FROM INDIE QUEER CINEMA TO THE HOLLYWOOD MAINSTREAM, THE PINK LENS PUTS THE DEPICTION OF LGBT+ PEOPLE IN CINEMA IN THE UK UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
FUTURE: COMING SOON...
QUEER
Starring: Daniel Craig, Dean de Wit, Jason Schwartzman, Henrique Zaga, Omar Apollo
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Country: USA
UK Release: 13th December 2024 in cinemas, released by A24
In 1950s Mexico City, an American ex-pat in his late forties leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival of a young student stirs the man into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.
SUNFLOWER
Starring: Liam Mollica, Luke J. Morgan, Olivia Fildes, Daniel Halmarick
Director: Gabriel Carrubba
Country: Australia
UK Release: 16th December 2024 on VOD, released by TLA Releasing
In the outer suburbs of Melbourne, seventeen-year-old Leo leads a seemingly typical life, but as he grapples with inner turmoil, he finds himself unexpectedly drawn to his best friend, Boof, and the quiet, introverted boy at school named Tom. These newfound feelings force Leo to confront his true desires and come to terms with his identity.
However, everything changes after a high school gathering when rumors about Leo’s sexuality begin to circulate, shattering his once stable world.
HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS
Starring: Anamaria Marinca, Alina Serban, Samson Selim
Director: Goran Stolevski
Country: North Macedonia
UK Release: TBC 2024 in cinemas, released by Focus Features
A queer woman is forced to raise her partner's daughter who herself doesn't want to be a mother. (Awaiting a trailer)
IN BED
Starring: Israel Ogalbo, Dean Miroshnikov, Moran Rosenblatt
Director: Nitzan Gilady
Country: Israel
UK Release: TBC 2024 in cinemas and VOD, released by Peccadillo Pictures
Guy and his best friend Joy are enjoying the gay pride parade to the fullest, when their bliss is abruptly put to an end by a deadly shooting. Fleeing the scene into the safety of Guy's home, they take in a fellow pride parader, Dan, who seems in shock. With the shooter still on the run, they enter a night full of sex, drugs and paranoia.
In Production...
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THE HOUSEKEEPER (Uma Thurman stars in this Daphne du Maurier quasi-biopic)
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THE LIGHT FANTASTIC (Jeremy Irvine plays a gay firefighter who wants to become a ballroom dancer)
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A NICE INDIAN BOY (Jonathn Groff and Karan Soni star in this romantic comedy)
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Christy Martin biopic staring Sydney Sweeney
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FIRE ISLAND 2
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HELL FOLLOWED US (YA novel adaptation with a trans protagonist directed by Lily Wachowski)
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1000 NIGHTS OF HERO (Queer feminist adaptation of The Arabian Nights starring Charli XCX, Nicholas Galitzine and Emma Corrin)
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WE USED TO LIVE HERE (Lesbian horror film starring Blake Lively)
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PERFECT (Julia Fox stars as a pregnant wife who falls in love with another woman)
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RENT BOY (Brandon Flynn stars in the adaptation of the classic gay novel)
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LILIES NOT FOR ME (Fionn O'Shea stars in this depiction of UK conversion therapy in the 1920s)
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MADFABULOUS (Callum Scott Howells stars in this biopic about socialite Henry Paget)
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PILLION (Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling star in kinky dom-sub romance)
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RED, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE 2
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FLESH OF THE GODS (Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac star in bisexual vampire movie)
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BACKSPOT (Lesbian cheerleading movie produced by Elliott Page)
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THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT 2
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SEPARATE ROOMS (Josh O'Connor stars in a romance directed by Luca Guadagnino)
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PLAINCLOTHES (Russell Tovey and Tom Blyth star as police officers in this LGBT+ sting movie)
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LIARMOUTH (John Waters' new film, starring Aubrey Plaza)
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JENNIFER'S BODY 2