Description: Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel. Director: Mikko Mäkelä Writer: Mikko Mäkelä Actors: Ruaridh Mollica, Hiftu Quasem, Jonathan Hyde Runtime: 110 min…
Description: A closeted gay man’s attempt to “act straight” for the sake of his job has unexpected consequences. Director: Gabriel Aghion Writer: Gabriel Aghion, Pierre Palmade, Patrick Timsit Actors: Patrick Timsit, Fanny Ardant, Richard Berry Runtime: 100 min Country: France…
Description: The area around Catalan in Brazil’s state of Goiás is dry, very dry. Sandro’s life here is somewhat monotonous. He works in a fertiliser factory, goes swimming and spends his evenings doing jigsaw puzzles of landscapes. When Maicon, a…
Description: An LGBT-themed horror film set in a rural town in the Philippines. A remote village is gripped with fear. Its residents are going missing one by one. Now a young nurse is in town to care for an ailing…
Description: The stylish new biographical drama Bitter Years retraces the real life of Mario Mieli, one of the founders of the Italian Homosexual Liberation Movement, created in Italy at the beginning of the 1970s. An activist, intellectual, writer and performer,…
Description: In rural Iowa, a grocery cashier watches helplessly as classmates conceal their act of sexual violence against his teenaged step-sister. A hustler tricks for food, shelter, and intimacy during a winter in New York City. Mortality compels a father…
Description: A cinephile meets on a beach in Ramatuelle his favorite filmmaker. He proposes to film the painful adventure that is just live. The two men will knit the scenes, each in its own way. The filmmaker keeps pushing the…
Description: Sergeant Benson (Ryan O’Neal) is a Police detective. After a series of murders in the gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay Police clerk named Kerwin (Sir John Hurt) as his partner. In order to…
Description: When Guy Simms is yanked out of his mundane routine mopping floors at the gay cabaret and accused of burning down the evangelical church by the town preacher, Guy overcomes his fear of authority to prove his innocence in…
Description: Wiley is a gay virgin who spends his nights with a large collection of porno. Johnny’s his best friend but he’s straight, though does admit to a little experimenting. What to do? what to do? Director: Greg Pritikin, Gary…
Description: A wide variety of Iraqis in exile meet at Café Abu Nawas in London, including the architect Amal, the poet Taufiq and the gay IT specialist Muhannad. They all want to finally feel free in London – something that…
Description: Writer/Director Bruce Reisman pays homage to the Golden Age of Broadway during the summer of 1948. Inspired by true events, this is the story of private, often forbidden romances of legends from Montgomery Clift to Richard Rodgers, told through…
Description: Struggling martial artist and dancer Bruno loves his girlfriend Carla, but when he meets fellow dancer Rai, serious sparks begin to fly, opening the couple up to new possibilities. A new generation navigates sexual fluidity, torn affections, and open…
Description: Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of Hemphill reciting his poetry, Riggs telling the story of his growing…
Description: Lonely gay teenager, McClain, struggles to fit in with his classmates in a small, conservative Colorado town. After he’s severely beaten at school, Karen O’Neil, a martial arts Sensei, secretly trains him to defend himself. When the town discovers…
Description: Leo is a successful author who is experiencing a tough writer’s block. Feeling the pressure to finish the new installment of his popular series of books, Leo swaps homes with his best friend, Ellie, for a period of time.…
Description: This romantic-kitsch story goes from Paris to Marseille, from Amsterdam to Morocco via Jean Genet’s grave in Larache, and on to Tangiers. The movie tells the story of an Algerian-French heterosexual young man beginning a sociology study of gay…
Description: In this witty father-son story, we are introduced to Varun, a former scammer, and River, a trans drag performer, as they venture on a road trip across South Africa to rescue River’s long-lost mother from a rehab clinic in…
Description: A mystery man brings together a group of dead, gay artists to investigate a police response to the dilema of wash-room sex in Toronto. The artists have seven days in which to report on the ethics of police tactics.…
Description: 74-year-old Yamazaki, having been handsome as a young gay man, grows narcissistic of his beauty and is unable to bear his own aging. One night, Yamazaki meets a young and beautiful man named Leo. Having loved only himself during…
Description: Connor is on a hike with friends when he meets Adam who tries to seduce him. Connor finds he is less sure about his sexuality and masculinity than he previously thought. Director: Arno Crous Writer: Arno Crous Actors: James…
Description: After finding an odd envelope, Policeman Ming-han’s life takes a spooky turn: He’s now wed to a ghost husband, and they must solve a crime together. Director: Cheng Wei-Hao Writer: Cheng Wei-Hao (writer), Sharon Wu (writer) Actors: Greg Hsu,…
Description: The oldest son in an orthodox Jewish family is living at home (in Brooklyn) with his parents and younger brothers. He’s being pressured by his parents to marry the girl they have chosen, (the daughter of a rabbi). But…
Description: In Georgia, two stranded Nigerians, Obinna and Afame, navigate the sleeping city of Tbilisi after a long night out. However, as day breaks the true colors of their ambiguous affection begin to show. In this way, they find solace…
Description: An unnamed figure picks up a young man in his car. As the two drive together, and settle into an austere rental house in the country, the details of their arrangement become guttingly clear. Director: Sam Max Writer: Sam…
Description: Fueled by the intense poverty of his youth, Walter Valentino Liberace is determined to become the world’s greatest entertainer. Explore the rises and falls, the libel and palimony suits, as this intensely driven man struggles for personal happiness as…
Description: Golden Delicious is a coming-of-age story about an Asian-Canadian teenager who is torn between his girlfriend’s dreams of their future and his father’s ambition, all the while struggling with finding himself and following his own desires. Director: Jason Karman…
Description: Set in South India and Mumbai, Evening Shadows is a tender heartwarming story about a mother-son bond that has to withstand the ravages of time, distance and truths. On a road trip that the mother and son take, truth…
Description: In a youth correctional facility, Joe is preparing his return to society. But William’s arrival turns his desire for freedom into desire of another kind. Behind fences and cell walls, passions begin to play havoc with the need for…
Description: A talented but struggling dancer in New York City uses his daydreams to escape and find love. Director: J. Arcane, Paul Erskine Writer: J. Arcane, Paul Erskine Actors: Yves Mathieu East, William Chris Sumpter, Fiora ‘Feathers’ Wise, O.G. Park,…