A Room for the Winter

Every day Paul crosses a canal that separates the Amsterdam city center from the north side, where his lover Christiaan lives and waits for him. A dear routine for both - until one day Paul meets Claire, who starts seducing him into her very own universe, the Hotel Paradijs. Claire makes Paul the audience of her own play: a play where the roles are reversed and into which Paul is undeniably drawn.

In Los Angeles, Max and Haley go to a reading and book signing of Kyle, a friend of Max's from New York. Through flashbacks and conversations, we learn that they were more than casual friends, and Kyle's reappearance throws Haley and Max's relationship into question. Central to the two men's history was a Grand Canyon trip some years before. Max may need to travel that road again with renewed honesty if he's to sort out his life's conflicts and contradictions.

A boy enters an artist's workshop, eager to find out what that encounter might bring him...

Love, relationship, pain. An argument with his boyfriend leads a young man into a park after sunset. He's looking for distraction.

From the heart of the Amazon comes this exclusive LGBTQ+ compilation from emerging Latin American directors from Brazil and Peru. These 5 thought-provoking shorts prove that universal social themes have no borders. They are: The Last Romantics [Os Últimos Românticos] (2019); Savage Fire [Fogo Selvagem] (2017); My Only Earth Is in the Moon [Minha Única Terra É Na Lua] (2017); Sandra Calling [Sandra Chamando] (2017); Carlito Leaves Forever [Carlito se va para siempre] (2018).

A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loose on a four-day binge of alcohol, drugs, and sex.

A shy teenager attempts to manipulate a game of seven minutes in heaven so he can confess his feelings to the boy he is infatuated with.

Jose Luis is an executive at his parents underwear factory where his girlfriend Sylvia works on the shop floor. When Sylvia becomes pregnant, Jose Luis promises her that he will marry her, most likely against the wishes of his parents. Jose Luis' mother is determined to break her son's engagement to a girl from a lower-class family, and hires Raul, a potential underwear model and would-be bullfighter to seduce Sylvia.

Abu and Nuwas are two teenage boys in boarding school. With different characters, both try to keep a secret between them while grappling with the challenges of bullying and self-discovery in a time of uncertainty and self-doubt.

Short film about a young man discovering pants in a nudist world. A parable of the societal intolerance to anything different.

During the factory’s strike, two workers decide to spend three days together in the mild summer as two very close friends know how to do.

Biel works at a carpenter’s workshop. He lives a routine and boring life, he doesn’t feel alright. Everything changes when he runs into a stranger on the subway, who makes him discover the little details around him, to see the daily spaces from another perspective and discover himself.

In times of strife it's important to have someone by your side. Whether it is a shoulder to cry on or a source of confidence, an imaginary friend or a distant lover, these six tales from Mexico, Brazil, France, the UK and the Netherlands prove that the search for companionship is a journey worth taking. The short films are: My Mother's Lovers [Los novios de mi madre] (2020); Bootyful (2019); Only What You Need to Know About Me [Apenas o Que Você Precisa Saber Sobre Mim] (2018); Junk (2011); High Tide [Stille Dorst] (2018).

A man and a boy, traveling to an unknown destination, find respite in a motel swimming pool. On the surface all seems normal, but nothing is what it seems to be. Short film not to be confused with the 2017 feature film with the same name.

Ulises meets again with David one night in a street in the center of Madrid. An inevitable return to the dynamics of the past will make him wonder if it is possible that this relationship has a future.

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.

A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.

A lonely, awkward teenager encounters a male sex worker on a morning in suburban Sydney. Based on the short story "Concealer" by Andy Boreham.

Léo fantasizes about his weather forecaster. His obsession may be realized when he meets Luca. The night they spend together will take them through both desires and doubts that last into the early morning hours.