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Deepsouth
Deepsouth (2012)
, 1h12
Origin USA
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about health care, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film

Joshua Alexander, a college student, seeks the support of an underground gay family miles away from his suffocating Mississippi Delta hometown. With no funds and few resources, Monica Johnson tries tirelessly to unite reluctant participants at her annual HIV retreat in rural Louisiana. Kathie Hiers, an Alabama activist, spends 120 days a year on the road fighting a bureaucracy that continues to ignore the South.
Silence = Death
Silence = Death (1990)
, 1h
Directed by Rosa von Praunheim
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Documentary films about health care, Documentary films about cities, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Paul L. Smith, Rosa von Praunheim

This film explores the reactions and response of New York City's artistic community to the ravages of the AIDS epidemic and other issues of homosexuality. Activist interview include representatives from the many arts organizations that have alerted the public to the crisis through performance art, music, theater and literature. Even with the gentler voices, the film’s undercurrent is an angry demand for action and recognition.
Adventures of Félix
Adventures of Félix (2000)
, 1h35
Directed by Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, LGBT-related films, Sida et LGBT, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Sami Bouajila, Ariane Ascaride, Patachou, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Maurice Bénichou, Christiane Millet

Félix, a young gay man of Arab descent, living in Dieppe, is currently unemployed and HIV positive. While cleaning out the apartment of his recent deceased mother, he discovers that the father he never knew is living in Marseilles. Félix decides to hitchhike south to meet him, promising to see his lover Daniel there five days later.
The Effect of Love
The Effect of Love (2007)
, 1h34
Directed by Eliseo Subiela
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Sofía Gala, Norma Aleandro

Mabel (Sofía Gala) is raped in the chapel of the shantytown where she lives and then she becomes a clown and a prostitute. Martín (Guillermo Pfening) is a lawyer who has recently separated from his wife and left his father's law firm. They meet and eventually fall in love, but soon after Mabel discovers she is a HIV virus carrier.
Once More
Once More (1988)
, 1h23
Directed by Paul Vecchiali
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Sida et LGBT, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Florence Giorgetti, Pascale Rocard, Patrick Raynal, Dora Doll, Albert Dupontel, Anne Richard

15 octobre 1978. Louis, un cadre d'une quarantaine d'années qui mène une vie bourgeoise, réalise qu'il ne peut plus continuer à vivre avec son épouse Sybèle. Il n'a pas d'autre femme, pas de liaison : il ne supporte tout simplement plus la vie qu'il mène. Un an plus tard, la rupture est consommée. Louis fait ensuite la connaissance de deux marginaux, dont il se met à partager la vie aventureuse. Plus tard, par l'entremise de ses nouveaux amis, Louis rencontre un homosexuel nommé Frantz : il succombe à ses avances, et en tombe follement amoureux. Au fil du temps qui passe, Louis assume de mieux en mieux sa nouvelle sexualité. Mais déjà, les années 1980 sont là, et le sida, dont les homosexuels sont les premières victimes, fait des ravages.
Fire in the Blood
Fire in the Blood (2013)
, 1h27
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentary films about health care, Political films, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors William Hurt

The film is set in the late 90s and early 2000s. The director describes how protective patent laws enabled Western pharmaceutical companies to make antiretroviral drugs so costly that only the rich could afford them. This action claimed the lives of more than ten million AIDS sufferers in Africa and the global south.
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump (1994)
, 2h22
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Military humor in film, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Politique, Films about sexuality, Sports films, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films about autism, Films about school violence, HIV/AIDS in film, White House in fiction
Actors Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field, Haley Joel Osment

In 1981, Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks), a man with below-average intelligence, watches a feather fall from the sky at a bus stop in Savannah, Georgia. As he sits down on a bench, he removes a copy of The Adventures of Curious George from his suitcase and places the feather inside the pages. He introduces himself and begins telling his life story to strangers who sit next to him on the bench, recounting his childhood in Greenbow, Alabama. As a child in the 1950s, Forrest (Michael Connor Humphreys) had to wear leg braces for which other children make fun of him. He lives with his single mother (Sally Field) in a very large house outside of town, which they rent rooms to travelers. His father apparently left and he never knew him. Despite his limited mental capacity, Mrs. Gump tells her son that "stupid is as stupid does" (which he later uses as a retort when called "stupid") and also assures him that he is no different from any of the other children. Forrest is admitted to public school despite his IQ being below the cut-off, but only after his mother agrees to a one-night stand with the principal, Mr. Hancock (Sam Anderson). On his first bus ride to school, Forrest is rejected by nearly all of his peers except for Jenny Curran (Hanna R. Hall). He and Jenny become best friends, and he helps her hide from her abusive, alcoholic father. One day, while fleeing from bullies, Forrest's leg braces break apart and he discovers that he can run very fast. A few years later, Forrest inadvertently runs onto the field during a local high school football match and catches the attention of Coach Bryant from the University of Alabama who is scouting for players. Forrest attends the university on an athletic scholarship and becomes a college football star, earning him a spot on the College Football All-America Team and a trip to the White House to meet President John F.
Frank's Cock
Frank's Cock (1993)
, 8minutes
Directed by Mike Hoolboom
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Callum Keith Rennie

An unnamed narrator (Callum Keith Rennie), who as a teenager intended to be the "Michael Jordan of sex" or "Wayne Gretzky with a hard-on", discusses how he met and fell in love with an older man named Frank. After the two met at a group sex session, they began an older brother–younger brother fantasy and moved in together. Frank has a voracious sexual appetite and, at times, invites the narrator for whole-day sex sessions. He is a tender lover, teaching his partner how to fly a box kite and cooking omelettes for him. The narrator is pleased with Frank's attentions and their sexual experimentation, although he is initially confused by Frank's insistence on listening to Peter Gzowski's Morningside during sex. As their ten-year anniversary approaches, Frank – having lost much weight and developed Kaposi's sarcomas – has been diagnosed with AIDS, leaving the narrator stunned; he concludes the narration with "I'm going to miss him. He was the best friend I ever had.
Gia
Gia (1998)
, 2h6
Directed by Michael Cristofer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Mila Kunis, Eric Michael Cole, Mercedes Ruehl, Elizabeth Mitchell

Gia Carangi (Angelina Jolie) is a Philadelphia native who moves to New York City to become a fashion model and immediately catches the attention of powerful agent Wilhelmina Cooper (Faye Dunaway). Gia's attitude and beauty help her rise quickly to the forefront of the modeling industry, but her persistent loneliness after the death of Wilhelmina drives her to experiment with mood-altering drugs like cocaine. She becomes entangled in a passionate affair with Linda (Elizabeth Mitchell), a make-up artist. Their love affair first starts when both pose nude and make love to each other after a photo shoot. However, after a while Linda begins to worry about Gia's drug use and gives her an ultimatum; Gia chooses the drugs. Failed attempts at reconciliation with Linda and with her mother, Kathleen (Mercedes Ruehl), drive Gia to begin abusing heroin. Although she is eventually able to break her drug habit after much effort, she has already contracted HIV from a needle containing infected blood.
Holding the Man
Holding the Man (2015)
, 2h8
Origin Australie
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Sports films, Théâtre, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Association football films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Ryan Corr, Guy Pearce, Kerry Fox, Sarah Snook, Anthony LaPaglia, PiaGrace Moon

Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years to laugh in the face of everything life threw at it - the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses - until the only problem that love can't solve, tried to destroy them.