Of Night and Men

BARNI: A Barnabás Ambrus Story

2024

Barni tells a thought-provoking story about life and art.

Forces

2016 · ★ 3.8

An intense bromance between a gay football player and a straight military guy.

Now That You’re Back

After the suicide of a childhood friend, Connor and Liam are reunited by the difficult task of choosing their friends burial clothes.

Fighting Elegy

1966 · ★ 7

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.

Three Touches

2014 · ★ 4.3

Several actors are members of a amateur soccer team. They followed in their preparations for a particular audition and in their personal life. With about 6 actors this delivers a broad picture of Italian life in which the question what it means to be a man is posed in the challenging circumstances of familily life, sex relationships, sport, cross gender roles and mafia.

Shallow

2025 · ★ 8

A pair of teenage friends grapple with their pride and masculinity as they attempt to connect on an eventful night out.

Close Quarters

2019 · ★ 5.7

Manuel and Lupe want to have a baby. When Manuel discovers he is infertile, he starts to fall apart both physically and emotionally. After exploring several options, Manuel turns to Rubén, his new friend, to act as their donor.

Titane

2021 · ★ 6.3

A woman with a metal plate in her head from a childhood car accident embarks on a bizarre journey, bringing her into contact with a firefighter who's reunited with his missing son after 10 years.

Middle of Somewhere

2024

After a family tragedy, a man attempts to guide his son into manhood through a series of hunting trips at the request of his overbearing and traditional father.

Work It Out

2023

A young man eats alone at an LA cevicheria, processing his relationships, grief and questionable behaviours over a phone call.

The Tree of Life

2011 · ★ 6.7

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

Rustling

2022 · ★ 6

In a family of sheep rustlers, a 15-year-old must go up against his domineering father to help his younger brother keep the lamb left orphaned by their latest slaughter. Rustling touchingly presents an alternative masculinity instilled not with machismo, but with empathy.