That feeling of apprehension, of doubt - the sensation of butterflies before taking the plunge. Five women and the objects of their affection face up to their futures in these thoroughly modern tales of lesbian love from France, Germany, Israel, Italy and the UK. The richness and enthralling complexity of same-sex desire has never looked so inviting.
The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.
Summering on Cape Cod in 1985, precocious young Lily befriends an enigmatic girl her age named Mesa. Through their shared time biking the quaint land and exploring the depths of their true selves, they unearth powerful feelings for each other.
Utae and Aiko attend an all-girl private school where the devoutly religious principal seems to be raping some of the students, including Utae.
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
Little is known about the catastrophe Anna and Hannah have escaped. On a desolate island they find an abandoned house where Anna takes care of Hannah. Hannah’s fragile condition reminds the two lovers that their time together is coming to an end.
Su Jin meets Li'er. As their bond grows, the weight of Su Jin being the crowned prince and Li'er as a cat spirit grows heavy.
For love to travel for thousands of years, they will eventually meet.
A wife and a concubine seek freedom. In a game of seduction, together they join forces to defeat their oppressors.
A successful photographer is engaged in mystical experiments on pumping various types of energies, including sexual ones.
She smells her fragrance, she sees her talent... The ancient love story of Cui Jianyun and Cao Yuhua. The plight of these two women is told as they fall in love due to the admiration for each other's stunning beauty and literary craft. Adapted from the Kunqu opera & story by Li Yu, "Fragrant Companion/Lianxiang Companion", this short film includes a parallel between the play and "reality." The ending has been altered from the original play.
Shi Mei is tasked to protect the girl her Shixiong likes. She ends up falling for her along the way.
Kat is a beautiful DJ who immediately catches the eye of pansexual woman Denise. But while Kat falls for Denise, she’s just one of the many partners Denise plays around with. Will Kat learn to be okay with their set-up or will Denise change her ways for Kat?
A lesbian hires a male escort to break the heart of the bisexual woman who has just dumped her.
This is a sad tale of a noble lady who is entranced by an opera singer. Hoping to get closer to the singer, the lady takes up lessons with her. Despite their affection, they must face obstacles.
After a young heiress is assaulted by a policeman, she seeks revenge by befriending the policeman’s mousy wife and introducing her to her circle of outrageous punk friends.
An old woman who is unaware that she is near death, falls in love with her son’s young American tutor.
She has waited 300 years for the other to be born again. Can their relationship find a new start when one is a fox spirit, and the other a priestess?
Cross-dressed as a man, the young scholar did not anticipate catching the eye of a beautiful courtesan, nor the bond that they form together. But will her long-standing deception create a rift between the two of them?
Years of trying to fit in with the high society as the Gu family's foster daughter, Gu Shuyi meets headstrong & charming, Bai Yuwei. These two women grow fond of each other. With their new found trust and support, they try to break free from the constraints of patriarchy and embrace modernity.
A night of attempted seduction is recalled from the perspectives of the woman, the man, a lecherous doorman and a psychoanalyst.