Boys On Film 1: Hard Love

Mar 9, 2009

2h 27m

★ 5.3

Overview

Created by gay directors and actors, Boys On Film features numerous award-winning shorts that deal with all aspects of gay life. Volume 1: Hard Love contains nine complete films: Hong Khaou's "Summer" starring Peter Peralta and Jay Brown; Michael Simon's "Gay Zombie" starring Brad Bilanin, Ryan Carlberg, and Robin McDonald; Jason Bushman's "Serene Hunter" starring Eric Debets, Flannan Obé, and Jonathan Blanc; Timothy Smith's "Le Weekend" starring Omar and Fernando Peres; Jean Baptiste Erreca's "Cowboy Forever" featuring Govinda Machado de Figueiredo and Jones Carlos Fialho de Araújo; Damien Rea's "Scarred" starring Chris Anderson, David Durham, and Lara Cazalet; Tim Hunter's "Packed Lunch" featuring Kevyn Boemia, Chris Sayers, and Steven Quigg; John Winter's "Mirror Mirror" starring Roy Billing; and Maxwell Barber's "VGL-Hung!" starring Marcus Proctor, Jeff Chandler, and Ashley Ryder.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Peccadillo Pictures

Boys On Film 1: Hard Love Trailers

Cast

Will (segment "Summer")

Jay Brown

Leung (segment "Summer")

Peter Peralta

Miles the Zombie (segment "Gay Zombie")

Brad Bilanin

Todd (segment "Gay Zombie")

Ryan Carlberg

Greg (segment "Gay Zombie")

Robert Laughlin

Dwayne (segment "Gay Zombie")

Craig Olsen

Yoga Instructor (segment "Gay Zombie")

Paul A. Hicks

Scorpio (segment "Gay Zombie")

Andrew Miller

The Therapist (segment "Gay Zombie")

Robin McDonald

Luc (segment "Serene Hunter")

Eric Debets

Bedmate (segment "Serene Hunter")

Flannan Obé

Sébastien (segment "Serene Hunter")

Jonathan Blanc

Jimi (Chris Bisson), the Chopra family's only son, gets caught off guard when his high-handed parents (Saeed Jaffrey and Jamila Massey) announce an arranged marriage to Simran (Jinder Mahal), a lovely girl from a respectable family. Problem is, Jimi's gay, so to hide his homosexuality, he spins an ever-more elaborate web of deceit -- but how long can he conceal the truth?

7.5

I Can't Think Straight

Jun 1, 2008

Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents. As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself.

5.8

Ghosts... of the Civil Dead

Aug 1, 1988

The inmates and guards of a modern, clean and efficient maximum security wing are slowly and increasingly brutalized until they erupt in violence.

1.0

Barely in Love

Jun 10, 2013

When a new troupe leader joins the 'Bnai Akiva' boy scouts movement, Yotam's world trembles. He is forced to cope with his sexual orientation and the difficulties he faces with family and religion, and is torn between his love of religion that forbids homosexuality and his mother who tries to 'cure' him.

7.1

The World Unseen

Sep 9, 2007

A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.

5.9

Little Ashes

Oct 6, 2008

About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.

6.2

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train

May 15, 1998

A group of mourners travels by train to bury a recently deceased artist in Limoges. As they journey, secrets and desires unfold, with relationships shifting, past loves resurfacing, and personal connections revealed. At the funeral and afterward, tensions rise among the group, leading to further emotional complexities at the artist’s family home.

6.1

A Blast

Nov 20, 2014

Running away on the highway, Maria is alone in her roaring SUV. Behind her, fire and a case full of money. In front of her, the hopeless vastness of the motorway. Only a day before she was a caring mother, a loving wife, a responsible daughter. Today she has gone rogue.

5.9

The Boy Who Couldn't Swim

Sep 30, 2011

Two teen boys meet each other in Copenhagen and team up to find one of the boys' mother. Instead they end up finding themselves - and each other.

6.1

Fat People

Sep 11, 2009

Due to many reasons, ranging from insecurity to trauma, a group of people have gained a lot of weight in recent times.

3.0

Cleo Is Coming Over Tonight

Mar 9, 2023

Aitana organizes a big Halloween party in her huge apartment in Madrid in the hope that her friend Cleo will come.

5.8

Happy-Go-Lucky Days

Oct 23, 2020

Love is love. Someday, the pain of being in love will be an endearing memory. No matter who the feelings are towards, no matter what form it takes, all love and lifestyles have the same value. An omnibus anime tells the stories of “The wedding of an ex”, “a student and a teacher at an all-boys’ school” and “childhood friends whose bodies and hearts change with adolescence.”

4.6

Never Too Young to Die

Jun 13, 1986

Secret agent Drew Stargrove is brutally murdered by the ruthless hermaphrodite gang leader Velvet Von Ragnar. The murdered secret agent's son, Lance Stargrove is thrust into the dangerous and intriguing world of secret agents and espionage when he seeks revenge. Danja Deerling teams up with Lance as his sidekick and love interest.

6.2

Save Me

Oct 15, 2009

A sex and drug addicted young man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry in an attempt to cure him of his "gay affliction", where instead he is faced with the truth in his heart and spirit.

4.0

Among Friends

Aug 27, 2009

A dinner party of three couples careens into uncharted territory when the hosts make a shocking proposal. Tensions mount as this evening among friends puts each marriage to the test.

4.3

Without

Apr 30, 2014

Oblivious to their close proximity to one another, two women reflect on a brief connection they shared six months earlier.