Only Connect

Getting and finding sex and love are perennial gay themes. This selection has a few surprises as we explore sex, relationships and attraction.

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My Dear Boy

A whole relationship is condensed into one short film.

 

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Leaf Lieber

  • Producers

    Leaf Lieber, Xulani Akel

  • USA 2022 5min

This film is free to watch on BFI Player from 15 to 26 March.

Scred TBM

TBM is French for ‘well-hung’. With this moniker, a young father gets up to no good.

 

  • Director

    Kevin Le Dortz

  • Producers

    Arnaud Quesada, Olpha Ben Salah

  • France 2022 16min

Outdoors

Two men meet in a park and get better acquainted. Their next meeting reveals a painful secret.

 

  • Director

    John Fitzpatrick

  • Producers

    Archie Sinclair, Chuckie McEwan

  • UK 2022 13min

Auto da fé

When a young porn star drops his car off at a garage, a mechanic finds himself revelling in fantasies.

 

  • Director

    Oz Shtamler

  • Israel 2022 20min

Pure

Two long-term lovers have a relaxed attitude to sex outside their relationship.

 

  • Director-Screenwriter-Producer

    Federico Mottica

  • Italy 2022 17min

Runaways

Weglopers

Even in an open relationship, there’s a chance for misunderstandings and mixed emotions.

 

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Brandon Oelofse

  • Producer

    Joseph Kearney

  • Netherlands 2022 25min

Total running time 96min

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