Latin Initiation[2008]

Pools of Desire(en)

The amazing wartime saga of a young American GI who travels to Budapest to find his former companion, a French soldier who told him of the spectacular bathhouses he visited there. The GI explores the fraternal joy of these Turkish baths and loses himself in passion - only to discover his real sexual self!

Quand l'Amérique sera latine(fr)

Neverwhere(en)

A meek office worker finds himself flung into a fantasy world as a naked muscleman. An early version of the Den character, known from the comic magazine Heavy Metal and the movie by the same name.

Kamasutra for Gay Men(en)

Learn all the positions.

eXposed: The Making of a Legend(en)

eXposed documents the making of Buckle Roos, a four hour gay pornographic film that is revered in some circles for being the finest film of its type. The director of the documentary reveals the personal stories of the actors as well as the crew members.

THESE COLORS DON'T RUN(en)

The memory of a little girl's first communion day gone down the sh*tter.

Piss Off X(en)

A historic underground gay document. Shocking. Intimate. Taboo. A behind-the-scenes look at the performance art of a millennial artist who travels the world performing in public spaces using the medium of piss, video and the internet to break social norms.

Rocky(en)

An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.

Some Stories Are Better Left Untold.(de)

The First King(la)

Romulus and Remus, two shepherds and loyal brothers, end up taking part to a journey that will lead one of them to be the founder of the greatest nation ever seen. However, the fate of the chosen one will pass from killing his own brother.

Circus of Books(en)

For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. Their director daughter documents their life and times.

Porno Uncle Jim(en)

A nephew sets out to uncover the truth behind his infamous great-uncle - Washington D.C.'s forgotten king of porn.

Suicide(de)

A website offers people to have their suicides filmed.

A Day in the Country(sv)

The doctor makes a house call but three is a crowd after the action is over… A film about existential loneliness.

Schooldays(fr)

Once his girlfriend says he can go and work for her father a student loses all motivation to go to law school, something his father is very keen on.

Eternas(es)

A short documentary film that delves into the life of Eleggua Luna, a karmairi-mokana-motilona Afro-Caribbean trans woman born in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, to delve into the constant struggle that black, trans and indigenous people live in Abya Yala as a result of colonization.

Butterfly(es)

The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ordinary coming-of-age experiences, tensions related to the looming Spanish Civil War periodically interrupt Moncho's personal growth and daily life.

Anakatosouras(el)

Thomas Karatoulpanis (Dinos Iliopoulos) is a naive employee at a car show in the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair. Because of his modest personality he is constantly criticised by his mother-in-law, his uncle and his boss. The only one who supports him is his wife. But the appearance of a doppelganger who buys extravagant gifts in his name causes a ruckus. Thomas is an amateur singer and participates in the Thessaloniki Song Festival winning the first prize. This is when everyone realises that there are two people who look alike.

How to Be a Latin Lover(en)

An aging Latin lover gets dumped by his sugar mama and must fend for himself in a harsh world.

Hustler White(en)

A writer, researching a book on male prostitutes, finds a young man to serve as a guide on the streets of Los Angeles.