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Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
Year: Y2000
Country: France
Language: French
Cast: Sami Bouajila,Patachou,Ariane Ascaride,Pierre-Loup Rajot,Charly Sergue



Félix lives in Dieppe. Unforeseen circumstances allow him to carry out an old plan - going to Marseilles to meet his father whom he doesn't know. But Félix is a romantic. Rather than take the train, he prefers back roads and borrowed cars. Before long, the charms of budding springtime, the landscape and the people he meets combine to slow him down. Initially set on getting to know his father, Félix ends up creating an ideal family along the way, complete with a little brother, a grandmother, a cousin and a sister.


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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Julia Jay Pierrepont III
Year: Y2000
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Leslie Jordan,Erin Chandler,Mark Pellegrino,John Ritter,Karen Austin



Leslie Jordan, is stuck in gay mans Purgatory, where he must plead his case before God. Storyteller arrives after an overdose from the Pershing Point Hotel. His monologue winds the wicked tales of Tripper (Mark Pelligrino), the handsome hustler, and Miss Make Do , the destitute debutant. Keywords:Lust,Friend,Cameo,Heroin,Sexual Fantasy,Framing Device,Pimp



Genre: Romance, Comedy
Director: John Schlesinger
Year: Y2000
Country: USA
Language: English , French
Cast: Madonna,Rupert Everett,Benjamin Bratt,Illeana Douglas,Michael Vartan



Abbie (Madonna) and her friend Robert (Rupert Everett) would make the perfect couple -- except for one small complication: He's gay. Well, at least they don't have to worry about sex messing up their friendship. Or do they? One night, loneliness gets the best of them, and before one can scream "Reality Check," Abbie and Robert become lovers and, ultimately, parents. Keywords:Best Friend



Genre: Romance, Mystery, Drama
Director: Jochen Hick
Year: Y2000
Country: Germany
Language: English
Cast: Tom Wlaschiha,Irit Levi,Jim Thalman,Richard Conti,Charles Shaw Robinson



Stephan arrives in San Francisco to prove that the AIDS virus was deliberately introduced into the general population. Before his death, Stephan's father, a medical researcher, identified some of the experimenters and survivors involved. Armed with evidence, Stephan attempts to track them down, only to discover that they are being systematically murdered. No One Sleep is a riveting thriller set against the backdrop of one of the greatest issues of our time. Keywords:Conspiracy,Murder Mystery,Guilt,Underground



Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Townsend
Year: Y2000
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Ving Rhames,Alfre Woodard,Jesika Reynolds,Mykelti Williamson,Johnathan Wesley Wallace



Holiday Heart (Ving Rhames) is gay drag queen who performs at a night club. He is talented, tough, compassionate and a dedicated Christian. After his boyfriend dies he befriends a down on her luck, drug addicted, single woman, Wanda (Alfre Woodard) and her young daughter Niki (Jessika Quynn Reynolds). Heart offers them a stable home and becomes a much needed father figure for Niki. Keywords:Drag Queen,Gay Father,African American



Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Dustin Lance Black
Year: Y2000
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Corey Spears,Mark Marsh,Jarrad Webster,Josh Jacobson,Rocki Craigg



19 year old Jared Price leaves the stability of his home in Georgia to start a new life in Southern California. With only a bag on his back and a few hundred dollars, he sets out on an emotional journey of self realization and sexual discovery. Stumbling through the tight quarters of a Hollywood youth hostel, he befriends a young neighbor who is eager to pursue a more than platonic friendship. Soon, Jared gains employment as a personal caretaker for Mrs. Haines, a wealthy, older, blind woman, and falls into a deceptive relationship with her affluent, older son, Matthew. When the relationship becomes personally destructive, Jared is faced once again with the difficult task of abandoning his stability to risk his heart. Keywords:Roommate,Hostel,California,Southern California



Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Joan Bibiloni, Joan Bibiloni, Buika
Year: Y2000
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Cast: Concha Velasco,Georges Corraface,Silke,Carlos Fuentes,Mercè Pons



At Kilometer Zero-the very center of Madrid-relationships begin, love blossoms and lives intersect as 14 people looking for sex, romance or anything in-between come together in a passionately exuberant sex farce. The story follows a series of chance meetings, missed connections and mistaken identities that soon give way to unexpected erotic interludes, hot-and-bothered sexual escapades and romantic couplings. From a fresh-faced aspiring director who becomes involved with a prostitute, to a gay dance instructor whose computer sees more action than he does, to an older woman who seeks a male escort for the first time, Km.0 is a fast-paced, inventive and stylish comedy. Keywords:Spain,Gigolo,Flamenco,Date


Genre: Biography, Drama
Director: Julian Schnabel
Year: Y2000
Country: USA
Language: English , French , Russian , Spanish
Cast: Olatz López Garmendia,Giovanni Florido,Loló Navarro,Sebastián Silva,Carmen Beato



Basquiat director Julian Schnabel brings another artist on the fringes of his society--gay Cuban poet Reinaldo Areanas--to the screen in this moving biodrama. Javier Bardem stars as Areanas, whose work was fueled by the fervor of Castro's revolution, but who faced persecution and jail for his sexuality before escaping to America in the 1980 Mariel exodus. With Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, and cameos by Sean Penn and Johnny Depp (in a dual role). 1964, Havana.


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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Gil Portes
Year: Y2000
Country: Philippines
Language: Filipino , Japanese , Tagalog
Cast: Dolphy,Eric Quizon,Jeffrey Quizon,Tony Bueno,Ricci Chan



Walter Dempsey Jr. a gay man in his twilight years, grew up in the war-torn Philippines during WWII, a time of great unrest and injustice. Watching a harrowing film on Filipino “comfort women”, women forced into prostitution to satiate Japanese soldiers stirs deep memories in Walter, aka Markova, of his own days as a “comfort gay”. While talking to a reporter Markova flashes back to those hard years; from his short-lived freedom following the death of his homophobic, abusive brother to his capture, escape and revenge on Japanese soldiers for their carnal brutality, followed by the American Liberation and the start of a lifetime of healing. His intensely personal story traces the scars imprinted on a country struggling to come to terms with its past and a man struggling to survive in a society that refuses to accept him for who he is. Keywords:Japanese Occupation,Japanese Soldier,Male Rape,Gay Character,Sexual Abuse,Japanese Army,Gay Teenager



Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Max Mitchell
Year: Y2000
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Blayn Barbosa,John Barkworth,Jason Boegh,Jim J. Bullock,Patience Cleveland



A charming comedy in which a gay couple meet their match when they become foster parents to two precocious juvenile delinquents. Psychotherapist Phil (Cameron Watson) and lawyer Eric (Anthony Meindl) make the perfect California gay couple with their gorgeous Beverly Hills home, youthful, finely toned bodies and numerous friends, life couldn't be more satisfying. But what is missing is a family, so the two decide on adoption. But instead of the infant the two wished for, they instead are awarded temporary custody to two street-savvy, trouble-prone boys. This quite funny tale pits gay male narcissism with the hair-pulling rigors of raising kids. Brother eight-year-old Brian and twelve-year-old T.J. have been bouncing around from foster home to foster home, and just before being placed in a group home, find themselves at Phil and Eric's an alien world of wealth, liberalism and homos! For Phil and Eric, their gay pool parties, fine dining and playful sex all stop with the arrival of the boys. And when things are at its worse, the kid's alcoholic hooker mom (Elaine Hendrix) arrives on the scene and not all that anxious to leave the good life. Keywords:



Genre: Comedy
Director: Vladimír Adásek
Year: Y2000
Country: Slovakia
Language: Slovak
Cast: Martin Keder,Marta Zuchová,Lucia Hurajová,Patrícia Jariabková,Vladimír Adásek



In spite of being surrounded by a large family and many friends, eighteen year old Martin feels completely forlorn. In the tangle of crazy relationships he is looking for someone on his own wavelength, someone who, like himself, is different. Martin’s only refuge is the apartment of his eccentric neighbor, Theodora, an amateur photographer who helps Martin sift through the responses to his personal ads. Slowly Martin is drawn to Hanna and Her Brothers a local cabaret where Hanna is a man with a secret, the same one that Martin shares. Keywords:Drag Queen,Coming Out



Genre: Drama
Director: James Bolton
Year: Y2000
Country: UK, USA
Language: English
Cast: Brent Fellows,Gio Black Peter,Ellie Nicholson,Drew Zeller,Pam Munter



Sent to live with his stern, domineering father (Nolan Chard) after the shocking death of his mother, 15-year-old Charley (Giovanni Andrade) enters into a forbidden romance with a 29-year-old teacher named Eban (Brent Fellows). When their relationship is discovered by their families, Eban and Charley are forced to make a high-stakes decision that could affect the rest of their lives Keywords:Family Relationships,Guitarist



Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Aisling Walsh
Year: Y2000
Country: UK
Language: English
Cast: Steve John Shepherd,John Simm,Laura Fraser,Maurice Roëves,Ger Ryan



A riveting character study of one man's conflict between his repressed sexuality and a passionate love for another man, this uncompromising look at sexual identity and the bonds of friendship powerfully traces the tumultuous journey towards self-acceptance. The handsome, macho David (Steve John Shephard) is a construction worker in South London. Visiting Soho for casual sexual encounters, David is unable to admit to himself or anyone else that he is gay. That includes Theo (John Simm), his straight best mate whom David secretly loves. It takes an appearance on the TV show Forgive and Forget to set David on the road to accepting himself - but at what price? In this insightful, hard-hitting drama, sexual tensions build and secrets are bared to lay the path to redemption, understanding and liberation. Keywords:Friendship,Photographer,Jealousy,Plasterer

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Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Christian Faure
Year: Y2000
Country: Belgium, France
Language: French
Cast: Cyrille Thouvenin,Stéphan Guérin-Tillié,Eva Darlan,Caroline Veyt,Danièle Denie



Cute and happy-go-lucky Laurent is open about being gay to everyone - except his family. He pretends that best friend Carole is his girlfriend while dodging questions from his prying parents. This double life however soon becomes unbearable when Laurent falls in love with the dashing Cedric, who has lived his life as a gay man for many years and adamantly refuses to live in anyone's closet. Laurent’s desperate attempt to remain ‘heterosexual’ for his parents’ sake threatens to turn Cedric away forever - that is until the person who cares most for these two young men steps in, reuniting friends, family and lovers in a heartwarming showdown. Keywords:Hepatitis,Bar,Accident,Nursery,Closeted



Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Year: Y2000
Country: Denmark, Italy, Sweden
Language: Swedish
Cast: Lisa Lindgren,Michael Nyqvist,Emma Samuelsson,Sam Kessel,Gustaf Hammarsten



1975, Sweden. Tired of her abusive husband, Elisabeth packs her bags and moves with her children to her brother's commune, 'Together'. As a fairly ordinary housewife from the suburbs, the commune's freewheeling attitudes towards sex and politics will open Elisabeth's eyes and change her family's life forever. Together is a film about people trying to live together. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. It's about love and divorce and happiness and unhappiness and children and adults and ABBA and sex and football Keywords:Commune,Hippie,Friendship,1975,Swedish,Sweden



Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Li-Kong Hsu, Chi Yin
Year: Y2000
Country: China, Taiwan
Language: Mandarin
Cast: Rene Liu,Lei Huang,Chao-te Yin,Leon Dai,Yaoxuan Shu





Set in China in the 1930s, the film is about the unsettling relationship between three characters. Ing'er, the daughter of a theatre-owner, welcomes the return of Shao-dung, her fiancee and a fine cellist from America. Shao-dung soon finds himself captivated by the opera 'Fleeing By Night' and its celebrated actor, Lin Chung, whose voice seems to articulate something within himself. While Shao-dung attempts to blend eastern and western music, Ing'er becomes torn between her affection for both men, and an awareness of the growing intimacy between them.





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Keywords:Asian,Coming Out,China



Genre: Documentary
Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Year: Y2000
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: David Anthony,Gary Barry,Scott Black,Bo,Chad Bowen



Santa Monica Blvd. is one of the most famous strips in the world for hustling. World of Wonder's award-winning documentarians, Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, spent two years on the strip capturing a hundred and one of those stories. The 101 Rent Boys have been chosen to reflect the immense diversity of the boys on and around the Santa Monica strip. An amazing thing happens when you cross a video camera with award-winning directords, $50 and a hustler. Keywords:Hustler,Homelessness,Street Life



Genre: Drama
Director: Leonard Farlinger
Year: Y2000
Country: Canada
Language: English
Cast: Colm Feore,David Cubitt,Chandra West,John Boylan,Juan Chioran



Theo is a poet with a drug problem. His gay brother Ryan is a lawyer. Reunited at their father's funeral, Ryan comes out to Theo and the two brothers finally come together in this powerful, truly breath-taking drama. Secrets exert powerful forces in every family. When these two estranged brothers finally tell the truth, which one is the perfect son? Theo has spent his life in and out of drug rehab centers, while Ryan has enjoyed success as a conservative lawyer. Neither particularly likes the other. Keywords:Funeral,Family Relationships



Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Peter Sheridan
Year: Y2000
Country: Ireland, UK
Language: English , Irish Gaelic
Cast: Shawn Hatosy,Eamon Glancy,Ian McElhinney,Petricia Leventon,Danny Dyer



Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England. At Borstal, Brendan is forced to live face-to-face with those he perceived as "the enemy," a confrontation that reveals a deep inner conflict in the young Brendan and forces a self-examination that is both traumatic and revealing. Events take an unexpected turn and Brendan is thrown into a complete spin. In the emotional vortex, he finally faces up to the truth. Keywords:Camp,Irish,Ireland,British,Suitcase,Sodomy,Prize



Genre: Drama
Director: Etienne Faure
Year: Y2000
Country: France
Language: French
Cast: Sebastien Roch,Julie Depardieu,Jérémy Sanguinetti,Christine Boisson,Aurélien Wiik



Thomas is a bisexual handsome, young hedonist living in Paris. He lives a wild, reckless life that includes sexual escapades with men and women, boozy nights clubbing and living in the moment. Despite his many lovers, including his prostitute friend Anne, his most significant relationship is with his neighbour Caroline and her son Gregoire, whom he loves dearly. In a twist of fate, Caroline is found dead in their apartment, leaving Gregoire without a guardian. Almost immediately Thomas has surrogate fatherhood thrust upon him. Keywords:Bisexual,Funeral