Reiner and Yosvani (Reinier Diaz and Milton Garcia) are best friends and soccer mates. Eight years later, an unexpected visit from Ayrton, brings all three men back together as they struggle to reconcile the pain of loss and longing, instinctively drawn to each other in search of hope and a brighter future.ĭirected by Antonio Heins, Cuba/Spain, 2013Ī sexy and romantic gay male film, The Last Match is set in a poor, steamy Havana and centers on an intense love affair between two hitherto heterosexual young men. There, he finds both confusion and liberation, and his journey for love soon turns into a deeper search for his own identity.
Donato decides to leave everything behind, including his ailing mother and younger brother, Ayrton, to travel back to Berlin with Konrad. After Donato saves Konrad from drowning, but fails to save his other friend, initial sexual sparks give way to a deeper, emotional connection. Donato (Wagner Moura) works as a lifeguard at the spectacular but treacherous Praia do Futuro beach in Brazil Konrad is an ex-military thrill-seeker from Germany vacationing with a friend. Part gay romance, part inquisitive self-journey, Futuro Beach by acclaimed Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz is a stunning examination of lives lost and found.
In the final years of her life, Chavela openly comes out as a lesbian and rises into her momentous third act, becoming a muse to filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, earning a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, and selling out performances at prestigious concert halls around the world.ĭirected by Karim Aïnouz, Brazil/Germany, 2014Īvailable on iTunes, YouTube, Amazon, Google Play, and Vudu Chavela centers around a 1991 interview-the singer's first public appearance after 15 hard years lost to alcoholism and heartbreak. Just as influential were her cultural contributions Chavela was a bold, rebellious, sexual pioneer who was known for having many female lovers at a time when being out in Mexico was dangerous. By the 1950s, she became a household name in her adopted country, delivering her performances with a raw passion and unique voice. Born in Costa Rica in 1919, Chavela Vargas ran away to Mexico City as a teenager to sing in the streets. Winner, Best Film, San Sebastian Film Festival, and winner of directing, acting, and screenwriting awards at numerous festivals throughout the world." -Film Forum.ĭirected by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi, USA, 2017Īvailable on YouTube, Google Play, iTunes, Amazon, and Vudu,Ĭhavela is the captivating look at the unconventional life of beloved performer Chavela Vargas, whose passionate renditions of Mexican popular music and triumphant return to the stage late in life brought her international fame. Writer-director Mariana Rondón grounds her film in the cultural realities of working-class Venezuela – and, by dint of two remarkable performances, finds warmth and humor between mother and son, even as the uncertainties of pre-adolescence threaten to pull them apart. Grandma is more accepting, teaching Junior to dance to one of her favorite ‘60s rock ‘n’ roll tunes. His mother, unemployed and frazzled from the pressures of raising two children in an unforgiving city, has serious misgivings she suspects her son is gay. For his school photo, he wants to iron his stubbornly curly mane straight to resemble one of his pop star idols. Junior fears he has pelo malo – bad hair. "A touching and humorous coming-of-gender story, Bad Hair chronicles the life of nine-year-old Junior, living in a bustling Caracas tenement with his widowed mother. Featuring a riveting performance by actress Geraldine Chaplin, Sand Dollars was directed by the acclaimed duo of Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas ( Jean Gentile).ĭirected by Mariana Rondón, Venezuela/Peru/Argentina, 2013Īvailable on YouTube, Amazon, and Google Play For Noelí, the relationship with the old lady is one of convenience, but the feelings become more intense as the departure date closes in. Noelí’s boyfriend feigns to be her brother and outlines a plan in which Noelí travels to Paris with the old lady and sends him money every month. As people parade through her life, Noelí has a steady client, a mature French woman who, as time goes by, has found an ideal refuge on the island to spend her last years. Along with her boyfriend, they look for ways to make a living at the expense of one of the hundreds of tourists that wander the beach.
Directed by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas, Dominican Republic/Mexico, 2014Īvailable on iTunes, YouTube, Amazon, Google Play, Hulu, and VuduĮvery afternoon Noelí, a young Dominican girl, goes to the beaches at Las Terrenas.