Peccadillo Pictures has prepared a thought-provoking, life-affirming journey through LGBTQ+ communities with a series of new film releases. You can follow sex influencers from Argentina, find love in French borstals, and get ready for a happy ending to a popular gay short film collection. These are available to view on DVD or blu-ray and can be streamed on demand on PeccadilloPOD, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, as well as Curzon Home Cinema and BFI Player.
January 29: available on DVD and VOD (excluding Curzon Home Cinema)
PORNOMELANCHOLIA (18) (Argentina, 2022, 98 mins)
Directed by Manuel Abramovich; starring Lalo Santos
Manuel Abramovich’s multi award-winning film, centres on Lalo, a sex influencer. He spends his day posting naked photos and homemade porn photos of himself for all his social media followers. In private, though, he seems to live in permanent melancholy. Pornomelancholia reflects on the relationship between sexuality and work, on being public and feeling alone.
February 19: available on VOD, DVD and blu-ray colletor’s editions
THE LOST BOYS (Le Paradis) (Belgium/France, 2023, 88 mins)
Directed by Zeno Graton; starring Khalil Gharbia, Julien De Saint Jean, Eye Haïdara and Jonathan Couzinié
Joe is about to be released from a youth detention centre. Should the judge approve his discharge, he will be allowed to live on his own. But when a new detainee, William, arrives in his facility, Joe starts to question his desire for freedom.
Featuring stand-out performances from Khalil Gharbia (Peter von Kant) and Julien De Saint Jean (Lie With Me), filmmaker Zeno Graton’s acclaimed first feature The Lost Boys is a compelling and sensitively observed portrait of burgeoning masculinity and sexuality.
April 8: available on DVD, blu-ray and VOD
BOYS ON FILM 24: HAPPY ENDINGS
Various directors; stars include: George Webster, Sam Retford and Jack Holden
All good things must come to an end and the best-selling Boys On Film short film collection reaches its climax with its 24th and final physical edition. Eleven films from across the world offer a variety of personal insights into LGBTQ+ life. Neil Ely and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan’s S.A.M. and Fabia Martin’s The Rev are among the highly praised British shorts included in the celebration.
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