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Gay Short Films & Web Series

Where The Bears Are: S5 Ep1 – The burly, hairy gay guys are back for a new season

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where-the-bears-are-s5-ep1Few gay-themed web series have seen as much success as Where The Bears Are, winning awards and gaining enough loyal fans that it’s now on its fifth season. That new instalment of the show has now started, with Episode 1 being released.

Described as ‘”The Golden Girls” meets “Murder, She Wrote” with big, gay, hairy men (aka “Bears”)’, the new season launches following another incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign, which helped raise funds to get it made! From the creative team of Rick Copp (The Brady Bunch Movie), Joe Dietl (The Thin Pink Line) and Ben Zook (Jack and Jill), Where the Bears Are is a comedy mystery web series that recently won Afterelton.com’s “Best Gay Web Series” and has accumulated over 20 million views since premiering in 2012.

Season 5 follows the exploits of four gay bear roommates living together in Los Angeles as they become involved with intrigue and murder while couple Nelson and Todd are on their honeymoon in Palm Springs! Take a launch at Episode 1 below, and you can catch up with earlier episode via the show’s website. [Read more…]

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Gay Short Film Showcase: Agua – Feelings develop between two young men in the swimming pool

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agua-slideAgua takes place solely in a swimming pool and changing, following a young man who goes there to practice in the water. He meets another young guy who starts swimming in the next lane. The short charts their growing friendship, but when one decides to kiss the other, it may bring it all to the end.

With a sweet nature and a clever way of using repetition action to chart the subtle changes going on in the relationship between then guys, it’s a well-made film that’s well worth a look. Made by Ricardo Esparragoza at the Universidad de Guadalajara, Agua had a great run at film festivals around the world and is now available online.

Take a look at Agua 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…]

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McTucky Fried High S2 Ep 7 – The latest season of the LGBTQ cartoon reaches its conclusion

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mctucky-s2-ep7After a great season where the cartoon school full of food students have been gripped by the right wing followers of Cheesus and their hypocritical call for ‘religious freedom’, McTucky Fried High Season 2 reaches its conclusion.

In the new episode, ‘The Cheesus Slice saga comes to a head with Sheri Cone (Kristen T. King) – will she fulfill Cheesus’s “word” or die trying? McTucky Fried High attempts to box students into gender and sexuality norms with the school dance rules. Will Peanut (Adrienne M. Walker) & crew give in, give up or give ’em hell? Kevin Weiner goes to the dance with one date and leaves with another! But who will it be?’

Take a look at the new episode of McTucky Fried High below. You can find the previous Season 2 episodes here and head here for Season 1. [Read more…]

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Meet The ‘Unfunny Gay Guys’ In An Entertaining New Skit

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unfunny-gay-guysA lot of us have met people who like to take being gay to the max, and who think they’re witty and edgy by making the answer to every question somehow gay and sexual. Well, if you thought you were the only one who knew people like that, the great online skit Unfunny Gay Guys is here to show you that you’re not.

It’s about a couple of gay guys (played by Trey Gerrald and Tim Murray) who treat their sexuality like it’s a full time job, trying to add the words ‘top’, ‘bottom’ and ‘poppers’ into every sentence they speak, because they’re convinced that will make what they say hilarious and shocking. However, the likes of Max Emerson and Matteo Lane show up to suggest that perhaps they’re a little too much.

Take a look at the Unfunny Gay Guys below, and then deal with the contradiction in this context they’re actually both unfunny and funny at the same time. Mimosas anyone? [Read more…]

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Gay Short Film Showcase: Beauty Mark – Maggie Gyllenhaal teaches makeup to a closeted transwoman

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beauty-markProduced through the Jameson First Shot film contest, Beauty Mark is a great little film from Cameron Thrower, which unlike most LGBT-themed shorts, has a well-known name starring – Maggie Gyllenhaal.

It the 1980s, and Maggie plays door-to-door makeup saleswoman Valerie Williams, who meets Mark, the son of one of her clients. It soon transpires that Mark is trans and in the closet, and could do with some makeup tips, with the initially uncertain Valerie well placed to help her.

It’s a very charming film with a great message, which perfectly fits the First Shot theme of ‘fearing less and inviting life in’. Following a small cinema release at the end of July, it’s now been released online for everyone to view, so take a look below. [Read more…]

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Disposable Teens: Episode 10 – The web series about a runaway gay teen ends its second season

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disposable-teens-ep10It’s been a dramatic few episodes for young, gay runaway Austin, after stepping back from the brink of suicide and surviving sexual assault. Now the second season of the show comes to its conclusion.

The show is about a gay teenager named Austin who is forced to run from his home after coming out of the closet. In this episode, ‘Austin (Chris Jehnert) is in a desperate state and runs back to Madison (Lucio Nieto), who previously used Austin in pornography shoots, and begs to come back as being with Madison seems more stable to Austin. What happens next brings some closure to the series but leaves the door open for a possible third season.’

You can take a look at Episodes 10 below and if you need to catch up, click here. Hopefully it will return for Season 3 too. [Read more…]

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Feral Trailer – Take a look at the upcoming series about gay life and love in the Bible Belt

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feral-slide2Like HBO’s Looking or Girls, but set in Memphis, Tennessee. That’s how creator Morgan Jon Fox characterises Feral, a Dekkoo.com original TV series that debuts October 6th.

In Feral, Fox (who also serves as the series writer and director), weaves a tale of survival as a group of gay 20-something’s learn about love, loss and friendship while living in the vibrant, artistic queer community of Memphis. The storyline revolves around the lives of Billy and Daniel, two best friends sharing a comfortably broken in bungalow in the diverse neighbourhood of Midtown. It begins when the two are forced to kick out their third roommate, after discovering his heroin addiction.

Known for gritty southern stories about characters on the fringe, Fox describes his protagonists as, “…kids who are left on their own, whether it’s financially, whether it’s identity, or whether their lovers are deceased. Whatever that is, they’re left to their own devices to carve their own way. They’re ‘Feral’ beings.”

While shows like Looking and Girls may have provided the template, Fox believes the Middle America Memphis setting and vibe is what sets Feral refreshingly apart from its predecessors. “You won’t see the gay stereotypes you see in shows set on the West or East Coast,” promises Fox. “Now, my characters have their issues, but I didn’t want them to be based in cynicism. I wanted their motives and struggles to be pure and honest in a way that wasn’t just, ‘I’m a spoiled rich person without meaning in my life…’

“There are so many stories that are set in New York or L.A., but I feel that we have a story to tell that is uniquely southern. Memphis is a big city, but because we are in a sense living off the grid, in the Bible Belt, and without the supportive institutions that exist in big coastal cities, we have created our own community, and I think that’s what’s so beautiful about coming up in Memphis.”

Fox has directed four feature films including, Blue Citrus Hearts, OMG/HaHaHa and This Is What Love In Action Looks Like – all informed by his painful coming out as a gay man in the conservative south – and has been called one of the originators of the ‘Memphis Style’ of filmmaking, known for strong, authentic performances, improvised scripts and tight editing. Filmmaker Magazine named him as one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film”.

Feral with debut exclusively on Dekkoo.com on October 6th, 2016. Dekkoo (pronounced ‘DECK-koo’) is a subscription-based streaming service dedicated to gay men. It provides the largest streaming collection of gay-centric entertainment available, boasting a larger selection than Netflix or Amazon Video. Dekkoo is available via iTunes, Google Play, AppleTV and Roku. Feral marks its first foray into original programming. [Read more…]

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Inconceivable: Pilot Episode – And it’s your chance to vote to help the LGBT web series

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inconceivableFrom the director of  the excellent LGBT short film Why Does God Hate Me?, Taking My Parents to Burning Man (feature documentary), Shooting The Musical (feature), & Average Dicks Web series comes a gay-themed new web series. However, to help the project through to completion, it’s currently open for voting on Storyhive, where two series with the highest number of votes will get a $25,000 grant.

In the show, after 6 months of a label-less, open-relationship, Rita (spiritually minded 24 year old lesbian artist working as a mental health worker) and Adam (25 year old flamboyant, straight career obsessed filmmaker) decide that they are better off as friends than romantic partners. This realisation changes drastically when a week later they find out they are pregnant due to a failed condom and a failed Plan b pill. After debating whether this anomaly is bad luck or destiny, Rita and Adam decide to keep the baby and enter the wild and crazy world of unplanned parenthood. A true story of what to expect when you’re not expecting.

Take a look at the pilot episode below, and if you like what you see, vote for it over at Storyhive. [Read more…]

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Misguided: Season 1 – Plus, the web series about soap opera’s biggest fan needs your help to get Season 2 made

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misguided-s1Misguided, is an online comedy that follows Paul (Paul Gosselin), US daytime TV’s biggest fan on his quest to be its newest star. Following the cancellation of his favourite soap opera, Guiding Light, Paul moves from New York City to Los Angeles in the hopes of landing a leading role on one of the remaining daytime dramas. Episodes include vlogs of Paul at the Susan Lucci star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as he seeks spiritual guidance from the ultimate daytime diva herself, “Big Sue.”

Episodes 1-5 are already available, and you can take a look at them below – as you might be able to guess, they’ve a little camp and just a touch gay). Episodes 6-­10 are currently in pre-production and will be a continuation of the first installment as Paul gets closer than ever to having his dream become a reality. A Kickstarter has been launched to help get those episodes made.

Fans of US daytime TV will be excited to see familiar faces in the current episodes, including Emmy nominated actresses Stephanie Gatschet (Guiding Light, All My Children) and Melissa Claire Egan (Young & the Restless, All My Children) as well as Chrishell Stause (Young & the Restless, Days of Our Lives, All My Children). Other cast members have also appeared on daytime TV and include Ivet Corvea, Katy Jacoby and Chuck Saculla (Where the Bears Are). The full lineup of guest stars for episodes 6­-10 have yet to be cast, but Stephanie Gatschet and Ivet Corvea will be reprising their roles.

Take a look at the first five episode below, and if you want to see more, head over to the Kickstarter to help out. [Read more…]

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Where The Bears Are: Season 5 Trailer – The burly, hairy gay-themed web series is back

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where-the-bears-are-25-trailerNot many web series last more than a season or two, but the popular gay-themed Where The Bears Are is preparing to release Season 5. To get us excited the trailer for the latest series of instalments has arrived.

Described as ‘”The Golden Girls” meets “Murder, She Wrote” with big, gay, hairy men’, Season 5 ‘follows the exploits of four gay bear roommates living together in Los Angeles as they become involved with intrigue and murder while couple Nelson and Todd are on their honeymoon in Palm Springs!’ We’re also promised guest appearances from the likes of Chaz Bono (The Bold and the Beautiful), Perez Hilton (Hot in Cleveland) and Paolo Andino (The Big Gay Sketch Show).

Now we just have to wait until September 1st, when the first episode of Season 5 is due to be released. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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