The Male Gaze: The Boy Is Mine
Genres
Overview
We wish to make him ours, to keep and to hold forever - but will the boy reciprocate? And is he everything we expected him to be? In these five tales from the UK, France, Sweden, Mexico and the USA, a variety of characters throw caution to the wind and take their chances on a fleeting moment. The short films are: Uneven [Impar] (2016); Wolves (2016); Johnny (2018); Debut (2016); Guardian (2018).
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
95 min
Release Date
2020-12-10
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
4
Roman Kané
Aurélien (segment Johnny)
Julien Drion
Johnny (segment Johnny)
Roly Botha
Josh (segment Wolves)
Ryan Davies
Robert (segment Wolves)
Hannes Fohlin
Philip (segment Debut)
Karl-Henrik Franzén
Sebastiaan (segment Debut)
Carlos Flores Jr.
Manuel (segment Guardian)
Virginia Blanco
Anna (segment Guardian)
Roy Manzanares
Howard (segment Guardian)
7.0
Block Pass
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2025-02-05 | fr
0.0
Heaven and Nature
Set in the late 1950s, childhood sweethearts are confronted with the realities of their relationship as adults and are forced to acknowledge that situations are not always what they appear to be. They must ask themselves what they are willing to sacrifice to live the American Dream. Inspired by the melodramas of Douglas Sirk, Heaven And Nature includes LGBTQ characters, themes of class and privilege, and a glaring look at the gaps in our collective memory when we view history through a nostalgic lens.
2024-10-19 | en
3.0
The Ultimate Masturbation
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2016-12-28 | ja
5.2
What We Don't Tell
Jeremy, a twenty-two-year-old drifter, goes on a search for the man who abused him as a child.
2020-11-21 | fr
1.0
Cam Boy
Cam Boy is a dramedy about a student who takes up sex camming as a means to pay his rent. He becomes good at it until one of his sex toys, whom he is friends with, wants to go to the next level.
2020-06-06 | en
0.0
Acrimonious
Returning to the London council house he grew up in after a non-acrimonious divorce, Emeka's caught between worlds - left wondering how to belong.
2020-10-01 | en
6.4
Dashing in December
When Wyatt returns home for the holidays to try to convince his mom to sell their family ranch, an unexpected romance with handsome ranch hand Heath may throw off his plans.
2020-12-13 | en
6.0
Prism
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2017-06-09 | en
5.2
The Christmas Lottery
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2020-12-12 | en
6.1
Port Authority
Paul, a 20 year old midwesterner, arrives at the central bus station and quickly catches eyes with Wye, a 22 year old girl voguing on the sidewalk. After Paul seeks her out in secret, an intense love between them blossoms. But when Paul discovers Wye is trans, he is forced to confront his own identity and what it means to belong.
2019-09-25 | en
3.2
Trophy Boy
James, a sexy, youthful sought-after instagram star in high-society and self-proclaimed 'Trophy,' is dumped by his wealthy live-in benefactor. Now he must learn that the real world is not the facade he's built for himself on social media.
2018-10-08 | en
2.5
The Queen Is in the Factory
Yağmur is a young woman with very strict boundaries. She lives in Istanbul and works as a fashion editor. Yağmur doesn't accept the fact that her brother Bulut is gay. Bulut, wishing to be a play writer someday created himself a world in his home where he can play Andy Warhol. And he named it Factory. Life is a struggle for these two high-class children. While Yağmur is fighting against her boyfriend's marriage expectations, Bulut is trying to fall in step with his boyfriend's life. While these two different relationships have their own battles trying to survive in some way, a death will change everything.
2008-08-30 | tr
0.0
Daniel Asleep
The love uncertainties of a young homosexual in search of himself.
1988-06-25 | fr
6.0
Midnight Snack
A film producer meets an odd couple at a bar. Little does he know, he's about to become part of this couples main course.
2008-06-03 | en
7.3
Room Service
In Room Service, Ethan rents the “services” of Stone, 90s TV-actor-turned-escort and the object of his adolescent dreams, and discovers that childhood fantasies can be more satisfying than adult realities.
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4.7
Love in Country
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1.0
A Fairy for Dessert
Julchen is the "feminine" (transvestite) and definitely motherly half of a couple of homosexual men, the "co-fathers" of a pleasant part-Moroccan girl. The girl has been told that her mother is dead, but Julchen knows this is not true.
1992-09-14 | de
7.5
These Things Take Time
An eight-year-old boy experiences his first heartbreak when he falls in love with his male third-grade teacher.
2018-09-07 | en
3.0
Your Bones and Your Eyes
João, a middle-class filmmaker, goes through a series of encounters with people like his long-time friend Irene; his boyfriend Álvaro; Matias, a young man he meets in the subway and has a sexual experience with, among others, some acquainted, others unknown. These encounters affect him and slowly begin to reveal a play of time frames which blends together life and creative process, present and memory.
2019-01-21 | pt
0.0
Vacation Blues
Six individuals — Aman and Jaya (a couple), Mou and her father, and Reshmi and her mother — are vacationing in a resort in the outskirts of Kolkata. They are joined by the Kolkata-based rock band Cactus, playing themselves, to shoot a music video. Aman and Jaya soon begin to experience difficulties in their relationship while, on the other hand, a romance blossoms between Mou and Reshmi, both 18 years old, who are exploring their friendship and sexuality.
2003-02-14 | bn