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Showing 1 - 10 of 29 titles with a criteria of Subject is Body Image


Alice Júnior

Alice Júnior is a celebration of rebellious youth that offers the potential for future generations to rethink outdated perspectives of gender, sexuality, and differences as a whole.

Pragda Films | 2019 | 87 minutes

Angélica [a tragedy]

Recipient of important awards in Spain and abroad, Angélica Liddell's dramaturgy is considered one of the most avant-garde in contemporary European theater. As Liddell starts working in her new play, director Manuel Fernández-Valdés decides to capture her rehearsal process on camera.

Pragda Films | 2016 | 83 minutes

Atempa, Dreams by the River

Tino considers herself neither male nor female, but rather a “muxe,” a third gender that has been integrated into Zapotec culture.

Pragda Films | 2013 | 85 minutes

The Awakening of the Ants

Isa finds herself at a breaking point awakening to the possibilities of a life lived on her own terms, in this engrossing and intimate feature debut from writer/director Antonella Sudasassi Furniss.

Pragda Films | 2019 | 94 minutes

Bad Hair

A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.

Pragda Films | 2013 | 93 minutes

Bixa Travesty

Linn da Quebrada, a Brazilian transgender singer and artist, presents a powerful and courageous feminist film-discourse on the body and its representation.

Pragda Films | 2018 | 75 minutes

Blooming on the Asphalt

A vibrant and inspiring documentary that captures the resilience and strength of queer Brazilian youth.

Pragda Films | 2022 | 79 minutes

Castanha

Joao divides his time working as a crossdresser in gay bars and acting in small plays and onscreen. Tormented by his past, he starts to merge reality with the fiction he interprets.

Pragda Films | 2014 | 95 minutes

A Decent Woman

A housemaid in a gated community on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, embarks on a journey of sexual and mental liberation in a nudist swinger club bordering the high security walls.

Pragda Films | 2016 | 100 minutes

Egg and Stone

A powerful autobiographical portrait of a 14-year-old girl's attempts to come to terms with her emerging sexual maturity.

KimStim | n/a | 97 minutes