LGBTCINEMAâS TOP FILMS OF 2016
I mean, first off, Iâd like to thank everyone who follows this blog, from the bottom of my heart, for real. Youâre all so genuinely nice and gay, and even though this blog was made in March 2016, Iâve accumulated so many followers, been tagged in so many posts, and learned all about your favourite LGBT movies originating in your home countries all around the world. Itâs been cool, you guys.
Second, Iâd like to talk about the diversity of these films. A good portion of my top ten are pretty diverse in terms of race, Religion, and gender. Q-Cinema has always been about as diverse as a â50s Hollywood musical well into the 2000s, even, but recently itâs been getting a hell of a lot more diverse - if this list had been made in, like, 2013, oh wow, it would have been bad - so thatâs pretty cool. In terms of body diversity and skin darkness/lightness, we could do a lot better, but then again we could do better with a lot of things in this genre, and I believe we are beginning to do so.
Lopping off diversity here, all the characters in my top 20 are LGBPQ characters. Iâm ashamed to say that unfortunately, there isnât any film in this list starring/revolving around a trans character, but itâs not because I watched the PLENTY I had and thought, âoh these are all badâ. There literally were none. Whereas if I made this list in 2015, Iâd have a good five films or so to put here (what a fucking year). What happened though, that we got none this year? All I know in terms of LGBT films actually starring a trans person this year was Real Boy, a documentary which I havenât gotten the chance to see yet, in festivals or online. Other than that, there was the iffy Girls Lost. And trust me, it wasnât good, in any way, representation-wise or story-wise or acting-wise or anything-wise. Also I think it was made in 2014 but re-released for 2016? I donât know, itâs just bad. So next year, Iâd like to see some more films centering around trans characters.
And now Iâll lop off of next year - 2017 seems fucking incredible for LGBT films (of ALL kinds). Like, typing this out right now, Iâm breaking out into a grin. We have SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO. I canât break it all down here, because itâs really too much, starring too many famous actors and being directed by too many famous directors, so you can check out this tag or this page, which I am constantly updating, if you wanna be in the know!
I wonât lie, I have a thousand more things to say, but I think itâs time to get to the point of this list. Without further ado, kids.
MOONLIGHT, dir Barry Jenkins
THE HANDMAIDEN, dir Park Chan-Wook
HEARTSTONE, dir Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
BEING 17, dir André Téchiné
AS YOU ARE, dir Miles-Joris Peyrafitte
BELOW HER MOUTH, dir April Mullen
FIRST GIRL I LOVED, dir Kerem Sanga
ALIGARH, dir Hansal Mehta
CLOSET MONSTER, dir Stephen Dunn
ONE KISS, dir Ivan Controneo
FRONT COVER, dir Ray Yeung
DEPARTURE, dir Andrew Steggall
LOVESONG, dir So Yong Kim
LOOPING, dir Leonie Krippendorff
CENTER OF MY WORLD, dir Jakob M. Erwa
FAIR HAVEN, dir Kerstin Karlhuber
BLUE GIRLS BURN FAST, dir Amandla Stenberg
CLASSMATES, dir Shouko Nakamura
PARIS 05:59, dir by Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
As always, if youâd like to watch a film but need to know any warnings, just send me a message here and Iâll get back to you as soon as I can! Iâd also like to know which movie was your favourite this year, or any critiques you have of my list, even.
I hope you enjoy the list and I wish you all a fantastic New Year! :*
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