Things get hot and heavy in this collection of films that centre the sex lives of men, from unexpected hook-ups to romantic rendezvous, featuring John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch).

Angelo
Directed by Helias Doulis | 14 mins In
1990s Athens, a fleeting encounter between an Albanian man and a customer in a record store draws him into a world that feels strangely familiar. But what will it cost him? Sydney Premiere

AutoErotica: We Buy Gay Stuff
Directed by Jeremy von Stilb | 17 mins
Up a tall staircase in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood lies what appears to be a seedy XXX magazine store that’s become a living museum and irreplaceable archive of queer history. Australian Premiere

Carpobrotus
Directed by Simon Frenay | 22 mins
Friends Maxime, Yann and Laura holiday on a remote Mediterranean island. Maxime immerses himself in a quest for love with the handsome Yann, at the risk of losing himself between dream and desire. Australian Premiere

Lisbon
Directed by Matthew Jacobs Morgan | 13 mins
A sugar daddy (John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch) makes an unusual request of his younger hook-up, in this darkly humorous exploration of intimacy, mortality and the unexpected connections that define us. Australian Premiere

My Age Now
Directed by Daniel Talbott | 15 mins
On a Sunday that is a brief respite from everyday life, a young man is haunted by a final voice message, a break up and a goodbye he can’t take back. Australian Premiere

Within a Quiet Body
Directed by José Manuel Vélez | 14 mins
Alex, a jaded cleaner at a gay sex club, tries to satiate his repressed desires through pleasure and pain. Australian Premiere

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