This indie film is a really powerful look at how a community can suffocate you and the hidden corners young people have to find just to be themselves in so many European towns, even with all the progress we've seen lately. The whole story plays out while the town is bracing for a massive, raging flood, and you just can't shake the feeling that some kind of intense reckoning or unavoidable doom is headed their way. To be honest, I didn't go in with super high expectations, but the way it’s put together makes it a seriously compelling watch. Plus, it’s not every day you get to see an LGBT-themed movie coming out of Croatia! The story follows Marko, a popular 18-year-old kid who seems to have it all—he’s got a girlfriend, he’s a competitive arm wrestler, and he’s well-liked at school. When he isn't in class, he’s usually hanging out with his brother, who has a disability, or helping his mom out in her greenhouse. Everything gets flipped upside down when a guy named Slaven ...
A twisted gay romance set in the 19th Century telling a tabooed true story of the writer, Ladislav Stroupeznický. Suspense, laughter, violence, hope, heart, nudity, sex and happy ending.
Thirty-Six Hours (France)
Two men. A way across desert. The beach and a house. Words and gestures. Real or imagination? Not exactly a story but seed for emotions and reflections.
Authentic (Australia)
A sex-addict, who has spent his life trying to find the reason for his unhappiness, discovers that the answer is closer than he thought in a man and not girls, who happens to be his neighbor.
Stories That We Could Have Told (Belgium)
2 friends walk around, discussing various topics around all the things that they could have done and should be doing. Are they more than friends?
Negative Two (US)
A fresh look into the world of online dating through the eyes of a young Chinese New Yorker longing for connection. We see his exchange of intimate texts online with strangers.
Greco-Roman (Norway)
A school bully's father is an Olympic competing Greco-Roman wrestler. One day, he secretly spies his father engage in kissing his practice partner.
Svans (Denmark) [Fag]
Aksle is scared to tell his friend about his sexuality but regularly hooks up with Aleksander secretly, who is openly known to be gay to the school. He is vulnerable and fears his friends reactions. When the friends finally know and they even accept it, it maybe too late because he already beat up Aleksander, the one person who truly loved him. A well acted, touching and seductive short. A great reminder of sometimes we build up so much in our head that we forget to seek the true love thats awaits us.
Solo (Brazil)
An unlikely friendship between a motel cleaner and a motel long term visitor who is mourning the death of his partner. Angelo's brother also recently passed away.
Invisible Anguish (India)
A young handsome man lives with an older guy. When his son visits them, he mistakes his father to be gay and the young man using his father without realizing the truth about the situation. Bad acting!
Tim and the Fluteboy (Denmark)
A closet teen is seeing a psychiatrist, because he is suicidal and feels ghosted by the soul of a fluteboy who recently committed suicide. Eventually he learns that to come out of the closet, you first have to enter one.
Purple Light (Singapore)
Story of an army man who falls in love with his buddy in an environment where being openly gay is detrimental to not just his future, but also family relations.
Out Smart (USA)
In this short satire, a teenage boy seeks acceptance from his parents when he 'comes out' -- not as gay, but as smart. This was hilarious.
Confession (Ireland)
Pat O'Sullivan is an ordinary teenager. In a scripted drama, he tries to make a confession about the tremendous weight on his shoulders Is it time to come out and confess love?
Stranger (Sweden)
A cold winter night. An endless empty road ahead. A young driver picks up a stranger with car trouble. A big mistake. It turns out the stranger was not coincidence but a planned action.
La Vie selon Luc (France) [Life According to Luc]
Luc lives in the suburbs. The youth is both a hooligan and a prostitute. One day, the man who loves him offers him a job. Is he going to accept it?
In search of Avery Willard (USA)
Short documentary showcasing the portrait of one of queer art's most elusive innovators. Broadway photographer, physique artist, gay activist, experimental filmmaker, drag historian, leatherman, pornographer: New York City artist Avery Willard produced a lifetime of historically significant work that has remained widely unseen for decades. Problem is this movie is very slow and by the time, we reach to the point of why we should care, I had already lost interest.
Heile Gänsje (Germany) [Heal, Goose]
It's a day in the life of Max and his group of friends. It follows him through a key moment in the understanding of his identity and sexuality.
The Echo (UK)
David seeks out his childhood priest for a disturbing confession that will haunt them both long after their brief encounter. Child abuse by church again comes to the front.
Andie (USA)
When Andie is made to go to summer camp, can a boy and his doll be so easily parted? A perspective of society's underlying preoccupation with the masculine / feminine traits of youth.
Last Full Show (Philippines)
A young boy and and older man learn the meaning of love upon meeting at an underground Manila movie theatre.
Aksle is scared to tell his friend about his sexuality but regularly hooks up with Aleksander secretly, who is openly known to be gay to the school. He is vulnerable and fears his friends reactions. When the friends finally know and they even accept it, it maybe too late because he already beat up Aleksander, the one person who truly loved him. A well acted, touching and seductive short. A great reminder of sometimes we build up so much in our head that we forget to seek the true love thats awaits us.
An unlikely friendship between a motel cleaner and a motel long term visitor who is mourning the death of his partner. Angelo's brother also recently passed away.
Invisible Anguish (India)
A young handsome man lives with an older guy. When his son visits them, he mistakes his father to be gay and the young man using his father without realizing the truth about the situation. Bad acting!
A closet teen is seeing a psychiatrist, because he is suicidal and feels ghosted by the soul of a fluteboy who recently committed suicide. Eventually he learns that to come out of the closet, you first have to enter one.
Purple Light (Singapore)
Story of an army man who falls in love with his buddy in an environment where being openly gay is detrimental to not just his future, but also family relations.
In this short satire, a teenage boy seeks acceptance from his parents when he 'comes out' -- not as gay, but as smart. This was hilarious.
Confession (Ireland)
Pat O'Sullivan is an ordinary teenager. In a scripted drama, he tries to make a confession about the tremendous weight on his shoulders Is it time to come out and confess love?
A cold winter night. An endless empty road ahead. A young driver picks up a stranger with car trouble. A big mistake. It turns out the stranger was not coincidence but a planned action.
La Vie selon Luc (France) [Life According to Luc]
Luc lives in the suburbs. The youth is both a hooligan and a prostitute. One day, the man who loves him offers him a job. Is he going to accept it?
Short documentary showcasing the portrait of one of queer art's most elusive innovators. Broadway photographer, physique artist, gay activist, experimental filmmaker, drag historian, leatherman, pornographer: New York City artist Avery Willard produced a lifetime of historically significant work that has remained widely unseen for decades. Problem is this movie is very slow and by the time, we reach to the point of why we should care, I had already lost interest.
It's a day in the life of Max and his group of friends. It follows him through a key moment in the understanding of his identity and sexuality.
The Echo (UK)
David seeks out his childhood priest for a disturbing confession that will haunt them both long after their brief encounter. Child abuse by church again comes to the front.
When Andie is made to go to summer camp, can a boy and his doll be so easily parted? A perspective of society's underlying preoccupation with the masculine / feminine traits of youth.
Last Full Show (Philippines)
A young boy and and older man learn the meaning of love upon meeting at an underground Manila movie theatre.
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