The Male Gaze: A Better Tomorrow

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2023 / 95min.

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Genres

Drama

Synopsis

Go on an enriching journey from Mexico to Spain, onto Austria and then to China via Greece in these five moving short films where gay men overcome various obstacles in accepting who they are, and where they are going - things can only get better. The 5 short films are: If They Knew [Berak baleki] (2021); Xutaj (2022); Boom and Bloom [Neuzeit] (2022); Sexual Distancing (2022); And We Collide [潮汐平行时] (2021).

Directors

Dongni Lanca Li

Aitor Gametxo

Jonathan Anzo

Dimitris Asproloupos

Stefan Langthaler

Actors

Simon Schwarz

Tete Espinoza

Jeo Pakitsas

Luis Vegas

Nils Hohenhövel

Koldo Olabarri

Iñigo Aranburu

Leonardo Maldonado

Huang Kejing

Wang Yancheng

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