I've always had kind of a love hate relationship with Chinese historical BLs. Some are genuinely excellent, but then there are others that cram in so much plot that keeping track of all the layers of betrayal and scheming gets exhausting, and I end up checking out mentally. Part of the issue is also just how much content is out there in this space, so something really has to stand out to keep me hooked. In this case, the production value is genuinely impressive, top tier stuff, but story wise, I just couldn't bring myself to actually care about these characters. There's a ton of political scheming and backstage manipulation running throughout. Somewhere in the middle of all that chaos, a hostage ends up falling for his own Prince Charming. The show runs eight episodes, each around 50 to 60 minutes long. After spending three years guarding the border, Fifth Prince Yin Qi gets called back to the capital because of a secret letter, only to end up walking straight into a deadly...
A neo-Nazi skinhead is apprehended because he has attacked two black teenage boys. As we are taken backwards through the story we realise that things may not be as 'Black & White' as they appear. It was actually a hate crime towards the white man.
My First Suit (New Zealand)
Steve, a young teenage is about to attend his first high school dance. His separated parents insist on buying him suit but the boy is more interested in men. Ditching the dance, he decides to 'come out' to himself.
An eight-year-old boy experiences his first heartbreak when he falls in love with his male third-grade teacher. The stuff he does to get his teacher's attention is soo cute. I absolutely loved the film, the acting and the direction. First love is always special. The way the parents deal with the whole event is amazing.
Gay Hunt (USA)
One of these 4 roommates is GAY. Which one do you think it is? Hilarious!
A melancholy, dreamy voyage. A journey into the beginning of time, when mortals lived like gods, without worries and with never a thought about old age, to meet an attractive, beautiful boy who will let us into the garden of eternal youth for a while.
Hardcore (Israel)
A German tourist solicits two Israeli men for kinky sex. The Israelis feel pressure to fulfill the German man’s violent sexual fantasies.
After being emasculated at a sales conference, gay couple decide the only way to regain their confidence and prove their masculinity is to sleep with some women. They try with fellow attendees but sealing the deal is easier said than done. Hilarious!
Devine (France) [Guess]
On a Sunday night, a girl and three boys are playing charades. Through the game, their feelings unveil and reveal incompatible loves including a kiss.
Tired of hiding who he really is, Mack wants to come out to Daddy Scott saying he is not Nick Jonas. But neither get what they were expecting. I think it was really really funny.
Nuestro dÃa inmortal (Spain) [Our Immortal Day]
Young men trapped in desire and pain, power and freedom, addiction and beauty. A contrast that unites them to the same immortality.
Stan, best friend with Gijs realizes that their friendship might not be what it used to be. The clash between a cool guy and a sensitive one, exploring the vulnerability, the needs and expectations and the lovely manner of reconciliation.
International Male (USA)
A financially strapped man, yearning for global adventure, invites an international cast of men to his apartment for a series of romantic escapades.
When the fifteen year old Bram meets Florian at a house party, he immediately falls for him. There’s only one problem: nobody knows Bram is gay. A very very beautiful film.
El Chico del Pasillo (Spain [The Boy in the Hallway]
A young guy, Olmo, spends his time in the hallway of his building, waiting for straight Mario, whom he fancies and has a crush on, so that he can chat up with him.
A young Dutch boy goes on a boy's night out in Amsterdam. But it takes an expected encounter with a sex worker to admit to himself that he is gay.
Libar (Mexico) [Sipping]
Santiago is a vulnerable boy and Jared leads him in age and charisma. The two opposite teenagers spend an afternoon together looking for ways to overcome their differences. After an act that begins as a game, their senses will find the space to coincide.
A dog brings two unlikely strangers together. A film that examines the ideas of loneliness and hope. Very very good.
Enlaces 1º: La tarea del colegio (Argentina)
Marco & Luis masturbate to thoughts of each other. And when they both admit this to each other and carried away by the heat, part of the excitement when confessing, Marco and Luis do "homework" together.
After the death of her best friend, a victim of homophobia, a young girl tries to understand what happened. What could she have done?
Finding Dad (USA)
When seventeen year old Chris breaks into Andy's home and takes a swim in his pool, a furious Andy throws him out. When his partner returns and hears the whole story he gets Chris inside home. Andy is stunned to learn that Chris might be his son, a son he never even knew he had.
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