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Can't stop you putting roots in my dreamland

Can't stop you putting roots in my dreamland

Four queer films are mutually pining for each other

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Dreaming our freedom into existence

Dreaming our freedom into existence

Four queer and trans short films imagine a future without oppression

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I am spending a lot of money on breakaway clothing

I am spending a lot of money on breakaway clothing

Three queer and trans short films take a dance class

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Sports shorts!

Sports shorts!

Four queer and trans short films hit the ice/pool/court/ring

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Slipping through my fingers all the time

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Four queer films come out to their parents

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Still from the short film “Clash”, showing two people of color dressed up in 18th century English aristocratic garb and hairstyles, dancing around with croquet mallets in a park. The shot has horizontal lines running through it to mimic tv feedback and static.

I heard the deleted scenes are the scenes, and the scenes are the deleted scenes

Four queer short films get meta about filmmaking

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I hereby pronounce you a (queer) community

I hereby pronounce you a (queer) community

Five short films find empathy, solidarity, and messiness in LGBTQIA2S+ spaces

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Movie poster for the Netflix film “Ajeeb Dastaans”. The poster shows framed photos against a wood wall. Three of the framed photos are cut off, but the one that is visible shows two women looking in opposite directions, the one in front (Aditi Rao Hydari) shown much smaller while the one behind (Konkona Sen Sharma) takes up most of the frame.

Be gay, do revenge

Three films about a kind of (queer) wild justice

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(Queer) friendship is magic

(Queer) friendship is magic

Three films get by (sometimes) with a little help from their friends

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This could be the start of something new

This could be the start of something new

Three films about resets, restarts, and beginnings

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