As a brooding teenager, BOYS ON FILM is celebrating it’s (not so) sweet sixteen with a selection of the finest international gay short films the world has to offer! The new compilation features golden boys, teenage lust, self-conscious dolls, chance encounters and a vengeful creature, alongside a holiday romance and a young man’s attempt to conceal his sexuality from his mum, BOYS ON FILM 16 is Pecadello’s most possessive collection yet.
The compilation will drop June 12th, available via Amazon and other official platforms which you can find HERE and HERE. But if you just can’t wait til the 12th, you can get a small taste, On-Demand, with one of the award-winning films, PYOTR495 – a ghoulish tale of revenge set amidst Putin’s anti-gay legislation in present day Russia and the baited abductions and attacks against LGBT people currently taking place there…
Find the full line-up of films featured on BOYS ON FILM 16: Possession after the jump!
BOYS ON FILM 16: POSSESSION
GOLDEN Dir. Kai Stänicke (Germany) 3 mins
As a golden boy becomes a golden man, his carefree spirit wanes under the weight of being different. As he grows up he becomes more introverted until, one day he discovers he’s not alone.
JAMIE Dir. Christopher Manning (UK) 9 mins
Shy, quiet Jamie, spends a revealing afternoon with Ben after meeting on a dating app. As they chat, Jamie finds himself opening up and letting loose his hopes and fears in an unexpected awakening.
B. Dir. Kai Stänicke (Germany) 15 mins
Torn between a cold relationship with K. and her feelings for another woman, shy and insecure B. is heading for a disaster. For too long she has suppressed her desire and lived a lie. But is it really too late for B. to follow her heart?
PYOTR495 Dir. Blake Mawson (Canada/Germany) 15 mins
One evening in Putin’s Moscow, 16-year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultra-nationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks on young gay men. But Pyotr isn’t as defenceless as he might appear…
WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Dir. Charlie Francis (UK) 10 mins
When Nick, who still hides his sexuality from his mother, gets a call to say she’s coming to visit, he desperately turns to best friend Amanda to pose as his girlfriend. Nick must use charm, cash and emotional blackmail to convince a hungover and reluctant Amanda to continue the ruse.
FOLLOW ME Dir. Anthony Schatteman (Belgium) 16 mins
Eighteen-year-old Jasper is madly in love with his art teacher. Overcome with confusion and longing, Jasper takes to following his teacher and his new girlfriend wherever they go.
CHANCE Dir. Jake Graf (UK) 17 mins
Trevor’s life has become a void, following the passing of his wife and long term companion, Doris. A chance encounter in the park with a mysterious stranger equally troubled by his own dark past jarringly reawakens him, and forces both men to live again.
SIGN Dir. Andrew Keenan-Bolger (USA) 15 mins
When Ben summons up the courage to talk to Aaron at their local subway station he is surprised to find that Aaron is deaf. Despite the communication barrier love blossoms, but their very different worlds threaten to tear them apart.
AWAY WITH ME Dir. Oliver Mason (UK, France) 11 mins
Alex and Paolo have just hooked up in London. Despite only knowing each other briefly, Alex whisks Paolo away to his Aunt’s home in Nice. Alex believes it’s a holiday romance, but does Paulo feel the same?
WE COULD BE PARENTS Dir. Björn Elgerd (Sweden) 15 mins
Marely left Erik when he found out he was selling himself for sex. Now, Erik’s last chance to get Marely back is to make this film explaining the reason why; so that they could afford to become parents one day.
Queer Short
You seem to have access to loads of gay-themed short films. Do you know anything about a Short called NO MORE JOSEF? It hit 2 festivals last year, but since then nothing. The writer/Director is Jacob Mendel Brown; the stars Thomas Dekker, Edvin Endre & daveigh Chase