L’Américain (2013)
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L’Américain (2013) Short film by Jim Le
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So gay (2015) – Voll Schwul
So Gay (2015)
Voll Schwul (Original title)
So gay (2015) – Voll Schwul
Kim is gay. His father knows, his mother not. She is sick and believes to die soon. Therefore, his father wants to prevent Kim's coming out to protect his wife ...
PRIDE IS MY COLOR – Empowerment for LGBT
This world is diverse. And we are as well. It doesn't matter of we are gay, lesbian, bi or trans; it doesn't matter if we are small, big or thin; ...
ONE POINT LESS ON THE SKY (2016) gay short film by Roberto Carlos
The infinite yearning for the best friend. His proximity, his body, his love. That's what Miguel feels for his buddy Lucas. Director: Roberto Carlos Marrero ...
Than you can be free (2012)
To be in love is a great feeling. But if you are gay and you can't show you love as you might like. What would your parents say? How will ...
The Secret ( 2016)
The Secret ( 2016) Gay short film by Kim Anderson Julian is in a dilemma. He loves the person, he is in a relation ship with, less than his best ...
A Boy named Noel (2017) by Andreas Köstler & Irina Stuhlsatz
At Christmas eve, Noel is anything but happy. He needs to hide a secret from his familiy. Director: Andreas Köstler, Irina Stuhlsatz ...
Cruising (2016)
Stani grows up in the wastelands. Far away from the next city and a gay youth group he discoveres his identity. During nights he meets other men at hidden places, ...
Who We Are (2016)
Director: Raphael Niederhauser Jonas is bullied at school. But he tries to ignore it - telling himself that it is not that bad. What should happen at the end? But ...
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Parting (2016) gay short film by Dimitris Toulias
Parting (2016)
Watch here: https://vimeo.com/156155844
Screenings/ Festivals:
Iris Prize 2016 – Best British Short Nominee
UK Industry Selection – Digital Viewing Library, BFI Flare 2016 (London, UK)
Official Selection – Outview Film Festival, April 2016 (Athens, Greece) **WINNER Best Greek Short**
Filmed Up: North West Filmmakers Night, June 2016 (Manchester, UK)
Shortlisted – Liverpool Pride Short Film Competition, June 2016
Official Selection – OUT HERE NOW: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, June 2016
Official Selection – qFLIX Philadelphia 2016, July
Int’l Shorts Showcase – Rio Gender & Sexuality Film Festival, July 2016
Official Selection – 21st North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Aug 2016
Official Selection – 28th Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Aug 2016
Official Selection – 27th Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, Aug 2016
Official Selection – Fargo-Moorhead LGBT Film Festival (Minnesota, USA), Sept 2016
Official Selection – 18th Thessaloniki LGBTQ Int’l Film Festival, Sept 2016
Official Selection – Västerås Filmfestival, Sweden, Oct 2016
Official Selection – 16th Barcelona International LGTIB Film Festival, Oct 2016
Official Selection – Pride Pictures – 23rd Queer Film Festival Karlsruhe (Germany), Oct 2016
Official Selection – Out On Film – Atlanta’s LGBT Film Festival, Oct 2016
Official Selection – Fisheye Film Festival (High Wycombe, Bucks) Oct 2016
Official Selection – “Everybody’s Perfect” Geneva Queer Film Festival (Switzerland), Oct 2016
Official Selection – 23rd Queer Film Festival Bremen (Germany), Oct 2016
Official Selection – Vinokino LGBT Film Festival (Turku/ Helsinki), Oct/Nov 2016
Official Selection – “Gay Film Nights” Int’l Film Festival, Nov 2016 (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Official Selection – Rainbow Visions Film Festival, Nov 2016 (Edmonton, Canada)
Official Selection – 3rd Int’l Coventry Film Festival, Nov 2016 **WINNER Best Short Film**
Official Selection – Columbus LGBT Film Festival, Ohio, Nov 2016
Official Selection – 32nd Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival (Slovenia), Nov 2016
Official Selection – 14th El Lugar Sin Limites – Ecuador Int’l LGBT Film Festival, Nov 2016
Official Selection – Image + Nation 29. Montreal LGBT Film Festival, Nov 2016
Official Selection – Int’l Queer Film Merlinka (Belgrade, Serbia), Dec 2016
Official Selection – Queer Kampala Int’l Film Festival, Uganda, Dec 2016
Official Selection – Chennai Rainbow Film Festival, India, Dec 2016
Official Selection – Desperado LGBT Film Festival (Phoenix, USA), Jan 2017
Official Selection – Pink Lobster: New Brunswick LGBTQ Film Festival (Fredericton, CAN), Feb 2017
Official Selection – Jehlum Short & Long Film Festival (Bangalore, India), May 2017
Official Selection – 17th Korea Queer Film Festival (Seoul, South Korea), July 2017
Official Selection – Perth Int’l Queer Film Festival (Australia), Sept 2017
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Crashing Waves by Emma Gilbertson (2018)
Director/Writer: Emma Gilbertson
Country: UK
Year: 2018
Duration: 4 mn
Dancers: Joshua Hubbard, Phoenix Chase-Meares
Two young men meet on an inner city housing estate, against a backdrop of high rises residential buildings. Are they about to fight or kiss? Crashing Waves explores the tension between both possibilities through expertly choreographed dance in the unlikeliest of settings.
Crashing Waves was commissioned for Random Acts the short film strand by Channel 4. Showcasing the world’s boldest and most innovative creative shorts. Created in collaboration with our Ignition Random Acts Network Centre: Screen South and our production partner The University of Creative Arts. Supported by Channel 4 and The Arts Council.
Broadcast as part of Channel 4’s: Random Acts Season 5.
Selected for the BAFTA recognised Best of British category and nominated for the Iris Prize 2018.
Official selection for BAFTA recognised Aesthetica 2018.
Official selection for GAZE 2018.
Official selection for Outfest 2018.
“Emma does so much with so little in her film: the choreography is brutal, tender and the metaphoric space it occupies is epic. Two young men expressing their love for the first time on the public stage of their council estate. Emma is one to watch.”
Zawe Ashton
Screen South Website: http://www.screensouth.org/
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Akron (2015)
Akron (2015)
6.4
Akron (Stylized as AKRON) is a 2015 independent, LGBT themed film. The film stars Matthew Frias, (who previously starred in the sports film When the Game Stands Tall), as Benny, and Edmund Donovan as Christopher. The film portrays Benny and Christopher meeting during a football game at the University of Akron, where they fall in love. Their budding relationship is threatened by the knowledge that their respective families first met years before, during a tragic accident. The film also stars film and stage star Andréa Burns. The film has earned several awards, including Best Feature Film, at numerous film festivals in the United States.
The film opens in a supermarket, where two families are shopping for groceries. Young Christopher and his mother Carol are seen driving away in a van, while Benny and his family load their purchases into their vehicle. Carol accidentally hits and kills Benny’s brother, Davey. Both families are devastated.
Years later, Benny and Christopher are attending the University of Akron. They meet while playing on opposing teams during a friendly game of football. Benny and Christopher have an immediate attraction to each other, and exchange phone numbers. They later go on a date, and become boyfriends. Benny and Christopher go to a nightclub with friends, and end up spending the night together. As spring break draws near, they decide to spend the week in Florida at Christopher’s mother’s home. Both families are accepting and supportive of Benny and Christopher dating, but over time Christopher begins putting the pieces together that Christopher’s mother is the one who accidentally killed Benny’s brother. Christopher realizes this history between the two families just before leaving with Benny on a trip to Florida to celebrate spring break. Despite his hesitations, they continue their journey with a short overnight at a campgrounds where they consummate their love with all the tenderness of young love. Matters become complicated, however, when Christopher’s mother Carol discovers who Benny is while the couple visit her home in Jacksonville. Against Christopher’s wishes, she makes a heartfelt confession regarding her involvement in Davey’s death, causing a distraught Benny to insist on going home to Ohio. Benny briefly breaks up with Christopher twice, while quarreling with his family over his relationship. The young couple finally reconcile for good, and attend a local stage production of Arsenic and Old Lace, in which Benny’s sister Becca has a starring role. When Benny’s parents, Lenora and David, see him arrive with Christopher, they become hurt and angry. Meanwhile, Christopher’s mother arrives in Akron, with plans for three things; pay her respects at Davey’s gravesite, ask Benny’s mother for forgiveness, and that she give her blessing for Benny and Christopher to see each other. Carol’s plans have mixed results.
After having a conversation with her husband about “try[ing] harder” to process her grief, the film ends with Benny’s mother inviting Benny and Christopher over for dinner.
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Swimming Pool (2015) – Piscina, gay short film by Carlos Ruano
Swimming Pool (2017)
6.5
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Room 303 (2012) short film by Manny Mahal
Room 303 (2012)
8.0
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Straight A (2016) short film by Mariana Robles Thome and Todd Lien
Straight A (2016)
Todd Lien (5. June 1971)
6Place of Birth: Taiwan
Note from Todd: I am grateful for the supporting father I have, but I want to be clear that I know this is not how many people’s experiences are like. I just want to share some happy ending story like mine out there for more positivity and hope! The message is that sometimes we need to give our parents a little more credit for acceptance. Hope this video does that for as many people out there as possible!
This is my coming out thesis film from my New York Film Academy MFA Program based on the true story of me coming out to my father.
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Éden (2014) short film by Fábio Freitas
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2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten (2016)
2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten (2016)
7.9
2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten is a 2016 Filipino coming-of-age drama film directed by Petersen Vargas in his feature-length directorial debut and written by Jason Paul Laxamana. The film stars Khalil Ramos, Ethan Salvador and Jameson Blake. It depicts the mysterious coming-of-age tale of Felix after he met half-American Snyder brothers, Magnus and Maxim.
The film premiered on November 17, 2016 at the 2016 Cinema One Originals Film Festival, where it won three awards, including Best Picture. It was commercially released by Star Cinema on March 15, 2017 in selected theaters nationwide.
The film depicts the coming-of-age story of Felix (Khalil Ramos), a friendless and smart high school sophomore, who lives in post-lahar Pampanga in the late 1990s. His life takes a turn after the two new half-American students, the Snyder brothers, Magnus (Ethan Salvador) and Maxim (Jameson Blake), transfer to his school. He finds himself drawn toward them, especially Magnus, who becomes his classmate. Magnus befriends him and he infiltrates the private lives of the Snyder brothers. He interweaves himself to the dark and mysterious motives of the Snyder brothers and at the same time, his interactions with them uncover desires within him that he has never confronted before
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Before the Fall (2016) gay romance by Byrum Geisler
Before the Fall (2016)
5.9
In this inverted version of the classic story, Elizabeth Bennet, now reimagined as the male character Ben Bennett (Ethan Sharrett), is a dashing attorney at the top of the genteel social set in southern Virginia. This placid existence is turned upside down when the rough-hewn Lee Darcy (Chase Conner) comes to town. Darcy is a brooding, beaten-down welder with a secret he tries to drink away. After an altercation with his girlfriend, Darcy is wrongfully charged with domestic abuse. Ben inadvertently insults Darcy at the courthouse and the two men form a strong dislike for each other. This awkward situation is made worse when the two are repeatedly forced to encounter one another in their close-knit town. As the people around them struggle through romantic misunderstandings, Ben discovers that he has a secret of his own – he has fallen in love with Lee.
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Esprit De Corps (2014)
Esprit De Corps (2014)
7.4
Soldier boi
Kanakanan Balintagos’ (a.k.a. Auraeus Solito) latest film Esprit de Corps (2014), based on one of his own stage dramas written over twenty years ago, is an odd choice for adaptation: the play’s clearly meant to function as a metaphor for the fascistic Marcos Administration (overthrown before the play was written), and written back when the director was fresh out of high school (the Reserve Officer’s Training Program today is no longer mandatory in colleges and attendance–not to mention sense of relevance–has diminished).
But the kind of mindset that demands recruits be tested physically and mentally to the point of cruelty is still present,in both the Philippine military and educational system (we still have hazing deaths: that sophomore in De La Salle – College of St. Benilde, for example); and the notion of ‘male machismo’–of strong bull warriors to be celebrated and weak ‘faggots’ (as the young men in the film so vividly call them) to be winnowed–still thrives in Philippine society.
Most of the film takes place in what looks and feels like a basement–a broad room with a broader ceiling stretching over bent and bowed cadets like a corrugated sky. One wall is a row of bars, emphasizing the prison-cell feel; on the other is a poster of Ferdinand Marcos (with his even more notorious wife Imelda) and a rack of rifles. A bench sits at the center under harsh lights, as if under interrogation.
Testing starts small: the cadets are grilled for knowledge, reprimanded for slight lapses. Later they do an inhuman number of sit ups, push-ups, squat jumps. The cadet’s every aspect is thoroughly scrutinized and humiliated physically, sexually, intellectually (one cadet is accused of being there only because his mother whored for his tuition). The cadets are pushed to their limits and then it happens–a gentle hand with a small white towel, a sweat-drenched back, a surreptitious slide from muscled back to stiffened nipple. How will the cadet respond?
Balintagos holds his cards close to his chest; much is said, little to nothing endorsed. We get the full range of military philosophy: that an officer should be strong; should be a rock and not some mere gem (“What are you? Jade? Ruby? Turquoise?”); should know his poop sheets; should be handsome (?); should know word for word Cyrano’s brief soliloquy “What is a kiss?” found in Edmond Rostand’s play (?!). Don’t know if any of this actually matters or why but it’s the military, meaning: if you need your questions answered you shouldn’t be there in the first place.
And yet–Major Mac Favila (JC Santos) is in a position of authority and abuses his position accordingly; cadets squirm and twist under his command and can do little else in response. The Philippine military has been a homophobic institution publicly, more tolerant internally (for the record the ban on gay soldiers was lifted in 2010, but discrimination persists); you sense that the hypocritical attitude is one reason why they can be so flexible. The question of morality–of whether or not what happens in that barred, low-ceilinged room is right or not, belongs there or should be rooted out–is pointedly ignored by both cadet and superior, and much of the tension comes from maintaining that carefully cultivated act of evasion.
That’s the essence of the play’s ’70s-rooted themes, its period-specific political subtext; beyond that it’s hard to think of another recent film so openly and lyrically obsessed with homoeroticism. Half the time the cadets sweat and strain half naked; half the time the officers are in the cadets’ faces, yelling (at one point the close proximity evokes the most famous shot in Ingmar Bergman’s Persona, of a face looking at the camera carefully fitted into another looking sideways). In the context of all this grit and perspiration the milieu seems appropriate: of course you’ll find them grunting behind bars; of course you’ll catch them flexing exhausted muscles against a concrete floor.*
* (That said at one point a naive provinciano mentions his wish to someday see a diwata, a forest spirit–and suddenly Balintagos presents her to us, in all her fleshy glory (actress Sue Prado in a brief but courageous cameo). Did I say homoeroticism? Eroticism, more like, in its various polymorphous forms.)
Balintagos leaves that dank dungeon for an image of ecstatic beauty: a naked male form floating above us in water, freed from the weight of the world. It’s a moment to take your breath away no matter what your personal orientation may be, goes a long way into justifying insertion of Rostand’s poem (why did Favila pick that poem anyway–to evoke the romantic nature of warrior culture? Suggest the sensuality of physical exertion and skin contact? Out of sheer perversity?) into the film:
When all is said, what is a kiss?
An oath of allegiance taken at close proximity
A seal upon a confession
A rose red dot upon the letter “i” in ‘loving’
An instance of eternity murmuring like a bee
A balmy communion with the flavor of flowers
A fashion of inhaling each other’s heart and
Of tasting the brink of each other’s lips
And each other’s souls.
Unintentionally or not with this film Balintagos makes you feel the heedless rush, the throbbing rhythm of those words.
First published in Businessworld, 8.6.15
Esprit de Corps will be screened on Aug. 11, 9 p.m. at the Little Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), as part of the Cinemalaya Film Festival which kicks off on Aug. 7 and runs until the 15th. International premieres, full-length features, and the entries in the short film competition will be screened in several venues in the CCP and at Greenbelt 3 movie theaters. For the full schedule and updates, visit the Cinemalaya Facebook page, cinemalaya.org, or their screening schedule.
Source: https://criticafterdark.blogspot.com/2015/08/esprit-de-corps-kanakanan-balintagos.html
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TommyTeen18 (2017) by Vincent Fitz-Jim
TommyTeen18 (2017)
7.9
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Lust (2017) Short film by Harrison J. Bahe
Lust (2017)
N/A
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Line 9 (2016) gay short film by Tavo Ruiz
Line 9 (2016)
7.8
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Jain (2012) gay short film by Marco Zanoni
Jain (2013)
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Frank (2013)
Frank (2013)
N/A
The two tewnty-somethings Frank and Dominik are in a relationship. But Dominik has to go to prison somewhere in the province. This puts their love to a test.
A short film by Simon Schultz. Thank you to him and his team that queerblick e.V. is allowed to show it.
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Frank (2013)
The two tewnty-somethings Frank and Dominik are in a relationship. But Dominik has to go to prison somewhere in the province. This puts their love to a test. Director: Simon ...
So gay (2015) – Voll Schwul
Kim is gay. His father knows, his mother not. She is sick and believes to die soon. Therefore, his father wants to prevent Kim's coming out to protect his wife ...
PRIDE IS MY COLOR – Empowerment for LGBT
This world is diverse. And we are as well. It doesn't matter of we are gay, lesbian, bi or trans; it doesn't matter if we are small, big or thin; ...
ONE POINT LESS ON THE SKY (2016) gay short film by Roberto Carlos
The infinite yearning for the best friend. His proximity, his body, his love. That's what Miguel feels for his buddy Lucas. Director: Roberto Carlos Marrero ...
Than you can be free (2012)
To be in love is a great feeling. But if you are gay and you can't show you love as you might like. What would your parents say? How will ...
The Secret ( 2016)
The Secret ( 2016) Gay short film by Kim Anderson Julian is in a dilemma. He loves the person, he is in a relation ship with, less than his best ...
A Boy named Noel (2017) by Andreas Köstler & Irina Stuhlsatz
At Christmas eve, Noel is anything but happy. He needs to hide a secret from his familiy. Director: Andreas Köstler, Irina Stuhlsatz ...
Cruising (2016)
Stani grows up in the wastelands. Far away from the next city and a gay youth group he discoveres his identity. During nights he meets other men at hidden places, ...
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DADDYHUNT: THE SERIAL – SEASON 3
Spanish subtitles available.
Starring Jim Newman, BJ Gruber, David M. Farrington, Michael Snipe Jr, and David J. Cork with Adam Davenport and Alvaro Francisco.
Edited and Directed by Geoff Ryan.
Produced by Allen Haveson.
Executive Producers: Dan Wohlfeiler and Casey Crawford.
DADDYHUNT: THE SERIAL – SEASON 3
Season 3 of the Daddyhunt Serial is here! A new hunt is on for trust, friendship, and love ...
DADDYHUNT: The Serial | All Episodes
A young man mistakes his salt&pepper older neighbor for a handyman, which begins a gay romance story for the modern age. Are you a Daddy or do you have Daddy-issues? ...
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Something New (2017) gay short film by TJ Marchbank
Something New (2017)
7.3
This short is played for laughs and most of he characters are as much caricatures as characters but the point is made and the short is enjoyable, if not overly deep. It’s also nice to see a M/M story with a hopeful ending.
Something New stars Ben Baur as Jonah. Baur is known for his LGBT web series Hunting Season and for making OUT’s most eligible bachelor list back in 2015. Also starring in the charming film are Doug Locke who plays unlucky-in-love Jonah’s ex-boyfriend Scott. Ruby Hanger, Johnny Sibilly, Zach Zagoria and Kasey Mahaffy also appear.
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A Song for Your Mixtape (2016) short film by Brandon Zuck
A Song for Your Mixtape (2016)
6.2
A young gay man arrives at a party full of kids he’s known since he was little. But they’re all strangers now. He feels he doesn’t belong. He’s only there for one reason, one person. The guy he loves; the guy who left him.
That’s the premise behind A Song For Your Mixtape, a new short film from creators Zachary Kemper and Brandon Zuck.
Written and directed by Zuck from a story by Kemper (and starring Kemper), the film tackles a heavy subject—LGBT suicide—with a deft touch. The film is woven together by Kemper’s Holden Caulfield-esque narration, which tracks him as he arrives at the aforementioned party and then escapes to the roof where he meets a strange young woman, Blair (Warehouse 13’s Allison Scagliotti). Talking with Blair, Kemper starts to reveal what happened between him and his boy.
~source: http://www.towleroad.com/2016/05/a-song-for-your-mixtape/
official website: http://www.asongforyourmixtape.com
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/asongforyourmixtape
twitter: http://www.twitter.com/asfymixtape
FEATURING
Zachary Kemper
David Brookton
and
Allison Scagliotti
WRITER/DIRECTOR
Brandon Zuck
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Glenn Elliott
CINEMATOGRAPHER
John Wakayama Carey
“Lessons”
Written by C. Taylor (SOHN)
Performed by SOHN
Courtesy of 4AD by arrangement with Beggars Group Media Limited
Published by Red Lines Music / Prescription Tracks (SESAC),
administered by Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc. (SESAC)
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