The Summer with Carmen – a tail-wagging tale of friendship, filmmaking, and four-legged chaos starring Yorgos Tsiantoulas and Andreas Lampropoulos – is to be released in UK cinemas on February 28, 2025. While enjoying a day soaking up the sun at Athens’ gay beach, best friends Demostheneos and Nikitas brainstorm ideas for a screenplay, inspired […]
Peccadillo Pictures has secured Iris Prize award-winning film Norwegian Dream, which will be released on streaming on 29 April. Directed by Leiv Igor Devold, the film tells the story of Robert, a young Polish immigrant, who arrives in Norway to work for a fish factory in hopes of paying off his mother’s rising debts. Suppressing […]
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 […]
Brian Butler finds joy in a film about freedom and control
Brian Butler falls in love with a Queer romance set in a detention centre
In France, you can reflect on the lasting pangs of first love whilst in Germany military discipline controls darker desires. In Canada, basketball leads to conflicting passions in and out of college, whilst the boxing ring in New Zealand promises a heavyweight bout between parental dreams and personal identity.
Brian Butler finds a new French film about first love achingly beautiful
Brian Butler finds two shimmering jewels in a film collection
A perfect stranger. The boy next door. A sparring partner. A friend from abroad. Boys on Film presents its 23rd gay short film collection with ten encounters from across the globe, where the tempting allure of a risky attraction yields emotional results – proving that the age-old adage of taking the plunge is as relevant – and sexy – as ever before.
Brian Butler finds much to like in the tale of a lonesome cowboy
