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Julián Hernández

Julián Hernández is a Mexican film director, specialized in script and direction at the University Center for Cinematographic Studies. He has been twice awarded the Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival (2003). He has made several fiction short films and has participated in the area of documentary photography and different productions. Acquired notoriety with his first feature "M…

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The Trace of Your LipsThe Trace of Your Lips · 2023
The Trace of Your Lips
★ 4.72023
MovieDramaRomance
Román is an actor who works in B-movies and who’s isolated in his apartment as a pandemic keeps the world on edge. Aldo, an indigenous young man, is an essential worker who’s allowed by the authorities to come and go. They live across from each other in an apartment complex. They meet online, and they can talk and even see each other in videocalls, but they can’t meet in person. Eventually, the temptation to break out of their lockdown comes up.
I Am Happiness on EarthI Am Happiness on Earth · 2014
I Am Happiness on Earth
★ 4.72014
MovieDrama
Emiliano looks at his life with the eyes of a film director, mixing the objective reality with the processes of the artistic creation. The story he is filming flounders with his daily life, until his world is trapped in the lens of his camera. Confused, always alone and in front of a screen, now become a transfigured reality, but at the same time a measurable, controllable and manipulable one, he listens in loop to a song: one of those songs you sing or repeat as a prayer and forcing you to remember, believe and convince yourself.
Raging Sun, Raging SkyRaging Sun, Raging Sky · 2009
Raging Sun, Raging Sky
★ 5.42009
MovieDramaFantasy
A story of love, sex and destiny. Youthful Kieri and Ryo share a deep and passionate love for each other. Kieri sets off in search of his soul mate after Ryo is kidnapped. A female spirit is with Kieri as he searches for Ryo. Ryo escapes and the pair will have to work hard to prove their love for each other as obstacles are placed in their path along the way.
Under the blazing sunUnder the blazing sun · 2026
Under the blazing sun
2026
MovieDramaComedy
Her marriage might be over, and her acting career might be fading away, but her desire is as scorching as ever.
Demons at DawnDemons at Dawn · 2026
Demons at Dawn
2026
MovieDrama
Orlando and Marco, two young men who live in Mexico City, meet by chance and fall in love. Every day they fight in order to achieve their dreams: Orlando wants to be a dancer and Marco wants to graduate from nursing school. As they go against a diverse, ever-changing, hostile world, they’ll learn that once the darkness of night is gone and through their intertwined bodies and their synchronized souls, they will have seen all those demons of dawn go by.
Male Shorts: International V7Male Shorts: International V7 · 2024
Male Shorts: International V7
2024
MovieDrama
A collection of sensual and provocative male-centric LGBTQ+ short films including: Pedro Had a Horse, Monte, The Gemini Has Two Faces, Death is Not the End of the World, Cobalto, The First Kiss, and The Oddity in the Blue Crayfish.
Actos impurosActos impuros · 1993
Actos impuros
★ 5.31993
MovieHorrorThriller
Oscar works in a public bath, where he murders several people.
CobaltoCobalto · 2023
Cobalto
2023
MovieRomance
Damián returns injured to the apartment he lived in with Uriel. Both of them avoid talking about what happened, but the memories that linger throughout the place they once called home become present. The longing for that idyllic past becomes an anguish for both, who are forced to coexist once again.

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Boys On Film 5: Candy BoyBoys On Film 5: Candy Boy · 2010
Boys On Film 5: Candy Boy
★ 3.02010
MovieDrama
Boys On Film 5: Candy Boy features nine award-winning short films. Boys will be boys in Pascal-Alex Vincent's FAR WEST and CANDY BOY, where a farmyard and an orphanage get a gay makeover. GO-GO REJECT sees Flashdance obsessive Daniel aim for the stars, as SWEAT has Holby City's David Paisley infiltrating a bath house with unexpected results. Meanwhile, love proves to be timeless when LAST CALL unites past and present, but TWOYOUNGMEN, UT. hints at an uncertain future. Looking back on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, BLOCKS focuses on the sexual awakening of a peeping Tom. Two more young boys, a confused JAMES and mute DAVID, both reach out for an experienced hand, but will they find what they are looking for?

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Boys On Film 2: In Too DeepBoys On Film 2: In Too Deep · 2009
Boys On Film 2: In Too Deep
★ 1.82009
MovieComedyDrama
Created by gay directors and actors, Boys On Film features numerous award-winning shorts that deal with all aspects of gay life. Volume 2: In Too Deep contains nine complete films: Till Kleinert's "Cowboy" starring Oliver Scherz and Pit Bukowski; Håkon Liu's "Lucky Blue" starring Tobias Bengtsson and Tom Lofterud; Matthieu Salmon's "Weekend In The Countryside" starring Théo Frilet, Pierre Moure, and Jean-Claude Dumas; Soman Chainani's "Kali Ma" starring Kamini Khanna, Brendan Bradley, and Manish Dayal; Julián Hernández's "Bramadero" starring Cristhian Rodríguez and Sergio Almazán; Craig Boreham's "Love Bite" starring Will Field and Aidan Calabria; "The Island" featuring director Trevor Anderson ; Arthur Halpern's "Futures (and Derivatives)" starring Kelly Miller, Cam Kornman, and Bill Barnett; and Tim Hunter's "Working It Out" starring Simon Kearney, Paul Ross, and Glaston Toft.

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