The Male Gaze: First Kiss

Nov 12, 2018

1h 38m

★ 3.9

Overview

The Male Gaze is a new series of releases from New Queer Visions that showcases short LGBTQ films from across the world. The first instalment, First Kiss, brings together five shorts that are based around men experiencing romantic and/or sexual interaction with other men for the first time. It takes in films from Sweden, Indonesia, USA, Australia and France giving a rounded look at how similar experiences are depicted across the world. The films are: Naked [Naken] (2013); Pria (2017); Walk With Me (2018), One Night Only (2018); Michel's Mouse [Tapette] (2016).

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

NQV Media

The Male Gaze: First Kiss Trailers

Cast

Ryan (segment Walk With Me)

Evan Todd

Eric (segment Walk With Me)

Grant Jordan

Brandon (segment Walk with Me)

Boone Platt

Charlotte (segment Michel's Mouse)

Caroline Anglade

Michel (segment Michel's Mouse)

Satya Dusaugey

Peter J. Roberts (segment Pria)

Jacob McCarthy

Theo (segment One Night Only)

Tim May

Anthony (segment Naked)

Henric Gustavsson

Isabella (segment Naked)

Magdalena Sverlander

During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian, she realizes that despite her happy marriage to Heck, she is falling for Luce. As she questions her sexual orientation, Rachel must decide between her stable relationship with Heck and her exhilarating new romance with Luce.

7.2

And Then We Danced

Sep 13, 2019

Merab, a devoted dancer, has been training for years with his partner Mary for a spot in the National Georgian Ensemble. The arrival of another male dancer, Irakli, sparks both an intense rivalry and romantic desire that may cause Merab to risk his future in dance as well as his relationships.

0.0

Craqdi(Because I am worth it)

Jul 21, 2020

This tape is about a girl who seeks to free herself, the triangles represent Nazism The visual video tries to give another vision of reality from the purest freedom.

6.8

The Boys in the Band

Sep 30, 2020

At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.

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0.0

Pierrot Lunaire

Jan 1, 1988

A series of short vignettes set in a Berlin Mietskaserne (rental barracks for the poor), framed by Schönberg's atonal piece Pierrot Lunaire.

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Sopaipillas Pasadas

Jul 12, 2024

Lucía, looking to get ahead with her son, Álvaro, begins to sell his failed sopaipillas to drunken men at a Pool Bar in his area.

4.5

In Seventh Heaven

Jun 12, 2013

Sofiane lives in a high-rise block at the edges of Paris. A violent young man, he tries to be like his gang of friends. However, Sofiane is attracted to guys. Through his contradictions, he embodies the confusion of today's idle young people who have lost their bearings and live withdrawn into themselves.

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Radio Dough

Feb 5, 1934

Two partners in a clothing store decide they want to become radio performers.

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In the Dog House

Dec 1, 1934

Andy remarries, but his new wife has no use for either his son or his dog.

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0.0

On This Island

Sep 30, 2012

Set in a satirical vision of modern Britain, Hadrian is a young and ambitious civil servant who arranges to receive Greek lessons in preparation for a government promotion which will see him steer British economic policy throughout Greece. But when he meets his teacher Maria, she asks that instead of payment, Hadrian exchanges an hour of his time each week to help her prepare for a citizenship exam that offers potential promotion from Class B to Class A immigrant.

5.0

Torrey Pines

Oct 18, 2016

Torrey Pines is a stop-motion animated feature film by director Clyde Petersen. Based on a true story, the film is a queer punk coming-of-age tale, taking place in Southern California in the early 1990's. Raised by a schizophrenic single mother, Petersen's life story unfolds in a series of baffling and hallucinated events. With a mother fueled by hallucinations of political conspiracy and family dysfunction, twelve-year-old Petersen is taken on a cross-country adventure that will forever alter the family as they know it.

6.8

Nowhere

May 9, 1997

In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.

6.9

Trick

Jul 23, 1999

Gabriel is a young, aspiring musical composer whose life seems stuck in the First Act. When his new musical number gets a critical reception, a theatre colleague, Perry, tells Gabriel that he needs to get a life before he can write about one – so he heads straight for his local gay bar.

6.2

A Chorus Line

Dec 10, 1985

A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.

5.2

The Next Best Thing

Mar 3, 2000

A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.

6.8

Rent

Nov 17, 2005

In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

7.2

We Shall Overcome

Mar 24, 2006

A drama about a boy who's inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and challenges repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.