Program 02: God’s Own Country

Francis Lee / ASL Interpreted, Narrative Feature, Friday, Oct. 6 / UK / 2017 / 105 mins

As the sole able-bodied man of the house, Johnny Saxby (Josh O’Connor) handles much of the responsibility on the isolated Yorkshire farm where he lives with his grandmother (Gemma Jones) and ailing father, Martin (Ian Hart). It’s not a household prone to outward shows of emotion, and Johnny numbs himself to his stifling existence through drinking and casual sex, when he manages to find time.

Program 09: Beach Rats

Eliza Hittman / ASL Interpreted, Narrative Feature, Saturday, Oct. 7 / USA / 2017 / 95 mins

An intimate and intoxicating coming-of-age tale, Beach Rats is about the sometimes reckless stops we make on the path toward self-discovery. It’s this desperate journey that has 19-year-old Brooklynite Frankie choosing to lead a double life.

Program 11: Tom of Finland

Dome Karukoski / ASL Interpreted, Subtitled, Spotlight Feature, Narrative Feature, Saturday, Oct. 7 / Finland / 2017 / 115 mins

Is there any example of queer art more iconic than the beefy biker studs, moustachioed police officers, and randy cowpokes of Touko Laaksonen? Better known by his nom de “peen” Tom of Finland, the influential artist is now the subject of this crowd-pleasing biopic, following the life of the man responsible for images that have fueled generations of gay men’s filthy fantasies.

Program 26: After Louie

Vincent Gagliostro / ASL Interpreted, Narrative Feature, Wednesday, Oct. 11 / USA / 2017 / 100 mins

We’ve entered an era that many LGBTQ folks may not have expected to arrive as quickly as it did. We’re much closer to having true equality than ever before. This is the exact goal that the activists who came before us strove for, bled for, died for.

Preceded by: Nocturnal

Program 28: Laughing With You

ASL Interpreted, Shorts Program, Thursday, Oct. 12 / 97 mins

Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, right? This collection of comedy shorts is definitely a bundle of joy.

In This Program: Sugar Daddy, When A Man Loves A Woman, Picking Up, Little Potato, Haygood Eats!, Cock N’ Bull 2, The Night Cleaner, Britney-holics Anonymous: A Spear-itual Awakening, Curmudgeons

Program 35: Freak Show

Trudie Styler / ASL Interpreted, Narrative Feature, Saturday, Oct. 14 / USA / 2017 / 95 mins

Out and proud “trans-visionary gender obliviator” Billy Bloom (Alex Lawther) is fabulousness personified. But when he’s shipped south to live with his father (Larry Pine), Billy might as well have been beamed in from outer space. His dad warns that “the nail that sticks out gets hammered down,” but Billy has way too much chutzpah to ever simply blend in.