I hate boys but boys love me. Pushing against gender norms and axing stereotypes. Let's root for the girls!

YEAH THE BOYS follows six young Aussie men as they sink beers over an afternoon and well into the night. Emoting only through movement – lewd gestures, chokeholds, crowd surfs, and chugging shoeys – they somehow say everything without uttering a single word.

YEAH THE BOYS

A choreographic observation of Australian masculine identity and drinking culture.

Three trans women meet in a country house to plan a robbery. The trick of the heist is that, in order to create a false trail, they disguise themselves as men. While they share everyday life as a well-established team and lovers, they practice speaking in a deep voice, walking manly and behaving in a masculine manner. In this process, they reach their emotional and physical limits and repeatedly fail to imitate male connoted behavior.

English

THE ROBBERS

Three female robbers plan a heist and work on disguising themselves as men in an idyllic rural setting.

Madeleine is forced to quit her position at the neighborhood grocery store. Except that her job is her whole life; her colleagues, her only family. The quinquagenarian spends her last days of work fighting to save what is near and dear to her heart…

MY TOMATO HEART

Madeleine is forced to quit her position at the neighborhood grocery store. Except that her job is her whole life.

When their family camping trip turns deadly, two parents face an impossible choice.

FAVOURITES

When their family camping trip turns deadly, two parents face an impossible choice.

British-Somali teen MUNA is desperate to go on the school trip. But her parents aren't so sure.&nbsp;Tragedy strikes when her grandfather dies back in Somalia, and MUNA must navigate a confusing mourning period for someone she never really knew - all while still desperately hoping to persuade her mother to change her mind about the trip.

MUNA

A film about teenage dreams, dislocated grief and unexpected connection, following a British-Somali teen navigating a confusing mourning period for a family...

Desperate for help, a woman in recovery asks an unlikely stranger on a dinner date.

GUTS

Desperate for help, a woman in recovery asks an unlikely stranger on a dinner date.

Hannah’s first week in the US isn’t going as expected. Rejected by everyone she meets, it seems nobody has time to practice English with her. So when she’s propositioned by a couple looking for a phone sex participant, Hannah uses the conversation as an opportunity to help break the language barrier.

LEARNING ENGLISH

When Hannah is propositioned by a couple looking for a phone sex participant, she uses the opportunity to expand her English vocabulary.

Set in the red-light district of a heightened world that mischievously blends live action and animation, ONE HAPPY CUSTOMER follows the daily routine of an older sex worker. Luring clients in, snatching up their cash, and using her special trick to leave them satisfied—and more importantly, to get them out of her hair as quickly as possible. She’s listless, even bored. It’s business as usual until one customer—an old, seemingly decrepit man—arrives looking for something more. And he’s got a trick or two of his own to impress the woman who’s seen it all.

ONE HAPPY CUSTOMER

Deep in the red-light district, an older sex worker has a special trick for taking clients’ cash and getting them out of her hair quickly. But she’s bored...

In a Chinatown slum, Thao discovers her grandmother, beaten to death and robbed of her collection of gold jewelry. Thao’s desire for street justice is supported by their femme peers all stuck in a similar situation, poor in privilege, but rich in companionship. Thao's crew works together, battling to end petty crime and the murder of their elders, finding a new sense of peace and purpose in their communities.

DON'T F*CK WITH BA

A rag tag group of femmes in the depths of Chinatown band together, battling a rival gang to protect their community.

SHORTS: I HATE BOYS

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