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Genre: Animation,Biography,Comedy
Year: 2017
Runtime: 107 min
Language:Czech
Country:Czech Republic,Slovakia
Director: Marta Novà¡kovà¡
Cast: Aneta Langerová , Viktorie Cermáková , Pavel Zednícek , Zuzana Fialová , Sabina Remundová
Plot: ANNA ALEXANDROVNA BARKOVA (1901-1976) Journalist and poet, meeting suspicious characters. Involved in immoral love affairs. Work in the Kremlin, fired. 1934 - Arrested, 5 years of penal servitude in Karaganda. Lived in Ukraine during the WWII. 1946 - Arrested, 5 years of penal servitude in the Komi Republic. 1956 - Rehabilitated, disability pension. 1957 - Arrested, 10 years of penal servitude. The film 8 Heads of Madness is about the eternal struggle between the artist and external circumstances, the artist and her demons and longings. 8 Heads of Madness is a drama woven from fragments of an appalling era. An unhappy cross-section of the 20th century in an unhappy country, as seen through the sensitive, perceptive vision of a poet.
Aka: 8 Heads of Madness
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Release Date: 12 October 2017 (Czech Republic) (default release date)
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Genre: Biography
Year: 2017
Runtime: 115 min
Language:Finnish
Country:Finland
Director: Dome Karukoski
Cast: Jakob Oftebro , Werner Daehn , Pekka Strang , Lauri Tilkanen , Jimmy Shaw , Jessica Grabowsky , Şorsteinn Bachmann , Troy T. Scott ,
Plot: Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specializing in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work - made famous by his signature 'Tom of Finland' - became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.
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Release Date: 24 February 2017 (Finland) (default release date)
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Genre: Biography
Year: 2017
Runtime: 107 min
Language:English
Country:USA
Director: Marc Meyers
Cast: Ross Lynch , Anne Heche , Vincent Kartheiser , Alex Wolff , Dallas Roberts , Miles Robbins , Cameron McKendry , Tommy Nelson ,
Plot: Jeffrey Dahmer is a teenage outcast, obsessed with the morbidity of death and not very good at making friends. His parents are in the midst of a divorce and have little time for him, and Jeffrey spends his time performing experiments on roadkill, and dissolving bones in acid. When some of his classmates decide to befriend the loner to liven things up, they inadvertently encourage the macabre tendencies that consume him. Jeffrey’s future is ever-present, colouring these events with a terrifying promise.
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Release Date: 2017-04-21
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Genre: Crime, Biography, Drama
Director: Bennett Miller
Year: Y2005
Country: Canada, USA
Language: English
Cast: Allie Mickelson,Kelci Stephenson,Philip Seymour Hoffman,Craig Archibald,Bronwen Coleman

In 1959, Truman Capote, a popular writer for The New Yorker, learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Kansas.  Inspired by the story material, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to research for an article. As he digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, "In Cold Blood". He arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners, especially Perry Smith, a quiet and articulate man with a troubled history. Capote feels some compassion for Perry, but that feeling deeply conflicts with his need for closure on his book, which only an execution can provide. That conflict and the mixed motives for both interviewer and subject make for a troubling experience and produce a literary account that re-defines modern non-fiction.





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Genre: Biography Comedy Romance

Year: 2015

Runtime: 105 min

Director: Peter Greenaway

Cast: Elmer Bäck Luis Alberti Maya Zapata Lisa Owen

Plot: In 1931, at the height of his artistic powers, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled Que Viva Mexico. Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under increasing pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, Eisenstein arrives at the city of Guanajuato. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, he vulnerably experiences the ties between Eros and Thanatos, sex and death, happy to create their effects in cinema, troubled to suffer them in life.
Peter Greenaway’s film explores the mind of a creative genius facing the desires and fears of love, sex and death through ten passionate days that helped shape the rest of the career of one of the greatest masters of Cinema.

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Genre: Documentary Biography History

Year: 2015

Runtime: 71 min

Director: Michael Stabile

Cast: Jim Bentley Tom Chase David Forest Chuck Holmes

Plot: Seed Money is the story of Chuck Holmes, a San Francisco pornographer turned philanthropist. Holmes helped shaped and create gay identity in the years after Stonewall
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Genre: Documentary Biography

Year: 2015

Runtime: 62 min

Director: Lene Staehr

Cast: Nuka Bisgaard Aqqalu Engell

Plot: Nuka, a young drag queen from Nuuk, and his best friend Lu, a cool DJ and electronic musician, go on tour with their drag show to the remote hunting settlements along the coast to prove that you can be a cool performer, Greenlandic and gay at the same time. Apart from doing the show, the two young men hope to bring some life into the sleepy small town atmosphere that reigns. However, people are not quite ready for them yet, so the boys are confronted with a lot of opposition, but their black humor makes them go on.
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Genre: Biography Drama

Year: 2014

Runtime: 150 min

Director: Bertrand Bonello
Cast: Gaspard Ulliel Jérémie Renier Louis Garrel Léa Seydoux

Plot:Saint Laurent's life from 1967 to 1976, during which time the famed fashion designer was at the peak of his career.1967 - 1976
La rencontre de l'un des plus grands couturiers de tous les temps avec une décennie libre.
Aucun des deux n’en sortira intact.

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Genre: Documentary Biography History

Year: 2014

Runtime: 77 min

Director: Antony Hickling Charles Lum Xavier Stentz Todd Verow

Cast: Philly Abe Dave Hickey Antony Hickling James Kleinmann

Plot: A documentary about gay male cruising and public sex and how it has changed over the years.
THE END OF CRUISING a feature length documentary film by Todd Verow in collaboration with Anonymous, Mike Dreyden, Dave Hickey, Antony Hickling, Elliott Kennerson, James Kleinmann, Charles Lum, Patrick McGuinn, Billy Miller, Philly, Ashley Ryder, Matt Sizemore, Xavier Stentz, Michael Vaccaro and David White. Music by Greg Sabo.
http://bangorfilms.com
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Genre: Documentary Biography Drama

Year: 2013

Runtime: 110 min

Director: PJ Raval

Cast: Dennis Robert Ty

Plot: The subjects of Before You Know It are no ordinary senior citizens. They are go-go booted bar-hoppers, love struck activists, troublemaking baton twirlers, late night Internet cruisers, seasoned renegades and bold adventurers. They are also among the estimated 2.4 million lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans over the age of 55 in the United States, many of whom face heightened levels of discrimination, neglect and exclusion. But Before is not a film about cold statistics and gloomy realities, it’s a film about generational trailblazers who have surmounted prejudice and defied expectation to form communities of strength, renewal and camaraderie—whether these communities be affable senior living facilities, lively activist enclaves or wacky queer bars brimming with glittered trinkets and colorful drag queens.

Dennis is a gentle-hearted widower in his 70s who begins exploring his sexual identity and fondness for dressing in women’s clothing under the name “Dee.” Ty is an impassioned LGBT activist who hears nothing but wedding bells once gay marriage passes in New York. Robert “The Mouth” is a feisty bar owner who presses on when his neighborhood institution comes under threat. Born before the Civil Rights era, these men have witnessed unbelievable change in their lifetimes, from the Stonewall Riots and gay liberation, to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and Queer Nation, to gay marriage and Lady Gaga, and have lived to become part of an unprecedented “out” elder generation. Before focuses on the lives of these three gay seniors, but reminds us that while LGBT elders face a specific set of issues, aging and its challenges are universal. An affirmation of life and human resilience told with a refreshing humor and candor, Before confirms that you are never too old to reshape society.

http://beforeyouknowitfilm.com/
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Genre: Biography Drama Romance

Year: 2013

Runtime: 104 min

Director: John Krokidas

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe Dane DeHaan Michael C. Hall Jack Huston

Plot:KILL YOUR DARLINGS is based on true events and characters.

For dutiful son ALLEN GINSBERG (Daniel Radcliffe), Columbia University is Mecca—a portal to art, intellect, culture, and freedom—everything hometown Patterson, New Jersey is not. When Allen is accepted into Columbia, his father LOUIS (David Cross), a working-class poet, urges him to leave his emotionally ill mother NAOMI (Jennifer Jason Leigh) behind and head to New York to go pursue his own creative dreams.

At Columbia, Allen finds stuffy tradition clashing with daringly modern ideas and attitudes—embodied by LUCIEN CARR (Dane DeHaan), whom he first encounters shouting a scandalous passage from Henry Miller atop a library study table. With his louche charm and androgynous blond beauty, Lucien is an object of fascination for shy, unsophisticated Allen, and soon he is drawn into Lucien’s hard-drinking, reefer-smoking, jazz-clubbing circle of friends, including WILLIAM BURROUGHS (Ben Foster), the dissolute scion of a wealthy family, and DAVID KAMMERER (Michael C. Hall), an older hanger-on who clearly resents Allen’s position as Lucien’s new sidekick. David apparently followed Lucien to New York, and now works as a janitor despite his showy intellectual pretensions. Lucien uses his moody charisma to pit David against Allen while never quite acknowledging his true feelings for either.

As their relationship deepens, Allen and Lucien realize they both share emotionally troubled pasts and a passion for poetry. Eager to shatter literary and social conventions, Lucien is full of grandiose manifestos—but it’s Allen whom he challenges to produce the work that will set the world afire (and David who slavishly writes Lucien’s school papers). While they’re busy competing for his favor, Lucien finds his interest drawn to JACK KEROUAC (Jack Huston), who’s older, tougher, and cockier—a working-class ex-football player who shipped out with the merchant marine, cohabits with sexy EDIE (Elizabeth Olsen) and—to really up the ante—writes like a wildman. Jack’s oversize persona could easily crush insecure Allen, but instead he encourages Allen’s poetry writing.

Along with toppling tradition, the “Libertine Circle”—Lucien, Allen, Jack, and William, with David Kammerer on the outside looking in—do their best to subvert authority with reckless adventures, enraging college deans and parents alike. For serious student and dutiful son Allen, it’s a liberating rebellion, but for obsessed, spurned David, to be excluded is devastating.

Devastating—and deadly. David angrily confronts Lucien, and by the next morning, David’s stabbed body has been found in the Hudson River. Lucien’s in jail, held for David’s murder. And Allen—begged by Lucien to help him compose his deposition statement—is struggling to piece together what actually transpired that night in Riverside Park. As Allen peels away Lucien’s story of self-defense, he faces a stark choice: to betray himself and lie to the district attorney, supporting Lucien’s innocence, or to write the truth—and condemn his friend.

A true story of friendship, love and murder, KYD recounts the pivotal year that changed Allen Ginsbergs life forever and provided the spark for him to start his creative revolution.
http://www.sonyclassics.com/killyourdarlings/


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Genre: Documentary,Biography,Comedy,

Year: 2013

Runtime: 81 min

Director: Charlie David,,,

Cast: Rafael Alencar,Mark Bessenger,Laurie Betito,Duncan Black

Plot: I'm a Porn Star follows the lives of guys in the neighborhood who are likely a lot more famous than you - at least on the Internet. There are an estimated 370 million pornographic websites ...

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Genre:Biography,Drama,History,

Year: 2013

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée,

Cast: Matthew McConaughey,Jennifer Garner,Jared Leto,Steve Zahn

Plot: An imperfect man fights for survival during an uncertain time in America. Inspired by true events, Ron Woodroof’s story of strength is told in Dallas Buyers Club, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée from an original screenplay by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack. Spirit Award winner Matthew McConaughey portrays the real-life character, whose self-interest is galvanized into something much more.
A son of Texas, Ron Woodroof is an electrician and rodeo cowboy. In 1985, he is well into an unexamined existence with a devil-may-care lifestyle. Suddenly, Ron is blindsided by being diagnosed as H.I.V.-positive and given 30 days to live. Yet he will not, and does not, accept a death sentence.

His crash course of research reveals a lack of approved treatments and medications in the U.S., so Ron crosses the border into Mexico. There, he learns about alternative treatments and begins smuggling them into the U.S., challenging the medical and scientific community including his concerned physician, Dr. Eve Saks (Screen Actors Guild Award winner Jennifer Garner).

An outsider to the gay community, Ron finds an unlikely ally in fellow AIDS patient Rayon (Gotham Independent Film Award winner Jared Leto), a transsexual who shares Ron’s lust for life. Rayon also shares Ron’s entrepreneurial spirit: seeking to avoid government sanctions against selling non-approved medicines and supplements, they establish a “buyers club,” where H.I.V.-positive people pay monthly dues for access to the newly acquired supplies. Deep in the heart of Texas, Ron’s pioneering underground collective beats loud and strong. With a growing community of friends and clients, Ron fights for dignity, education, and acceptance. In the years following his diagnosis, the embattled Lone Star loner lives life to the fullest like never before.

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Genre:Documentary,Biography,History,News

Year: 2009

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

Director: Bob Christie,

Cast: Ken Coolen,,,

Plot: Before the 30th anniversary, Vancouver's Gay Pride Parade director examines relevance of Pride celebrations internationally...

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Genre: BiographyDrama
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Year: Y2013
Country: USA
Language: English  
Cast: Matt Damon
Michael Douglas
 Rob Lowe
Dan Aykroyd
Scott Bakula
Caroline Jaden Stussi
Debbie Reynolds
Before Elvis, before Elton John, Madonna and Lady Gaga, there was Liberace: virtuoso pianist, outrageous entertainer and flamboyant star of stage and television. A name synonymous with showmanship, extravagance and candelabras, he was a world-renowned performer with a flair that endeared him to his audiences and created a loyal fan base spanning his 40-year career. Liberace lived lavishly and embraced a lifestyle of excess both on and off stage. In summer 1977, handsome young stranger Scott Thorson walked into his dressing room and, despite their age difference and seemingly different worlds, the two embarked on a secretive five-year love affair. BEHIND THE CANDELABRA takes a behind-the-scenes look at their tempestuous relationship – from their first meeting backstage at the Las Vegas Hilton to their bitter and public break-up.

Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Rosa von Praunheim
Year: Y1999
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Language: English , German
Cast: Friedel von Wangenheim,Ben Becker,Wolfgang Völz,Otto Sander,Meret Becker



Long before the Stonewall riots, Masters and Johnson or even the Kinsey Report, there was Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. A gay German Jew living in 19th-century Berlin, Hirschfeld didn't just champion gay rights -- he discovered them. Now Rosa von Praunheim, the firebrand of German Cinema, tells Hirschfeld's story in this lush historical drama -- from his first sexual stirrings to the eradication of his work by the Nazis. Splicing an enthralling story of discovery and romance with a barbed penchant for politics, von Praunheim presents a compelling account of the doctor who founded the first gay political group in 1897 and established the first medical practice for gays, the renowned Institute of Sexual Science, which thrived until Nazi oppression.




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Genre: Biography, Drama
Director: John Maybury
Year: Y1998
Country: France, Japan, UK
Language: English
Cast: Derek Jacobi,Daniel Craig,Tilda Swinton,Anne Lambton,Adrian Scarborough


John Maybury's searing portrait of the English painter Francis Bacon (Derek Jacobi) at the height of his fame in the 1960s is one of the nastiest and most truthful portraits of the artist-as-monster ever filmed. It tells the story of the colossally self-absorbed painter and his self-destructive younger lover, George Dyer (Daniel Craig), and begins when Bacon awakens in his studio one night to discover a burglar on the premises. Sizing up the thief as an appetizing piece of rough trade, Bacon makes a proposition. If the robber sheds his clothes and comes to bed with him, he promises he can have anything he wants. Keywords:Painter,Francis Bacon


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: Biography
Director: Paul Cox
Year: Y2001
Country: Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden
Language: English
Cast: Derek Jacobi,Delia Silvan,Chris Haywood,Hans Sonneveld,Oliver Streeton



Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky's diaries which detail his madness as well as his homosexual relationship with Ballet Russe impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his marriage to his Italian wife. Keywords:Ballet,Diary,Dance