Sexual Distancing(2022)

My Brother the Devil(en)

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.

The Boys in the Band(en)

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.

Life Like(en)

An idealistic attractive young couple acquires a stunning, life-like robot for guilt free help, but as the three grow closer, their perception of humanity will be altered forever.

Doomsday(en)

The lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarantine the country but, three decades later, the virus resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.

Landscape in the Mist(el)

Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly lives in Germany.

Starcrossed(en)

Two brothers develop a sexual attraction to one another amid the unkind world around them.

Hungry Hearts(en)

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

August(en)

August tells the story of two former lovers, Troy and Jonathan, who reunite after a long ago painful breakup. After spending several years in Spain, Troy returns to Los Angeles and decides to phone Jonathan and meet for coffee. A seemingly innocent rendezvous turns into an attempt to revive passions past. Only this time it's not that simple as Jonathan has a new beau, Raul, and is trying to make the right decision a second time around.

Kiss of the Spider Woman(en)

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.

Mammal(en)

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.

The Normal Heart(en)

The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.

Songbird(en)

During a pandemic lockdown, Nico, a young man with rare immunity, must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful family to reunite with his love, Sara.

Clapham Junction(en)

Set in the Clapham district of south London, England, the film is inspired by true events. The paths of several men intersect during a dramatic thirty-six hours in which their lives are changed forever.

13 Minutes(en)

As a new day begins in the small American town of Minninnewah, the residents start their day as ordinary as the next. Mother Nature, however, has other plans for them. Inhabitants have just 13 minutes to seek shelter before the largest tornado on record ravages the town, leaving them struggling to protect their loved ones and fighting for their lives. Left to deal with the aftermath, four families must overcome their differences and find strength in each other in order to survive.

Palm Trees and Power Lines(en)

A disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.

The Giver(en)

In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

Light of My Life(en)

Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.

Howl(en)

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.

7th & Union(en)

Ex-fighter Raymundo forms an unlikely bond with a disgruntled man whose life and relationship with his daughter are unraveling. The men join forces to win a fight that could very well save Raymundo, his wife and their child.

Code 8(en)

In Lincoln City, 4% of people have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Taylor, a construction worker with powers, is forced to fight after committing a misdemeanor…

The Man Who Loved Flowers(en)

A young vibrant man stops at a flower vendor to buy some flowers for his wife. When his wife arrives, the young man seems confused and instead delivers a bouquet of terror.

Flower Man(en)

Who is Norma? A middle-aged man wanders through life searching for his true love, yet is she just around the corner? In our story, which is adapted from Stephen King's short story, ' The Man Who Loved Flowers', our hero searches for his soul mate. Battling with his demons, a string of bodies is left behind him as a result of his quest. Set in any city, the man wants to offer his love, and some flowers, to the woman of his dreams.

Naughty Spot(fr)

It's Tonio's first time in Corsica. He wanders across the island and on dating apps until stumbling upon the Oracle, a user who tells him about gay life in Corsica. Their conversation is reenacted with an actor who seems to connect deeply with the Oracle's story.

Fine Dining(en)

Arrogant superstar chef Alex Fine pursues the impossible dream of earning a fourth Michelin Star.

World Wide Woven Bodies(no)

At the end of the 1990s the Internet comes to Northern Norway and coincides with the sexual awakening of young Mads (12). The introduction of pornographic images into his life complicates his relationship with his parents, and their house becomes a minefield filled with uncomfortable interactions.

La Jetée(fr)

A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.

Scurvy(hu)

Plyaska smerti(ru)

A group of teenagers riding in a car for a picnic. On the way, one of the guys accidentally shoots a kidnapped girl from a car overtaken on the phone. The guy decides not to tell anyone anything, and soon terrible things start happening to him.

About Mermaids And Sailors(en)

A dark musical about Iara, an ordinary girl who starts to work in a mental institution for women.

Dreemer(en)

A surreal love story about a nineteen year old girl with the personality of an abused dog, and her oppressively misguided boyfriend.

Ainhoa(es)

Ainhoa is 8 years old and has left home with her school bag, a Playmobil figure and a secret plan.

Requiem for a Dream(en)

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

The Man Who Loved Flowers(fr)

It's the story of David. He has a girlfriend, Julia, a nice house, an ordinary life. One day, he decided to perform her a wedding proposal. He dresses up and have to buy some flowers. Once done, the decisive moment came.

The Man Who Loved Flowers(en)

His name was Love and he walked these dark streets because Norma was waiting for him.

Flowers(bg)

Christine, 23, is Stephan's fifth victim. After the loss of his beloved Ann, he kidnaps women that look like her. Stefan wants to relive the memories with his love. Christine gives him his desire, but the closer they come makes him unsure of his feelings and confuses him even more.

Abortion(ru)

Dziadowski's Blues Non Camera, ie Legs Forward(pl)

An animated film made without the use of a camera using the technique of drawing and painting directly on a film strip, illustrating a grandfather's ballad, the protagonist of which seeks an explanation for the cruel phenomena of the world around him. Rockets thrown to the ground and bombs exploding, a car falling off a cliff, a driver driving a man on the street or a policeman firing a gun at an opponent - images of this type of catastrophic behavior are intertwined with the recurring image of a man running somewhere.

Textiles(fr)

Michel is a funny boy, a kind of intellectual. With Pauline, a very beautiful girl he met on the beach, they are going to get naked and discuss surrealism, sincerely and without trickery. But who are they really?

First Day(fr)

Safia, a 25 year old policewoman, fulfills her dream and joins the prestigious 36 quai des Orfèvres (the headquarters of the criminal investigations department of the Parisian police) after 5 years of service in Clichy-sous-bois. On her very first day, totally out of the blue, she comes across a dangerous gangster who defies her ruthlessly.

The Weight(en)

A college student waits at a bus stop, anxious for a night out. When a young woman breaks up with her boyfriend in front of him, the two wait together.