Highlights of the 2011 cycle include documentaries Becoming Chaz, the story of Chaz Bono (formerly Chastity, daughter of Sonny and Cher) and his decision to undergo sex reassignment surgery, and Alessando Golinelli's Angels on Death Row: The Ebrahim Hamidi Case, which tells the story of the Iranian teenager sentenced to death for his alleged homosexuality. In the fiction categories, a must-see is Oliver Hermanus's Skoonheid, an exploration of lust and obsession as shown through the secret desires of a conservative Afrikaans man.

Uniting films from all over the globe, this year's program will begin with a special event celebrating the LGBT cinema of Latin America at Casa Amèrica Catalunya on October 27th before the festival's official opening at the Filmoteca de Catalunya on October 28th.

October 25 – November 6

CASA AMÈRICA CATALUNYA. C/ Còrsega, 299 (Eixample)

FILMOTECA DE CATALUNYA. Av. Sarrià, 33 (Sarrià)

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