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Tomcat Tomcat R
Romance / Gay
Händl Klaus
Austria / 2016 / Color / 114mins
Andreas and Stefan lead a happy life: Together with their beloved tomcat Moses, they live in a beautiful old house in Vienna's vineyards. They work as a musician and as a scheduler in the same orchestra and they love their large circle of friends. An unexpected and inexplicable outburst of violence suddenly shakes up the relationship and calls everything into question – the blind spot that resides in all of us.
Paris 05:59 Paris 05:59 R
Erotic / Romance / Gay
Olivier Ducastel / Jacques Martineau
France / 2016 / Color / 97mins
Théo and Hugo encounter each other's bodies in a sex club. They talk, things blur into the haziness of unbridled desire, then take shape for a moment as their gaze meets before they resume their exploration and lose themselves anew. A few moments later the two men feel the need to go outside. Together they drift down the deserted streets of nocturnal Paris. Do they want to know more about each other? Will their trust be rewarded? What are their expectations?
You'll Never Be Alone You'll Never Be Alone R
Family / Gay
Alex Anwandter
Chile / 2016 / Color / 81mins
After his gay teenage son, Pablo, is badly beaten up by some homophobic youngsters, Juan, a withdrawn manager at a mannequin factory struggles between having to pay his son's exorbitant medical bills and his last attempt at making partner at his company. As he runs into dead-ends and unexpected betrayals, he'll discover that the world can be violent with him too. Juan has made too many mistakes, but his son can still be saved.
Liebmann Liebmann PG12
Suspense / Comedy / Gay
Jules Herrmann
Germany / 2016 / Color / 82mins
Teacher Antek Liebmann moves to the French countryside in an attempt to leave his former life in Germany behind. He soon gets a job and finds himself in a new relationship. But the strange energy of a near-by artists residency and an unexpected visitor from Germany make him realize he cannot escape his memories. He must find a way of confronting the ghosts of his past.
Front Cover Front Cover PG12
Romance / Family / Gay
USA / 2015 / Color / 87mins
Front Cover is about a gay New York City fashion stylist, Ryan, who detests and rejects his Asian upbringing. He is given an assignment to style Ning, a foreign actor, for an important photo shoot. After a rocky start, an unlikely friendship develops between them leading Ryan to examine his identity and make a major decision about an enticing new path for his life and career.
Miles Miles PG15
Comedy / Family / Gay
Nathan Adloff
It's 1999, the beginning of senior year, and 17-year-old Miles cannot wait to start film school in Chicago. But when his father suddenly dies of a heart attack, Miles discovers that the patriarch has squandered the family's entire savings on his mistress, leaving the teen and his mother Pam without a dime. Desperate to leave his small-town life, Miles happens upon a volleyball scholarship for Loyola College. The trouble is, his high school doesn't have a boys' volleyball team... but it does have a girls' team.
Spa Night Spa Night PG15
Like many first generation immigrants, David Cho serves as the intermediary between his parents' insular Koreatown life in Los Angeles. When the family restaurant is forced to close, the balance of the household is threatened and tension mounts at home. In an unfamiliar twist on more familiar immigrant stories, David does not accept his parents' dreams for him to pursue an education and decides to help his family make ends meet by secretly taking a job at a Korean spa. There, David finds himself suddenly exposed to the clash between traditional Korean culture and the underground world of gay hook-ups.
Holding the Man Holding the Man R
Neil Armfield
Australia / 2015 / Color / 128mins
Based on the much loved and hugely successful memoir and stage play of the same name, Holding the Man is the warm, funny and achingly sad story of the 15 year long love affair between Timothy Conigrave and the boy he fell in love with at high school, John Caleo. Tim was an aspiring actor. John, the captain of the school football team. Their relationship blossomed and endured in the face of prejudice, adversity and the cruel illness that devastated the gay community in the '80s.
Inside the Chinese Closet Inside the Chinese Closet P
Documentary / Gay / Lesbian
Sophia Luvarà
Netherlands / 2015 / Color / 72mins
Andy devotes his days and nights to looking for a lesbian wife of convenience who could possibly bear his child; from online search to underground marriage markets, he is meeting all sorts of girls. Cherry has already married a gay man, but the quest for a baby proves to be a far more complex challenge. Will Andy and Cherry deny their own happiness and sexual orientation to satisfy their parents' wishes? Along the way, they clash with their parents' hopes, their love partners and the partners of convenience.
Chemsex Chemsex R
Documentary / Gay
William Fairman / Max Gogarty
UK / 2015 / Color / 83mins
A shorthand term made popular by gay men in recent years for the use of drugs (specifically crystal meth, GHB and mephedrone) in a sexual context, 'chemsex' has been seen by some as a significant contributing factor in the rise of HIV diagnoses in London. Often referring to group sex that can last several days, with one or more of the specified drugs used to free inhibition and enhance libido, the trend is argued to be fuelled by the growing use of online apps as a means of sexual hook ups.
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