Peccadillo Pictures has announced a trio of thought-provoking, life-affirming dramas about LGBTQ+ lives across the world. You can move into a new Israeli neighbourhood, chase your musical dreams in Argentina and find new friendship in Australia. These are available to view on DVD or blu-ray and all can be streamed on demand on PeccadilloPOD, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, as well as Curzon Home Cinema and BFI Player.
CONCERNED CITIZEN (Israel, 2022, 82 mins) Director: Idan Hagal Starring: Shlomi Bertonov, Ariel Wolf, Lena Fraifeld
Release date: 23 January 2023
In this wickedly funny satire of middle-class mores, liberal gay man Ben moves with his partner into an apartment in a run-down but up-and-coming neighbourhood. In an effort to improve the area Ben plants a tree outside his building, a good deed which unwittingly triggers a series of events that result in the brutal arrest of an Eritrean immigrant. Guilt stricken, and with his vision of himself and society shaken, Ben experiences a crisis that threatens to destroy his relationship and aspirations of fatherhood.
Streaming On Demand only
Available on PeccadilloPOD, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, Curzon Home Cinema, BFI Player
SUBLIME (Argentina, 2022, 100 mins) Director: Mariano Baisin
Starring: Martín Miller, Teo Inama Chiabrando, Azul Mazzeo
Release date: 6 February 2023
Best friends Manuel and Felipe live in a coastal town in Argentina. They spend all their time together playing in their rock band and working on converting an old van into a secret love nest to entertain their respective girlfriends. A talented songwriter, Felipe pours his soul into his lyrics evoking thwarted desire. With their gig debut just around the corner things come to a head and suddenly everything is at stake: friendship, love, and the band. Mariano Biasin’s vibrant drama, Sublime, vividly captures the heartache of adolescent angst and longing.
On DVD & Streaming On Demand, with special features exclusive to Peccadillo
Available On-Demand on PeccadilloPOD, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, BFI Player
LONESOME (Australia, 2022, 95 mins) Director; Craig Boreham Starring: Josh Lavery, Daniel Gabriel, Anni Finsterer
Release date: 6 March 2023
Two young men make a connection neither of them expects or knows how to navigate. Casey, a young man from the countryside running from a small-town scandal, finds himself down and out in the big smoke of Sydney. When he meets Tib, a young city lad, struggling with his own scars of isolation, there’s chemistry, not only sexually but also emotionally as both men find something they have been missing. Can they overcome their own insecurities and let the other in or are the walls they have built too strong to knock down?
On DVD, Blu-ray & Streaming On Demand
Available On-Demand on PeccadilloPOD, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, BFI Player
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