Monika Treut

Shot on location in Brazil this feature-length documentary profiles Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, an award-winning artist and human-rights activist who has gained international recognition for her work with street children in Rio. (Hyena Pictures)

Four women filmmakers examine sexuality in this anthology. Segment 1 is entitled "Let's Talk About Sex" and is the story of an aspiring actress whose day job is as a phone-sex operator. Segment 2 is called "Taboo Palor" and tells the story of two lesbians. Segment 3 is "Wonton Soup." Here an Australian-Chinese man tries to rekindle his affair with a Chinese woman by returning to their roots. (IMDB)

The unsolved murder of her young Taiwanese lover Ai-ling leaves Hamburg artist Sophie disoriented. Sophie is fascinated at first glance by Mei-li, a young journalist who takes her to visit the famous Taipei night markets. Still mourning her lost lover, she rejects her advances and returns to Hamburg but shortly afterwards Mei-li shows up on her doorstep, unannounced. Sophie takes her in and finally falls for her but she soon realises that her new lover is secretly investigating Ai-ling's death. (imdb)

Documentary: Monika Treut explores the worlds and thoughts of several female to male transgendered individuals. As with Treuts first film, Jungfrauenmaschine, Gendernauts, enters a minority sector of San Fransisco culture. Written by kwedgwood@hotmail.com (imdb)

The Raw and The Cooked is a culinary journey around the gourmets paradise, Taiwan. The film makes seven stops along the way. On our travels, we witness the efforts of Taiwans young environmental movement to resist the rapid pace of urbanisation, which is destroying much of the islands beautiful countryside. The Raw and The Cooked is an island tour that celebrates fine food. (imdb)

Four documentaries in one. One has Camille Paglia explaining her ways of thinking. One has Annie Sprinkle explaining her approach to performance art, which includes inviting audience members to view her cervix with a speculum. One interview investigates a professional woman's preoccupation with sadomasochism. The fourth documents the life adjustments of an F2M (female-to-male) sex change who looks like a dangerous biker, with slick black hair, a matching motorcycle jacket, and tattoos. (imdb)

20 years after Gendernauts, Monika Treut seeks out the pioneers of the transgender movement back then to find out how their lives and their activism have evolved, how they have grown into their identities and how their energy continues to have an impact today. GENDERATION not only traces altered life plans but also paints an incisive portrait of the United States at the end of the Trump era.

Of Girls and Horses follows Alex, 16-year-old misfit and school dropout, who has been using drugs and cutting herself. Her adoptive mother has signed her up for an internship at a farm to work with horses, as a last chance to find balance in her life. (vudu.com)

An immigrant's father is coming to visit from Germany. She has lied to him about her acting career, having looked unsuccessfully for parts for a year, and has also told him she's married. So she enlists her gay roommate to act as her husband, which causes complications in his lifestyle. When Dad arrives, he accompanies her to an audition for a New Age Erotic film with Annie Sprinkle, and he accidentally gets a part in a commercial, and gets involved with Annie. (imdb)