Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
Mandragora
Bobbycrush
Hide and Seek
Dottie Gets Spanked
XXY
Concrete Night
Follow My Voice
Silent Youth
I Killed My Mother
Another Country
Doors Cut Down
Easy
The Last Summer of la Boyita
F. est un salaud
Alaska is a Drag
Vacationland
Come Undone
Desire Will Set You Free
Crush
Leo's Room
The Leather Boys
LGBTQIA+ KIDS
Happy Pride month! Enjoy our favorite LGBTQIA+ coming of age films. This collection of films is a meditation on childhood, adolescence, first loves and all the rites of passage that come with growing up. And for those of you who don't know, LGBTQIA+ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and the + is for all of the other sexualities, sexes, and genders absent from this acronym. Inclusivity is everything. Pride is a powerful celebration that we at Fandor are celebrating in the way we know best-- through film.
Selected Films
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Hide and Seek
HIDE AND SEEK is a daring exploration into wild, uncharted territory, in the 1960s. Lou is a twelve year old girl who daydreams in a tree house, wins a rock throwing contest and is horrified to discover that her best friend is taking an interest in earrings and boys. Interwoven with Lou's story...Watch Movie
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I Killed My Mother
Focusing on the relationship between Hubert Minel (Xavier Dolan), a 16-year-old Quebecois living in suburban Montreal, and his single mother Chantale (Anne Dorval), I KILLED MY MOTHER beautifully captures the anxieties of a mother-son relationship. While he gauges her with...Watch Movie
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Dottie Gets Spanked
Another dazzling suburban phantasm from writer/director Todd Haynes, DOTTIE GETS SPANKED (made post-POISON and pre-SAFE) is a stylized, bittersweet nod to his childhood fascination with I LOVE LUCY. Deep in the heart of pre-hippie 1960s America, young artistically-inclined...Watch Movie
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Silent Youth
SILENT YOUTH is a poetic coming-out story that unfolds when two boys bump into each other on the streets of Berlin, unaware that a casual sequence of events will change their lives drastically. After a brief exchange, Marlo can't resist his immediate attraction to Kirill and starts following him...Watch Movie
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Follow My Voice
One record producer, the creators of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and top indie rock artists come together to create a tribute album benefiting the Hetrick-Martin Institute in New York City, home of the Harvey Milk High School (the first accredited high school in the country for LGBTQ youth)....Watch Movie
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Concrete Night
A stunning, dream-like odyssey through a beautiful and otherworldly Helsinki over the course of one evening, CONCRETE NIGHT follows the impressionable fourteen-year-old Simo as he keeps his soon-to-be incarcerated brother company. The official Finnish submission to the Academy Awards® for Best...Watch Movie
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Easy
Daniel Laabs' loose, impressionistic, yet psychologically and thematically rich short centers on two close-knit Texas brothers. The older, Adam, is well on his way to maturity with an affectionate girlfriend and a thoughtful, self-confident manner. All of which is something of a mystery to...Watch Movie
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F. est un salaud
Clean-cut 16-year-old Beni is a Zurich high school student just itching for an alternative life. That opportunity comes when he goes to a rock concert where he falls madly in love with FпїЅgi, the dangerously attractive lead singer of the Minks. With looks suggesting a...Watch Movie
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Vacationland
This unflinching work from New York City based filmmaker Todd Verow is a deeply personal, semi-autobiographical story of growing up gay in picturesque Maine. Gay high-school senior Joe is not quite out to his family and has for years been in love with his best friend Andrew. Unhappy at home, Joe...Watch Movie
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Come Undone
This sensual gay classic COME UNDONE explores a young man's homosexual awakening and the turbulence of first love in a small French seaside town. Mathieu, a quiet 18-year-old spending the summer with his troubled family, meets the handsome and aggressive Cedric, who takes an interest in the...Watch Movie
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Desire Will Set You Free
DESIRE WILL SET YOU FREE takes you deep into the free-spirited, drug-fueled, queer-paradise of contemporary Berlin. Ezra, a struggling American writer, meets Sasha, a Russian immigrant escort, and he introduces him to his world of clubs and parties, a dizzying and vibrant...Watch Movie
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Crush
CRUSH is an anthology of four stories that examine the many feelings of longing and love. In DON'T ASK, a devoted couple is forced to confront their feelings regarding love and war when one of them begins to question his military service. The obsessions of an eager teenager lead him into the arms...Watch Movie
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Leo's Room
In the heart of Montevideo, the affable but secretly troubled Leo wraps himself in the comfort of his small rented room, unmotivated to finish his college thesis or find a job and content with infrequent visits from his girlfriend. After their six-month relationship ends, Leo begins to break out...Watch Movie
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Mandragora
Sixteen year old Marek (Mirek Caslavka) leaves his dreary small-town life for the beautiful but treacherous streets of Prague, a city where everything can be had for a price. Directed by leading Czech filmmaker Wiktor Grodecki, MANDRAGORA is based on true stories with a mostly non-professional...Watch Movie
