Category: Drama

Short Film Spotlight: October Boy

The stylish short film October Boy concerns Thomas (Elias Budde Christensen), a shy 14-year-old boy who has just moved to Copenhagen with his mom. Thomas likes to draw, it’s a way for him to escape from the pressure around him. In school he meets Mads and Emma (Noa Risbro Hjerrild and Esther Marie Boisen Berg).

Mads likes Thomas’ drawings, whereas Emma is romantically interested in Thomas and invites him home with her. Just before leaving, Thomas meets Emma’s older brother (Jacob August Ottensten), a young, emerging artist. The meeting changes something within him.

Rumors start circulating about Emma and Thomas – and though he doesn’t deny them, Thomas can’t understand his feelings, how to act in the new school or control the lies he has created to be popular.

A powerful 29-minute coming-of-age drama from Danish director Soren Green, October Boy is film about all the things that change us as people during out adolescence.

Watch the trailer for October Boy below. The full short film is now available on Dekkoo.

Get seduced by Dekkoo’s Gay Erotic Thrillers Collection!

Dekkoo is proud to present The Gay Erotic Thrillers Collection.

We love a good erotic thriller. Although the best known entries of the genre usually concern straight characters, they always seemed to have a slightly over-the-top camp sensibility – plus icy femme fatales that have inspired countless drag homages.

Though the erotic thriller heyday of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s are long behind us, there has been plenty of similar cinematic intrigue in the world of LGBTQ+ film. This month, we’re spotlighting a few of our favorites from around the globe.

Get seduced by this sensual collection of films that walk a razor’s edge between pleasure and danger – all from the safe comfort of your own home.

The Gay Erotic Thrillers Collection includes the films Last Ferry, Young Hunter, The Acrobat, Cola de Mono, M/M, The Skin of the Teeth, Blackmail Boys, Complete Strangers and The Year I Lost My Mind.

Polish director Kamil Krawczycki’s ‘Elephant’ is a gorgeously crafted, old-fashioned gay romance

Beautifully shot above the Polish countryside, Elephant tells the story of Bartek (Jan Hrynkiewicz) a 22-year-old man who runs a small horse farm.

When both his father and sister suddenly leave, sending his mother into an emotional breakdown, Bartek is forced to become the head of the household.

After the sudden death of a neighbor, he is introduced to the deceased’s estranged son, David (Pawel Tomaszewski), who has returned home for the funeral.

David’s independence and recklessness fascinate Bartek. The two soon begin to fall in love, but as they attempt to hide their romance, they end up navigating a homophobic rural environment, personal family obligations and the need to prioritize a future above all else.

Director and screenwriter Kamil Krawczycki paints an intimate and subtle portrait of a blossoming relationship in this award-winning romantic drama, following one young man torn between family obligations and his own freedom.

Watch the trailer for Elephant below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.

‘Malila: The Farewell Flower’ is a heady and visually sumptuous spiritual gay romance

From Anucha Boonyawatana, the Thai director behind The Blue Hour and Down the River, Malila: The Farewell Flower is a haunting and stunningly gorgeous romantic drama.

The film follows former gay lovers Shane and Pitch (Sukollawat Kanarot and Anuchit Sapanpong) as they reunite after years apart and try to heal the wounds of their past. Shane is haunted by the tragic death of his daughter, while Pitch suffers a grave illness, rejecting medical treatment as painful and ineffective.

A talented artist, Pitch creates beautiful structures made out of flowers and banana leaves as a way to cope with his deteriorating health. Meanwhile, Shane trains to become a Buddhist monk, in an effort to build karma for Pitch… to either keep him alive or to help him along in his eventual afterlife.

A remarkably beautiful, spiritual film, Malila: The Farewell Flower is as close to transcendent as cinema gets.

Watch the trailer for Malila: The Farewell Flower below. The film is now available on Dekkoo.

Adam Kalderon’s ‘The Swimmer’ is a sexy and provocative gay sports drama

Grab your sunscreen and get ready for a film filled with speedos, water sports, suppressed desire and so much more!

The Swimmer stars Omer Perelman Striks as Erez, a rising star in the Israeli swimming scene. He arrives at a training camp held in a boarding school where only one winning athlete will get a ticket to the Olympics. There he meets the beautiful and talented Nevo (played by Asaf Jonas), who awakens subconscious desires in him.

Unfortunately for Erez and Nevo, their coach does not believe in friendship between competitors. Warned to stay away from Nevo, Erez is far too attracted to give up completely. In between practices, he attempts to act upon his feelings and comes to believe that winning a medal is less important than winning Nevo’s heart.

A critically-acclaimed film festival hit from Israeli director Adam Kalderon, The Swimmer is a skillyfully made, relentlessly sexy and boldly provocative crowd-pleaser.

Watch the trailer for The Swimmer below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.

Now Available: BPM (Beats Per Minute)

In the early 1990s, ACT UP – in France, as well as in the United States – was on the front lines of AIDS activism, taking on sluggish government agencies and major pharmaceutical companies in bold, invasive actions.

ACT UP’s members, mostly gay, HIV-positive men, stormed offices in “Silence=Death” t-shirts, facing down complacent suits with the urgency of their own struggle for life.

With BPM (Beats Per Minute), acclaimed French director Robin Campillo (Les Revenants, Eastern Boys) takes audiences directly to the front lines, telling a deeply moving love story that doubles as a historical reenactment.

Amid rallies, protests, fierce debates and ecstatic dance parties, newcomer Nathan (Arnaud Valois) falls in love with Sean (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart), the group’s radical firebrand. Their passion sparks against the shadow of mortality as the activists fight for a breakthrough.

Winner of the coveted Queer Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival as well as six Cesar Awards, BPM is one of the most acclaimed gay films in recent memory. We can’t recommend it more highly.

Watch the trailer for BPM (Beats Per Minute) below. The film is now available on Dekkoo.