Heavenly Touch (2009)

Heavenly Touch (2009)

Info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433524/

Language : Filipino | Tagalog

Subtitle : English

Genre : Drama

Synopsis : 

Jonard (Joash Balejado) is having trouble making ends meet. His mother is suffering from depression, and he and his sister are forced to quit school in order to take care of her. One day, Jonard meets up his friend Rodel (Paolo Serrano), and Rodel introduces him to the world of massage parlors. Rodel teaches him massage, and brings him to Heavenly Touch, a syndicate-run massage parlor that mostly caters to homosexuals. As Jonard grows comfortable with his new life, he finds himself getting closer to Rodel. But when the threat of eviction looms, Jonard is forced to do things he never thought he’d do.

S Is For Sexy (2008)

S Is For Sexy (2008)

This collection of 7 Award-Winning Gay Themed Short Films 2008 made by different directors of different nationalities concern sex, sexuality, and the way we live today.

Serene Hunter

13 mins.

France/USA

Director: Jason Bushman

A free-spirited Parisian wants more from the one guy he cant have, in this stunningly sexy short film. French & English with English subtitles.

Solace

14 mins.

USA

Director: Michaline Babich

A West Hollywood handsome man named Hugo (Joey Tuccio) gets more than he bargained for when he seeks solace in a one-night stand with an older guy in Beverly Hills (Richard Courtney).

Scarred

10 mins.

Great Britain

Director: Damien Rea

This chilling British drama unfolds the dark truth as Rafi meets Joe and they get together for a hot encounter.

Signage

12 mins.

USA.

Director: Rick Hammerly

In Signage, a forty-something gay man gives himself a youthful makeover before he heads out to the bar where he connects with a young deaf guy.

In English & American Sign Language (ASL) with English subtitles.

Mr_Right_22

12 mins.

Germany

Director: Reza Rameri

While Adam (Philipp Denzel) sits in a gay cafe waiting for his first Internet date, he gets some sage advice from the snappy waiter (Luc Feit).

41 Seconds

4 mins.

Germany

Directors: Tobias Martin & Rodney Sewell

An innocent phone call leads to a short but passionate encounter between friends.

German with English subtitles.

Shahram & Abbas

35 mins.

The Netherlands

Director: Remy van Heugten

Two middle-aged men (who may or may not be gay) seek asylum in the Netherlands in this surprisingly funny comedy-drama that will both break your heart and make you laugh out loud as it sheds light on the persecution of homosexuals in Iran.

Farsi & Dutch with English subtitles.

The Conrad Boys (2006)

The Conrad Boys (2006)

Info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468463/

Language :  English

Subtitle : NO 

Genre : Drama | Romance

Synopsis : 

Justin Lo makes his feature film debut as Charlie Conrad, a 19-year-old history buff with the world on his shoulders. Following the death of his mother, Charlie sets aside his college plans to raise his highly imaginative 9-year-old brother Ben (Booboo Stewart). Isolated from his peers, Charlie accepts his responsibility yet secretly yearns for the freedom and romance associated with youth. Charlie suddenly gets his chance when he meets Jordan Rivers (Nick Bartzen), a charismatic drifter and fellow lost soul. The two of them hit it off immediately, and they soon embark on a tumultuous romance that gives Charlie a taste of the freedom he's been craving. Just as their relationship intensifies, however, Charlie's long-absent father, Doug (Barry Shay), returns to town with his own plans to take care of Ben. Caught in a struggle for Ben and eager to hold on to Jordan, Charlie must finally search his soul and make momentous decisions regarding the future of his family.

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Dorian Blues (2004)

Dorian Blues (2004)

Info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398963/

Language :  English 

Subtitle : English

Genre : Comedy | Drama

Synopsis : 

Coming-of-age. A small-town young man realizes why he's such a misfit - he's gay! Adolescence is proving a pain for the always-thinking Dorian. He's an outcast and the butt of classmates' fag jokes at high school. He's different and understands why when he reaches the conclusion that he's a "stereotypical gay." He soon announces this discovery to his homophobic, Nixon-loving dad. As Dad throws him out of the house, Dorian's off to NYU to encounter a new world of coffee houses, sophisticates and handsome men.

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East Side Story (2006)

East Side Story (2006)

Info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437171/

Language : English | Spanish  

Subtitle : English

Genre : Comedy | Romance

Synopsis : 

In East Los Angeles, handsome, young Diego works at his family's restaurant while secretly having an affair with a hunky but super-closeted real estate agent, Pablo. For the largely Latino neighborhood, the landscape is literally changing as Anglo people move in, including gay couple Wesley and Jonathan. Diego, increasingly frustrated with his hush-hush situation with Pablo (who, making matters worse, romantically pursues a female relative of Diego's), falls for Wesley - but racist and homophobic friends and relatives of Diego while in Wesley's case, a pissy ex-boyfriend guarantee this spring affair will be no picnic. Almost a companion piece to "Quinceañera", director Carlos Portugal's "East Side Story" employs a perfect blend of humor, drama and soap opera-worthy plot twists in telling this very timely tale of a neighborhood - and some of its residents' lives - in flux. 

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Eyes Wide Open (2009)

Eyes Wide Open (2009) 

Info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424327/
Language : Hebrew | Yiddish 

Subtitle : English

Genre : Drama

Synopsis : 

Aaron (Shtrauss), a respected butcher and a family man in an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem, leads a conservative life of community devotion and spiritual dedication. Aaron's life undergoes a series of emotional changes following the arrival of a young apprentice (Danker) to his shop. Consumed with lust, the handsome "Yeshiva" student irreversibly transforms the intricate beliefs in the once-devoted butcher's life - leading Aaron to question his relationships with his wife, children, community, and God.

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Poster Boy (2004)

Poster Boy (2004)

Info :  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0297389/

Subtitle : NO 

Language: English

Genre : Drama

Synopsis : 

With the help of a hot, slightly older new acquaintence (Noseworthy), the closeted son (Newton) of a conservative U.S. Senator (Lerner) puts a shocking spin on his dad's re-election campaign.

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The Man I Love (1997)

The Man I Love (1997)

Info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173906/

Subtitle : English

Genre : Drama | Romance | Sport

Synopsis : 

This is a combination coming out and first love story. The swimmer and diver Lucard is interested in attractive Martin. The film follows the characters' coming out with all its difficulties, the bitter-sweet pleasures of first love and the dreadful moment when one comes down to reality and realizes that one's beloved friend has a hard way to go yet. The positive message the film tries to transmit is the somewhat common motto "Live each day of your life as if it were your last." 

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Rock Haven (2007)

Rock Haven (2007)

Info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1085496/

Subtitle : English

Genre : Drama

Synopsis : 

Brady (Sean Hoagland), a young, spiritual man, moves to the coastal seaside town of Rock Haven with his overprotective mother Marty (Laura Jane Coles), who is setting up a Christian school nearby. When Brady meets worldly, seductive Clifford (Owen Alabado) there is an instant attraction to each other, even though homosexuality conflicts with Bradys devoutly Christian beliefs.

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Give Me Your Hand (2008)

Give Me Your Hand (2008)

Info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0877700/

Subtitle : English

Genre : Drama

Synopsis : 

Twin 18-year-olds hitchhike to their mother's funeral in Spain. The journey changes their lives forever. Antoine and Quentin are two 18-year-old identical twins, living in France with their father. When they learn of the death of their mother, they take to the road, intending to hitchhike to Spain to attend her funeral. On the way, the two brothers get to know one another better and soon discover that they are not so alike as they had thought.

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Defying Gravity (1997)

Defying Gravity (1997)

Info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156460/

Subtitle : No Subtitle

Genre : Drama | Romance | Sport 

Synopsis : Griff wants to maintain just a superficial relationship with his all-gay boyfriend, who gets seriously wounded in a gay bashing.

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Brotherhood (2009)

Brotherhood (2009)

Info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1327820/

Subtitle : English

Genre : Drama

Synopsis : 

It's a story about dangerous love and the search for identity. Following disillusionment with his career, Lars (Thure Lindhardt) decides to leave the army and is drawn to the Neo-Nazi movement and not least to his peer, Jimmy (David Dencik). The two men become embroiled in a secret love affair, but such forbidden love cannot go unpunished in fascist circles. However, despite all the rules forbidding it, the love and sexual attraction between the two men is so strong that they cannot abandon their affair.

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Holding Trevor (2007)

Holding Trevor (2007)

Info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960770/

Subtitle : NO Subtitle

Genre : Drama | Romance

Synopsis : 

Young, beautiful and intelligent, Trevor (screenwriter Brent Gorski) is in a stalemate. Entangled in an unhealthy relationship with Darrell, a self-destructive heroin addict, and trapped in a telemarketing job, Trevor finds scant comfort in Los Angeles' vapid party scene, where conversation rarely rises above inquiries like "So, are you an actor?" Worse still, he and his two best friends - roommate Andie and singer Jake - are being pulled apart by boredom and discontent. At the hospital for his boyfriend's latest overdose, Trevor finds a potential new beginning in Ephram, a medical intern with ambition, a warm demeanor and strikingly good looks. After they spend a romantic evening together, Trevor seems poised to make some changes. He begins by ending his relationship with Darrell and then strives to reconnect with Andie and Jake. But what should be a joyous event - a party celebrating a negative HIV test - explodes into rage and sorrow.

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Christopher and His Kind (2011)

Christopher and His Kind (2011)

Info : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1651062/

Subtitle : English

Genre : Drama

Synopsis : 

In 1931 budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. Whilst working as an English teacher his housemates include bewigged old queen Gerald Hamilton and would-be actress Jean Ross,who sings tunelessly in a seedy cabaret club. They and others he meets get put into his stories. After a fling with sexy rent boy Caspar he falls for street sweeper Heinz,paying medical bills for the boy's sickly mother, to the disapproval of her other son,Nazi Gerhardt. With Fascism rapidly rising Christopher returns to London with Heinz but is unable to prevent his return to Germany when his visa expires. Years later Christopher,now a successful writer,returns to Berlin for a final meeting with Heinz,now married with children.

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