Every year, GLAAD likes to shine a light on films and TV series that are going above and beyond to present fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues. These awards aren’t there to mirror the Academy Awards or Golden Globes, but for the LGBTQ community, these are the films and TV series that GLAAD feels are the best of 2018.

However, with that being said, there’s one major omission from this year’s awards – “Bohemian Rhapsody.” While your mileage may vary on how well you think the film presented the LGBTQ community, it’s hard to ignore a film that grossed $800 million worldwide and featured a queer character at its core.

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With the flood of reports concerning the films going to fall festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and the Fantastic Fest, it’s difficult to pay much attention to the August film slate when we know that the month that follows signals great offerings along with Oscar season starting.

That being said, despite some slim pickings on the big budgeted, studio films, there’s plenty to choose from as the summer winds down, especially in the independent department.

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One of the most celebrated films coming out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival is “The Miseducation of Cameron Post.” The coming-of-age film won the Grand Jury Prize for US Drama, which is the most coveted award at the festival. So, without a doubt, this is a film that is expected to draw a lot of attention when it hits theaters later this summer.

As seen in the new trailer, the film stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a teen girl who is sent to a conversion therapy center, where the focus is to use the teachings of God to convert her character from a lesbian to straight.

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Back in 2012, the indie-film hub that is the Sundance Film Festival ventured outside the U.S. for the first time with Sundance London, a U.K-based offshoot that took some prime selections from the main festival and gave them their international debuts. The festival’s been going from strength to strength (while 2016 also saw the inaugural Sundance Hong Kong join the line-up) ever since, and the 2018 edition, which announced its roster late last week, is no exception.

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PARK CITY – Gay coming of age stories are seemingly back in vogue. Last year, Sundance unveiled “Call Me By Your Name” and “Beach Rats.” In March 20th Century Fox will release “Love, Simon” and there are at least two other gay-themed high school films this critic knows of that didn’t make the Sundance cut this time around. One film, however, was selected to screen at this year’s festival and it was Desiree Akhavan’s “The Miseducation Of Cameron Post,” which had its world premiere on Monday.

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It’s the new year which means, there’s no rest for the wicked and the Sundance Film Festival is upon us. It’s funny how January is known as a dead time for movies — and it is for mainstream films — but in the realm of independent cinema, the first month of the year is that time when filmmakers are cramming to finish their Sundance-bound pictures.

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And the diverse, eclectic Sundance lineup runs the gamut.

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We’re just getting started with our look at the best in film and TV of 2017, but before we really got sucked into the retrospective, we wanted to take a minute to look forward to what’s to come in the next twelve months or so. Lord knows we need things to keep us going in the shitshow that has been the second half of the 2010s, and fortunately, cinema has provided.

After a slow start, 2017 turned out to be a pretty great year for movies, and 2018 looks to keep that up in a big way.

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Next year, there will be two dramas about so-called gay conversion. There’s Joel Edgerton‘s awards season primed “Boy Erased,” but arriving first will be “Appropriate Behavior” director Desiree Akhavan‘s “The Miseducation of Cameron Post.”

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Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, John Gallagher Jr.

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Two years ago, Desiree Akhavan immediately became a director to watch with her indie charmer “Appropriate Behavior,” a film we called “a supremely satisfying and irreverent take on the New York rom-com.” Since then, the filmmaker has mostly been under the radar, most notably doing a small stint on “Girls,” but now she’s back behind the camera for a potentially powerful drama.

READ MORE: Review: Desiree Akhavan’s Satisfying And Irreverent Rom-Com ‘Appropriate Behavior’

A formidable cast including Chloë Grace Moretz, “American Honey” breakout star Sasha Lane, John Gallagher Jr., Forrest Goodluck, and Jennifer Ehle will star in “The Miseducation Of Cameron Post.” Based on the novel by Emily Danforth, the film is set in 1993 and follows a girl forced into gay conversion therapy center after getting caught with the prom queen.

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