Romance

Tomcat  Tomcat  R
Händl Klaus
Austria / 2016 / Color / 114mins

Andreas and Stefan lead a happy life: Together with their beloved tomcat Moses, they live in a beautiful old house in Vienna's vineyards. They work as a musician and as a scheduler in the same orchestra and they love their large circle of friends. An unexpected and inexplicable outburst of violence suddenly shakes up the relationship and calls everything into question – the blind spot that resides in all of us.

Paris 05:59  Paris 05:59  R
Olivier Ducastel / Jacques Martineau
France / 2016 / Color / 97mins

Théo and Hugo encounter each other’s bodies in a sex club. They talk, things blur into the haziness of unbridled desire, then take shape for a moment as their gaze meets before they resume their exploration and lose themselves anew. A few moments later the two men feel the need to go outside. Together they drift down the deserted streets of nocturnal Paris. Do they want to know more about each other? Will their trust be rewarded? What are their expectations?

Front Cover  Front Cover  PG12
Ray Yeung
USA / 2015 / Color / 87mins

Front Cover is about a gay New York City fashion stylist, Ryan, who detests and rejects his Asian upbringing. He is given an assignment to style Ning, a foreign actor, for an important photo shoot. After a rocky start, an unlikely friendship develops between them leading Ryan to examine his identity and make a major decision about an enticing new path for his life and career.

Holding the Man  Holding the Man  R
Neil Armfield
Australia / 2015 / Color / 128mins

Based on the much loved and hugely successful memoir and stage play of the same name, Holding the Man is the warm, funny and achingly sad story of the 15 year long love affair between Timothy Conigrave and the boy he fell in love with at high school, John Caleo. Tim was an aspiring actor. John, the captain of the school football team. Their relationship blossomed and endured in the face of prejudice, adversity and the cruel illness that devastated the gay community in the '80s.

Women Who Kill  Women Who Kill  PG15
Ingrid Jungermann
USA / 2016 / Color / 96mins

Commitment phobic Morgan and her ex-girlfriend Jean, hosts of a female serial killer-centric podcast, still show all the signs of being a couple. But everything changes when Morgan falls hard and fast for the mysterious Simone. Jean shows Morgan proof that Simone may not be who she says she is, and Morgan starts to notice red flag. As they uncover disturbing clues, Morgan has to examine all the evidence in front of her: Is she just afraid of what it means to be in a relationship or is her life actually in danger?

Barash  Barash  PG15
Michal Vinik
Israel / 2015 / Color / 83mins

17 year-old Naama Barash enjoys alcohol, drugs and hanging out with like-minded friends. Her activities are an escape from a home where her parents always fight, and a rebellious, army-enrolled sister, who, one day, disappears. As a new girl shows up at school, Barash falls deep in love for the first time, and the intensity of the experience at once confuses her and gives her life new meaning.

AWOL  AWOL  R
Deb Shoval
USA / 2016 / Color / 85mins

Joey, 18, falls hard for Rayna, 27, a sexy, married mother of two. Threatened by Rayna’s husband, fired from her job at the local dairy, and without many economic opportunities, Joey reluctantly joins the Army. Days before deployment to Afghanistan and still wildly in love, Joey returns home to rural Pennsylvania and plans to go AWOL with Rayna and her kids.

A Night in Tokoriki  A Night in Tokoriki  R
Roxana Stroe
Romania / 2016 / Color / 18mins

There’s a party in the Tokoriki nightclub. Alin and his friends ride up in style in the horse-drawn cart and take over the dance floor. His eyes sparkle when he sets eyes on Geanina, which doesn’t escape her boyfriend’s attention. Emotions are running high. Will there be an escalation tonight?

Phantom Jenny  Phantom Jenny  PG15
Makita Kazuomi
Japan / 2015 / Color / 29mins

Mito, who is MTF, has a feeling of phantom penis erection following her reassignment surgery…something she is unable to share even with her FTM lover, Shiro.

The Summer of ABC Burns  The Summer of ABC Burns  PG15
Dannika Horvat
Australia / 2015 / Color / 13mins

Drew is always kindest to Gem when no one else is around. But when the torturous game of ABC burns sweeps their school, Gem starts to realize there is more to Drew than meets the eye, and learns what must be sacrificed in order to survive the cruel reality of high school.