Par-courts Gay, Volume 7
A program of seven short films. Seven directors deliver films that are sensitive, hard, distressing or even passionate. Violence in Chechnya, a love story in sign language, daring photos, an aggression, a party, encounters, dramas, stories of violence or love.
Reid Waterer
Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Niels Bourgonje
Joseph A. Adesunloye
Jordan Goldnadel
Alejandro Beltrán
Ohm Phanphiroj
Also Directed by Reid Waterer
Four tales of love and lust from around the globe seen in over 180 film festivals on 6 continents. A Bollywood inspired romance starts a journey that leads everywhere from the Greek Isles to the Hollywood Hills.
Teenage boys in a love affair.
On a Mediterranean group tour, shy Tom is randomly assigned an intriguing Greek roommate who provokes the age old question: Gay or European?
The boyfriend of a handsome photographer tries to deal with his jealousy after finding nude photos he took of a gorgeous model.
A handsome Indian guy from London visits India for the first time, falls for a local guy, meets a transgender 'hijra', and discovers a country he only thought he knew.
From Bollywood to Hollywood, a sexy trip around the globe!
Widowed gay Cliff, a wealthy movie developer, has a strained relationship with his overweight adult daughter Millie. Millie is in a catch-22 situation where she feels negatively judged as an overweight person, but does nothing either to make her life better or to lose weight. Cliff is enacting what he considers tough love on her. She's currently unemployed and has no money, but he won't provide for her in her time of need in an effort to get her to do something with her life. Even when nice and good looking J.C. shows some interest in her, she dismisses him because she doesn't want to be with someone who likes her because she's overweight. And Millie sees her father's life as a purely hedonistic one, where everything is all surface and no depth. It isn't until Cliff tells Millie a story about his deceased wife/Millie's mother that they come to a better understanding of each other. Written by Huggo
A collection of two favorite gay film festival shorts. In 'Foreign Relations', a young man goes on a European group tour and gets randomly assigned an intriguing and sexy Greek roomate. He must ask himself the age old question: "Gay or just European?" The second shot, 'Daddy's Big Girl', follows a woman trying to reconcile with her father - although she can't seem to get past all of his half-dressed male companions.
A comedy about a matchmaker for people with hilarious dating problems.
Trapped in our gig jobs economy, an aspiring masseur learns the sacrifices required from an experienced massage therapist.
Also Directed by Andrew Keenan-Bolger
As a brooding teenager, BOYS ON FILM is celebrating it’s (not so) sweet sixteen with an astonishing selection of the latest international gay short films. Featuring golden boys, teenage lust, self-conscious dolls, chance encounters and a vengeful creature, alongside a holiday romance and a young man’s attempt to conceal his sexuality from his mum, BOYS ON FILM 16 is our most possessive collection yet.
The second collection of this hot boys shorts series takes us deep into hidden psyches, revelations of long-held secrets, to boys boarding school for the birth of a love affair, inside an explosive internet encounter, and at the center of a teen party where infatuations quickly turn lives upside down. 1) Beyond Plain Sight 2) Like Father 3) Lost Years 4) Salt 5) Sign 6) Turn it Around
'SIGN' is a short film that tells, through vignettes, music, and sign language, the story of a relationship between Ben, a hearing man, and Aaron, who is deaf.
Penny Reilly is a reader for Broadway casting director Tim Trull attempting to become an actress herself. Throughout the web-series, we follow the misadventures of Penny and her love life.
Also Directed by Niels Bourgonje
A young man agrees to support his ex lover during an HIV test. What starts out as an awkward reunion, soon becomes something more tender. Is there still hope for reconciliation?
The second collection of this hot boys shorts series takes us deep into hidden psyches, revelations of long-held secrets, to boys boarding school for the birth of a love affair, inside an explosive internet encounter, and at the center of a teen party where infatuations quickly turn lives upside down. 1) Beyond Plain Sight 2) Like Father 3) Lost Years 4) Salt 5) Sign 6) Turn it Around
A man walks through a desert carrying a full water bottle. He fights desperately the temptation to drink the water. The question arises how the man got himself into this predicament. And what will happen if he does drink the water?
An old married couple is enjoying a quiet day together when a neighbour asks them to keep an eye on his daughter for a few hours. However they have great difficulty handling the teenager. When the daughter crosses the line, the couple is forced to take matters into their own hands.
September 1944. Two Canadian soldiers find a boy washed up on the Dutch beach. Where did he come from and can he be trusted?
In the middle of the night, a widow is terrorized by an unknown man. Just when she is about to call the police, the man claims to know more about the suicide of her husband.
Boys on Film comes of age with ten uplifting and powerful tales recounting the lives of everyday heroes with no special powers except striving for their own identities and fighting for the right for us all to be ourselves.
While on vacation with his girlfriend, Gijs receives a phone call from his mother, that reveals her troubled mental state and their complex relationship.
A girl finds out that she has a match on a dating app with a stranger, despite swiping him to the left moments ago. She starts to fear that the man is dangerously close to her.
Also Directed by Joseph A. Adesunloye
The second collection of this hot boys shorts series takes us deep into hidden psyches, revelations of long-held secrets, to boys boarding school for the birth of a love affair, inside an explosive internet encounter, and at the center of a teen party where infatuations quickly turn lives upside down. 1) Beyond Plain Sight 2) Like Father 3) Lost Years 4) Salt 5) Sign 6) Turn it Around
Ryan is a popular member of his community. He’s charming, helping and a social butterfly but Ryan has a secret.
Friends Adam and Luke are the life of the party. When they decide that Luke should host a party at his house, what was meant to be a night of fun without responsibilities turns out to be a nightmare for Adam.
Leke a young successful photographer lives a hedonistic lifestyle in London, but things change when he learns his estranged father has died in Senegal.
Faces is a multi-narrative feature film set across four storylines that follow a group of characters as their lives begin to unravel. Aisha is in a marriage that has become stale. When her wish to get pregnant finally becomes reality, she receives some very unexpected news. Louie and Gaspard are a gay couple who are happily in love but when Louie’s female financée suddenly shows up in the picture, all that they hold dear begins to fall apart. Adam and Luke are best friends, but an attack on Adam at a party threatens to create a schism between them. Sindiso runs a charity for women to which she has dedicated herself. When the centre begins to have financial troubles with the real risk of closing, Sindiso has to question her fundamental motivations.
It’s the year 2064 and population growth and climate pressures have pushed the African continent to the brink. A federation of African states, Grand Afrique, is created to cope with the crisis.
Also Directed by Jordan Goldnadel
Doga, 29, works in the family restaurant in Argoun, Chechnya. When his secret lover, Ruslan, is suddenly arrested, Doga knows it's only a matter of days for him too.
Florent, 23, is an upper class Parisian who dreams of going back to America, where he attended college. One summer he meets Alessia, an American girl, lost in the streets of Paris. Together and with random encounters while on a journey from Paris to Normandy, they explore their passions, which draws them closer as well as brings up their clashing differences. As they face a crucial crossroad in their lives, they will uncover new sides of themselves, struggling to determine who they are personally, professionally and sexually while to break free from their upbringings.
Also Directed by Alejandro Beltrán
The second collection of this hot boys shorts series takes us deep into hidden psyches, revelations of long-held secrets, to boys boarding school for the birth of a love affair, inside an explosive internet encounter, and at the center of a teen party where infatuations quickly turn lives upside down. 1) Beyond Plain Sight 2) Like Father 3) Lost Years 4) Salt 5) Sign 6) Turn it Around
Based on the repercussions that sexual abuse can have on teenagers and long-term effects.
This short film tells the story of Dani, a young boy who shares a close friendship with his friend Jaime. Their relationship changes when Dani realizes he feels something more. Following these events, the lives of both experience an unexpected twist full of strong emotions.
Also Directed by Ohm Phanphiroj
Journey is an autobiographical video about my identity and an investigation into issues of desire, lust, longing, and love.
Collection of six short films from director Ohm Phanphiroj. Includes his acclaimed "Desire" trilogy (The Deaf Boy's Disease, The Space Between Us, and The Last Kiss) as well as three self-starring documentary films (Journey, The Meaning Of It All, and The First Conversation Between Frank And I).
In a motel room, a teenage boy and a much older man discuss love, sex and life in an intimate moment of honesty between two strangers.
Desire (also known as the Desire Trilogy) is a collection of award-winning male erotic photographer Ohm Phanphiroj's stunning films The Deaf Boy's Disease, The Space Between Us, and The Last Kiss.
Ant and Tremor meet up in a hotel lobby in downtown Chicago. Tremor is moving to Florida tomorrow, so this is the last chance they have to express their feelings for each other.