Rentals
LGBTIQ+ Best of 2017
Stories with hunger, lust and courage, adventures from the community to rouse and inspire…
The most watched LGBTIQ+ films in 2017.
The Pass The Pass
Drama 2016 86 mins Director: Ben A. Williams
Russell Tovey stars as a Premier League footballer who shares a fumbled pass (of the sexual kind) with a teammate (Arinzé Kene), changing everything - both on and off the pitch.
Body Electric Body Electric
Drama 2017 95 mins Director: Marcello Caetano
Young factory manager Elias finds distraction in some of his fellow workers, but is he getting too close?
Remembering the Man Remembering the Man
Documentary 2015 83 mins Director: Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe
Telling the true story of Timothy Conigrave and John Caleo, whose AIDS-afflicted relationship became the basis of bestselling gay memoir, Holding the Man.
The Ornithologist The Ornithologist
Drama 2016 118 mins Director: João Pedro Rodrigues
A lone scientist in Portugal’s Douro region embarks on an unexpected transcendental journey. Beautiful, erotic and baffling.
Boys on Film 17: Love Is the Drug Boys on Film 17: Love Is the Drug
Romance 2017 142 mins Director: Nicholas Colia, David Ullgren, Andre D Chambers, Brendon McDonall, Lorelei Pepi, Eyal Resh, Martin Edralin, Marco Leão, André Santos and Anthony Schatteman
An intoxicating and entrancing selection of gay short films from around the globe.
Palace of Fun Palace of Fun
Thriller 2016 82 mins Director: Eadward Stocks
The spirit of Patricia Highsmith comes to Brighton in this ominous psychological thriller about a young man who takes gleeful advantage of his sister's new boyfriend, upon discovering his dark secret.
Girls on Film 2: Before Dawn Girls on Film 2: Before Dawn
Anthology 2017 111 mins Director: Lorelei Pepi, Anne Claire Jaulin, Kai Stänicke, Hope Dickson Leach, Max Disgrace, Rob Savage, Nanna Kristin Magnusdottir, Lud Mônaco, Kate Lefoe and Jeremy Hersh
An electric collection of 11 award-winning, lesbian and feminist short films exploring fantasies, dreams, desires, love and transgression.
Moonlight Moonlight
Drama 2016 111 mins Director: Barry Jenkins
Winner of the 2017 Oscar for Best Picture (eventually!), Barry Jenkins’ intoxicating drama follows the furtive life of a gay black boy through 80s Miami.
Centre of My World Centre of My World
Drama 2016 115 mins Director: Jakob M. Erwa
A young man falls for the new boy at school in this energetic and inventive adaptation of Andreas Steinhoefel’s acclaimed YA novel.
A Date For Mad Mary A Date For Mad Mary
2016 83 mins Director: Darren Thornton
Dry, sarcastic, maddening Mary must find a date for her best friend’s wedding in this Irish feel-good hit for misfits everywhere.
Mixed Messages Mixed Messages
Drama 2017 67 mins Director: Kanchi Wichmann
Kanchi Wichmann's feature adaptation of her hit web series follows Ren (Alana Lake) as she hunts for romance in world of Tinder and zero commitment.
Boys on Film 16: Possession Boys on Film 16: Possession
Anthology 2017 125 mins Director: Kai Stänicke, Christopher Manning, Blake Mawson, Charlie Francis, Anthony Schatteman, Jake Graf, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Oliver Mason and Björn Elgerd
Golden boys, teenage lust, self-conscious dolls, chance encounters and a vengeful creature - in the latest gay shorts compilation from Peccadillo Pictures.
Taekwondo Taekwondo
Drama 2016 108 mins Director: Marco Berger and Martin Farina
A gorgeously photographed, teasingly libidinous exercise in latent homoeroticism set over a long hot summer in Buenos Aires.
B&B B&B
Thriller 2017 87 mins Director: Joe Ahearne
In this deliciously entertaining thriller, a gay couple return to a B&B to bait its Christian owner, only to run into trouble when an altogether more imposing guest arrives.
Who's Gonna Love Me Now? Who's Gonna Love Me Now?
Documentary 2017 86 mins Director: Tomer Heymann and Barak Heymann
A heartfelt exploration of one man’s struggle to reconcile with his Israeli family, while finding a new ‘family’ in London Gay Men’s Chorus.
I Am Michael I Am Michael
Drama 102 mins Director: Justin Kelly
James Franco stars in this provocative film about Michael Glatze, a pioneering gay rights activist who later denounced his homosexuality.
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