While visiting her home, a girl cannot hold a secret about herself inside any longer.]]>Director: Eloïse Alluyn, Hugo Danet, Anna Despinoy, Antonin Guerci, Alexandre Marzin, Shali Reddy Year: 2024 Country: France Gender and Sexuality:Lesbian Animation Style: Digital Genre: Drama, fantasy Type: Explicit, short
In this documentary, Amin, a refugee, reveals to one of his close friends - and the director of the film - that he has lied to him for years about his past. The film delves into the trauma and hardships he and his family experienced in Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan War and later when they fled to Russia and lived as illegal immigrants.
While the majority of the film focuses on the struggles Amin and his family endured, Amin’s sexuality is shown throughout, from his relationship with his partner, Kasper, to coming out to his family.]]>Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen Year: 2021 Country: Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden* Gender and Sexuality: Androgyny, gay, gender creative, lesbian, queer Animation Style: Digital Genre: Documentary Type: Explicit, feature
*For simpliticy, I shall only be categorizing the top four countries that were listed in the credits involved in the co-production and included on the Annecy Festival website. The countries supporting the film included: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
]]>After a ghost is struck by lightning, a man does everything he can to help them remember who they were and complete their journey into the unknown.]]>Director: Jawed Boudaoud, Simon Cadilhac, Grégoire De Bernouis, Hélène Ledevin Year: 2020 Country: France Gender and Sexuality: Androgyny, nonbinary Animation Style: Digital, live-action blending Genre: Comedy, fantasy Type: Explicit, short
]]>While getting ready to take a bath, a woman has a conversation with her younger self.]]>Director: Maël Nathanaël Sonn Year: 2020 Country: France Gender and Sexuality: Transgender Animation Style: Digital Genre: Drama Type: Explicit, short
]]>In a rigid binary world where men and women are separated, an individual struggles to hide their inner self.]]>Director: Inés Sedan Year: 2011 Country: France Gender and Sexuality: Transgender Animation Style: Digital, traditional Genre: Experimental Type: Explicit, short
]]>Two young men spend some time together alone at night. When the conversation becomes more intimate, one of them cannot avoid his inner demons any longer.]]>Director: Arthur Chaumay Year: 2018 Country: France Gender and Sexuality: Gay Animation Style: Digital Genre: Drama Type: Explicit, short
]]>After Yulia is struck by lightning, she finds herself transported into a mysterious empty room with several levers. Meanwhile, an unhappy couple remains unaware of how drastically their lives are about to change.]]>Director: Antoine Arditti Year: 2009 Country: France Gender and Sexuality: Bisexual Animation Style:Digital, traditional Genre: Comedy, romance Type: Explicit, short
]]>Gerald wakes up to discover he has turned into Geraldine. The film follows Geraldine as she navigates her new body and how she is perceived by others, especially men.]]>Director: Arthur de Pins Year: 2000 Country: France Gender and Sexuality: Bisexual, transgender Animation Style: Digital Genre: Comedy Type: Explicit, short
]]>Note: This film contains suicidal imagery and violence.
An adaptation of the graphic novel series by Marjane Satrapi, this biographical film follows Marjane, starting when she lived through the impact of the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the Iran–Iraq War that soon followed. Eventually, her parents, fearing for her safety, sent her to live in Vienna, Austria, alone. After several years living in Vienna, she returns home and must adapt to life in a post-war Iran.
It is during her time in Vienna - a more sexually liberated place compared to Iran - that Marjane interacts with gay men, first her multiple roommates she lived with for a period while "apartment hopping," and later Fernando, the first man she ever slept with.]]>Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi Year: 2007 Country: France, United States Gender and Sexuality: Gay Animation Style: Digital, traditional Genre: Comedy, drama, war Type: Explicit, feature