Gay Short Films & Web Series

Are you a Madonna or Lady Gaga man? (Yep, those are the only possible choices, or else you’re not allowed to be gay anymore). Well, in If We Took A Holiday, Dennis is most definitely a Madonna man.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘If We Took a Holiday tells the story of a struggling L.A. actress (Nadya Ginsburg) who agrees to impersonate Madonna all day long as a birthday present for her recently dumped gay best friend (Dennis Hensley.) Shenanigans and life lessons ensue. The film is produced and written by Glenn Gaylord, Nadya Ginsburg and Dennis Hensley and directed by Glenn Gaylord.’

The short is a fun ride, using the talents of Nadya Ginsburg to keep the viewer entertained as she nails the Madonna impersonation, while also allowing the setup to make a few point about the modern gay world.

Take a look at If We Took A Holiday below. If you know a short film we ought to be posting, tell us by getting in touch via our contact page. And check out more gay short films and web series here. [Read more…]

Matthew Puccini’s The Mess He Made has a deceptively simple set-up – a man spends 15 minutes waiting for the results of a Rapid HIV test in a small-town strip mall. However, over the course of 10-minutes that allows it to unpick the ritual of the test and the anxious wait of the main character, as he considers the choices he’s made and what the test could mean for both his future and his past.

Puccini told Huffpo, “A close friend and I both had HIV scares last summer. I remember sitting in the cramped waiting room at the Gay Men’s Health Crisis in midtown Manhattan, with my mind racing through all of these crazy hypotheticals, all these conversations I was dreading having to have. It felt important to make something that reflected our experience [and] showed the HIV screening process in a detailed, contemporary light.”

The film has now been released online, and you can take a look at it below. If you know a short film we ought to be posting, tell us by getting in touch via our contact page. And check out more gay short films and web series here. [Read more…]

Henry K. Norvalls’ Shower had a great run at film festivals a couple of years ago, and now that it’s been released online, it’s very quickly been chosen of as one of Vimeo’s showcase Staff Picks. You can see why, as the gay-themed short manages to be sexy, unnerving, full of possibility and also a little chilling.

It doesn’t hurt either that the film’s two stars, Svend Erichsen and Per Magnus Barlaug, are completely naked for the whole thing.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘A man enters the shower after working out, but is soon side tracked by an unidentified noise. He decides to seek out the source and enters a situation that leaves him completely exposed.’

Take a look at Shower below. If you know a short film we ought to be posting, tell us by getting in touch via our contact page. And check out more gay short films and web series here. [Read more…]

Kuntergrau might have passed most English-speaking areas by – until now – but it’s claimed that it’s currently continental Europe’s most popular gay-themed web series. That’s all the more remarkable considering it’s produced on a voluntary basis as part of the youth work of Europe’s oldest LGBT youth center: the „anyway“ youth center in Cologne, Germany.

It’s made by young gay people aged between 15 and 27 in their spare time, including film students as well as media-interested gay men who all have one goal – to show the world what being gay in 2017 means to them. They’ve produced two seasons of the show so far. The first five episodes debuted in 2016, with four more premiering in 2017 – that may only be 9 episode, but it represents a chunky 130 minutes of entertainment.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In KUNTERGRAU, coming out is part of the past while sex and love is mundane. A group of five gay friends between 17 and 24 deal with everyday problems and experience the meaning of love, sex, and friendship.

‘The series deals with Leopold (Age 17) who does not want to identify himself through his sexuality, Noah (Age 24), whose BDSM fetish challenges his ex-boyfriend, Jan (Age 20), to a point where their relationship begins to break. Along with them, promiscuous Marcel (Age 21), who works as a banker and has to live with his HIV infection. Last but not least, Lukas (Age 19) who moves from the country to the big city to get away from his controlling parents – unsuccessfully.

The stories of these five men become intertwined and what results is a story that encapsulates what it means to be a young gay man in a big city.’

Take a look at Seasons 1 and 2 below (you may need to switch on subtitles/CC if you don’t speak German). You can find out more over on the show’s official website. [Read more…]

A new web series has hit the web, and it’s certainly worth a look. Let Me Die A Nun, follows ‘the opposing but intersecting trajectories of a lesbian soon-to-be nun (Ana Fabrega), her Jewish stalker (Carl Kranz), and the object of her affection (Hari Nef).’

As that synopsis suggests, the show is rather unexpected, but also rather fun. The six-episode first season has now been released online, so we can all take a look.

Writer/director Sarah Salovaara commented to, IndieWire, “We’re all very familiar with coming out narratives in LGBTQ cinema, and they’re not necessarily the most stirring of genres. So I wanted to look at it in a heightened context like the church, where the realization that you are gay alters the entire course of your life.”

Take a look at Season 1 below. (H/T Out) [Read more…]