Gay Themed Movies from Germany
Cinematic journeys of love, identity, and freedom.
After a summer spent with his his best friend Kat to escape his family, Phil goes back to school and starts to question his feelings towards Nicholas, a new classmate.
Directed by Jakob M. Erwa
Two young men. Neighbors. The morning routine. The comparing gestures grace two windows. Maybe, few provisory conclusions. A ball game and a change of looks who seems a very good clue about relation between main characters.
Directed by Matthis Kühlke & Luca Heinze
Harry has been partying for 48 hours when he meets Johannes on the dance floor of a club in Berlin. With 15 hours until his flight home, Johannes offers to help him print his boarding pass.
Directed by Dani Sanchez-Lopez
Student Valeria is trying to find her ex-boyfriend Ewan who told her he was gay and left. She meets Fynn who seems closer to Ewan than she thought.
Directed by Lukas Liedig
Matthias lives in Berlin. Matthias likes techno. Matthew likes Matthias. Matthew wants Matthias. Matthew wants to be Matthias.
Director: Drew Lint
A haunting portrait of a well-established German family living on the outskirts of Berlin in their ideal world, but are slowly shaken by external influences.
Director: Curtis Burz
After their most recent loss, a soccer team discovers its goalie is gay and casts him out. He retaliates by bringing back an all-gay team for a game to prove who’s better.
Director: Sherry Hormann
Prora, on the Baltic Sea. Mysterious, endless. In this deserted former Nazi holiday camp and communist military complex, teenagers Jan and Matthieu embark on an adventure that puts their friendship at risk.
Director: Stephane Riethauser
Cyrus belongs to a group of gay, lesbian, bi, trans* and queer wizards, the Queltin. They are despised by their fellow men and hunted by the Shadow Clan. Cyrus must therefore leave his home. In search of a safe place to live, he meets Prince Tamino. Tamino is in great trouble himself and can really use Cyrus’ help to prevent an impending war.
The film centers on a cruise ship full of gay men, and follows five men from five countries on a quest for connection and freedom.
Director: Tristan Ferland Milewski
Late summer in Berlin. The city is pulsating and friends Fabian, Bene, and Richard are wandering aimlessly through the big urban jungle.
Director: Christin Freitag
At the German Juristentag in Munich in 1867, he publicly called for the impunity of same-sex sexual acts for the first time in a speech, which led to tumultuous scenes among the audience and his speech being broken off.
Director: Sven Niemeyer
Sog (“Suction”) is a force that draws something to another body. It is an attraction that is difficult to escape.
Director: Jannik Gensler
Second-generation Irani-German Parvis works at a refugee shelter where he meets brother and sister Irani refugees and develops a tenuous romance with Amon as his friends attempt refugee status.
Director: Faraz Shariat
From prolific director Tor Iben comes a new thriller about a lonely young man who becomes dangerously obsessed with a stranger. After encountering him during a burglary, Tom begins stalking and antagonizing the attractive young Lars. When Lars finds out about Tom’s intentions, he manages to turn the tables on him, leading to a shocking confrontation.
A poetic and melancholic short film about two brothers with different intentions. A personal struggle involving obsession, abuse, and guilt.
Director: Marcus Schwenzel
Tom, 16, lives in a small town in Bavaria and is about to admit his homosexuality to society. Being mobbed and threatened in school and after some exiting experiences he overcomes his own barriers and makes his dream come true: getting into contact with others.
Dennis is a new inmate. Mike is an older black inmate. Together the two face hostile prison officals and inmates in their attempts to become a loving couple.
Director: Jörg Andreas
Two best friends from Berlin win a trip to Greece. On their excursion, they get lost on an island. They spend the night together in a cave and dream a mystical dream. On the next day, nothing between the two will be like it was before.
The adolescent Milan discovers his own suspected homosexuality at the age of 17 and the consequences for him and his family but also the liberation as he understands why he has been so down and rebellious.
Director: Stefan Schaller
Writer: Jan Braren
Stars: Merlin Rose, Claudia Michelsen, Johann von Bülow
