Paradigma 2016

Paradigma 2016

Paradigma 2016
18min | Short | 16 October 2016 (Spain)

Plot:

Paradigm by Valentino R. Sandoli is a Spanish short fiction film present in the LGBT section of the seventh edition of Piélagos en Corto – International Fiction Short Film Festival taking place in Cantabria, Spain, from May 2 to 7.
Guille (Kuba Tarasiewicz) has been secretly in love with his best friend for months. However, aware of the prejudices of society, Guille does not reveal his feelings. In a spiral of new experiences that condition his true desires, Guille begins a life to which, until then, it had been strange in the hope of one day to be able to assume the real feelings.

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Futuro Beach 2014

Futuro Beach 2014

Futuro Beach 2014
Praia do Futuro (original title)
Unrated | 1h 46min | Drama, Romance | 27 February 2015 (USA)

Storyline:

Shortly after failing to rescue a drowning man, Donato meets Konrad, a friend of the victim. They soon begin a relationship which seems doomed from the start, while Donato’s past catches up with him.

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Latter Days 2003

Latter Days 2003

Latter Days 2003
R | 1h 47min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 1 July 2004 (Israel)

Storyline:

Aaron Davis (Steve Sandvoss) and Christian Markelli (Wes Ramsey) are perhaps the two most opposite people in the world. Aaron is a passionate young Elder (a Mormon missionary) who wants to do his family and church proud. Christian is a shallow West Hollywood waiter/party boy who only looks forward to what man the next night will bring to him. After Aaron and three other Elders move into the apartment across from his, Christian’s friends make a bet that he can’t get one of them into the sack, so he instantly latches onto Aaron, suspecting there is more than meets the eye to him. There are two problems, though: Christian finds himself questioning his own identity as he falls in love with Aaron and the Mormon Church treats homosexuality as a sinful lifestyle. When Aaron’s burgeoning sexuality is discovered, they will have to go through trials of regret, loss, perseverance, and forgiveness if they want to get to the thing that matters to them most: each other.

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Discreet 2017

Discreet 2017

Discreet 2017

Discreet 2017
Unrated | 1h 21min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 1 June 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

After years in hiding and struggling to control his demons, an eccentric drifter returns home and discovers that his childhood abuser, the center of his pain, is still alive. Armed with this knowledge, the drifter plots his revenge, all the while navigating the perilous land of masculine fragility in modern-day America.

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Lilies 1996

Lilies 1996

Lilies 1996
Lilies – Les feluettes (original title)
R | 1h 35min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy | 16 August 1997 (Japan)

Storyline:

1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a québécois prison to hear the confession of a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. The inmates force the prelate to watch a play depicting what really happened in 1912. We meet him as a young man, strait-laced, intent on convincing Simon (now the convict) to join the seminary with him. Vallier, the son of an impoverished and eccentric countess, loves Simon and he is drawn to Vallier, but in fear of his father’s wrath for kissing Vallier during drama rehearsal, Simon courts a visiting Parisian, asking her to marry him. Vallier, encouraged by his mother, attends the engagement party to declare his love for Simon. And what does the watchful Bilodeau do?

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Mario 2018

Mario 2018

Mario 2018
2h 4min | Drama, Romance, Sport | 1 June 2018 (Poland)

Storyline:

-Mario is in love for the first time in his life, really a crush. In Leon, the new from Germany. Although he plays at the front of the storm and could even be dangerous when it comes to those who can rise into the first team. But Mario may not think over it now. He wants Leon to feel, smell, in its proximity. The others in the club remains not hidden and soon make first rumors. Mario sees his career as a professional footballer in danger, but wants Leon not to lose at the same time at any price. He must make a decision.

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Serbis 2008

Serbis 2008

Serbis 2008
R | 1h 27min | Drama, Romance | 25 June 2008 (Philippines)

Storyline:

A drama that follows the travails of the Pineda family in the Filipino city of Angeles. Bigamy, unwanted pregnancy, possible incest and bothersome skin irritations are all part of their daily challenges, but the real “star” of the show is an enormous, dilapidated movie theater that doubles as family business and living space. At one time a prestige establishment, the theater now runs porn double bills and serves as a meeting ground for hustlers of every conceivable persuasion. The film captures the sordid, fetid atmosphere, interweaving various family subplots with the comings and goings of customers, thieves and even a runaway goat while enveloping the viewer in a maelstrom of sound, noise and continuous motion.

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