Category: Drama

Short Film Spotlight: All the Awards I Never Gave You

A 16-minute short film from director Caio Scot and screenwriters Lucas Drummond and Mel Carvalho, All the Awards I Never Gave You takes place entirely in one public restroom during a prestigious awards ceremony in Brazil.

Lucas Drummond and Matheus Campos star in the film as two young actors on the rise. When they unexpectedly reunite in the bathroom, they find that their feelings for one another are far from resolved.

The two promising young men soon try to come to some kind of an understanding while struggling with the fact that they’re forced to keep their relationship a secret from the public and the film industry that employs them.

Scot, Drummond and Carvalho’s previous short film, 2019’s After That Party earned the trio a great reputation on the international film festival circuit – screening at over 60 different events and picking up nine different awards.

Watch the trailer for All the Awards I Never Gave You below. The full short film is now available to stream on Dekkoo.

Body language is used to provocative ends in the sensual gay drama ‘Easy Tiger’

In Easy Tiger, a brand-new gay drama from Belgium, much of the story is told through body language – expressing deep desires in a way that words cannot.

Easy Tiger tells the story of a psychologist whose seemingly perfect city life is upended by an unexpected moment with a client, a deaf man who awakens a desire deep within him.

Their charged encounter has a ripple effect on the psychologist’s life. His inescapable desires for his male client force to look at who he does not want to be in order to find out who he actually is.

French and English are used sparingly throughout the film, but its narrative largely unfolds through International Sign Language as director Karel Tuytschaever explores physicality and the body itself as a storytelling device.

With this unique approach, Easy Tiger is a uniquely inclusive feature that aims to provide, as much as possible, the same experience for both hearing and non or partially-hearing viewers.

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

Now Available: Subways

In Subways, writer-director-star Dane Harrington Joseph tells the story of a disgruntled young man who is coping with the taboo feelings towards his half-brother and the tragic loss of a young friend to whom he made a special promise.

Unable to properly handle his feelings, he lashes out toward anyone in his path. When a violent encounter with a coworker leaves him forever scarred, he plummets into a depression that only humor, truth and fulfilling his promise to his departed friend can lift him out of.

With a cast of over 100 and music by some of the LGBTQ+ hip hop scene’s most luminary indie artists, Subways, subtitled “A Requiem in Five Stages,” is a moving drama which chronicles one young gay man’s journey through tragic twists, taboo longing and the darkness of depression.

Watch the trailer for Subways below. The film is now available on Dekkoo.

Jason T. Gaffney’s ‘Out of Body’ is a wildly inventive supernatural gay romance

From writer, director, actor and overall Dekkoo-favorite Jason T. Gaffney and co-writer Suzanne Brockmann comes the new supernatural comedy-drama Out of Body.

Malcolm (Kevin Held) has always had feelings for his best friend Henry (Gaffney), but it’s going to take some extreme measures to bring those feelings out into the open.

When a demon escapes from an orb that’s been imprisoning him, he takes possession of Malcolm’s body, leaving his spirit in limbo. As Henry is the only person who can communicate with Malcolm’s lost soul, the two embark on a valiant quest to get Malcolm’s body back, vanquish evil and maybe even find love along the way.

Out of Body is a wildly inventive and fast-paced film that gleefully upends the traditional gay romance.

Watch the trailer for Out of Body below. The film is now available to stream on Dekkoo. Jason T. Gaffney’s other new project, the Dekkoo-original comedy series Marriage of Inconvenience, is also available now.

Season One of the Dekkoo-original series ‘Peckham Mix’ is now available

In the new UK-based Dekkoo-original series Peckham Mix, we quickly learn that crime doesn’t pay… but maybe revenge does?

Josh’s life has been in freefall. His fiancé, Spencer, recently dumped him for a new guy who drives a fancy car, shattering all of Josh’s hopes and dreams for their future together. Devastated, he made an attempt to take his own life.

Now all patched up, he’s reluctantly looking for a new place to live. He finds a seemingly acceptable situation with Rex and Connor, a mysterious couple who are in search of a new roommate after their last one was caught stealing cars.

As the new trio get to know one another, Josh becomes fascinated by his new roommates’ bizarre 1:00 AM excursions. Encouraged to live a little and enjoy the sweet taste of revenge, Josh joins them on one of their outings, hoping to change his life for the better. The night, however, proves far more exciting – and dangerous – than he ever could have imagined.

Watch the trailer for Peckham Mix below and catch up on all the crazy criminal activity in this brand-new, four-episode Dekkoo-original series.

Short Film Spotlight: The Carer

A touching 15-minute short film from writer-director Christine Parker, The Carer stars veteran British character actor Peter Eyre as Ari, a sophisticated and urbane gay man who moves into an elder care facility and encounters Beau, played by Barney Glover.

Beau, an exceptionally handsome a former thief, is in the process of straightening his life out and has now been put in charge of Ari’s day-to-day care. Their unlikely meeting changes both men in profound ways – forcing Ari, who recently lost his long-term partner, to examine the tenderness of his past while Beau looks toward the possibility of a brighter future.

Examining a uniquely intimate professional relationship, The Carer is equally heartwarming and heartbreaking.

Watch the trailer for The Carer below. The film is now available on Dekkoo.

Now Available: That’s Not Us

That’s Not Us is a summery relationship drama that feels entirely relatable, which makes the fact that the dialog was entirely improvised by the cast all the more impressive.

Featuring a terrific ensemble, the film follows three twenty-something couples – gay, lesbian and straight – who travel to a beach house to enjoy the last days of summer.

What was meant to be a fun, carefree retreat transforms into an intimate exploration of sex and commitment. Moment-to-moment, relationships are tested as tensions between the couples and friends begin to simmer.

From director William Sullivan, That’s Not Us is a romantic comedy that questions what it takes to sustain a healthy long-term partnership. While gender and sexuality may vary, the struggles to make love last do not.

Watch the trailer for That’s Not Us below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.