The Man Outside

When You Hear the Bells

January 2016 •Persian

In Afghanistan, "batchas" are young male prostitutes who live under the protection of a master in a house where they are trained to dance dressed as girls for a men's audience. Veteran dancer Saman starts worrying when he sees Bijane, the new recruit, who has been chosen to replace him. Despite his jealousy, he must initiate Bijane into the art of the Batcha dancing.

Last Day With Lizzy

May 2014 •English

Last Day With Lizzy tells the story of Mark, a troubled father who longs to rebuild a relationship with his distant daughter Elizabeth. While spending one last day together, Mark slowly comes to terms with a devastating past and the realization that something is not quite right with his teenage daughter. Through powerful performances and a script that touches on loss, grief and the power of letting go, this dramatic short film from first time writer/director, Matt Duhamel, is a must see for the family.

Separate Sights

February 2020 •English

A story about loneliness, acceptance and re-discovering the wonderful dream-like adventure of a child's imagination.

Nowhere to Go

August 2018 •Korean

The runaway high school students, Hyeon-su and Dong-gyu, are helped by Min-jung who is a member of the so called runaway family. Hyeon-su asks to go to a runaway family’s residence, but Dong-gyu opposes it, and Hyeon-su and Dong-gyu feel for each other as they depend on one another. Dong-gyu frankly confesses to Hyeon-su, but Hyeon-su denies his feelings and leaves Dong-gyu to head for the home of runaway family by himself.

The Private War of Joseph Sargent

September 2017 •English

Porn Star Grayson Lange along with Addison Graham and Robby Valls star in a film about two mercenaries on a secret mission in the jungles of South America. Once captured, their last night together will reveal dark secrets and create sexual tensions. So much so that it will cause unforeseen collateral damage that stretches well beyond the jungle. This highly provocative and erotic film was part of Eroddity(s) 2. Now re-worked as a stand-alone short the film seems to take on new meaning.

No Tomorrow: A Turbo Kid Tale

September 2016 •English

This short story is a prequel to our favorite friendship unit, Apple. Follow her in her adventure from the other side of the Wasteland, right before her memorable encounter with the Kid!

Bon Appétit, La Vie!

September 2016 •Slovenian

A misplaced pregnancy test creates confusion in the minds of grown-up children. Eva returns to her home town, to unresolved things from her past. Max has a new love affair. Nataša goes crazy. Izi's mother finds a positive pregnancy test and panics. Izi doesn't give a damn about anything.

Longing

September 2016 •Slovenian

Through the fate of the children who are born, grow up and mature in difficult living and social circumstances, Longing talks about chidlren's rights and problems that must be solved by the youngest members of our society.

Stray

January 2015 •English

Set in a parallel universe where the sexual bias favors homosexuals, Eric, a struggling heterosexual, admits himself into a straight conversion camp. What begins as a cure to his deviant lifestyle, becomes a journey of self acceptance.

Pocket

February 2019 •English

Spend a year through the ups and downs of the life of an American teenager, told entirely from the perspective of his iPhone.

Red Dirt

November 2015 •English

About a man, his car, and a struggle against outback Australia and its denizens. The film follows the story of Blair, a young business man, on his way too the deal of a life time, a deal that will set him up for life. However, much like many well laid plans, his journey goes horribly wrong, but he ends up gaining more than money could ever buy.

JUNGLE

April 2019 •German

In Seventh Heaven

June 2013 •French

Sofiane lives in a high-rise block at the edges of Paris. A violent young man, he tries to be like his gang of friends. However, Sofiane is attracted to guys. Through his contradictions, he embodies the confusion of today's idle young people who have lost their bearings and live withdrawn into themselves.

I Used To Love Him

Invalid date •English

An expired policeman on the run from the authorities, visits a jazz club to confess to his estranged lover of a murder he committed.

Blue Bedroom

March 2023 •English

June has had the same dream every night for the past three months. Lorelai is worried something bad is going to happen. Things get weird.

Eden

December 2020 •

A restless young man roves in the gay hotspots of a metropolis. Anonymous places dressed in mirrors, intense colors and kitschy decors are the landscape for this stranger in search of comfort, connection and himself.

For Rosa

October 2020 •Spanish

After being informed of her sterilization, Eva is faced with the life altering decision of joining a fierce Chicana attorney and nine other women in a lawsuit against the hospital.

Margo & Perry

September 2020 •English

A disillusioned twenty-something woman spontaneously gets a job babysitting a precocious nine year old, but not everything is as it seems.

I Accept Me!

April 2011 •

A gay boy goes to a typical teahouse in Karachi to take his usual Kashmiri chai.

Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogo

January 1968 •Spanish

In a country subjected to a cruel dictatorship, a political activist is savagely tortured, unleashing the indignation of certain leftist intellectuals.