Ayse, a beautiful 19-year-old girl from the Turkish countryside, is chosen to be married to the Hasan, son of formidable and house proud mother Fatma, who resides in Vienna with her husband and children.
However, what soon becomes apparent is that Ayse is to be second wife to Fatma's husband. This tight-knit family go to great lengths to preserve traditional values, and although polygamy is illegal in Austria, Ayse is welcomed. Yet, her presence in a country whose language and culture is entirely foreign to her immediately marks her as an outsider.
As Western societal norms and Muslim religious beliefs draw closer together in an ever diversifying family unit, tensions arise, resulting in an explosive stroke of fate.
Umut Dag's mature feature debut is a rich tapestry of swirling emotions, suppressed desires, unspoken words and uncomfortable yet pressing social and political questions.
Based on murders that took place between 1962 and 1979 in New York city, Cruising follows the story of police detective Steve Burns (Al Pacino)as he tries to solve a number of brutal murder cases in the gay community. Cruising received a multitude of publicity when it was released due to the censorship row that surrounded it.
Nine more award-winning short film favourites from the hugely popular Boys On Film canon, from four different continents and celebrated film festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Outfest, Frameline and many more.
Boys will be boys in Pascal Alex Vincent s FAR WEST and CANDY BOY, where a farmyard and an orphanage get a gay makeover. GO GO REJECT sees Flashdance obsessive Daniel aims for the stars, as SWEAT has Holby City s David Paisley infiltrating a bath house with unexpected results. Meanwhile, love proves to be timeless when LAST CALL unites past and present, but TWO YOUNG MEN, UT hints at an uncertain future. Looking back on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, BLOKES focuses on the sexual awakening of a peeping Tom. Two more young boys; a confused JAMES and mute DAVID, both reach out for an experienced hand, but will they find what they are looking for?
Alex (Inés Efron, Amorosa Soledad, Glue) is a 15-year-old with a secret. What she hides is something that has driven her family to the windswept outer-reaches of the Uruguayan shoreline. Her father, Kraken (Ricardo Darín, Nine Queens) wants what is best for his daughter, yet knows she cannot go on living the life she leads. For Alex is intersexual, yet all she wants is to be left alone, to be herself.
Before long an old family friend, who is also a plastic surgeon, is invited to stay at their isolated cabin, along with his teenage son Álvaro (Martín Piroyansky). As Alex realises the disturbing ramifications of the visit, she develops a relationship with Álvaro that is far from conventional…
Highly acclaimed and the subject of much debate, XXY is the intimate coming-of-age portrayal of a teenager torn between the love of her parents, her own personal desires, and the daunting, inevitable path into adulthood.
Beautiful People is not your average family sitcom because the Doonans are not your average family.
The show is the story of a dream, the dream that one day Simon would leave suburban Reading and move to London to be with the beautiful people. In fact he moved to New York to become the creative director of Barneys, an uber-chic fashion store, and to write the memoir on which this hugely exuberant comedy is based. It has song, dance, jokes, bitch-fighting, drunken hairdressers, black posh spice dolls, exploding baked bean cans causing death and a soundtrack featuring Dannii and Kylie Minogue, Sophie Ellis Bextor, The Pet Shop Boys, Sam Wood and Dan Gillespie Sells of The Feeling.
Mum and Dad drink homemade wine, Simon hangs out with his best friend Kyle, better known as Kylie, working on dance moves to 90s floor fillers; his sister Ashlene wants to look like Heather Small and "hang with the hood", whilst his aunty Hayley is blind, feisty and eating nuts. Gran meanwhile used to be the nicest woman in the world and has now turned very nasty.
Boys On Film 2 contains nine award-winning short films: Cowboy, Lucky Blue, Weekend In The Countryside, Kali Ma, Bramadero, Love Bite, The Island, Futures & Derivatives and Working it Out.
Cowboy - Dir. Till
Kleinert (Germany)
An estate agent goes to investigate a prime piece of property in the countryside
whereupon he encounters a mysterious farm boy. A mutual attraction develops, albeit
uneasily, and the pair indulge in a bout of passion amongst the haystacks. Meanwhile,
out among the corn fields, a horrifying fate awaits them...
Winner, Iris Prize Short Film Festival, Cardiff
Lucky Blue -
Dir. Håkon Liu (Sweden)
A balmy summer night. A camping site somewhere in Sweden. The grand emotions,
the shy teenager, the first love, caravans, karaoke and a bird… This is
the story of a boy who, in spite of his insecurities and fears, finally finds
the courage to express his love in his own special way.
Winner, Best Short Film, Gothenburg Film Festival
Weekend In The
Countryside - Dir. Mathieu Salmon (France)
Pierre is invited to go on a weekend trip to an old country house belonging
to best friend Marc. The property is overrun by Marc’s frighteningly unruly
dogs. Marc assures Pierre that they are harmless, but when Pierre rebuffs Marc’s
sexual advances, the canines turn nasty.
Official Selection, São Paulo and Istanbul Short Film Festivals
Kali Ma - Dir.
Soman Chainani (USA)
When an Indian mother finds out her son is the victim of a vicious homophobic
bully, she delivers her own brand of vigilante justice. Part electric action
thriller, part exhilarating comedy, ‘Kali Ma’ finds the secrets that
divide mothers and sons and the love that brings them together.
Winner, Best Short Film, Rosebud Awards
Bramadero –
Dir. Julián Hernández (Mexico)
The beautiful and erotic Bramadero finds Hassen and Jonás on the outskirts
of Mexico City. Away from it all, they’ve found a spot where they can seduce
one another and merge into one; where sex becomes desire, desire becomes love,
and only death will separate them.
Official Selection, Frameline, Seattle and Toronto LGBT Film Festivals
Love Bite -
Dir. Craig Boreham (Australia)
Noah and Gus hang out and smoke weed after school. As the munchies kick in,
Noah feels compelled to share a secret desire that has been tormenting him.
An uncomfortable Gus thinks he knows what’s up. He has no idea...
Official Selection, Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival
The Island -
Dir. Trevor Anderson (Canada)
A filmmaker with a vivid imagination considers, with the help of animation,
a piece of fan mail he received. What if all the gays in the world were put
on an island?
Official Selection, Newfest and Frameline Film Festivals
Futures &
Derivatives – Dir. Arthur Halpern (USA)
A group at the law firm is caught off guard when asked to produce a presentation
for an important client. They subsequently hire a bookish temp to pull an all-nighter.
Not only does the temp finish the power-point presentation, but he leaves behind
a trail of magic that will change the perceptions and sensibilites of the office
staff forever.
Official Selection, Brooklyn Film Fest, LA Shorts Fest, ReelHeART
Working it Out
– Dir. Tim Hunter (Australia)
Marcus and Peter go to their local gym for their usual workout, which is disturbed
by a buff and handsome man called Jeremy. The pair bicker over the sexy Jeremy,
accusing one another of either cheating or being all-out paranoid. In the end,
though, Jeremy will have his way...
Boys On Film explores the darker side of romance with a collection of edgy, controversial and scintillating short films that have wowed film festival audiences the world over, including the Oscar-winning 'The New Tenants' starring Vincent D'Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket) and 'Mirrors' starring Xavier Dolan (Heartbeats, I Killed My Mother).
Derek Jarman struggled for seven years to bring his portrait of the seventeenth-century Italian artist Michelangelo da Caravaggio to the screen. The result was well worth the wait, and was greeted with critical acclaim: a freely dramatized portrait of the controversial artist and a powerful mediation on sexuality, criminality and art - a new and refreshing take on the usual biopic.
The film centres on an imagined love-triangle between Caravaggio, his friend and model Ranuccio, and Ranuccio's low-life partner Lena. Conjuring some of the artist's most famous paintings through elaborate and beautifully photographed tableaux vivants, these works are woven into the fabric of the story, providing a starting point for its characters and narrative episodes.
Caravaggio features wonderful performances from Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, and, in her first role, Tilda Swinton, who was to become Jarman's muse and long-time collaborator. A visual treat, it was the first major film production for award-winning costume designer Sandy Powell, with luscious production design by Christopher Hobbs.
Entertaining Mr.Sloane is a 1970 black comedy directed by Douglas Hickox and based on the 1964 play of the same title by Joe Orton.
Keth (Beryl Reid) is a lonely, middle-aged woman living in the London suburbs with her ageing father Kemp (Alan Webb). When she meets the attractive Sloane (Peter McEnery) sunbathing on a tombstone in the cemetery near her home, she invited him to become her lodger. Soon after he accepts her offer, Kath seduces him and despite the age gap, Sloane encourages the flirtations. Kath's successful and closeted brother Ed also falls for the charms of the enigmatic Mr. Sloane and decides to make him his chauffeur, clad in a leather uniform much to Ed's delight. Only Kemp distrusts the mysterious Sloane and accuses him of being involved in an old, unsolved murder.
