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Those Peculiar Days : which never always work out as you wish
Queer Mexican filmmaker Churcho E. Quintero follows up his intriguing sleeper hit Velociraptor with this new tale of group of adolescents who use a weekend away in the countryside to explore their sexuality and test their relationships. It’s just after High School Graduation and Isobel (Sofia Sylwin) wants to take a trip was from…
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Don’t Look Down (Haut Perches) : Sex, Love and Grudges
Gift wrapped in sex, perversity and symbolism Don’t Look Down tells a simple truth: It’s hard to let go of a grudge because it’s easier to have someone else to blame when love does not go as wished. The film ticks out a countdown like a highly structured piece of conceptual theater. Olivier Ducastel…
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15 Years : when love is just not enough
For his feature film debut Israeli writer/director Yuval Hadadi gives us this compelling tale of an outwardly successful gay couple in Tel Aviv who seem to have all the trappings of a good life but who are nevertheless destined for heartbreak Yoav (Oded Leopold) and Dan (Udi Persi) live in a chic penthouse city…
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Filmmaker LEON LE talks about SONG LANG his queer Vietnamese love story
American/Vietnamese filmmaker LEON LE’S heart-string-pulling story of a love that goes unconsummated is probably the first LGBTQ movie from Vietnam that we have ever seen. SONG LANG his debut feature film is an unexpected and very compelling love story between these previously rather confused young men who have found their potential soul mates in…
