Everyone is Different (2012) by Sia Hermanides (Nederland)

Everyone is Different

Everyone is Different is a touching video from a Dutch website for LGBT youth, www.iedereenisanders.nl. The website helps young people find ways to talk to their parents, friends and family as well as provides some great LGBT resources, especially on finding help. It also connects LGBT youth with others like them.
This video shows some of the more painful moments of alienation that LGBT teens experience while growing up. Everyone is different. That’s difficult, easy, accustomed, awkward, cool, logical, strange, amazing, wonderful, painful, fine, crazy, great, cool, stupid, especially, pleasant, unpleasant, delicious, ridiculous, funny , lousy, awesome, intricate: just the way we are.
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El mueble de las fotos/The piece of furniture (2008 ) by Giovanni Maccelli (Spain)

Plot: The piece of furniture in the living room is my family’s shop window. But the photos of the son and his husband have a place there? A gay couple came with a plan to gain a spot in the family photographs.
Cast: Fernando Núñez, Juan Beiro
Director: Giovanni Maccelli
Country: Spain
Release year: 2009
Duration: 2,5′
ESP - El mueble de las fotos del salón es el escaparate de mi familia. Es el típico obstáculo con el que tarde o temprano, todo hijo gay o hija lesbiana con pareja estable, acaba topando. Nunca un mueble hizo tanto por perpetuar los sólidos valores heterosexistas. Y nunca superar ese obstáculo hizo tanto por la dignidad e igualdad de las personas LGBT en nuestro ámbito doméstico.
ENG - The Piece of Furniture in the living room serves as one family’s proud and sacred window to their menaje. It is a typical guardian of heteronormative values. Friends are ok, as long as they don’t become gay partners, because then they cease to fit in the frames.

Devin & Glenn: Overturn Prop 8 and Make Homosexuals Marry! (2011) by Saatchi & Saatchi (US)

If you disagree with the homosexual lifestyle, why not overturn Prop 8 and make them get married, like the rest of us?

Justin Long and Mike White star as Devin and Glenn, a married gay couple, in this charming new PSA calling for the repeal of Proposition 8, a controversial constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages in the state of California.
The couple go through the familiar stereotypical stages of married life, settling into bored routines and working through minor frustrations. Gay marriage isn't anything special, so why deny it?
Honestly, I can't imagine this winning over anyone who voted for Prop 8, but preaching to the choir never hurts when it's done this well. (Note: This video has a few NSFW moments.)

Noturno (2008 ) by Thiago Carlan and Martín Deus (Brazil and Argentina)

Like a burning fuse, desire runs through the streets of the sleeping city, and with its flare lightens the eyes of occasional lovers.

Tá/OK (2007) by Felipe Sholl (Brazil)

Two twenty-something boys in a public restroom. They sniff coke, talk about sex, get dirty. But the film takes on another tone as they reveal what it is that they really want.
Two boys in a public restroom. 2008 Teddy Award winner.
Short films don't always get the attention they deserve on some audience review sites, or from audiences in general, but often a short film can do in a matter of minutes something more entertaining and expansive than a feature film of much longer length. I feel that this film is such a work - the feelings, emotions, and desires of both of the characters are portrayed in both covert and overt ways, along with the joy, challenge and, at times, awkwardness of each young man's exploration of sex, sexuality and sexual preference. Simultaneously both frank and direct, and humorous and tender, the situation, action and interaction, plot and climax of the film are all developed in a way that was, for me, extremely entertaining and enjoyable. I look forward to further work from those involved with this film, which was screened in the 2008 Frameline LGBT Film Festival in San Francisco, as part of the "Worldy Affairs" program of short films.

It’s Consuming Me (2012), short gay themed movie from Germany

DIRECTOR: Kai Stänicke 

A guy in the middle of the woods with a red phone can’t get the thought of his boyfriend out of his mind in It’s Consuming Me.

I can’t move on. I wish I could. But I’m caught in the thought of what could have been, losing my grip on reality. Another great video from the director of "Cold Star". 

Half-Share , short gay themed comedy

Several gay friends rent a vacation cottage on Fire Island near New York City and are joined by another friend whose relationship with his boyfriend just ended.
30 minutes

You Can’t Curry Love (2009) , fixed link

My dear friends, here we go again after a long time, starting with this movie and RapidShare because you asked that, so ENJOY and be proud for being gay:  You Can’t Curry Love (2009) :  Westernized guy Vikas has been obsessing about his straight boss Thom for years, much to best friend Amrita's displeasure. But when a business trip sends Vikas to New Delhi and he meets handsome Sunil, the desk clerk at his luxury hotel there, everything changes for him. Amazed by Sunil's sweetness and India's beauty, his initial disgust at the transfer turns into a love affair with both. When a return to London and his boss inevitably arrives, Vikas must make the most painful decision of his life. A crowd-pleasing, east-meets-west, boy-meets-boy love story... with a Bollywood twist!  Runtime: 23 minutes  Country: USA, India, UK  Language: EnglishSubtitles: none  Genre: Short | Drama | Romance   Director: Reid WatererWriter: Reid Waterer   Stars:Ashwin Gore ... Vikas Rakshak Sahni ... Sunil Russell Reynolds ... Thom Upasana Beharee ... Amrita Rajan Velu ... Hijra William Vega ... Swimmer

My dear friends, here we go again after a long time, starting with this movie and RapidShare because you asked that, so ENJOY and be proud for being gay:

 You Can’t Curry Love (2009) :

 Westernized guy Vikas has been obsessing about his straight boss Thom for years, much to best friend Amrita's displeasure. But when a business trip sends Vikas to New Delhi and he meets handsome Sunil, the desk clerk at his luxury hotel there, everything changes for him. Amazed by Sunil's sweetness and India's beauty, his initial disgust at the transfer turns into a love affair with both. When a return to London and his boss inevitably arrives, Vikas must make the most painful decision of his life. A crowd-pleasing, east-meets-west, boy-meets-boy love story... with a Bollywood twist! 

Runtime: 23 minutes

 Country: USA, India, UK

 Language: EnglishSubtitles: none 

Genre: Short | Drama | Romance  

Director: Reid WatererWriter: Reid Waterer  

Stars:Ashwin Gore ... Vikas Rakshak Sahni ... Sunil Russell Reynolds ... Thom Upasana Beharee ... Amrita Rajan Velu ... Hijra William Vega ... Swimmer

Trevor

Trevor is your average 70's high schooler in Bible Belt, USA: He listens to records, hangs out with his friends, and goes to the movies. But one day things change: He hits puberty, and everything seems different. He doesn't want to make out with the girls at a party. He starts to pay more attention to the other boys in his class. He starts to realize that people make fun of him for his love of ballet and theatre and Diana Ross. Eventually, Trevor comes to the realization that he's gay. Now, his friends don't want to be seen anywhere around him, his parents ignore him, his priest accuses him of being a pervert, and his best friend Pinky tells him that he's a weak person. With no one offering any support, Trevor decides to kill himself. But help comes in an unexpected form.

Format: avi
Duration: 18:33
Video: 720x544, XviD, 1347kbps
Audio: 125kbps



File size: 200.0 MB

James

Young James struggles as the outsider kid at his school. His teacher, Mr. Sutherland, is the only person he feels he can connect with. When James finally puts a voice to his feelings, Mr. Sutherland's response isn't what James had hoped for.
This movie won all these awards so far:
Best Northern Irish short, Belfast Film Festival 2008
Best First Irish Short 2nd Place, Galway Film Fleadh 2008
Best Short Gaze Dublin International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2008
Jury Award Best Student Short Palm Springs Shortfest 2008
Best Student Cinematography 2nd Place, Palm Springs Shortfest 2008
Best UK Short Iris Prize Festival 2008
Outlook Award Best LGBT Short Film 53rd Corona Cork Film Festival 2008
Award of Merit Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2008
Best International Short 17th Annual St Louis International Film Festival 2008
Bronze Palm Award, Mexico International Film Festival 2009
Best Foreign Film, NYC Downtown Short Film Festival 2009
Gold Kahuna Award Honolulu International Film Festival 2009
Best GLBT Short Breckenridge Film Festival 2009
Audience Award Breckenridge Film Festival 2009
Best Drama UK National Student Film Festival 2009
Grand Jury Award UK National Student Film Festival 2009
Best Short Film, Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2009
Best Short (Male) Fort Worth International Gay&Lesbian Film Festival 2009
Chessie Award Best Short Film, Cineslam Vermont 2009
Best Short, Barcelona International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2009
Jury Prize for Best Short, Image+Nation LGBT Film Festival Montreal 2009
Best Screenplay, Grand OFF World Of Film Awards 2009
Best Short, Coming Of Age Movie Awards 2010

ENJOY !!!!!

Format: avi
Duration: 17:10
Video: 720x544, XviD, 1474kbps
Audio: 125kbps

File size: 199.9 MB

Spring (2011)

Spring (2011) , short gay themed drama

Release Year: 2011
Cast: Jonathan Keane and Chris O'Donnell
Genres: gay themed, drama, short movies

Spring is about a young man seeking to discover his sexual boundaries with a stranger. Rightly or wrongly, Joe decides to venture down an unconventional path where he find moments that repel and excite him profoundly. The film shows how we can let ourselves be used and what we are capable of inflicting on others. The encounter is full of little ritualistic intimacies that will shape this young man's life - and his life will never be the same again.
One of the best shorts I have ever seen!!!
Made with the support of the UK Film Council, this short gay themed film touches some of the more extreme areas of gay eroticism. The encounter of the younger, possibly virgin young man, with a slightly older man is full of little ritualistic intimacies that will shape this young man's life - and his life will never be the same again.

I give this film a 10 out of 10. This film was very well done.

I was totally applauded during the middle part of this short film but after the film was done and over, I was completely won over and fascinated by the whole thing.

You will probably recognize the main room/set that is used in this film.

The actors were very realistic and easy on the eyes as well.

Very clever film, with a great dirty sense of humor which I loved and I highly recommend this film.

Format: avi
Duration: 13:01
Video: 720x416, XviD, 2193kbps
Audio: 125kbps



File size: 220.6 MB

Lie Detector (2011)

Release Year: 2011

Lie Detector (2011)
4 min - Short | Comedy
Director: Paul Emerson
Writers: Mike Heim (co-writer), Dane Hanson (co-writer)
Stars: Danny Gutierrez, Dane Hanson and Mike Heim

Dane only has one chance to make a stellar first impression. Good thing there's a lie detector present at his job interview! *BEEP* He's screwed. And he's going to find out just how much the truth really hurts.

This file contains 4 video files to choose from:
Lie Detector (2011) 480p En.flv (Frame 864 x 480p) - English language

Lie Detector (2011) 480p Ru subs.flv (Frame 864 x 480p) - English language with hardcoded Russian subtitles

Lie Detector (2011) 720p EN.mp4 (Frame 1280 x 720p) - English language

Lie Detector (2011) 720p RU subs.mp4 (Frame 1280 x 720p) - English language with hardcoded Russian subtitles


File size: 79.7 MB

My name is love (2008)

Release Year: 2008

Love and Sebastian meet each other by a coincidence at a street in the romantic Swedish
summer night. They happen to share the same secret, but their encounter is going to cause
severe consequences for the both of them. An innocent flirt soon turns in to a dangerously
liaison.

Format: lavfpref
Duration: 20:09
Video: 716x576, AVC (H.264), 1408kbps
Audio: 141kbps
File size: 229.3 MB

Mormor's Visit (2005)

Release Year: 2005
Cast: Ingrid Söderblom, Daniele Teodoro and Daxfurth Houston
Genres: gay themed, drama, short movies, comedy
Video language: Swedish

Simon, a Swedish photographer living in New York's Harlem, answers his doorbell one day to find his grandmother, his MORMOR, standing at his doorstep. Mormor, tired of her sheltered Swedish retirement home, has eloped to join Simon in the freedoms of New York life. Now Simon has to figure out what to do with his eighty-two year old grandmother - and how to explain that naked black man in his bed...
Cute film!

Swedish with hardcoded English subtitles

Format: avi
Duration: 16:29
Video: 720x480, DivX 5, 976kbps
Audio: 125kbps



File size: 134.3 MB

Al buio / In the Dark (2005)

Release Year: 2005
Cast: Josefia Forlì and Daniele Grassetti
Genres: gay themed, drama, short movies
Video language: Italian
Italian short movie by Fabio Mollo.

The conflict between two roommates reveal that their relationship is deeper than it seems...Sometimes eroticism lays hidden in that moment suspended within the space that separates two bodies which cannot touch each other.

Italian with hardcoded English subtitles

Format: avi
Duration: 12:40
Video: 640x480, XviD, 1440kbps
Audio: 125kbps




File size: 146.8 MB

Un beau jour, un coiffeur / One Fine Day A Hairdresser (2004)

Release Year: 2004
Cast: Julien Baumgartner and Clément Allanic
Genres: gay themed, drama, short movies
Video language: French

This is a French short gay themed movie.
by Gilles Bindi, starring Julien Baumgartner and Clément Allanic.
French with optional English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese subtitles included.

Very enjoyable short. The lead actor was in film YOU'LL GET OVER IT / À cause d'un garçon.

Jérôme, learning doctor of philosophy, shy and socially inadequate, falls for Brice, a spirited hairdresser who takes life head on, and tries to express what he feels to him...
What a sweet movie.. I caught it on LOGO TV, the gay channel in a program featuring short films. A simple movie, but one that gets to the point: first love, young love.. not always smooth or easy. It is a great little movie in that it focuses on what people do for love.. Everyone should enjoy it. The lead actor was in another great film called YOU'LL GET OVER IT. You would do well to try and catch it. and the characters are not overly feminine, which is nice for a change. Even the hairdresser is good looking but not over the top. Of course a happy ending is great.. A lesson to be learned. One can fall in love with another person if the first does not work out. A good life lesson. ENJOY.


File size: 120.4 MB

My Uncle Mario / Dodi Mario (2004)

Release Year: 2004
Genres: gay themed, drama, short movies

A soulful coming of age tale about Seffi, a 17-year old Tel Aviv teenager [--- SPOILERS AHEAD --- ] who realizes he's attracted to men but can't acknowledge or act on this information. It would be hard for Seffi to confide in his widowed mother, for she still sees him as a boy without any sexual identity. And the fact that they are Tunisian Jews, and she exudes a conservative point of view, makes his coming out to her even more unlikely.

So he is stuck doing deliveries for his mother’s home-based restaurant, until his gay uncle Mario unexpectedly comes for a visit from Italy and brings a breath of sensual air into the house. One night the teenager follows him to a gay bar and that provides the catalyst for the lad to accept and embrace his identity.

Director:Na'ama Zalzman

Hebrew with hardcoded English subtitles

A young boy delivers food in the summer vacation for this mother, who has some sort of a restaurant. Suddenly his uncle Mario, who lives in Italy, visits them by surprise. The boy's life changes when he follows his uncle one night to an appointment. After that night things will never be the same.

Format: avi
Duration: 17:26
Video: 720x576, XviD, 975kbps
Audio: 125kbps

File size: 141.8 MB

Une Sensation de Vide

Release Year: 2011

Project From The LOOP festival in Barcelone in The private space gallery about The subject Jour de Fête, refers to the idea of festivity and celebration, both widely understood. This concept invites explore the social and collective expression of the celebration from many possible points of view, the symbols of power related to social rituals, the construction of a collective identity, as well as the family environment and the concept of tradition and ceremony.

Format: avi
Duration: 6:17
Video: 1280x720, XviD, 4208kbps
Audio: 125kbps


File size: 199.7 MB

3 Lads, An American Fool And One Night (2008)

Release Year: 2008
Cast: Paul Costin, Lisa K. Crosato and Pedro Pano
Genres: gay themed, drama, short movies

An Indie short gay movie, shot in black & white.
On the eve of his anniversary date with his girlfriend, Greg gets an unexpected visit which ultimately makes him question his sexuality and his life.

Format: avi
Duration: 22:25
Video: 710x436, XviD, 1142kbps
Audio: 125kbps




File size: 209.6 MB

Juste Un Peu De Reconfort (2004)

Release Year: 2004

A short film by Armand Lameloise
2004 | 39 mins | France
lot more besides.
For with high school teen Arnaud casting longing looks in the direction of his best friend Guillaume, as Guil makes out with his girl Vanessa, the object of Arnaud's teenage crush is all but clear. Knowing full well that his heart is but a case of unrequited love, he takes comfort in surreptitiously caressing Guillaume during a sleepover, Summer Blues fashion, all the while masking his true feelings by way of a chaste relationship with local girl Aude. Only with a sexually active Guillaume seeking shelter with Arnaud following his mother's mental breakdown, could his dream fantasy turn into gay reality after all?
Laced with a series of homoerotic moments, this seductive tale of sexual awakening from writer and director Armand Lameloise wonderfully captures the innocence of youth, giving way to teenage angst, let alone the pleasures of adulthood. Only in between all of the smoking and drinking, the clubs and the drugs, if not the music and the sex, lies the heartwarming story of a gay teen coming to terms with his sexuality, by way of the object of his adoration.
True the in love with your best friend scenario is hardly new and here cue such features as Forgive & Forget, Krámpack and Summer Storm to name but three. But such does not detract from the merits of this well played and frankly realistic coming-of-age piece, one aided by the natural charm of its largely teenage cast, even if the ending arrives as no surprise courtesy of a poignant "I love you, as if..." line. But then and with AqME providing the nu metal styled soundtrack, this was never going to be ... well that would be saying. What it is however, is an engaging tale of gay first love, one that thanks to its erotic delivery can be found in its original unabridged form and that of a more U-certificate based outing, being notably devoid of its opening hetero love-making sequence, alongside the later non-explicit, if direct masturbation scene, aka "when the bathroom door closes." Thankfully one of the longest gay snogging sessions seen for a while, remains intact throughout. Need more be said? Only that and like the French short Basket et Maths, check out the freeview, this remains yet another touching take on falling in love, adolescent style.

English, Russian + French subtitles included


File size: 347.6 MB