The Gay Agenda 15

A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.

Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic, well-respected member of a local gang, whose drug dealing enables “Rash” to provide for his family. Aching to be seen as a tough guy himself, Mo takes a job that unlocks a fateful turn of events and forces the brothers to confront their inner demons. It turns out that hate is easy. It is love and understanding that take real courage.

This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.

อาจารย์มัธยมคนหนึ่งที่ไม่รู้ว่าตัวเองเป็นเกย์ แต่เพิ่งมารู้จากการที่เด็กนักเรียนคนหนึ่งที่เขาสอนเป็นดาราได้รับรางวัลและไปประกาศว่าเขาเป็นเกย์กลางเวทีที่ถ่ายทอดไปทั่วอเมริกา พระเอกเลยต้องพิสูจน์ว่าตัวเองเป็นชายปกติด้วยการเตรียมแต่งงานกับคู่หมั้นซึ่งหมั้นกันมานานมากแล้ว และต้องค้นหาตัวเองว่าจริง ๆ แล้วตัวเองเป็นเกย์หรือไม่

A library assistant plods through an ordinary life in LA until a chance meeting opens his eyes to the power of creativity and ultimately, love. When this new life and love begin to fall apart, he discovers he has a lot to give. This short film proves that ordinary is no place to be.

ณ งานวันเกิดในนิวยอร์กปี 1968 แขกที่ไม่คาดคิดและเกมในวงเหล้าทำให้เพื่อนเกย์ 7 คนหวนนึกถึงความรู้สึกที่เก็บซ่อนไว้และความจริงที่ปิดบังมานาน

Adapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for chivalry novels, who loses his sanity and believing to be a knight named Don Quixote de La Mancha, decides to go on imaginary adventures along with his friend, the simple farmer Sancho Panza, who becomes his squire. On their journeys, they rescue dames in distress in honorable acts and fight giants among other perils, with Don longing to be with the love of his life, lady Dulcinea, and Sancho waiting to be rewarded with an island where he's about to become a governor.

Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of age story of a young bullied teen, Sean, struggling with his sexuality and the hardships of high school. After his father finds some questionable magazines in his room, this devout Christian will go to any lengths to get his son to find the light and "perform" the way a man should. Sean is introduced to Katie, a prostitute that understands the stigmas of modern society and helps him see the true light that is within him.

Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens have a hard time as their parents kick them out of their homes, they don’t have money, their lovers cheat, and they are harassed by gay-bashers.