Pete MacHale

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Pete MacHale

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Nânt
A fight for queer identity and a sexual awakening guided by spirits in the mountains of Snowdonia.
Mars
Pete
A teenager who has only ever wanted to live a normal existence experiences an extraordinary night that makes her reassess what truly matters.
The Bower
Seb takes his friend Terri to witness a triumphant celebration of queerness, Derek Jarman’s camp and playful canonisation in his garden at Prospect Cottage.
In the Name of the Father
Bobby
Bobby, a young trans man is faced with the aftermath of the sudden death of his loving father, and begins a surreal journey to find him in the afterlife. A glimpse into the incorporeal moment when the realms of the living and the dead unite for a mutual exchange.
Choose or Die
Gabe
In pursuit of an unclaimed $125,000 prize, a broke college dropout decides to play an obscure, 1980s survival computer game. But the game curses her, and she’s faced with dangerous choices and reality-warping challenges. After a series of unexpectedly terrifying moments, she realizes she’s no longer playing for the money but for her life.
Saintmaking
Sister Jack Off
This year marks the 30th anniversary of film-maker Derek Jarman’s canonisation by an activist group of gay male 'nuns' known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. At the time in 1991, Derek Jarman was the most prominent person in the UK living openly with HIV. He was outspoken, radical and unapologetically queer.
Boys On Film 21: Beautiful Secret
Blake (segment "Dungarees")
Those boys you know and love are back! Boys On Film invites you on a voyage of emotion-soaked self-discovery, where same-sex attraction is celebrated, first loves are tenderly formulated, and beautiful secrets burn and bloom. Volume 21: Beautiful Secret includes nine complete films: Theo James Krekis's "Memoirs Of A Geeza" starring Elliot Warren and Tony Richardson; Joe Morris's "We Are Dancers" starring Hans Piesbergen and Simon Eckert; Zachary Ayotte's "My Dad Works The Night Shift" starring Victor Boudreault, Antoine L'Écuyer, and François Trudel; Loïc Hobi's "The Pier Man" starring Hubert Girard and Youssouf Abi-Ayad; Jason Bradbury's "My Sweet Prince" starring Yodi Roodner; Abel Rubinstein's "Dungarees" starring Pete MacHale and Ludovic Jean-Francios; Sam Peter Jackson's "Clothes & Blow" starring David Menkin and Nancy Baldwin; George Dogaru's "A Normal Guy" starring Vlad Bîrzanu and Pedro Aurelian; and Pierce Hadjinicola & Sinclair Suhood's "Pretty Boy" starring Orlando Norman.
Dungarees
Blake
Transgender Blake and cisgender Cane hang out, play video games and grapple with their insecurities. This is their love story.
Den ofrivilliga aktivisten
Pete
A married, openly gay teacher in Wales faces the choice of betraying his family or his core values when his sister asks him to step back into the closet for her wedding in Turkey.