Gay Films Set in the Summer - Gay Films Matter

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Query

2020 Comedy, Drama, Romance

Best friends and roommates Jay and Alex engage in a challenging debate on their perspectives of sexuality during a seemingly ordinary day.

The Fruit Machine

1988 Drama

Two gay teenagers go on the run after witnessing a murder, thrust into a dangerous journey to escape their assailants.

Macho Caponata

2019 Drama, Romance

Takeshi and Kazuyoshi reunite after years apart, confronting unresolved emotions and changing dynamics in their once intense relationship set against a coastal Italian backdrop.

Borstal Boy

2000 Drama, Romance

Brendan Behan's time in a British borstal leads to an unexpected friendship with a liberal warden.

COMING SOON SHORT FILM

La nostra ultima estate

2026 Comedy, Romance

Tommaso and Alex meet by chance by the sea and quickly form a powerful connection. But as summer fades, the possibility of goodbye draws closer, leaving them to wonder whether what they found can last beyond the season.

As Long As I’m Famous

2022 Drama, Romance

The private lives of legends from Monty Clift to Richard Rodgers, told through the eyes of 24 year old Sid Lumet.

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I Am the Only

2014 Drama

A young boy grows up experiencing all the possibilities and impossibilities that life throws up.

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Ripples

2022 Comedy

At a gay nude beach on Toronto Island, four friends address their own personal complicated relationship to the beach and to the party culture that surrounds it.

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Gevleugelde

2025 Drama

A lonely dreamer named Adelio rediscovers the beauty of life through a fleeting friendship with the enigmatic Ravi, whose sudden disappearance forces him to find purpose and happiness within himself.

Birthright

2024 Horror, Mystery

After his mother dies, Thomas and partner Beni visit Brazil, where he inherits a house from an unknown grandmother. Two aunts welcome him warmly, but Beni senses something sinister behind the peaceful setting.

Fear No Evil

1981 Horror

High school student turns out to be personification of Lucifer. Two arch angels in human form (as women) take him on.

Maspalomas

2025 Drama

After his breakup, 76-year-old Vicente enjoys a carefree life in Maspalomas, soaking up the sun and chasing pleasure. But an accident forces him back to San Sebastián and the daughter he once abandoned. Living in a retirement home, he must hide a part of himself he thought was behind him and confront whether there’s time left to make peace with others and himself.

SHORT FILM

Summer Blues

2002 Drama

Mads' weekend at a summerhouse reveals hidden feelings that challenge his relationships.

Another Movie of Love

2011 Drama, Romance

Childhood friends Diego and Sebastián reunite in summer for a journey of intense friendship, exploring life's meaning through nights of drinking, weed, and street adventures.

Boys Life 3

2000 Compilation

Consists of five short films, each telling a story related to gay life, identity, and sexuality.

Boys on Film 4: Protect Me from What I Want

2010 Compilation

Unexpected encounters can bring about a happy ending, but is the risk always worth taking?

Boys Briefs

1999 Compilation

Compilation of six gay short films.

Boys Briefs 5: Schoolboys

2008 Compilation

The short film compilation series concludes with six outstanding films focused on school and college-age youth.

Boys on Film 18: Heroes

2018 Compilation

Ten uplifting and powerful tales recounting the lives of everyday heroes with no special powers except striving for their own identities and fighting for the right for us all to be ourselves.

Boys on Film 13: Trick & Treat

2015 Compilation

10 award winning short films, exploring relationships, dark desires and confronting hidden secrets.

Boys on Film 17: Love is the Drug

2017 Compilation

Explore hidden desires on a sleepover, fall in love with the handyman and be seduced by a stranger on the beach.

Boys on Film 8: Cruel Britannia

2012 Compilation

A mix of ten UK-based short films from scorching new British talent that depict LGBT characters in situations both funny and heart-rending, definitive and unique.

Boys on Film 2: In Too Deep

2009 Compilation

A series of nine short films dealing with the varied experiences of gay men and boys.

Boys on Film 11: We Are Animals

2014 Compilation

A series of eight short films dealing with the varied experiences of gay men and boys.

Boys on Film 9: Youth in Trouble

2013 Compilation

This compilation features a range of eclectic, innovative, and genre-bending short films.

Boys on Film 6: Pacific Rim

2011 Compilation

Boys On Film goes down under to bring a fresh batch of funny and touching tales courtesy of our Aussie and Kiwi cousins, while from the USA and Hawaii to Singapore via Korea several more stories of men falling in love round out the collection.

A Balloon’s Landing

2024 Drama

Hong Kong writer Tian Yu and Taipei gangster Xiang set out to find the Bay of Whales, uncovering surprises and forming strong bonds along the way.