Pamanhikan
Angelo Santos | United States | 2015 | 28 m 46 s Facebook | Twitter Remember when your parents met your spouse’s parents for the first time? For Filipinos, there is a tradition for that. It’s called a “pamanhikan”. For Brendan and Jun, an interracial gay couple, their “pamanhikan” occurs over brunch. Bringing Jun’s supportive mother… Read more »
Bully
Aaron Alon | United States | 2017 | 57:50 BULLY is a new dramatic musical about Sam Bradley, a young man who commits suicide after being repeatedly bullied in school. The story follows Sam and the lives of those around him in the days leading up to and following his suicide. Cast Edward Henrickson Danica… Read more »
The Escape Room
Clifford Milner | United Kingdom | 2018 | 5:57 Jeremy has something he wants to tell his friends. He thinks up an ‘interesting’ way of communicating it! Producer El Quinto Pino/RBCA
Reverse
Panya Zhu | Thailand | 2019 | 10:52 Thai with English Subtitles Facebook Aim, a writer who still stuck with the past reunite with her estranged ex-lover whose relationship fell apart because of stigma towards homosexuals. Cast Nessara Jumnong Kamonchanok Srisawangdej Writer Panya Zhu Producer Panya Zhu
Not the Devil
Siobhan Schwartzberg | United Kingdom | 2017 | 13:05 Facebook | Twitter A teenage boy exploring his identity develops an obsession with a woman on his estate. One day, they meet. Not The Devil focuses on the difficulties the LGBT community face for social acceptance and highlights the lack of support and feelings of isolation they so frequently experience…. Read more »
Old Narcissus
Tsuyoshi Shoji | Japan | 2017 | 21:25 Japanese with English Subtitles Website An old picture book writer named Yamazaki, having been handsome as a young gay man, grows narcissistic of his beauty. But now, can’t bear his own aging. One night, Yamazaki meets a young and beautiful man named Leo. Yamazaki collapses during an… Read more »
Reshaping Beauty: Round In All The Right Places
Tom Goss | United States | 2019 | 7:15 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But we live in a world that is obsessed with one specific, narrow type of beauty. How would our perceptions of beauty change if we dared to idealize other types of beauty? Cast Dexter Mayfield Tom Goss WATCH… Read more »
How To Be Alone
Erez Eisenstein | Israel | 2015 | 22 m Hebrew with English Subtitles Facebook “Listen to me: there is life without love. Loneliness is the soul’s forgotten desire. You don’t need anyone. Don’t search, don’t hope, don’t dream; and only then, perhaps, you too will learn how to be alone.” Cast Nili Tserruya Ofri Fuchs… Read more »
It Gets Better?
Stephen Riscica | United States | 2017 | 11:15 Facebook An older gay man is inspired to record a testimonial after watching a bisexual teenager’s video, assuring him that ‘It Gets Better.’ Cast Gys De Villier Luka Fric Adam Davenport Sam Ashkanazy Writer Stephen Riscica Producer Stephen Riscica Delia Kelly Gregg Prosser Stephen Riscica Sr.
Coming of Age
Doug Tompos | United States | 2018 | 7:17 Website The loss of innocence can come at any age. In the afterglow of sex, a generation gap opens between two men as they struggle to define trust in the age of open marriage and NSA hookups. Cast Doug Tompos Adrian Gonzalez Writer Doug Tompos Producer… Read more »