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• September 13

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2017 - United States - Documentary

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood is a 2017 American documentary film about the life of Scotty Bowers, who acted as an unpaid pimp in Hollywood from the 1940s to 80s. Based on Bowers's book Full Service.

Directed by	Matt Tyrnauer
Produced by	Matt Tyrnauer Corey Reeser Josh Braun
Based on	Full Service by Scotty Bowers
Starring	Scotty Bowers
Music by	Jane Antonia Cornish
Cinematography	Chris J. Dapkins
Edited by	Bob Eisenhardt Daniel Morfesis
Production company	Altimeter Films Wavelength Productions Huntsman Films Water’s End Productions
Distributed by	Greenwich Entertainment
Release date	September 9, 2017 (TIFF) July 27, 2018 (United States)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

• September 27

The Naked Civil Servant

1975 - Great Britain -Biography

Quentin Crisp (John Hurt) makes the bold choice of exhibiting his homosexuality in the highly conservative environment of England in the 1930s and 1940s. What's more, he adopts a self-consciously flamboyant and theatrical persona destined to attract negative attention, although he navigates the streets of London with caution as he comes of age against a backdrop of homophobia. But when he is confronted with criminal charges, he must decide how willing he is to defend his lifestyle.

Directed by	Jack Gold
Screenplay by	Philip Mackie
Based on	The Naked Civil Servant
Starring	John Hurt Patricia Hodge John Rhys-Davies
Release date	1975
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

• October 11

I AM Divine

2013 - United States - Biography

This wild and outrageous documentary profiles the life of Harris Glenn Milstead,a.k.a. Divine, filmmaker John Waters' cinematic muse, international drag icon, and infamous cult superstar

Directed by	Jeffrey Schwarz
Produced by	Jeffrey Schwarz Jon Glover Lance Robertson Lotti Pharriss Knowles
Starring	John Waters Mink Stole Tab Hunter Ricki Lake and MORE
Music by	Michael Cudahy
Cinematography	John Chater John Davis Dan DeJesus David A. Ford Marsha Kham Cameron MacDonald James Mulryan Elle Schneider Steven Wacks Clay Westervelt
Edited by	Phillip J. Bartell
Production company	Automat Pictures
Distributed by	Wolfe Video
Release date	March 9, 2013
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States

• October 25

Perfect Obedience

2014 - Mexico - Drama

Julian, a young seminarian, is sent to live with Los Cruzados de Cristo, where he will have to follow a hard spiritual journey to achieve "the perfect obedience".

Directed by	Luis Urquiza Mondragón
Screenplay by	Ernesto Alcocer Luis Urquiza
Based on	"A Lurid Tale"
Starring	Sebastian Aguirre Juan Manuel Bernal Juan Ignacio Aranda
Release date	2014
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

• November 8

August

2011 - United States - Drama

August is an LGBT American drama film, released in 2011. The full length directorial debut of Eldar Rapaport, the film stars Murray Bartlett as Troy, a man returning to Los Angeles five years after abandoning his long-term relationship with Jonathan (Daniel Dugan) to move to Spain

Directed by	Eldar Rapaport
Written by	Eldar Rapaport
Starring	Murray Bartlett Daniel Dugan Adrian Gonzales
Release date	June 9, 2011
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English & Spanish

• November 22

End of the Century

2019 - Argentina - Drama

An Argentinian man from New York and a Spanish man from Berlin hook up by chance while in Barcelona. What seems like a one-night encounter between two strangers (played by Juan Barberini and Ramón Pujol) becomes an epic, decades-spanning relationship, which Lucio Castro depicts in a nonlinear fashion, and in which time and space refuse to play by the rules. Castro’s inventive and enigmatic debut feature is consistently surprising, turning a love story into a cosmic voyage with no clear beginning or end

Directed by	Lucio Castro
Produced by	Joanne Lee
Written by	Lucio Castro
Starring	Juan Barberini Ramon Pujol Mía Maestro
Music by	Robert Lombardo
Cinematography	Bernat Mestres
Edited by	Lucio Castro
Production company	Alsina 427 JWProductions
Release date	March 30, 2019
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

• December 6

Nverland

2019 - Germany - Drama

In this dark, sexy, psychological coming-of-age drama, 17-year-old Jakob struggles with crippling anxiety and takes refuge in the Internet. While on a cam-chat site, he meets 26-year-old artist Kristjan. Caught between reality and fantasy, youth and adulthood, Jakob’s blurry process of sexual awakening is a psychedelic trip of hot, strange hallucinatory sequences of desire and madness that will bring you to the edge of your seat.

With vivid imagery and atmospherically dense scenes, director Gregor Schmidinger shows the process of sexual awakening and self-discovery as an existential journey in which the borders between reality and fantasy become increasingly blurred. Along with Simon Früwirth as Jakob in his debut acting role, the cast also includes the Austrian star stand-up comedian and actor Josef Hader as Jakob’s stoic father. A well-founded depth psychological coming-of-age film about the courage it takes to be oneself and the often daunting fear blocking the way

Directed by	Gregor Schmidinger
Produced by	Ulrich Gehmacher
Written by	Gregor Schmidinger
Starring	Paul Forman Simon Frühwirth Josef Hader
Cinematography	Jo Molitoris
Edited by
Production company
Release date	2019
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

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