Rialto 2019

Rialto 2019

Rialto 2019

Rialto 2019
1h 30min | Drama | 2 October 2020 (Ireland)

Storyline:

Colm is in his mid-forties, married, with two teenage children. Still grieving the death of his father, a destructive gure in his life, Colm struggles with his relationship to his own son, whilst at work a recent takeover threatens his job. Unable to share his vulnerability with his wife, Colm’s world is falling apart around him. In the midst of this crisis, Colm solicits sex from a young man called Jay. This encounter and his growing infatuation has a deep effect on Colm. He finds a comfort in Jay that no one else can provide.

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A Home at the End of the World 2004

A Home at the End of the World 2004

A Home at the End of the World 2004

A Home at the End of the World 2004
R | 1h 37min | Drama, Romance | 14 October 2004 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Hours” comes a story that chronicles a dozen years in the lives of two best friends who couldn’t be more different. From suburban Cleveland in the 60s, to New York City in the 80s, where they meet an older woman, the film charts a journey of trials, triumphs, loves and losses. Now the question is: can they navigate the unusual triangle they’ve created and hold their friendship together?

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Roundabout, the Shortest Distance Is Round 2019

Roundabout, the Shortest Distance Is Round 2019

Roundabout, the Shortest Distance Is Round 2019

Roundabout, the Shortest Distance Is Round 2019
Saitankyori wa mawari kudokute, (original title)
1h 10min | Drama | 5 July 2019 (Japan)

Storyline:

Haruto spends a lonely high school. The new teacher, Aoyama, cares about him and starts an exchange diary. Haruto gradually opens up, but one day, when he was resting because of a cold, he was kissed by Aoyama who came to visit him. Agitated by the sudden incident, Haruto violently refused and Aoyama was chased away from teaching. Three years later: Haruto, who graduated from high school and became a host, has debts and sells his body. But suddenly he meets Aoyama again.

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The Whispering of the Gods 2005

The Whispering of the Gods 2005

The Whispering of the Gods 2005

The Whispering of the Gods 2005
Gerumaniumu no yoru (original title)
1h 47min | Drama | 8 April 2007 (USA)

Storyline:

Rou returns to the rural seminary farm where he studied as a boy and was molested by priests. Rou has recently had a history of violence, and he brings this anger to the seminary, triggering a series of atrocities within the seemingly peaceful retreat – indeed, much of Whispering consists of sequences of sexual perversion that allow mori to comment on the cycle of abuse and how the distortion of sexuality and spirituality can create hell on earth.

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The Deep End 2001

The Deep End 2001

The Deep End 2001

The Deep End 2001
R | 1h 41min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 31 August 2001 (USA)

Storyline:

With her husband perpetually away at work, a mother raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?

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Matthias & Maxime 2019

Matthias & Maxime 2019

Matthias & Maxime 2019

Matthias & Maxime 2019
Matthias et Maxime (original title)
1h 59min | Drama | 9 October 2019 (USA)

Storyline:

Two childhood best friends are asked to share a kiss for the purposes of a student short film. Soon, a lingering doubt sets in, confronting both men with their preferences, threatening the brotherhood of their social circle, and, eventually, changing their lives.

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Race You To The Bottom 2005

Race You To The Bottom 2005

Race You To The Bottom 2005

Race You To The Bottom 2005
R | 1h 13min | Drama, Romance | 2005 (USA)

Storyline:

Nathan and Maggie are in the throes of a passionate affair. They’re young, good-looking, and both have boyfriends. When Nathan is assigned to write a travel article on romantic hot-spots in Napa Valley, these unconventional lovers test the limits of the sensuality and fantasy that bond them.

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Sugar Pine Falls 2017

Sugar Pine Falls 2017

Sugar Pine Falls 2017

Sugar Pine Falls 2017
18min | Short, Drama, Mystery | 1 January 2017 (Australia)

Storyline:

SUGAR PINE FALLS is about growing up fast. Monty and his little sister are being driven halfway across the country by their mum (Hannah), in another attempted escape of Monty’s alcoholic father. Monty is 16 and can’t yet shake the responsibility of looking after his emotionally erratic mum. When they arrive at the Sugar Pine Caravan Park, Monty forms an unexpected friendship with James; an intriguing and artistic older boy. James has a heaviness weighing on him and takes to the Monty’s awkwardly insightful presence as a much needed distraction. But, SUGAR PINE is a dark place where everyone has something to hide and happiness is fleeting. A body lays limp beneath a waterfall and as the film unravels the awful truth will be revealed.

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