Kurz & schwul

Compilation of five shorts, including: The Stretch Marks (Der Schwangerschaftsstreifen), What Grown-Ups Know, Angesichts, Nacht in Wilhelmsburg, & Out Now! The short films revolve around coming out, the dangers of the bi

Proud and Gay

A documentary portrait of gay life, activism, and history in Germany. Through interviews and observational footage, Rosa von Praunheim explores themes of visibility, pride, discrimination, and political engagement within

Detlef: 60 Years Gay

There was a time in which the rainbow flag meant more than just the promise of a certain lifestyle. DETLEF takes us back into the turbulent days of the gay rights movement and illuminates an all but forgotten chapter in

Sind denn alle netten Männer schwul

After Mala caught her boyfriend cheating and kicked him out, she's fed up with men.

I'm Not Sick! I'm Gay.

Dennis is gay. This is a problem in his home country Kazakhstan. Abuse and beatings occur almost on a daily basis to LGBT people. This documentary portraits Dennis, one of the few open activists in Kazakhstan, his brave

A Priest Is Not Gay

The world of Frank Kribber, a catholic priest, is turned upside down when his best friend of many years dies and a letter from the deceased suddenly appears.

Among Men: Gay in East Germany

More than two decades ago, a country in Europe existed that marked the border to a different political and economic system, yet was the very heart of the continent. This country called the German Democratic Republic, mad

Be Careful What Kind of Skin You Pull Back, You Never Know What Kind of Head Will Appear

Documentary montage on the theme of skinheads in Germany and the sexual fascination for them held by many homosexuals, which has a historical dimension in the same tradition as sailors, builders and men in leather being

Schwüle Tage

Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement

A look at gay history over the last 100 years.

Positive

This film powerfully documents New York City's gay community's response to the AIDS crisis as they are forced to organize themselves after the government's failure to stem the epidemic. Activists who are interviewed incl

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis

The film focuses on gay men who align themselves with hard-core right wing views, skinheads and Nazis. Rosa von Praunheim stated of the subjects featured in the documentary, “Some may be shocked that I do not take a sta

Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians

As a result of the Holocaust and later, AIDS, the male homosexual community has sustained bitter losses and, according to Praunheim, lesbian women have now placed themselves at the head of the so-called queer movement. T

Erstes Mal - Schwule Kurzfilme

Four gay themed short films: 1.Frühstück, - Young love in Berlin: speed, anonymity and 3 million people making a wish. 2. Frende - Johannes has found a new friend: Marco, the tough guy who seems to know no bounds. 3.

Gay Elves

Documentary short about Iceland's gay elf population.

Freddie - Ein schwules Melodram aus der Frankfurter Szene

Thomas is turning 30 and has invited his friends over. Thomas and Daniel are also members of a gay theater group. Thomas is also full of naive anticipation for his husband, Freddie. Over coffee, the men take great deligh

Fire Under Your Ass

The German homosexuals to whom the third film "Feuer unterm Arsch" is dedicated are visibly less enthusiastic about safe sex, let alone safe sex 'with Mother Earth', which Allen Ginsburg envisions for dealing with an AID

Gay Healers

This documentary reveals that there are doctors in Germany that consider homosexuality a disorder and therefore want to treat gays to become heterosexual.

“Come Out of the Ghetto”: Theater Brühwarm and the Gay Movement of the 1970s

Founded in Hamburg in the 1970s, the gay theater "Brühwarm" toured Germany with its musical cabaret. Founding member Corny Littmann wrote the lyrics and Rio Reiser ("Ton Steine Scherben") provided the music. The result w

Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80

Rosa von Praunheim has made 150 films and repeatedly provoked the middle-class to homophobic majority society. But he doesn't spare his own community either by accusing many gays of being conformist soft-spoken people; a