Queer Video Vault Library List
This list of films will be available at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main branch in 2014. The DVDs will be searchable in the library catalog and displayed in the library as as separate collection.
In Fall 2013, the Queer Video Vault project raised money to purchase these movies from the Dreaming Ant, an independent video rental store that was going out of business. Thanks to generous community members this collection remains intact and available for free rental to anyone in the county with a library card.
More info: www.queervideovault.wordpress.com
In Fall 2013, the Queer Video Vault project raised money to purchase these movies from the Dreaming Ant, an independent video rental store that was going out of business. Thanks to generous community members this collection remains intact and available for free rental to anyone in the county with a library card.
More info: www.queervideovault.wordpress.com
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- DirectorRichard LeMayStarsMatt WaltonSean MaticAnthony AmesConrad is a gay man living in NYC. He's also CEO of an ad agency and by nature a control freak. Although Conrad is still in love with Martin (his ex), he hires a young Aussie hustler named Tyler, first for a night and then to work for his company. Things get increasingly complicated as Conrad tries to rekindle things with Martin. Meanwhile Tyler (who's daytime name is Ian) falls for Michael his new supervisor.
- DirectorCarrie PrestonStarsJames VasquezNicole MarcksDavid McBean'29th and Gay' is movie for gay everyman. Following a year in life of James Sanchez, it's a story about a guy rapidly approaching 30 who doesn't have a six-pack, full head of hair or boyfriend.
- DirectorLab Ky MoStarsGlenn MulhernBrendan MackeySteven BerkoffTwo Irish lads stumble through London's gay scene.
- DirectorOlivier DucastelJacques MartineauStarsSami BouajilaPatachouAriane AscarideA tale revolving around the carefree bon-vivant Felix, who is content living with his boyfriend, Daniel in the town of Dieppe in Northern France. When Felix is laid off from his job, he decides to take a road trip to Marseilles to track down the father he's never met. Backpack in tow, Felix sets out walking, hitching, and borrowing cars to get to the south of France. Springtime is budding, nature is at its best, and some unique characters await Felix along the dirt roads and byways of the French countryside.
- DirectorDaniel PeddleStarsMarquise BalenciagaKisha BatistaOctavio SandersA pioneering documentary filmed in NYC from 1997-2004 follows a group of "Aggressives," or "AG's" - masculine presenting and/or identifying - queer POC who were assigned female at birth.
- DirectorMax FärberböckStarsMaria SchraderJuliane KöhlerJohanna WokalekIn 1943 Berlin, a Nazi officer's wife meets and starts a passionate affair with a Jewish woman.
- DirectorDuncan RoyStarsMatthew LeitchDiana QuickGeorge AspreyAKA is the story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class background and by his family, which includes a sexually abusive father. In order to make something of himself, Dean assumes another identity and manages to enter high society. As he navigates this decadent new world, he meets a host of characters, including David, an older gay man who desires him, and Benjamin, a young hustler from Texas who has also managed to find a place among the aristocracy. Can Dean find love while living a lie? How much is he willing to sacrifice in order to pull off his charade? Presented through three simultaneous frames rather than one.
- DirectorAlex SichelStarsAlison FollandTara SubkoffCole HauserClaude and Ellen are best friends who live in a not-so-nice area of New York. They're involved in the subculture of '90s youth, complete with drugs, live music, and homophobia. All is changed one night when a violent, meaningless death rocks their lives.
- DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsEddie IzzardMatt LeBlancUdo KierA mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will end the war.
- DirectorMarc MoodyStarsJ. Andrew KeitchJoan LaucknerTim HammerA gay man approaching a mid-life crisis is tired of being different because he is gay. He wants to be normal. Suddenly he is yanked back in time to when he was in high school. But this time, the world is gay and to be straight is considered deviant behavior. Then something else happens. He meets a girl. And suddenly normal becomes ...well almost normal.
- DirectorYolanda García SerranoJuan Luis IborraStarsLoles LeónAndrea OcchipintiPedro Mari SánchezIn 1990s Spain, the strong friendship between a gay man and his female best friend is tested by his entering into a relationship with another man. The girlfriend, used to getting all the attention from her gay male friend, becomes somewhat jealous of "amor de hombre" (love for another man). This "new" situation changes the lives of all the characters involved.
- DirectorTodd StephensStarsMichael CarbonaroJonathan ChaseJonah BlechmanFour gay high school friends make a pact to lose their virginity before they go to college.
- DirectorTodd StephensStarsJonah BlechmanJake MosserAaron Michael DaviesAndy, Nico, Jarod and Griff reunite in Fort Lauderdale for Spring Break and participate in a contest called "Gays Gone Wild" to determine who can attain the most "buttlove" over the course of the vacation.
- DirectorKároly MakkStarsJadwiga Jankowska-CieslakGrazyna SzapolowskaJozef KronerPolitical and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia is in hospital with a broken neck; Livia's husband, Donci, is under arrest. In a flashback to the year before, we see what leads up to the tragedy. Eva gets a job as a writer. She meets Livia and is attracted to her. Livia feels much the same, but as a married woman, has doubts and hesitations. In their work, they (and Eva in particular) bang up against the limits of telling political truths; in private, they confront the limits of living out sexual and emotional truth.
- DirectorYair HochnerStarsOfer RegirerGuy ZoaretzYuval RazIn two days, Omer will hit a milestone; his 30th birthday. Like many his age, he hasn't found himself. But then Omer is hardly looking. Instead he chooses to loose himself among the stacks of books at the local library, where he works. It is a respite from real life. From time to time he goes on blind dates. He meets Danny on one of his dates. 20 years old and full of enthusiasm, Danny dreams of becoming a dancer. Shirley, Omer's little sister, has her own problems. Aside from being Omer's greatest annoyance, she is in an unconventional relationship with, Michal, owner of the city's hippest coffeehouse and her boss. Just when it seems that Omer has completely lost his spark and all seems lost, Enter Ronen, the handsome journalist who ignites the flame Omer has been seeking. Everyone is hoping for a change. They are waiting for the light. The light that will thaw their frozen hearts. But only one person has the answer, Matilda Rose, the alien loving best-selling novelist can solve the issue; Is love dead or are we just looking in all the wrong places?
- DirectorJon FitzgeraldStarsDavid MerwinSteve ArnoldJennifer ReedIt has been a year since Collin and Hugh first embarked on building a life together. To commemorate the occasion, Hugh has planned a party, not realizing that Collin is having second thoughts about staying. Set in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, this quiet drama subtly explores the full complexity of the relationship between these two men.
- DirectorFrançoise Romand
- DirectorLorenzo GabrieleStarsJean-Claude BrialySabine HaudepinAntonio InterlandiTeacher watches his life become upside down after Justice appoints him as tutor of a troubled kid.
- DirectorDavid Dean BottrellStarsBrian GattasJack PlotnickRichard RuccoloA Hollywood agent (dispatched to sign a "hot" new writer) and a sensitive gay man (waiting for a blind date), mistake each other for the person they were expecting to meet.
- DirectorSuzi CrashcourseMorgan Jon FoxStarsHelen BowmanSaki ManousakisTimothy MortonLarsen, runs away after the principle reveals a photo of him making out with another boy to the whole school.
- DirectorRob WilliamsStarsWindham BeachamMatthew MontgomeryMaggie McCollesterReuniting the actors from his hit film Long Term Relationship, director Rob Williams BACK SOON is a tender, sexy drama that explores the depths of love, loss, identity and hope. Still grieving his wife's death, aspiring actor Logan (Windham Beacham) is inexplicably drawn to reformed drug dealer Guillermo (Matthew Montgomery, Gone, But Not Forgotten). While neither are gay, the pair are baffled when their friendship blossoms into more. But as their relationship deepens Guillermo's mysterious past erupts and a startling revelation about the true nature of their connection threatens to destroy it and change their lives forever.
- DirectorPoj ArnonStarsRattanaballang TohssawatChaiwat ThongsaengWiradit SrimalaiAn informant and a hit-man find themselves passionately entwined after double-crossing their crime lord employers.
- DirectorCrisaldo PabloStarsJet AlcantaraRay An DulayAndoy RanayThe bathhouse - a place where gay men can go to relax, kick off their shoes (and clothes) and enjoy each other's company. "Bathhouse" takes you into this world of towel clad men, back room sex and the search for that ever elusive perfect boyfriend
- DirectorRose TrocheStarsKevin McKiddJulie GrahamSimon CallowAt the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men's group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members.
- DirectorJacques NolotStarsJacques NolotJean-Pol DuboisMarc RioufolA portrait of a 58-year-old man battling his inner demons on the search for self-discovery.