Dishonored Bodies 2015

Dishonored Bodies 2015

Dishonored Bodies 2015
1h 46min | Short | 24 Aug. 2015 (Spain)

Plot:

Nine sexy, shocking, and always intriguing films from Spain’s most exciting queer filmmaker. Take an explicit trip through a cruising ground in the body of a curious guy, peek in to the bedroom of a couple as they discover themselves and each other, take your place on the dance floor in a sexually charged club, or watch the aftermath of a casual hook up in the back of a car. These stories and more feature in this stirring collection- including Scaffolding, Fuckbuddies, Consequence/Consequences, Wall, Une Sensation de vide, 1941, Dishonored Bodies, Perfect Day and Cannibals, Juanma Carrillo’s shorts have been shown at galleries and festivals around the world, including London’s own Barbican.

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Wild Awakening 2016

Wild Awakening 2016

Wild Awakening 2016
Salvaje despertar (original title)
1h 45min | Drama | 30 September 2016 (Spain)

Storyline:

Toni (Fabian Castro) and Emma (Julia Hernandez) are brother and sister who owns a stable farm. Ramon (Richie Ormon) and his son, Aaron (Christian Blanch) works for them. Toni is openly gay who loves to party, Emma has a crush on Aaron who is a closeted gay who is afraid that his father might find out, but his father also has a secret that will lead to murder.

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A Boy Called H 2013

A Boy Called H 2013

A Boy Called H 2013
Shônen H (original title)
2h 1min | Drama | 10 August 2013 (Japan)

Storyline:

Narrated and viewed from the perspective of a child in the family, Shoonen H portrays the daily trials and societal difficulties of a Christian family from just prior to the commencement of World War II to its aftermath. Distrusted as Christians, yet steadfast, the parents become sources of reassurance and discipline for the children in a society in turmoil.

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L’albero di Guernica 1975

L'albero di Guernica 1975

L’albero di Guernica 1975
1h 50min | Drama, War | 19 November 1975 (France)

Storyline:

The Spanish Civil War, as experienced by the town of Villa Ramiro. The local count and his Fascist nephews ally with the rebels; the count’s son, indifferent to politics at the outset, later makes a choice; the town’s teacher, Antonio Garcia, a pacifist, tries not to take sides but to inspire the children with ideas; a beautiful eccentric woman, Vandale, brings leadership and strength to the town; dwarfs long for equality. The fictive story of Villa Ramiro is inter-cut with archival footage of the war itself. The town is near Guernica, and the local Republicans draw inspiration from its freedom tree.

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Weiser 2001

Weiser 2001

Weiser 2001

Weiser 2001
1h 35min | Drama, Mystery | 18 January 2001 (Poland)

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Poland. Summer 1967: 12-year-old kids, Pawel, Piotr, Szymek, and Elka, meet a fascinating, mysterious Jewish boy. David Weiser opens for them a new world of miracles and mystique. He is scheming something unusual.

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Elysium 1986

Elysium 1986

Elysium 1986
1h 58min | Drama, War

Plot:

1944. The Szekeres’ are a much honoured intellectual Jewish family in Budapest, therefore they believe that they will be able to survive the Holocaust. One day the ten-year-old Gyurika does not return from the neighborhood. It is too late to learn that the well-behaved little boy was ordered by a gendarme to join the march of yellow-stared people. Gyurika still expects on the train that someone will come for him. The crazy run of his parents is in vain. Gyurika gets into the camp called Elysium, where experiments are carried out on children. Doctor Helmer grows fond of the intelligent little boy who speaks good German and is full of trust for adults again, but this does not save Gyurika from death.

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Top je bio vreo 2014

Top je bio vreo 2014

Top je bio vreo 2014
1h 40min | Drama, War | 15 January 2015 (Serbia)

Storyline:

A grenade fired from a nearby hill kills the parents of a ten year old boy during the siege of Sarajevo in 1992. The Boy looses his ability to speak. A lady neighbor adopts and takes care of him. The Boy is thrown out from his destroyed apartment and begins to prowl around the city with a schoolmate. Too early and too soon, he goes through the process of growing up. He learns the meanings of such words as force, death, sex. He learns how to achieve. He learns about the values. He learns what matters the most. The Lady neighbor that takes care of him tries to shelter him and protect him. Unsuccessfully. The Boy rides to fall. Death and suffering become more frequent, and more severe. When the Lady neighbor’s teenage son is killed by a sniper as a collateral damage, she then rejects the Boy. The Boy escapes the siege, and shoots from a cannon at the city.Fifteen years later, the Boy – now twenty five – and the Lady neighbor meet again. They are united in pain and suffering.

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M15F1T5 (2013) Directors Cut

M15F1T5 (2013) Directors Cut

M15F1T5 (2013) Directors Cut
1h 36min | Crime, Music, Mystery | 3 June 2013 (USA)

Storyline:

This is an experimental Narrative movie. Although not a religious story, we (the writers) referred to a haunting question from our Christian upbringing; “what if Jesus came today”. So we started writing the story with consideration of how exactly this miracle worker might be documented and possibly even followed one day. For starters, this particular messiah is gay.

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