First Time (2010) – a gay short film by Nir Sadeh
18/02/2022
Shot during the gay pride parade in Tel-Aviv, June 2010
Director: Nir Sadeh
Coming Out Movies
Gay Themed Coming Out Films curated by Orvel.me
Discover the best gay Coming Out movies full of love, courage, and emotion.
Next Year in Jerusalem (1997) – an orthodox Jewish coming out story – video not available
16/06/2020
Manny, devout to his upbringing, is set to marry Rivka, the Rabbi’s daughter. But Manny has a secret only Charlie, an openly gay man in an Orthodox Jewish family can understand.
Directed by David Nahmod
After School (2015) gay short film by Sam Greisman
16/02/2019
Fifteen year-old JACK is forced to come face-to-face with his growing romantic feelings for his best friend DANNY.
Director: Sam Greisman
The Lost Language of Cranes (1991): When Coming Out Breaks the Whole House
09/04/2008
The Lost Language of Cranes is a slow, literate British drama about a young man who comes out to his parents and accidentally exposes the closet his father has been living in for decades. Between Philip’s fragile relationship with Eliot and Owen’s secret double life, the film peels back layers of silence, shame and love with painful precision. It is not flashy, but it feels deeply human and strangely current, even all these years later.
Director: Nigel Finch