Tom in America (2014)
Gênero : Drama, Fantasia
Runtime : 20M
Director : Flavio Alves
Sinopse
For 50 years, Michael and Betty have been united by one guiding principle: no secrets. But when a provocative Tom of Finland doll triggers Michael's long-buried desires, Betty discovers that secrets have been part of their life all along.
Filmed on Super-8, Footsy is César Velasco Broca's first short, in which he explores the fetishistic obsessions of a socially repressed man.
Fed up with his status as gallery poster boy, Rodin’s “The Thinker” airs his grievances to his partner...
The Pollard family is calmly discussing their impending death by atom bomb when Mrs. Pollard recounts a dream in which she sensually bathes herself in the “Tears of Neglected Children”.
Catarina e os Outros de André Badalo é uma curta-metragem portuguesa de ficção que literalmente lançou a carreira de uma excelente jovem actriz como é Victória Guerra.
Catarina (Guerra) é uma jovem mulher cujos únicos encantos que nos são dados a conhecer se prendem directamente com a sua extrema beleza. Durante breves momentos do seu dia, Catarina é uma prisioneira auto-imposta do seu quarto onde, entre as quatro paredes, olha sem rumo para aquilo que a rodeia.
Alheada de tudo e todos e sem qualquer sinal daquilo que a atormenta, Catarina apenas sai do seu quarto para vaguear sem rumo por uma cidade onde procura parceiros sexuais... todos e qualquer um que lhe proporcione breves momentos de sexo desprotegido. Até ao dia em que a verdade é finalmente exposta...
Stop-motion animated short film in which a puppet on a trike captures a puppet bird-man.
A collection of six gay-themed short films about relationships and the pain of love, including: REQUITED (directed by Sal Bardo), BOYS LIKE YOU (directed by Daniel Armando), WE ONCE WERE TIDE (directed by Jason Bradbury), REVOLUTION (directed by Abdi Nazemian), THE IN-BETWEEN (directed by Alain Hain) and FROZEN ROADS (directed by Mark Pariselli).
A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.
"Christopher's Christmas Mission"- A tale about a boy who steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm, while working in a post office on Christmas Eve.
Documentary about the making of and legacy of The Creature from the Black Lagoon included in The Legacy Collection box set.
A man awakes to find himself trapped in a dirty, confined crawlspace. He barely has enough room to move. He also has no memory of why he’s there, or why he’s bleeding from a stomach wound. Apparently drugged, he occasionally ‘zones out’ of his surroundings as he tries to edge towards his way to freedom. But the more he explores, the more pain he has to endure, and the more frightening his predicament becomes.
In this follow-up to his stop-motion hit Western Spaghetti, director PES transforms familiar objects into Fresh Guacamole.
Hamdias, a producer who's set out to break new boundaries, plans to finance a film about torture. According to him, torture, the clash of two or more people, is not only what substantiates basic human relationships but also love and politics. Unfortunately Hamdias dies in a freak accident and his project is grounded. After some time, Galai (Olga Karlatos), who should have been the main actress of Hamdias movie, sets out to complete the controversial project. As soon as filming starts again, the thin line that separates reality from a nightmarish obsession begins slowly to blur.
An experimental short film from Toshio Matsumoto featuring Mona Lisa.
In the near-future, a woman whose robotic husband fails to meet her standards returns and upgrades him for a better version with standards that she now fails to meet.
A team of inept undertakers attempt to get a coffin to a funeral on time. An undertaker is in charge of moving a coffin from a home to the church. The home is on the 26th floor of a skyscraper; the stairs are narrow; the lift is small and prone to stop working. Chaos ensues.
Two homeless Kurdish brothers see Superman in the town's first movie theatre and decide they are going to live with him in the US. It's a long, dangerous road in the hands of ruthless human smugglers.
Buster's handmade boat, The Damfino, is finished and is, of course, too large to get through the basement door. When he drives off with it in tow, the side of his house, then the whole thing, collapses. At the harbor he rides the boat out only to have it sink beneath him. The rest is a series of adventures he and his family have with the restored boat.
This short film continues the adventures of the title character as he tries to retrieve his elusive acorn.
The Peanuts Gang competes in a punt, pass and kick contest. The winner gets a new bicycle and a trip to the Super Bowl. Meanwhile, Snoopy coaches the Birds football team (made up of a bunch of Woodstock-like birds) to the AFL (Animal Football League) Super Bowl.
The Confession is a 2010 British melodramatic short film directed by Tanel Toom. Sam can't think of any sins to tell the priest at his first confession. He worries that he won't be a real Catholic if the priest doesn't absolve him of some misdeed. Jacob, Sam's friend, devises a solution in the form of a prank, but the result is tragic.
What do you do when your girlfriend tells you that your best friend kisses better than you? A young man decides to settle the matter once and for all.
A psychological drama/thriller, that takes you into the heart of dysfunctional family life. Dawn's struggle with her past is played out not only upon the couch during regression therapy but also within the family home. With the help of Josh's method of escapism; a penchant for viewing life through a lens, we learn from his footage the extent and impact this situation has had over the years. Vulnerable and unable to articulate their worries, teenagers Josh & Nicola struggle with their mum's more recent bout of outbursts and her increasing instability. They forge relationships outside of the family unit; to escape in Nicola's case and for support whilst they try to maintain some sense of a 'normal' existence. As relationships at home become frayed, suspicions about Dawn's therapist's integrity & motivations arise. Dawn is sectioned and social services are informed.
We Are Not Here is a short film about a small derelict town, waiting for a road. Through a series of vignettes we take a glimpse into the life of the town and its residents.
A fascinating pictorial history of a New York City bar whose customers, from the hard-drinking working class Irish to the coiffed African American gay male, continually transform its focus during its 10-year reign.
A night with a troubled stranger forces a young male sex worker to confront a haunting moment from his past that he thought he'd left behind.
A look back at one of the first homosexual civil rights demonstrations in the US. July 4th 1965 in Philadelphia
The story of a cafe in downtown Olympia, WA. Olympia is the capital of the state of Washington. The community is very progressive and has several eating establishments where gay and lesbians are welcome. At the Cafe, local gays meet for food and friendship. These are their stories: A Supreme Court Justice who is a Drag Queen; the Lt Governor who is coming out to his public. The employees at the cafe: the manager who flies off to live with a billionaire from New York; the dish washer who falls in love with the Lt Governor. The billionaire Vietnamese software mogul’s son, he did not know he had, comes to visit. The tech nerd’s son who falls in love with a fellow college student. The regular small town pick up scene. The waiter who falls in love with a mysterious street person, and the assistant manager who is trying to get a better job.
In this comedy of errors and elevators, a bike messenger and a businessman can't stop thinking about each other after their paths cross.
Director Benjamin Morgan takes a hard look at his own life while trying to write and direct a fairytale gay romance.
Bored with their own town, three gay men decide to take a trip into the countryside. A blind date with a local turns out to be a bad decision as the man reveals himself to be a perverse psychopath that intends to do them great harm.
ErOddity(s) is a collection of four exceptional short stories set in the world of erotic fantasy. In "Forever Mine", a confused boy seeks a love that will last him a lifetime. A teen's long forgotten past leads to his short lived future in "A Mind of Their Own"; proving some things should remain in the closet! A Christmas present, in the hands of a young voyeur, leads to a holiday tale of woe in an "Unsolved Christmas". And finally, in "The Way To a Man's Heart", an abused lover gets his revenge from beyond the grave.
Yvette is having second thoughts on the eve of an operation that will change her forever. A heartfelt comedy about friendship, denial, and finding the deeper truth of ourselves beyond the one we tell.
A mystery man brings together a group of dead, gay artists to investigate a police response to the dilema of wash-room sex in Toronto. The artists have seven days in which to report on the ethics of police tactics. The artists infiltrate the police only to discover that they themselves are under surveillance as a political subversive group. The artists explore and report on the evolution of toilets and wash-room behavior.
Seth is a youth with artistic leanings, a fascination with Black pop culture, and a dead-end life in an Adirondack village. He's alternatively sensitive and brutal with Kristen, who wants a sexual relationship that he explosively rejects. Late one night, as he's closing the cafe where he works, a young Black man attempts to rob him at gun point but faints from illness. Seth takes the man, Knowledge, an escapee from a nearby prison, to a family cabin where he nurses him and they begin a tentative friendship. When the sheriff learns of Seth's harboring a fugitive, a confrontation looms. Relationships between fathers and their children dominate the subplots.
A landmark court decision in Massachusetts allows gay people in that state to marry - forcing activists, legislators, and ordinary people to reconsider how they view same-sex relationships.
Lionel is a happy gay man with a great career and an open-minded family that accepts his loyal lover, Serge. But things start to unravel when he meets a pretty Polish immigrant who is about to be deported and decides to marry her.
An erotically charged thriller composed of three short films. “In Our Darkest Moments” mixes wry humor and tense drama as it chronicles the sleazy exploits of a hunky, closeted married man who cruises seedy bookstores and sex dens. He begins an affair with a dangerous teenager, unaware of the disastrous effects it will have on his life. “In the Dark, Softly”, directed by Joe Rubin, is a love story (of sorts), chronicling a young man's obsession with a local serial killer. And in the final film, “In Deep”, the police are trying to catch a murderer who preys on lonely men and then offs them with his extraordinarily large appendage. Maybe this killer is more than he seems.
Ex-boyfriends meet at their favorite spot, but one brings an unexpected guest...
A reminder of a long-forgotten event, combined with a challenging situation, provokes a man to extreme action.
Jeffrey has met the man of this dreams, hunky Frenchman René, he impulsively moves into the same building. The move backfires as Remé becomes cold and distant. Landlady Gladys lavishes attention on her new tenant.