Bruce LaBruce

Born: 1964-01-03

Bruce LaBruce is an internationally acclaimed Canadian filmmaker, photographer, writer, and artist based in Toronto. Along with a number of short films, he has written and directed nine feature films, including Gerontophilia, which won the Grand Prix at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal in 2013, and Pierrot Lunaire, which won the Teddy Award Special Jury Prize at the Berlinale in 2014. Most recently, LaBruce has been honoured with film retrospectives at both TIFF/Bell Lightbox 2014, and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 2015. The MoMA retrospective featured all nine of LaBruce’s features as well as a program of short films. All of the films have now become part of MoMA’s permanent film collection. His films explore themes of sexual and interpersonal transgression against cultural norms, frequently blending the artistic and production techniques of independent film with gay pornography.


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Hustler White

as Jürgen Anger
Released: 1996-07-19

A writer, researching a book on male prostitutes, finds a young man to serve as a guide on the...

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Vinyl

as Himself
Released: 2000-08-01

Toronto filmmaker Alan Zweig analyzes the phenomenon of record collecting.

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Boris Without Beatrice

as Premier ministre
Released: 2016-03-04

Living somewhere in present-day Quebec, Boris Malinowski has achieved all his goals. A...

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She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column

as Himself
Released: 2012-04-27

Documentary about the groundbreaking queer feminist art band Fifth Column, who were at the...

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Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

as Self
Released: 2022-02-25

A journey through Swedish queer film history.

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Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution

as Self
Released: 2017-06-12

A documentary on Queercore, the cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk...

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The Advocate for Fagdom

as Self
Released: 2011-11-04

The Advocate for Fagdom unites the puzzle pieces one by one. Testimonies are combined with rare...

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Super 8½

as Bruce
Released: 1994-09-08

A down-on-his-luck adult film star sees a chance to make a comeback via a lesbian documentary...

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Hayseed

as Mr. Chartreuse
Released: 1997-09-17

In this Canadian Candide update, orphan Gordie (Jamie Shannon) lives with his hippie aunts at a...

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Llik Your Idols

as Himself
Released: 2007-07-30

Discover the New York underground scene during the 80s and throw yourself into an exciting,...

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Sagat

as Self
Released: 2011-01-03

Go deep inside one of the most recognizable gay porn stars of all time. This exciting doc takes...

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The Yo-Yo Gang

as uncredited
Released: 1992-01-01

Amid girl fights, girl on girl sex and boy on boy sex, and a measure of BDSM, the YoYo gang...

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No Skin Off My Ass

as The Hairdresser
Released: 1991-11-08

A lonely hairdresser watches the title sequence of "That Cold Day in the Park" then visits a...

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Gaze

as Self
Released: 2010-07-13

The works of today's most revered talents are set against a provocative, highly amusing...

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The Material Boy

as Self
Released: 2015-03-06

An Italo-American teenaged girl in Michigan, with a Catholic family, becomes pregnant. To avoid...

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Pierrot Lunaire

as uncredited
Released: 2014-02-09

A young girl that regularly dresses as a boy falls in love and seduces a young girl that has no...

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Dr. Chris Teen Sex Surrogate

as Fonda
Released: 1994-01-01

Fonda LaBruce and Vaginal Davis are a drag queen lesbian couple experiencing bed death. They...

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The Troublemakers

as The Punk
Released: 1990-03-01

The Troublemakers follows the lives of four down-on-their-luck characters. Surrounded by the...

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QUEERCORE (a punk-u-mentary)

as uncredited
Released: 1997-03-01

The urban on-line dictionary defines queercore as “Gay-themed, underground, independent music;...

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I Know What It's Like to Be Dead

as uncredited
Released: 1987-01-01

A previously unreleased provocation from queer cinema’s outrageous auteur Bruce LaBruce

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Boy / Girl

as uncredited
Released: 1987-01-01

In LaBruce’s first short experimental super 8 film, a loose narrative is constructed out of a...

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The House of Venus Show

as Self
First aired: 2005-07-05

Created by Canadian filmmaker Mark Kenneth Woods and co-produced by Michael Venus, the first...

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