- Bent (1997) $496,059
Set in 1930s Germany, this harrowing film features a gay Jew who is sent to a Nazi concentration camp.
Bent has an approval rating of 73 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and won Best Feature Film in the Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in 1998.
- Broken English (1996) $541,377
A complicated portrayal of immigrant identities in New Zealand, in Broken English fierce family feuds, arise over a failed marriage.
Before this film, the main character Nina (Aleksandra Vujčić) had never acted and was discovered in an Auckland bar.