GAY INTEREST TRAILERS

Argentinian director Marco Berger has made waved in the LGBT cinema world with Plan B, the Berlin Teddy award-winning Absent and the sexy short film collection Sexual Tension: Volatile.

Now he’s coming back with Hawaii, which continues his looks at being gay (or at least gay-adjacent) in the modern world.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Sexual tension spills off the screen in this sweaty, titilating bromance from award-winning director Marco Berger (Absent, Plan B, Sexual Tension: Volatile). Hawaii follows Martin and Eugenio (Manuel Vignau and Mateo Chiarino), two former childhood friends who reunite during a hot summer in the Argentinean countryside. As they work together to restore Eugenio’s summer home, a game of power and desire ensues — forcing the two buddies to grapple with their sexual attraction and reconsider their relationship. With gorgeous cinematography, a lush setting and compelling lead performances, Hawaii is an intimate character study that pushes past social boundaries.’

Hawaii should be out later this year via TLA. [Read more…]

It’s often difficult to convince someone they need to watch, when you’ve only got 30 seconds to do it.

However, Errodity(s) manages it by telling us absolutely nothing about the short film collection, but it includes plenty of shots of half-dressed guys getting naughty with one another and hints that it’s all a little bit strange. And sometimes theat’s enough.

It’s described as being, ‘”A little bit odd… highly erotic.” In this collection of short, sexy tales, the lives of young men take unexpected turns when they encounter the strange and the supernatural.’

Errodity(s) certainly wins today’s award for being intriguing.

It’s not clear when exactly we’ll get to see it, but it should be coming fairly soon from TLA Releasing.

Take a look at the rather NSFW trailer above. [Read more…]

On May 8th Club King premieres at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and so it’s a great time to take a look at the trailer.

The film is ‘An independent documentary about legendary NY and LA club promoter/actor/MC/stylist/dancer/producer Mario Diaz and his fabulous friends.’

And as the trailer shows, Diaz certainly knows how to surround himself with glitz and go-go-boys!

As for how he got into the business, Diaz tells Out, “When I was in high school and I was young and I knew I was going to end up in New York City one day, I remember thinking, ‘Wow!’ That’s what it’s like to really be gay and be in the gay city. And you know these underground clubs and this freedom of sexuality—it just seemed so exciting and cool and I wanted to be part of it.” [Read more…]

This summer HBO is making a big play for LGBT kudos with The Normal Heart and The Case Against 8. The latter has already received plenty of praise, including winning the Best Documentary Direction prize at Sundance.

It’s film festival success has ensured it will get a limited cinemas release in the US on June 6th, before it debuts on HBO on June 23rd. Ahead of that comes the trailer.

The film goes deep inside the court cases that sought to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage after the ballot measure Proposition 8 was enacted – where voters overturned a law allowing gay people to marry and attempted to enshrine opposite sex marriage in the State’s constitution. The film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the US Supreme Court, which eventually resulted in equal marriage returning to California.

The film is directed by Ben Cotner and Ryan White. [Read more…]

The documentary Mala Mala has just premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival (although there are a few other screenings this week), and it’s well worth taking a look at the trailer in the hope the film will get a wider released sometime soon.

Here’s the synopsis from Tribeca: ‘In a celebration of the trans community in Puerto Rico, the fissure between internal and external is an ever-present battle. A unique exploration of self-discovery and activism, featuring a diverse collection of subjects that include LGBTQ advocates, business owners, sex workers, and a boisterous group of drag performers who call themselves The Doll House, Mala Mala portrays a fight for personal and community acceptance paved with triumphant highs and devastating lows.

‘Through riveting cinematography that encapsulates the candy-colored, vivacious personalities as well as their frequently dark personal experiences, directors Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles dynamically present the passion and hardships reflective of this distinctively binary human experience.’

Take a look at the trailer above. [Read more…]