THE MALE GAZE: HEAVENLY CREATURES

Forgive them, father, for these boys have sinned. The Male Gaze series invites you to witness how the power of God works in mysterious ways, from sexual tension high up in the Spanish mountains to the castles of medieval France to the gossip-filled side streets of Abidjan in West Africa. Religion can be a man's prison, but sometimes it can set him free.

VIDEO FILE: 1hr 49mins, HD mp4 with burnt-in English subtitles.

THE VICE OF BUGGERY dir. Rémi Giordano

Freshly crowned king, Henri de Valois, known as Henri III, travels to the provinces to find a boy he once loved: Gabriel. Henri hopes to steal the kiss the young man once refused him.

CHAMELEON dir. Stéphane Olijnyk

Ali, a young homosexual Muslim, reluctantly attends the Catholic wedding of his lover Saint. He tries to keep up appearances, but Maël, a French import-export manager present at the festivities, soon understands the nature of the relationship between the two men and starts blackmailing Ali.

THE MARTYR dir. Alejandro Mathé

A young man's obsession with the half-naked figure of Jesus Christ leads him down a dangerous path of self-harm and masochistic tendencies.

THE PASSION ACCORDING TO KARIM dir. Alex Wursten

A patrol of scouts arrives at a remote village to perform the Crucifixion of Christ. Seventeen-year-old Karim, who has been given the role of Christ, is determined to find the ecstasy within himself to ensure that his performance of the martyr on the cross will be authentic. Fellow scout Pierre-Marie offers him a helping hand.