Norwegian Dream 2023
Norwegian Dream 2023
1h 37m | Drama | Release date: March 17, 2023 (Norway)
Storyline:
A 19-year-old Polish immigrant working at a fish factory in Norway has feelings for his colleague. A strike begins among the Polish workers at the factory testing their relationship, and with their fellow workers.
Pashi 2017
Pashi 2017
32m | Short, Drama | Release date: 2017 (India)
Storyline:
A tender coming-of-age tale, Pashi follows a young boy from a Himalayan village as he fumbles through the maze of adolescence, infatuation, and queer identity. Siddharth Chauhan imaginatively uses dream sequences and folk traditions to tell an emotionally intricate story of desire.
Old Narcissus 2023
Old Narcissus 2023
Ro narukisosu (original title)
1h 50m | Drama | Release date: May 20, 2023 (Japan)
Storyline:
74-year-old Yamazaki, an eccentric and prideful gay man, meets the young and lonely sex worker Leo, and for the first time in his long tumultuous life, falls in love with another person.
Háblame de ti 2022
Háblame de ti 2022
1h 40m | Comedy, Drama | Release date: October 6, 2022 (Mexico)
Storyline:
Follows Chava, a 17-year-old boy who has a secret admirer, but feels more attracted to boys. When leaving his school in a rainy day, Carlos offers him a ride, and so their adventure begins.
Punch 2022
Punch 2022
1h 38m | Drama, Sport | Release date: July 27, 2022 (New Zealand)
Storyline:
Jim is a seventeen-year-old boxer in a small town. He’s a golden boy, preparing for a fight that will elevate him to an early professional status. All bets are on his climb to success. But his father Stan is a demanding coach and a notorious alcoholic. As Jim begins to rethink why he is fighting, his life tangles with Whetu, a razor-tongued, gay Maori boy who spends his days in an old shack with his dog Moimoi where he cobbles together a fragile glamour and dreams of leaving town to become a musician. Away from the rainbow flags and Pride parades, Jim and Whetu must navigate isolation, hypocrisy, the brutality of small-town boxing, and an anonymous queer bashing that no one will talk about. As Jim stumbles towards discovering what it really is to be a gay man, he is forced to understand that strength has little to do with heroism.
Lie with Me 2022
Lie with Me 2022
Arrête avec tes mensonges (original title)
1h 38m | Drama | Release date: February 22, 2023 (France)
Storyline:
Upon agreeing to be the brand ambassador for a famous cognac celebrating their bicentennial, novelist Stéphane Belcourt returns to his hometown for the first time in many years. Once there, he meets his first love’s son, Lucas. Memories come rushing back to him: irrepressible attraction, bodies becoming one in the heat of desire, a passion that can never be revealed… His first love’s name was Thomas. They were 17.
The Inner Shadow 2018
The Inner Shadow 2018
A Sombra Interior (original title)
16m | Short, Drama | Release date: August 24, 2018 (Brazil)
Storyline:
A young boy was raised by his father to learn how to hunt, how to build, and other skills that men should know. To him, his father was a paragon of masculinity, both admired and feared. But one day, he discovers another side of his father, a darker side that no one knows about…
Firsts 2022
Firsts 2022
17m | Short, Drama | Release date: February 20, 2023 (Hong Kong)
Storyline:
On the eve Chinese New Year, Steven, a closeted Chinese international student living in New Zealand oppressed by the expectations of his parents, plans to lose his virginity to a stranger that he meets online.
Beauty and the Beast 2021
Beauty and the Beast 2021
La belle et la bête (original title)
13m | Short, Drama, Fantasy | Release date: December 2021 (France)
Storyline:
Our program for the evening has been composed by and for grown-ups, who haven’t lost their child soul. Eternal history, the tale of Belle-Rose. As known as Beauty and the beast. Warning, some images are likely to offend homophobic sensitivity.
