WINTER TITLES TO WATCH AT HOME ON DVD AND ON STREAMING SERVICES IN 2024
Peccadillo Pictures are delighted to prepare you for a thought-provoking, life-affirming journey through LGBTQ communities with a series of new film releases. You can follow sex influencers from Argentina, find love in French borstals, and get ready for a happy ending to the popular gay short film collection. These are available to view on DVD or blu-ray and can be streamed on demand on PeccadilloPOD, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, as well as Curzon Home Cinema and BFI Player.
January
PORNOMELANCHOLIA (18) (Argentina, 2022, 98 mins)
Available on VOD and DVD
Director: Manuel Abramovich
Stars: Lalo Santos
Manuel Abramovich’s multi award-winning film centres on Lalo, a sex influencer. He spends his day posting naked photos and homemade porn photos of himself for all his social media followers. In private, though, he seems to live in permanent melancholy. Pornomelancholia reflect on the relationship between sexuality and work, on being public and feeling alone.
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DVD and VOD
Available on PeccadilloPOD, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, (not available on Curzon Home Cinema)
Release date: 29 January 2024
February
THE LOST BOYS (Le Paradis) (Belgium/France, 2023, 88 mins)
Available on VOD, DVD and blu-ray colletor’s editions
Director: Zeno Graton Stars: Khalil Gharbia, Julien De Saint Jean, Eye Haïdara, Jonathan Couzinié
Joe is about to be released from a youth detention centre. Should the judge approve his discharge, he will be allowed to live on his own. But when a new detainee, William, arrives in his facility, Joe starts to question his desire for freedom.
Featuring stand-out performances from Khalil Gharbia (Peter von Kant) and Julien De Saint Jean (Lie With Me), filmmaker Zeno Graton’s acclaimed first feature The Lost Boys is a compelling and sensitively observed portrait of burgeoning masculinity and sexuality.
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Streaming On Demand
Available on PeccadilloPOD, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, Curzon Home Cinema, BFI Player
Release date: 19th Feb
+ Special edition DVD and blu-ray, with exclusive content
Release date: 4th March
April
BOYS ON FILM 24: HAPPY ENDINGS
Available on DVD, blu-ray and VOD
Directors: various
Stars include: George Webster, Sam Retford, Jack Holden
All good things must come to an end and the best-selling Boys On Film short film collection reaches its climax with its 24th and final physical edition. Eleven films from across the world offer a variety of personal insights into LGBTQ+ life. Neil Ely and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan’s S.A.M. and Fabia Martin’s The Rev are among the highly praised British shorts included in the celebration.
DVD, blu-ray and VOD platforms
Available on PeccadilloPOD, Amazon Prime, BFI Player
Release date: 8th April
Coming soon:
THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS (2023), Fawzia Mirza’s lesbian comedy drama from Canada starring Amrit Kaur exploring mother-daughter relationships and Bollywood dreaming.
THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN (2023) – sun-kissed sexy comedy on Greek beaches from director Zacharias Mavroedis