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| ›› FEATURED REVIEWS - 2010 WORLD CUP SPORTS SPECIAL ‹‹ |
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›› Eleven Men Out ‹‹
a film by Róbert I Douglas
2005 | 84 mins | Iceland
a coming out work set in the
so-called beautiful game |
Not content with backpage fame, Ottar, star of the local pro football team decides to OUT himself to frontpage glory, courtesy of an interview with a journalist minutes after the whistle blew on yet another winning game. Finding himself excluded from the side as a result of his sexuality, Ottar realises that if he wishes to continue his love of ...
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›› Summer Storm ‹‹
a film by Marco Kreuzpaintner
2004 | 98 mins | Germany
an uplifting variation on the
theme of coming out |
Tobi and Achim are best friends, so close in fact that they jump at the chance to spend extra time together as cox and oarsman of their local rowing team, when the team leaves for summer camp for the national junior competition. Only camping it onto the riverside scene is the rival QUEERSTROKE rowing team, an open bunch of gay boys who Tobi feels ...
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›› Newcastle ‹‹
a film by Dan Castle
2008 | 107 mins | Australia
a sun-drenched coming-of-age
ode to surfing |
This sun-drenched ode to surfing from down under offers up a bevy of hunks riding the crest of a wave during the day and other things when night falls. And it all revolves around Jesse, a good looking kid forever living in the surfing shadow of his older brother Victor and his twin sibling Fergus; a teen fixated on the good looks and body of Jesse’s best friend Andy.
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›› The Last Taboo ‹‹
a BBC1 Sports documentary
2010 | 30 mins | UK
the reality about coming out in
the so-called Beautiful Game |
In this sobering work, BBC sports presenter Mark Chapman dared to ask the question that many would have preferred him not to. Namely why is it that in this day and age,
seemingly every other sport can deal with openly gay players and yet the so-called Beautiful Game simply cannot? For football remains THE exception, with no player willing or able to ...
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›› Balls ‹‹
a film by Sherry Hormann
2004 | 102 mins | Germany
a comical look at homophobia in
the so-called beautiful game |
Finding himself rejected by his teammates who blame his OUT sexuality for their failure to secure league promotion, Ecki promptly heads off to Dortmund. Yet the welcoming smile from his sister is soon to turn into shock, when she learns that Ecki has challenged his former team to a 'straights v gays' football match. Only if finding a group of openly gay players ...
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›› You'll Get Over It ‹‹
a film by Fabrice Cazeneuve
2002 | 86 mins | France
the emotional repercussions of
a malicious sexual outing |
Star of the school swimming team, Vincent Molina's seemingly carefree approach to life is at odds with that of his brother Régis, whose rebellious nature finds him more at ease in the squared circle, than at home. Yet appear-
ances can be deceptive. For what isn't common knowledge is Vincent's relationship with Bruno; an openly gay man ...
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›› Shelter ‹‹
a film by Jonah Markowitz
2007 | 97 mins | US
a well-crafted tale of gay love,
surfing style |
Zach; a gifted artist with a liking for street art is soon to find his longing for higher education cast to the wind. Yet all that is about to change when his surfing buddy Gabe exits stage left, only for his elder brother Shaun to emerge stage right, much to the concern of his sister who warns Zach that "you know about him - right?" that "he's gay." Only Zach ...
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›› One Day in Summer ‹‹
a film by Franck Guérin
2006 | 92 mins | France
an emotional work
of homosexual longing |
Sébastien and Mickaël are the best of friends, seemingly joined at the hip over their love of the beautiful game. Only when an accident on the playing field robs Mickaël of his, Sébastien is left to come to terms with the loss of a close friend and the void that his death brings to his world, one of raging hormones and confused sexuality. With boys of ...
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›› The Broken Hearts Club ‹‹
a film by Greg Berlanti
2000 | 94 mins | US
a romantic comedy that just
happens to be gay |
Aspiring photographer Dennis cannot decide whether his friends are the best or worst thing that happened to him, let alone whether he wants a relationship with Kevin; the newbie to the group. Thank -fully worldly wise Jack is on hand to provide his unique words of wisdom and that all-important place on the Broken Hearts baseball team - the worst team ...
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›› Like It Is ‹‹
a film by Paul Oremland
1998 | 95 mins | UK
coming out in the squared circle
bare-knuckle style |
Craig is different from most blokes. Different in the sense that he knows that he's gay, a sexuality that is hardly one to shout about given his chosen career is the squared circle and the illegal dens of bare-knuckle boxing at that too. Desperate to escape the brutality of his past, one in which the only form of male touch is a punch to your face, Craig falls for Matt ...
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