Love is Love Regardless of Gender

Free Fall (2013)

  • A promising career with the police, a baby on the way -- Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness -- and what it means to fall in love with another man. Torn between his family and his new feelings for Kay, Marc sees his world careening more and more out of control. Suddenly, his life is in free fall and Marc realizes that try as he may, he can't make everyone happy. Least of all, himself.

    - Written by Edition Salzgeber

Director:

 Stephan Lacant

Writers:

 Stephan Lacant (screenplay), Karsten Dahlem(screenplay)

Stars:

 Hanno Koffler, Max Riemelt, Attila Borlan |

Pit Stop (2013)

80 min  -  Drama  -  21 January 2013 (USA)

  • Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much of his spare time in the hospital with an ailing past love. Impervious to the monotony of their blue-collar world, they maintain an unwavering yearning for romance. The emotional isolation the two men have grown accustomed to is captured in a subtle, optimistic, poetic fashion while avoiding melodrama.

    - Written by Websurfer

Director:

 Yen Tan

Writers:

 David Lowery, Yen Tan

Stars:

 Bill Heck, Marcus DeAnda, Amy Seimetz 

 

Silent Youth (2012)

 

Director: Diemo Kemmesies
Writer: Diemo Kemmesies
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Language: German | English
Year:2012
Duration: 73 min

 

 

Stars: Martin Bruchmann, Josef Mattes, Mathias Neuber, Linda Schüle

 

    Silent Youth is a film for misfits, dreamers and lovers. It’s the classic story of a coming out, but it focuses on the moments one tends to quickly forget: the first approach, the creaking of the chair while sitting across from each other, not knowing what to say. And it’s about the silence.

     The film tells of the encounter and slow approximation of two young men in Berlin. Marlo, who claims to be visiting his girlfriend, wonders the streets of Berlin where he meets Kirill. He begins to follow him, which seems to impress Kirill. A strange relationship begins to develop between the two of them. The more Kirill exposes about himself, the more confusing it gets for Marlo. They float next to one another, not knowing what the next step could be. Is there really someone to talk to in this strange world? Someone who is just as confused? And isn’t it inevitably for this person to be just as crazy? Silent Youth is a film about feeling locked into yourself, but most of all it is a film about love.