The First Time (Bedingungslose Liebe) | Germany | Drama | Florian Ahlborn, Timmy Ehegötz, Denise Ilktac, Bianca Prohl and Björn Suchla | [32] [33] | ||
| Fjellet (The Mountain) | Norway | Drama | Ellen Dorrit Petersen and Marte Magnusdotter Solem | [34] [35] | ||
| Funkytown | Canada | Drama | ||||
| Going Down in LA-LA Land | United States | Comedy, drama | Matthew Ludwinski, Allison Lane, Michael Medico | Based on Andy Zeffer's novel of the same name | ||
| The Green | Steven Williford | United States | Drama | |||
| Gun Hill Road | Rashaad Ernesto Green | United States | Drama | |||
| Heart Breaks Open | United States | Drama | Maximillian Davis, Brian Peters, Samonte Cruz | [36] [37] | ||
| Hit So Hard | United States | Documentary | ||||
| House of Tolerance | France | Drama | a.k.a. L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close | |||
| I Am | United States India | Documentary | ||||
| I Want to Get Married | William Clift | United States | Comedy, romance | Matthew Montgomery, Ashleigh Sumner, Emrhys Cooper, Jane Wiedlin, Peter Stickles, Jessica Gardner, Lisa Franks | [38] [39] | |
| J. Edgar | United States | Drama | ||||
| Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together | United States | Comedy, musical, romance | Jax Jackson (billed as Jacqui Jackson), Jessica London-Shields, Fawzia Mirza, Marika Engelhardt, Laura Chernicky, Christopher Meister | Critic Roger Ebert noted the low-budget indie film was "charmingly written and acted".[40] Danielle Riendeau stated it was the "funniest, most original lesbian films of the year".[41] | ||
| Joe + Belle | Israel | Comedy, crime, drama | Veronica Kedar, Sivan Levy, Romi Aboulafia, Yotam Ishay, Ra'anan Hefetz, Noa Provisor, Florence Bloch, Shalev Gelber, Nitai Gvirtz | |||
| Judas Kiss | Germany | Drama, science fiction | ||||
| Karuvarai Pookkal | IPS Xavier | India | Drama | |||
| Leave It on the Floor | Canada United States | Comedy, drama, musical | Ephraim Sykes, Andre Myers, Phillip Evelyn, Barbie-Q, Cameron Koa, James Alsop, Metra Dee, De'Markes Dogan | Features choreography by Frank Gatson Jr.[42] | ||
| The Ledge | United States | Drama, thriller | ||||
| Let My People Go! | France | Comedy | ||||
| Looking for Simon (Auf der Suche) | Germany France | Drama | Corinna Harfouch, Nico Rogner, Mehdi Dehbi, Valérie Leroy, Trystan Pütter, Mireille Perrier, Géraldine Loup | [43] [44] | ||
| Lost in Paradise | Vietnam | Drama | Lương Mạnh Hải, Hồ Vĩnh Khoa, Linh Sơn, Phương Thanh, Hiếu Hiền, La Quoc Hung and Don Nguyen | |||
| Love Actually... Sucks! | Hong Kong | Drama | ||||
| Love Is All You Need? | Kim Rocco Shields | United States | Drama, short | Lexi DiBenedetto, Carrie Lazar, Sheri Levy, Dante Thorn | Later adapted into a full-length feature | |
| Memories in March | India | Tragedy | Deepti Naval was Winner of Best Actress Award at the 2012 ImagineIndia Film Festival (in Spain),[45] | |||
| Naked As We Came | Richard LeMay | United States | Drama | Benjamin Weaver, Karmine Alers, Lue McWilliams, Ryan Vigilant, Sturgis Adams and John Challice | [46] [47] | |
| Narthagi | G. Vijayapadma | India | Drama | |||
| The Night Watch | United Kingdom | Drama, romance, war | based novel by Sarah Waters, a 90-minute television adaptation, was shown on BBC2.[48] | |||
| North Sea Texas | Belgium | Drama | Based on the novel Nooit gaat dit over by Andre Sollie | |||
| Notre Paradis | France | Drama | Stéphane Rideau, Dimitri Durdaine, Béatrice Dalle, Didier Flamand, Mathis Morisset, Malik Issolah | |||
| On ne choisit pas sa famille | France | Adventure, comedy | Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Muriel Robin, Héléna Noguerra, Michel Vuillermoz, Maily Florentin Dao | aka You Don't Choose Your Family[49] [50] | ||
| The One | United States | Comedy, romance | Jon Prescott, Ian Novick, Margaret Anne Florence, David Albiero, Collin Biddle, Michael Billy | [51] [52] | ||
| Open | United States | Drama | Gaea Gaddy | |||
| The Parade | Serbia | Comedy, drama | ||||
| Pariah | United States | Drama | ||||
| The Perfect Family | Anne Renton | United States | Comedy, drama | |||
| Private Romeo | United States | Drama | ||||
| Question One | United States | Documentary | Campaigners of both sides of the argument | On 6 May 2009, Maine, USA became the first state in USA to legislatively grant same-sex couples the right to marry. Seven months later, on 3 November 2009, Maine reversed, becoming the thirty-first state in USA to say 'no' to gay and lesbian marriage.[53] | ||
| Role/Play | United States | Drama | It was part funded on Kickstarter,[54] [55] | |||
| Romeos | Germany | Drama | Rick Okon, Maximilian Befort, Liv Lisa Fries, Felix Brocke | |||
| Sal | United States | Drama | ||||
| Señorita | Philippines | Drama | Isabel Sandoval, Publio Briones III, Dominic Milano Palomo, Richard Manabat, Stella Palomo Monteño, Aya Ng and Eric Alvin Po | [56] [57] | ||
| Sexing the Transman | United States | Documentary | [58] [59] | |||
| The Skin I Live In | Spain | Thriller, drama | Based on the novel Tarantula by Thierry Jonquet | |||
| Soulbound | Caio Sóh | Brazil | Drama | |||
| Spring | United Kingdom | Short, drama | Jonathan Keane and Chris O'Donnell | 14mins long,[60] was premiered at Sundance[61] | ||
| Germany | Drama | Lukas Steltner, Kai Michael Müller | Aka Harvest[62] | |||
| The Strange Ones | United States France | Short, drama, mystery | ||||
| Suicide Room | Poland | Drama | ||||
| This Is What Love In Action Looks Like | United States | Documentary | Zach Stark, gay protestors, former Love In Action clients, as well as the organization's Executive director, John Smid | About a Memphis teenager who was sent to a controversial Christian program after telling his parents that he was gay | ||
| Three Veils | United States | Drama | ||||
| Tomboy | France | Drama | Zoé Héran, Malonn Levana, Sophie Cattani, Mathieu Demy, Jeanne Disson | Winner of the 2011 Teddy Award Jury Prize | ||
| Unhappy Birthday | United Kingdom | Drama, horror, mystery | David Paisley, Christina De Vallee, Jill Riddiford, Jonathan Keane | [63] [64] | ||
| Vito | United States | Documentary | About Vito Russo, gay activist, film scholar, and author of The Celluloid Closet[65] premiered at the 2011 New York Film Festival,[66] | |||
| Waited for | South Africa | Documentary | three South African lesbian couples who adopt across racial lines | [67] [68] | ||
| Walk a Mile in My Pradas | United States | Comedy | [69] | |||
| We 3 (Os 3) | Brazil | Drama | Gabriel Godoy, Victor Mendes, Juliana Schalch, Sophia Reis | [70] [71] | ||
| We Once Were Tide | United Kingdom | Short, drama | Alexander Scott, Tristan Bernays and Mandy Aldridge | 18 mins long[72] [73] | ||
| A Wedding Most Strange | United Kingdom | Drama, comedy | Chris Finch, Louise Houghton, Adz Hunter, Valary Sanders, Stephen Mcleod, Rupert Charmak, Catherine Mobley, Sukie Ghajminger, Chris Barritt, Stephen Walker | [74] | ||
| Weekend | United Kingdom | Drama, romance | ||||
| Wetlands (Marécages) | Canada | Drama | ||||
| What You Looking At? | United Kingdom | Short, comedy | Michael Twaits, Hussina Raja and Rez Kabir | Nominated for an Iris Prize in 2012[75] | ||
| Wish Me Away | United States | Documentary | About country music singer and gay rights activist Chely Wright[76] | |||
| With Every Heartbeat | Alexandra-Therese Keining | Sweden | Drama | Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes, Krister Henriksson, Lena Endre, Joakim Nätterqvist, Tom Ljungman, Josefin Tengblad | a.k.a. Kyss mig and Kiss Me | |
| You and I | United States Russia | Drama, romance, thriller | ||||
| You Should Meet My Son! | United States | Comedy | Joanne McGee, Carol Goans, Stewart Carrico, Ginger Pullman |