MONDAY, February 13
9:25pm, SBS VICELAND
Genre: Drama, Family
Language: English
Director: Sophie Hyde
Starring: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Sam Althuizen, Imogen Archer
What's it about? 16-year-old Billie's reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons
11:30pm, SBS VICELAND
Genre: Drama
Language: German
Director: Ingo Haeb
Starring: Vicky Krieps, Lena Lauzemis, Steffen Münster
What's it about? In this coming out story with a difference, Lynn, a shy hotel maid, voyeuristically watches a guest's encounter with a dominatrix, then decides to hire the call girl to help her shed her inhibitions.
FRIDAY, February 17
11:15pm, SBS1
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: French, English
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Starring: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche
What's it about? Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who allows her to discover desire and assert herself as a woman and adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20
9:25pm, SBS VICELAND
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: English
Director: Ana Kokkinos
Starring: Alex Dimitriades, Julian Garner, Elena Mandalis
What's it about? A 19 year old Greek Australian youth struggles with his sexual identity and has one clumsy heterosexual and several homosexual encounters.
Head On will be available to watch on SBS On Demand from February 21 to November.
11:20pm, SBS VICELAND
Genre: Drama, Music
Language: English
Director: Mark Christopher
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike Myers, Breckin Meyer
What’s it about? Ryan Philippe stars as Shane O'Shea, a working-class teenager from New Jersey who takes a job at legendary New York nightclub Studio 54, the epicentre of the disco explosion in the 70s. While the gay storyline was cut out of original film it appears in the director’s cut.
TUESDAY, February 21
Room in Rome (streaming now on SBS On Demand)
9:20pm, SBS VICELAND
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: Spanish
Director: Julio Medem
Starring: Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso
What’s it about? Director Julio Medem's beautifully-crafted erotic drama takes place within a Rome hotel room where two recently acquainted women embark on a sexual adventure.
FRIDAY, February 24
8:40pm, SBS1
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Language: English
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari
What's it about? A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
11:20pm, SBS1
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: Swedish
Director: Alexandra-Therese Keining
Starring: Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes, Krister Henriksson, Lena Endre, Joakim Nätterqvist
What's it about?
MIA (Ruth Vega Fernandez) and FRIDA (Liv Mjönes), both in their thirties, meet each other for the first time at their parents' engagement party. Mia's father, Lasse (Krister Henriksson), is about to get married to Frida's mother, Elizabeth (Lena Endre), which will make Mia and Frida stepsisters. Lasse's daughter, Mia, has not visited her father in years and arrives with her boyfriend, Tim (Joakim Nätterqvist), with whom she is about to get married. As Mia and Frida get to know one another, strong emotions begin to stir between them. Their relationship will turn everything upside down for everyone close to them with dramatic consequences.
Arriving at SBS On Demand:
WEDNESDAY, February 15
Genre: Drama
Language: Spanish
Director: Rigoberto Pérezcano
Starring: José Pecina, Luis Alberti, Everardo Trejo
What's it about? This is a story about coming back. Mabel returns to her hometown to find the murderer of her friend Daniela and finds herself on a journey that takes her through nostalgia, love, and betrayal in a town where transgenderism takes on an unusual dimension in its day.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Language: English
Director: William Sullivan
Starring: Mark Berger, Elizabeth Gray, Tommy Nelms
What’s it about? Three twenty-something couples – gay, lesbian and straight – travel to an upstate New York beach house to enjoy the last days of summer, but what was meant to be a fun, carefree retreat transforms into an intimate exploration of sex and commitment.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: Spanish
Director: Sergio Tovar Velarde
Starring: Antonio Velázquez, Alejandro de la Madrid, Cesar Ramos
What’s it about? Four stories of love and disgust between men of different generations facing their fears
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Language: English
Director: Gerald McCullouch
Starring: Gerald McCullouch, Dan Via, Jaime Cepero
What’s it about? Colin is a stud. Stew, not so much. They've been virtually inseparable since college. But now Colin has fallen for a much younger man.
FRIDAY, February 17
Genre: Drama
Language: Spanish
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Starring: Héctor Medina, Jorge Perugorría, Luis Alberto García
What’s it about? A young hairdresser clashes with his estranged father when his dream of performing in drag comes true.
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Language: English
Director: Colin Rothbart
What’s it about? Filmmaker Colin Rothbart spends five years following the people in East London's alternative drag scene.
TUESDAY, February 21
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Director: So Yong Kim
Starring: Riley Keough, Jessie Ok Gray, Cary Joji Fukunaga
What’s it about? Stars Jenna Malone and Riley Keough. Neglected by her husband, Sarah embarks on an impromptu road trip with her young daughter and her best friend, Mindy. Along the way, the dynamic between the two friends intensifies before circumstances force them apart. Years later, Sarah attempts to rebuild their intimate connection in the days before Mindy's wedding.
Also streaming now on SBS On Demand:
Gaycation
Eyewitness
Hit & Miss
Gay Conversion Therapy
Inside The Chinese Closet
And you can also check out our queer documentary collection as well as our rainbow pride collection.
