Alternative Film Guide

"Three flatmates become suspicious of their tenant in Rent, No Utilities [45 min.], a stylish thriller in the tradition of Shallow Grave, while single people everywhere come under treat in Speed Dating [above, 30 min.]." Those are two medium-length films by Gregor Buchkremer.

In Nelson George’s Life Support, "Ana Wallace risks her own health to raise AIDS awareness whilst negotiating a stormy relationship with her daughter Kelly. Meanwhile Kelly’s friend Amere is a young gay man caught at the sharp end of the disease." In the cast: Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winner Queen Latifah, Rachel Nicks, Evan Ross, Wendall Pierce, and Tracey Ellis Ross.

"A brutal ferry captain embarks on an aggressive campaign to preserve traditional village ways when he discovers that a local gay fisherman is involved in sexual liaisons with foreign workers." That’s Santiago Otheguy’s La León, set in a remote area of northern Argentina. In the cast: Jorge Román, Daniel Valenzuela, and José Muñoz.

In Jacques Nolot’s Avant que j’oublie / Before I Forget, "a writer with HIV contemplates his life and past loves." In the cast: Nolot, Marc Rioufol, and Jean-Paul Dubois. (Nolot’s Peindre ou faire l’amour was quite well received at Cannes in 2005.)

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