2025 Gay Movies & Short Films

I Was Born This Way

2025 Documentary, Musical

A pioneering disco artist's 1977 anthem becomes a cultural milestone for LGBTQ+ music. Through interviews with music legends, the story unfolds of Archbishop Carl Bean's groundbreaking impact on queer representation in mainstream culture.

SHORT FILM

Homunculus

2025 Animation, Documentary

In a virtual world inspired by the codes of gay dating apps, the story follows the wanderings of a man in search of other men. Over the course of his travels, he will come to realise that people see him as an “Arab”: an ambiguous, virile and powerful entity both celebrated by white gay males and hated by the French police forces.

Assembly

2025 Documentary

Artist Rashaad Newsome converts an ex-military space into an artistic sanctuary exploring Black and queer identity. Features performances by dancers, musicians, poets and AI, focusing on resistance through art, vogue culture and healing.

Renaître

2025 Drama

After the death of her young actor husband, Rose, a 60-year-old artist, tries to overcome her grief with the help of her gay friend Ivan. He introduces her to “hot guys” just as she likes them, hoping to revive her taste for life.

SHORT FILM

Joe

2025 Drama

Taking refuge in an abandoned house on the Norfolk coast, a troubled young man is pursued by a mysterious threat while haunted by memories of a lost lover. As visions tied to the river and a stranded whale draw him into the past, he must confront the truth before it consumes him.

COMING SOON

Interior

2025 Mystery, Thriller

Kasimir sneaks into strangers' homes hidden inside a sofa, secretly filming their private lives for the mysterious Dr. Liebermann. But when Kasimir breaks the rules to protect someone he has grown to care about, he becomes the doctor's next target.

SHORT FILM

Heelflip

2025 Drama

Janek spends his days skateboarding with friends, searching for a sense of identity. When he unexpectedly meets Tymon, a chance encounter sparks the possibility of a life-changing connection

SHORT FILM

Silim

2025 Drama

On the eve of his first Christmas after a deep personal loss, Hayden flees to the Philippines in hopes of escaping his rapidly devolving personal life. His desperate bid for human connection propels him through a roiling Manila night that brings him face to face with the last person he wants to see: himself.

SHORT FILM

The Estate

2025 Romance

In a secluded estate near Kyiv, a young man awaits his friend's return from war to complete their shared rituals.

SHORT FILM

Say Yes

2025 Drama

Three friends who create amateur gay adult films spend an evening unwinding after a shoot. As the line between performance and real life begins to dissolve, Viento is forced to confront a troubling truth about trust, power, and the fragile boundaries of consent.

The Choral

2025 Drama, Romance

A choral society's male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie to recruit teenagers. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with their impending conscription into the army.

NEW SHORT FILM

Standby

2025 Comedy, Drama

Jerry, a weary middle-aged gay actor working as an understudy off-Broadway, is struggling with money, loneliness and self-doubt. When the leading man suddenly falls ill, Jerry is thrust into the spotlight, facing an unexpected chance to prove himself both onstage and off.

SHORT FILM

The Three

2025 Drama, Romance

After a party, a couple invites a third person over to play cards, and what starts as a game of seduction soon turns into an unexpected battlefield.

Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes

2025 Drama

On a cold winter day, António and Jota return from the front with friends in search of an ancient Roman thermal bath that has resurfaced after years beneath a reservoir. As curious visitors gather around the mysterious site, the waters seem to awaken hidden emotions, giving the men the courage to reveal long buried truths. As night falls, they confront their fears, regrets and the possibility of losing their closest friend forever.

Martinez, Margaritas and Murder!

2025 Comedy, Horror, Mystery

As Freddy Martinez's friends are murdered one by one, he is recruited by a private investigator to help set a trap for the killer responsible: The Bedroom Butcher.

Wicket

2025 Documentary

After 41 years in the closet, Bboy Wicket confronts his past as a renowned breakdancing legend with a deep secret.

SHORT FILM

Never Never Never

2025 Romance

In a quaint Welsh fishing village, a young Shirley Bassey impersonator and a fisherman are swept into a secret romance, battling the tides of family and tradition as they search for the courage to claim their own happiness.

SHORT FILM

AutoErotica: We Buy Gay Stuff

2025 Documentary

AutoErotica’s proprietor Patrick Batt has spent decades curating this living museum, packed with artifacts from shuttered gay bars, vintage leather magazines, activist pins, and rare 8mm films.

SHORT FILM

Shutterspeed

2025 Drama

Fifteen-year-old Cas poses for his school's trainee teacher and amateur photographer Jard. When he becomes painfully aware of the power imbalance between them, he seeks to reverse their dynamic.

SHORT FILM

What We Said in the Blackout

2025 Drama

Two friends share memories, desires, and half-spoken truths they might otherwise keep hidden. Time seems suspended as the blackout stretches on, allowing a fragile intimacy to emerge.

Before/After

2025 Comedy, Drama

Jérémy meets Baptiste. Their shared baldness takes them to Istanbul, where clinics claim to reverse the course of time. Amid shifting winds and silent unrest, they search for meaning in a city not their own. Day by day, a fragile bond forms, in the hope of change.

SHORT FILM

Balconada

2025 Animation, Musical

A hot summer day brings several neighbors out on their balconies. During a sudden rainstorm, one of them gets a burst of inspiration, which encourages the rest to live in the moment.

SHORT FILM

The Light That Comes Through

2025 Drama

An introverted teenager is caught between the desire to express his feelings and the fear of exposing himself.

Beneath the Scar: A Story of Resilience

2025 Documentary

Explores the life of screenwriter Deuntay Diggs, who is a police officer by trade, based on his biography of the same name.

SHORT FILM

Keith

2025 Animation

A filmmaker finds a dead body behind the rubbish bins at his flat in Glasgow, Scotland. Using the persons phone he tries to find out their identity.

SHORT FILM

Mardochi

2025 Drama

Vincent returns from Rabat, where he has failed to find the childhood home of his father, who left Morocco at independence. On the way to the hospital where his father is dying, Vincent meets Ahmed, a Moroccan student.

COMING SOON

Vitja

2025 Drama

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Viktor escapes to Berlin in search of a more liberated life, leaving behind his family’s judgment and the restrictions of a society shaped by fear and control. There, he finds love with David, but the life he tried to leave behind begins to resurface.

Gay Films from 2025

All Gay Films from 2025

I Was Born This Way

Homunculus

Assembly

Renaître

Joe

Interior

Heelflip

Silim

The Estate

Say Yes

The Choral

Standby

The Three

Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes

Martinez, Margaritas and Murder!

Wicket

Never Never Never

AutoErotica: We Buy Gay Stuff

Shutterspeed

What We Said in the Blackout

Before/After

Balconada

The Light That Comes Through

Beneath the Scar: A Story of Resilience

Keith

Mardochi

Vitja

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