Movies: Masculinity

Joey, an image-conscious 22 year-old student swept up in a new city begins to fall into an addiction of drugs to repress his inner demons. A provocative and twisted short film that aims to bring light to one of the darkest issues that face the gay co...

BLESSED BLESSED OBLIVION weaves together a portrait of masculine performativity in East Jerusalem, as manifested in gyms, body shops and hair dressing parlors....

A young man eats alone at an LA cevicheria, processing his relationships, grief and questionable behaviours over a phone call....

Two men in the moors alone, fighting their free will and masculinity (or lack thereof)....

When there's a shortage of bouncers at a busy inner-city nightclub, a scrawny glasswasher is asked to step in as security for the night but the eccentric patrons make it difficult to keep things running smoothly....

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Carl is forced to confront his idea of masculinity when an obsession with a mysterious member of his badminton club spirals out of control....

A rugby stadium in southwestern France. Each and every Sunday, bodies collide. Along the sidelines, Louis and his juniors comrades are fascinated by the feats of the senior team....

'Mod' is an attempt by the filmmaker at communicating with the young men who hang out at the ‘notorious’ water tank in her neighbourhood in Pratap Vihar, Ghaziabad. The water tank is a space that is frequented by the so-called ‘no-gooders’ of the loc...

Aslam sells medicines for sexual problems on the pavements of Meena Bazar near Jama Masjid in Delhi. Khalifa Barkat presides over an wrestling gym (akhara) in the adjacent park and puts a group of young men through the moral and physical grind of wre...

A short film following Anthony, a young child from the small, rural town of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. We see him in different moments of his daily life as he interacts with different forms of environmental, familial, and social influences. Whil...

A young man becomes obsessed with his new neighbour....

A mother tries to support her son and his gender identity by inviting a new friend to dinner....