Lost Years 2016

Lost Years 2016

Lost Years 2016

Lost Years 2016
21min | Short, Drama | 14 March 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

Felix is a young boy who, after the death of his mother, is sent to a boarding school abroad. There he meets his roommate, Leo, with whom he begins a relationship. After a tragic incident in which Felix is abused, their friendship ends. The film portrays the impact that sexual abuse can have on young people and its longterm effects.

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After Louie 2017

After Louie 2017

After Louie 2017

After Louie 2017
1h 40min | Drama, Romance | 30 March 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

After Louie explores the contradictions of modern gay life and history through Sam, a man desperate to understand how he and his community got to where they are today. As an AIDS activist and member of ACT UP in the 1980s and 90s, Sam witnessed the deaths of too many friends and lovers. Battlewounded and struggling with survivor’s guilt, Sam now resents the complacency of his former comrades and derides what he sees as the younger generation’s indifference to the politics of sex, and of death. An unexpected intimacy with a much younger man challenges Sam’s understanding of contemporary gay life. Through this unconventional romance, he is forced to deal with the trauma that so informs his past, their present, and an unknown future.

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The Einstein of Sex 1999

The Einstein of Sex 1999

The Einstein of Sex 1999

The Einstein of Sex 1999
Der Einstein des Sex (original title)
Unrated | 1h 40min | Biography, Drama, History | 16 March 2000 (Germany)

Storyline:

The life story of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a German Jew, who as a physician established the field of sexology, and fought militantly against German anti-sodomy laws in the late 19th century. The script reveals main characters in Hirschfeld’s life including impossible love interest Baron von Teschenberg, and Hirschfeld’s aids- young Karl Giese and guardian angel, the transvestite Dorchen, as they establish the First Institute of Sexual Sciences in Berlin in 1920, and follows their struggles to keep it open, up to the rise of the Third Reich in the mid 1930s.

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Death Drive Director’s Cut 2014

Death Drive Director's Cut 2014

Death Drive Director’s Cut 2014
52min | Action, Drama, Fantasy | October 2014 (Germany)

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Death Drive is an exploration of the self-destructive tendencies in gay male sexuality utilizing the mediums of independent film, pornography, and dance to create a highly unique work of experimental film that transcends genre, gender, and expectation. Set in the desert of California, spanning from Palm Springs to Las Vegas, Death Drive tells the story of a young man, who after emerging from a pool of water scrambles to piece together the previous night before embarking on a series of psychedelic adventures that reveal his darkest internal instinct.

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Semicolon 2017

Semicolon 2017

Semicolon 2017
25min | Drama |

Storyline:

Timo is gay. Because a boy in his class came out publicly, he gathers the courage to tell his friends but they don’t react the way he had hoped for. On top of that, his homophobic parents also find out. As he then also starts receiving anonymous threats, he doesn’t see any way out of this mess.

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Cas 2016

Cas 2016

Cas 2016

Cas 2016
Not Rated | 50min | Short, Drama, Romance | TV Short September 2016

Storyline:

In the comedy-drama Cas, Pepijn and Sjors’ steady, seven-year relationship is shaken up after they allow a young student named Cas to sleep on their couch until he finds a place of his own. Gradually, both men fall head over heels for Cas’ laconic charm and it forces them to reconsider their many long-term plans. Is Cas’ presence endangering their relationship or is he actually a blessing in disguise?

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