Category: New Release

Woke Season 3 Is Now Streaming on Dekkoo

The acclaimed French LGBTQ+ drama Woke is back. Season 3 is now streaming on Dekkoo, bringing Hicham and Thibaut back for a darker and more ambitious chapter of the series.

Already a favorite among viewers looking for compelling gay series and international LGBTQ+ storytelling, Woke has never shied away from mixing the personal and the political. This season takes that idea even further, as both Hicham and Thibaut find themselves caught up in stories involving political violence, human rights, institutional corruption and the fight to make the truth heard.

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A More Intense Chapter for Woke

Mehdi Meskar as Hicham in Woke Season 3 on Dekkoo

Over its first two seasons, Woke followed Hicham as he left his sheltered life behind and found a new community among the activists of Lyon’s G-Spot LGBTQ+ center.

Season 3 expands that world considerably.

After a relative is killed during a confrontation with police, Hicham returns to his old neighborhood in Saint-Étienne, determined to uncover what really happened. As questions surrounding the death grow, Hicham finds himself confronting not only grief and anger, but a media narrative that threatens to bury the truth.

Meanwhile, Thibaut becomes involved in an entirely different fight after saving a Chechen refugee from a potentially fatal trap.

The encounter leads him to discover a European trial program designed to protect human rights activists whose lives are in danger. But when it becomes clear that someone may be compromising the program from within, Thibaut must race to identify the source before more lives are put at risk.

Eric Pucheu as Thibaut in the French gay drama Woke Season 3

From Queer Activism to Political Thriller

From the beginning, Woke has been about more than romance.

Created by Sullivan Le Postec, the French series has explored identity, friendship, desire and the complicated realities of LGBTQ+ activism through characters whose personal lives are inseparable from the causes they fight for.

That combination is part of what makes international LGBTQ+ storytelling such an important part of Dekkoo’s collection of gay movies and series. Woke approaches its characters as complicated people first, allowing its queer themes to emerge through their friendships, relationships, mistakes and struggles.

Season 3 takes that foundation and pushes the series into darker, more suspenseful territory.

The struggles facing Hicham and Thibaut are very different, but both men find themselves confronting systems powerful enough to control whose stories are believed, whose lives are protected and whose voices are heard.

The result is arguably the most ambitious and intense season of Woke yet.

Mehdi Meskar and Eric Pucheu Return

Three characters from Woke sitting together in a scene from the French LGBTQ+ series, now streaming on Dekkoo.

Mehdi Meskar returns as Hicham alongside Eric Pucheu as Thibaut, continuing the characters’ journeys from the first two seasons.

For viewers who have followed Woke from the beginning, Season 3 offers the chance to see just how far both men have come since Hicham first arrived in Lyon searching for the only openly gay man he knew.

If you’re discovering the series for the first time, this is also the perfect opportunity to start from the beginning. All three seasons are available on Dekkoo, making Woke an especially good choice if you’re looking for a new gay series to watch online rather than another one-off movie.

Catch Up on Woke From Season 1

All three seasons of Woke are now available to stream on Dekkoo, so you can follow Hicham’s journey from his arrival in Lyon through the increasingly complex world of friendship, relationships and queer activism that follows.

And there’s plenty more to discover after you finish Woke. Dekkoo is home to an extensive collection of gay films available to watch online, including international dramas, comedies, romances, shorts and original series created specifically for LGBTQ+ audiences.

If you’re trying to figure out where to watch gay films online, Dekkoo offers a constantly evolving library focused entirely on gay men and their stories.

Stream Woke Season 3 Now on Dekkoo

Whether you’ve been with Hicham since the beginning or are about to discover the series for the first time, now is the perfect time to return to Woke.

Woke Season 3 is streaming now on Dekkoo.

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Now Streaming on Dekkoo: The Queer Giallo Nightmare Knife + Heart

Just in time for Halloween season, Knife + Heart, director Yann Gonzalez’s deliriously stylish, blood-soaked queer thriller, is now streaming on Dekkoo.

Set in Paris in the summer of 1979, the film stars Vanessa Paradis as Anne, a producer of low-budget gay adult films whose personal and professional worlds are beginning to unravel. Her editor and lover, Loïs (Kate Moran), has left her, and Anne throws herself into making her most ambitious film yet in an attempt to win her back.

Then one of her actors is brutally murdered.

As more members of Anne’s filmmaking family become targets of a mysterious masked killer, she is pulled into an increasingly strange investigation that transforms Knife + Heart from erotic melodrama into a feverish murder mystery.

Watch Knife + Heart now on Dekkoo.

Vanessa Paradis in Knife + Heart, the queer giallo horror film streaming on Dekkoo

A Queer Giallo Unlike Anything Else

Director Yann Gonzalez takes the heightened colors, elaborate murders, mystery and eroticism of classic Italian giallo cinema and filters them through an unmistakably queer lens. The result is one of the more distinctive gay movies you’ll find on Dekkoo.

Shot on 35mm and powered by a hypnotic retro score from M83, Knife + Heart is at once a slasher film, a love story and an affectionate tribute to a vanished corner of queer culture.

The film earned international acclaim after premiering in competition for the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Its cast includes Vanessa Paradis, Nicolas Maury, Kate Moran, Jonathan Genet, Romane Bohringer and Félix Maritaud.

Knife + Heart film still featuring a blond man in a phone booth, from the queer horror movie streaming on Dekkoo

But beneath all the neon, sex and blood is something surprisingly tender.

Gonzalez gives the men in Anne’s films lives, friendships and a genuine sense of community. As the killer begins tearing that community apart, Knife + Heart becomes as melancholy as it is macabre. That combination of desire, heartbreak and danger makes it a particularly provocative entry among Dekkoo’s collection of sexy gay movies.

Out For Blood on Dekkoo

Dekkoo Selects: Out For Blood – gay horror movies and queer thrillers streaming on Dekkoo

Knife + Heart arrives on Dekkoo as the newest addition to this month’s Dekkoo Selects: Out For Blood, our October collection celebrating the darker side of queer cinema.

From killers and creatures to psychological terror and things that go bump in the night, Out For Blood brings together gay and queer films perfect for Halloween viewing — and few movies embody that collision of sexuality, camp and horror quite as spectacularly as Knife + Heart.

The film’s erotic undercurrent also makes it a natural fit for viewers exploring Dekkoo’s steamy gay movies, although Knife + Heart adds considerably more blood to the equation.

Sexy, strange, romantic and unapologetically bloody, Knife + Heart is a horror film with a pulse all its own — and another reason to explore the growing collection of gay movies streaming on Dekkoo.

Stream Knife + Heart now with your Dekkoo subscription.

Then explore the rest of Dekkoo Selects: Out For Blood for more queer horror to sink your teeth into this Halloween season.

Desert Cruising: Desire, Memory and Sex Under the Open Sky

There are places where gay men have always found one another.

Bars. Parks. Beaches. Rest stops. Back rooms. And sometimes, seemingly in the middle of nowhere.

Now streaming on Dekkoo, the experimental gay short film Desert Cruising transforms queer filmmaker Charles Lum’s personal cruising diaries into a provocative meditation on sex, memory and the unexpected places where gay men find connection.

Directed by Charles Lum and Todd Verow, Desert Cruising unfolds through the recollections of an anonymous narrator describing a series of steamy encounters in the desert. Against the stark landscape, memories of men, bodies and fleeting connections begin to accumulate.

At just over four minutes, the film is brief, but that brevity is part of its power. These aren’t grand romances or carefully constructed love stories. They are moments: a stranger, an encounter, a particular place and the memory that remains after everything else has disappeared.

For viewers interested in discovering more unconventional queer cinema, Desert Cruising joins Dekkoo’s growing collection of gay short films from filmmakers around the world.

Cruising as Queer Memory

Cruising has a complicated but undeniable place in gay history.

Long before dating apps made it possible to find another gay man with a swipe, generations of men developed their own geography of desire. Parks, beaches, public bathrooms, roadside areas and other seemingly ordinary spaces could become places of recognition, sexual freedom and possibility.

Desert Cruising captures something particularly fascinating about that history: how vividly those encounters can survive in memory.

The film is drawn from Charles Lum’s own cruising diaries, transforming his recollections into something that exists somewhere between confession, oral history and erotic memoir.

The men themselves may have been anonymous.

The encounters weren’t.

The Landscape of Desire

There is something wonderfully contradictory about setting these memories against the vastness of the desert.

The landscape suggests isolation. Cruising depends upon discovery.

A place that appears empty can suddenly become charged with possibility when another man appears. A glance can become an invitation. A seemingly anonymous stretch of landscape can become intensely personal.

That tension gives Desert Cruising its distinctive atmosphere. Desire exists almost like a secret layer beneath the landscape — invisible unless you know how to recognize it.

It’s the kind of personal and unapologetically queer storytelling that makes short-form filmmaking so exciting. Without the conventions of a feature-length narrative, filmmakers can capture experiences, memories and fragments of gay life that might otherwise go undocumented.

Dekkoo has long championed that kind of work, with an extensive collection of LGBTQ+ and gay short films alongside hundreds of gay movies and series from around the world.

Charles Lum and Todd Verow

Desert Cruising comes from filmmakers Charles Lum and Todd Verow, longtime collaborators whose work has repeatedly explored gay sexuality, cruising, aging and queer memory.

Their collaborations include The End of Cruising, Age of Consent, My Almost First Time, Charles Lum: This Is Where I Get Off and the experimental feature Memorabilia.

Like Desert Cruising, Memorabilia draws upon Lum’s stories and cruising diaries, using personal recollection and archival material to explore the way sexual experiences become part of the record of a life.

That history gives Desert Cruising another dimension.

What initially feels like an unabashed recollection of sexual adventure gradually becomes something else: a record of experience.

Places change. Bodies age. Strangers disappear. Even the ways gay men meet one another change.

But the memories remain.

From the Festival Circuit to Dekkoo

Before arriving on Dekkoo, Desert Cruising appeared on the queer and experimental film festival circuit.

The film screened as part of “Slippage: Queer Experiments in Time and Place” at Boston’s Wicked Queer Film Festival, a program showcasing unconventional approaches to queer experience, memory and place.

Read more about Desert Cruising at Wicked Queer

The film was also selected for MixBrasil, one of Latin America’s major LGBTQ+ cultural festivals, where it appeared in the aptly named shorts program “Hookup in Six Acts.”

See Desert Cruising at MixBrasil

Now, the film is available to stream as part of Dekkoo’s continually expanding collection of independent and international gay cinema.

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Sexy, intimate and unexpectedly nostalgic, Desert Cruising celebrates the fleeting encounters that become permanent memories — and the queer instinct for finding connection in even the most unlikely places.

Sometimes a few minutes with a stranger can stay with you for decades.

Desert Cruising is now streaming on Dekkoo.

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Looking for Gay Horror? Enter the Twisted World of The Latent Image

There’s something about an isolated cabin that should immediately make any horror fan suspicious.

In The Latent Image, a secluded writing retreat, a mysterious stranger and an increasingly dangerous attraction come together in a sexy psychological thriller where fantasy and reality become almost impossible to separate.

The gay horror film is now streaming on Dekkoo, joining our growing collection of gay movies, queer thrillers and LGBTQ+ cinema from around the world.

Writer-director Alexander McGregor Birrell introduces us to Ben (Joshua Tonks), a thriller writer struggling for inspiration who retreats to an isolated rural cabin to work on his latest novel and escape the growing tension between himself and his boyfriend, Jamie (William Tippery).

Then, late one night, Ben discovers that he isn’t alone.

A wounded stranger (Jay Clift) has appeared at the cabin, claiming to be a hunter whose car has broken down nearby. He’s handsome, mysterious and potentially dangerous—and Ben can’t help being intrigued.

The Latent Image gay horror film scene featuring two men sharing an intimate moment

Rather than simply fearing the unexpected visitor, Ben begins using him as inspiration for his writing. Soon the two men are acting out increasingly elaborate—and increasingly dangerous—scenarios inspired by Ben’s story.

Attraction mixes with suspicion. Fantasy starts bleeding into reality. And the stranger who seemed like the perfect inspiration may be hiding something far more disturbing.

What follows is a sexually charged game of cat and mouse that makes The Latent Image an especially intriguing entry in the world of gay horror movies.

Queer Horror With a Seductive Edge

The Latent Image gay horror film scene with two men inside an isolated cabin

Part psychological thriller, part erotic nightmare, The Latent Image plays with one of horror’s oldest questions: what happens when the thing you desire may also be the thing you should fear?

Joshua Tonks and Jay Clift give the film its dangerous chemistry. Their characters circle one another with a mixture of curiosity, lust and distrust, while the film continually asks the audience to reconsider what they’re seeing.

Is Ben imagining events?

Is his fiction coming to life?

Or has he invited a very real threat into the cabin?

The uncertainty is part of the fun.

For viewers who like their queer horror atmospheric, psychological and more than a little sexy, this is one cabin in the woods worth visiting.

A Gay Thriller Where Fantasy Becomes Reality

The film also belongs to a long tradition of stories about writers who become trapped inside the worlds they create. In The Latent Image, however, that idea takes on an unmistakably queer dimension.

Ben’s attraction to the stranger becomes intertwined with the violent story he’s constructing, turning desire itself into another source of suspense.

It’s exactly the kind of film that demonstrates how much territory LGBTQ+ movies can cover. Queer cinema doesn’t have to fit neatly into romance, coming-of-age stories or drama. It can be strange, frightening, erotic, bloody and unpredictable too.

And if The Latent Image leaves you craving more suspense, explore Dekkoo’s collection of gay mystery and thriller movies for even more dangerous encounters, dark secrets and unexpected twists.

The Story Behind The Latent Image

Longtime Dekkoo viewers may recognize the title.

Before becoming a feature-length film, The Latent Image began as a 21-minute short starring Joshua Tonks and Jay Clift. Dekkoo featured the original short back in 2019, and we later covered the arrival of Birrell’s expanded feature version.

The feature expands that deliciously simple premise into an 83-minute psychological thriller, giving its characters—and their increasingly dangerous relationship—more room to develop.

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If your idea of the perfect movie night involves an isolated cabin, a handsome stranger, sexual tension and the creeping suspicion that something has gone terribly wrong, The Latent Image should be on your watchlist.

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SCORCH MARKS Is Now Streaming Exclusively on Dekkoo

The wait is over. Scorch Marks, the haunting new Dekkoo Original starring Brandon Shypkowski and Chris Salvatore, is now streaming exclusively on Dekkoo.

Just in time for Halloween season, Dekkoo is heading somewhere darker.

Scorch Marks is a bold new queer horror film blending psychological terror, supernatural horror and post-apocalyptic suspense with an intensely personal story about trauma, toxic relationships and survival.

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Brandon Shypkowski and Chris Salvatore star in the Dekkoo Original queer horror film Scorch Marks

A Queer Horror Story About Surviving More Than the End of the World

When Beckett awakens to scorched skies and an eerie silence, he fears he may be the last person left alive after a mysterious global catastrophe.

But the end of the world may not be the most terrifying thing waiting for him.

Isolated in a remote rental, Beckett’s fragile grip on reality begins to unravel when he is confronted by the ghost of his abusive ex-husband, Joel. As an ancient, otherworldly force draws closer, Beckett is forced to confront the trauma of their relationship and decide whether survival means running from his demons—or finally facing them.

Written and directed by Brendan Haley, Scorch Marks takes the familiar language of apocalyptic and supernatural horror and places a distinctly queer relationship at the center of the nightmare.

For viewers looking for something darker among today’s gay movies streaming online, Scorch Marks brings queer storytelling into territory rarely explored in LGBTQ+ cinema.

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Brandon Shypkowski as Beckett in the gay psychological horror movie Scorch Marks

Brandon Shypkowski Takes Us to the End of the World

At the center of Scorch Marks is Brandon Shypkowski as Beckett, a man whose fight for survival quickly becomes something far more personal.

Beckett isn’t simply trying to determine what happened to the world outside. He’s being forced to reckon with the emotional scars left behind by his relationship with Joel.

That gives Scorch Marks an intimacy that sets it apart from a traditional end-of-the-world thriller. The destruction outside Beckett’s door is terrifying, but the memories and trauma inside may prove even harder to escape.

Shypkowski carries that emotional journey through fear, isolation, vulnerability and rage, grounding the supernatural elements of the movie in something painfully human.

Chris Salvatore Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before

Chris Salvatore has long been a familiar and beloved face to gay audiences, but Scorch Marks gives viewers the chance to see him in a dramatically different kind of role.

Salvatore stars as Joel, Beckett’s abusive ex-husband, whose return transforms Beckett’s isolation into a psychological nightmare.

It’s a darker and more unsettling turn for an actor many LGBTQ+ viewers know from romantic comedies and gay cinema, and that contrast makes Joel’s presence even more unnerving.

The relationship between Beckett and Joel ultimately becomes the beating heart of the film. Beneath the blood, supernatural terror and apocalyptic imagery is a story about what happens when love, control, resentment, fear and trauma become impossible to separate.

Chris Salvatore stars as Joel in Dekkoo's queer horror film Scorch Marks

Queer Horror Gets Apocalyptic

Horror has always had a special relationship with queer audiences.

Stories about outsiders, identity, transformation, secrets, isolation and survival naturally lend themselves to queer interpretation. Scorch Marks takes that connection and makes it explicit.

This isn’t simply a horror movie that happens to feature gay characters. The relationship at its center—and the wounds it leaves behind—are essential to the story.

The result is a gay psychological horror movie that combines the scale of an apocalypse with the claustrophobia of a damaged relationship.

And things only become stranger from there.

The film also stars Vander Von Odd as Tiamat, alongside Peter Stickles and horror favorite Tiffany Shepis, as Beckett’s increasingly terrifying reality expands beyond anything he could have imagined.

Supernatural terror in the Dekkoo Original LGBTQ horror movie Scorch Marks

Another Original Story You Can Only Find on Dekkoo

Scorch Marks is part of Dekkoo’s continuing commitment to bringing audiences distinctive LGBTQ+ stories and supporting filmmakers telling stories centered on queer lives.

From romance and comedy to drama, thrillers and now apocalyptic horror, Dekkoo Originals continue to push gay cinema into new territory.

You can discover more Dekkoo Originals and exclusive LGBTQ+ movies or explore our guide to where to watch gay films online.

But if you’re ready for something considerably darker, there’s only one place to start.

Watch SCORCH MARKS Now — Exclusively on Dekkoo

The apocalypse has arrived.

Scorch Marks is streaming now exclusively on Dekkoo.

Watch Brandon Shypkowski and Chris Salvatore face the end of the world—and the ghosts that refuse to stay buried.

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New on Dekkoo: Desire Takes Hold in A King, Gazing at the Sea

There’s something about a stranger who catches your eye—and refuses to leave your mind.

Now streaming on Dekkoo, A King, Gazing at the Sea (Le roi qui contemplait la mer) is a sensual French gay short film from writer-director Jean-Sébastien Chauvin about attraction, obsession, and the intoxicating pull of the male gaze.

A Seaside Encounter Becomes an Obsession

Paul arrives at a sun-drenched Mediterranean seaside resort looking to enjoy a few quiet moments by the water. Then he sees him: a muscular, tanned stranger whose presence immediately captures his attention.

What begins as a passing attraction gradually becomes something much more consuming.

Man in a red swimsuit overlooking the Mediterranean in A King, Gazing at the Sea

Set against the gorgeous Mediterranean coast, A King, Gazing at the Sea explores that uniquely charged space between looking and longing—when desire for someone you barely know begins to take on a life of its own.

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Man swimming in the sea in the gay short film A King, Gazing at the Sea

A Festival Favorite Comes to Dekkoo

Written and directed by Jean-Sébastien Chauvin, the 24-minute French short stars Loïc Djani and Lefteris Polychronis.

A King, Gazing at the Sea was selected for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and screened at Frameline47, San Francisco’s international LGBTQ+ film festival.

Two men relaxing together on a rocky beach in the gay short film A King, Gazing at the Sea

Chauvin turns a deceptively simple encounter into a dreamy meditation on gay desire. Sun, sea, skin, stolen glances and fantasy combine to create a film that feels both intimate and slightly dangerous—the kind of attraction where you’re never quite sure whether you’re watching someone or imagining an entire world around them.

Man wearing a sun hat by the sea in A King, Gazing at the Sea

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If A King, Gazing at the Sea leaves you wanting more, explore Dekkoo’s growing collection of gay short films from around the world, featuring stories of romance, desire, identity, sex, friendship and queer life.

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Give Me Your Hand: A Sensual French Road Movie About Brotherhood, Desire and Identity

Now streaming on Dekkoo, Give Me Your Hand (Donne-moi la main) is a striking French coming-of-age drama that explores brotherhood, sexuality, jealousy and the complicated process of discovering who you are.

Directed by Pascal-Alex Vincent, the film follows 18-year-old twin brothers Antoine and Quentin as they leave their quiet French village behind and hitchhike across France toward Spain to attend the funeral of their estranged mother.

What begins as a shared journey soon exposes just how different the seemingly inseparable brothers have become.

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Two Brothers, One Journey

Antoine and Quentin live with their father and work in his bakery in rural France. When they learn that the mother they barely knew has died in Spain, the twins secretly set out to attend her funeral.

Traveling largely by foot and hitchhiking, the brothers encounter strangers, new experiences and unexpected opportunities for sexual discovery.

But the further they travel, the more their differences begin to emerge.

Their intense bond is complicated by rivalry, jealousy and their developing sexual identities. When Quentin has an encounter with another young man, the experience creates an especially difficult divide between the brothers.

Their physical journey toward Spain gradually becomes something much more personal: a struggle to understand themselves—and to accept that growing up may mean growing apart.

Twin brothers Antoine and Quentin together in Give Me Your Hand, a French gay coming-of-age film streaming on Dekkoo.

A Different Kind of Gay Coming-of-Age Film

Give Me Your Hand is less interested in conventional romance than it is in the uncertainty surrounding desire.

Director Pascal-Alex Vincent approaches Antoine and Quentin’s story with sparse dialogue and striking imagery, allowing glances, gestures and physical interactions to reveal what the brothers often cannot—or will not—say aloud.

The result is part road movie, part coming-of-age drama and part exploration of male intimacy.

The French and Spanish countryside provides the backdrop as Antoine and Quentin move through a world that seems increasingly larger than the small village they left behind.

For viewers who enjoy atmospheric gay movies, international LGBTQ+ cinema and unconventional coming-of-age stories, Give Me Your Hand offers something distinctive.

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Real-Life Twins Alexandre and Victor Carril

Adding another dimension to the film is the casting of real-life twin brothers Alexandre Carril and Victor Carril as Antoine and Quentin.

The two actors had previously appeared together in director Pascal-Alex Vincent’s short film Bébé Requin (Baby Shark), which competed for the Palme d’Or for short films at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

Their natural familiarity gives Give Me Your Hand an unusual physical intimacy. Affection, rivalry, aggression and dependence frequently overlap, reinforcing the sense that Antoine and Quentin are attempting to establish individual identities after spending their lives defined as a pair.

The film also stars Anaïs Demoustier, alongside Samir Harrag, Katrin Sass and Fernando Ramallo.

From France to Spain

Originally released as Donne-moi la main, Give Me Your Hand was the feature-film debut of French filmmaker Pascal-Alex Vincent.

The film was selected for international festivals including the Torino Film Festival, New Directors/New Films in New York and the Kiev Molodist International Film Festival.

Vincent combines elements of the classic road movie with queer coming-of-age cinema, animation and a moody electronic soundtrack by German post-rock duo Tarwater.

Much of the film unfolds outdoors, giving the twins’ journey an almost dreamlike quality as they move through fields, roads, train stations and unfamiliar towns on their way south.

Two young men kiss in Give Me Your Hand, a French gay coming-of-age film now streaming on Dekkoo.

Brotherhood, Sexuality and Growing Apart

At the center of Give Me Your Hand is a deceptively simple question: What happens when two people who have always defined themselves through one another begin becoming different people?

For Antoine and Quentin, sexuality becomes part of that separation.

Their encounters along the road reveal desires and attractions that don’t necessarily align, forcing both brothers to confront a changing relationship neither fully understands.

Rather than offering easy answers, the film allows those tensions to remain complicated. Desire mixes with jealousy. Affection turns into anger. Independence can feel like rejection.

It’s an intimate portrait of two young men reaching the point where being brothers—and even identical twins—no longer means following the same path.

Watch Give Me Your Hand on Dekkoo

Give Me Your Hand is now streaming on Dekkoo, alongside hundreds of gay films, LGBTQ+ series, international discoveries, festival favorites and Dekkoo Originals.

Subscribers can also watch the new Dekkoo Presents: Give Me Your Hand, a brief introduction to the film available alongside the feature.

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Taekwondo Is Now Streaming on Dekkoo

Marco Berger and Martín Farina’s acclaimed gay romance Taekwondo is now streaming on Dekkoo.

Few filmmakers capture the unspoken tension between men quite like Argentine filmmaker Marco Berger. In Taekwondo, co-directed with Martín Farina, lingering glances, casual touches and moments of silence say almost as much as the dialogue.

The result is a slow-burning, sun-soaked story of friendship, attraction and the uncertainty that exists when neither man is quite sure what the other is thinking.

And now, Taekwondo is available to stream on Dekkoo.

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A Summer Vacation Where Everything Begins to Change

Fernando is spending his vacation at a country house in Ezeiza, outside Buenos Aires, surrounded by a close-knit group of male friends.

The days are deliberately uncomplicated: swimming, drinking, smoking, talking and lounging around the house and pool. Away from their everyday responsibilities, the friends settle into the easy intimacy that comes from knowing one another for years.

But this time, Fernando has invited someone new.

Germán, a friend from his taekwondo class, joins the group for the vacation. What Fernando doesn’t know is that Germán is gay.

As the long summer days unfold, something begins developing between the two men. Glances last a little longer. Physical proximity takes on another meaning. Ordinary moments suddenly seem charged with possibilities neither man is quite prepared to acknowledge.

Taekwondo turns that uncertainty into the heart of the film.

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Three friends relaxing poolside in Taekwondo, the gay film from Marco Berger and Martín Farina
Summer, friendship and unspoken attraction collide in Taekwondo.

The Art of the Slow Burn

Anyone familiar with the films of Marco Berger will recognize the territory.

Rather than rushing toward declarations of attraction, Berger allows desire to develop through observation. The camera notices the things his characters notice: a body across the room, an accidental touch, someone changing clothes, a glance that may—or may not—mean something more.

In Taekwondo, that approach is particularly effective because Germán finds himself surrounded almost entirely by straight men.

The relaxed environment allows the group to talk openly about sex, relationships and their private lives. For Germán, however, Fernando remains something of a mystery.

Is the attraction between them mutual? Is Fernando simply affectionate with his friends? Is Germán imagining something that isn’t there?

Berger and Farina are in no hurry to provide the answer.

Instead, Taekwondo lets the tension build.

For viewers who love romantic LGBTQ+ movies where chemistry develops gradually rather than through conventional romantic storytelling, that’s precisely the appeal.

Looking for more? Explore gay romance movies streaming on Dekkoo and discover hundreds of LGBTQ+ films from around the world.

Fernando and Germán share an intimate moment in the gay romance Taekwondo, now streaming on Dekkoo
For Fernando and Germán, the line between friendship and attraction becomes increasingly difficult to define.

A Modern Favorite of Queer Cinema

Released in 2016, Taekwondo was directed by Marco Berger and Martín Farina, with a screenplay by Berger.

The film stars Gabriel Epstein as Germán and Lucas Papa as Fernando, alongside Nicolás Barsoff, Francisco Bertín, Arturo Frutos, Andrés Gavaldá, Juan Manuel Martino, Darío Miño and Gastón Re.

The film traveled extensively on the international LGBTQ+ film-festival circuit, with selections including the BFI London Film Festival, Guadalajara International Film Festival, Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival, Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, Out On Film Atlanta and Mix Brasil.

It also won the Sunny Bunny Prize for Best LGBTQ Film at the Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival.

More than a decade after it was made, Taekwondo remains a memorable example of Berger’s distinctive approach to gay cinema: intimate, observant, sensual and fascinated by the complicated territory between male friendship and sexual attraction.

More Marco Berger on Dekkoo

If Taekwondo leaves you wanting more from Marco Berger, there’s more to discover on Dekkoo.

Berger’s films have become familiar territory for fans of contemporary queer cinema, exploring desire, masculinity, intimacy and the things men often struggle to say aloud.

You can also find Perro Perro, another provocative film from Marco Berger, as part of Dekkoo’s growing collection of gay movies.

And Taekwondo is just one part of a much larger library. From romantic dramas and international festival favorites to comedies, documentaries, short films and Dekkoo Originals, you can browse gay films online on Dekkoo or explore the complete Dekkoo movie collection.

Friends lounge together at the country house in Marco Berger and Martín Farina's gay film Taekwondo
The relaxed intimacy of a summer among friends provides the backdrop for Taekwondo.

Where Can I Watch Taekwondo Online?

If you’re wondering where to watch Taekwondo online, you can now stream the film on Dekkoo.

Dekkoo is dedicated to gay cinema and LGBTQ+ storytelling, with a curated library of films and series from around the world. From gay romance and coming-of-age stories to provocative dramas, comedies, documentaries and exclusive originals, there’s always something new to discover.

You can also browse all movies on Dekkoo, explore Dekkoo Originals and Exclusives, or discover more about where to watch gay films online.

But if you’re in the mood for a film filled with summer heat, male friendship, lingering glances and one seriously slow-burning attraction, start here.

Taekwondo is now streaming on Dekkoo.

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Woke Season 2 Is Now Streaming on Dekkoo

The acclaimed French LGBTQ+ series Woke is back on Dekkoo with its second season, bringing Hicham, Thibaut and the activists of Lyon’s G-Spot LGBTQ+ center back for another chapter filled with friendship, desire, politics and the sometimes complicated realities of queer activism.

Watch Woke Season 2 on Dekkoo

When we first meet Hicham in Season 1, he leaves his sheltered life and family behind and heads to Lyon in search of Thibaut — the only openly gay man he knows, and someone who once tried to kiss him.

Through Thibaut, Hicham is introduced to the G-Spot, a lively LGBTQ+ center and the group of activists who call it home. What begins as Hicham’s search for another person gradually becomes something much bigger: a journey toward understanding his sexuality, finding a community and figuring out who he wants to be.

A New Chapter for Hicham

Hicham in Woke Season 2 streaming on Dekkoo

Season 2 picks up after Hicham has stepped away from both Thibaut and the G-Spot.

Then he meets Elijah.

Hicham spots him one night at a bar but misses his chance to talk to him. With a little help from Bastien, however, the two eventually reconnect — opening the door to a new chapter in Hicham’s personal life.

At the same time, things at the G-Spot are becoming increasingly complicated.

Thibaut finds himself answering for his recent actions while the future of the center itself hangs in the balance. The activists also begin organizing a Pride march centered on trans rights, a decision that exposes disagreements both inside and outside the LGBTQ+ community.

Pride, Politics and a Community Divided

Characters face conflict in Woke Season 2 on Dekkoo

One of the things that makes Woke stand apart from a more traditional gay drama is its willingness to let its characters disagree.

Season 2 explores tensions surrounding trans rights, asylum and immigration, feminism, religion and LGBTQ+ politics without forgetting that these debates affect the lives of actual people.

The proposed Pride march becomes one of the season’s central storylines. Local LGBT bar owners push back against the decision to focus the march on trans rights, while the G-Spot itself faces accusations of transphobia from a trans collective.

Meanwhile, Kenza faces possible deportation, forcing Thibaut and the others to confront another urgent fight taking place within their community.

These conflicts put friendships, alliances and even the future of the G-Spot under pressure.

Still Haven’t Seen Season 1?

Hicham and Thibaut in Woke Season 1 on Dekkoo

This is definitely a series worth watching from the beginning.

Season 1 introduces Hicham, Thibaut and the activists at the G-Spot while following Hicham as he begins embracing his sexuality and discovering a queer community for the first time.

And because the episodes are short, Woke is an especially easy series to binge.

Start Woke with Season 1 on Dekkoo

Already caught up?

Season 2 includes ten episodes following Hicham, Thibaut and the rest of the G-Spot community as relationships change, political battles intensify and preparations for the Pride march force everyone to decide exactly what — and who — they are willing to fight for.

Watch Woke Season 2 now on Dekkoo

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Celebrate Latin Heritage with LGBTQ+ Movies on Dekkoo

This Latin Heritage Month, Dekkoo is celebrating the passion, diversity and unforgettable storytelling of queer Latin American cinema.

Our new Dekkoo Selects: Latin Heritage collection travels from the streets of Guadalajara and São Paulo to Buenos Aires, rural Uruguay and the Chilean coast. These bold LGBTQ+ movies explore first love, desire, heartbreak, identity and the freedom to live authentically.

We’re also welcoming a provocative new release from one of queer cinema’s most distinctive filmmakers: Marco Berger’s Perro Perro. Although the film is not part of the Dekkoo Selects collection, it gives viewers another compelling reason to explore Latin American gay cinema on Dekkoo this month.

New on Dekkoo: Perro Perro

Two men share an intimate moment in Marco Berger’s gay film Perro Perro
Perro Perro, the provocative new film from acclaimed queer filmmaker Marco Berger.

From acclaimed Argentine filmmaker Marco Berger comes Perro Perro, a playful and provocative story about desire, connection and animal instinct.

When Juan discovers a naked man in the wilderness who behaves like a stray dog, he brings the stranger home. As their unusual relationship becomes increasingly intimate, the line between companionship and attraction begins to disappear.

Berger is known for building tension through lingering looks, physical proximity and everything his characters leave unspoken. In Perro Perro, he brings that unmistakable sensibility to a strange, sensual story that asks what happens when instinct takes over and conventional boundaries fall away.

Watch Perro Perro on Dekkoo

Explore Dekkoo Selects: Latin Heritage

The new Latin Heritage collection brings together gay movies from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru and Bolivia.

The collection reflects the remarkable range of queer Latin American filmmaking. Some stories capture the uncertainty and exhilaration of first love. Others explore desire, separation, secrecy, loneliness and the difficult journey toward living openly and authentically.

Start exploring with these selections:

The Last First Time

A small-town teenager travels to Guadalajara for his college entrance exams. Away from his parents and navigating an unfamiliar city, he begins experiencing his first encounters with love and sexuality.

Watch The Last First Time

Perfect Endings

Discover a Brazilian story about relationships, transformation and the unexpected directions life can take.

Watch Perfect Endings

300 Letters

Love, heartbreak and unanswered questions collide in this Argentine romantic comedy.

Watch 300 Letters

Keep Coming Back

A young man’s search for intimacy and connection leads him into an unexpected encounter in this story from Mexico.

Watch Keep Coming Back

Night Stage

Desire, ambition and danger intersect after an actor and a politician begin meeting in secret in this provocative Brazilian thriller.

Watch Night Stage

The Sea

Against the beauty of the Uruguayan coast, a couple’s getaway becomes an emotionally charged examination of love, jealousy and desire.

Watch The Sea

The collection also includes A Few Feet Away, Velociraptor, Coming Clean, Unicorn, Six Candies and Nobody’s Watching.

Queer Stories Without Borders

Latin American LGBTQ+ cinema cannot be reduced to one country, culture or kind of story. The films in this collection offer perspectives shaped by different communities and landscapes, but they are connected by their willingness to portray queer lives with honesty, sensuality and emotional complexity.

Whether you’re looking for an intimate coming-of-age story, an intense romance or something more daring, Dekkoo Selects: Latin Heritage offers a place to begin.

After exploring the collection, stream Perro Perro and discover Marco Berger’s provocative new vision of companionship and desire.

Explore Dekkoo Selects: Latin Heritage

Watch Perro Perro

Looking for even more? Explore gay movies, gay drama movies and steamy gay movies available to stream on Dekkoo.