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Gay 2024

The Life and Death of a Porno Gang

Winner of the Best Film award at the 2010 TLVFest, this is one of the most powerful films you’ll see this year.
Director Mladen Djordjevic created a biting commentary on post Milosevic Serbia. This film brings together horror, social and political satire, dark humour and lots of sex and violence.

Local criminals hire Marko, a young, artistic and ambitious filmmaker, to make for them porno films. They don’t really appreciate his artistic approach, and after a violent attack, Marko decides to go underground and travel with a troupe of outcasts who participate in a live pornographic theatre production that travels through conservative Serbian villages.
Warning! Not suitable for the faint of heart!

Viewing is 18+ due to explicit sexual content and violence.

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Two more Serbian LGBT movies are screened at the festival.

Young Hearts

In the middle of the school year, 13 year old Elias meets his new neighbor, 14 year old Alexander, a confident boy from Brussels. The two boys enjoy their time together, and as their relationship deepens – Elias develops new feelings. He realizes he is falling in love for the first time. The fear of how his family and the people around him will react makes him keep his feelings to himself and he sinks deeper and deeper into a web of lies that threatens to destroy the beautiful connection between him and his new friend.
Anthony Schatteman’s debut film was one of more pleasant surprises at the latest Berlinale. The Belgian director won praises for his sensitive and intelligent film and is marked as one of the promising voices in contemporary European cinema.

Sexy Shorts Mix

A unique and different program – a mix of films that deal with sexuality in a bold and, some might even say, pornographic manner and horror trash movies such as exploitation genre films. The result is a surprising and amusing combination of blood, horror and sex. If you’re looking for short films with plenty of queer sexuality, sexy horror and fun – this is the place for you.

Viewing is 18+ due to explicit sexual content and violence

Duration: 85 min

Warm Film

Two young Serbian actors get an offer to play in a gay movie with daring sex scenes. They are torn between the need to make a living and be famous and the fear of being notoriously labelled. The two begin to research how this subject was treated throughout the history of Serbian, and before that, Yugoslavian, cinema. What was the meaning of queer representation on screen?
“Warm Film” is a fascinating and surprising journey through the history of queer cinema in Yugoslavia and post-Yugoslavia region, from the days of the silent movie to the present, especially given the modern rise of nationalism and LGBTphobia in Eastern Europe.

Two of the films discussed in “Warm Film” will be screened during the TLVFest: “Life and Death of a Porno Gang” (2009) and “Marble Ass” (1995).

A House is Not a Disco

A documentary that goes behind the scenes of Fire Island Pines, an upscale neighbourhood in the popular queer beach town of Fire Island, that had become an international hot fantasy, when the first gay porn films were filmed on the beach there, back in the 60’s.
Back in the day, when it was still illegal to be gay, men used to come to these beaches to enjoy carnal desires and lives free of inhibitions and conflicts. Half an hour ferry ride from New York, Fire Island is still a sanctuary for gay men, even more than half a century later.
Actor Brian J Smith (“Sense8”) in his debut film captures the joy as well as the tension between the Island’s residents and the frequent visitors from the “Big Apple”. The film follows the social changes that had taken place in the past decades, since gay men began to arrive at the small, quaint seaside town. Global warming also plays its part as the beach is slowly disappearing.
The result is a piece of history, seemingly of a very specific place, but it’s also a reflection of the entire queer culture. This is a film about a true paradise, wild nature, vibrant characters, the AIDS epidemic and its long-lasting effects, social activism and also a few eccentric types.

High Tide

Brazilian tourist Lourenço is left behind when his American boyfriend deserts him in Provincetown at the end of the summer season. Lourenço passes the time with random hookups, talking to the locals who hire him to do maintenance and flirting with a hot tourist named Maurice (James Bland). Lourenço has to decide how to deal with shadows of his past that won’t let go and the harsh reality of being an undocumented immigrant in the USA.
In his debut film, director Marco Calvani puts Brazilian actor Marco Pigossi (“Gen V”, “Invisible City”) at the heart of a sexy and melancholic story about an immigrant after an unexpected breakup. Alongside Pigossi you’ll find Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei, Bill Irwin (“Rustin”) and Mya Taylor (“Tangerine”).
Marco Calvani created a thoughtful and daring film that raises questions on queer life in the modern world.

Sad Jokes

Like in his debut film “Bones and Names”, director Fabian Stumm manages in his new film to delicately and with very intelligent humor describe modern family structures and all the absurd complexities that life can provide.
Joseph and Sonya share a lifelong friendship and raise a child together. While Joseph, a film director, is busy with his next cinematic project, Sonya suffers from mental illness and struggles with hospitalization. Joseph must juggle between his everyday chores, his artistic aspirations and trying to hook up with a nude model.
Fabian Stumm wrote a wonderful and contemporary script about the turbulence of life and unexpected challenges that might grind you down. “Sad Jokes” is a quietly comic film that manages to touch on complex issues and do that in a smart and entertaining manner.
The film includes guest stars Knut Berger (“Walk on Water”) as the nude model and esteemed German actor/director Sebastian Schipper as himself.

Additional screening: Haifa Cinematheque, 3.11, 20:15

In association with the Embassy of Germany

The Astronaut Lovers

A romantic comedy that takes place during the summer holidays on the Argentinian beach. Pedro and Maxie, two childhood friends, meet as adults after years of not keeping in touch. Pedro is out and proud and is very much amused by Maxie’s curiosity and his joking flirting. A sudden twist in the plot comes when Maxie tries to make his ex-girlfriend jealous by telling her he and Pedro are a couple. Now, the two must fake a loving relationship in front of their friends during a joint summer holiday. Their little role play suddenly takes on a whole new meaning.
Marco Berger is one of the best and most interesting LGBTQ directors working today. In his films he explores contemporary masculinity, sexuality and sexual curiosity. The result is extraordinary in its quality and brings us a fresh cinematic take on an old trope.

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