26 years and still going strong, The Vancouver Queer Film Festival prides itself in presenting over 80 films ranging from Disco-themed coming of age stories to musicals about Grinder. As per usual, the film festival is jam-packed with stellar queer films interlaced with gala events and parties where you can brush shoulders with local filmmakers, or just have a few cocktails on the dance-floor. And if your bank-account is still in recovery-mode post-pride, there is a 2 films for $20 promo available online through the festival webpage.

Sad Mag has cruised the program for you, watched a shit-ton of trailers, and made some well-informed recommendations. Here are our QFF 2014 MUST-SEES:

 


Must-sees for the 2014 Queer Film Festival

By Sad Magazine

There are so many rad films in this year’s line-up! How do you decide? Let us peer-pressure you into sitting beside us to watch these stand-out films. 

  • Appropriate Behaviour

    By Sad Magazine

    Some say she’s the queer Lena Dunham, Desiree Akhavan (known for the web series The Slope) presents her outrageously funny and irreverent debut feature. 

  • A Street in Palermo

    By Sad Magazine

    Absurdly funny, A Street in Palermo is saturated with pitch-black humour and satire. And lesbians, italian lesbians. 

  • Crashing the Porn Party

    By Sad Magazine

    Erotic shorts of the lesbian-persuasion. You’ll wanna crash this party and stay the night. 

  • Bad Hair (Pelo Malo)

    By Sad Magazine

    Hey, if the folks at the San Sebastian Film Festival loved it, odds are, so will we. Junior wants to straighten his hair, so let him be a star already. 

  • Boys (Jongens)

    By Sad Magazine

    Sun-drenched cinematography + 2 teenage boys from the Netherlands = MAGIC

  • I Feel Like Disco

    By Sad Magazine

    Slightly socially awkward German boy likes to dance to his favourite German disco star with his mother. Sounds adorable to me. Disco-fuelled coming of age story. Guilty pleasure. 

  • Love is Strange

    By Sad Magazine

    John Lithgow. John Lithgow. John Lithgow. A tender tale of love in the big city between big ol’ gays in smart suit-jackets. We’ll save you a seat. 

  • The Coast Is Queer

    By Sad Magazine

    A festival favourite which is THE must-see for all festival goers. Not as many lady-filmmakers on the bill as we would like to see, but you can always google Queers in Canoes. 

  • Of Girls and Horses

    By Sad Magazine

    I really wish that I didn’t want to see this film, but I secretly love ponies, summertime, and gorgeous wide-shots of the German countryside.  

  • GIRLTRASH: All Night Long

    By Sad Magazine

    The Closing Gala film–you can’t miss it. Music, parties, and babes. Don’t miss the latern-lit procession to the Closing party at Junction Pub. Follow the Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence. 

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