Boys on Film 5: Candy Boy
Boys will be boys in Pascal Alex Vincent’s FAR WEST and CANDY BOY, where a farmyard and an orphanage get a gay makeover. GO GO REJECT sees Flashdance obsessive Daniel aims for the stars, as SWEAT has Holby City’s David Paisley infiltrating a bath house with unexpected results. Meanwhile, love proves to be timeless when LAST CALL unites past and present, but TWO YOUNG MEN, UT hints at an uncertain future. Looking back on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, BLOKES focuses on the sexual awakening of a peeping Tom. Two more young boys; a confused JAMES and mute DAVID, both reach out for an experienced hand, but will they find what they are looking for?
Connor Clements
Michael J. Saul
Marialy Rivas
Roberto Fiesco
Sam McConnell
Nick Corporon
Pascal-Alex Vincent
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by Michael J. Saul
Visions of a past relationship leave Matthew broken and isolated until an intimate encounter at a porn arcade opens a peephole to unexpected possibilities.
A school theater production is not the best place to fall in love. Especially when you're in charge of lights and you can not stop looking at Romeo
Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies.
Sex. Blood. Life. On a misty evening, a mysterious young man looks to satisfy his desires.
An anthology of seven short, experimental films.The films reflect the filmmaker's obsession with daydreaming in the work he's created over 40 years.
Lonnie’s roommate is determined that his best friend is not going to spend the night alone.
This documentary chronicles the project by Steven Reigns devoted to collecting rubbings from LGBTQ historical markers, signs, tombstones, cenotaphs, plaques, and monuments.
A four-part anthology exploring the multitude of emotions and colors in gay relationships. Part 1.) Don't Ask Part 2.) Bloodline Part 3.) Strokes Part 4.) Breathe
Also Directed by Marialy Rivas
Daniela, raised in the bosom of a strict Evangelical family and recently unmasked as a fornicator by her shocked parents, struggles to find her own path to spiritual harmony.
Together with their beloved youth orchestra, Melody and Georgina form a family through music and get a chance to perform at the country's biggest theatre.
Twelve-year-old Tamara lives within a cult that is ruled by the beliefs of its leader Miguel, who becomes obsessively convinced that Tamara is the "chosen one". But when she falls in love with a classmate, Tamara's relationship gets in the way of Miguel's objective, and he will seek her absolute obedience.
Santiago, 1996. A renowned drag queen, a sex worker, a bisexual man, a homophobic and various characters gives their honest and stark opinions regarding homosexuality, facing us with the repressive situation in Chile during the nineties.
Thirteen-year old Luchito lives in a working class complex of blocks in Santiago, Chile. He is obsessed with Manuel, a sixteen-year old who lives in the building across from him.
10 sexy, funny, dramatic, erotic, perverse, irresistible, kitsch movies.
Also Directed by Roberto Fiesco
Many types of legal and social oppression cause people to leave their homelands, including misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia. The documentary Club Amazonas features two young transwomen from Honduras, Jessica and Angela, who seek tolerance and opportunity across the Mexican border while pondering the freedom and security promised by the U.S..
The unveiling of a statue honoring Emiliano Zapata becomes the site in which the demands of a struggling city are manifested through the speech of a young boy.
The memory and testimony of two characters: Fernando García, known as Pinolito, who was a child actor in the seventies and Doña Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress. Fernando came out as a transvestite, some years ago, and now calls himself Coral Bonelli. They live together in Garibaldi yearning for their past in the movies, while Coral bravely comes to terms with her gender identity. They both still perform.
Singer Eugenia León gives her own interpretation of Mexican cinema in her album Cine, a musical review from Santa composed by Agustín Lara for his first musical to a theme from the recent film Espiral. Her exceptional voice and the collaboration of groups and soloists offer a new version of classical and contemporary songs.
Oscar works in a public bath, where he murders several people.
An erotic triangle between two young men and a mature man. The film asks, How can three men endure every trace of an obsessive passion?
A young mute student goes to the movies when ditching school, but changes his mind when he meets an unemployed man who tries to communicate with him. Through messages and games, the two will make a discovery they never imagined.
Román has decided to leave his native town, but first he must say goodbye to Paloma.
Also Directed by Sam McConnell
Ex-boyfriends meet at their favorite spot, but one brings an unexpected guest...
This anthology of gay men's shorts offers an eclectic mix of comic, dramatic and erotic films, including "Laundromat," in which two young men at a relationship crossroads come face-to-face with the joys and challenges of long-term commitment. Other titles in this provocative collection include "Silver Road," "Steam," "Traces," "Babysitting Andy," "Waiting for Yvette," "Seeing You in Circles" and "Just."
On a hot summer night in 1985 Greenwich Village, a young man, new to the city, leaves a gay bar with a flamboyant performance artist. What starts as a hot date soon uncovers much deeper layers of race, class, history, and disease.
Jack Roth – once the hottest star of cable news – stumbles upon a “newsworthy sex scandal” and ends up facing off against all sides, including the corporation he works for.
Will and Eli meet by chance in a bar and head to the salt flats searching for a party. In the process, however, they take the first steps towards finding and accepting themselves.
Also Directed by Nick Corporon
A drama about Gavin, a recovering alcoholic, who dies and ends up in a strangely familiar bar where the mysterious Bartender lets him live out favorite moments form his life before entering heaven.
A lonely, middle-aged man hires a male prostitute to recreate a road trip from his past.
Bobby is a bright, imaginative seven-year-old who plays with dolls. One day his father tells him that dolls are for girls, sending Bobby on a personal mission to find what he should be playing with. He must choose accept his love for dolls or conform.
After a major world event, Rick and Sage are forced to re-evaluate their relationship and decide if their relationship is worth fighting for.